Ruanshu held onto Almer's neck, watching him walk and walk from day to dusk.
As the sky turned dark and the city lights came on, Ruanshu still felt like the journey back home was impossibly far away.
She looked at Almer with some suspicion and asked weakly, "When will we reach home?"
"I don't know."
Ruanshu: …
I suspect you're teasing me, and I have evidence!
"Then where are we now?"
"I don't know."
Ruanshu suddenly had a bad feeling.
She asked, "Then... do you know the way?"
Almer looked down at her with a confident smile on his lips. "Guess what, even if I knew the way, would I have been caught flying above the city?"
Ruanshu: ...
She opened her mouth, feeling the urge to curse.
"But last time you took me out..."
Almer laughed. "That was just wandering around." When we went back, I used Os's to fly back.
"Well, can't you use it now?"
Ruanshu was furious. Even someone as patient as she was getting angry with Almer, and if it were someone else, they would have slapped him a long time ago, even if he were the Emperor.
Only then did Almer casually mention that he had forgotten.
In reality, he just didn't want to go back so early because he would have to return the little mascot to the Ruan family.
Almer messaged his knight captain, Os, to make a request. After the map loaded, they realized that not only were they lost, but they had also been walking in the opposite direction of home the whole time.
Both of them: ...
It was. They had managed to avoid all the correct routes.
At that moment, Ruanshu received a video call from her father.
Without hesitation, she answered the call.
Ruanxiao's face darkened upon seeing the Emperor, who had taken his daughter and still hadn't returned home.
"Marshal Ruanxiao, good evening."
Almer greeted Ruanxiao with a poker face.
"Dad"~"
Ruanxiao took a deep breath. After exchanging greetings with Almer, he didn't feel like talking to him at all.
Ruanshu glanced at the street and anxiously said, "I... "I don't know where we are." "It seems like we're getting farther and farther from home."
After speaking, she glanced at Almer. It was all his fault!
"Send me your location, and I'll come to pick you up."
Ruanshu obediently nodded. "Okay."
After sending her father the location, they found a place to sit and rest.
Almer took out the wolf ear headband again.
Ruanshu looked at him warily, covering her own head.
Almer laughed. "Why are you so anxious?" "I'm not putting it on you."
Upon saying that, he placed it on his own head. Not to mention that the black wolf ears suited him quite well, Ruanshu couldn't help but steal a few more glances at his head.
"Let me create something enjoyable for you."
Almer held Ruanshu and started fumbling with her head.
After a while, she felt a tingling sensation in her head.
It was the deer antlers. They were actually glowing!
Almer's eyes lit up as he took more pictures of her.
Ruanshu: ...
This person is really too much. She angrily used her small arm to pull a tuft of his hair.
This time, she didn't know what she touched on his wolf ear headband, but his ears also started to glow.
And it was a green light.
Ruanshu chuckled.
Almer glanced up, not minding it, and replaced the rabbit ears with hers.
Then the big rabbit ears started to glow as well.
This time, she pulled on those ears and saw that the glowing part was made of fiber material.
How magical!
The rabbit ears emitted a warm golden light that was slightly dazzling when placed in front of her eyes, so she moved them to the back.
With both a big and small head staring at the light, they naturally attracted the attention of passersby.
This style is quite unique.
When Ruanxiao came to pick them up, he saw two people sitting side by side, with glowing heads.
He: ...
What were his daughter and the Emperor playing at?
He could forgive his daughter; after all, she was still young. However, the Emperor was imposing yet childish.
"Ruanshu."
Ruanxiao called his daughter, and in the next second, both of them turned their heads to look at him. The synchronicity was quiet.
Ruanxiao glanced at a certain young man. "Your Majesty."
Almer had a smile on his face. "Thank you, General Ruan."
There was really no sense of unity in this situation.
Finally, they returned home. Ruanxiao eagerly saw Almer off.
Although this person was the Emperor, he couldn't take away his daughter!
Before getting out of the car, Almer held Ruanshu's little hand and placed something on her wrist. Before she had a chance to take a closer look, he waved goodbye and left.
Ruanshu: "Goodbye, Almer."~"
"I'm back, Grandfather."
"Big Brother"~"
As soon as Ruanshu returned home, Ruanlaoye embraced her with a worried expression.
"The Emperor is such a prominent figure, yet he still has to handle numerous responsibilities every day." He even had the mood to take you out for a stroll. Are you tired? "Are you hungry?"
The old man rambled on, as if afraid that his precious would be hungry.
Ruanshu shook her head. "No, Almer took me out for lunch, and when I got tired, he carried me."
After the initial fatigue of walking, she was mostly carried by him. Despite the long distance they had walked, Almer showed no signs of fatigue. His stamina was truly amazing.
Ruanshu was envious!
"What kind of style is this?"
Ruanfeng suddenly pinched the glowing rabbit ears on her head.
Ruanshu shook her head slightly. "Almer gave them to me." He's too much. He even took pictures of me wearing them. He had given me deer antlers earlier.
Ruanfeng squeezed the rabbit's ears and said, "Oh."
Ruanshu glanced at him. Did he mishear something? Why did she hear a hint of regret in her big brother's tone?
Then she saw her big brother taking pictures of her new look.
Ruanfeng was eager to try. "Where's the deer antler headband?"
Ruanshu: ...So she didn't mishear!
With a slight pout, she glared at her big brother and buried her head in her arms, showing him only the back of her head.
Ruanfeng raised an eyebrow. It seemed that she had learned how to glare at people.
After a tiring day, when it was time to sleep, Ruanshu took a bath and soaked her feet before going to bed.
Before going to sleep, she touched the bracelet on her wrist. It was a small and exquisite silver bracelet with five different-colored gems.
Red, blue, gold, purple, and black.
This glamorous and beautiful design truly matched Almer's aesthetic.