Chapter 37: I Know What You Mean

“Ah-choo!”

“What’s wrong? Did the night wind make you cold? Want me to grab a cloak to wrap around you?”

Eulalia immediately leaned down from Sevi’s back, asking with concern.

Sevitis rubbed her itchy nose and snapped back unpleasantly:

“It’s an old problem. Don’t worry about it. If you have that much free time to care about me, why don’t you get down and walk on your own!”

“Looks like Sevi’s really fine, and pretty lively too.” Eulalia showed no sign of getting off.

She lifted her head to gaze at the bright moon in the night sky and sighed softly:

“Sevi has changed so much. You used to be so frail, sickly since childhood, only about five-foot-three, with that sallow complexion… and now you’ve carried me this far on your back.”

With that, she pulled her gaze back and leaned close to Sevitis’s face, looking at her with a teasing glint: “Even though you’ve gotten even smaller in stature, that is.”

“Still, I can tell you’re the same person at a glance. Your features just got more adorable and youthful based on the original.”

“But it’s strange. Even though you’ve gotten so much stronger, why is this little face still so pale? Could it be that Sevi is still a picky eater? That won’t do, you know. You’ll get malnourished.”

“None of your business.” Sevitis shot back irritably.

Why were these people so annoying, always worrying about whether someone else was malnourished?

Eulalia didn’t mind her bad attitude. Instead, she reached out and idly played with Sevitis’s smooth black hair, wrapping strands around her fingers.

“The texture is so nice. Guess you’re not malnourished after all, or maybe Sevi maintains it well?”

Maintain it, my ass!

Sevitis wished all this troublesome long hair would just fall out.

If anything, this hair that grew back even after being cut was the most likely culprit behind any malnutrition.

“But no matter how little Sevi’s appearance changes, your insides haven’t changed at all. That’s how I could recognize you at a glance.” Eulalia chuckled softly.

Hearing that, Sevitis finally got the answer to why the other woman had recognized her so quickly, but she still refused to back down verbally:

“Ha, I’m honored. But someone else is exactly the same inside and out, with not much change either.”

Still as black-hearted and nasty as five years ago.

“Oh my, you really shouldn’t say that to a girl, you know. I’ll get mad.” Eulalia complained softly.

Sevitis was completely baffled. Mad about what? Did this woman somehow catch that she was silently calling her black-hearted? She didn’t actually have telepathy, did she?

Before she could figure it out, Eulalia suddenly pressed her body forward, bringing her warm red lips close to Sevitis’s ear, her breath like orchid:

“Saying a girl ‘hasn’t changed on the outside’ is serious harassment, you know… So, how about you feel more carefully whether there’s any change?”

“Feel it with your own body.”

Despite Eulalia’s slender waist, her development in certain areas was far from lacking.

As Eulalia deliberately lowered her body and pressed tightly against her, Sevitis immediately felt an astonishing softness pressing against her back.

Unlike her own somewhat firm, flat feeling, the sensation coming from behind was undoubtedly a mature, well-nourished fruit that had been carefully cultivated over these five years.

Extremely high nutritional value.

Finally realizing what kind of degenerate nonsense this woman was pulling, Sevitis’s small face flushed bright red.

“Wha… what the hell are you thinking about in that head of yours!” The heavy burden on her back made Sevitis stumble forward.

She turned her head and shouted in shame and anger, “I quit! Get off me right now!”

“Ehh~ We’re both girls now, and we grew up together as childhood friends. What’s wrong with a little closeness?”

Eulalia laughed as she watched her. “Could it be that my little Sevi is embarrassed?”

“I am not embarrassed! And who’s your little Sevi!”

Sevitis bared her teeth in fury, like an angry cat, but her ears, red enough to bleed, had already betrayed her.

Eulalia finally couldn’t help but let out a light laugh.

Knowing when to stop, she nimbly jumped off Sevitis’s back and even happily hopped two steps forward, as if she was genuinely afraid that this black-haired kitten would get mad and pounce on her to bite.

This bitch wasn’t even pretending anymore, huh! Watching the lively figure from behind, Sevitis ground her teeth internally.

She should have just thrown her off with a shoulder toss and let her “develop” properly in the dirt!

So embarrassing… but at least this was the dangerous Blood Burial Forest in the dead of night.

There was absolutely no way anyone could see her in this state.

Wait… had she forgotten something?

As if struck by lightning, Sevitis turned her head stiffly.

Not far behind her, the ox demon girl, who had been following them the whole time without looking away and thus witnessed the entire show from start to finish, stood there quietly.

Seeing that Sevitis had finally noticed her existence, Su Ling’s face broke into a mysterious smile.

“You perverted cow girl, it’s nothing like what you’re thinking!” Sevitis snapped in a mix of shame and anger.

But to her surprise, before she could explain further, Su Ling immediately dropped her smile, straightened her expression, and nodded seriously: “No need to worry, boss. I understand what you mean. I get it.”

Seeing this rare moment of brain-using seriousness, Sevitis didn’t react at first.

“Re… really? Good that you understand.” She breathed a long, skeptical sigh of relief.

“I know. You two have a very special relationship and don’t want outsiders to find out, right?”

“Wai, wait… What exactly do you understand?” A bad feeling rose in Sevitis’s heart.

Su Ling ignored her interruption and continued in a tone like an “experienced person”: “Don’t look at me like I just hang around the tribe all day. I’ve still heard about the private shenanigans you humans get up to.”

“Things like candles, whips… Nobles, you know. Having some unique little hobbies is totally normal. I completely understand! Don’t worry, boss. My lips are sealed. I’ll definitely keep little Sevi’s secret!”

With that, Su Ling even winked at Sevitis with great seriousness and gave her a thumbs-up.

“I get it~”

“Demon! What do you get!”

At that moment, Sevitis finally realized the true meaning of “casting pearls before swine.”

She had no idea where those things came from in this girl’s mouth, but just hearing them from this perverted cow girl, she knew they weren’t used for anything proper!

She clenched her fists tightly and began seriously considering whether, if she killed this cow in the dead of night to silence her, the nearby examiner would catch her.

As for the instigator of all this, the esteemed Saint Candidate, she stood not far away with a smile, like she was enjoying a show as she watched the black-haired girl chase the ox demon girl with a sword.

She lowered her eyes, lifted the hand that had just stroked someone’s black hair, and brought it to her nose, gently sniffing.

“Osmanthus fragrance…”

The golden-haired girl’s lips curled into a satisfied, gentle arc.

“How nice… It just happens to be my favorite scent.”