However, the punishment that Ji Yu Su imposed on Ji Lian was already sufficient.
The girl was merely reserved, not heartless.
She had a natural coldness, but it did not imply a lack of affection and kindness toward her sister.
Should she endure this quietly?
Certainly not…
For a moment, a dimness appeared in Ji Yu Su’s eyes.
Until she suddenly came up with a great idea, and her eyes instantly lit up.
“Sherya.”
Ji Yu Su called out the name given by her to the elf girl, breaking the silence after a long time.
The light sound of bells shaking was heard next to her ears, a subconscious tremor from Sherya upon hearing her name.
In fact, not only her but also Ji Lian, who knelt on the hall in a trance, shrank her pupils nervously upon hearing her sister call the name of the elf girl.
Even so, Ji Lian dared not defy her sister’s command and continued to kneel straight, but her head was buried very low.
“…Aba.”
Sherya was at a loss, emitting her only vocalization through the hoarse voice caused by the congenital deficiency.
This was why people with congenital muteness were called “dumb” because they could only say “Aba, Aba.”
“Don’t be afraid. Am I not good to you?”
Sherya quickly shook her head, her delicate face full of anxiety.
The meaning she wanted to convey was expressed through the fragile eyes with cherry-petal hues.
No, no! The master is very good to me…
Very good…
Ji Yu Su smiled faintly.
“Let’s do it this way; I’ll give you a chance.”
“A chance to spare Ji Lian from punishment.”
“Sherya, do you want to hear it or not?”
Ji Lian immediately froze in place.
Then, only the crisp sound of bells was heard.
“Ding-ling~” it echoed.
Did Sherya nod or shake her head?
Ji Lian was unclear about this.
It seemed her sister also didn’t want Ji Lian to know.
So, she chose to convey the conditions that could spare Ji Lian from punishment to Sherya in a way that was almost like the intimate interaction between lovers, close to Sherya’s ear.
What exactly did she have to do?
Did Sherya hesitate?
Or did she accept it willingly?
“Ding-ling~ Ding-ling…”
Why did the bell keep ringing?
The more Ji Lian thought about it, the colder she felt throughout her body.
Frozen from the inside out, she finally became so stiff that she couldn’t even think.
At this moment, laughter from her sister echoed through the entire space.
“Giggle…”
Like the sea water drowning Ji Lian.
Making her suffocate.
It was a laughter from her sister that Ji Lian had never experienced before.
In it, there was joy, delight, satisfaction, and contentment.
All of it left Ji Lian bewildered and dazed.
She had already forgotten what happened afterward.
Only the sound of her sister’s footsteps approaching while holding Sherya in her arms echoed in her ears, along with the words, “I forgive you, Ji Lian, don’t let it happen again.”
Ji Lian’s body instantly lost strength, and she slumped to the ground.
Ji Yu Su passed by without looking back.
Sherya, cradled in Ji Yu Su’s arms, used her delicate hands to touch Ji Yu Su’s shoulder, casting a carefully concerned gaze at that fragile figure.
She seemed like a dog.
Well, it’s your fault for discarding someone else first.
No matter if you regret it or not.
It’s already too late.
I won’t sympathize with you.
Hmph…
Not at all…
Sherya bit her rosy lips and closed her eyes, feeling a sudden, inexplicable bitterness.
Then she shrunk her body, burying herself completely into Ji Yu Su’s embrace and chest.
Not to mention her behavior from last night, where she imitated the actions of a well-behaved puppy, licking her cheek like a mischievous tease that made her itch and laugh.
In other aspects, like appearance, power…
As a means of transportation, Ji Yu Su could be described as perfect.
She didn’t allow even the slightest bump for herself.
It almost made people wonder if she was truly treating herself gently.
Ji Yu Su brought Sherya to the dining room.
Then she ordered the maids to bring elf chefs to prepare meals that suited Sherya’s taste.
As for herself, she wasn’t in a hurry to eat and could wait patiently.
Sherya understood that this was just a momentary favor from Ji Yu Su.
Once she misbehaved or entertained the thought of escape, she would face Ji Yu Su’s cruelest and most ruthless torment.
Therefore, she wouldn’t indulge in it like her naive past self.
But she still needed to play the role of being “pleasantly surprised” flawlessly.
In the system store, there seemed to be items to enhance acting skills.
However, Sherya confidently thought to herself, with her already excellent acting skills, did she really need those items?
Roughly speaking, it saved her a significant amount of system currency!
In that case, it brought her one step closer to the ultimate reward, the “Elf Song Potion”…
The current situation was that apart from the daily lottery, she had no other way to earn system currency!
In this situation, how could she accumulate a whole ten thousand gold coins to exchange for the potion?
System: Cough, don’t worry, don’t worry~
Sherya: Anxious! I’m the anxious queen!
System: Host, don’t worry. According to the rules, when the favorability of any female lead reaches fifty percent, the “Capture Mission Module” will be activated.
Sherya: What is that?
System: It’s a common system setting where completing tasks can earn you generous rewards.
Sherya: So, basically, if I want to accumulate money, I’ll have to rely on completing tasks?
System: That’s right.
System: But don’t worry, tasks won’t be overly demanding or beyond the host’s capabilities.
System: The tasks are generated by the system based on the host’s current situation, without any coercive guidance. The rewards vary depending on the host’s independent choices in completing the tasks.
Sherya: I understand, I understand… Better to rely on oneself than others, right?
System: It’s good that you understand, host~
System: Our Orange Rescue Company is committed to assisting the host in achieving self-rescue.
System: It’s different from those systems that give hosts immense wealth or even extraordinary abilities with a simple “ding.”
Sherya: You could at least make me a bit “extraordinary”!!!
Unfortunately, after answering the girl’s questions, the system sister, as usual, played dead.
So Sherya could only sigh and return to the tense reality of close contact with Ji Yu Su.
Firstly, achieving fifty percent favorability from Ji Yu Su was out of the question.
She even doubted if Ji Yu Su had one percent favorability towards her, leaving aside the physical aspect.
Maybe she should use the system’s daily favorability appraisal to investigate this issue.
If the favorability exceeds one percent, it can be considered a victory!
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