"We're back!"
As we pushed open the door and entered the living room, Shallow Shallow loudly greeted us with her usual energetic voice.
Then, a small emerald-green object shot down from the ceiling at lightning speed and landed on my face with a * pa * sound.
"Welcome back, welcome back! Where's Jingle's candy? "
… Are you sure that I'm the one you welcomed and not the candy?
After I finally managed to pull off the little object that was stuck to my face like a gummy candy, I had a helpless expression as I knocked her on the head. Then, I took out the candy that I had prepared beforehand from my pocket. The little one immediately cheered and disappeared in front of us with a 'gigantic' candy bag.
… See, she really did welcome candy, didn't she?
"Welcome back, Master. Did everything go well?"
A gentle and ethereal greeting sounded from the side, bringing with it a strong sense of concern. Ah, as expected, having such a gentle and considerate maid was the happiest thing for an otaku …
With as much happiness as an otaku can muster, I turned my head.
"… Anveena, next time, don't stick half your body out from behind the wall to greet people …"
Everyone should have noticed that strictly speaking, I had just experienced a younger sister's welcome twice that would make any otaku die of envy. But why did I have a subtle feeling of dissatisfaction instead?
After taking a comfortable hot shower, I leisurely leaned against the sofa in the living room and watched as Little Bubble and Pandora engaged in their daily confrontation over who the last lollipop belonged to. However, I kept feeling like something was missing. After thinking hard for a long while, I suddenly realized — Alaya, who would usually sit by my feet punctually at this time and place his large wings on my legs for me to comb his feathers, had disappeared.
"By the way, where's Alaya?"
"I don't know." On the coffee table in front of me, the little Jingle was lying on top of a gigantic apple and nibbling on it like a small animal. She replied in a muffled voice, "This morning, Alaya said that he went for a spin in the stratosphere. He hasn't returned yet …"
As Jingle spoke, her voice became more and more muffled — the little one had chewed out a gigantic hole in the apple and was about to enter it …
Is IQ really related to the size of the brain?
Anveena, who was preparing dinner for everyone, suddenly poked her head out from the kitchen door with a worried look on her face. "Will big sis Alaya be alright?"
I expressionlessly walked to the kitchen door and pushed the little ghost's head back. "What do you think on Earth could threaten an angel?"
The next second, the little ghost's head passed through my palm and appeared in front of me once more. "But Big Sis Alaya is the type of person who would find trouble even if the world was at peace …"
… Who would've thought that this' most obedient, considerate, gentle, and polite elite maid 'would have such an unexpected moment of ridicule. Could it be that we, a dangerous group of people who ridiculed R&D centers, have our ability to pollute so much?
However, even though I knew that with Alaya's strength, the chances of this silly cat angel meeting with an accident on Earth were no higher than Jingle suddenly giving up on her lollipops or Lin Xue no longer being a violent maniac, I was still rather curious as to why she hadn't returned home even when it was already dinner time. After concentrating for a moment, I activated a wide-area spirit search. "Alaya! It's time to go home for dinner! "
Half a minute later, a seemingly dull and anxious voice echoed in my mind. "Brother Monarch … I'm lost …"
Er … Forget it, it's not the first time this has happened anyway …
I wasn't surprised that Alaya would get lost when she went out for a stroll. Even though she was also a member of the Shiring Apostles, this naturally stupid angel didn't seem to have a complete pathfinding function and memory module. This directly caused us to be forced to search for Alaya's headless figure in every nook and cranny of the world. For example, the Himalayas, a certain Penguin Island in the Antarctic Circle, a nameless ice floe in the Arctic Ocean … To be honest, I was already used to this fellow getting lost to the point where I would treat her as if she was tripping on flat ground.
"Alright, tell me about the situation around you. We'll go find you …"
Perhaps it was due to her nature, Alaya wasn't used to using technological items. That was why she never had a navigator or any other device that could accurately locate her. Furthermore, as an energy creature formed from the pure light element, her body's interference was enough to prevent any kind of long-distance tracking. That was why every time she got lost, we could only use such a stupid method to find her.
"Yeah … The sky is dark and there are many stars …"
Oh, looks like we're already in a different time zone.
Turning my head to look at the sunset outside, my expression gradually became subtle.
"Also, there's fine sand and dust all around us …"
Desert? This was an important clue. I immediately instructed Pandora to start searching for deserts on Earth that were currently in the middle of the night and had high visibility.
"Also, also, there are many large, circular pits. There are also many stones on the ground."
… This … Where could this landscape be from? Where in the world would such a place appear in a desert?
"Brother Monarch, there's more. I feel like I'm floating here …"
… Ah?
"The surroundings seem to be a vacuum …"
… What!?
"Also, the moon in the sky has turned blue and white, and its volume has increased by several times!"
I — — Damn!
"You damned lass, how did you end up on the moon!"
No, that's not right! That's not the point! No matter how stupid Alaya was, as a Schilling person, there's no way she wouldn't notice that she was on the moon, right? This should be common sense for all Earthlings, right? No matter what, a Commander-level Apostle born in a high-tech Empire shouldn't have made such a mistake at such a time, right? At the very least, Alaya's brain should have this bit of knowledge, right?!
How am I supposed to endure this damned lass!
However, after hearing my description, Pandora calmly nodded her head. "This is very normal."
Very normal?
Getting lost on the moon while out for a spin? Furthermore, as a Shiring Apostle, she couldn't even notice such a simple fact? This is very normal? Speaking of which, isn't this lower limit of "normal" for Alaya a little too wide!?
"That's because Alaya is an idiot." Pandora had a matter-of-fact expression on her face. Furthermore … the words she said that were so rude to Alaya sounded even more matter-of-fact to us … It really was a subtle feeling. "She's always like this …"
Alright, I won't pursue the logic behind this topic that had sunk into a mess. As long as I knew that Alaya was an idiot, all the problems would be easily solved.
For a person who was so natural, how much logic could she possibly have in her actions?
A few minutes later, Alaya, who had gotten lost on the moon, was finally picked up by the twin sisters who rushed over to help. Looking at the idiotic angel whose face was covered in dust and who still had a blank expression on her face, we … really couldn't hold it in any longer …
"I just feel that … Pu … I feel that it would be very rude if I were to laugh at this moment … Pu …"
"Shallow Shallow … You can't laugh while saying that … Pu …"
"Brother Monarch, I'm back …" The battered and exhausted Alaya blinked in confusion, as if he didn't realize just how big of a blunder he had caused. He bowed slightly and spoke to me as if he was returning home from a spin every day. At the same time, a layer of moon dust fell from the ground once more.
That's why … that's why Alaya's current appearance was the most hilarious!
"Alright, you should clean yourself up first …"
It took me quite some effort to suppress my laughter as I pointed at Alaya's body, indicating that he should take note of his current appearance as well.
Shallow Shallow sighed awkwardly by the side. "It's all moon dust … I wonder how much money it would fetch if I were to sell this to the Central Academy of Sciences …"
"Oh." Alaya nodded and spread his wings …
"Don't — —"
Thankfully, the expected cloud of dust didn't appear. Alaya didn't flap his wings like he usually did after spreading them. Instead, he instantly transformed into specks of golden light and disappeared from the living room.
In an instant, the entire living room lit up, and a layer of dust fell from the ground in front of us.
A few seconds later, the living room gradually regained its normal illumination, and Alaya appeared in front of us once more with a new and shiny body.
"No one can pollute the purest light in the world." Sandora shrugged. "But why do I feel like all this only saves Alaya the trouble of taking a bath?"
That should be the case, right? For this idiotic angel …
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