(Lian Li POV)
All of us were prepared to fight that weird woman to the death when, unexpectedly, the feeling of falling enveloped me.
The next thing I knew, I was staring up at an unfamiliar ceiling within an unfamiliar room.
I leapt on my feet quickly, quickly getting into a fighting stance.
To my right, there was a clatter of something falling and I turned my attention in that direction quickly.
There, who I assumed to be a maid was staring at me in shock, the tray of towels in her hand had clattered noisily on the floor.
I seem to be in a large bedroom of some sort and the rest of my sisters and Brendan were also laying in beds spread around the room like I was.
"Mi… Miss Lian Li? You're awake!" The maid gasped.
As if on cue, the rest of my sisters also jerked awake, all of them leaping out of bed into their own fighting positions.
"Where… Where are we?" Brendan asked, still a little confused.
"Umm… Err… If this servant may speak… Distinguished guests are currently inside one of the bedrooms of Her Majesty's palace."
I frowned, "Bedrooms? Where is Master?"
"Umm… If my lady is referring to her Majesty's husband, she has granted him a separate room…"
Hmph! I knew that woman would take advantage of our unconscious states to do despicable acts to Master! We have to go and stop her!
No… I shouldn't be thinking about that now… Master sent us back here because He didn't want us to be hurt by that crazy white hair woman! We need to go back to where Master is!
The dream potion! If we drank it in Master's vicinity again, we can definitely go back and help Master skin that bitch!
My sisters also had the same idea as we immediately crowded around the maid to question her, "Where is Master?!"
She let out a squeak of surprise before pointing her finger at the door, "I… I can guide my ladies there…"
"NOW!"
"Eeeep!"
Under our intense stare, we followed the maid out of the room and deeper into the palace, reaching the part of the palace reserved for the Royal Family's bedrooms.
"In… In here--"
The door was shoved open before the maid could even finish her words, revealing an extremely irate Matriarch clutching a damp towel in her hand behind it.
"Guards! Guards! My Husband has disappeared! I want everyone to-- Huh? Oh… You guys are finally awake? Does that mean Husband is with you as well?"
I did not like the front half of her sentence one bit.
Manami stepped in front of her, "What happened to our Master?! Speak, now!"
The Queen furrowed her brows upon hearing Manami's question, "You mean to say Husband isn't with you?! We were giving Husband his usual body scrub when he suddenly disappeared right in front of us! Where did Husband go?!"
"BODY SCRUB?!!!" We shrieked.
Barely a day went by and she was already taking advantage of our Master!! She is utterly shameless to the highest degree!
Right at that moment, I felt a sudden shift in the world, as if the ground we were standing on had tilted at an angle before tilting back again.
"I did not imagine that, did I?" Brendan muttered, looking down at his feet.
"No… We felt it too…" Eris confirmed.
"This definitely has something to do with Master… Doesn't it?" Diao Chan asked.
As if on cue, there was a 'pop' before two figures appeared out of thin air inside the room, revealing itself to be Master and the bitch from before.
"Master! Look out!" I yelled, unleashing a bolt of Divine Lightning at the bitch's face.
My lightning fizzled out of existence before it even travelled half the distance, but it was enough of a distraction for me to move forward to pull Master away from her side.
The rest of my sisters immediately leapt forward and materialised their own attacks, ready to fight that white haired bitch off to protect our beloved Master.
Even though we know we may be no match for her, there was no way we'll let some harlot that showed up out of nowhere try to take Master away from us! Master doesn't belong to you!
"Wait! All of you, stop!" Master ordered.
All of us froze, there was no way we would disobey a command by Master, after all.
Master patted my head, "It's fine now, she's of no danger to us anymore. I managed to convince her to stop all this."
Convince her? Convince her of what? Umm… I really wanted to ask but Master's head pat is so addicting… Uwaaah~ It's been so long… This is heaven~~
"Master… Are you sure it's fine now?" Kiyomi asked, her eyes not leaving the white haired woman that had appeared alongside Master. We may have stopped but we were still prepared to attack her at a moment's notice.
"Yes, don't worry about it. I had a little bit of talk with her and she won't be trying to reset me or do anything along those lines anymore."
The woman smiled at us, "Master speaks the truth. Even after so long, Master still continues to school me even today. My eyes have been opened."
Before we could be relieved of her words though, she had lifted her hand and pointed a finger at us, "However, make no mistake… At the End of everything, only I will remain by Master's side. None of you are worthy of Master."
This arrogant bitch...
"Husband!! You've finally returned!!" The other bitch in the room squealed, rushing up to hug Master's free arm.
Master patted her head as well, "Oh? Hello, Luna. I suppose I should thank you for taking care of all of us while we were in that state."
"Mmm~ It's my absolute pleasure, Husband! Now that you're finally back, how about we go ahead and officiate our wedding? I can definitely set a good date and place for us! I've been training to be a good wife all this while, you know? I made sure to scrub Husband myself everyday and kept your body fed with meals I cooked myself. Now I've pretty much seen every nook and cranny of Husband that I'm confident to say no one else knows Husband's body better than I do. I remembered every curve of your skin, your smell, your taste, your everything! I have to admit it wasn't easy for me but I persevered since it was for Husband's sake and I regret nothing. So how about it, Husband? Husband can choose where we get married~"
Ugh… This bitch is as annoying as I had remembered, always trying to sweep Master up with her ramblings.
"Calm down Luna. At least let us orientate ourselves first, we just got back after all."
"Fufufu~ Of course Husband! Ahhh~ I'll miss those days where I watch over your sleeping figure and lay down by your side~ But having Husband awake is infinitely better than continuing to be asleep~ Ufufufufu~"
Master held up his hand, "Hold on for a moment… You speak as though we've been gone for a long time. How long have we actually been unconscious for?"
The Queen blinked, "Husband… All of you have been unconscious for three years."
"WHAT?!"