“I actually have a bad and good news for you guys, what do you want to hear first?” Lilian still had a bit more to tell them.

“Tell us the good one first.” Caizhi asked.

“Well, this is actually one of the main human cities, the city that holds the Fort Hilkhell, where the best soldiers are at post to defend our borders this side. The Hilkhell city was once one of our defensive stands on the old war and, since then, humankind has chosen this city as a strategic point. I recently found that there are multiple teleport channels connecting this city to other main cities on our territory. It is a given that our Blazing Phoenix city, the capital, is connected here as well.”

“We will be able to teleport back.” Seth said.

Lilian nodded.

“However, a lot of people have recently came to this city and the teleport formation has exceeded its limit. I directly asked the owner of that business for priority using my status as a princess, but it will take more or less three weeks for everything to be back to normal, allowing us to use their services.”

“That is not a problem, we will be just in time for the Fire Labyrinth. What is the bad news then?”

“Well, there is not a single unoccupied place in the entire town, so we are stuck with a single room for three people.” Lilian said awkward.

‘What?! There is no bad news then.’ Seth hid his grin looking around.

“Don’t worry girls, I can sleep on the floor while you two sleep on the bed.” Seth put a blanket on the corner of the wall already preparing his place for the night.

“No! You have just woken up and are still injured, we can’t allow you to sleep on the floor, right Lilian?” Caizhi said concerned.

Lilian looked with a complicated gaze, but nodded nonetheless. She has never slept on the floor, but there was someone injured, and it took priority.

“No! I refuse to sleep on the bed and let you girls sleep on the floor, where would my dignity as a man be if I allowed that?” Seth vehemently refused.

“But we can’t let you sleep on the floor. What if your injures get worse? How about we all sleep on the bed then?” Caizhi proposed.

Lilian was about to refuse that idea, but Seth refused it first.

“No, that wouldn’t be proper.”

After hearing his plain refuse, Lilian actually let her guard down.

“Well, if we separate ourselves with pillows, we can probably do it.” Lilian was the one that proposed this.

“Are you sure?” Seth asked.

Lexi couldn’t believe how easily these girls were falling for that obvious trap. She was hearing all his bullshit, wondering if any human would be idiot enough to trust him and; Voilá. It didn’t even take a minute for them to fall.

After some more time discussing their schedule for these three weeks, it was finally time for them to sleep.

There they were.

Seth on the right corner of the bed and Lilian was opposite to him on the left corner, while Caizhi stood in the middle.

Lilian stood up and was about to turn off the lights when she suddenly remembered the scene she saw after entering the room where Seth and Caizhi were.

‘No, I can’t allow them to stay close to each other.’

“Caizhi, swap places with me please.” Lilian blurted this idea out of nowhere.

“Huh?”

Lilian quickly moved through the bed and changed her position with Caizhi. The lights were already off and suddenly she started to feel the sound of her own heartbeats quickening.

‘What if he attacks me?’

She was so anxious that almost one hour has passed and for all that time, she was in an alert state.

Seth even breathing sound finally reached her ears and Lilian noticed that he was already sleeping. Her fluttered heart finally started to calm down. Some minutes later, she fell asleep.

In her dreams, she found a very firm pillow that fit just perfectly on her tastes, giving her a very good night of sleep. She clung tightly on that pillow and stood glued with it the entire time.

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Lilian opened her eyes and marveled the unfamiliar roof she was currently seeing. As her memories dawned upon her, she hastily looked towards her left and saw that Caizhi was peacefully sleeping on her side of the bed.

Caizhi just seemed to be a bit farther? Well… Lilian was still a bit sleepy, so she didn’t bother with that.

Lilian yawned and turned towards her right. The pillow she has found was still there? Good for her.

Lilian tried to adjust the pillow, but found it hard to move it. Then, she opened her eyes and got instantly frozen.

Seth was still on the same position as when he fell asleep, but she wasn’t.

The blankets were all scattered around the floor and she was clinging on him. Her leg was intertwined with his like a vine. The firm pillow was actually his right chest, where her head was sitting.

Lilian got so stunned by this situation that she even forgot to move out of her predicament.

Suddenly Seth opened his eyes and looked at her compromising position.

When Lilian noticed his gaze, she almost screamed while hastily moving out of his embrace.

“Shhh! Caizhi is still sleeping.” Seth said softly.

“If you find it comfortable you can keep resting there.”

Lilian was previously in shock and didn’t know where she should hide in embarrassment, but after hearing his shameless words she stood there speechless, even forgetting what she had just done before.

Seth didn’t want to drown her in her own embarrassment, so he took the opportunity and decided to leave and see the city.

“Yawn! Good morning Lilian, have you slept well?” Caizhi still a bit groggy saw Lilian first but couldn’t see Seth.

“Where is Seth?”

“Good morning Caizhi, he woke up a little bit earlier and said he needed to leave to breathe some fresh air.” Lilian was sitting on the bed and looking a bit lost.

“Is everything alright?”

“Huh? Everything is fine. Don’t worry. Do you want to go explore the city?” Lilian changed the topic.

“Sure.”

A little bit later, the girls left the inn searching for a place to buy some things.