Aiden nodded, and picked up Cereza, who was still in a complete fog.
"We have to first go find a plane."
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[Vigrid Airport]
Here, as a transfer platform for the Aesir Group to reach all parts of the world and Sun Island, various models of aircraft were parked, but most were transport planes, with only a small number of passenger planes and helicopters.
Because Bayonetta's earlier battle with the angels had already drawn the attention of Vigrid's guard forces, the airport's alert level was much higher than usual, and the security personnel were several times more than normal.
However, no matter how sincerely these guards believed in the deity, they were just a group of ordinary people. With one simple spell, Bayonetta dealt with them all.
Of course, she merely put them to sleep. The witch was still quite friendly to ordinary humans.
"Ah, you knocked them out, who's going to fly the plane then? Fine, looks like we can only take a helicopter. Luckily, I have a helicopter pilot license." As the only ordinary human among the four, Luka was eager to display his value.
However, Aiden didn't give him the chance to perform, holding Cereza and walking straight toward a small jet passenger plane. Bayonetta gave him a glance and followed after him.
Seeing this, Luka shouted from behind the three of them, "Hey, I only have a helicopter pilot license! I can't fly that thing, it requires special training!"
"You don't need to know. As long as I do, that's fine." Aiden handed Cereza to Bayonetta while opening the jet's built-in boarding stairs, speaking to Luka at the same time.
Luka froze for a moment, then said with a bit of unwillingness, "Actually, I also wanted to learn to fly jets, but it's too expensive. I can fly a propeller-driven transport plane though, why not switch to that?"
But Aiden ignored him, opened the cabin door, went inside, took Cereza from Bayonetta, placed her in the seat closest to the cockpit, and fastened her seatbelt.
At the same time, Aiden said to Cereza, "Sorry, Cereza, on this flight there's only a pilot, no flight attendant. I hope you don't mind."
At that moment, Bayonetta, who had just entered the cabin, heard what he said, walked over, and said, "Don't worry, I can temporarily play the part of a flight attendant."
"Then can I enjoy the treatment of a passenger?" Luka, who followed them in, brightened his eyes and exclaimed.
"I only serve my man and myself," Bayonetta said coldly with a snort.
Luka shrank his neck and had no choice but to head toward the back of the cabin and randomly find a seat to sit in.
After everyone was seated, Aiden went to close the cabin door. But just as it was about to shut, a fair, slender hand pressed against it.
"Any more seats available?"
"Sorry, no. This flight has already stopped selling tickets, so please take the next flight," Bayonetta said coldly to the owner of that beautiful hand.
The owner of the hand was Jeanne.
And upon seeing Jeanne, Bayonetta was instantly full of anger, after all, it was Jeanne who had led Luka to them.
Jeanne seemed not to hear the resentment in Bayonetta's tone. She smiled and said, "Relax, I don't mind buying a standing ticket. Besides, I'll pay for the airfare."
Then she suddenly wrapped her arm around Aiden, who was still standing by the cabin door, and without hesitation kissed him. That was her way of paying.
Whoosh!
Seeing this scene, Bayonetta's hands shook, and Scarborough Fair appeared in her grasp, aimed at Jeanne.
At the same time, she angrily shouted at Aiden, "Why didn't you dodge? And just how long are you two planning to kiss?!"
Aiden gently pushed away Jeanne, who was tightly pressed against him, and revealed an innocent expression, "Can I say I didn't react in time?"
He wasn't lying, he truly hadn't expected Jeanne to do this right in front of Bayonetta.
However, just as Bayonetta was looking at him with some suspicion, Jeanne stoked the fire. She licked her lips and smiled slyly at Bayonetta, "Cereza, your man tastes quite nice. But… his kissing technique is too rusty. Have you really never kissed him before?"
No woman could ignore that sentence, not even a witch.
Bayonetta walked expressionlessly up to Jeanne, but the anger in her heart caused her long black hair to float without wind, as if in the next moment she would summon the mighty demon Madame Butterfly to strike down the silver-haired witch before her.
Seeing the black-haired witch in this state, the silver-haired witch also realized she had gone a bit too far.
"Uh… just a joke, don't be mad, Cereza," the silver-haired witch said in a weak tone, hiding behind Aiden.
"But why do I feel like you're not joking?" Bayonetta said coldly, and then said to Aiden, "Move aside."
