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The inn had booked all double rooms, including Lucian's own—because it was much cheaper that way.
However, the inn's food was just average. Everyone didn't eat much before returning to their rooms.
"Suzuka, are you sure choosing to room with me won't hurt Spe-chan's feelings?" Seiun Sky said while taking off her clothes. "I just saw a faint sadness in her eyes."
"Rooming with you makes it easier for me to go to Lucian-kun's room." Silence Suzuka said.
They needed to discuss countermeasures. In this special period, Special Week would have to be inconvenienced for now.
"Hmph, same to you. Otherwise I'd room with Ines Fujin-senpai. You don't think I actually wanted to room with you, do you?" Seiun Sky's half-removed clothes just happened to cover her head.
Silence Suzuka narrowed her eyes, reached out, pinched her waist, then gave her perky rear a light squeeze.
"Su-Suzuka!?" Seiun Sky, halfway undressed, dropped her hands. "What are you doing!?"
Silence Suzuka calmly drank her water. "It's not like I haven't seen it before."
"Seeing doesn't mean you can just touch!" Seiun Sky covered her body and retreated to the other side of the bed.
Silence Suzuka didn't reply, simply gazing at her quietly.
"Why do you keep staring at me?" Seiun Sky looked suspicious, growing even more wary. "It's fine when we're with the Trainer, but privately, don't you dare have any naughty ideas!"
She glanced at Silence Suzuka's slender figure and muttered, "Even if you're envious... you can't just touch. Only the Trainer can."
A "井" mark appeared on Silence Suzuka's forehead. "Keep talking nonsense, and I won't let you wear the new clothes I bought."
"New clothes?"
"Mm." Silence Suzuka tossed two sets of white clothes onto the bed. "Pick one yourself. And the glasses too."
Seiun Sky wasn't surprised, but her eyes still blinked a few times. "Suzuka, you learned all this while abroad?"
"If you don't want them, I'll take them back."
"I want them." Seiun Sky casually grabbed one set.
Whether doctor or nurse—as long as it made the Trainer happy, it was right.
"What about these glasses?"
"I bought them with Lucian-kun a few days ago. He picked them all."
"Oh~" Seiun Sky picked a pair with silver frames and put them on. "How do I look?"
Silence Suzuka nodded. "Mm, very sultry."
"What do you mean sultry... Fine, I'll wear this pair then." Seiun Sky took them off and placed them on her bedside. "Anyway, weren't we supposed to go discuss countermeasures?"
"Aren't countermeasures discussed with the mouth? Is your mouth always busy?"
"Wh-What are you saying!?" Seiun Sky hugged her pile of clothes. "I'm going to shower first!"
"I want to shower first." Silence Suzuka began unbuttoning her clothes.
"Me first!" Seiun Sky sped up and fled into the bathroom, slamming the door with a "bang."
Silence Suzuka stopped what she was doing. "Fine, you take it. I'll go shower in Lucian-kun's room."
At this hour, everyone was probably waiting to shower.
So Silence Suzuka opened the door and openly strode toward Lucian's room.
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In Ines Fujin and Ines Hanakami's room.
"Hanaka, time to sleep. Little kids can't stay up this late every day." Ines Fujin, wearing a yellow camisole nightdress, gained an extra touch of sexiness, but the cute patterns on the dress added a bit of innocence.
With her movements, the nightdress rippled like wheat waves, outlining the shape of the wind—only the two tall little hills stood firm and unmoving.
She slipped under the covers, burying her pair of snow-white legs as well. "Hurry up, you get in bed too."
"Okay, big sister." Ines Hanakami took off her slippers but didn't climb into her own bed—instead, she burrowed into Ines Fujin's covers.
"Hm? Sleeping with big sister today?" Ines Fujin adjusted the thin strap on her shoulder; faint marks appeared on either side where soft flesh was squeezed out.
"It's okay."
"What do you mean 'okay'? A few days ago you were complaining about big sister." Ines Fujin looked at her sister who had already moved next to her but didn't chase her away.
"Big sister, I have something to tell you."
"Tomorrow. Time to sleep." Ines Fujin didn't think Hanakami had anything important.
She casually turned off the light and lay down.
"Big sister, don't sleep yet. Hanaka really has something to say—it's about Onii-chan."
"Onii-chan?" Ines Fujin grew interested. The Onii-chan her little sister mentioned could only be Lucian.
"Mm!"
"Then tell big sister."
"Before that, can big sister tell Hanaka—kissing isn't just for whispering secrets, right?"
"Ah?" Ines Fujin was instantly filled with confusion, but she didn't know how to explain to her little sister, so she lied. "It depends on the situation... Hanaka, did you watch those TV shows?"
"No, Hanaka saw Onii-chan kissing a big sister."
"What!?" Ines Fujin's heart clenched. "Hanaka, you can't just say things like that."
"I'm not lying. If big sister doesn't believe me, I won't say anymore." Ines Hanakami pouted.
Wanting to hear the rest, Ines Fujin quickly comforted her. "I believe you... When did Hanaka see it? Tell big sister in detail."
"It was when Onii-chan was letting me drive the little car. Suddenly a big sister came... the one with short hair, a bit blue and a bit green."
Ines Fujin instantly knew her sister was talking about Seiun Sky. "And then?"
"Then Onii-chan let me play by myself. He sat on the bench next to that big sister, and the big sister held Onii-chan's head and kissed him for a while."
Ines Fujin's heart was first swept by shocked waves, then returned to a calm sea.
Oh my god, it sounds like Seiun forcefully kissed the Trainer...
The Trainer had long said Seiun was the queen of involution—back then she hadn't really believed it...
"Hanaka, you can't tell anyone else about this. Only you and big sister can know. Don't tell Mommy or Tsukitsuki either."
"Okay~" Ines Hanakami answered sweetly. "Big sister, actually Hanaka really likes Onii-chan. If Onii-chan can only choose one person to marry, Hanaka hopes it's big sister."
"Wh-What nonsense are you talking about! Little kids shouldn't understand too much!" The heat in Ines Fujin's heart seemed to spread to her cheeks, though the faint pink was hidden by the darkness.
"Hanaka isn't talking nonsense! If big sister doesn't like it, then wait until Hanaka grows up and marries Onii-chan, hmph~" Ines Hanakami threw off the covers and returned to her own bed.
Ines Fujin's heated mind was a bit chaotic; she didn't stop her from leaving.
Her little sister's last words still echoed in her mind.
Yeah... even this little one has such firm determination...
Eh? Why does it feel like Hanaka is right... Have I admitted that I like the Trainer? Eh?
Ines Fujin covered her chest.
The girl's heartbeat was the loudest sound in the night.
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