Okhema, inside the room.
On the sofa, Lumina and Herta sat side by side, with a small gap between their bodies.
This distance was not long. With each breath, they could still smell the scent emanating from each other.
The hand Herta had closer to Lumina rested on her own thigh, while her other hand was placed on the sofa to support her body.
After staring at Lumina for a long time, she finally took out a cell phone.
Herta leaned her head closer, moving to within a few centimeters of Lumina's face, and focused her gaze on Lumina's phone.
At such a close distance, Herta's face could feel the warmth coming from Lumina's face, and her own cheek was occasionally brushed by Lumina's smooth hair, bringing a wave of unbearable itchiness.
But none of these were the most important thing.
The most important thing was that, at such a close distance, the periphery of Herta's vision would occasionally glance at Lumina's small mouth.
The tightly closed, cherry-like little mouth was red and glistening, emanating a wave of indescribably alluring charm that caused a surge of infatuation to arise in the heart of Madam Herta, an Emanator of Erudition.
This little mouth would probably be the lifelong pursuit of most people in the entire Cosmos, wouldn't it?
If I could taste it personally, if I could savor it thoroughly.
If I could press my lips against hers, I guess I wouldn't have any regrets even in death, right?
I want to so much...
Herta thought silently in her heart, wanting to taste the most delicious thing in this world.
Unfortunately, she could only think about it.
This Little Lumina is good at everything, except for her habit of "bullying others with her power."
To put it plainly, this girl loves to play dirty. If she can't win with intelligence or strategy, she will directly choose to "brute-force" the situation, using her absolute strength to crush her opponent.
Then, like a mesugaki, she'll turn around and start mocking and ridiculing...
Such behavior is extremely loathsome. Not just Herta, but even if others found out, they would surely feel an inexplicable rage, an urge to teach her a harsh lesson and make this hateful "mesugaki" completely fall!
But unfortunately, her strength was simply too overwhelming, which meant all these thoughts could only be thoughts, and there was absolutely no way to put them into action...
Sigh...
A sigh filled with a sense of weariness and a lifetime of stories echoed in Herta's heart. One might think she was an old person who had weathered the ages, whose friends had all passed away...
Without thinking any further, Herta controlled her inner reactions, forcing herself not to be attracted to any part of Lumina's body.
She firmly fixed her gaze on Lumina's phone screen, wanting to see what this girl was actually trying to do.
Lumina's expression remained unchanged, a faint smile still on her face.
Her slender fingers swiped across the phone screen, eventually opening a browser.
"A browser? You couldn't possibly be... trying to show me some unspeakable pictures or videos, could you?" Seeing this, Herta's eyebrows shot up.
Was there anything worth seeing in a browser?
Herta didn't know.
But combining it with Lumina's various mysterious expressions from before, could she, could she be wanting to... watch, watch some unspeakable, unwatchable, unimaginable little videos with her?
This... this isn't very good, is it?
Gulp—
The moment this guess surfaced in her mind, Herta swallowed hard.
At the same time, she also felt a slight sense of anticipation.
Although, although Herta didn't like watching that kind of stuff, but... but if Lumina were to take her to watch it, Herta wouldn't be unable to give Lumina a little bit of face.
After all, as a big sister, if Little Lumina as the younger sister liked to watch this kind of thing, Herta would naturally not say anything.
She just hoped that she wouldn't let this kind of thing affect her real life...
However, as a big sister, one should naturally possess infinite tolerance towards their own younger sister.
If she were to let this kind of thing affect her real life, Big Sister Herta felt that it was completely fine.
Doesn't she have me... it's normal for a big sister to help her younger sister, right?
There's nothing abnormal about it, is there?
Isn't mutual aid and assistance between sisters a great virtue worth praising?
Since that was the case, there were no problems.
Little Sister Lumina just needed to go and do it, and Big Sister Herta would handle the rest!
As she thought about it, the anticipation in Herta's heart grew even more intense.
