In the living room, Ashford watched Sonata nibble on Rock Candy and Marshmallows brought by Pinkie Pie, while a steaming bump sat atop her head.
Because Sonata had smeared snot and tears all over Ashford’s schoolbag, she had been given a punch.
It wasn’t Ashford who hit her, but Adagio.
After all, Adagio would be the one stuck washing the bag.
At this moment, Adagio was grumbling in the bathroom while scrubbing Ashford’s bag, while Aria had already returned to her room to continue scrolling through videos.
“Sonata, what’s going on with you guys?”
“Ashford, we saw you and your bed were gone early this morning. We thought you’d been kidnapped by human traffickers, especially since you didn’t even take your phone.”
“…Sorry, that was my fault.”
“If you blow on the bump on my head, I’ll forgive you.”
“…”
Ashford didn’t answer, but from his expression, he was clearly speechless at Sonata’s request.
Nevertheless, Shangguan Jingxing leaned in and gently blew on it.
“Ah~, that’s much better.”
Sonata lay on Ashford’s lap, pondering her next words while chewing on Rock Candy and Marshmallows.
Her moving cheeks were truly adorable.
Ashford was mesmerized and couldn’t help but reach out a finger to poke her cheek.
“Hmm?”
Sonata felt the finger poking her face and didn’t know what Ashford was doing.
However, she didn’t think much of it and resumed chewing a few seconds later.
Looking at Sonata’s hamster-like cheeks, Ashford felt a strange sensation welling up inside him for some reason.
It was as if some little fetish of his was being satisfied.
What was it called…
a Feeding Fetish?
As he watched, Ashford began to recall the past.
In his memory, he and Sonata were childhood friends, but why were there no memories of Sonata attending school?
Had Sonata not gone to the same school as him?
Sss—his head was starting to ache again.
Sonata heard the sharp intake of breath and looked up to see Ashford with his eyes squeezed shut.
“Ashford, what’s wrong? Does your head hurt?”
“Sonata…”
“Hmm? What is it?” Visit g.com for the full chapter.
“Back then… why exactly did you drop out of school?”
“…”
The moment Ashford asked this, Sonata, who had been eating candy, froze instantly as if a binding spell had been cast on her.
In the bathroom, Adagio immediately stopped scrubbing the schoolbag upon hearing this.
“Ah… well… that… it was because my classmates made fun of me for eating so much, saying I was like a pig, so I didn’t dare go to school anymore. Waaaah, they actually said that about me. Waaaah, I’m so sad.”
After swallowing the candy in her mouth, Sonata buried her face in Ashford’s stomach.
Seeing her cry, Ashford didn’t want to press her further.
Instead, he tried to cheer her up.
“Alright, alright, don’t cry. Let’s not think about those upsetting things. Our Sonata is so cute. A bit more would be fat, a bit less would be thin; they just don’t understand beauty.”
Ashford comforted Sonata, picking her up and patting her back with one hand while holding a piece of Rock Candy to her lips with the other.
He was coaxing her just like one would a child.
Sonata really was like a child; seeing the candy, she opened her mouth and ate it.
Adagio stood by the bathroom door frame, letting out a sigh of relief as she watched the harmonious scene on the sofa.
If he discovered any more clues, they would just have to sing a song and use magic to solve it, but if possible, they hoped to exist in this home openly and honestly.
Otherwise, it would be a terrible shame if they looked back one day and realized all the beautiful memories here were fake.
Although for long-lived Sirens, memories here might be fleeting, what if?
At the very least, Sonata really liked it here.
“Ashford, my feet hurt, give me a massage.”
“Did you wash your feet?”
“Do they smell?”
“…”
Ashford didn’t answer, only giving Sonata a side-eye before swatting away the small blue foot that was stepping on his face.
He got up and went back to his room.
However, once inside, he was dumbfounded to find that his bed was nothing but a bare frame.
His brain instantly recalled what happened before sunrise.
If he remembered correctly…
the pillows, blankets, mattress, and everything else seemed to have been thrown by the roadside.
That night, after Ashford had exhausted himself making another trip to the furniture store for bedding, he lay in bed snoring away.
The Three Siren Sisters held their nightly meeting once again.
“Sonata, haven’t you been getting a bit too close to Ashford lately?”
Adagio looked somewhat somber in the candlelight. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
Sonata was at a loss for words; she wanted to refute Adagio, but she really had become somewhat dependent on him lately.
“I… I… *crunch, crunch*.”
Adagio and Aria heard a strange sound and turned to see that Sonata was actually still eating Rock Candy.
“Sonata, stop eating candy. Aren’t you worried your teeth will rot?”
“But Aria, this candy is delicious. It’s blueberry flavored, it matches my color.”
“Even so, you can’t…”
“There’s grape flavor.”
“…Give me some.”
Aria naturally took some Rock Candy and began to taste it.
As the sweet and sour grape flavor spread through her mouth, the pleasure from the sugar made Aria smile involuntarily.
“What are you doing? What are you doing? Why have you two started liking human life? Remember, we are Sirens.”
“But Adagio, we’ve already turned into these hairless, tailless monkeys. What’s wrong with enjoying ourselves in human bodies?”
Adagio hadn’t expected Aria to “defect.” Having not been exposed to the internet’s influence, Adagio couldn’t fathom what Aria was thinking.
Was human life really that wonderful?
Seeing that Adagio was still angry, Sonata actually felt a spark of rebellion for the first time.
“Adagio, let me ask you first, what is our current goal?”
“To obtain powerful magic, of course.”
“And after we get powerful magic?”
“Go back to Equestria for revenge.”
“And after we finish our revenge in Equestria?”
“Then we live a good life, obviously.”
“Then what are we doing right now?”
“I…”
For a moment, Adagio couldn’t find a reason to argue back.
She knew Sonata’s logic was flawed, but she didn’t know how to counter it.
The carefree life in the world of ponies was indeed nice, but fighting and killing occupied most of their time.
Whereas here, everyone gathered together to talk, chat, and eat—something they had never truly had.
“At… at most, we can just come back after we finish our revenge. Think about it, once our grudges are settled, we can do whatever we want. It won’t be too late to come back and live a good life then.”
Adagio struggled for a long time before finally squeezing out an excuse, but to the internet-savvy Aria, this sounded like nothing more than stubbornness.