" The clothes fit you perfectly. You look like Yunxi's mother except…" Nalan trailed off.
" Except what ? " Liena asked eagerly. If she was a wolf or dog kin, her tail would have been waging fast, and her ears would have been pointed straight.
" Your hair and eye color. And…. your expression!"
" Expression…? What's it supposed to be ?" Liena's expression faltered.
" Cold and glacial." Nalan said, without trying to sugarcoat her words.
" Ah! It's a kind of genetic trait in their family?"
" I think. But it's only their females, although the male isn't expressionsive, but he still smiles a bit. "
" Wow! I didn't know that. I thought she was just putting it on to distance herself from others. "
" No.. that's how she is. It's an improvement that she talks . Before, she just stares blankly. "
" Hahaha….! This is interesting! I want to know more. Tell me ! Tell me !" Liena shouted slightly, to avoid disturbing those that were still sleeping.
" I…have already told you everything that's needed to be told. "Nalan replied. She looked at the food she was setting up.
" You already told me ? What you just said was how many people were in her family and how I resemble her mother in these clothes, except for some features. You didn't tell me anything else. " Liena disagreed.
" That's her personal life. You should ask her yourself if you really want to know. And moreover, shouldn't you tell your life story, before asking for others?" Nalan asked.
" That…my memories are somehow locked up. I would have told you if it wasn't!"
" Even your bad memories?"
Liena went silent. She couldn't even move her lips.
" See, you can't respond. Your silence means ' No'. Imagine if you had confided in me , and told me everything. Then I went ahead to tell someone else behind your back, how would you feel?"
" Angry. I would feel angry to the extent I would want your arm for compensation~" Although she was smiling, her words were true. She would really have an arm for compensation.
" Shhh…You didn't tell me anything. Why can't you say ' that person'. " Nalan shuddered as rubbed her arms, feeling cold from Liena's smile.
" Well…you used yourself as an example. " Liena shrugged.
" Why is she still sleeping ? Normally she would be the first to wake up . " Nalan looked towards the direction where Yunxi was sleeping.
" Exhaustion. She had exhausted herself. Sleeping is the only way to return her body to its healthy state. " Liena answered, as she also looked at Yunxi sleeping far away.
" She's exhausted? She didn't even do much. "
" Little girl, there's more that meets the eye. You will understand when you get there."
Just immediately after Liena finished her sentence, Yunxi rised up.
" Oh! She's awake. "
Liena turned around to see Yunxi combing through her hair with her hand.
" Clean up, and let's have breakfast!" Nalan said, smiling brightly as she saw how Yunxi held Xia by the crux of her neck, and shook her awake. Xia blinked adorably, but Yunxi wasn't deterred.
" Um.." Yunxi nodded, and got up . She went towards a corner, and did her private cleaning.
After ten minutes, she walked forward and sat beside them. They formed a circle. In the middle was food.
" How did you get this?" Yunxi asked as she saw plates of fulfilling breakfast.
" Hehehe…..I have been preparing for three months. '' Nalan smiled cheekily, as she served the food. It was Toast with tea. A simple breakfast.
" This…is the first meal I would be having after so many years. " Liena looked at the toast in her hands, and said with a melancholic smile.
" How do you know that , when your memories are locked?" Nalan, who couldn't read the mood, blurted out what came to her mind.
" Basic ideas about things, I remember them. If I don't, I would be no different from a fool. " Liena retorted, and bit into the toast.
" Right…! That's great. We wouldn't have to be explaining every single thing to you." Nalan said, nodding like a teacher who just got her message passed across to her students after many attempts.
" You…! " Liena's mouth puffed in anger, partly because of the toast, and to get Yunxi to take revenge for her.
The little conversation she had with Yunxi, made her realize she was good at speech.
Yunxi just rubbed her head, and her anger disappeared. They all resumed eating. Xia was also eating toast! Nalan sneaked worried glances at her once in a while, which was returned with an annoyed look.
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" Our reason for leaving is to explore the world and become powerful. Along the way we might get severely injured, or get lost. Do you still want to follow us ?" Yunxi asked Liena after breakfast.
" Although that's partly one of the reasons, I am willing to follow you. Even if you leave me behind or discard me , I will always find you. " Liena answered, with a smile.
" Why is that?" Nalan asked.
" It seems you guys don't know about this dungeon. "
" No . It was in our way, so we decided to raid it. We didn't even know its rank."
" So adventurous! " Liena complimented them. Nalan couldn't help but smile widely.
" That's plain sucide! Anyway, you saved me , and now I am bonded to you. I would do anything for you. '' Liena was quick to shatter her bubble. She might have been getting back at her or was just being truthful.
" What's our relationship then ? And are you bonded to the two of us?" Nalan asked, as she slowly bit into a bar of chocolate.
" Master and servant relationship. And no, I am only bonded to you." Liena replied, facing Yunxi.
" That's great! Anyways, what are we going to do about those chests? " The information wasn't that great to Nalan.She was happy that the cunning woman was bonded to Yunxi, someone who would put her in her place . She had been so eager to go through the chests on the ground since the beginning.
" Master, what are going to do about those chests?~" Liena asked coquettishly, blinking her eyelashes at Yunxi, who looked unfazed.
" Sort it out, and assign the equipment to those who need it. " Yunxi said in an authoritative voice.
" Okay, Master. ~ Your wish is my command."
" Let's go , Nalan." Liena stood up and dragged Nalan, who happily followed to the chests.
" A staff! I have been dying to have this." Nalan said joyously, as she stared at the staff like it was an important thing.
" But you are still alive. " Liena said, with a dead-pan expression.
" That was .."
" I know. I was just trying to tease you." Liena chuckled as she witnessed the gradual change of expression. Although it would have been great to see Yunxi's change in expression, Nalan's own would have to keep her entertained for now.
" Master, we are done." She called out to Yunxi who was sitting with her back to them.
Yunxi stood up with Xia around her shoulders and walked up to them.
" Call me by my name. And don't use that voice. " Yunxi said immediately she got to them.
" I have sorted them out. This is for Nalan. You can check the equipment." Liena responded as if she didn't hear what Yunxi had said, but she stopped talking with a sweet voice.