After a brief pause, Helena slightly turned her head to look at the girl beside her and then changed the topic, "But don't you ever feel tired?"
Noah was taken aback and turned to look at Helena. "What?"
"Everything you do is for others, never for yourself. Doesn't that make you feel tired?"
Noah's pupils moved slightly. After a moment, she looked away, gazing at the sky again,
"We've talked about this before, Helena."
"But that was a long time ago. I want to hear your thoughts now," Helena said.
Noah pursed her lips, thought for a moment, then replied,
"Now… my answer is the same as before: No, I don't feel tired."
"Because my sisters need me, and I don't want to see my mother's sad face again, nor do I want to lose my father."
"Helena, you say that everything I do is for others, but that's not true."
"Everything I do is for them and myself."
Looking at the young but firm side profile, Helena smiled.
She withdrew her gaze, stretched lazily on the ground,
"So I say, I envy you."
"Envy me for having two sisters?"
"Not just that."
Helena smiled as she looked at Noah. "I envy you for having such a sense of responsibility. If it were me, I don't think I could do it to your level."
Noah's face turned serious. "It's okay, Helena. When you reach my age, you'll naturally be able to do it."
The girl, three years younger than her friend, said so.
Helena laughed, gently swishing her tail across Noah's shoulder. "What? I'm older than you, you know."
After chatting for a while, the topic shifted to Leon and Rossweise.
"I saw Uncle and Aunt at the parent-child sports day the academy held. Their performance shocked me."
Helena said, "They must be very loving, right?"
"Mm… they probably are."
"Probably?"
Noah nodded.
"Don't you know how Uncle and Aunt get along privately?" Helena asked.
Noah's thoughts shifted slightly, and then she responded, "What's there to know about how they act when holding hands and blushing?"
"Oh, so they're the respectful type of couple?"
"Hahaha, not really. They just seem like they've never been in a romantic relationship, but actually, they care deeply about each other."
Noah placed her hands behind her head, picturing the moments when her parents would bicker. "Although they argue every day and blush even when holding hands, I think… they must be very loving behind the scenes. Otherwise, there wouldn't be Little Light."
[Little Light: "Big sister I'm an accident. Do you believe me?"]
"Mm… Makes sense. A couple that's not in love wouldn't be thinking about a third child."
Helena sighed, "Ah, your family is so lively; I envy your family life."
Noah turned sideways, resting her chin on her hand, looking at her blue-haired friend and asking,
"Does Aunt Claudia not want another child?"
Helena shook her head. "My mom says one is enough. Besides, you know, our tribe is a bit special. I'm the only one from my tribe attending the academy."
"The Sea Dragon tribe… what happened to make them so secluded?" Noah asked.
"I'm not sure. My mom never talks to me about it in detail."
Helena stood up, brushing the grass off her skirt. "Alright, let's stop talking about that."
Noah stood up as well, thought for a moment, and then pointed to the back mountain of the Silver Dragon Temple. "Let's go. I'll take you to the back mountain to play. There's a cherry blossom forest there."
"Sure, sure, let's go."
Over the weekend, with Muwen actively guarding the tower and Little Light's secret assistance, the two days were quite pleasant.
On Monday morning, the family stood in the front yard of the temple, waiting for Noah and her friends to meet Leviathan.
Little Light leaned against Leon, secretly glancing at her second sister.
The second sister was shaking the big sister's tail, saying she couldn't bear to leave her and asking if she could take a couple of days off to stay home with her.
You should just bite her like a shark instead of letting her ask for time off, Little Light silently complained.
Muwen knew that her sister wouldn't take time off to stay with her.
She was just playfully acting spoiled.
It had been a while since she last acted spoiled. Turns out, it still felt so good!
Moments later, the giant dragon Leviathan slowly hovered above the temple, and the teleportation light column descended.
Noah pinched her sister's cheek. "Muwen, be good. I'll come back to stay with you next week, okay?"
"Okay~"
Muwen wasn't being unreasonable.
She leaned in to kiss her sister's cheek, then returned to Rossweise's side, taking her mother's hand.
"Be careful on the road, Noah," Rossweise said.
"Got it, Mom."
"Take care of yourself," Leon said.
"Yes, Dad."
Noah turned to look at her little sister in her father's arms and asked with a smile, "Will you miss me, Little Light?"
"Yes, I'll miss you even in my dreams," Little Light replied.
Noah smiled and waved to them.
"Goodbye, Uncle and Aunt!"
Helena also politely said goodbye, "Goodbye, little Muwen; goodbye, Little Light."
"Goodbye, Helena, sister!" Little Light said energetically.
Although she was reluctant to see the fun end, Little Light was still very satisfied with the weekend.
Muwen held her mother's hand, fiddled with her skirt, and hesitated for a moment, but then politely said, "Goodbye, Helena, sister."
In fact, after spending the last two days together, Muwen could tell that Helena was a very good girl—gracious and honest with others.
Rossweise understood her daughter; she had said that Muwen rarely had hostile emotions toward others, and that was true.
Muwen didn't dislike Helena or reject her; she was just worried that Noah's attention and care for her would gradually fade with Helena's presence.
That's why she had been trying so hard to assert her presence in front of Noah these past two days, afraid her sister would forget about her.
Watching Noah and Helena jog toward Leviathan's teleportation light column, Muwen's gaze became complicated.
The massive dragon shadow slowly rose, then gradually flew away.
Muwen watched the retreating figure, and a bold thought suddenly popped into her mind:
If I went to the academy, wouldn't I be able to see my sister every day?