Just as Seele began to feel a faint sense of being "isolated," Luo Hong appeared by her side.
"Let's play beach volleyball!"
With a subtle smile curling at the corner of his mouth, Luo Hong suggested.
"Mm!"
Under Luo Hong's sunny smile, she felt the gloom in her heart wash away, her reliance on him growing a few degrees stronger.
"Bronya."
Stopping his teasing of Bronya, Luo Hong said with a beaming smile, "Do you want to be on my team, or with..."
"Of course, I'm on your team!"
Realizing Luo Hong was trying to exploit the situation, Bronya didn't wait for him to finish and cut in immediately.
However, only after the words left her mouth did she realize there was a problem with her choice.
Because the way Seele was looking at her had become peculiar.
—Damn it! This is a 'Two Peaches Kill Three Knights' trap!
But she couldn't take it back now. After all, she couldn't exactly push Dark Seele towards Luo Hong, could she?
She had just declared that she would treat Dark Seele the same way she treated Seele.
Therefore, right now, she had no choice but to sacrifice herself to protect Dark Seele!
"You two have great chemistry, so go easy on us later, okay?"
Luo Hong snapped his fingers, summoning the beach volleyball court, while laughingly pleading for mercy from Seele.
"You're joking, Big Brother Luo Hong."
Facing Luo Hong's banter, Seele responded with a smile, "Although I share a body with 'Seele' and we have some understanding, our synergy isn't that high."
"If anything, it's Big Brother Luo Hong and..."
Her gaze shifted to Bronya, her tone turning subtle, "Big Sister Bronya, you two have to go easy on us later, okay?"
"Enough chit-chat!"
Unable to stand the pleasantries between Seele and Luo Hong, Dark Seele was already standing on the court. Right now, she just wanted to use the volleyball to smash that detestable smile right off Luo Hong's face.
—That's for bullying Onee-sama, and that's for deceiving Seele!
At this moment, she was dressed similarly to Seele, wearing a one-piece swimsuit with a transparent frilled skirt over it.
The only difference was the color scheme, which had changed from blue and white to red and black.
"Bring it on, then."
Seeing Dark Seele so fired up, Luo Hong accepted the challenge with a grin.
Just as he expected, whenever Dark Seele got the ball, she aimed a fierce attack right at him.
After receiving several strikes, he "carelessly" let the ball hit him squarely in the chest and fell back onto the sand.
"Big Brother Luo Hong... are you okay?"
Seeing this, Seele hurriedly ducked under the net and rushed to Luo Hong's side to check on him, her small hand gently rubbing the spot where he was hit.
"I'm fine, I'm fine."
revealing a gentle smile, Luo Hong said, "I was just careless just now."
"In this world, I am invincible. Being hit by a ball is nothing."
"But it still hurts, doesn't it?"
With a pained expression, Seele turned back to look at Dark Seele and said, "The other me, didn't you promise Seele that you wouldn't be rude in front of Big Brother Luo Hong?"
After speaking, she looked at Dark Seele with disappointment.
"I... I..."
Seeing this, Dark Seele instantly lost the arrogant energy she had when knocking Luo Hong down.
She wanted to explain, but realized the words couldn't be spoken aloud. She could only hold them back, caught in a dilemma.
Fortunately—
"Seele, don't blame Dark Seele. This guy is sturdy; he's fine."
Unable to stand Luo Hong's "green tea" act, Bronya spoke up to bail Dark Seele out. "When Bronya played beach volleyball with him before, he took plenty of hits with this kind of force."
—And that was with three of us ganging up on him!
After all, it was a legitimate chance to beat up Luo Hong, so she and the Nuwa sisters cherished it and didn't hold back.
"Is that so?"
Hearing Bronya say this, Seele's expression softened, and she didn't pursue the issue with Dark Seele any further.
However—
"Did Big Sister Bronya and Big Brother Luo Hong play together before?"
As she said this, for some unknown reason, an unprecedented feeling rose in her heart and spread throughout her body.
That feeling was sour and astringent, making her feel very uncomfortable.
"Yeah."
Unaware of Seele's strange mood, Bronya said in a joking tone, "Bronya even suspects that this guy fell on purpose, just to elicit Seele's concern."
Mainly because Seele, like Mei, had been deeply "poisoned" by Luo Hong. Bronya couldn't expose Luo Hong's mask directly, so she could only use this ambiguous tone to tell the truth.
But—
"Yes, yes."
Going along with Bronya's words, Luo Hong laughed and said, "That's exactly what I was thinking. So, Seele, don't blame Dark Seele anymore."
"I didn't expect you to be so serious. Actually, I really don't have any major issues."
Saying this, he supported Seele as they stood up together, then struck a strong pose.
However, even though he was telling the truth, the current Seele naturally wouldn't believe it.
"Big Brother Luo Hong, you don't have to do this. Seele apologizes to you on behalf of Dark Seele."
Standing up, Seele bowed her head to Luo Hong.
Then, she looked up, her face full of sincerity, "But Seele can promise you, the other me is just mischievous. She holds no malice towards Big Brother Luo Hong."
