Endless Silver Machine

This mansion is indeed as Misty said, there is no trace of anyone else staying here except them.

Everyone first became familiar with the environment of this mansion. Most of them were empty rooms that had not been used. There was one room that was hidden in the shadows and seemed to be locked from the inside. Because I didn't care about anything in particular, I didn't force the door to break in.

There was always light leaking out of Misty's room through the closed door. She was probably still looking after the unconscious Veer tirelessly, and no one bothered her when they passed by her room door.

Because this is the territory of the Nemesis Society after all, there may be unknown risks in various places that are not paid attention to. Everyone decided to sleep in the same room tonight and take Wei Xi to the inside of the World Tree tomorrow to find a place that could help her wake up.

The place where we will temporarily live together tonight is the room where Luo Luo once lived.

There are extra unused beddings in the cupboard of the room, and the area is also very spacious. Aika asked Wei Xi to sleep on the bed behind the curved screen. Plus Aika, the other three people spread the bedding side by side on the soft overlay of the room. There was no feeling of crowding at all. Hitomi should go back there at night. Rest in the world on the other side.

"Want to sleep together?"

When Ling made such a suggestion, Liuyin clearly showed a vigilant attitude. She exuded a stinging aura and stared closely at the only boy among the three.

Aika didn't have any special thoughts when she heard Ling suggest that everyone should sleep together to prevent accidents. It wasn't until Liuyin showed his vigilant attitude that he was shocked to realize that he had already adapted to the luxury of being in the same room with the opposite sex without even realizing it.

"I'll sleep in the corner over there. You two girls can sleep together."

Aika gestured to the corner of the room with her finger. That distance should be considered a safe distance.

"What are you talking about? This is the territory of the Nemesis Association. If there is an emergency, we can't react at all from such a distance, right?"

"We are all in the same room, so there is no concept of being far away from each other!"

"Miss Ling, didn't you say before that those two people can't do anything now? Why are you using the 'Nemesis Society's territory' as an excuse now?"

"This is a fact, not an excuse!"

"There are excess magic particles inside the World Tree. I can stay in this world forever."

Hitomi calmly inserted herself into the midst of the two girls who were talking in confusion. She probably didn't realize that her joining would make their dispute more serious.

"Hitomi, you must have been prepared to stay here forever..."

"yes."

It seems that Hitomi's attitude has long been firm, and Aika, as the master, has no choice but to accept her willfulness.

So there are four people sleeping in this room tonight. However, the room is spacious enough to accommodate one more person.

"Have you excluded me?" As expected, Guang, who had not appeared since arriving inside the World Tree, appeared next to Ling. "It is a rare opportunity to get closer to you, Demon We also need to be honest with humans to deepen our understanding. Only in this way can we make the contract between us closer, right?"

"Why do you keep looking at Aika and saying these things! Shouldn't your master be me?"

The appearance of light caused Hitomi to narrow her eyes slightly, showing a vigilant look. She moved her steps and stood in front of Aika as if she wanted to protect her master.

"The room is cramped and the hospitality is poor. Please come back..."

"How could I mind that kind of thing? Hitomi's requirements are really too strict."

Before Hitomi could even summon the red paper umbrella as a weapon, Hikaru quickly shortened the distance between them with an unpredictable smile, put her hand under Hitomi's arm, and lifted her away from Aika. On the side, and then came to Aika's side.

Before Aika could react and was about to do something, she pressed her face towards him and hugged Aika's arm. Aika's arm sank deeply into the softness under the pure white clothes.

"Light……"

A scent like sake drifted from her body, making people unconsciously intoxicated.

"Because I want to get closer to Hitomi... Obviously we are both magic costumes born from the World Tree, so we should be as close as sisters. But Hitomi always looks unhappy when she sees me, and she can't be nice Isn’t it strange to get along?”

"Even then, your behavior now is too strange, isn't it?!"

"Is it weird? Since Hitomi didn't give me a chance to get close, I can only start with the master she cares about most. This is a helpless move."

After Hikaru refuted Ling's accusation as if it was natural, she glanced meaningfully at Hitomi, who was being held away from Aika by her.

