Chapter 7 : The Difference in Loyalty
Chapter 7: The Difference in Loyalty
That noble and beautiful girl was lifting the calf beneath her skirt, slightly bending her delicate foot, as pure nectar continuously dripped from her stockings and toes.
He subconsciously opened his mouth wide, stunned.
Eluan’s eyelid twitched. “This is bad, I’ve been seen.”
She instinctively covered her face, glancing at him awkwardly. Although she tried to appear composed, it somehow gave off the feeling of being caught doing something improper.
“This is bad, my skin’s too thin. I won’t be mistaken for a pervert, right?” Su Wen instantly felt a sense of foreboding.
Fortunately, she reacted quickly. Eluan immediately lowered her leg and pretended nothing had happened.
Cade turned his head back, completely unreadable in thought.
Eluan turned her head slightly, glanced at the main body’s face, then raised her leg again and placed it above the wooden bowl.
Her cheeks were slightly flushed, as if she was looking at the main body with an extremely embarrassed gaze.
And that was indeed the case.
Even though they were the same person, even though what she was doing didn’t seem particularly special, there was always an indescribable sense of taboo.
It was just filtering water using her ability—so why did it feel so… tempting?
Was it because the clone was too cute?
And she carried that timid, shy demeanor.
This is bad, if this continues, won’t I end up being tempted by my own clone?
This is myself.
If he really did something strange to himself, wouldn’t that be too bizarre?
Su Wen shook his head internally, forcing himself to calm down.
The stream of water quickly filled the small groove in the wooden bowl. With the stockings soaked, the sensation on her legs became slightly uncomfortable, but after confirming the function, Su Wen still couldn’t help but sigh, “Eluan really is top-tier in terms of charm.”
It was just that the sight of those damp stocking-clad legs kept making his thoughts wander.
“Cough.”
Better not use the legs under normal circumstances—it made him seem like a pervert.
He awkwardly picked up the small wooden bowl. Looking at the nearly transparent water, he hesitated for a moment before finally taking a sip.
It definitely wasn’t because he wanted to taste it!
It was purely for verification.
“Anyway, it’s all me. What’s there to be embarrassed about?”
Gulp—
He swallowed it in one go.
The taste was still sweet.
And perhaps it was psychological, but it somehow felt even better.
But when he thought about how this liquid had seeped out through a girl’s stockings, he couldn’t help but feel a strange sensation.
Probably because Eluan was beautiful, was himself, and hadn’t existed for long. If it were any stranger, this would likely be very hard to accept.
Watching the female version of himself display such a pure, girlish demeanor, the more Su Wen thought about it, the stranger it felt.
“This is me? How can I make that kind of expression?”
But that was the reality.
No matter what, the same actions and behaviors, when expressed through that girl’s body, naturally carried a sense of softness and timidity.
Whereas in his male body, they appeared completely normal.
Perhaps this was an innate trait brought by the body.
A burly, muscular man would give off a wild impression no matter what he did—even if he tried to act delicate, it would only feel awkward and unpleasant.
On the other hand, a cute, petite girl—no matter how angry she acted—would only seem adorable and non-threatening.
……
Night was about to fall.
Looking up at the sky, Su Wen and Eluan each picked up their axes and prepared to go help.
Fine work required their involvement, such as constructing the house or assembling components, but gathering wood could rely entirely on the material decomposition function.
For the sake of efficiency, Su Wen didn’t hold back and directly used the Watch to convert dozens of units of wood.
Then he and his clone picked up their axes and began striking—clang, clang, clang.
Since both were controlled by the same soul, their coordination was flawless. Without any communication, they knew exactly what the other was doing.
This scene left the Exiled Sinners in the distance stunned.
Especially Cade. Recalling the girl’s shy demeanor toward Su Wen earlier—especially those legs…
For some reason, his heart sank.
It felt like he was an innocent boy encountering his “white moonlight,” only to accidentally discover that the girl he liked already had someone, and the two seemed to be doing something incomprehensible yet extremely intimate.
It made him feel inexplicably sad.
Eluan seemed to sense the gaze behind her. She turned back in confusion and began to wonder whether she should explain.
This kind of misunderstanding felt a bit ridiculous.
So Su Wen cleared his throat and said, “What you saw earlier was Eluan’s ability. It’s actually a kind of magic—using the body’s special power to purify dirty water. This means we’ll at least be able to drink clean water in the future.”
Cade immediately understood.
So that was it.
As expected, it was a misunderstanding.
But dripping from the legs… wasn’t that a bit too—
“It’s from the hands. It just accidentally spilled onto the legs earlier. What were you thinking?” Eluan replied at just the right moment, using a girl’s tone, sounding slightly annoyed.
“Oh, I see. Sorry.” Cade scratched his head immediately.
But in that very instant, he suddenly realized that by saying that, he had basically admitted that he had been thinking something inappropriate.
His movements froze on the spot.
“As expected, not pure.” Eluan shot him a disdainful glance.
Just that one look made his heart skip a beat.
【Loyalty +3】
This is bad, why does it feel like I’m seducing him?
I didn’t even mean to do that.
Su Wen felt like coughing up blood.
He had absolutely no such intention.
But no matter what Eluan did, it gave off an irresistibly cute impression, causing those with certain thoughts to unconsciously misinterpret it.
But in reality, it was an illusion—or rather… self-suggestion on the other person’s part.
One of life’s great misconceptions: She likes me.
Many people tend to overthink—just because someone glances at them or shows a certain expression, they assume the other person likes them.
This applies to anyone.
Those who harbor secret crushes are especially prone to such thoughts. The more introverted and timid they are, the more likely they are to deceive themselves.
Su Wen naturally understood this feeling. Especially now that he had become the very image the other person liked, he could feel the strangeness of it even more clearly.
Fortunately, the result wasn’t bad—at least Loyalty had increased by 3 points.
The higher this value, the less likely they were to betray him.
And Su Wen soon discovered that when the main body and the clone checked this Loyalty value separately, the numbers were different.
The clone’s side was actually 5 points higher.
This left him speechless.