“How did the talk go?” At night, after Erinna had left, Liana returned to Mephilia’s residence.

Mephilia was already sitting on the sofa, waiting for her to come back.

Loraviel came to Liana’s side and helped her take off her coat with great skill. Everyone had already gotten used to these kinds of days.

“How else could it go? With such an excellent older sister, as my younger sister, she’ll definitely be fine,” Liana said, sitting down next to Mephilia.

“I see.” Seeing that Liana was in the mood to joke, she didn’t have to worry so much.

“Although, I’m really starting to worry about this academy,” Liana said.

“There’s nothing to worry about. It’s something we have to face sooner or later, isn’t it? If you’re really scared, you can just leave the Ibett Magic Academy.” Mephilia didn’t feel much about it. What would be, would be. She wouldn’t be afraid just because she had to face death.

“You’re not scared at all?” Liana asked.

“To not be scared at all is impossible. There’s definitely still some fear. But the biggest reason I’m scared is because of you, Liana,” Mephilia said, looking at her. “Because of my restraint, you consider things more when you do them, you consider my factors and so on.

“But before that, what I was most afraid of was that you would forget me. That was what I was most afraid of. But not anymore. How could you possibly forget me? The only reluctance is not being able to be with you.

“But if I don’t face these things, what should I do when I really face the demonkind? In order to let this ordinary life continue, I must face them. Liana, you hold the same resolve, don’t you?” Mephilia said with a smile.

“So troublesome.” Liana turned on her side and lay down with her head on Mephilia’s lap. “What bad luck. Why did the demons have to show up when it was our turn?”

“Perhaps it’s precisely because you’re here that it’s like this? Because you have the ability to deal with the demon race, that’s why they revived, to let you seal them. After all, you were the one who found the holy sword. Before this, the elves had tried everything but couldn’t find it. Although Princess Sephirena could see the holy sword, she couldn’t use it,” Mephilia said.

“I hope so.”

“But you don’t have to think so much, Liana. And don’t put too much pressure on yourself. Don’t think that just because you can use the holy sword, you have to bear all the responsibility on your own. Princess Sephirena also said that she just couldn’t retrieve the holy sword, not that she couldn’t use it.”

“And I have sacred magic, the bane of the demonkind. The holy sword is also the bane of the demonkind. Maybe I can use it too?” Mephilia didn’t want to give Liana too much pressure.

She would overthink things on her own and put pressure on herself.

“I know. But finding the holy sword will be very troublesome.” Although Sephirena had told her to trust her, more than half a year had passed, and there had been no news from her at all. Now, the monsters around were becoming more and more numerous, and time was running out, which couldn’t help but make Liana a little anxious.

“Right now, we can only trust Princess Sephirena, right? But isn’t Headmaster Ibett also an elf? What if he also knows something about the holy sword? Maybe there will be a surprise,” Mephilia said.

“Mm.” Liana certainly remembered this and was planning to go and ask him.

“So, don’t think so much right now. You’ve just experienced an intense battle, and the mana in your body is all dried up. How are you not sleepy?” Mephilia asked with some curiosity.

She had checked Liana. From the moment she had appeared, the mana in her body had been in a depleted state.

Until now, thanks to the elven bracelet, it had been slowly recovering, but it was still not enough.

“Liana?” Liana hadn’t replied.

“Your Highness, Her Highness Liana has already fallen asleep,” Loraviel reminded. She held Liana’s pajamas in her hand. “Should I just change her, or will you help her bathe, Your Highness?”

If it were just her alone, she would have already thrown Liana into the bathroom. But unfortunately, Mephilia was here.

“Let’s help her take a bath. After all, the battle today got her clothes quite dirty. Besides, once she enters this state, it’s almost impossible to wake her up,” Mephilia said, carrying Liana into the bathroom.

“As for the pajamas, I’ll just put them on the rack.” After saying this, Loraviel took the initiative to leave the bathroom.

She leaned against the wall outside. It wasn’t that she was unhappy that Princess Mephilia could help Her Highness bathe. There was definitely a little jealousy, but that wasn’t the main reason.

Loraviel looked at her own palm. The holy sword...

She didn’t have the advantage of sacred magic like Princess Mephilia and most likely couldn’t use the holy sword either. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

The only fortunate thing was probably that the demonkind wasn’t immune to poison. Otherwise, all her hard work for so long would have been for nothing.

