"See... Seele, um... good morning, hehe..."
As her target suddenly awoke, Kiana hastily withdrew her mischievous claws.
Seeing Lunelle's somewhat duck-like (ᗜ ˰ ᗜ) expression, Kiana's face was plastered with guilt.
If a crack had appeared before her right then, the utterly mortified Kiana would have undoubtedly dived straight in without a second thought!
After finally mustering the courage to attempt something so shameless, only to be caught red-handed by the very person she intended to sneak up on—if this got out, wouldn't she, the great Kiana, face immediate social annihilation?
But honestly, catching the adorable Kiana, dressed only in her underwear, with such a compromising secret... if Lunelle were a native of the Far East, she probably couldn't resist a sly chuckle, followed by a classic Far Eastern growth spurt line:
"Kiana, you wouldn't want Mei to find out you tried to do naughty things to me, would you?"
Uttering such a Far Eastern line would surely succeed in coercing her dear fourth wife, Kiana, into "voluntarily" signing a series of unequal treaties.
But alas, neither Lunelle nor Seele were native to the Far East.
Plus, wasn't she, after all, destined to become Kiana's "husband" in the future?
How could she possibly bear to let her beloved fourth wife, Kiana, suffer such a tragic fate of social death?
So...
So, in the very next moment, Lunelle's previously duck-like, exasperated expression seamlessly shifted into the image of a delicate, pure, little white flower.
To stir Kiana's sympathy, Lunelle even deliberately infused her voice with a subtle, yet unmistakable, quiver of tears.
"I-It's okay... what happened today, Seele... will definitely keep it a secret for Kiana."
Lunelle's ethereal, gentle voice, identical to Seele's, trembled slightly.
Glistening teardrops welled up and swirled within her sea-blue, crystal-clear eyes.
At that moment, Lunelle gave off the impression of a fragile crystal on the verge of shattering, as if the slightest further stimulus would cause her to break down and burst into tears!
Anyone unaware might think Lunelle had just had her purity defiled by Kiana!
"Huh? Seele, d-don't cry! It's all my fault, I'm the one to blame!"
Seeing Lunelle's heart-wrenchingly vulnerable, tearful expression, Kiana instantly felt as though she had committed some unforgivable sin.
Seele was so kind and gentle, yet she couldn't control herself and almost did such a thing to her...
How could she be so despicable?!
Kiana even wished she could travel back in time a few minutes and slap her past self to death on the spot!
Her guilt toward Lunelle soared to terrifying heights, a debt she felt she could never repay even with ten thousand deaths.
But what Kiana didn't know was that even Lunelle herself was startled by her own stunning performance.
To be honest, Lunelle had originally planned to just put on an act, aiming to make Kiana feel a bit more guilty toward her, which would surely make winning over Kiana in the future much smoother.
But just then, Lunelle suddenly felt that familiar sensation from previous simulations—instantly slipping into the role of her beloved Herrscher Seele from the Previous Era.
That's why she delivered such a perfect performance, one that utterly shattered Kiana's defenses on the spot.
Still, the end result was that Lunelle conveyed she didn't intend to pursue the matter of Kiana trying to sneak a feel.
Of course, the key reason the secretly pervy Lunelle was being so magnanimous was... hadn't her own "tools of the trade" been confiscated anyway?
And given Lunelle's current soft, sweet, and fragrant little physique, even though she hadn't truly gone head-to-head with Kiana yet, she could roughly imagine the tragic scene: being effortlessly overpowered by Kiana in every sense, then swiftly transitioning into a defeat CG!
Otherwise, Lunelle might have really wanted to try experiencing what it felt like to be an overexcited person who couldn't hold back.
But this sudden, god-tier performance gave Lunelle a faint premonition that things might spiral beyond her expectations.
Like... right now?
Lunelle suddenly noticed the apologetic Kiana before her seemed to have come up with some "perfectly acceptable to Kiana" remedial measure using her not-so-often-relied-upon brain.
This made Lunelle's heart flutter with panic, yet also with a tiny bit of anticipation—just what interesting move would Kiana, with her yuri mindset, come up with?
And as it turned out, Kiana's train of thought did not disappoint.
"Seele, um... since it was wrong of me to try and sneak a feel first... then... then you can just feel me back! That... should be okay, right?"
The guilt-ridden Kiana blushed shyly, her words stumbling out as if afraid her following suggestion might scare the adorable Seele.
"Huh? Th-That kind of thing..."
Hearing Kiana's proposal, unsurprisingly, Lunelle's originally slightly flushed cute face instantly turned beet red once more, transforming her on the spot into a "Steam Princess."
But what Kiana didn't know was Lunelle's true inner thoughts at that moment...
'This is absolutely fantastic!'
'Hehehe, my Kiana, my dear Kiana (ˉ﹃ˉ)'
'Since Kiana's asking for it herself, let your husband Lunelle take a good, close look to see if my wife's development is progressing normally, hehehehe…'
Looking at the blushing, bashful Kiana before her, Lunelle, as expected, began generating enough mental electricity to power a city.
But as always, the more charged up Lunelle's thoughts became, the shyer and more flustered her outward reactions appeared.
So, from Kiana's perspective, it seemed the overly pure and adorable little angel Seele was completely unable to accept this bizarre "compensation" measure that obviously involved taking advantage of her.
Seele must now be agonizing over how to gently reject her without making her too sad.
However, the uniquely enchanting, sweet, milky fragrance emanating from Lunelle—now even more potent—made Kiana, while anxiously fearing rejection, stare intently at the girl right before her, unable to suppress some dangerous ideas.
So focused was Kiana on the unfairly adorable Lunelle that she failed to notice Mei and Bronya were also beginning to stir, roused by Lunelle's increasingly alluring scent.
Then, on a sudden impulse, Kiana reached out, grabbed one of Lunelle's soft, fragrant little hands, and—to Lunelle's utter disbelief—pressed it firmly against her own body!
At that very moment, Mei and Bronya, waking up leisurely, opened their eyes to the bizarre scene: an excited-looking Kiana tightly clutching a flustered Lunelle's hand and pressing it against herself.
Mei: !!!∑(?Д?ノ)ノ
Kiana: o(*////｀Д′////*)q!!
Bronya: (ᗜ ˰ ᗜ) [Deadpan Fury!]
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