Chapter: 32. Warmth！
The moon hung high, and the serene lake reflected the colorful light of the stars.
A petite silver-haired girl sat alone by the lake’s whirlpool, gazing up at the moonlight in a daze.
In this comfortable moment, she couldn’t help but unfurl her eight pitch-black wings, stretching them wide to the sides, resembling a mischievous dark angel visiting the mortal realm, a beauty beyond compare.
The moon of this world was not exactly the same as Princess Xue Fei’s previous life.
In the western sky, a red moon shone without much luster.
Adjacent to it, a dim blue moon hung high, casting a dazzling night glow upon the world.
In one part of the sky, two bright moons existed.
This had already become a common scene for Xue Fei after coming to this world.
—Of course, this was only true for Xue Fei.
But for the terrified big fish forced to rise above the water, gazing up at the starry sky, this was a fresh sight!
“Puhahaha…! Look at you scared like that, don’t worry, I won’t eat you today~ I just had some braised fish yesterday, so I’ll let you go today, heh!!”
As the glowing points at Xue Fei’s fingertips faded away, the big fish floundered on the water’s surface for a while before it could finally return to its home.
It hurriedly shrank into the lake and swam far away, vanishing from sight!
Seeing this, Xue Fei happily put her hands on her hips, revealing her small tiger teeth, and laughed heartily by the lake, her eight wings raised high as if celebrating her emotions.
The way she gleefully bullied the big fish complemented her title of witch, the dark and silver angel instantly becoming a demon!
If this scene were to be evaluated by the bards in the capital city, they would surely say that Xue Fei was simply a heinous and unreasonable foreigner.
Look at how scared the fish is, isn’t that a bit lacking in virtue!
But slowly…
The laughter waned.
As she remembered something, Xue Fei’s expression suddenly became somewhat melancholic.
The eight black wings scattered into glowing points, and the lake’s surface restored its calm.
Since there was no one around, Xue Fei simply tossed off her slippers, barefoot on the wet grass.
Just as she was about to lie back and gaze at the sky like usual, she abruptly stopped, remembering that she was currently wearing a new nightgown she had just bought on her shopping trip today.
It was rare to be obedient this time.
She patted her backside, smoothing the creases of the nightgown, and took out a mat from her Storage Magic, placing it on the ground, and sat down with a sigh.
Looking at the calm lake…
Xue Fei recalled when she was in the Demon King’s Castle, she would occasionally come out like this to look at the lake and catch some fish.
Previously, she hadn’t had a good relationship with her sister, Princess Belis, so she thought about inviting her out to catch fish, after all, it was boring for her to stay alone in her room all the time.
After much effort, she managed to bring her sister Belis to the lakeside, but unfortunately, the entire time she wore a face full of disdain.
When Xue Fei happily presented a lively fish to her, all she heard was her softly muttering
“Childish.”
The plan to improve their sisterly relationship failed.
Xue Fei believed that Belis thought her actions were childish because she hadn’t witnessed what real fishing was.
So Xue Fei used her magic to make all the fish in the lake float to the surface at once, hoping to make the perpetually cold-faced Belis smile.
But… she exerted a bit too much force.
She accidentally made her sister float up and tossed her into the lake.
When she pulled Belis out of the water, the expression of disdain had twisted into one of hatred, her crimson eyes flashing with dissatisfaction as she threw a line at Xue Fei before storming back to the castle.
This line, Xue Fei still remembers very clearly.
【Clearly possessing such powerful abilities… but always using them for such childish things… if you could just exercise a little restraint, at least… don’t call for me over this kind of thing again.】
Left alone on the lakeshore, holding a still-struggling big fish, Xue Fei stood there in a daze for a long time.
She really just wanted to improve her relationship with Belis… she never expected things would become even more strained.
In the end, she roasted the big fish herself and left it at her sister’s door, but she didn’t eat any.
—Perhaps it was because the fish hadn’t been cooked properly that time, having forgotten to turn it over.
