"Don't worry about that." Tiancheng, who was sitting in the cave, said casually with a frown.
Su Xin came to her senses immediately after being interfered with by [Helena]. She suppressed her obsessive-compulsive spirit of inquiry back into the depths of her mind and began to concentrate on being a steam girl again.
Tiancheng seemed calm, as if she was not the one being taken advantage of, and was now concentrating on her hair.
[Helena] I was speechless watching this. Restarting the ship equipment to refresh the status was made like defusing a bomb by Amagi. It was so slow and it was obvious who they were doing this for.
But the silly ostrich really believed it. After glancing at her several times, he asked nervously in a low voice, "Sister Tian Tiancheng?"
[Helena] saw Amagi smile with his lips curled up, then immediately straightened his lips, "Hmm?"
"Is your hair okay? If you don't mind, I can help you check it?"
"Um
Tiancheng stretched out his voice, as if he was considering carefully, as if he wanted to confirm whether he would be taken advantage of again if he agreed.
Commander Su was panicking and looked at Helena for help. "If...if you mind, then let Nana help you.
“Ahem.” Helena glanced at Amagi who was looking at her through the mirror, and stood up tactfully. “I want to go out and get some sun, and bring you some food.”
"Eh? Wait-
"Well, bye~"
Su Xin opened her mouth and watched Helena leave without looking back. She was like a woman waiting for her husband to leave. Her lips trembled and she froze in place.
"...Susu?"
“Eh? Ah, yes… yes!”
Tiancheng laughed secretly in his heart, but didn't show it on his face. "Didn't you say you would help me comb my hair? You... regret it?"
"No...no!" Su Xin pinched the scalded palm of her left hand and swallowed nervously, "Then...then I come over?"
Tiancheng barely managed to hold back his laughter, but he forced himself to hold it back by pursing his lips, "Pfft...cough, ok, come here."
Commander Su was very nervous and didn't pay much attention. He just walked over reluctantly, carefully took the comb from Tiancheng's hand, took a deep breath and started to help take care of his hair.
Tiancheng's chestnut hair is very smooth, but the knot is too tangled and has formed a small bundle. It would be difficult to comb it out.
Su Xin tried twice with the comb very carefully, but stopped when she heard Tiancheng's slight gasp.
"Sister Tiancheng... your hair seems to be tied in a knot and can't be combed out..."
"Is that so... Then why not just cut it off?"
Su Xin thought the same, so she took out the short knife, pinched a small part of the tip of the knife and reminded him, "Then I'll cut it off? Don't move."
"it is good."
The sharp blade lightly touched the soft long hair and cut it off. The small knot slid down under gravity, leaving a few uneven traces in the chestnut color.
Su Xin thought about it, and subconsciously reached out to rub the back of Tiancheng's head, mixing the short hair into his long hair. But then she felt something was wrong, so she quickly took two steps back to create some distance.
"Well... I didn't mean to... because I cut it, some of your hair is shorter, so I wanted to help you fix it..."
Tian Cheng was indeed stunned for a moment, but after hearing the explanation, he felt a little amused and said, "Su Su, I haven't said anything yet, there's no need to be so nervous."
Commander Su opened his mouth, but was surprised to find that his mouth was a little dry. He quickly swallowed and cleared his throat before he dared to speak.
"I'm really sorry for what happened just now... I didn't mean to do that..."
Knowing that further teasing might backfire, Tiancheng stopped while he was ahead, turned around and gave Su Xin a helpless smile: "I don't blame you, why are you so startled?"
"But... this is very rude. It's wrong to take advantage of others. I never thought of doing this..."
"Never thought about it?" Tiancheng supported his chin and smiled, "But I have thought about it more than once, right? Susu...what should I do?"
Su Xin was stunned for a moment after hearing this, then her face turned red. She quickly covered her cheeks with her hands. She seemed to realize something and quickly put her left hand behind her back, stammering and unable to speak.
The fox spirit stood up with a little effort, and steadily advanced as the little commander retreated step by step, until he pushed her against the wall of the cave and made her unable to move.
"Susu, do you feel guilty?"
Commander Su tilted her head and breathed softly. Every time she smelled the fragrance on the other person's body, her face would turn redder. So she didn't dare to breathe heavily. The heat on her face made her feel a little short of breath.
"......Um."
"Is that so... Then to be fair, should I also take advantage of you?"
The bright red color spread from the face to the neck, making the white neck area stained with a layer of pink.
"This...this...you...I...I..."
