"Nova, I have good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?"
After returning to reality, Renji imdiately took the Nova into a private dark room.
Nova sitting across on a tufted cushion shook her head, indicating either one would be fine.
"The good news is, we might be able to see Suthia tonight."
"And it's Thia's real body coming over," Renji thought for a mont and then added.
For this good news, a great surprise appeared on Nova's face, because although Dragon Nation and Holy Kingdom are adjacent, the straight-line distance between them is still not short, let alone they were at the sealed city of the pass.
In Nova's impression, Suthia didn't have displacent abilities like Lena, nor did she have a dragon transformation like herself. She thought the earliest she could see Suthia would be in two or three days.
But now
Surprise followed by an imdiate surge of deep emotion in Nova's heart.
Yeah.
Having a sister who, upon hearing that she was injured, imdiately dropped everything and rushed to her, who wouldn't be moved?
Later, when she heard Renji add that Suthia was coming in her "true body," Nova was even more at a loss for words.
She also knew about Suthia's contamination from Renji's side. The nun had to keep her real body in the confession room, using the contract to continuously exorcise it.
And now, just for herself, for better treatnt of her, Suthia was willing to risk the relapse of contamination and co with her real body, making Nova even more convinced in her heart that her initial decision to form an alliance with Suthia was indeed the right choice!
Across.
Renji, seeing the range of expressions on Nova's face, knew that she must have misunderstood sothing.
"Sigh…"
"Alright, now it's ti for the bad news."
Hearing the bad news that even Renji seed so worried about, Nova imdiately perked up, fully attentive. Nova didn't understand, what bad news could be comparable after such a big piece of good news.
Until
"The bad news is, I haven't notified Suthia at all" Renji in the dark room spread his hands.
Nova: "!!!?"
After a mont of distraction, the Nova quickly realized and said, "That must be Lena, right?"
Indeed, aside from them, the only one who knew the content of their 'ritual' was that pink-haired succubus.
And with Lena's ability to plan, it's not impossible that she inford Suthia in advance to prepare for healing while they were still performing the ritual.
This way, it would an that she and Suthia could seamlessly connect, allowing her to receive healing from the nun right away.
'Lena, she really is good little sister!'
The gratitude towards Suthia and Lena once again surged in Nova's heart, even more intense than before!
After all, who wouldn't be moved by having such a sister who never shows up but always cares and helps you behind the scenes? However, Nova quickly snapped out of her emotional state and realized sothing was off.
These all sound like good news.
So where's the bad news?
"I now suspect that Lena not only told Suthia about the ritual but also shared the 'hidden parts' with her."
"Hidden parts?" Nova asked, tilting her head.
'What hidden parts could there be in a ritua...'
'Oh…'
The expression on Nova's face suddenly stiffened, and the small dark room fell into a brief silence. Then, in a flustered tone, the dragoness struggled to ask, "Are you sure? Could you have misunderstood Lena? Didn't you say before that Lena had changed, and that I shouldn't judge her with a biased view? I think Lena definitely wouldn't do such a thing!"
Renji shook his head in response.
"Nova, do you think cutting horns is a treatnt thod?"
Nova: "...?"
"Then I guess I didn't misunderstand."
Renji thought hard about the reason for Suthia's reversion to darkness, and there seed to be only one. And when he later saw the nun's abnormal obsession with Nova's dragon horns, Renji beca even more certain.
Suthia must have known about the things between him and Nova.
'And it seems...'
'She knew quite a lot!'
On the other hand, Nova, slightly pausing at Renji's sowhat enigmatic words, instantly understood. This realization made her expression even more tense and flustered.
If possible, Nova really wished her "instant understanding" of her master's words wasn't used in such matters.
But there was no helping it.
From the mont her dragon horns were used as a 'steering wheel' by her master, the outco was probably already sealed.
Now, Nova only wanted Lena to return the emotion she had just felt.
But Nova soon comforted: "No, no, it's okay!"
"Don't worry Master, even if Suthia really cos to kill, Nova will definitely be able to restrain her, to calm Thia down first!"
The dragoness clenched her fist to her chest, as if saying, since the cover is blown, let's not pretend anymore, appearing very confident, very much in line with Nova's straightforward and stubborn character.
However, regarding this.
Renji sighed deeply in his heart.
'Relaxed?'
He also wanted to be relaxed, but the problem is.
Renji recalled Suthia's performance in the 'Dream', and summarized the nun in one sentence:
'She was like a war goddess!'
'Where is the pure and innocent nun? this Thia with her real body and in Nova's weakened state, may be several tis stronger than Nova!'
Although Suthia in the "Dream" was definitely made darker on purpose, the strength gap should not be far off.
Nova on the other side planned to fight violence with violence.
But in the dream, the real "fighting violence with violence" ended up with Nova lying on the ground, utterly defeated by Suthia, a complete and utter defeat.
How can he believe when she's already been pumled!
So Renji took Nova to a small dark room for a eting, not only to prepare Nova ntally, but also to emphasize not to clash head-on with Suthia, to let Nova calm her impulsive nature, realizing that facing Suthia, the only outco was to be pumled.
"Then what should we do Master?" Unknowingly, Nova had moved from Renji's opposite side to his side, inching closer.
Under Renji's words, realizing she couldn't even beat Suthia now, Nova completely lost her empress deanor, looking more like a little girl, clutching pitifully at Renji's sleeve, her eyes filled with nervousness and unease, especially about the pair of horns on her head.
Anyone who didn't know better would think she was a mistress afraid of the wife coming to confront her.
'Uh.'
'Seems pretty much the sa?'
'Pah!'
'What mistress, what wife, such vulgar worldly terms are not worthy of them.'
'They are all my wings!'
'Wings!'
Renji smoothly took Nova into his arms, doing so only to comfort her, not because he suddenly found that Nova, showing such a vulnerable and delicate feminine side, was really hitting his XP.
"Don't be afraid, Nova. To deal with a yandere, cough, to deal with Suthia, it's actually not good to be too tough; being softer might actually be more effective! So, we need to change our previous plan a bit. If Suthia really cos to kill us, then we'll do this and that. And then, that and that. Finally…."
"Did you get all that?"
"Mhm, Nova understands!" She nodded her head seriously.
"Alright, then familiarize yourself with the response process. I'm going to try and gather more information about Suthia so we can be more assured!"
"Good luck, Master!"
Watching Nova, who had shed her cold deanor and now appeared like a wife sending off her husband, overflowing with a sense of being a spouse, Renji couldn't help himself and embraced the dragoness's neck before he left.
"Master? Mmm mmm mmm."
After giving Nova a fierce kiss, Renji was about to leave, but unexpectedly, he was embraced by the her in return, not allowing him to go.
With a flushed face and disheveled clothes, Nova gazed at Renji with watery eyes, her lips still warm from the recent touch, seemingly longing for more.
"Master, when Suthia cos, we won't be able to do this anymore…"
"So, let's take advantage of the mont~…"
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