The door to the "Neverwinter Workshop" was ajar, leaving a gap, seemingly welcoming any visitors. And so, with a heart filled with slight trepidation and anticipation, Sāmu pushed the door open and entered.
What greeted him was a scene where a modern style and a sense of age intertwined under warm-toned lights. "Tick-tock," went the clock, turning as usual. "Click-clack," went the gears, meshing and colliding.
The boy looked around and couldn't help but be drawn to the blonde older sister at the counter, who was watching him with a smile.
She was a very beautiful woman. Her long golden hair involuntarily reminded him of Lady Cocolia, whom he had just met. But unlike her, this woman's golden hair had a streak of charming blue. Her attire was also sexier and more fashion-forward. She wore a black choker around her neck, and a black-and-white halter top that barely contained her heavy chest. Her slender, snow-white left waist was exposed, and a small pink lightning bolt tattoo was faintly visible.
Her smile was highly infectious, and her blue eyes were also filled with laughter.
"Excuse me, I was wondering..." Sāmu began shyly, but was interrupted by Serval's teasing voice.
"Come here, come to big sister~"
"..."
Sāmu was not good at refusing, and more importantly, he didn't sense any hostility from Serval. So after a moment's hesitation, he walked towards the sexy blonde woman. In Serval's eyes, his compliance made her spirits soar.
He's so... obedient.
As he got closer to Serval, Sāmu sensitively smelled a very strong and potent fragrance. He didn't know it was alcohol; he thought it was some kind of stimulating beverage.
Seeing Sāmu's interest in the fine wine in the crystal-clear glass before her, the still-tipsy Serval squinted her sparkling blue eyes. She picked it up by the stem, tilted her head back, and downed it in one go.
Crystal-clear, rosy liquid, like pearls, overflowed from the corner of her mouth, trickling down the woman's snow-white, swan-like neck and into the valley of her heaving chest. The woman didn't care at all. After finishing the drink, she licked her vibrant red lips as if still wanting more.
The woman made no effort to hide her beauty, her personality, her sexiness, or her allure.
Watching this scene, Sāmu, for some reason, felt his ears start to burn.
The glass clinked as it was set down on the table. Serval looked at Sāmu with a tender gaze. "Little guy~ this is not something you should be drinking."
If you thought Serval was like one of those frivolous older sisters who would, for her own pleasure, trick a young boy into drinking to achieve her own ulterior motives, you would be dead wrong. But that didn't stop Serval from knowing exactly what kind of opportunity she was missing. It was just that between temptation and her bottom line, she chose to stick to her bottom line.
"...Then what is it?" Sāmu's voice was soft and curious.
"Alcohol. It's something that can make people happy, make them temporarily forget their troubles."
"But when the after-effects kick in, it can be a bit uncomfortable, like a headache or something..." As she spoke, Serval pressed a hand to her forehead. Hiss, that came on a little faster than expected...
"It sounds like it has its pros and cons."
"That's right. But a child like you can't touch it yet."
"I'll remember that, big sister."
Sāmu was the kind of child who could keenly sense others' goodwill and quickly respond in kind. He remembered that in his storage pouch, Mother Himeko seemed to have prepared some pills for headaches. So the boy took them out of the bag, popped one out of the blister pack, and then looked around for the water dispenser, pouring a glass of clear water for Serval.
Serval watched the boy bustle about for her. In her chest, the heart that seemed to have been numb and lonely for too long was as if illuminated by the sun, the thin ice melting away, becoming alive again, and beginning to beat forcefully once more. Even the bridge of her nose felt a little sore, her eyes slightly reddening.
This child...
"Here, big sister. You'll feel better after drinking this." Sāmu's confidence in this statement came from his trust in Mother Himeko.
Normally, Serval shouldn't accept anything from a stranger, especially something as potentially dangerous as a pill. But she was a bit of a rebel. Plus, she had no reason not to trust the boy before her. Her heart affirmed him.
So Serval took the pill, put it in her mouth, and washed it down with the water. Almost instantly, her headache symptoms were reduced by more than half!
"!"
"It actually works!"
"As long as it works."
However, it was only fast and effective for treating the headache; it couldn't do much for her drunkenness. So now, Serval was a tipsy older sister who had been relieved of her headache debuff. Who could possibly resist her now!