Tiancheng hummed softly, closed his eyes and stole a kiss. The softness between his lips and teeth made her sigh with satisfaction, and then he pulled away.
Looking at Su Xin who was holding her chest and gasping for breath, she tilted her head and smiled brightly.
"I'm back, Susu~"
ps: New volume - Talking about marriage, um... easy to understand, I am really smart (/)
Chapter 503 [Enterprise] You lied to me!!
[Helena] went out for a walk and came back to find that the atmosphere between the two of them had eased a lot.
Although a certain naive little conductor still looked awkward, she seemed to have chosen to compromise without any moral integrity for the sake of the big tail in her arms.
Before they left, the two were still very far apart. But when she went out to catch a few fish, they got together. She really has no self-control.
"... She's like a little wife. She's really useless."
[Helena] glanced at Su Xin, who had no status at all, and snorted, "Stop touching me, go light a fire and prepare dinner... You're not too hot."
Su Xin, who was holding her tail, was stunned for a moment, only to find that the big fox had been so close to her without her knowing when. She quickly let go and climbed up, "I...I know."
Tiancheng didn't care about being disturbed in his alone time. He slowly retracted his tail, stood up against the wall of the cave, looked at Helena twice, and nodded as a greeting.
[Helena] was not annoyed. After all, the other party's attitude was understandable. If it were her, she would have fired a cannonball at a light bulb when she was with her loved one.
But she still felt somewhat uncomfortable. Helena thought that it was probably because the young commander looked a lot like the one in her family, which made her feel possessive for no reason.
"We're about to separate, it's not a good idea to overthink..."
[Helena] shook her head, picked up the fish and followed Amagi out, watching him squat down without caring about the mud on the ground, and helped to build the firewood.
"Um...thank you." Su Xin secretly moved to the side. The faint fragrance at the tip of her nose made her a little uncomfortable.
Tiancheng smiled and simply sat on the ground like the little conductor. He lifted the hem of his robe and crossed his long legs wrapped in stockings. His sitting posture was very inconsistent with his image.
"It's actually pretty good here." She looked up at the blue sky, "At least I can do whatever I want without anyone disturbing me."
Su Xin was really attracted by the words and asked, "It's okay in the port area. It doesn't matter what you want to do. Is there anything that doesn't suit my sister's taste?"
"But there will be a lot of people there, and I won't be able to be so close to you like I am now." Tiancheng picked up a twig and looked at it over and over again, not knowing what attracted her.
The young commander knew what Tiancheng meant, so he wisely stopped talking and concentrated on lighting the fire. Then he looked at Helena who was standing opposite him holding the fish.
"Hmm... Can we bake it now?"
[Helena] nodded, thought for a moment, and walked to the fire, sitting in a "品" shape with the other two, and then began to skillfully skewer and grill the fish.
For a moment, no one spoke. Only the crackling of firewood could be heard. The atmosphere was somewhat depressing.
Su Xin felt unbearable. She looked at Helena who was staring at the fire while grilling fish, and then glanced at Tiancheng who was playing with a small black string, feeling a little helpless.
Tiancheng took the time to glance up at the grilled fish, "...It's going to get burnt."
"Ah." Helena quickly came to her senses, turned the stick in her hand, looked at the slightly burnt fish skin, and breathed a sigh of relief, "It's not serious."
After thinking for a while, she simply opened up: "My injury will probably be healed tomorrow, and I will leave directly then, and you... can go back to your own homes."
Su Xin breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that and responded.
[Helena] propped up her chin, looking confused for a rare moment, "I guess we won't meet again... Well, that's good too, so I don't have to cause you any more trouble."
The young commander opened her mouth but couldn't utter any polite words. After all, she was indeed implicated. Although the other party was not at fault and she escaped unharmed, she wanted a peaceful life more.
This reaction was within Helena's expectations, so she didn't explain too much. Instead, she took out a dozen black Meta-Cubes and stuffed them into Su Xin's arms.
"Consider it as payment for treating my injuries. I have a feeling you'll need them... But they can only be placed in your hands. Otherwise, in order to maintain stability, the [Enterprise] will intervene and take them back personally."
Su Xin was not polite and put all the items into her pocket after thanking him. Her progress bar had not moved for a long time, so it was time to find an opportunity to make some breakthroughs from the [Meta-Cube].
But before that, it is obviously more important to figure out Helena's future destination.
"You said before that you would fulfill your duties as a member of Embers in the future... Do you mean traveling between worlds to mediate disputes?"
