Chapter 325 Hyperion's tactful comforting

The window glass not far from the bedroom reflected the profiles of Talia and Hyperion.

Within their naturally cool eyes, an undercurrent of emotion stirred.

"Hyperion, I can't replace your real mother. I also don't understand how humans should express their feelings in every situation. I can only try to act it out through the human logic I understand. Please don't think I'm a clumsy person."

Talia murmured.

"Tata, you can be really silly sometimes."

Hyperion smiled.

"..."

Talia looked at Hyperion in astonishment.

"You've always done so well, yet you still worry that you haven't done enough. It's the same with closeness; you're already very close, yet you still worry whether the other person will dislike you."

Hyperion explained.

"Is that so?"

A touch of relief flashed in Talia's eyes, and a faint smile appeared on her lips.

"Yes."

Hyperion nodded in confirmation.

"If you don't understand something about humans, you can ask me. I'll tell you everything I know. Although I'm not exactly human either, but... well, it's better than asking Lan Qi, right?"

She thought about it. Among Talia's friends who she could confide in, she was probably the most like a human.

Lan Qi was completely faking it.

"Then, please give me your guidance from now on."

Talia responded softly.

"That's my Tata."

Hyperion hugged Talia again.

Whenever she met Talia, she would turn into a face-hugger; she couldn't control herself.

Talia didn't move, allowing Hyperion to hug her for a long time until she was released.

"...Does he know?"

Talia finally asked.

"...He knows."

Hyperion knew that the "he" Talia was referring to was Lan Qi, and the matter Talia was referring to was the fact that she was a demon.

"When did he find out?"

Talia's expression became particularly complicated.

If he knew she was a demon when they went to the Northern Continent...

Why could he still be so kind and friendly to her after returning to the Southern Continent?

"I don't know."

Hyperion shook her head.

Lan Qi always had inexplicable sources of information, making her suspect that Lan Qi had the ability of a prophet, but she didn't plan to delve into it too much. She trusted Lan Qi.

"Do you think I should reveal my identity to him?"

Talia seemed to be asking for Hyperion's opinion.

She seemed indecisive, with a hint of unease.

Even though Lan Qi might already know everything, perhaps he was pretending to be ignorant. As long as she didn't expose the truth, he could keep pretending.

However, before Hyperion could answer.

The bedroom door was knocked.

"Come in."

Talia and Hyperion exchanged a glance before answering.

Next.

Lan Qi was seen pushing in a three-tiered small dining cart.

"Tata, lunch is here."

The top tier of the dining cart was covered with a white napkin, with crystal glasses and neat silver cutlery, and a bouquet of fresh flowers in the center.

Immediately, Lan Qi began to take out the appetizers from the insulated dining cart, a small piece of exquisite foie gras, decorated with delicate herbs and edible petals, showing his professionalism. He motioned Hyperion to switch places with him, sat on the chair closer to the head of the bed, and began to feed Talia.

"..."

Talia kept her mouth closed, only looking at Lan Qi's face with confusion as he handed over the food.

Although her right hand was still bandaged and temporarily without sensation.

But she had never imagined that one day she would let a man feed her.

"Thank you for protecting the Wilford family."

Lan Qi said with a sincere smile, doing his best to repay her.

When the Destroyer of Holy Sons attacked that day, Talia did her best to protect the Wilford family members from evacuating, and because she was protecting others, she suffered a lot of heavy damage at the beginning of the battle that could have been avoided.

Now everyone in the Wilford family regarded Tata as a real member of the family.

"I will naturally do what I promised you."

Talia shook her head, feeling that this was only a matter of course, or perhaps she was just fulfilling the contract.

"So, let the Wilford family take care of you during these days while you recover and recuperate."

Lan Qi continued, still insisting on feeding her.

"..."

Talia was silent for a long time.

"I am Talia, a demon. Tata is my alias. Are you still willing to continue to associate with me?"

She knew that Hyperion would definitely not reject her, but she didn't know whether Lan Qi's appearance of being without any barriers was pretended, or whether he was sincerely not afraid of her.

"Of course I'm willing. I still want to continue learning demon card-making knowledge from you."

Lan Qi stared at her without much surprise and nodded.

"I am an eighth-order great demon. Are you not afraid of me?"

Talia looked at her hand, not making eye contact with him.

It was normal for him to have some fears and apprehensions after she pretended to be human and got along with him for so long.

"...Not at all."

Lan Qi pursed his lips and shook his head.

"?"

Talia frowned suddenly.

Did Lan Qi seem to be making fun of her just now?

Originally, she thought it would be difficult to understand Lan Qi's true thoughts about her, but now she was sure that this guy really didn't care about her race, and that familiar taste came again inexplicably!

"So Tata, rest assured, no matter what race you are, or what your name is, the time we spent together was genuine, and at this moment, we are getting along well, aren't we?"

Lan Qi picked up the plate that he had put down and asked again.

"..."

Talia didn't reply.

But she opened her mouth slightly and accepted the food Lan Qi handed over.

"To be honest, at first I didn't see that you and Hyperion were relatives at all. How did you recognize Hyperion?"

Lan Qi said as he fed Tata.

The only thing he was confused about was this. In his opinion, Talia and Hyperion had nothing in common.

"Her half-demon form is slightly similar to Iphathia. When I confirmed that she had the characteristics of the demon royal family, I basically knew."

Talia looked at Hyperion and replied.

At the beginning, she happened to see Lan Qi and Hyperion challenging the Purgatory Corridor Academy's Shadow World on the open-air giant screen of the Ikrit Academy. In that Shadow World, Hyperion directly turned into her demon form. Later, she was entrusted by Lan Qi to track Hyperion for a period of time, indirectly protecting her.

Later, Lan Qi brought Hyperion to her home, and further confirmed the information of the Duchess in the chat with Hyperion.

"Wait, then you and your sister don't look alike either."

Lan Qi discovered the key point.

He had heard that the Second Princess Iphathia was exceptionally talented and had talents that made other great demons fear. Her youth and unique charm as a woman could even attract Duke Megaia, a genius of the Hutton Kingdom who was rare in a thousand years. As expected, Duchess Iphathia and Hyperion had small appetites.

"..."

"Some civil officials in the demon world also raised similar questions back then, but without exception, they were executed by the Demon King. Therefore, the surviving demons either believe that we are sisters, or they don't believe it and don't dare to say it."

Talia felt Lan Qi's meaningful silence, her expression began to cool down, and her tone was as if she wanted to eat his hand along with the fork.

She didn't understand why, but this guy's simple words, with his slightly exaggerated tone, seemed to hide thousands of words in it!

"I believe it, I believe it."

Lan Qi waved his hands and shook his head quickly.

Originally, he was planning to ask Pranai, but now he thought it was better not to gossip about other people's family affairs.

Pranai often knows the most about the secrets of the demon world. The difference between Pranai and Antanas is that Antanas will take the initiative to say whatever he knows, while Pranai knows a lot of secrets and may pretend not to know them. He knows how to live longer.

However, Pranai probably doesn't know any particularly explosive demon world gossip, otherwise, if he accidentally reveals all the secrets hidden in his heart one day, Pranai himself would probably explode.

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Thank you for the monthly tickets, fathers! Mwah! (Resounding voice)!

(End of this chapter)