Aiden helplessly turned back to glare at Jeanne, thinking, She hasn't even recovered her memories yet, and you're just asking for trouble, aren't you?
But Aiden knew that right now, the most important thing was to calm Bayonetta down. Teaching Jeanne a lesson could wait until later.
"Miss Cat, don't be mad, don't be mad." Aiden stepped forward and embraced Bayonetta, offering constant comfort.
"How could I not be mad? She actually said you and I have never kissed before," Bayonetta said, letting Aiden hold her, revealing the real reason for her anger.
Aiden nearly lost his breath from that sentence. 'So you're mad because of that?'
The thought process of a witch really was… unusual.
So Aiden turned back and said to Jeanne in a very serious tone, "Nonsense, I've kissed her several times."
Only then did Jeanne realize, and while sighing at how her best friend's thought process was even more ridiculous than hers, she tried to remedy the situation, "Then why don't you kiss right now so I can see?"
"I have no objections, but there's a child here!" Aiden glanced at Cereza.
"What does that matter? It's the same person anyway, equivalent to letting her experience it in advance," Jeanne waved her hand nonchalantly.
"That sounds a bit off… mmph!"
Before Aiden could finish speaking, Bayonetta took the initiative to kiss him.
"Wow!"
At this moment, seeing the two embrace and kiss, Cereza's eyes widened. Although she was still young, she was definitely a smart little girl.
And from the earlier conversation between Aiden and Bayonetta, she had understood some things, at least, she understood that she apparently wasn't Bayonetta's daughter, but was in fact the younger version of Bayonetta herself.
Thus, a seed quietly sprouted in her heart.
Perhaps she still didn't understand what love was, but any little girl, when young, has imagined what her future other half would be like.
Cereza scratched her head, there were still things she didn't understand.
After kissing for a while, Aiden and Bayonetta heard Jeanne saying sourly from the side, "Hey, you two, haven't you kissed enough yet? Can't you pay attention to other people's feelings? He and I only had a brief taste."
"He's my man, I'll kiss him as long as I want," Bayonetta said proudly after finally remembering there were other things to do, separating her lips from his.
Then she said to Aiden, "Mr. Cat, get the plane moving."
Aiden smacked his lips as if still savoring something, but still nodded and turned to head into the cockpit.
"I'll help you," Jeanne said, following him in. With 500 more years of experience than Bayonetta, she had at least a little skill in practically everything.
Cereza glanced at the two in the cockpit who were skillfully starting the plane, and softly asked Bayonetta, who had sat back down beside her, "Mo, "
But after saying that first syllable, she stopped, scratching her head helplessly. After knowing Bayonetta wasn't her mother but was her grown-up self, she no longer knew how to address her.
Thinking it over, Cereza reorganized her words, "Big Sister Bayonetta, what does kissing feel like?"
"You're that impatient? You still have to wait over 500 years!" Bayonetta tapped her finger on Cereza's forehead, then forcefully tugged at her round, chubby cheeks.
'Bullying her younger self… why does it feel kind of satisfying?'
"But you looked so happy, I want to try too. I don't want to wait 500 years," Cereza said, swatting away Bayonetta's hand. She wasn't her mom, so she wouldn't be that polite or obedient.
Hearing this, Bayonetta narrowed her eyes slightly, "That's a dangerous way of thinking. You're still a child, dating minors would get him thrown in jail."
"But he's my future husband," Cereza said innocently. "Isn't that perfectly natural?"
Bayonetta was momentarily stunned, it sounded like it made sense…
No, it made no sense at all.
Bayonetta shook her head and said seriously to Cereza, "Anyway, no. At least wait until you're an adult before talking about it."
"An adult… but you're going to send me back, aren't you?" Cereza said gloomily.
"Can't be helped, you're still a child right now," Bayonetta shrugged, then continued, "Anyway, you won't be waiting that long. After you go back, you'll be sealed away for 500 years just like me. Honestly, the time passes quickly."
"Sigh!" Cereza sighed heavily like an adult. "I really wish I could grow up faster!"
"Once you grow up, you'll just have more worries," Bayonetta sighed too, then patted Cereza's head and fell silent.
And from beginning to end, all four of them had completely ignored the other person sitting in the cabin.
Luka…
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