Of course, the two of them didn't end up drawing a turtle with a mustache on Shu's face with the oil-based pen.
Firstly, Shu was currently sleeping face down, almost like he had fainted. His face wasn't even visible. At most, they could have messed with his ears.
Secondly, they hadn't forgotten what they were here for. This kind of joke was not appropriate for this occasion.
...
Actually, maybe...
Kiana shook her head vigorously and moved her hand away from the pen in her pocket, which she had been carrying with her since De Pascal.
No maybes!
Kiana, this is a very serious matter! So serious that you can't add pictures or make jokes! You have to discuss it with Shu properly to resolve this matter!
Taking a light breath, Kiana and Bianka moved to the bedside with a little nervousness, and fell into deep thought as they looked at Shu, whose face was buried.
After three seconds, the two of them looked up and at each other.
"Senior Shu... doesn't seem to be awake?" Bianka asked in an uncertain tone. Maybe they shouldn't have been so quiet just now. It would have been better to make some noise to wake Shu up?
No... waking someone up from a dream was not a good thing to do, no matter what. Although this matter was... very important, it was not urgent.
Should they wait here for Senior Shu to wake up? It wasn't nighttime, so Senior Shu was probably taking a nap, right?
Then they just had to wait a little while for Senior Shu to wake up naturally.
Bianka nodded slightly, expressing her approval of her own thoughts. When she looked back, Kiana was already sitting cross-legged on the floor, boredly playing with Shu's hair.
Bianka: "?"
Wait, just like that?
No, would this really not startle Senior Shu awake?
Of course not. Because Shu was sleeping more soundly than ever before. Unlike on the train, where he was always on the move, back at the base, although the complex emotional feedback around him had made Shu's nerves a little tense, it had also brought him an unparalleled sense of security.
In the past month, what kind of emotions had Shu received?
Despair, numbness, the confusion of not knowing where the future lay, the suddenness of not knowing when the end would come.
And what about the people in the base?
The hope that was flourishing beneath the ruins was filled with an undeniable vitality. Even though life had not returned to its former standard, under the protection of Fire Moth, everything was moving in a good direction.
Peace of mind, hope, longing... these positive emotions were mixed together like a pot of intoxicating wine, making Shu drunk from the first touch.
That was why Shu was sleeping so soundly, so soundly that he didn't even react when Kiana braided his hair into two pigtails.
...?
No.
Shu suddenly sat up from the bed as if in a deathbed struggle, but he didn't sit up completely.
Because one of his pigtails was being held by Kiana, and the head he had just half-raised was suddenly pulled back. He fell back onto the bed on his side.
"Hiss..." Shu's expression instantly twisted. The hazy feeling of waking up from a dream was fleeting, replaced by a heart-wrenching pain on his head.
Shu had no doubt that if Kiana had just grabbed a few strands of his hair, those few strands would have definitely left him!
Even Shu had a temper! Not to mention being woken up from a dream? Waking up on the wrong side of the bed wasn't something that could be easily dismissed.
He had to teach this trespassing Kiana... and Bianka a lesson today!
Shu lay on his side on the bed, his eyes fixed on the small pigtail that Kiana was holding in her hand.
When he hadn't fully activated his [Hope] ability and entered his Herrscher form, Shu's hair wasn't long, only reaching his shoulders. So the hand that Kiana was holding his pigtail with was now resting on Shu's cheek.
Kiana could even feel the warm air from Shu's breath on her hand, as well as the smooth and soft touch of his skin...
Wow, Shu's skin is actually this good? I've never noticed before...
This thought flashed through her mind, immediately followed by Shu's deathly glare.
Because of the angle, Shu's glare was very obvious. He was just staring at Kiana's hand, without showing any emotion. He was just staring, staring so hard that it sent a chill down her spine.
"Hehe... what a coincidence..." As the one being stared at, Kiana could only give a sheepish smile, withdraw her hand, and greet Shu.
"Yeah, what a coincidence," Shu's gaze seemed to be nailed to Kiana's hand. His eyeballs moved with her hand without moving his head. At the same time, Shu's faint voice seemed to come from the horizon, with a hint of coolness.
"I'm in my room, and you happen to be in my room too," Shu deliberately emphasized the words "my room," then gave a forceful affirmation as if it were a big deal. "Yeah, what a real coincidence."
Completely undisguised sarcasm. Even Bianka could hear the strong resentment in Shu's words. But Kiana seemed to not understand at all. She shamelessly scratched her head, then put her withdrawn hand behind her back.
"It's because I have something to ask you..." Kiana's smile was a bit heartless. Shu's gaze fell on her face. After a long silence, Shu's eyebrows suddenly relaxed, and he sighed softly.
He remembered, this was his creditor... he now owed Kiana a full sixty contribution points. It could be said that all his current assets were provided by Kiana...
That little bit of resentment dissipated almost instantly. Shu raised his hand and gently rubbed the place that had been pulled painfully, then turned over and sat up from the bed. At the same time, he patted the side of his bed, motioning for the two of them to sit.
Sitting on the floor felt a bit strange. It was hard and cold...
Speaking of which, Kiana and Bianka shouldn't get sick from this kind of thing, right?
Shu thought to himself, and began to undo the small braids that Kiana had braided for him.
"So... is there something?" Shu asked Kiana as he undid his braids.
Kiana hadn't woken him up directly, and she even had the leisure to braid his pigtails. This meant that it was definitely not an urgent matter.
"It's nothing big..." as expected, Kiana's slightly embarrassed voice made Shu feel a little relieved. "It's just... that... Older Sister, she seems to have... misunderstood something..."
Older Sister?
Shu looked up at Bianka.
He saw a faint blush on Bianka's face, an unexpectedly ashamed expression. She was hesitating, uneasy, and then it turned into determination, and a kind of reckless resolve.
"Huh?" Before Shu could feel confused, Bianka had already closed her eyes and shouted with sincere words and rich emotions.
"Father!"