After Ming Mingguang hugged Aika's arm, she didn't take any further action, but the glance she looked at Hitomi seemed to have a faint feeling of boasting of victory.

"You have entered a safe distance. As the owner of the magical equipment, it is necessary to eliminate the approaching threat."

"Hitomi, you need to be more confident in yourself. You can't always think that your master will be taken away if I do this."

The two girls who were "sisters in love" looked at each other, Hitomi's cold expression seemed to twitch slightly, Hikari still did not flinch, and the atmosphere between them suddenly became dangerous.

Then everyone watched as Hitomi silently set up the folded red paper umbrella.

"Wait a minute, Hitomi, if you have something to say, please tell me!"

Aika quickly broke free from Hikari's arms, and with one lunge, she reached out and suppressed Hitomi's weapon.

Everyone knew that the seemingly ordinary red paper umbrella had the power of "mechanical alchemy", and Hitomi looked really angry when he took out the weapon without saying a word.

Aika, who only guessed Hitomi's feelings based on her subtle expressions, only this time firmly believed that her judgment was absolutely accurate. She must suppress Hitomi's anger immediately to prevent this historic mansion from being destroyed by endless gunfire. Once upon a time.

Guang, who was freed by Aika, just said "It's such a pity". She probably did that just to tease Hitomi, who rejected her thousands of miles away.

"Let me tell you...are you usually in this state?"

Liuyin looked at the little fight between Aika and the others dumbfounded. Except for the time they spent together in the mansion in the east district of the imperial capital, Liuyin and the few people who lived together in the administrator's cabin had never spent time together.

If you think about it carefully, Liuyin actually doesn't know what Aika and the others are like on a daily basis. She had felt curious many times before, but when she asked Wei Xi, Wei Xi was only vague and knew that their daily life should be full of happiness.

Maybe I have no chance of such a stable daily life. For Liuyin, who only valued Wei Xi and the Holy See, it was incredible that he was still in the mood to have a little fight like this at this moment.

"I never wanted to live every day as if I were trying to stop a war."

Aika complained while pushing Hitomi's shoulders further away from the light. Judging from the current situation, it would be a miracle if the two of them could sleep together peacefully tonight.

Liuyin tried hard to understand all the emotions contained in Aika's words. She felt a little relieved when she thought that Wei Xi, who was not around, had been relaxing and playing like them on weekdays.

"Just this once... it doesn't matter if we spend the night together occasionally. There are so many people here..."

“The problem now is that there are too many people!”

Aika couldn't help but complain to Liuyin.

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After decorating the room, I can relax a little and enjoy some rest tonight.

Everyone had fully relaxed in the mansion's open-air hot spring and put on the pajamas they had brought beforehand.

"What weird clothes..."

Although both Hitomi and Hikaru can use their own magic power to generate the clothes they need to wear in this world, since they want to fully experience life in this world, Aika still suggests that they put on close-fitting Japanese pajamas themselves.

Hitomi's fluffy pink twintails were untied while taking a shower, and were draped over her shoulders with wet moisture.

Guang's posture after putting on Japanese-style pajamas was still much the same as when she was wearing a hakama skirt, except that she had her beautiful long black hair tied on top of her head, revealing her white neck, which was as gentle and elegant as a hibiscus.

"I really like this kind of clothing. It doesn't feel like a constraint."

Guang lowered his head and looked around at the fresh outfits, then spun around in a circle.

It was Aika and Ling who started to tidy up the bedding for everyone. They were like the owner and proprietress of a hotel, taking care of the guests who came from afar.

The actual situation is that Hitomi and Hikari, who are new here, have no idea how to spread the futon on the soft layered mattress. This kind of work that requires hands-on experience can only be done by their two masters.

Five comfortable quilts have been laid out in the center of the room. Judging from the current situation, this number of people is just right. It doesn't feel crowded or spacious.

The incense on the desk was still burning quietly, and the fragrant fragrance spreading in the room catalyzed the long-term accumulation of fatigue to slowly dissolve, bringing a drowsy and lazy feeling.

