Li Huayu had been listening quietly, her expression shifting from confusion to bewilderment.
Finally, she could no longer hold back her questions.
“It means someone who wants to be with Tianyou forever, someone they intend to marry,” Xiaoyuan answered on Luo Tianyou’s behalf.
Li Huayu’s eyes slowly widened.
“Marriage? Tianyou is getting married?”
“No, I’m not getting married,” Luo Tianyou said, waving her hands frantically.
“But…”
Li Huayu looked at Moonlight Ruri, then tried to imagine the Seraphim she had yet to meet.
Finally, she looked back at Luo Tianyou, her expression suddenly turning sorrowful.
“If Tianyou gets married, does that mean you can’t live with me anymore?”
Luo Tianyou’s heart softened.
“That won’t happen. Even if I were to marry, we would still be friends.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
Only then did Li Huayu relax slightly, though a trace of unease still lingered in her eyes.
Watching this scene, Xiaoyuan couldn’t help but sigh.
‘Flora, oh Flora, what a mess you’ve left behind.’
“At any rate, the Seraphim will be here soon. Before that, little Tianyou, you need to decide how to handle this. Will you accept her engagement or reject it?”
“I refuse,” Luo Tianyou said without hesitation.
Was this some kind of joke?
She couldn’t even handle Moonlight Ruri alone, and now another S-class was coming?
Dealing with two of them at once would be impossible.
“And what about Moonlight Ruri?” Xiaoyuan asked.
Luo Tianyou froze.
She looked toward Moonlight Ruri.
Moonlight Ruri was also watching her, a hint of nervousness visible in her gaze as she waited for her choice.
Luo Tianyou bit her lip.
“My agreement with Moonlight Ruri is already settled. We’re starting over. Not as dog and master, but a normal relationship.”
Moonlight Ruri pursed her lips, a faint smile curling at the corners.
“Fine. Then we start over.”
She wasn’t sure when it had started, but perhaps from the moment she began acting spoiled, she suddenly felt like this was acceptable.
No matter what she wanted to do, she had to stay by Luo Tianyou’s side first, didn’t she?
Just then, a voice came through Lin Weiwei’s earpiece, and her expression became somewhat complicated.
“Master Xiaoyuan, Master Moonlight… Lady Seraphim has arrived early. She is currently in the lobby on the first floor.”
***
The first-floor lobby was normally bustling, but it was now unnaturally quiet.
Every staff member had stopped in their tracks, their gazes focused on the center of the hall.
A tall woman stood there.
Or rather, she was a radiant entity.
Her long red hair burned like a literal flame, tied back in a high ponytail.
Tiny sparks actually drifted from the ends of her hair.
She wore a red and white battle dress with a hemline that reached mid-thigh, revealing long, straight legs clad in white stockings.
A slender sword hung at her waist, its hilt embedded with a crimson gemstone.
Most striking of all were her eyes—a golden-red that looked like flowing lava.
Just making eye contact was enough to make one feel a scorching heat.
She stood alone, with a 3-meter radius of empty space around her.
It wasn’t that people didn’t want to get close; it was simply too hot.
Hot in a literal, physical sense.
When Luo Tianyou and her group stepped out of the elevator, this was the scene they witnessed.
“It’s so hot,” Li Huayu whispered.
Indeed, the lobby’s air conditioning seemed to have failed completely, as the temperature had risen by at least 5 degrees.
“Evelyn, it’s been a long time,” Xiaoyuan said, stepping forward to greet her.
The Seraphim turned her head.
Her gaze bypassed Xiaoyuan entirely and landed directly on Luo Tianyou.
“Wife!”
The crisp, loud shout echoed through the entire lobby.
Luo Tianyou: “?”
Every staff member: “…?!”
Ignoring everyone else, the Seraphim lunged forward in a single stride.
Moonlight Ruri immediately blocked Luo Tianyou’s path.
“Stop right there.”
The Seraphim halted, her golden-red eyes narrowing as she looked Moonlight Ruri up and down.