She was already a bit impatient to start the things that were about to happen in a moment.
"Huh? What did you say?" Just as Herta was lost in a thousand thoughts, Lumina, hearing Herta's words, cast a puzzled glance.
Unspeakable pictures or videos, you say?
What is this? Does this have anything to do with a browser?
Since Lumina hadn't made that leap in her mind, she didn't react right away.
"Huh? Uh... umm."
Lumina's confused response immediately snapped Herta out of her own world.
In just a brief moment, Herta realized it, she must have been completely wrong.
Suddenly, Herta started making a series of whimpering sounds, not knowing what to say to answer Lumina's confusion.
"Uh?" Seeing Herta's inexplicable behavior, the confusion between Lumina's brows grew even more.
"Oh~"
But Lumina was no fool. Looking at Herta's strange appearance and putting it all together, she immediately guessed what Herta had been thinking about.
This guy was thinking about lewd things again.
Tsk tsk, how could the dignified Madam Herta be falling into the trap of desire right now?
Herta really has a head full of lewd thoughts.
Lumina's gaze at Herta now held a few more playful overtones.
Herta: ...
Facing Lumina's playful gaze, even Madam Herta, as strong as she was, couldn't stop her face from flushing red, a sense of shame welling up in her heart.
This... this was just too embarrassing, right?
To misunderstand Lumina's meaning, and then even say it out loud.
If it were just that, Herta could accept it.
But in the end... in the end, she actually thought of some nonsense in her heart, which was simply... simply making Herta wish she could travel back in time and rewrite this part of history.
Was I crazy back then? How could I think that...
Recalling her thoughts at the time, Herta was extremely confused.
What was the difference between that kind of thought and so-called giving it away for free?
It was only natural for an older sister to help her younger sister, but what natural-my-ass!
There was absolutely no problem with helping out in normal matters, but how could she possibly help with this kind of thing?!
Unless... unless she was the one on top.
Helping her younger sister Lumina in the capacity of a "superior."
Herta felt there would be absolutely no problem with this kind of help.
But the other kind of help, the kind as a "subordinate," Herta felt was absolutely out of the question!
Although she really did want Lumina to "devour" her, she couldn't just give herself away for free like this, could she?
Even if she were to give herself away, it had to be a planned kind of giving, a strategic kind of giving, a well-paced kind of giving.
And this so-called giving could not be discovered by Lumina.
Giving yourself away and getting caught was a path with absolutely no future.
If she were discovered, unless some miraculous fate intervened, she would likely fall forever under Lumina's Five Finger Mountain, eternally suppressed beneath it...
"Alright, stop thinking of useless things."
Normally, Lumina might have launched some follow-up attacks, causing secondary damage to Herta's weak and adorable heart.
But right now, with other things to attend to, Lumina didn't want to waste her time here.
After all, even if she did launch a follow-up attack, it would only cause her a little bit of damage at most.
She could play with her when she was free, but for now, she'd better pass.
"Come closer, I'll show you something nice."
Lumina gestured for Herta to move closer instead of staying so far away.
"Never mind, don't move."
But the next second, before Herta could even react, Lumina shifted her position first, pressing her body tightly against Herta's.
Their hips touched, their arms touched. At this distance and in this posture, they could both feel the tenderness radiating from each other.
"..."
Herta's heart trembled, her fingers shaking slightly as a powerful surge of emotion instantly erupted within her.
Isn't this... isn't this tempting me to rush in and "devour" Lumina?
Herta took a deep breath, quickly suppressing the thought.
Weren't all her previous actions enough to serve as a warning?
If she lost control now and rushed in, the most likely outcome would be for Lumina to counterattack and then mercilessly mock her over and over again...
So,
Hold it in, hold it in.
I absolutely have to hold it in!
I absolutely cannot fall into Little Lumina's gentle trap.
Endure a moment, and the wind will calm. Take a step back, and the sea and sky will open up.