"Liuyin, do you need help from Wei Xi?"

"Thank you, I'm done."

Liuyin came out from behind the curved screen holding a basin filled with water. She had just finished wiping the sleeping Wei Xi's body and put on the same pajamas as everyone else's.

"Xiao Xi will wake up tomorrow, and there will be no need to do this kind of thing anymore."

"Isn't this something we should be happy about?"

"Ahaha... I probably know that Xiao Xi is just sleeping, so I don't feel too nervous. This feeling is really contradictory."

Liuyin smiled with a complicated expression and walked out of the room carrying the basin.

Although I don't know if there is any difference between the flow of time inside the World Tree and the outside world, the sky inside the World Tree has completely darkened now, and everyone naturally feels like turning off the lights and going to sleep.

"You shouldn't have to worry too much about Misty and Will..."

"The contract between the two of them and the magic equipment has not been severed, and the environment inside the World Tree has strengthened this connection. Now even if their magic equipment is not activated, we can still feel their location. As long as they are close, it will cause We pay attention.”

Just from this explanation, it seems that magic equipment does possess certain things that human senses cannot detect.

"We actually hope you can have a good rest. We have gone through so many fierce battles and have worked hard for you for so long. But in this situation, only you can monitor the two of them. I'm really sorry."

It was rare for Ling to let go and sincerely ask her and Aika's two partners for something that only they could do.

"After all, we are living under the same roof with the enemy. It is incredible that this is the case now."

"I won't let them cause trouble."

It seems that Guang and Hitomi frankly accepted Ling's sincere request. It's rare for everyone to spend the night together in the same room like this, and they must not want to be disturbed by other people.

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Of course, the final result of the assignment was that Aika could not sleep in the middle position, hugged on the left and right, but was assigned to the edge position closest to the door.

The girls sleeping next to him are Hitomi, Ling, Guang and Liuyin in order.

Naturally, it is impossible for Hitomi and Hikaru to sleep together peacefully, and Hitomi is obviously unwilling to leave Aika's side, so the position that originally belonged to Ling was inexplicably taken away by Hitomi.

It was rare to have such a leisurely moment, so everyone made a little fuss before falling asleep. As a result, they became even more sleepy after turning off the lights and lying down.

Although she was close to the edge of the room, Aika still couldn't say that she could sleep peacefully without being hugged by her side.

Hitomi was sleeping sideways next to Aika, and he could feel that Hitomi was not asleep yet.

I have heard before that as long as she does not consume too much magic power, Hitomi does not need to sleep at night like humans in this world. Now this behavior for her is just to enjoy daily life like everyone else.

Aika closed her eyes and didn't fall asleep for a long time, so she opened her eyes again and looked at the ceiling.

The room was quiet except for the subtle breathing of the girls, one after another.

They did not have as much difficulty falling asleep as Aika, which also proved that they had accumulated more fatigue than Aika, both physically and mentally. The mental fatigue is not due to the constant events, but more due to Aika's previous actions.

Aika, who couldn't sleep, glanced tentatively beside her. Hitomi was looking at Aika's side face with her eyes slightly opened under the silvery moonlight shining in from the raised lattice window.

It's incredible. Is it a coincidence that the two of them opened their eyes and looked at each other at the same time? Aika had never felt that Hitomi was watching her until just now.

Even after meeting Aika's eyes, Hitomi didn't seem to have any intention of hiding, and still looked at each other quietly with Aika.

"Go to sleep..."

Unable to bear to break the silent air in the room, Aika whispered to her at a volume that only Hitomi sleeping next to her could hear.

I don't know if Hitomi didn't fall asleep because she was worried. She just closed her eyes obediently.

Even though she did this, Aika didn't know if she was really ready to sleep.

From such a close distance, it was impossible not to smell Hitomi's peaceful aura. Although there is no trace like a water mark on a white paper, it still covers the existence of the incense, occupying my heart, and diluting the worries that I can't let go in the beautiful and light fragrance.

After a while, Aika, who had not been able to sleep for a long time, also fell into a deep sleep.

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