Funina, please let me steal your heart!

To Luna and Navia's surprise, Chiori's tone was particularly strong.

It is more of an interrogation than a question.

"......................"

Chihiro sat up and placed her hands on the sides of Luna's head.

"Answer me," she whispered, her breath falling along with her hair.

"Chizhi..." Navia murmured.

Why does Qianzhi care so much about this issue?

Her tone became aggressive. She was obviously not from the Hearth House.

"It would be nice if we could still be a family." Luna looked away.

"That's it?"

"Ah."

Chizhi stared at Luna's face and finally let out a long sigh.

"Like this." She lay back down.

Navia looked back and forth between Luna and Chizhi, and couldn't help wondering: Should I not ask this question? Why did Chizhi suddenly become like this?

"Nana, Chiori."

Navia: "Huh?"

Chiori: "...Speak."

"Thank you."

"Hmm? You're welcome." Navia was a little confused, but nodded.

Qianzhi replied calmly: "Yeah."

"Do you have any other questions? I can answer them all."

Navia pinched the hem of her clothes.

Linnet lived with her for a long time, and Lulu was Linnet's nickname for her. No wonder Linnet called her Lulu at that time.

Turns out I'm not the first.

She opened her mouth subconsciously.

"Do you think it would be better if I called you Lulu?"

"Or would it be better for Linnet to call you Lulu?"

...Such words can only linger in my heart and cannot be spoken out loud.

Navia pressed her chest and felt stuffy.

".....Lulu." The voice blurted out when he came to his senses.

Luna looked at her.

"Do you think it would be better if I called you by a different name? After all, you see, 'Lulu' is how Linnet calls you, and I—"

"I like Nana calling me that."

"what......"

The stuffiness in my chest disappeared instantly.

Navia buried her hot but uncontrollable joyful face in the pillow and said in a muffled voice: "Hmm... Hmm. I also like to be called Lulu, so I won't change it."

"You can call me that, Chiori?"

Navia straightened up immediately: "Huh!?"

What a strange cry.

Qianzhi sighed and said, "I don't want it. Just calling you Luna is enough."

"Okay, Chichichi."

"Tsk."

"You're cute even when you smack your lips, Chichiori."

Qianzhi looked at Luna speechlessly, then twisted her thigh.

It hurts! Luna said dissatisfiedly: "If you always take action, it will make you look weak, right?"

"I can hurt you if I want to, no reason needed."

"I would rather you love me."

"It's a beautiful thought."

Navia couldn't help but ask, "Have you always communicated like this?"

"Correct."

"Yes."

Luna and Chizhi said in unison: "Is there a problem?" "What's wrong?"

"...I want to join in too!"

"what?"

Navia was in high spirits: "I'm not sleepy at all now, let's continue chatting, hehe, it feels okay to chat all night."

All night? Chihiro rolled her eyes.

Let her go, she has to work tomorrow.

"Okay, Chizhi, you are not allowed to sleep tonight. We won't let you sleep!"

"...I want to sleep."

Chiori covered her head with a pillow.

But the next second, Luna took it away ruthlessly.

"I won't let you sleep, Qianqianzhi." Luna put her arms around Qianzhi's sides, hugged her tightly, and said with a smile.

"I told you not to call me that."

This guy......

If I had known, I would have kept her awake longer during the day. Chizhi felt deeply regretful.

Luckily, we actually only chatted for a little longer before sleepiness set in.

The three of them fell asleep one after another, Navia was the first, Luna was the second, and Chizhi was the last. The reason why Chizhi was the last was very simple.

"'Father'..." Luna unconsciously murmured the name that meant so much to her.

Her body leaned towards Qianzhi, as if asking for the familiar warmth she felt in her dream.

But I am not your "father", Chizhi thought.

Nor your family.

"I won't be anyone." Qianzhi said softly.

But she still pulled Luna over and hugged her.

Now everything is silent, all life has fallen into a deep sleep, no one will hear her, no one will see her.

So she was able to murmur in the darkness.

"...So dream something else."

"For example, a dream where only I am in it. As long as you do it, I will make you happy in the dream."

She has this confidence.

What about in reality?

In reality...it depends on how Luna behaves.

After all, she is not a large golden retriever that would wag its tail at Luna.

144: Princess Luna wants to be a princess

"Luna, you can't become the 'king'."

Alechino said so.

But Luna, who was still childish at the time, just blinked. Alechino would occasionally say things like "king" or "throne".

"Oh."

However, she was not interested.

The afterglow of the sunset fell on Alechino's face. She was not surprised by Luna's answer.

"Don't you want to know why?"

"Well... rather than why, I want to know what you mean by 'king'."

Alechino crossed her legs and placed her hands on her thighs.

Facing Luna's curious gaze, she explained calmly: "Whether in the past or now, 'king' has only one meaning for the Hearth House - the highest one."

"You can understand the current 'king' as... the head of the family."

Now she understood.

He is the head of the family! Luna shook her feet: "Why should the head of the family be called 'king'?"

Wouldn't it be enough to just call him the head of the family?

"This happened a long time ago. If you want, you can find the answer. But this is not the topic we are talking about now."

"Okay." Luna nodded, she was still not interested.

She wanted to do one more thing.

Luna lowered her eyes, raised her hand and after hesitating for a moment, she placed it on Alechino's leg. She raised her eyes carefully.

"Can I lie on 'Father's' lap?"

Alechino watched her silently.

Whenever she made a similar request, Alechino would always look at her like this, with an unchanged expression, making it impossible to read her inner thoughts.

And this silent gaze always makes children feel nervous.

After all, when Alecino punished the children who made mistakes, she would always watch silently like this.

Children often understand their mistakes at this moment.

But Luna was only nervous because she was worried.

Worried about being rejected by Alecino.

Alechino finally lowered her legs and nodded slightly. Luna's eyes lit up and she immediately rested her head on her legs.

Through her pants, Luna could only feel the softness of Alechino's thighs, but this alone was enough to make her smile.

"'Father' doesn't like to wear skirts? I see you always wear pants."

"You always ask some pretty tricky questions. I don't like it."

Luna looked up at Arlecino's face. "What a shame. You're very beautiful... I think you'd look great in a skirt."

"........."

"What's wrong?"

Alechino said softly: "It's nothing, but someone has said this to me before."

“.....Who?” Luna frowned slightly.

"A child who only existed in the past. You are now the same age as she was then."

Only exist in the past, meaning dead? Luna was speechless for a moment, regretting that she should not have asked this question.