Ch 191: Even If You’re Not Biological Siblings, You Can Still Air Each Other’s Dirty Laundry

Vacation is over, everyone has turned their attention to their daily routine and work.

“Ah… I don’t want to go to work.”

Bal, sprawled on the office chair in the Guild Master’s office, said so.

“Behave yourself, you must finish today’s work from the past few days out.”

Anda and Selena brought a large pile of documents to the desk. Bal originally did not intend to come to the Guild, but Selena took advantage of Bal’s unguarded moment and colluded with Phia in advance to bring Bal to work.

“But there’s too much of it!”

“Do you know how many days you were gone? Seven! Seven whole days! I’ve been working so hard these seven days, I’m nearly exhausted.”

Anda stood with her hands on her hips, looking at Bal; at this moment, she had already lost respect for him.

“You just wanted to say you were shirking responsibilities, right?”

“Don’t change the subject!”

“Yes…”

After being reprimanded by Anda, Bal slumped his face and continued working. Just as Anda was satisfied and wanted to return to the counter, a hand was placed on top of Anda’s head. Anda turned her head to see Selena with a dark face and white breath.

“Anda, come out for a moment, I want to ask you something.”

“Miss Selena, spare me!”

Despite Anda’s repeated pleas, Selena still did not let go. She grabbed Anda’s head and walked out of the office. After a while, Bal heard Selena’s sharp outburst.

“Sigh, back to work.”

After spending two days clearing the backlog of work, Bal remembered that school was about to start, so she quickly found Phia.

“Wife, you’re the best, help me.”

Bal knelt on the ground, his hands around Phia’s waist, his expression sincere. Because Phia fell for this trick every time. Every time they went too far at night, Bal would coax Phia this way.

“Sigh, alright, alright, what do you want me to help you with?”

Bal stood up, he hugged Phia in his arms.

“Help me make an entrance exam for the beginning of the school year.”

“I really can’t do anything with you, I can help you with the exam papers, but…”

Before Phia finished speaking, Bal immediately responded.

“I understand, I’ll grade the papers.”

“And?”

“Can I really not keep private savings?”

Bal sadly covered the pouch at his waist, then startled.

“Huh? Where’s my pouch?”

Phia was holding a pouch in her hand, and the style of the pouch looked familiar to Bal.

“Hmph, you went gambling and almost caused Philia an accident, this money must be confiscated, just consider it as payment for the exam papers from me.”

“Wuwuwu, wife, I’m wrong.”

“Get off, get off, ya! Don’t touch my tail root, meow!”

Bal carried Phia back to the room. This was his second trick to coax Philia. It’s normal for couples to have conflicts, couples don’t hold grudges overnight, they quarrel in bed and make up in bed. It’s called a one-shot reconciliation.

After satisfying Phia, Bal lay in bed holding Phia.

“Darling…”

“Mmm, you lecherous dog! I already said the money would be split in half, why are you still so forceful?”

Seeing Phia acting coquettishly in his arms, Bal felt relieved.

On Grey’s side, after he and Nia learned about the Magic Box, they took the initiative to move the Magic Box into their room.

“Hmm, although it’s been soaked in the sea for a long time, it can still be inferred that it’s from five hundred to a thousand years ago.”

Hearing Grey say this, Nia was curious.

“How did you infer that?”

“I guessed.”

“…”

Grey rubbed Nia’s head, and Nia rubbed back.

“So the most crucial thing is its Master, Grand Archmage Merry.”

“Why don’t you ask my older brother? He’s good at history, he should know something about Merry.”

“What about you?”

“Oh well, girls are always attracted to things they are interested in while in school, like magic, alchemy, great swords, and so on.”

“…Although those hobbies seem more appealing to boys, I still acknowledge your hobbies.”

Hearing Grey say this, Nia happily hugged Grey, leaving a kiss on his face.

“You’re still the best, that idiot Bal always says I don’t look like a girl.”

Bal, who was still cuddling sweetly with Phia in his room, sneezed with an itchy nose.

“Someone is scolding me?”

“Husband~”

Hearing Phia calling him, Bal immediately lay back beside Phia as a human heater.

“I have to say, it’s comfortable to lower the room temperature in summer and then cover yourself with a quilt.”

“Remember to turn the room temperature back up when you get up.”

“Okay.”

The two cuddled together, until Xiaoyue knocked on the door and said it was time to eat.

At the dinner table, Phia held Philia and ate, Nia approached Phia.

“Sister-in-law, do you know Grand Archmage Merry?”

“I don’t know, how could I learn such detailed human history. Come, Philia, open your mouth.”

“Mother, Philia can eat by herself.”

“Be good.”

“Ah…”

Seeing that there was no clue from Phia, Nia approached Bal again.

“Older Brother, do you know Grand Archmage Merry?”

“Merry what?”

“Merry.”

“What Merry?”

“Merry! If you keep pretending, I’ll dunk your head in the soup and tell everyone about how you were beaten by the orphanage Auntie when you were a child.”

At the mention of the orphanage Auntie, Bal seemed to be startled, and he immediately waved his hands at Nia.

“No, no, no, I need to think about it first.”

At this time, Phia became interested. She was most interested in Bal’s past history, so she pulled Nia to her side.

“Tell me everything.”

Nia glanced at Bal, who was deep in thought, and then she quietly revealed Bal’s childhood history to Phia.

“Ah, I remember… Nia, what did you tell Phia?”

Bal looked up and looked at Nia, preparing to tell her what he remembered, but he saw Phia approaching Nia and kept covering her mouth and shaking, seeming to be holding back laughter.

“No… nothing.”

“…Then the dessert…”

“Older Brother, I’m wrong, I told my sister-in-law your dark history!”

Seeing such a quick apology, Bal didn’t mind much. After all, a man should dare to do and dare to own up to what he did. At most, he would just cancel half of Nia’s dessert.

“Wuwuwu, you’re so petty!”

“If you say it again, I’ll take it all away.”

“Wuwuwu, Grey~”

Nia sat beside Grey and leaned against him. Grey just patted her head without saying much.

After dinner, Nia sat beside Bal with paper and pen in hand.

“Older Brother, hurry up and say it.”

“emmmmm, don’t laugh when I say it.”

“I won’t laugh.”

Bal organized his language, then said.

“I was a little concerned about the prefix ‘Merry’ at first. Generally speaking, people of the Grand Archmage level have more or less literary records, but I recalled all the books about Grand Archmages I’ve read, and the only book that mentioned the name Merry was a children’s picture book.”

“Can you tell me the content?”

“It’s about a long, long time ago, no, why are you sleeping?”

Bal looked at Nia, who was starting to doze off, and he was a little angry.

“Huh? Oh, your prelude is too hypnotic, no, I’ll go to sleep first, you write down the content of that picture book, and I’ll read it when I wake up.”

Saying this, Nia was about to go back to her room to sleep. Bal sighed, picked up the paper and pen, but when he was about to write, he felt something was wrong.

“Something feels wrong, whatever, let’s write first.”