Admittedly, MEI adding fuel to the fire had attracted more hatred towards Leo, but the good-for-nothing Kiana could ultimately only glare with her eyes.
So, in other words, MEI's behavior did not cause any actual harm to Leo.
Conversely, after gradually adapting to Kiana's gaze, Leo looked at the bulging pufferfish face across from him and couldn't help but eat two extra bowls of rice!
Furthermore—
"Mmh!"
After the meal, MEI also welcomed her own retribution.
Under the warm goose-yellow light in the living room, she sat on the sofa and once again provided the lap pillow service for Leo.
And because this was an action she "strongly" requested during the meal, Leo was quite unceremonious with her, frantically rubbing his head against her rather voluptuous thighs, attempting to find a more comfortable position.
Precisely because of this, even though she desperately tried to keep her expression normal, she still couldn't help but let out strange sounds due to Leo's rude behavior.
Besides... Mei and Kiana were watching, this bad guy!
Lowering her head, she wanted to glare fiercely at Leo to show her dissatisfaction, but she forgot her own mountainous peaks. She had to lower her head even more to see Leo.
However, doing so not only lacked any lethality but instead provided Leo with a service of fragrant wind rushing to his face.
"Hehe~"
Seeing MEI's predicament, Leo did not skimp on his mockery at all.
He had never been one to suffer a loss without fighting back, and certainly didn't have the doormat mindset that girls must be yielded to.
Since MEI dared to provoke him, she had to be prepared to suffer his retaliation.
"Can we start the ritual?"
Gazing at the ceiling that was only half visible, he issued a level-up request to his Fire Keeper.
"Mn..."
With reluctance written all over her face, MEI knew that dragging this out further would be overwhelmingly disadvantageous to her.
Not to mention, she was actually well aware that the cause of all this stemmed from her provocation during dinner, so naturally, she had to swallow this bitter pill now.
Feeling Leo's warm head and the coarse hair upon it, she tried hard to calm herself down. Following the method the system taught her, she converted five thousand points of Imaginary Energy for Leo.
1 point of Honkai energy... 2 points of Honkai energy... 3 points of Honkai energy...
It took quite a while for her to complete the conversion.
And when the conversion was complete, she felt her whole body soaked in sweat, which made her even more ashamed.
—I won't let him smell any strange odors, right?
Maintaining her poker face, she was actually very apprehensive inside.
The damp heat on her body made her feel somewhat anxious and restless.
"Thanks for your hard work, MEI."
Having exacted enough revenge, Leo didn't push his luck to the extreme and sat up directly.
After all, MEI ending up like this was due to converting Honkai energy for him; he wouldn't kick someone when they were down at a time like this.
Not to mention... it actually smelled quite nice!
However, as long as he dared to say it out loud, it would presumably invite more dissatisfaction from MEI, so he naturally and wisely chose not to open his mouth.
In addition, this wasn't because he had any strange fetishes, but rather, as the saying goes, dripping with fragrant sweat—
Perhaps due to hormones, or perhaps there was an issue with MEI's genes, but in short, he didn't smell any strange odor. Instead, he smelled a scent similar to Raiden Mei's when she was aroused.
"Mn."
Seeing Leo's expression was normal, MEI finally felt relieved... at least this guy had a conscience.
And on the other side—
"It can actually be done like this?"
Her azure eyes, like the sea, were full of surprise. Kiana looked incredulous; after all, she had never seen such a way to acquire Honkai energy.
A genius like her didn't have to worry about Honkai energy; she automatically acquired it just by sleeping every day, without needing to focus all her energy on absorbing it.
But she knew clearly that Valkyries with weaker talents needed frequent training, and then, while recovering their physical stamina, they had to strive to absorb and refine Honkai energy to improve themselves.
And that was the normal way to acquire Honkai energy.
But when it came to Leo... just lying there was enough?
This simply overturned her understanding of Honkai energy!
Thus—
"Hm?"
Looking at Kiana who also lay down on her thighs, a trace of subtlety couldn't help but appear in MEI's expression.
"MEI, do it for me too!"
Although she wasn't sure if this move would be effective for her, Kiana's true goal was naturally to enjoy... MEI's lap pillow!
"Kiana, with your talent, you don't need this, right?"
Revealing a helpless look, MEI had learned about Kiana's life from Leo and knew all too well what a stat monster with superb talent the other party was.
At the very least, there was no need to worry about Honkai energy.
"I'm just curious about the process."
Feeling the softness behind her head, Kiana looked completely relaxed.
Although she could regard MEI and Raiden Mei as two different people, there really wasn't much difference between their bodies... she loved Mei's lap pillow the most!
Involuntarily, the corners of her mouth curled up into a happy smile.
"Alright, I'll see if it works for you."
To be honest, MEI hadn't tried it on anyone else, or rather, she never had the opportunity.
Since Kiana was willing to be this guinea pig, she might as well test if this move worked on others.
However—
"Sure enough, it doesn't work."
Seeing that although there were special effects on her hands, she didn't have the real sensation of helping Kiana refine Imaginary Energy.
In other words, this had nothing to do with whether Kiana had Imaginary Energy on her, but that she simply couldn't refine Imaginary Energy for Kiana.
—Perhaps this is related to me being bound to Leo?
Looking thoughtfully at the curious Leo to the side, she shook her head and said bluntly: "There's no real sensation of refining at all."
"That's not unexpected."
Nodding slightly, Leo looked as if it was a matter of course.
After all, truthfully speaking, only he needed this service.
As a male without any special characteristics in his bloodline, coupled with the fact that he wasn't a Fusion Warrior, he had a natural disadvantage regarding Honkai energy.
Precisely because of this, he needed MEI to help him refine it and accelerate this process.
"Alright."
And timely enough, Raiden Mei spoke up.
"Kiana, how long do you intend to lie there?"
To be fair, she was the only one present who had seen through Kiana's true thoughts from the very beginning.
Or rather, as soon as Kiana stuck her butt up, she knew what posture the other party was going to assume.
—Referring to Kiana's sleeping posture problem when she, Kiana, and Bronya lived together!
"Ehe! I'm getting up!"
Realizing her little scheme had been exposed, Kiana got up scratching her head, acting dumb.
It could only be said that only at times like this was she the smartest.
"I should go back too."
Although she understood Kiana's clever little trick, MEI didn't really mind. After all, she and Kiana were both girls, so she naturally wouldn't have any objections.
However, currently feeling sticky all over, she urgently needed a shower, so she hurriedly used the morning run as an excuse to flee again.
"I have a morning run tomorrow morning."
Subsequently, she hurriedly left.
And after MEI left, the atmosphere in Leo's home became somewhat subtle.
"I, I..."
Realizing something, Kiana stood up from the sofa and walked towards the guest room.
"I should rest too."
She understood that afterwards would be the battlefield for Leo and Raiden Mei.
At least until midnight, there was nothing for her to do.
Therefore, although her mood was extremely complex, she still hurriedly ran back to the guest room Leo had prepared for her.
It was just that inexplicably, her heart wrenched terribly.
And this wrenching feeling wasn't just for Raiden Mei, but seemed to be for... that bad guy as well!
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