Chapter 252

1. She had said she wouldn’t be able to find it

Sheffy remembered that she had caught a fish last night.

If possible, she had hoped to relive that wonderful moment in her dream, so she could repeatedly experience the joy of that harvest.

Unfortunately, she hadn’t dreamed about the fish.

Or rather, she hadn’t dreamed at all.

Dreaming required spare energy.

But she indeed had “repeatedly experienced a certain kind of joy.”

“Ughah…!”

“Sheffy?! What’s wrong!”

“Mm… huff huff huff…”

“Ah… still asleep, is she talking in her sleep…?”

“Mm-da!!”’

“?!”

This was already who knew how many times Xia had been startled by Sheffy since waking up at noon.^

On the wide yet messy wine-red bed, the silver-haired little bundle lay completely naked. One second she slept soundly, and the next she suddenly straightened both legs, sat upright, widened her eyes, and let out a strange cry!

—Then she lay back down and slept soundly again. .

This process repeated several times. This time, Xia had learned her lesson. She simply sat up, circled to Sheffy’s front, and pressed down on her ankles, forcing her legs to remain straight at all times.

This way, every time she started screaming and tried to sit up again, it turned into a high-difficulty sit-up!

Working out was better than having an episode!

Two completely naked beautiful girls doing this strange morning exercise—perhaps the scene was quite explosive—but in order not to be startled, Xia had no choice but to resort to this measure.

Until…

——Bang!’

“Ow!”

“That hurts…!”,

When doing sit-ups at such a close distance, foreheads could collide, you know?

Xia covered her buzzing head, squinting in pain, and looked ahead as Sheffy finally slowly opened her drowsy eyes.

Beneath the forehead that had also turned red from the collision, Sheffy’s half-awake purple eyes blinked. Their charm was comparable to morning lotus dew rolling into a pond, stirring layer upon layer of ripples—gentle like water. Even a single inadvertent glance was enough to leave one dazed in admiration.

The petite silver-haired girl rubbed her eyes and forehead, completely naked as she knelt on the bed, languid like a big white cat.

“Mm… good morning, Xia. Is it finally daylight… I’m still alive… you… ah!! Xia! Shameless!!”

“Hey?!”

The little one had finally come to her senses.

Even though she herself wasn’t wearing any clothes, Sheffy’s first reaction was actually to quickly reach forward and cover Xia’s shameless, surging fullness!

Good grief—Sheffy knew her own figure well; there was nothing much to cover. But Xia was different—you were way too dangerous!

Covering was a natural reaction.

However, Sheffy’s “covering” involved directly using her pair of little thieving hands to make contact with the very softness that needed covering, which made it a different matter altogether.

Xia tilted her head and “smiled,” a smile that made Sheffy’s heart tremble.

“Sheffy…? So early in the morning, are you planning to continue the battle? Is this a declaration of war against your big sister?”

“N-no… I just woke up, I needed some way to refresh myself…?” Sheffy tilted her head and glanced at the sunlight filtering through the wine-red curtains, only then realizing the biggest issue! “Wait, it’s not morning anymore, is it?! It’s clearly noon! Xia, you broke your promise—you said you’d let me get out of bed in the morning, but I felt like I almost died!”

“It’s not that exaggerated! I… I didn’t expect Sheffy’s wings to be that sensitive… Just a slight touch and… well, it couldn’t be helped. Sheffy’s reaction just now was too lewd—no, I mean, too interesting. I really… mm, anyway, sorry, I couldn’t stop.”

“That’s because you cheated! You call that a ‘slight touch’? That was rubbing and biting! And I seriously suspect you secretly used enhancement magic—you promised no cheating! That kind of behavior is not good!”

“I said I’m sorry, but… hm? Sheffy, you can complain, but you can’t make false accusations. I didn’t use any enhancement magic. I absolutely followed the rules.”

“……”

The air suddenly fell into silence.

Sheffy blinked as she locked eyes with Xia. She even used the Eyes of True Sight to determine whether it was true.

The result made the silver-haired girl collapse internally.

“Y-you really didn’t use magic?”

“I swear. Although I did hope to make Sheffy feel even more… mm! But I absolutely did not use any magic!”

“Then how do you explain my sore waist, aching back, and cramping legs?! And my forehead hurts too!”

“Those are all normal phenomena! Sheffy, don’t give up on yourself and look for excuses—face reality!”

“!”

Unbelievable.

Sheffy released her little thieving hands from that patch of softness and lay back on the pillow in a daze.

Hugging her knees, she turned over in self-imposed isolation.

Ha… why… I’m usually pretty good in a fight, right? So why is it that when it comes to serious matters, I always end up getting completely handled by Xia…

Why!

Her soft sobbing sounded even more pleasant than laughter.

“Xia, next time, let’s make the rules clear in advance.”

“You mean emphasizing again that magic isn’t allowed? Sure, I have a clear conscience.”

“No. I request that I be allowed to use magic.”

“Denied.”

“Demon!”

At that evaluation, Xia let out a light sigh and didn’t respond, letting her say whatever she wanted.

She picked up the blanket that had somehow been kicked onto the floor and covered the sorrowful silver-haired girl.

Meanwhile, Xia grabbed the nightclothes by the bedside, rustling as she began to cover her own flawless body.

—And then she started looking around at the surroundings.

Yesterday, when she carried Sheffy back, she had been in a hurry. As for what she had been in a hurry about, there was no need to explain. In that rushed state of mind, she simply couldn’t calm down and observe the surroundings.

