Chapter 517

Chapter 524: Ais Learns to Call Like a Fox (Please Subscribe!)

The next day, Orario was still serene before the dawn broke.

When the eastern sky was still hazy, the diligent little sprite had already woken up from her slumber.

“Another brand-new day… I must start training early today!”

Refia stretched her long and straight legs under her adorable pajamas, threw off the blanket in front of her, and tightly gripped her hands together in front of her chest, full of energy.

A wonderful day begins with training with Miss Ais!

That’s right… it’s “them.”

Morning practice has become a daily activity for Ais, Izay, and Refia.

Since Izay initiated this project in order to quickly master his combat skills and build a relationship with Ais, it has been preserved ever since.

Now, however, Izay’s second goal has taken precedence without him realizing it.

And as a member of the morning exercise team, Refia hasn’t noticed this at all~

She herself hasn’t even realized or perhaps forgotten.

Why she originally chose to join Izay and Ais’ morning exercises…

By now, that original intention has been completely abandoned by Refia, along with her vigilance towards someone.

How would she have acted like this in the past?

Indeed, subtle changes in everyday life are the hardest to guard against~

About ten minutes had passed since the sprite woke up.

After finishing everything, Refia arrived at the usual morning exercise location.

However, there were no signs of the other two people.

“Strange… Where did Izay and Miss Ais go?”

Refia looked at the empty top of the northern city wall and fell into confusion.

After waiting for quite a while… the sprite girl frowned lightly: “Are these two sleeping in today?”

Reasonable guess!

Yesterday they went through a big battle, and both Izay and Ais were the main fighters, surely spending more effort than she did as a rear guard member.

After all, their opponents were of different levels.

Refia was responsible for clearing out the new species of man-eating flowers encountered in the dungeon, while the two of them had to deal with members of the Dark Faction and the fairy’s alter ego.

It makes sense that their fatigue level is greater than hers.

For a moment, Refia felt she had found the reason.

“If that’s the case… well, if Miss Ais hasn’t woken up, do I have the chance to wake her up today?”

Lowering her head slightly, Refia shook her neatly tied mountain-blow-colored long hair and muttered seriously, like a scholar with deep plans.

If you ignore her soft expression beforehand…

Because Ais always got up early in the past, being able to wake her up is also something Refia looks forward to.

Her flawless face unconsciously revealed a smile.

Refia became more and more convinced that things were worth doing!

Within a few minutes, the sprite girl running swiftly through the city streets returned to the Twilight Manor.

First, she excitedly returned to her dormitory, dove onto her bed to calm down.

She remained calm until breakfast time approached, then enthusiastically ran out of the room again and knocked on Ais’ door.

“Miss Ais~! It’s breakfast time, are you awake?”

Happily tiptoeing and knocking on the door, Refia waited expectantly for a response.

But… reality disappointed her.

Not only was there no response, but there wasn’t a sound from inside the room.

This made Refia hesitate to open the door slightly and peek inside.

“Miss Ais isn’t here?”

There was no one.

The quilt was neatly folded, either nobody slept here last night, or the owner had already gotten up early.

However, one thing was certain – Refia’s expectations just now had fallen through.

“There’s no one in the room, so where could Miss Ais have gone?”

At the same time, the sprite girl began to be troubled by this question.

And there was no one who could answer this question for her.

All the female members she met along the way clearly said they didn’t know.

Later… driven by the breakfast bell, Refia subconsciously walked to the large cafeteria and finally saw Ais skipping morning practice here.

Izay was also present.

Still the familiar seat in the large cafeteria.

Izay sat in the middle, with Ais and Haruhi arranged to his left and right.

Everything was no different from usual.

But…

(What is this strange feeling in my heart?)

Refia suspiciously scanned the three of them, feeling something was off.

“Refia, you’re here?”

Ais didn’t notice her confusion at the moment, and seeing the sprite approach, greeted her.

On the other hand, Izay felt his “intuition” jump inexplicably, as if trying to remind him of something.

But the degree was very light, just within the range of “informing,” without any sense of danger.

This left Izay somewhat perplexed.

While he was distracted, Refia opened her cherry lips and tentatively asked, “Miss Ais… Did you sleep in today? Just woke up?”

For a split second, Ais’ eyes became vacant, but quickly recovered. “Um… sorry, I overslept today.”

Guessing that the other party was referring to skipping morning practice, she frankly admitted it.

“But… when I wanted to go to your room to wake you up, I didn’t find anyone?”

Refia couldn’t figure out how Ais had suddenly moved from her room to the large cafeteria.

Her room was right next to Ais’, so if there had been any noise, she would definitely have noticed.

“This…”

This really stumped Ais.

Involuntarily, she turned to Izay with a pleading look, seeking his opinion.

Seeing Ais looking over, Izay paused for a moment.

Wow, can “intuition” predict situations close to a love triangle now?

Was the earlier “notification” warning me about Refia?

Today is the home ground of the sprightly sprite?

After pondering for a moment, Izay glanced at Haruhi.

The small movement was caught by Ais, so she followed his gaze to the fox girl.

Immediately, she had an idea.

“… Actually, I slept with Haruhi last night.” Ais answered “truthfully.”

“Eh?” Refia froze, and so did the fox girl involved.

Refia: (How could Miss Ais sleep with Haruhi!?)

Haruhi: (How could Miss Ais bring up such a thing in front of everyone!?)

One after another, not knowing what bad thoughts came to mind, their faces turned red~

“Because Haruhi was very scared last night… so she found me and asked me to sleep with her.” Facing the curious gazes of Anqi and others nearby, Ais remained calm, speaking as if it were true.

No, wait… thinking from another angle, what she said was indeed true.

No problem!

Izay’s skill in taking things out of context, Ais has learned at least nine-tenths of it!!

“Ori… Originally so…”

After hearing that, Refia gradually grasped the key point.

That is, as a newcomer participating in the Dark Faction’s extermination mission for the first time yesterday, Haruhi was still relatively immature, so she needed someone to comfort her, right?

Izay is a boy, so late at night Haruhi wouldn’t feel comfortable asking him to come to her room, so she found Miss Ais… Originally so~

Refia felt she understood!

It must definitely be like this!

“Ho~? So last night Miss Ais slept with Haruhi, huh? That’s why I dreamed of Miss Ais imitating a fox in the middle of the night, thinking it was some ominous sign!”

Suddenly, another voice appeared in the large cafeteria.

Loki, who had somehow appeared behind Izay and the others, was nodding repeatedly.

Looks like… she thought the same thing as Refia. The two analysis emperors had coinciding ideas.

In this situation, Izay didn’t even want to comment on Loki’s sudden appearance, instead hesitating whether to say something or not.

Hesitating for half a second… an image of Loki panting heavily with a knife flashed in his mind.

Next to him, Ais subtly sent a congratulatory glance, and Haruhi was grabbing his sleeve.

In the end, Izay swallowed his words.

Let the misunderstanding continue…