Sacred magic? Although Loraviel couldn’t use powerful sacred magic at will like Mephilia, it wasn’t impossible for her to learn some basic sacred magic.

In the bathroom, Mephilia undid Liana’s clothes.

Revealing Liana’s somewhat thin body, Mephilia’s hand caressed her body. “Look at you, you’ve been holding back so much. Look how thin you’ve become.You don’t even tell anyone when you’re injured. You only remember to worry about others.”

Mephilia used healing magic to heal the bruise on Liana’s arm.

Mephilia had noticed it at the very beginning but hadn’t had a good chance to say anything. Besides, the injury wasn’t serious, so she had planned to wait until they got home to scold Liana.

“You got away with it,” Mephilia said irritably.

Mephilia wet a bath towel with hot water and helped Liana wipe her body.

“Sleeping like a log. Even this can’t wake you up.” Mephilia had already washed Liana’s hair, changed her into her pajamas, carried her back to her room, and placed her on the bed.

Mephilia pouted angrily by herself and poked Liana’s cheek with her finger in dissatisfaction.

“I wonder when Auntie Ambis will be back. Leaving you alone here for so long.” Mephilia remembered what Liana had said just now.

When Liana’s parents were still around, no one dared to be disrespectful to her. The incident with the Lord of Darriss wouldn’t have happened.

Liana must miss her parents very much.

And she herself was not yet powerful enough to have enough of a say to protect Liana.

I’ll find a chance to ask. Ask the King of Lisat when Auntie Ambis can come back.

It should be soon, right? Although she was on a secret mission, the demons were now concretely beginning to affect daily life.

Could there be something more important than the demons? Or was their mission related to them?

But that was unlikely. It was most likely still about the Luska Kingdom.

Two days passed. Liana opened her eyes.

So tired...

That was the only thought in her mind right now.

“Close your eyes and go back to sleep, Liana,” Mephilia’s voice came over.

“Mmm...” Liana fell into a deep sleep again.

After about half a day, Liana slowly regained consciousness.

“Your Highness Liana, are you awake?” ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) Loraviel’s voice came.

“...Huh?” Liana looked up and confirmed that the person sitting beside her was Loraviel.

Then what about Mephilia’s voice just now? Did I mishear?

“What is it, Your Highness?” Loraviel asked.

“Was Mephilia just here?” Liana was much more awake now.

“Er... what you call ‘just now’ was probably six hours ago,” Loraviel replied. “When Princess Mephilia went out, she told me that you had woken up, but were still a bit drowsy, so she let you sleep a little longer.”

“I see.” Liana hadn’t expected that with one blink, six hours had passed. “How long did I sleep?”

“Including just now, probably two and a half days. It’s the longest you’ve ever slept, Your Highness,” Loraviel said.

Liana nodded. It couldn’t be helped. She looked around. This was Mephilia’s room.

“Rest assured, Your Highness. I did not sneak in. I have Princess Mephilia’s permission. There won’t be any accidents,” Loraviel answered her current doubts.

The current Mephilia no longer had the same wariness towards her as she did at the beginning.

Grumble grumble~

Liana’s stomach growled at this moment.

“Your lunch has already been prepared for you, Your Highness. It’s all your favorite food,” Loraviel said, bringing over dozens of dishes.

“Although they are all things I like to eat, there’s really no need to make so much...” Liana didn’t know which one to eat first.

Loraviel casually picked up a plate of steak and put a slice in Liana’s mouth. “Have a little something to fill your stomach first. We’ll have dessert after the meal.”

“I don’t need to be fed. I’m just tired, not injured,” Liana said.

But Loraviel didn’t intend to stop. “Be good, Your Highness.”

Is that something a servant should say to her mistress?

“Princess Mephilia said you’ve gotten a little thin recently. I also personally confirmed it just now. You really have lost a lot of weight,” Loraviel said.

“How did you confirm it?!” Liana covered her body.

“Sigh.” Loraviel looked at Liana resentfully. How do you think I looked?

Besides, use your little head and think about it. How long has it been since I’ve touched you, Your Highness?

“Ehehe.” Liana also realized this. She had basically been sleeping with Mephilia recently and had given Loraviel almost no opportunity at all.

And Loraviel was very sensible, extremely sensible. After she had come out, she was clearly very worried about her, but for her sake, she had gone to take care of Erinna first.

“Look all you want. Look as much as you want, whenever you want,” Liana said with an awkward laugh.