This place was not Xia’s room.

Sheffy had left herself a safeguard. Last night, she had analyzed that if Belith hadn’t slept well, she would definitely go looking for her. Her first place to search would absolutely be Xia’s room. At that point, forget handling proper matters—there would probably be another storm of bloodshed.

So, Sheffy had temporarily asked Xia to change locations last night, bringing her to this room—more than three times larger than the others. The bed alone was as big as an entire room. Lavishly decorated in a wine-red tone, it was filled with all kinds of luxurious furnishings.

Looking at it this way… this place was truly the height of extravagance, far more luxurious than even the royal rooms of the Kingdom of Aurus.

“Sheffy, I know it’s a bit late to ask, but the place you brought me to last night… what exactly is this? Whose room is it?”

“As long as it’s not the demon’s…”

“Don’t sulk anymore, okay…? Otherwise… here I come!”

Having only put on her upper sleepwear, Xia pounced down beside Sheffy.

Sheffy had already wrapped herself tightly in the blanket, turning into a big cotton bundle.

So Xia simply hugged the entire bundle from behind.

“If Sheffy is still sulking, then it proves big sister did something wrong. Then from now on… I won’t do that anymore?”

“……”

“Alright, no answer means you agree by default. From now on, I’ll stop at the right point. I won’t ask you to manifest your wings again, and I won’t continue attacking when you say stop. Even if you say it’s okay to continue, I’ll pretend I didn’t hear it, and then you—”

“Guess what, I’m fine again!”

Yay!

The sulking silver-haired girl suddenly popped her head out of the blanket, facing Xia, and smiled.

Everything was understood without words.

Sometimes~ being sulky didn’t mean someone was wrong.

Nor did it mean she was unwilling to let Xia act freely. Sulking was simply… sulking.

Without another word, Xia gently placed a kiss on the adorable girl’s face, as a small apology for being a bit too indulgent last night.

Sheffy didn’t make a big deal out of it.

Still wrapped in the blanket with only her head exposed, she rolled her body a few times to the side.

The bed was big enough that no matter how much she rolled, she wouldn’t fall off.

“This is my room, you know?”

“Sheffy’s room…?” Xia looked around again. “In terms of matching the identity of a Demon Clan Princess, it does fit. But I’ve been to your room before, haven’t I? It was much smaller than this. And didn’t you say your room was taken over by Belith, so you were homeless?”

“That was Room Number One. This is Room Number Two!”

“How many numbers are there in total?”

“Two!”

Then just say you have two rooms!

Under Xia’s speechless gaze, Sheffy rolled freely back and forth in the blanket as she explained the situation of this room.

“Hehe, actually this was the room Father King and Mother prepared for me when I was born. But I wasn’t used to living here. It’s such a big place—once the curtains are drawn and the Light Magic Crystals are turned off, sleeping here at night is just terrifying! I decisively abandoned this place. Back then I was still a baby, and I toddled my way out of here—Mother was completely shocked!”

“Compared to the room, you’re the scarier one… But yeah, Sheffy, you’re afraid of the dark. This place really is too empty.”

Not just empty—the overall color scheme was wine red. It looked noble during the day, but once the lights went out at night, the atmosphere became something entirely different.

The reason Sheffy chose this place yesterday—was because Xia was with her, so she didn’t have to be afraid.

That was the only circumstance under which she would choose to stay here.

Even the coldest, emptiest room could become warm in its own way~

After putting on her prepared change of underwear, Xia sat at the edge of the bed and lifted her delicate, art-like feet to put on white socks. Tilting her head back slightly, her thoughts cleared—and she suddenly realized something.

“Wait… even if we chose this place, wouldn’t Belith still be able to guess? After all, this is also your room, right?”

“This place isn’t easy to find.”

The silver-haired bundle inside the blanket grinned mischievously, prompting Xia to sense the magic formations permeating the air.

Unfortunately, all Xia could smell was the faint milky scent on herself and on Sheffy—completely different from each other.

“This used to be my room, so the level of secrecy is very high. You see how the Demon King’s Castle has so many rooms and doors? It may look meaningless, but actually, it’s to conceal the location of the royal family’s rooms and ensure safety. The formation in this room constantly distorts the connected space. One moment it’s on the third floor, and the next it might be on the tenth floor. It shifts unpredictably. If you don’t know how to破解 the magic circuits, there’s no way to find it.”

“I seriously doubt whether this is ensuring the royal family’s safety or the intruder’s safety… By the way, didn’t you tell Belith how to破解 it?”

“Do you think I’d dare?! This is my only chance to get some peace and quiet in the Demon King’s Castle! Xia, you understand me, right!”

If you had a clingy little sister, you had to figure out how to create some personal space for yourself—this was essential!

Xia could understand.

After all, the pale look on Sheffy’s face right now showed just how deeply she had been “tormented” by her little sister.

If you didn’t believe it, just look—she was even starting to hallucinate.

“Big Sister…! Big Sister! Are you inside?! Is that blonde fox in there too?! Big Sister! Answer me, Big Sister!”

“Hah, that’s why I said she absolutely can’t find this place. We can totally relax—huh? Did I just hear something?”

“Big Sister! I know you’re in there—and not alone! I’m getting impatient, I’m going to break the door!”

“Ha, did you hear that? She said she’s going to break—uh, Belith?!”

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