Put the key into the keyhole, gently rotating a circle and a half, with the crisp sound, the familiar yet unfamiliar room appeared in the girl's eyes.
She took back the key, bent down, and found a pair of rabbit slippers with the label "stupid big sister" in the shoe cabinet.
Seeing the label, the girl showed a helpless expression on her face. Her younger sister was still the same as before, not giving her any face as a big sister.
The room was very clean and tidy, with everything in its proper place, almost exactly the same as when the girl left years ago.
Her sister was still in school, and she, as an older sister, didn't even know which school her younger sister was attending. The girl sighed and walked to her own room.
Reaching out to open the door, the room did not look like it had been uninhabited for several years. On the contrary, it seemed... full of vitality?
The bedding on the bed was neatly folded, and the clothes in the wardrobe hardly had any change in position.
"I'm back." The girl's cherry lips moved slightly, and a barely audible voice drifted from her mouth.
"It's time for you to rest. If you keep going like this, I'm afraid your mental state will collapse before your body does." Her old friend's heartfelt advice still echoed in the girl's ears.
Rest?
Confusion filled the girl's scarlet eyes. Did she really have the right to rest?
Aliens were still lurking on the edge of the world, stirring, and the current human world did not yet have the capital to confront those alien powerhouses.
Even if she had made the vast majority of alien monarchs the former monarchs a few years ago, the most dangerous monarch was snatched from her grasp.
The Demon King, Leticia·Enfino.
This has always been her unresolved issue. When she found time to try and take down the Demon King, she realized she couldn't find her.
Not just her, even the Demons themselves didn't know where their king had gone.
"Phew..." The girl lay down on a soft bed, letting her snow-white long hair scatter. "Xiaoya should be out of school by now."
She wondered what her sister's expression would be when she saw her. Would it be happiness or anger?
The girl didn't know, but as someone who had already lost half her life's meaning, the only remaining meaning was to see her sister grow up safely.
Time passed by the minute and second, and the blood-red sunlight gradually dyed the girl's room red.
Why hasn't she returned yet?
It should be time to leave school, and her sister was not the kind of bad kid who would hang out outside... so what happened?
"We need to go look for her."
Like a martial arts master in a TV drama who floated off the bed, the girl took out a phone that was almost never used.
She called a number, and after half a ring, the call was picked up. "Miss, are you in trouble?"
"Help me find out where my sister is now." The girl wasted no words as she got straight to the point.
The woman on the other end of the phone was taken aback. "Your sister?"
"Yes, my sister."
"Didn't your sister go home?"
"How did you know?" The girl's brow furrowed.
"Your sister is our key protection target. There are at least ten people secretly protecting her on her way to and from school each day. How do you think I know?" The woman on the other end of the phone huffed. "Although your identity is top-secret, we must be prepared for the worst."
In order for the girl to continue fighting day and night for Humanity on the front lines, those who were sitting back and taking it easy couldn't even take proper care of her family, could they?
"Don't worry, your sister should be in that one store downstairs. There are only two households in this building, and your sister often goes to visit the girl who lives downstairs."
"Is that so?" The girl walked out of her room. As her sister's friend, she, as a big sister, had to meet them.
"What reason do I have to lie to you? I still have work to do, so I'll hang up first."
The call was cut off, and the girl put her phone back in her pocket. Step by step, she headed downstairs.
Knocking a few times on the bronze door, the girl didn't realize there was a white doorbell next to her, and she was contemplating what kind of expression she should use to face her sister's friend.Can't be too serious, but also can't be too playful and smiling, need to show a smile... But the girl can't smile, she even forgot how to laugh.
To put it in a more common way, she has a poker face.
Creak... The door opened a little, and a beautiful girl dressed as a maid appeared from behind it, showing a pair of alert eyes.
"Who are you?"
"I'm Xiaoya's sister." The girl pointed to the floor above and explained seriously, "I've been away on a business trip, so I couldn't accompany Xiaoya."
Cher blinked her eyes, it turns out Xiaoya had a sister? Why hadn't she mentioned it before?
As for whether the girl lied or not? Cher didn't doubt that, she looks like the type who wouldn't lie.
Look at the level of this poker face, could a liar be like this?
"Um, please come in. Miss Xiaoya is a lovely girl." Although not as lovely as the His Majesty, though.
"Xiaoya... is indeed very cute." The two reached a consensus from a strange angle.
