Aiden lightly coughed twice, hurriedly stood up from the ground, and smoothly handed the bathrobe in his hand to Mai.
But at this moment, he suddenly thought of a problem. Mai's outfit looked good, it did look good, but in the future it could only be shown to him alone.
He decided that once this matter was over, he would have Mai change into a more conservative set of clothes, at least so that when she lifted her leg, he could see safety shorts.
Men are very petty.
But, perhaps it was a case of mutual understanding, or what they call a connection of hearts, the originally stern-faced, calculating Maki suddenly laughed.
Looking at Mai, who was hesitating whether to put on the bathrobe or not, Maki smiled and said, "Miss Mai, do you usually wear this kind of outfit when you fight others?"
"That is…"
Originally, Mai wanted to say of course, since in the Shiranui-style ancient martial arts passed down in her family, there were even various ninjutsu techniques that mainly focused on releasing flames.
This refreshing battle outfit, besides looking good, could also help dissipate heat.
But after hearing Maki's words, she froze for a moment, then thought that in the future she would be Aiden's wife. If she still wore this outfit, wouldn't that mean others would take advantage of it for nothing?
Thinking of this, Mai hurriedly draped on the bathrobe. Her perfect figure was instantly wrapped in the loose robe, and at the same time, the Kagura sisters let out a sigh of relief.
Facing Mai, their pressure was really too great.
"You guys aren't going to fight anymore, right?" Seeing Mai put on her bathrobe, Aiden cautiously asked.
He was just this kind of person, before the meat was in his mouth, he was still relatively cautious.
But truth be told, in this lifetime he had never submitted to a woman without limits.
"I'm not that kind of violent woman."
Hearing Aiden's words, Mai unhappily glanced at him. In front of Aiden, she was always that quiet, graceful type of woman.
If it weren't for Chizuru pushing too hard, she actually preferred to play the role of a virtuous wife.
Although "virtuous wife" comes with "good mother" afterward, that had to wait until she was pregnant to talk about.
"This time I'll let her go."
When speaking to Aiden, Mai always showed him her gentlest side.
But, Mai's words sounded very different in the Kagura sisters' ears.
"You… you're actually still pretending to be innocent?"
Chizuru hadn't expected Mai's rank to be this high. In her view, it was clearly Mai who came to provoke.
She especially felt sorry for her own sister. She hadn't forgotten what her sister said yesterday, when Aiden said he was going out to accompany another woman, her own sister had actually said to let them have fun.
How could that be? Forget about herself, but to hurt her sister was simply not right.
"Miss Chizuru, what do you mean by pretending to be innocent?"
Mai wasn't pleased with Chizuru's words.
"I accompany my boyfriend..."
"Stop, you're not allowed to say he's your boyfriend." Chizuru cut off Mai's words.
"Don't forget, Aiden is still living here with us. You don't have that qualification."
"This is simply a joke. So what if he lives with you? I can also let Aiden live with me."
Teammates in '97, but in '94 they seemed more like enemies. Mai once again pointed her butterfly fan at Chizuru.
"I can give everything for Aiden." Mai continued.
However, even if just a moment ago both sides were opponents, even with Aiden trying to smooth things over, there was no way they could suddenly reconcile. If it were that easy, the word "love triangle battlefield" wouldn't exist.
So, while Chizuru was still racking her brain to rebut, Maki asked, "Then… what about that person named Andy?"
For the Kagura family, there was no one they wanted to investigate that they couldn't. Mai's past was completely transparent to Maki, who had all her information in hand.
"He…"
And upon hearing Maki's words, Mai's face instantly turned pale.
If Maki didn't speak, it would've been fine. But whenever she opened her mouth, she always managed to grab her opponent's weak point.
"Miss Mai, your past, I know it all, clear as day."
"The you from before, you had a vague and unclear love history."
This counted as Maki's ultimate finishing move. Originally, she hadn't wanted to say it, since once said, the only one who would feel hurt was Aiden.
But facing Mai's aggressive stance, Maki had no choice but to resort to this.
Actually, when she said this, Maki already noticed Aiden's brows furrowed. She could feel that Aiden was especially unhappy right now.
And as for Aiden…
This world was a fusion world, but even fusion worlds couldn't escape the most basic setups.
Like Roberta, even though in Roanapur Aiden had captured her heart, she still couldn't let go of her young master. In the end, it wasn't until Garcia died that Roberta was willing to fully accept him.
And this was different from Tifa. Back then, it was only because Cloud had disappeared too long that Aiden managed to win Tifa so quickly. Otherwise, Aiden would've had to waste a lot more effort.
So, this world's Mai also had a somewhat unclear romantic history.
Of course, that was only from her perspective. At that time it had been entirely one-sided love. When she was most helpless, the person she hoped for never came. Only afterward did she meet Aiden, who had just arrived in this world.
Although she didn't know where Aiden came from, back then, when she was helplessly sitting in the dojo, it was Aiden who gave her hope. It was equivalent to giving her a ray of light in her darkest time, a light that could save her.
So, after a period of struggle, Mai slowly accepted Aiden.
But now that Maki had brought it up, for Mai, it was like a thorn had suddenly been stuck in her heart.
"I… I only like Aiden now."
Those past memories were unbearable to recall, Mai said softly.
Now, things like her figure, her fighting skills, what she wanted to do to Aiden, she didn't dare bring them up anymore. She felt that this was her dark history.
"But your love isn't as pure as ours." Maki said lightly.
Maki had always been a kind woman, gentle to everyone. But now, she used the calmest tone to say the words that cut deepest into the heart.
But this time was different.
She only wanted, for her sister, or maybe for herself, to fight for the simplest happiness.
Even if… even if she became a bad person, she didn't care.
To kill a person, you must first kill their heart. This was the most practical method.
So it's said, the war between women is very cruel.
"No, I'm very pure too."
After hearing Maki's words, Mai clenched her fists and shouted.
Then she looked toward Aiden, but just like Maki, she only saw Aiden frowning.
"Aiden, it's not like what you think." Mai quickly explained.
And of course Aiden knew that Mai was speaking the truth. With Cloud and Garcia as prior examples, he was very confident in himself.
Especially during this period of time together, Mai had practically laid her heart bare for him. Even when he deliberately took advantage of her during photoshoots, she hadn't minded at all.
But still, upon hearing Maki bring it up, he found it hard to accept.
He somewhat wanted to blame Maki, why bring up something that could've been left in the past?
But he also knew that Maki only wanted to win right now.
A woman's little thoughts, he understood them all too clearly.
So he didn't want to blame Maki, and only let out a heavy sigh.
And seeing Aiden remain silent for a long time, Mai panicked a little. Ignoring the fact that so many people were watching, she suddenly embraced Aiden.
"Aiden, don't think too much."
"I… really, really, like you."