hey-hey……

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at the same time.

Inside the shrine on the other side.

basement.

Lorraine was still engrossed in her research when she suddenly heard footsteps beside her. There she was, Water Goddess Xiaoye, dressed in her pajamas, carrying a steaming bowl of lotus seed soup and placing it on the table.

Seeing that Lorraine was still working, she couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"It's getting late. Let's have some late-night snacks to warm ourselves up and then go back to rest."

"It's okay, I'm used to it. In the past, many times... like during forced marches, I could even go for days and nights without sleeping."

"But……"

"Thank you for the late-night snack."

Lorraine picked up the lotus seed soup and started eating.

Seeing that she couldn't persuade the other party, the water god Xiaoye suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with an idea.

"Oh, right, Lorraine, how about this?"

"Um?"

"Since you've already worked so hard for our future, I wouldn't feel at ease if I went to rest alone. Why don't I stay and work hard with you?"

"You? Xiaoye, even if you stay... it seems you can't help me in any way, right?"

"No way, I can help you in my own way too."

"oh?"

Hearing the other party make such a confident promise, Lorraine became genuinely curious this time.

However……

Just when Lorraine was wondering what kind of surprise the other party would bring him.

It wasn't until the Water Goddess Xiaoye pulled away his chair and then transformed herself into a human bench, allowing Lorraine to sit firmly on her.

Lorraine's face suddenly darkened. Feeling the human bench beneath him, he really didn't know what to say.

"Xiaoye, is this what you call... providing me with help?"

"Hoo! Hoo! Haha, how about it, Lorraine? It's definitely more comfortable and warmer to sit on me than on a cold, hard chair!"

Are you kidding me?

"It's okay, I can tolerate this. Otherwise, Lorraine, you can treat this as part of my training. Hmm... yes! That's right! It's special training!"

The water goddess Xiaoye instantly found the most suitable reason for her actions.

Lorraine was truly impressed.

"Okay, okay...you...you're awesome."

"Haha, don't be shy. From now on, you can use me as a bench as you like. It's all for training, for our future! As the saying goes, if I don't go to hell, who will?"

"Forehead."

Let's work together!

"I think you're hopeless!"

"Yes, yes, that's it... Please humiliate me, teach me, and torture me even more!"

"???"

Lorraine fell silent and decided to continue working.

I have a feeling that if things continue like this, things will get increasingly out of control, so it might be better to ignore her for now.