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“Thank you, Boss~”
Aya Tone brightened, never imagining that a simple compliment to the boss could yield such a benefit.
Truly, there were still many kind-hearted people in the world.
At the same time, he secretly grumbled about the driver who had scammed him, deeming them utterly wicked for not even sparing a child’s money.
‘Pfft, what child?’
‘Maintaining a magical girl state for so long has clearly muddled my brain.’
‘Once I get the money, I absolutely must rent a room, revert to my true form, and get some proper sleep.’
The breakfast shop owner soon emerged from the back kitchen, carrying a plate.
Observing Aya Tone, who was eating with great relish, the owner asked with a hint of pity, “Little one, is your older sister perhaps…”
He then made a gesture near his head.
The implication was unmistakable.
Aya Tone’s small mouth parted slightly, realizing the boss seemed to have misunderstood something.
With a sigh of resignation, he explained, “She’s not my older sister.”
To his surprise, the owner not only disbelieved him but spoke with profound disapproval, “Child, even if your sister is different from others, she is still your sister.
Blood is thicker than water; you must cherish her dearly.”
“Otherwise, should something truly happen, regret will be of no avail.”
‘Er…’
‘It seems this boss also has a story of his own.’
Aya Tone found it difficult to argue, so he simply nodded repeatedly in agreement.
‘With such a kind-hearted boss, how could I possibly waste his good intentions?’
“You child…”
As someone with experience, the boss could clearly see Aya Tone was merely humoring him, and he was about to offer further advice.
The very next moment, however, he was called away by a newly arrived customer.
This, in a way, provided a great relief for Aya Tone.
“Miss Miao, hey~ snap out of it~”
Aya Tone put down his chopsticks, stood before Miao Qingzhu, and waved his small hands twice.
‘The mental fortitude of this generation’s youth is truly lacking.’
‘Even weaker than Li Jia.’
‘With her eyes vacant, it’s no wonder the boss thought there was something wrong with her.’
“Ah…”
Miao Qingzhu gently lifted her gaze, glanced at Aya Tone, and then sighed again.
‘I don’t want to talk…’
‘I haven’t slept all night, having cleared three dungeons with this great master.’
‘I’m exhausted.’
‘Both my body and spirit feel an unprecedented weariness.’
‘The past is truly too painful to recall…’
Aya Tone’s method of clearing dungeons, as an S-rank adventurer, was a veritable knockout blow to her, a novice who had yet to even step out of school.
‘Ha, grinding dungeons with a big shot increases your knowledge?’
‘If anyone ever tells me that again, I’ll go over and slap them twice.’
‘To hell with increasing my knowledge.’
She and Aya Tone had spent the entire night running around, with all their time consumed by waiting for transport and rushing along roads.
‘Clearing dungeons?’
‘From entering to exiting, the whole process involved precisely two steps.’
‘In, out.’
‘I felt like I was less than a mere accessory…’
Miao Qingzhu couldn’t help but let out a bitter laugh.
‘Is this truly the world of S-rank big shots?’
‘The game was over before I even saw a single monster.’
Moreover, someone hadn’t brought a storage bag, so they had to use snake-skin sacks to carry the ores and magic crystals.
These sacks had been picked up from outside, and she had no idea whose homeless dwelling they might have belonged to.
And then they had spent the entire night running around with several sacks of resources!
‘What the boss thought was trash actually contained priceless ores, alright?’
Miao Qingzhu no longer knew how to even begin complaining.
And that breakfast shop owner!
‘Don’t think I didn’t see the owner’s gesture, implying there was something wrong with my head!’
‘Hmph!’
‘If I weren’t too exhausted to move, I would probably show that boss what “different from others” truly means!’
Seeing Miao Qingzhu still looking so dispirited, Aya Tone reached out and ruffled her hair.
‘Young people are always like this.’
‘Constantly claiming to be traumatized.’
‘Considering she ran around with me all night.’
