"Ah, sorry, I just woke up and I'm a bit slow to react. I really caused you trouble yesterday."

Miseria felt a bit embarrassed.

Chloe chuckled and said,

"No problem, senior. I just came to see how you're doing and if you're feeling unwell, since you drank quite a lot yesterday."

He remembered something and then said,

"Oh, by the way, I brought some Maze ingredients from Amber Hall, both food and drink, all small things for detoxifying and refreshing yourself. I hung them at your door, remember to eat them."

Miseria lowered her head and then noticed a bag of ingredients hanging on the door handle.

She said a bit awkwardly,

"Were you okay yesterday? Sorry, normally we don't act like this."

"I know, after all, you did say that after the promotion, it's quite high... huh...?"

Chloe's expression slightly changed.

The change in his expression made Miseria glance at him in confusion,

"Hmm, what's wrong?"

Chloe's gaze swept over the barely visible shape beneath the shirt.

He finally struggled to confirm one thing.

His senior definitely didn't wear anything underneath after showering and changing clothes last night.

He said without changing his expression,

"I just suddenly remembered there's still work to be done at the Extreme Association, uh, uh, senior, I'll, I'll go first, you have a good rest."

"Ah, thank you for bringing these over."

Miseria hadn't finished expressing her thanks, and Chloe had already dashed away.

[Junior is really nice]

Miseria muttered in her heart, then suddenly felt something wasn't quite right.

She had the feeling something was chilly.

Then she looked down, and a thunderbolt struck her head, her mind went blank.

Her face uncontrollably flushed red.

"Ah...damn... I really want to die..."

"Idiot!"

"Crazy woman!"

"Am I insane?!!"

After the fact.

Miseria's blush lingered long, lying on the bed, entering a daydream mode.

"Should I just jump into a well."

She recalled accidentally kissing Chloe during Fantasy Show.

Remembered being dragged back, drunk and muddled by him.

Remembered her drunken antics.

Remembered not wearing a bra, just a shirt appearing in front of him.

"Miseria, what are you doing?"

"I've failed to make the junior my own, only to become a crazy woman in his eyes."

"...boo hoo hoo, will I be called indecent?"

"My well-maintained image for many years boo hoo hoo~"

"Destroy it, I'm tired!"

However, as she thought about it, Miseria reacted again.

"Wait, this isn't right."

She wasn't planning to date the junior, so why worry so much?

Wrong!

No dating, isn't that even worse?

The crazy woman accidentally kissed the junior last time.

Yesterday she was drunkenly clinging to him.

Now appearing in front of him without a bra.

Boo hoo hoo ~ he should be laughing instead of hiding from her later.

Miseria took a deep breath, trying to calm down, then decided to struggle once more.

"Why don't I act a little more naturally, contact him to explain the situation? Uh, or maybe just..."

...

On the other side.

Chloe, having returned to Amber Hall, received a message from Miseria.

"Huh? She invited me to the coffee shop?"

Chloe was quite surprised.

Senior is so bold, so sudden?

However, after thinking for a moment, he decided not to refuse.

After all, she could be a future reliable assistant.

He definitely plans on luring the senior to handle the Association work for him in the long term.

Half an hour later.

In front of a coffee shop.

Miseria hurried over.

"Ah, sorry, did I keep you waiting?"

"No, I just got here myself, but why do you suddenly want to invite me for coffee?"

Miseria's face turned slightly red, smiling awkwardly,

"It's because I've troubled you too much, and recently I found a nice coffee shop, so I wanted to treat you to a meal."

"Haha, then I accept it with gratitude, thank you, senior."

Inside the coffee shop.

Miseria tried hard to seem more natural.

The coffee shop's snacks have been eaten up by her absentmindedly.

"Senior's way of eating is quite cute."

Chloe chuckled and said.

"Ah, want to order more?"

Miseria's mind was in a mess, failing to hear Chloe's words. She instinctively raised her head to ask.

Chloe shook his head,

"No, eating these is enough, does senior have something to talk to me about?"

"Ah, it's just... the ingredients for detoxifying and sobering up were good, really thank you for bringing them over, junior."

"No, I was just handling the ingredients myself when I remembered you, so I brought them over."

"And, and also... did I do a lot of weird stuff yesterday because I drank too much?"

Miseria's knife and fork stirred restlessly,

"Actually, I'm not usually like this, but I recently just got promoted to Sequence 7, was too happy, plus Laura was there, I couldn't hold back..."

Knowing Miseria was terribly embarrassed now, Chloe laughed heartily, and actively helped her ease the awkwardness by saying:

"Don't worry, Laura, nothing happened yesterday."