"I understand, I understand."
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Smiling helplessly, Luo Hong said, "If Seele keeps acting like this, I won't dare to make jokes like that with you in the future."
"I already said I did it on purpose, so don't make things so serious."
But the more he said this, the more he saw Seele's eyes filled with apology. It made his scarce remaining conscience... ache ever so slightly.
"Alright, that's enough!"
Unable to watch any longer, Bronya suppressed her dissatisfaction with Luo Hong's act and pushed Seele back to the opposite court, saying, "Seele, if you keep this up, that guy won't dare to play with you anymore."
The most critical point was that she had to be an accomplice and speak up for Luo Hong!
—It really pissed Bronya off!
"I suppose so..."
Hearing Bronya say this, Seele finally pulled herself together.
However, during the rest of the game, she didn't speak much to Dark Seele.
"Dark Seele, let's go to the cafeteria to get dinner."
Seeing that the three girls were tired from playing, Luo Hong took the initiative to call Dark Seele, planning to chat with her privately.
Therefore, even though he could have teleported the food over with a snap of his fingers, he didn't do so.
However—
"Hmm?"
Startled for a moment and fearing that Dark Seele would be taken advantage of if she was alone with Luo Hong, Bronya volunteered, "It's better if Bronya goes with you."
But as soon as the words left her mouth, the look Seele gave her worsened.
Yet, she didn't know if it was an illusion, but after Seele looked at her and then at Luo Hong, she seemed to reveal a look of approval.
"No, no."
However, Luo Hong was set on Dark Seele and naturally wouldn't let Bronya disrupt things.
Shaking his head, he said, "You should stay and chat with Seele."
"And I happen to need to talk to Dark Seele as well; she seems to have some misunderstanding about me."
With that, he didn't give Bronya another chance to speak and teleported away with Dark Seele, who was just about to say something.
"Ah, this..."
Seeing this, the hand Bronya had subconsciously reached out was helplessly retracted.
"Big Sister Bronya."
At that moment, Seele suddenly asked with a calm expression, "Do you like Big Brother Luo Hong?"
"Huh?"
Faced with Seele's sudden inquiry, Bronya was naturally caught off guard.
More critically, unlike Theresa and the others, she couldn't tell Seele about what had happened between them. Naturally, she couldn't say that because she had been "reset" by Luo Hong, she had hopelessly fallen in love with him.
Therefore—
"H-How could Bronya possibly like him?"
Her light gray eyes darted away as she pouted and said, "That guy is only pretending to be gentle in front of you. Actually, he's very, very bad. You'll understand in the future."
Although she couldn't directly state Luo Hong's true nature, she had to plant a seed of doubt in Seele's mind that there was something wrong with him.
But—
"Is that so?"
As if she hadn't heard the latter part of Bronya's sentence, Seele patted her chest—which was larger than ninety-nine percent of her peers—and smiled, "Then Seele is relieved."
"Hmm?"
Startled slightly, Bronya sensed something ominous and quickly asked, "Seele, what do you mean?"
"Seele..."
Blinking her beautiful sea-blue eyes, Seele looked straight at Bronya and said with a serious face, "Seele seems to have fallen in love with Big Brother Luo Hong..."
After speaking, she feigned a shy expression and watched Bronya's face nervously, trying to find any clues.
Undoubtedly, she was lying.
Although she was indeed very grateful to Luo Hong and had a very high opinion of him.
But to say she liked him or anything like that... she wasn't mentally prepared for that yet.
Therefore, she just wanted to bluff Bronya.
"Huh?"
Her eyes widening, Bronya looked as if the sky had fallen.
After all, she never imagined that her innocent, small-animal-like Seele would actually try to trick her.
But what she hadn't anticipated was that once some girls come into contact with things related to romance, they can instantly learn without a teacher!
Therefore—
"Heh, hehehe..."
Seeing this, Seele couldn't help but let out a laugh as clear as a silver bell. "Big Sister Bronya, you still say you don't like Big Brother Luo Hong... your expression has already betrayed you."
"Huh?"
At this moment, Bronya realized she had been tricked by Seele. She quickly tried to talk her way out of it, "What expression? Bronya is just worried about you!"
"Big Sister Bronya."
Assuming a serious expression, Seele spoke solemnly, "Please face your own feelings."
"Although Seele can tell that Big Sister Bronya is worried about me, the dominant emotion... is nervousness!"
"Nervousness regarding Big Brother Luo Hong!"
If it were anyone else, she wouldn't dare say it. But with Bronya, whom she had spent day and night with in the past—even if they had been separated for a few years—she was confident she wouldn't misread her feelings.
"Seele..."
Seeing Seele so serious, Bronya didn't know how to refute her for a moment.
After all, she knew clearly that she had truly fallen in love with Luo Hong, so it was normal to show such a look in her eyes.
Therefore, no matter what she said now, it would undoubtedly only make things look worse.
After thinking about it, she braced herself and asked tentatively, "Then, if Bronya said she likes him, would you still want to be with Bronya forever?"