"Slap!"
The small hand landed squarely on the side of Goluthos's face, where she was holding her tail.
Time seemed to freeze for a second.
Goluthos was a little stunned by the light slap.
She let go of her mouth, and the elongated rabbit tail "whoosh" sprang back into a round, fluffy ball.
Goluthos dazedly covered her slightly sore cheek, her large eyes, always filled with innocent hunger, were now full of confusion and bewilderment, like a big dog that didn't understand why it was being scolded: "Woof?"
Or perhaps she understood, but just didn't understand why it was also Serie's instruction.
To her, it meant "you can bite."
To Kuchiha, it meant "you cannot bite."
Kuchiha, like a truly startled rabbit, instantly sprang back several steps.
She quickly used her skirt to cover her fluffy tail, which had just been attacked and still felt a strange tingling sensation.
Her entire face, including the tips of her ears, flushed "whoosh" red, all the way down to the base of her neck.
She was so embarrassed she wished she could find a hole to crawl into, and the pair of snow-white long ears on her head trembled slightly from shame.
"I-I-I'm so sorry!" Kuchiha's voice was as thin as a mosquito's buzz: "Th-that place... is too... too sensitive! You-you can't bite there!"
She explained in a panic, not daring to look at Goluthos, only staring intently at her own feet.
But unexpectedly, this did not cause a rift in the friendship between the two witch clones—
Kuchiha's favorability towards Goluthos +3
Goluthos's favorability towards Kuchiha +4
Meanwhile, as night deepened.
Zoya, who had been assigned to Bewitching Fox's former room, was leaning against the headboard, reading a racy women's magazine she had found in a corner of the room, by the dim light.
The air still carried the scent of Bewitching Fox's usual perfume, mixed with a faint aroma of tobacco.
Suddenly, she seemed to sense something, got up, and opened the door.
Standing outside the door was Billie, who had just raised her hand to knock.
Billie had already changed out of her flamboyant, superhero-like daytime outfit.
Now she was only wearing an oversized pure white T-shirt, with denim hot pants so short they were almost hidden by the hem of her shirt.
A pair of straight, long white legs, seemingly with a soft glow of their own, were fully exposed.
Her bare feet were on the cold floor, and her un-dried wet hair clung casually to the side of her neck and collarbone.
The dim light of the corridor fell upon her.
She had lost some of her daytime sharpness, revealing a rare quietness and... a certain fragility, befitting her age.
Zoya quickly glanced at Billie's thighs, then averted her gaze, her eyes calmly resting on Billie.
Her gaze swiftly swept over the room behind Zoya, which had belonged to Bewitching Fox, then focused on Zoya's face.
"Don't be nervous, I'm not here for a night raid, are you a little disappointed?" Billie winked at her slyly.
"I'm just here to get something," Billie said, turning sideways and nimbly squeezing through the gap between Zoya and the doorframe, heading directly for the small bathroom within the room.
Zoya did not stop her, but merely turned around, crossed her arms, and quietly watched Billie's actions.
Billie quickly emerged from the bathroom.
In her hand, she held a light purple towel with slightly frayed edges, and a set of toiletries in a transparent waterproof bag—a clearly used toothbrush with some splayed bristles, a matching tube of toothpaste, and a mouthwash cup with a cartoon fox pattern.
There weren't many things, but they were clearly personal items.
"Got it, I'm leaving now."
She brushed past Zoya quickly, leaving behind a faint scent of water vapor and milky shower gel.
"Also, Auntie Zoya, get some rest early, and don't read so many adult magazines," Billie teased, clearly implying that even if Zoya read them alone, the other witches could be forced to learn from the "shared channel."
Zoya stiffened for a moment.
Night... deepened.
Meanwhile, an alarm clock went off at Serie's main body.
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