WTD Chapter 35

The little unicorn stared at the carrots falling to the ground, mouth agape in astonishment.

“Carrots, delicious carrots…”

Ji Lian, her expression dazed, slowly turned around.

When all possibilities were ruled out, whatever remained, no matter how bizarre, must be the truth.

The girl appearing behind her…

If not Sherya, her sister’s elf slave, then who else could it be!

But… why would she appear here?

Return to her side once again?

The girl felt incredulous and somewhat at a loss.

Sherya’s reaction, meanwhile, was equally intriguing.

It seemed that both of them were surprised to encounter each other.

In her captivating cherry-pink eyes, there first appeared a hint of delight, followed by a flood of confusion and embarrassment.

The next moment, she lowered her head, simultaneously raising her hand to cover the area above her heart, the center of her delicate collarbones, where hung a pink bell crafted from precious peach resin jade.

It was as if by doing so, she could prevent it from swaying coquettishly.

Prevent it from emitting those crisp and ambiguous tinkling sounds.

Because each sound seemed like a sharp thorn piercing directly into the girl’s heart.

But for Sherya, the pain was something she could endure.

What she couldn’t bear was the immense shame and inexplicable sadness that only arose in front of Ji Lian…

This inexplicable sadness and grief made Sherya lift her still-sockless pale little snowball feet and hide behind the petite maid Lily Ji, who was not much different in stature.

It’s as if using this “cover ears and steal the bell” approach can make Ji Lian’s sister not see herself.

Unable to see, she has already become… the plaything of others, making herself dirty.

This scene falls into Ji Lian’s eyes.

It fills her shaken heart with a tremendous sense of regret.

It makes her unable to help but fantasize, if she could go back in time…

If she could rewrite that momentary lapse of judgment.

If she could…

Is the charming, understanding, soft and delicate, and so obedient elf slave before her… truly hers!?

Unfortunately, there are no “ifs.”

The harsh reality, already known and experienced, poured down on the girl like cold water from above.

It brought about a drastic reaction and a burning sensation, as if being doused with cooling molten iron.

Ji Lian’s brow couldn’t help but twitch.

System: Ding! The feelings of wanting to cherish the host, generated through guilt, are causing Ji Lian’s favorability towards the host to skyrocket!

System: Come on, Sherya, just a little bit more, it’s about to come out! (Referring to the system task module)

Sherya: What kind of strange talk is that!

However, what the system said is exactly her purpose.

Through the golden strands of Lily Ji’s hair, Sherya‘s cherry-colored pupils reflected Ji Lian’s remorseful and defeated appearance.

The girl lightly snorted in her heart, but it wasn’t as satisfying as she had imagined.

Lily Ji’s surprised voice sounded first.

“Lady  Ji Lian!”

Clearly, she also felt that this second encounter was a bit too coincidental.

“… Lily Ji, could you let me and Sherya be alone for a while?”

After some hesitation, Ji Lian spoke these words.

Upon hearing this, Lily Ji did not immediately agree but appeared somewhat hesitant.

After all… before Lady Ji Lian’s command, she had orders from the head maid and the young lady to follow!

The young lady instructed her to stay close to Sherya at all times…

But Lady Ji Lian is usually so kind to her, and she is also the pride of their Western people.

“Gulp…”

The little maid couldn’t help but swallow her saliva.

It was at this moment that Sherya gently tugged on Lily Ji’s maid skirt from behind.

Causing the eyes of the little maid to widen slightly.

The girl, realizing something, finally made up her mind and turned towards Lady Ji Lian.

“… Well, just, just for a little while, okay!”

With that, Lily Ji voluntarily stepped aside, heading towards the entrance of the stable to keep watch.

For a moment, in front of the little unicorn Bai Ling, only Ji Lian and its owner Sherya remained.

Looking at the scene of the two locking eyes, Bai Ling tilted its head in confusion.

The little horse was puzzled.

Isn’t the owner here to see me?

However, being attuned to human nature, it decided to first see if it could pick up the scattered parsley on the ground, rather than disturb its owner.

Certainly not because it’s greedy or anything!

Ji Lian took a deep breath and then, gathering courage, took a step closer to Sherya.

Anyway, as long as she wasn’t discovered by her sister… it should be fine, right?

At the same time, she spoke words of comfort to the elf girl who felt inferior because of the bell.

“It’s okay, Sherya… you look beautiful just the way you are now.”

A tremor passed through the cherry-colored glow in Sherya‘s pupils.

Even though the girl couldn’t speak, it seemed like she responded with those innocent eyes, as if saying, “Really?”

“Of course, it’s true.”

Ji Lian reached out, gently stroking Sherya‘s hair and her soft, elongated ears.

Under the comforting and soothing touch, Sherya couldn’t help but narrow her eyes, and even the corners of her lips lifted slightly.

The small hand that had been tightly gripping the bell on the collar finally loosened.

“Ding-a-ling~”

The bell gently swayed, and the sound it produced seemed momentarily healing.

Perhaps it was because Sherya was beside Ji Lian.

Not like the relationship with Ji Yu Su, after all.

In fact, even Ji Lian found herself immersed in the healing process, a rare experience for her.

It was as if through this process, she could fill the void in her heart and alleviate the guilt within.

It wasn’t until Sherya suddenly seemed to remember something and emitted a concerned “Aba! Aba!” sound towards Ji Lian.

Ji Lian snapped out of her reverie.

She looked at Sherya‘s dreamlike face with confusion and asked, “What’s wrong, Sherya?”

Sherya couldn’t speak and had “forgotten” to bring her notepad.

So, the only option was to act.

The next moment, to Ji Lian’s gradually growing astonishment, Sherya suddenly, disregarding the dust on the ground, lowered herself and knelt in front of her.

Simultaneously, she reached out her delicate little hand towards the plain long skirt Ji Lian was wearing today.

It looked as if she was about to lift the girl’s skirt!

“Sherya!”

Perplexed, Ji Lian called out the elf girl’s name and involuntarily took a step back.

The elf’s little hand ended up grabbing nothing but air.

Sherya immediately displayed a look of disappointment and grievance, tilting her fair face and creating a sharp contrast with the black collar around her neck as she gazed at Ji Lian.

As if questioning.

“Ji Lian…It’s Sherya, did you do something wrong?”

It wasn’t until this moment that Ji Lian suddenly realized.

Perhaps Sherya was trying to show concern for her knees, which had developed light purple bruises from kneeling for too long as a punishment!

And here she was, letting her imagination run wild, mistakenly treating Sherya  as… a naughty child.

Oh, I really should feel guilty!

 

 

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