"Let's see how the [Enterprise] arranges it." [Helena] put the imperfect grilled fish next to herself and started to work on the second one. "Anyway, I will definitely not be idle."
Su Xin hesitated for a moment, "Then...where is your commander?"
[Helena] paused and replied vaguely, "Well, let it be. It's been so long since I found her. After I leave, I won't even remember what she looks like. How can I find her?"
In fact, Su Xin has always had a question, "Why didn't you try to ask [Enterprise] for help, and go to your place before she got into danger and help rescue her?"
[Helena] glanced at her and patiently began to explain the basics.
"I asked her, and she said no, because the [levels] of the worlds are different."
"If there were someone like me in this world who had consciousness, could harness META energy, and could travel to other worlds at will, then the [level] of this world would be raised."
Because I have already had an impact on other worlds, if at this point, my past is interfered with by others, then I am no longer myself, which is unreasonable. "
“To put it simply, from the moment I became [Helena META], my experiences were locked up, and my world became independent from other worlds, and no one else could intervene.”
"Enterprise happened to pass by and save me because before that, I was just an ordinary ship girl. Meta-ification was something that happened later, so she can't help me now."
Su Xin roughly understood the principle of this "anti-theft lock". She thought for a moment and asked, "What about the time ratio? I've been here for more than half a month this time. It won't be a year over there, right?"
"No, I just said that the world has [levels]. The levels of the places you went to last time and this time were very low, so not too much time will pass over your side."
As she spoke, [Helena] handed the second grilled fish in her hand to Su Xin, and then picked up the third one, but was politely declined by Tiancheng.
"I can do it myself. Thank you, Miss [Helena]."
[Helena] paused, but did not insist. She did have a good impression of Su Xin, but that did not mean she would love her entire family as well, or be so enthusiastic as to put aside her pride to serve others.
Tiancheng also didn't like Helena very much. After all, she had kidnapped his young commander and done something very dangerous, so naturally his attitude towards her was not friendly.
Su Xin was very hungry, but Tiancheng's lunch had just started to be prepared, and it would be impolite for her to speak like that, so she also stuck the wooden stick into the soil and sat on the ground quietly waiting.
The fox flipped the stick lightly and glanced at her. He was amused by the other's expression of staring at the fish meat. Then he coughed lightly and said, "Well... Susu can eat it first. If it's not enough, I'll give you this one too."
“No, no, no…”
"Well, then Susu should wait?"
"...Um."
Tiancheng curled the corners of his lips, and without any hesitation, he raised his hand and stuffed the black string in his palm over.
"It broke when it was growing bigger just now. Since you have time, can you help me weave it again?"
"Well...it's okay." Su Xin took it, but her eyes secretly glanced at Tiancheng's ankle. She confirmed it silently for a long time, and suddenly felt a little disappointed.
"What's the matter?"
The young conductor shook his head, retracted his feet that were tied with red ropes, and tucked them under his legs while he was sitting cross-legged, looking magnanimous and completely unconcerned.
It's a pity that this little action could not escape Tiancheng's eyes. She figured out the reason and explained it as if it was a casual remark.
"Oh, by the way, when I turned into a fox, I was afraid that I would lose the red string, so I put it in your pocket. Remember to keep it safe, okay? I have to return it to me later."
Su Xin paused in her rope-braiding movements and then regained her composure.
"...Yeah, I understand."
In the afternoon, the three of them didn't talk much and just found a place to sit quietly.
Tiancheng didn't know why, but he kept his distance consciously, unlike before when he would rush forward to laugh and make a fuss whenever he got the chance. This made the young commander a little uncomfortable.
Suddenly, the cute little fox was gone, and the thick and soft tail was gone, so Su Xin was bored the whole afternoon.
During this time, apart from recharging Helena's used up small wrench and taking a nap, she had nothing else to do so she had to continue taking off the scarf.
The scarf is knitted in a simple and regular way. Once the stitches are removed, you can weave it smoothly and break it down into long black threads.
To kill time, Su Xin started to sort the untied thin threads, and then silently began to weave ropes with the black threads.
Su Xin had already made and returned the small rope that Tiancheng had asked her to restore just now. However, she didn't know what she could do with the rope that was made according to the shape of the little fox's paws. It was too tight even when tied on her hands.
[Helena] seemed to be interested. She had never learned these things before, but she had thought about doing something about them. So she rested her chin on her knees and stared at the little conductor's hands.
This made Tiancheng feel a little jealous. She didn't understand why she suddenly became so jealous. The other person didn't do anything, but she was still unhappy.