“Are you that stray dog?”
“Who are you calling a stray dog?”
Moonlight Ruri snapped, instantly incensed.
“Anyone who tries to steal my wife is a stray dog,” the Seraphim said righteously.
“Move aside. I want to talk to my wife.”
“She is not your wife.”
“Auntie Flora said she is, so she is!”
“Flora is dead.”
“Which is why the promise must be kept even more! I promised Auntie Flora that I would protect Tianyou for the rest of her life!”
Seeing the tension between the two rising, Luo Tianyou couldn’t help but peek out from behind Moonlight Ruri.
“Miss Seraphim?”
Upon hearing her voice, the Seraphim’s expression instantly shifted from aggressive to sparkling.
She skirted around Moonlight Ruri and pressed close to Luo Tianyou, staring at her without blinking.
“Wife, you’re even cuter than your photos!”
Luo Tianyou’s cheeks flushed under the intense gaze.
“I’m not your wife…”
“You are! Auntie Flora showed me your pictures and said she was entrusting her little Tianyou to me.”
The Seraphim suddenly remembered something and pulled an object from her small pouch.
“Look, this is the token!”
It was a Starry Sky Pendant.
Luo Tianyou recognized it; her mother used to make these for fun when she was bored.
They had eventually filled an entire chest, but the collection had vanished.
Luo Tianyou had assumed they were lost, but now it seemed they had been given away as tokens?
‘Mother, that was an entire box. How many tokens did you give away?!’
“My name is Evelyn,” the Seraphim introduced herself enthusiastically.
“I am a 22-year-old S-class Magic Girl. I specialize in fire magic and close-quarters combat. I like sweets and fighting, and I hate cold things and liars.”
She added, “Most of all, I love my wife!”
Luo Tianyou was left dizzy by the rapid-fire confession.
“Miss Evelyn, I really…”
“Just call me Evelyn!”
Evelyn’s eyes curved into crescents.
“Wife’s voice is so beautiful~”
Moonlight Ruri reached her limit and yanked Luo Tianyou behind her.
“Stay away from her.”
“You’re the one who should stay away!”
Evelyn retorted immediately.
“I am the official wife!”
“Official wife? Did you ask for her opinion?”
“Auntie Flora’s word is final!”
“I already told you, Flora is dead!”
“And that is why I’m fulfilling the promise for her! What are you trying to do? My business with my wife is none of your damn business!”
Seeing that they were about to start another shouting match, Xiaoyuan quickly intervened.
“Ladies, this is the lobby. Shall we go upstairs to talk?”
Evelyn looked at the growing crowd of onlookers and frowned.
“Fine. I’ll do it for my wife’s sake.”
As she spoke, she naturally reached out to take Luo Tianyou’s hand.
Moonlight Ruri slapped her hand away.
Evelyn’s eyes widened in a glare.
5 minutes later, in the 3rd-floor office.
Evelyn sat on the sofa, pressing tightly against Luo Tianyou.
Moonlight Ruri sat on the other side, having forced her way in.
“Evelyn, we understand your intent, but little Tianyou…”
Xiaoyuan started.
“She’s unwilling?”
Evelyn turned to look at Luo Tianyou, her golden-red eyes suddenly misting over.
“Wife, do you not want me anymore?”
That aggrieved, pitiful look made her seem like a completely different person from the aggressive S-class Magic Girl from moments ago.
Luo Tianyou scratched her head.
“It’s not that I don’t want you, it’s that we don’t even know each other.”
Evelyn spoke up instantly, “We know each other now! We can get married first and then fall in love. I don’t mind!”
“Marriage is a very serious matter. It requires two people to like each other. We just met for the first time, how could we possibly…”
“I like you, though.”
Moonlight Ruri spoke coldly, “She won’t marry you. You can go back now.”
“What right do you have to decide for her?” Evelyn glared back.
“The right of being here first, you filthy crow.”
“What did you just bark?!”
Fury instantly surged in Evelyn, her magic power exploding as she reached out to strike Moonlight Ruri.