"Eh? Rita, didn't you just return to Headquarters not long ago?" Aili, who had returned home, asked curiously as she watched Rita cooking.
"It's just some tasks from Lord Bishop, and compensation for Miss Wendy, so I'll have to bother you all for another day today." Rita continued her actions.
At the same time, she made some room for Mei, "Sister Rita is really something. Even though she's a guest, she always comes to help."
"After all, I am a maid. Even as a guest, I cannot forget my duties."
Every time the two met, they would have a conversation like this.
Aili was already used to it.
"Miss Aili, if you have any questions, let's discuss them after dinner. This mission is also related to Miss Aili." After Rita finished speaking to Aili, she continued to busy herself with cooking.
Leaving Aili standing at the kitchen door with a question mark above her head.
Seeing that Rita indeed had no intention of explaining, Aili could only go to the living room and wait for dinner.
As soon as she entered the living room, Aili sat directly next to Wendy, "Wendy, how was today's check-up? You must have recovered a lot, right ♬~"
"Yes, I've recovered a lot, Sister Ellie," Wendy said, picking up some snacks from the table and handing them to Aili.
Wendy was almost used to Aili's preferences these days.
She was very diligent during training, but as soon as she had free time, she would become completely lazy, like a different person compared to when she was training.
Yes, training. Wendy had observed Aili and Fu Hua's training.
Seeing the training volume of Aili and Fu Hua, Wendy immediately knew the difference between herself and an S-Rank Valkyrie.
This was also why Rita said she was still far from becoming an S-Rank Valkyrie when she mentioned it.
Because Aili and Fu Hua had just become S-Rank Valkyries, Wendy thought that they only just acquired S-Rank abilities.
It must be said, this was a huge misunderstanding.
"Sure enough, Wendy is the best." After Aili took the snacks, she directly opened them and put them to Wendy's mouth, "Come on, ah~"
After taking a bite, "Sister Ellie doesn't need to feed me like this. My hands are perfectly fine." Saying that, Wendy even waved her hands.
"Oh, isn't it because Wendy is so cute? Bronya wouldn't show such an expression ♬~" Saying that, Aili took out another snack and offered it to Bronya, who was sitting on Wendy's other side.
Bronya glanced at Aili, then opened her mouth and took a small bite.
"An expressionless Bronya is also very cute ♬~" After feeding her, Aili started eating herself.
"Really, Aili, don't be like a child," Theresa said, sitting nearby.
"Mm-hmm, I know, little Theresa wants to eat too, right?" Aili said, taking out another cookie and putting it in front of Theresa's mouth.
Looking at Aili's expectant gaze, Theresa took a bite of the cookie.
After swallowing the cookie in her mouth, "Aili, is the treatment for Wendy's calves only something you can do?" Theresa asked, looking at Wendy's calves.
"If we don't consider speed, Xiao Xuan can actually treat them too," Aili said, placing her hand on Wendy's calves.
Wendy's toes immediately curled up.
Although her calves couldn't move, she still had feeling.
As Aili's hand moved, some white light spots emerged, then merged into Wendy's calves.
"This of mine is also the power of a gem," Aili said, taking off her headpiece.
"Also the power of a gem?" Wendy asked curiously.
"Yes, the gem of desire is integrated into your calves, and this one of mine is the Tranquility Gem," Aili said, pointing to the gem embedded in her headpiece.
"Then, Sister Ellie also went through many experiments?" Wendy looked up at Aili's face.
"No, this gem was obtained from a mission." Seeing Theresa wanting to touch the gem, Aili swatted Theresa's hand away.
"Theresa, don't touch it randomly. This gem can cause injury if touched carelessly." Aili put her headpiece back on.
"Is that so?" Wendy felt a strange sense of loss. She had originally thought that someone else was like her, having gone through many experiments.
Then Wendy immediately shook her head, then vigorously patted her face. How could she think like that? It should be a very happy thing that Sister Ellie didn't suffer those experiments.
"This gem only means my adaptability is higher. Just like the relationship between the gem of desire and you, before me, this gem also caused many people to die," Aili said, seeing through Wendy's thoughts.
"So, having good adaptability is a very fortunate thing. In this way, you should even more carry the will of those who failed before and move forward. That way, you won't let them down, right?" Aili said, rubbing Wendy's head.
"Our little genius shouldn't think so much. Striving to become stronger and fighting against Honkai is what a Valkyrie should do."
"I understand, Sister Ellie." Aili's comfort was very effective, and Wendy immediately cheered up again.
The seductive voices lingering in her ears also immediately lessened significantly.
"That's right! Your dejected look just now would make Bronya worry, you know ♬~"
"Sister Bronya!" Wendy immediately turned to look at Bronya.
"Bronya will worry about Wendy, but Sister Ellie is exaggerating too much. Bronya believes Wendy won't be dejected because of these things." Bronya looked at Aili, then said to Wendy.
"Sister Bronya..." Listening to Bronya's words, Wendy hugged Bronya.
In response, Bronya could only gently pat Wendy's back to help her emotions stabilize.
After a while, Wendy, blushing, finally let go of Bronya.
"Wendy doesn't need to be shy, after all, Wendy is very cute, isn't she ♬~" Aili said, saving the photo she had just taken.
"Sister Ellie!" Wendy called out shyly.
"Bronya didn't resist either, so what's there to be shy about? Look, your Sister Bronya is so calm." Saying that, Aili even pointed at Bronya.
Seeing Bronya's calm expression, Wendy breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she had been living with Bronya these days, there hadn't been many times she had directly hugged her like that.
She was still a bit shy, as expected. Wendy lowered her head, occasionally stealing glances at Bronya.
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