At this moment, sitting on the mat and looking at the lake, Xue Fei could only sigh softly, clasping her hands in prayer, apologizing to her sister far away in the sky again.
“I’m sorry, Belis… Big sister has moved far away now, and won’t bother you again, but I still hope you can experience the joy of fishing. Sigh… forget it, even telling her would just get me scolded.”
This scene evoked feelings, which was certainly one reason for Xue Fei’s sudden melancholy.
But the main reason was…
Xue Fei turned her head to look at the cooking smoke rising from Xiya’s villa, still billowing up.
The main reason was definitely hunger! Her stomach had been growling!
“Ah…! So hungry! It’s been six hours since I’ve eaten a single grain of rice, I’m about to starve to death ah ah ah! Hehe…? Thankfully I’m tough, I haven’t starved to death!”
Without throwing a tantrum, and to protect her new nightgown, Xue Fei only splashed her feet in the lake a few times.
Those previous words were just muttering to herself out of boredom.
But unexpectedly…
She actually received a sympathetic reply.
“Ugh… Poor Lady Xue Fei, it’s so late and you haven’t had dinner yet.”
“You don’t know anything, the cabbage mushrooms Xiya is cooking today are hard to stew and require time… Uh, who are you?!”
“Lady Xue Fei, that’s too much! It’s me! Your daughter!”
“If you say you’re my daughter one more time! I’ll directly tie you to a stone and sink you to the bottom of the lake, do you believe it?!”
For the sudden appearance of the blue-haired loli-form holy sword, Xial, behind her, all Xue Fei could do was use a reverse hold and strangle her to subdue!
Xial’s face turned red from being choked, and she quickly patted Xue Fei’s tender arm in surrender, trying to prevent the scene from devolving into two lolis rolling around and fighting on the grass. But maybe Xial’s blush was not just from lack of air…?
Hiss, being choked by Lady Xue Fei was inexplicably… thrilling!
Xue Fei could spare her life.
After releasing her, she then noticed that Xial was actually wearing clothes?!
A dark gold patterned deep blue Gothic-style mid-length dress fit her quite well, except the sleeves seemed a bit long.
“You actually have clothes on?”
“Yes, yes!” Xial regained her composure, lifted her skirt, and twirled on the spot, her snow-white feet not touching the ground and being isolated from golden magical particles and dirt, completely untainted.
It was clear that Xial really liked her new outfit and was very happy.
“Thank you, Lady Xue Fei, you went shopping and even bought me new clothes. When I woke up just now, I saw this dress next to the holy sword, and the size fits perfectly!”
As she spoke, Xial’s small face unconsciously flushed with a hint of red.
“Other than my mother’s appearance from a thousand years ago that I don’t remember… this is the first time I’ve received such a nice gift… Thank you, Lady Xue Fei, I’m really touched.”
“……”
No.
Let’s not talk about anything else.
Why does your dress look more and more familiar to me?
I didn’t buy you any clothes when I went out!
Suddenly, Xue Fei remembered.
Oh…! Isn’t that the new outfit I bought for myself,
I bought a total of two sets, and what you’re wearing is one of them!
It’s reasonable that the clothes bought and thrown by the holy sword would be together, right?
Both Xue Fei and Xial are unfortunate child-sized figures, so it’s not strange that it fits her well, right?
But why do I suddenly want to strip it off you and take it back!
Just as Xue Fei was about to make a move, she once again caught a close glimpse of Xial’s blissful and innocent smile.
Her sinful thoughts of stripping her clothes to return them to their rightful owner were surprisingly halted.
Uh… why don’t I try being a good person for a change?
Possessing noble character, Xue Fei smoothly retracted her outstretched hand and instead waved it in the air, saying,
“Well… it’s just a whim that I helped buy it for you, since it fits and you like it, that’s fine, hmm, just like that.”
“Ugh…!”
At this moment, the child seemed to sense the warmth of maternal love.