This current forbearance is all for the struggle to create a beautiful future!
When my future self is fiercely pinning Little Lumina down, relentlessly exploring her body, she will definitely, definitely thank my present self!
So, for the sake of the grand cause of my future happiness, just fucking endure it!
Herta's inner world was incredibly rich, as if a fierce battle had just taken place.
And at the end of this battle, Herta successfully conquered the most primitive desire in her heart!
Lumina, for her part, paid no attention to this.
Her slender, pale fingers continued to tap on the phone screen incessantly, as if she were doing something incredibly important.
No, you can remove all the doubt from that sentence.
What Lumina was doing now was, indeed, something incredibly important!
Lumina used the browser on her phone to connect to the Player World community, then directly tapped the search bar.
First, she searched for a serious, non-NSFW platform dedicated to drawing beautiful anime-style girls, and then, with a tap of her small hand, she went straight inside.
In an instant, a dizzying array of anime art flooded her vision, nearly making Lumina drool.
Although the beautiful girls in these artworks lacked much of their original spirit, ultimately reducing their beauty, temperament, and overall image.
Still, the sheer quantity was overwhelming.
After surfing the sea of beautiful girls for a while, Lumina finally snapped back to reality.
While these beautiful girls were incredibly stunning, they had absolutely nothing to do with her.
Because in the Player World, Honkai: Star Rail wasn't the only game.
The beautiful girls here weren't from Honkai: Star Rail either.
Some came from other games, some from manga and anime, and some were original creations by master artists... But no matter where they came from, if they weren't from Honkai: Star Rail, they had absolutely nothing to do with Lumina.
After all... no matter how much Lumina liked these beautiful girls, there was absolutely no way to find them.
But the beautiful girls from Honkai: Star Rail... Lumina could actually go offline... she could actually go offline to find them and have a wonderful time playing together.
As for the other beautiful girls, Lumina felt that even if she could only look at them, even if she could never meet them, it was still worth it!
"So this is what you wanted to show me?" Herta said beside her, her voice a faint, lingering murmur as she looked at the dizzying array of beautiful girls on Lumina's phone screen.
Her tone betrayed no emotion, making it difficult for an ordinary person to guess what she was thinking.
But Lumina was no ordinary person; Lumina was Herta's swee— ahem, Lumina was Herta's closest companion, her best friend for a lifetime.
She could naturally hear the underlying emotion in Herta's voice.
It was very obvious: there was a clear hint of "resentment" within it.
It was like a wife who had been waiting alone at home, waiting until the middle of the night for her husband to return, her whole being radiating a resentful aura.
"Of course not." Lumina smiled softly, opening the platform's search bar.
First, she let out a soft hum of explanation, intending to calm the resentment in Herta's heart.
Then, she directly entered the keywords "Lumina" and "Herta" into the search bar.
Afterward, without a moment's hesitation, she clicked Confirm.
At this point, Lumina's purpose had become quite clear.
That was to show Herta some of the fan creations about her and Herta from the player community.
To be more precise, she wanted to show her the fan creations where she utterly dominated Herta.
As for whether she might come across fan art where Herta utterly dominated her?
Lumina felt it was impossible.
Her personal charm was right here, and in the player community, the vast majority of people surely favored the relationship where she was the dominant one.
Of course, players ship everything, so one couldn't be so absolute.
The majority of fan art in the player community showed her dominating Herta.
The remaining part was split half and half.
Half were equally matched, and half were Herta dominating her.
This was good too. Giving Herta a little sweetness occasionally would prevent her from being crushed too miserably by Lumina and completely giving up her struggle in the end.
Lumina hummed to herself.
"Come on, Little Herta, take a good look."
"This is exactly what I wanted to show you!"
Lumina confidently gestured for Herta to look closely and carefully.
As the loading bar finished, numerous beautiful fan creations of Lumina and Herta in the same frame filled the entire phone screen.
"Oh?"
"Huh?!"
The next second, two completely different voices rang out.