“You, really.” Watching the Little one beside her snoring away again, a helpless smile appeared on Tallulah’s face.
After gently tucking the blanket over Griseo, she carefully climbed out of bed.
At this moment, Tallulah, feeling a complex mix of emotions but also quite happy, hadn’t yet noticed anything unusual about herself.
She planned to freshen up a bit, then head out for breakfast, and stop by to discuss the upcoming situation and deployments with Alina.
However, before Tallulah could even start freshening up, someone came looking for her first.
“Tallulah, are you up?” Alina’s gentle voice came from outside the tent, causing Tallulah to stop what she was doing and walk quickly toward the entrance.
If she were meeting anyone else, she might have paid attention to her appearance and asked them to wait outside for a moment.
But since it was Alina who had come to find her, she didn’t care much about her appearance in front of her close friend whom she lived with.
After all, what hadn’t they seen of each other?
They had even slept together in the past…
Outside the door, Alina waited quietly after calling out, no longer speaking.
Because she understood Tallulah’s habits; her close friend had definitely heard that call just now.
“Shh, that Little one Griseo is still sleeping.
Morning~” Gently lifting the tent flap, Tallulah poked her head out and whispered to Alina, who was standing there.
“Hmm…?” Hearing Tallulah’s words, Alina, who had originally wanted to say something, quieted down as soon as she looked up and saw the person’s face.
She then made a strange expression and silently swallowed the words she had intended to speak.
Watching her close friend suddenly stop speaking with an indescribable expression, Tallulah asked, confused: “What’s wrong?” “…Pfft, haha…
sor, sorry.” Tallulah’s blank expression combined with the cute doodles on her face made Alina, who had been trying hard to hold it in, burst into soft laughter.
“???” Alina’s laughter only confused the dragon lady more.
She subconsciously touched her own face, but couldn’t figure out what was going on.
However, the ominous feeling in her heart grew stronger…
Finally, under the gaze of her close friend’s smiling eyes, Tallulah turned and went back into the tent to look in a mirror.
Alina followed her in carefully.
“!” After looking in the mirror and seeing the “makeup” on her face, Tallulah’s expression twisted for a split second…
but it quickly turned into endless helplessness.
After all, what could she do?
She had agreed to let the Little Girl stay, and she had helped her a great deal; she couldn’t just kick her out…
Besides, she was so cute, she just had to forgive her…
“Hehe~” Seeing Tallulah’s expression, Alina chuckled softly.
Then, to avoid waking up the Little one, she leaned close to her close friend’s ear and whispered: “Looks like you two had a pretty pleasant time last night~” “Mm…
don’t get so close, and it wasn’t pleasant at all!” Feeling the warm breath on her ear, Tallulah’s body tensed up subconsciously.
She turned around and carefully pushed the person beside her away.
“Is that so?
I just feel…
Tallulah, your aura has changed a lot.
Although your appearance hasn’t changed, you seem to have matured quite a bit.” The Little Deer, having been pushed away, was not discouraged.
Instead, she grabbed Tallulah’s wrist, used the leverage to lean in close again, and whispered with narrowed eyes.
Although Tallulah was still the same when facing her—a bit blank and fun to tease…
Alina still keenly sensed the subtle changes in her close friend.
“…You really are something.” Staring at Alina’s face inches away and her inquisitive blue eyes, and feeling the warm breath she exhaled, Tallulah sighed helplessly with a slight blush on her face.
“This isn’t the place to talk; the Little one is still sleeping.
I’ll freshen up, then we can talk outside…” “Okay~” Having received the answer she wanted, Alina slowly released Tallulah and stepped back.
“…” Watching Alina step back, Tallulah let out a sigh of relief in secret, then turned to freshen up.
Fortunately, the paint Griseo used to draw on Tallulah’s face last night was just ordinary paint, which washed off easily.
Otherwise, she definitely would have shaken the sleeping Little one on the bed awake.
Finally, after taking one last look at the soundly sleeping Griseo on the bed, Tallulah left the tent with Alina.
“So, what exactly happened between you and Griseo last night?” Walking along the path, Alina couldn’t contain her curiosity any longer and asked.
In fact, after noticing Tallulah’s changes, the Little Deer had some guesses.
But guesses were just guesses; she preferred to get the answer from her close friend to confirm her suspicions.
“I experienced…
the magic of the paintings you mentioned.
I can only say that seeing it once is indeed better than hearing about it a hundred times.” Hearing this, Tallulah said in a low voice with an indescribable expression.
“Heh~ Looks like you’ve experienced quite a few things too, Tallulah.
No wonder your aura suddenly became so mature overnight.” As she spoke, Alina couldn’t help but chuckle again; her laughter was melodious and full of gentleness.
“Hmph.” Looking at the familiar yet strange face and smile beside her, Tallulah felt a momentary trance.
She came to her senses and huffed, but couldn’t help but curl the corners of her lips unconsciously.
‘You’re still here; that’s truly wonderful.’ “Since that’s the case, do you have any new plans or deployments, Tallulah?” Having confirmed Tallulah’s general situation with a few words, Alina asked with a smile.
Listening to Alina’s gentle inquiry, Tallulah nodded gently, then invited: “I do have some, so Alina, do you have time to chat after breakfast?” “Is that so?
But I have to go teach the children to read today…” Looking at the anticipation in her close friend’s eyes, a hint of amusement flashed in Alina’s eyes, and she said softly.
However, before she could finish her sentence, she was interrupted by Tallulah.
“Alright then, let’s talk next time.” After saying this, a trace of imperceptible disappointment flashed in the dragon lady’s eyes, just like a child who didn’t get their candy.
“Pfft, I wasn’t finished yet.
Are you really that reluctant to chat with me, Tallulah?
Although I have to teach the children today, I can ask someone else to cover for me.” “!” “Alright, don’t make that face, let’s go.” ————————
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”