‘I guess… I’ll comfort her a little~’
The thought of last night’s gains made Aya Tone’s heart swell with overflowing joy.
His movements involuntarily became lighter and more nimble.
‘Hehehe.’
Aya Tone didn’t rub for too long.
His hands were too small, and Miao Qingzhu’s head was too large; it simply wasn’t comfortable to pat.
Moreover, he had barely eaten a few bites of his own breakfast.
He picked up his chopsticks and continued adding noodles to his bowl.
And honestly, while the boss might be a bit of a chatterbox, the fried noodles he made tasted genuinely good.
It was a shame he hadn’t added any chili, trying to accommodate Miao Qingzhu’s taste.
‘If I had known this youngster didn’t eat spicy food, I wouldn’t have bothered.’
‘Without a bit of spice, it just feels a little bland.’
“Aya Tone-sama…”
Miao Qingzhu touched her recently ruffled head, finding the sensation quite peculiar.
“Don’t call me ‘sama’; I don’t like it,” Aya Tone said, his brow slightly raised, correcting Miao Qingzhu’s form of address.
‘What era are we in that people still use ‘sama’?’
‘How outdated.’
Miao Qingzhu paused, then tentatively suggested, “Then… Miss Aya Tone?”
“Just call me Tone. Everyone who knows me calls me that.”
“!”
‘Such an intimate way of addressing him, is it really alright?’
The despondency in Miao Qingzhu’s heart vanished instantly, replaced by a frantic pounding.
“Tone~”
Aya Tone’s body stiffened.
‘Damn, that brings back some unpleasant memories…’
“…You’re disgusting. Can you act normal? I’m eating here…”
Hearing Miao Qingzhu’s way of addressing him, Aya Tone felt as if he had suffered some kind of psychic attack.
He nearly regurgitated the food he had just swallowed.
‘It’s utterly revolting.’
Miao Qingzhu, unfazed by Aya Tone calling her disgusting, pulled her stool closer and leaned towards him.
By the time the boss reappeared, the two were only a few centimeters apart.
From a distance, they truly resembled an older sister leaning affectionately on her younger sister’s shoulder.
‘Well, aren’t they being obedient now?’
A flicker of nostalgia crossed the boss’s eyes, but it was fleeting.
He did not approach to disturb the tender moment between these “sisters.”
As for those “sisters”…
“Get away! I’m eating!”
‘What is wrong with this person? Wasn’t she just looking like death warmed over a moment ago?’
Aya Tone genuinely wanted to kick Miao Qingzhu away.
But remembering that the return fare still depended on this very wallet…
‘He endured it!’
“Hehehe~ Tone~”
Miao Qingzhu now truly looked somewhat idiotic.
‘Dazed and foolish, if only she had a dribble of drool at the corner of her mouth.’
‘Perfect!’
****
North Garden University
“Tone~ If you can use spatial magic to store those resources, why did you make me carry them around all night?”
On the way back, Miao Qingzhu complained incessantly.
She vividly recalled the breakfast shop owner’s expression just now.
It was as if he had seen a ghost.
Aya Tone had simply produced a magic wand, waved it lightly over the snake-skin sacks, and instantly stored away the contents.
‘If I had known Aya Tone possessed such a convenient ability, I wouldn’t have had to carry them all night!’
‘They were really heavy, alright?’
‘And then there were all those strange looks from people along the way…’
Miao Qingzhu felt her thick skin had received unprecedented training.
‘Now, she possessed S-rank facial defense!’
‘Invincible!’
“I just wanted to give you a sense of participation, you know.”
Aya Tone would never admit that he had simply forgotten about that ability.
‘When Li Jia was around, all the storage tasks were her job, as my little follower.’
‘It’s perfectly normal to forget something like that for a while, isn’t it?’
Miao Qingzhu looked at him with suspicion, asking, “Really?”
‘No matter how I think about it, it feels like it was intentional, alright?’
“Really,” Aya Tone stated, his face stern.
‘Even if it’s not true, it is true!’