“Mm~yah…”
However, the moment Alice touched the Pattern, it seemed to awaken Liyakade.
With her eyes tightly closed, Liyakade frowned, shivering as if stimulated by something, then opened her scarlet eyes.
“A-Alice? What are you…?”
Liyakade looked at Alice, who was almost lying on top of her, feeling the sensation on her lower abdomen. She immediately understood what Alice was doing, narrowed her eyes, and asked Alice in a faint voice.
“Could it be… sleep h…?”
“N-No!”
Seeing Liyakade awake, Alice quickly withdrew her jade finger from Liyakade’s lower abdomen, waved her hand to deny her actions just now, and then regained her composure.
“Eh? What… was I just now?”
Alice looked at her hands in confusion, feeling the throbbing sensation in her heart gradually subside. She couldn’t understand why she had suddenly felt such a strong desire to touch Liyakade’s skin.
“…?”
Alice looked at Liyakade again, but found that she seemed to still be asleep.
Her eyes were tightly closed, her expression peaceful, as if everything that happened just now had been Alice’s illusion.
“…Liyakade?”
Alice leaned down to Liyakade’s ear and softly called her name, but Liyakade still showed no reaction, apparently truly asleep.
“So strange… Was I so guilty just now that I imagined it?”
Alice gently poked Liyakade’s tender cheek. It was soft and elastic.
She pinched her own arm.
The strange Pattern on Liyakade’s lower abdomen and Liyakade’s actions—waking and then falling back asleep—had made Alice think she was dreaming.
But the pain in her arm told her she was not dreaming.
“So strange.”
Meanwhile, lying on the bed with her eyes closed, Liyakade listened to Alice’s confused voice and reactions, already feeling impatient.
Sleep h… She had never experienced that before!
Liyakade regretted interrupting Alice just now. She should have sneaked a peek, understood the situation, and continued pretending to sleep.
Pretending to sleep while being played with by Alice—just imagining it was thrilling.
But could Liyakade really keep up the act under Alice’s attack?
If she couldn’t endure the pleasure and her act was exposed, what expression would Alice make?
Would she force herself to continue, or panic in confusion?
All of this made Liyakade endlessly curious and excited.
However, judging by the current situation, it seemed Alice wouldn’t continue.
“Come to think of it… Miss Liakade seems to be ticklish.”
Alice looked suspiciously at Liyakade’s sleeping face, still feeling she was already awake.
She stretched her jade hands under Liyakade’s arms and began to tickle her gently.
What is this girl, Alice, doing… Why tickle me?
Why not touch other places!
In the darkness behind her closed eyes, Liyakade remained alert, not expecting her armpits to be attacked.
“Liyakade… So you really are awake, pretending to sleep!”
Noticing the subtle change on Liyakade’s face, Alice spoke as she intensified her tickling.
“Pff… Hahaha, stop, stop tickling! It’s too ticklish!”
Under Alice’s tickle attack, Liyakade finally couldn’t maintain her sleeping pose, bursting out laughing and hurriedly trying to block Alice with her hands.
“So you were pretending to sleep!”
Alice let go, looking doubtfully at Liyakade, who was panting heavily.
“You were clearly awake, so why pretend to sleep?”
“Ugh…”
Liyakade caught her breath, turned her back to Alice, pouting and grumbling as she wrapped the blanket with her legs.
“I should be asking you that. Why did you start touching me early in the morning? You clearly wanted to sleep h!”
“I… I really didn’t!”
Alice stammered in her explanation, not knowing herself why she had suddenly reached out to Liyakade.
“Besides… You already secretly touched me… Why stop…? I was waiting for more, hmph!”
“Eh!?”
Only then did Alice realize that Liyakade’s complaint wasn’t about being touched in the morning, but about her not continuing.
Realizing she had missed a chance to have Liyakade all to herself, Alice instantly became frustrated.
“…Liyakade, how about lying back down now?”
“No way! Now that you know I’m awake, it’s only fun to watch you sneak around, all cautious. There’s no point if you already know!”
Liyakade hugged the blanket and rolled further away.
“And you tickled me. I don’t even feel like it anymore.”
“How could this happen…”
At this moment, Alice felt nothing but regret.
If only she had been bolder and more assertive just now.
Now Liyakade didn’t even want to play.
“Hehe, better seize the opportunity next time, Alice-chan. There will be plenty of chances in the future.”
Whether it was because of her newly gained ability, or her Bloodline Awakening, Liyakade, though still appearing weak, was gradually taking the lead.
Perhaps now, it was Liyakade seducing Alice instead.
“I remember now!”
Alice finally recalled why she had put her hand on Liyakade’s abdomen earlier.
“Liyakade, what’s that thing on your stomach? It wasn’t there yesterday.”
“Oh, that?”
Liyakade remembered the scene from her dream last night.
She smiled, mimicking Korim, forming a heart shape with her jade fingers, and pressed it onto her lower abdomen, showing the Pattern to Alice.
“Does it look good?”
“…Eh? Good-looking…”
Alice stared blankly at Liyakade, suddenly feeling a warm sensation in her nose.
She wiped it and realized it was a nosebleed.
Though only a trickle, it startled Alice.
“Wh-What!?”
“Ah, this…”
Liyakade quickly put on her clothes, hiding the Pattern on her abdomen, and used her handkerchief to wipe Alice’s nosebleed.
“W-What’s wrong with me?”
“Cough, cough, maybe the weather’s a bit dry and you overheated.”
“…That’s true. My throat does feel a bit dry.”
“Here, drink some water.”
Liyakade grabbed the cup from the bedside, filling it with some cool water.
At this moment, it was just like back then.
Alice’s reaction to Liyakade now was just like Liyakade’s reaction to Korim last night.
Whether it was because Alice was too pure, or Korim’s charm was too strong, the only difference was probably the amount of blood.
Liyakade had been bleeding profusely at the time, while Alice only had a light nosebleed.
But Liyakade still felt apologetic. She hadn’t expected her playful act to cause Alice’s nose to bleed.
“Here, drink some water.”
Liyakade held the cup to Alice’s lips.
“Liyakade… Isn’t this your cup?”
“It’s fine. We’ve already kissed, done other things, and you’re worried about an indirect kiss? Drink.”
Gulp gulp