"Thank you, sweetie!" Serval, whose emotions were now much more extroverted than usual, threw her arms around the boy beside her, pressing them intimately together, completely disregarding the appropriate distance that should be maintained between a man and a woman, especially between an older sister and a little boy!
The woman's full chest pressed against Sāmu's shoulder and arm, creating a soft, indented curve. And her shoulders were so smooth that even her top's strap had slipped down, revealing a dazzling expanse of snowy skin.
"S-sister! Please... calm down!"
"How can you ask me to calm down!"
"A good boy like you was born to be eaten up by big sister, hehehe~"
"Please don't do this!"
— "BANG!"
The door to the Neverwinter Workshop was suddenly and forcefully pushed open. A tall man with blond hair and blue eyes, wearing the uniform of a Silvermane Guard Captain, appeared in the workshop like a divine soldier descending from the heavens.
Who else could it be but Gepard, the one who had led Sāmu and the others earlier?
Sāmu cast a pleading look at him. It wasn't that Serval was actually doing anything strange to him. It was just that being hugged and nuzzled by an older sister was embarrassing enough.
But how could Sāmu have known the shock Gepard felt upon seeing this scene? It was as if he had been struck by lightning.
Speaking of which, he seemed to be a bit of a hidden sister-complex... While it wasn't an unethical attraction, seeing his sister with another man would definitely bother him.
Then, with a trembling voice, he uttered the title that instantly stunned Sāmu.
"...Sis?"
"Eh?" Sāmu's pupils constricted.
The word "sis" brought Serval back to her senses a little. She giggled and looked at her foolish little brother. "Ah, Gepard, you're just in time!"
"Here, let me introduce you. This is..." Serval looked as if she were racking her brain.
"Sāmu..." the boy weakly provided his name.
"Oh! Sāmu!"
"Anyway, from now on, you can just call him 'brother'."
Sāmu: "???"
Gepard: "!!!"
No matter how thick Gepard's preservation shield was, it couldn't block the mental attack of this moment. His tall figure swayed violently.
"...Brother?"
"That's right~" Serval was still in a drunken, fantasy-like state. "Sāmu is the one who could become your brother-in-law..."
Gepard barely managed to steady himself, took a deep breath, glanced at the innocent Sāmu, then at his own terrible sister, and immediately cut her off.
— "Enough!"
"I, Gepard Landau, in my capacity as Captain of the Silvermane Guards, hereby declare!"
"The suspect, Serval Landau, has committed the crime of assaulting a minor while under the influence of alcohol."
"You! Are under arrest!"
...
As the cold, silver handcuffs were clasped around her wrists, Serval sobered up considerably.
"GE! PARD!"
"Let me go!"
Gepard paid her no mind, just swallowed the sour feeling in his heart and comforted the pure and flawless boy, Sāmu. He certainly understood that in this incident, Sāmu was the absolute, perfect victim. Provided that beauty wasn't a crime...
"I'm sorry, Sāmu. My good-for-nothing sister has caused you trouble."
"But I promise you, she wasn't like this before!" Gepard recalled his sister's past and couldn't help but feel a pang of sadness.
Originally, his sister Serval had been an outstanding young talent, renowned throughout Belobog as a researcher for the Silvermane Guards. Until... she researched forbidden technology and was stopped by the Supreme Guardian, Cocolia. In a fit of anger, Serval had left the Silvermane Guards.
Later, she became the dissolute person she was today.
Sāmu expressed his understanding. "It was that magical drink called 'alcohol' that was to blame."
"I can feel that Sister Serval is not a bad person."
"Sigh, don't try to defend her." Gepard sighed, clearly ashamed that the Landau family had produced such a disgrace. "Even though she did that to you..."
Serval became agitated, her face red as she defended herself. "What did I do to Sāmu!" Although she realized she might have behaved a bit badly when she was drunk, she swore to the heavens that she hadn't done anything out of line to Sāmu!
"Hmph, you can save that for the Supreme Guardian!" Gepard said coldly.
One could see that after hearing this, Serval's flushed face turned pale at a visible rate. It seemed the title "Supreme Guardian" had hit her hard, completely sobering her up, making her panic, making her agitated.
"N-no!"
"I'll do anything..."
"I don't want to see that woman!"
"I won't go see Cocolia!!"
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