"Hmm? Really?"

"It was just you guys dragging me along and fiercely humiliating me."

"Ah?"

"Laura even tried to make me flash a peace sign."

"???"

"Miseria was even worse; she asked me to roll my eyes."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible, I would never do such a thing."

"Though it's a bit exaggerated, you really did." Chloe chuckled, "But I found it amusing, so I played along with you guys."

"Ah?"

"Otherwise, if I thought it was boring, do you think you could've forced me? Relax!"

"Cough, cough~"

Miseria almost forgot, according to Laura, he has already been promoted to Legend.

Darn it.

How could there be such a freak of a junior, with skills skyrocketing to such an extent?

"Oh right, besides this, you also..."

"There's more?!"

"You held my hand and said, how could a boy's hand look prettier than a girl's?"

"..."

"Then you said the warmth from a boy's palm is indeed higher than a girl's, and holding it feels like holding a small heater."

"..."

"You asked me to walk you home because you were afraid of the dark."

"..."

"After reaching home, you insisted on telling me the Magic Gate's password, saying you couldn't find a guy to tell it to."

"..."

"Then you started kicking off the blanket, I barely tucked you in, and you lifted your shirt, saying you wanted to shower..."

"Enough, enough, spare me, don't say anymore!"

Miseria's mindset was collapsing.

Chloe snorted lightly and said:

"But me being a gentleman, didn't do anything bad. When I saw Laura slightly sober, able to head to the bathroom on her own, I didn't interfere."

Miseria's expression already visibly showed pain.

Finally remembered.

With the scenes pieced together bit by bit by the junior, Miseria finally recalled the scenario from back then.

"But afterwards, I was quite worried, so I waited outside for a long time, only leaving after seeing Laura safely come out."

"Wuuu."

"There were plenty of amusing little details, like how Laura's breathing was cute."

"Just say outright that I'm snoring!"

"That's what happens after drinking."

Flushed Miseria desperately wished to escape The Stars.

"Sorry, I won't drink so much next time, even if I'm too happy, I shouldn't." Miseria was tearful, "Actually, only very close friends have occasionally seen this side of me. Sorry to be so unseemly in front of a junior..."

"Laura..."

Chloe interrupted her, smiling: "I'm very happy because it shows that, in Laura's heart, I am also someone worth trusting as a friend."

Help.

So embarrassing.

But why... does the tense mood suddenly feel much eased?

So, do I indeed see him as a trustworthy friend?

"Let's take a walk, the café is too stuffy."

"Uh, okay."

Chloe left the café with Miseria and headed toward school.

"Want to go for a stroll? I know a nice little path."

"Sure."

The two arrived at a neatly arranged area.

Miseria was somewhat surprised.

"There's such a place within the Ethereal Emblem?"

"Yeah, but normally students don't have access."

"Hmm?"

"Because this is Master Heisha's exclusive area for technical research and personal training, usually students don't come here."

It's one thing for the school not to allow it.

Since this ground had Heisha present, that alone made all students aware of her prowess steer clear.

If one were dragged here for a temporary research session and ended up dropping dead, then what?

But this venue has now been reclaimed by the school.

Because Master Heisha's focus shifted to another research field, and Chloe had prepared enough space for her in the Amber Hall.

So this once sweat-drenched ground for Chloe turned into his present leisurely walking spot.

Knowing this, Miseria was quite amazed.

"What's there to be amazed about?"

"I suddenly feel a sense of reality about you."

"Hm?"

"I used to see you as a little monster, given such rapid advancement, it's simply unfathomable."

"And now?"

"Now I suddenly feel that for you to achieve results, the junior must go through arduous training as well."

Those words made Chloe somewhat shy.

He indeed trained arduously, but when it comes down to it, he hasn't been awakened with Innate Wisdom for long.

Yet his growth hadn't been easy.

Reflecting carefully clarifies it.

Yes, every time in The Sims he gained extra growth.

But no one would think that living a second life in the simulation, those growths come without a price?

In fact, compared to Rephya who only required text simulation, him being thrown into simulations in person was equivalent to living many more lives.

Experience doesn't lie, sweat doesn't lie either.

Even with Heisha originally training Chloe rigorously, she couldn't have known...

Apparent in fast advancement, Chloe spent countless silent nights honing his claws in this training ground.

Every corner of this shaded area not only bears his every footprint but behind those prints lay his dripping sweat.

However, these things disappeared alongside the end of the simulations, left unknown.

Now hearing such appreciation, he felt genuinely pleased.

Miseria is indeed a good girl.

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