Chapter 97
97: Assistance from Lina
The moment she thought of this, Evelia's expression couldn't help but become somewhat downcast. That sister of hers from before... although she had become a bit scheming since starting middle school, she had still always been very clingy with her older brother (now older sister). After her own death... she would probably be very sad, right?
She still needed to find time to go back and visit. Otherwise, Evelia would ultimately have trouble putting her mind at ease.
"I see... that's truly a bit of a pity~"
However, a certain Miss Angel who was the person in question understood Evelia's earlier words completely differently. She thought Evelia couldn't see her sister because she had been staying in the human world for a long time and hadn't gone back. Little did she know that the Sister Evelia was referring to was actually...
"Tsk tsk, so Sister Amya is still regretting not having the sister rice bowl... stop! Don't cover my mouth anymore! I won't say anything else, okay..."
Lina still wanted to tease a bit more, but after seeing Amya's hand that was ready to stuff her mouth shut at any moment, she immediately surrendered. In the end, she could only gloomily pick up two slices of white bread smeared with jam and cheese from her plate and stuff them into her mouth.
Compared to the big fish and meat on everyone else's plates, the bread slices in Lina's dish appeared rather plain. However, this kind of dinner actually fit Lina's identity as a former Saint substitute quite well. After all, this was standard fare for clergy members.
"But by the way, Miss Noren only eats two small cakes?"
At the same time, Amya also noticed that Noren, as the host, surprisingly only had two cream cakes of fairly decent appearance on her plate. This surprised her quite a bit. Noren was a Blood Clan member after all. Eating only dessert for a proper meal instead of consuming blood was quite rare.
Wasn't she worried about not getting enough nutrition?
"Mmm? Does Miss Amya want to try some? The cake Lola made is very delicious~"
Noren didn't quite understand what Amya meant. She gently cut off a small piece with a knife, and thick bright red liquid immediately flowed out from the cake's base. Clearly... this cream cake was specially made, with blood added to it.
"Um... I'll... pass..."
Seeing this situation, Amya, who had originally intended to try a small bite, immediately lost her appetite. Specially made cake injected with blood and all that... she as an angel really couldn't appreciate it.
"Waa... hungry..."
Watching everyone else whose atmosphere was as relaxed as a tea party, our Miss High Elf who could only sit to the side gnawing on vegetable leaves once again quietly expressed her grievance. She had truly and genuinely felt Miss Maid Lola's full malice from the meal on the table. Actually, even if the girls present wanted to feed her, Alice probably couldn't eat their portions of dinner either...
Noren and Lola's dinners both had blood mixed in, which Alice definitely couldn't handle. The Elven race's diet had always consisted only of light vegetarian food, so Alice couldn't eat Evelia's roasted meat or Amya's boiled fish either. The only thing relatively suitable was Lina's white bread. But the problem was, before Alice could even beg for two pieces of bread from Lina through acting cute, our Miss Lina had already cleaned her plate in just a few quick bites. For this former Saint substitute, studying doctrine, practicing magic... the importance of every single task ranked above eating. Therefore, how to elegantly and efficiently finish food in as short a time as possible was also a required course...
Sigh, poor Miss Elf...
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In the end, it was our kindhearted Grand Princess who took pity on her. After finishing her own dinner, she personally went to the kitchen and brought out a fruit salad for Alice. This moved our Miss Elf so much that her tears were about to fall...
After dinner was finished, the sky gradually grew darker. Considering that today was actually still a school day and they had to go to school tomorrow as well, it wasn't convenient for Evelia and Amya to stay out too late playing. After simply chatting with Noren and the others for a while longer, the two prepared to head back.
Just before leaving, Lina, in a rare occurrence, proactively called out to Amya. She said she had some small suggestions she wanted to give Amya, then pulled her to a corner of the living room and began whispering quietly. For some reason, watching the two of them occasionally glancing in her direction, Evelia couldn't help but feel a somewhat ominous premonition.
"...Sister Amya, your progress is truly a bit too slow. At this rate, when will you ever be able to win over Sister Evelia?"
"Ahem, I feel like I've already been increasing my conquest speed as much as possible. But Evelia's tsundere attribute is truly maxed out. A lot of times the atmosphere is already perfect, but Eve-Eve's mouth... is seriously harder than Heaven's Wall of Sighs (the end of the world)!"
"Heh, it's merely a trifling tsundere. Sister Amya, I have a plan. Would you like to hear it?"
"Oh? Do tell!"
Although Amya had already maxed out her skill points in theoretical knowledge, her overall experience was still somewhat lacking compared to Lina, this love master who had genuinely succeeded in conquering (and being reverse-conquered by) Noren. Plus, the other party had clearly known Evelia longer. Therefore, Lina's plan and recommendations still had quite a bit of reference value.
"When facing an ultimate tsundere like Sister Evelia, whose entire body is soft except for her mouth, you must attack directly! The kind where you get on the train first and buy the ticket later! Not to mention Sister Evelia clearly has some feelings for Sister Amya too. In this situation, you don't even need to 'buy the ticket' anymore! You have every advantage: right time, right place, right people!"
"Uh this... isn't that... a bit not good..."
Amya's lips twitched. Sure enough, when it came to perversion level, she as an angel still couldn't compare to Lina, this former Saint substitute.
"What's not good about it! Let me tell you, first you do this... then do this... and then..."
"Hmm? That actually makes some sense!?"
After hearing Lina's assistance plan, which could be called a god-tier move, Amya raised an eyebrow, feeling like it actually made sense.
"Hey! You two, what exactly are you whispering and plotting over there!?"
Finally, Evelia, whose back was getting colder and colder, couldn't help but call out to stop them. Amya and Lina exchanged a look, each giving a strange smile that made Evelia's spine feel even more chilled.
She had a feeling... these two were plotting something not very good...
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After watching the clearly more alert Evelia and the smug-looking Amya leave, Lina happily threw herself back into her master's embrace, desperately making up for her long-lacking "Noren energy."
"Ahh~ I'll just stay at the mansion and slack off for a while~ Before that dead woman Jasmine leaves, there's no need to go out~"
"Um... that, Miss Lina, actually... the matter you commissioned me to investigate has shown some leads..."
"Oh?"
"What you're looking for, if nothing unexpected, should be at... the Christian Orphanage under the Wangyou City Church's name..."
"Tsk, an orphanage under the Church's name huh... but that's not unexpected either."
Lina smacked her lips thoughtfully a couple of times, then finally let out a long sigh, as if she had made some kind of determination.
"Whatever. Before hiding away completely, I really do need to go find 'Father's legacy' first... before that Jasmine does."
"But... I really don't understand. Father... why would he leave 'something' in Wangyou City..."