Li Ruoxi’s inherent weakness reminded Moyila of the days gone by.
“Come, sit down.”
Holding Li Ruoxi’s small hand, she watched as the black short skirt turned into a long skirt on Li Ruoxi’s body, yet it didn’t look ridiculous.
Instead, it lost the mature charm and allure it had on herself, gaining a hint of youthful, enticing sourness.
“How have you been these past few days?”
Moyila asked softly.
Li Ruoxi, upon being asked this, gave a bitter smile, hesitated slightly, and answered cautiously.
“I’m… fine… Everyone has been taking good care of me.”
With a mix of emotions, Li Ruoxi knew that even if she spoke, others would only find her melodramatic.
Moyila’s warm attitude made Li Ruoxi even more cautious.
She quickly pulled herself away from that feeling of wanting to depend on her.
“Head Steward… if there’s nothing else, I… I should go out now.”
Moyila’s warm, soft hand was holding hers, not tightly, and Li Ruoxi didn’t pull away.
She was afraid that her cold, unfeeling actions would hurt Moyila’s feelings.
“Can you call me sister?”
Moyila turned sideways, looking at Li Ruoxi who had sat down, her eyes filled with love.
She naturally showed concern for Li Ruoxi.
Meeting those eyes, the last ice in Li Ruoxi’s heart slowly melted away.
She opened her mouth, hesitated, and then, under Moyila’s loving gaze, she spoke.
“Sis…”
“Sister.”
“My good little sister.”
Moyila laughed joyfully and couldn’t help but hug Li Ruoxi.
‘S-s-so soft…’
‘Just the right size, through the breathable cotton fabric, there’s a little warmth.’
‘Warmth?’
‘Aren’t vampires’ bodies supposed to be cold?’
‘At least since she had come into contact with Vivian, Li Ruoxi always felt like she was holding a cool pillow, without any warmth.’
Moyila’s heart was delighted.
She hugged Li Ruoxi, running her hand over Li Ruoxi’s smooth hair again and again.
After a while, Li Ruoxi in her arms began to breathe a little heavily, so Moyila released her embrace.
“Go on, otherwise the Master might think you’re not working, and that wouldn’t be good.”
“Mm…”
Li Ruoxi’s heart was pounding.
“Little Ruoxi, why are you blushing?”
Moyila touched her cheek.
“No… I just didn’t catch my breath… I’ll be fine in a bit.”
Li Ruoxi would never admit that Moyila’s attack was too strong; she had almost suffocated just now.
‘But so soft… so fragrant…’
‘No no no.’
Li Ruoxi quickly expelled those terrible thoughts.
The person before her was the only sister in the entire castle estate who truly cared for her.
What were these thoughts in her head?
Besides, she was already a girl now…
“Well… I’m going now…”
Li Ruoxi quickly fled from there.
The air was already thick with an ambiguous scent; she was afraid that if she stayed any longer, something strange might happen.
Now, before the rooster’s crow, the sky was faintly lit.
The thick fog had not yet dissipated.
Walking on the tree-lined path around the castle, Li Ruoxi trimmed the flowers and trees.
Behind the castle estate was a cliff and the sea.
Golden with a hazy glow, making it hard to see clearly.
Only a fiery red outline of the sun slowly rose above the sea.
Li Ruoxi put down her tools, adjusted her position, faced the sea, and made a gesture of embracing the ocean, the sun, and the entire sky.
“Ah~~~~” Little Ruoxi let out a delicate exclamation.
Li Ruoxi put her hands to her mouth, making a megaphone shape.
“Oh sea!!!!!”
“You’re all salty water!!!!”
“I want to leave!!! Can you take me away?!!!”
After shouting, Li Ruoxi lowered her hands and sighed.
‘What am I thinking? If I could leave, I would have… have… have…’
“Help… ah…”
A wolf the size of a small truck leaped up from the cliff, and in a few bounds, it stood in front of Li Ruoxi.
Long, sharp fangs interlocked, and a stench accompanied the giant wolf’s breath, blowing onto Li Ruoxi’s face.
Li Ruoxi held her breath, afraid to inhale.
Her eyes were wide open.
The person and the beast were frozen in place.
As if she had misseen, when Li Ruoxi met the wolf’s eyes, she saw a hint of cunning in its gaze.
Just like in a movie, the giant wolf began to shrink, somehow condensing into a man two meters tall.
He had high cheekbones, gray eyes, grayish-white short hair, and was bare-chested.
As for his lower body, he wore a pair of ragged shorts.
A standard wild, charismatic man.
Abruptly, he rested his hands on his knees, leaned in front of Li Ruoxi, wrinkled his nose, and sniffed her scent.
“Are you human?”
As he spoke, this man whose muscle lines could rival a model’s waved his hand, and sounds came from the cliff.
One after another, werewolves similar to the medium-sized truck from before leaped up from the cliff.
Li Ruoxi’s legs went weak, and she fell to a half-kneel.
Mu Tu’s lips curled into a handsome smile.
“We have no hostility toward humans.”
With that, without paying any more attention to Li Ruoxi, he ran forward a few steps, his bones expanding and hair sprouting wildly, quickly transforming into a wolf.
The large shadow behind him was the pack of wolves following him.
They paused for a moment, then closely followed Mu Tu.
“W-wait…”
Li Ruoxi said, gathering her courage.
“Wait…”