Chapter 375: One big family (1/2)
Hearing the unknown woman's exclaim of fright, Lily instantly rushed back from the bathroom, and charged out of her room and swiftly into her brother's, almost destroying his door in the process.
”What, Where, Who!” She barged into the room with a fierce look, ready to throw herself on the vile 'criminal' that dared to intrude on her dearest brother's peaceful rest.
Aiden who was still bare-chested, standing beside the window, looked at the invader with a clueless expression.
”Lily? What is…”
”Brother, where is she?!” Lily yelled out, darting her stern gaze from left to right and right to left, searching for the source of the scream, ultimately focusing her eyes on the wooden door leading to the bathroom.
Even though Aiden finally understood what the reason behind her sister's abrupt intrusion could have been, he was a tad bit too late. Without wasting any time, Lily tore up the door revealing the stunned and frightened-looking Galina standing in only in her underwear in front of the bathroom mirror.
As the girl's gazes met, both froze in their places, unable to react to the other's unexpected presence.
However, when Galina's golden eyes wandered behind the girl and met her Young Master's, who was still standing by the window, her frozen state instantly melted, and another loud scream filled not just the room, but the entire hallway….
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”Once again, I'm terribly sorry! Please, Galina, I have no words for what I have done!” Standing in front of the now dressed long black-haired girl, and the stern-looking brother of hers, Lily was in the midst of apologizing for her mistake with a deep bow.
”I-I… I completely forgot about you, and fought that someone attacked brother!” She apologized again, keeping her gaze plastered on the floor below.
”There is no need for this Young Miss….” With a warm, light musical melody Galina spoke up, gently touching her Young Master's sister's bowed chin and raising it up from the ground. ”We couldn't meet yesterday, I apologize for that Young Miss… My name is-”
”Galina.” Lily finished her introduction, as a kinder-looking smile slowly eased up her worried expression. ”Aiden introduced you yesterday. He told me, that you have joined our family… so please, don't call me 'Young Miss'. Big Sis or Sister would do just fine!”
”Yes… Young Mi-… B-big S-sis…” Galina responded, her lips trembling, she stuttered, as she fixed her words with an embarrassed look on her face. Being called an equal with her Young Master's real family was not something she could process on the fly after all. Still, she couldn't deny the happiness that rose deep in her heart at the notion and curved the edges of her small lips.
Seeing their interaction and the expected shamelessness of her sister, Aiden could only helplessly sigh. After the small event, they got a new, fresh set of clothes from Lily that surprisingly fit Galina perfectly.
”Anyway… I'm sure Drake and Scarlet are also up by now and are probably waiting for us downstairs. Let's grab something quick to eat then get Galina registered at the guild before we pick something to do for today.” Aiden spoke up, changing the topic.
Truth be told, he was quite eager to set out. If he could, he would skip over to night time as fast as he could. After all, today was the last day he had to suffer through before the system would complete its upgrade and come back to him.
He had to accept the fact that although it was still shrouded in mystery, it was the only thing that stood beside him since his arrival in this magical, dark world. He felt empty without it…
He realized he was quite reliant on it, but what could he do? It had features that just went beyond his understanding. Not to mention the newly unlocked huge section of the Minions… its Fusion feature that he still hasn't experimented with too much was just beyond his knowledge.
Having experienced a day without it, he wanted this day to just come to an end as fast as possible…
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Eventually, the small group joined by the lazy hounds alighted from the rooms and joined up with the royal siblings at a larger table. Not-so-surprisingly, the old man was still quite afraid and wary of them and served them with absolute subservience. His wife, the culprit of the small trouble last night was nowhere to be seen, in her place another middle-aged lady served them.
When asked, the innkeeper excused himself, and backed away from the conversation as fast as he could. It was quite obvious he did not want to engage in any sort of interaction with the 'Young Demon' any more than it was absolutely necessary.
He dared not to kick them out, not after what happened, but he also didn't want to have anything to do with them.
Seeing this, Aiden could only bitterly smile, turning his attention back to his sister and friends.