The mascot of the wishing shop is a cat.

After finishing our day at the amusement park, our original plan to go to the beach the next day, where we could play and eat to our hearts' content, was postponed.

The reason was that on the second day, Lin Xiyue, who had overexerted herself the day before, simply couldn't get up. According to her description, her body felt like it had been run over by a truck, and there wasn't a single part of her body that didn't hurt.

"So, we're not going to the beach today?"

Moros sat on the edge of the bed, amused, and casually placed the breakfast on the bedside table.

"Ugh, I'm not going! Even if I did, I wouldn't be able to have any fun. My whole body aches! It must be because I exercised too much yesterday! _(:3」∠)_"

Lin Xiyue lay paralyzed on the bed, her legs aching even when she tried to sit up slightly.

"With your stamina like this, what will you do in the future?"

Melos whispered in Lin Xiyue's ear with a smile, the meaning of which was self-evident.

"You!!! Shut up right now!"

Lin Xiyue understood immediately, and then, in a fit of embarrassment and anger, threw the pillow at Moros.

"Ahem, okay, I'm just kidding. I asked Devon, and he said there's a great hot spring hotel nearby, perfect for relaxing. How about it, wanna go?"

Moros caught the pillow that was thrown at him, hugged it to his chest, leaned down and kissed Lin Xiyue's lips, asking for her thoughts.

"Hmm... Let's go soak in the hot springs! ︿(￣︶￣)︿"

Upon hearing that there was a hot spring, Lin Xiyue immediately felt energized and got up.

"What, not tired now?"

"Meros teased."

"I can wait! I've never been to a hot spring before! (??▽?)?"

“Ouch! (?＞ ? ＜)? 3”

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Xiyue's legs went sore and she almost fell off the bed.

"Be careful. You rest first, we'll go to the hot springs this afternoon. Be good."

Moros caught Lin Xiyue and pressed her back onto the bed, firmly forbidding her from moving around.

"Hmm, okay, okay. (?? . ??)"

Lin Xiyue, who had originally wanted to argue that she could do it, gave in after seeing Molos's somewhat unpleasant expression and feeling her weak legs.

"You should rest first. One of my men contacted me suddenly, and I need to take care of it. If you're going anywhere else, take the lair with you."

Meros gave some instructions and pointed to the nest that was helping to hold a glass of milk.

"Oh, so you have subordinates here."

Lin Xiyue was somewhat surprised, thinking that this was his first time visiting Fengming Star, so he didn't actually know anything about it.

"If we're talking in a broad sense, all mid- to high-ranking alien races can be considered my subordinates. Eat your breakfast properly, I'll be outside."

Moros smiled and patted Lin Xiyue's head.

"Okay \(^o^)/~"

Lin Xiyue endured Mo Luosi's head pat because they were about to go to the hot springs.

To be honest, patting someone's head is sweet, but Lin Xiyue hasn't washed her hair today, so wouldn't touching it make it even oilier? Especially her bangs!

After Melos left, Lin Xiyue quickly ate breakfast and then prepared to take a shower, as she was too tired to shower yesterday.

During this time, the little nest followed Lin Xiyue closely, somewhat like a little pet.

Just as Lin Xiyue was about to take a bath, it suddenly stopped outside the door and then decisively turned its back—although it was impossible to tell its front from its back—but it still looked awkward and hesitant.

Lin Xiyue looked at it and smiled, then closed the door.

........................

Meanwhile, after leaving the house, Meros sat on the sofa closest to the bedroom door and turned on his constantly flashing communicator.

"Boss, you've finally arrived in the human world. Are we going to take over this place?!"

As soon as the communication was connected, several burly men asked in rough voices. The leader, with a full beard, was filled with excitement, as if he could rush out and take over the place as soon as Meros gave the order.

"No. I'm here for other things."

Meros rolled his eyes subtly.

"Oh, alright, alright. Is there anything else you need, boss? We're all pretty bored here, but I have to say, humans really know how to have fun. A lot of their games are really amazing! It would be a shame to actually take them over..."

"Yeah, yeah! And their girls are really hot! As long as you pay, you don't have to worry about getting beaten to death by a female halfway through because you're not satisfied with us!"

"Oh, and their games too, those Nintendo, Pokémon 5 and stuff are so much fun! Some of the horror games are scarier than me. I never imagined humans could be so imaginative."

"Oh yeah! And the movies are great too! All sorts of them. The scariest ones are those ghosts and monsters from Red Maple Kingdom. They don't have a physical form, so you can't hit them no matter what. They're a lot like those psychic beings."

"To be honest, it's a lot like when I offended the big boss Philip and got messed up."

"Oh yeah, yeah! Ew! That's scary!"

"..."

{P.S., just in case you've forgotten, Fibonacci is another brother of Meros, and so far he has only appeared in character dialogue.}

"Cough cough cough."

Seeing that they were having a heated discussion and their conversation was getting more and more off-topic, Meros couldn't help but cough to interrupt them.

"Oh, okay, boss, what are your orders?"

Upon hearing Meros's voice, they realized what was happening. The leader gestured for the others to be quiet and then looked at Meros.

"I'm currently in the Federation and there are no problems for the time being. However, you should send more people to Red Maple Country. I'll be going back there in about a month. The guild leader should be there to prepare everything for me."

Meros thought for a moment and then gave the order.

"Yes boss!"

"Hey?! Boss, you have a gorgeous woman behind you!"

"Wow! It's so big, oh no, so white! Ah, no..."

"Hey hey hey! Boss, what's going on..."

The burly men were giving serious replies when someone suddenly saw something and blurted it out.

Moros turned his head and saw that Lin Xiyue had come out. His face darkened and he immediately shut down the communication.

"Why did you come out dressed like that?"

Meros took out a cloak from his spatial storage and draped it over Lin Xiyue, covering her completely.

It's no wonder that Moros reacted so strongly. Lin Xiyue was wearing a light blue suspender dress with a large bow in the middle, layers of fabric around the waist, and a short skirt with two layers underneath.

To be honest, there's nothing wrong with the swimsuit itself. The problem is that Lin Xiyue's figure is too good; the swimsuit always looks like it's about to burst out of her skin on her. Perhaps feeling uncomfortable about it, she wore a sheer, gauze-like outer layer over it, which only added to the allure of the barely concealed glimpse.

……