Born as an orphan, he has experienced loneliness and loneliness in the half of his life from childhood to adulthood.

After all the hardships and hardships, I have a close family member who is willing to accompany me to the end. From Shi Xiaolei's standpoint, how could I not cherish it?

Whether it was 2b and Kang Na who came to the side first, or Beunita, Bian Hua, Ramiris, and Xie Mi who were summoned one after another, including the hundreds of ship girls who could hardly take care of them , Shi Xiaolei always attaches the same importance to them in his heart, wishing to devote everything he can to them.

Shi Xiaolei also has the same attitude towards Sharna and Asamiya Athena who just arrived.

No, it should be said that Shi Xiaolei took care of them more carefully considering that they had just arrived and hadn't adapted to the family situation.

"Athena, you should prefer Chinese food, right?" He walked over from the kitchen with two plates in his hand, and deliberately placed one of them on the table closer to Asamiya Athena, Shi Xiaolei smiled. Recommended to her: "Try this, I made it for you."

"New Year cake?" A surprise flashed in Athena Asamiya's eyes when she saw what was on the plate.

According to the setting, Asamiya Athena likes rice cakes and Daifuku, which are snacks made of glutinous rice. The soft and glutinous taste, coupled with the sweet taste, is her favorite.

And her younger brother is Shiiken Zong's favorite meat bun, which is actually not very suitable for Asamiya Athena's own preferences.

Vaguely remembering this, Shi Xiaolei specially cooked a dish for Asamiya Athena, sweet-scented osmanthus pickled with bees and served with a little **** sugar, fried a plate of smooth and sweet rice cakes for her.

A bowl of water is about to be leveled, Shi Xiaolei will not just remember to take care of Athena Asamiya, and then forget about Sharna.

"Shaerna, this is yours." After delivering a plate of stewed beef brisket with tomato, which is suitable for meat and vegetables, Shi Xiaolei raised his finger and pointed to the other plates on the table: "Don't be restrained, which one do you want to eat?" Take whatever you want."

"..." Looking at the food in front of her with a tempting aroma, Sharna hesitated for a moment before saying thank you.

Seeing this reaction, Shi Xiaolei thought that the dishes in front of her were not to her liking, and was a little worried, so she quickly asked again: "Well, is there anything I should avoid?"

Sensing Shi Xiaolei's mood, Sharna quickly waved her hand: "No, I can eat anything."

"Then you are..."

He looked down at Sharna in some puzzlement, and his eyes fell on her mask. The next second, Shi Xiaolei reacted suddenly, and finally guessed why Sharna didn't pick up the tableware.

There is no other reason, it is because you have to take off your mask before eating, and according to the rules passed down by the saints, female saints can only take off their masks when they are alone, and at other times, especially when men are present It is not allowed to take off the mask to be seen by others.

Why is there such a ban?

From the perspective of plot design, the reason why this rule was born is most likely because of the role of the magic bell.

According to the idea of ​​creator Masami Cheda, he did not design Wu Xiaoqiang as a loyal follower of Athena, but in order to create more vivid personal characteristics, he assigned each of them a "have to" Reasons to become a Saint. For example, on Xingshi's side, Masami Cheda arranged for him for the reason that "in order to find my own sister Xinghua and reunite with her".

In order to highlight Xingshi's identity as the protagonist and create a legitimate reason for him to be "a little stronger than others", Masami Kurata arranged another dark line, that is, to draw the appearance of the magic bell to be similar to that of Xingshi. The elder sister Xinghua is exactly the same, and specially formulated a rule of 'must always wear a mask' for female saints.

In this way...

The master who gets along day and night is exactly the same as the image left in my sister's memory. But because the master has been wearing a mask, he can't directly confirm the guess in his heart. Standing on the standpoint of Xing Shi, she will definitely train more attentively, and then...or rely on the strength of Qing Yulan to subdue the master and uncover her mask to distinguish the truth from the false. Or exchange for the favor of the master through his outstanding performance, and then ask her the truth of the matter while she is in a good mood.

The story of the magic bell teaching the lost star is at the beginning of the whole story. Perhaps it is because the creation has just begun and the consideration is not very comprehensive, so Masami Kurata came up with the setting that "female saints must wear masks at all times". You must know that if you look at this rule from another angle, it will actually leave people with the impression of "discriminatory treatment". It is easy to be caught by the group of people who like to punch and attract unnecessary criticism.

That's a bit of a stretch.

Whether it was designed to guide the plot, or because of the reason of 'Athena is a virgin goddess, so female saints must remain pure', in short, the setting that female saints must always wear masks has become For the sake of established facts~lightnovelpub.net~ I didn’t think so when I read the manga, but now…

Looking at Sharna, Shi Xiaolei scratched his head in embarrassment: "Look at my memory. Well, let me avoid it for a while."

"No, no, Lord Locke, I..." Feeling that it would be rude to ask Shi Xiaolei to avoid leaving, Sharna quickly stood up and expressed her rejection in a panic.

"Sit down." Before she finished speaking, Shi Xiaolei raised his hand and pressed her shoulder: "I told you to be more casual. This is home, so you don't need to be careful. Don't keep those rules in mind, relax A bit."

Sharna was not sitting alone at the dining table, but Athena Asamiya and several other expulsion girls.

Seeing the interaction between Shi Xiaolei and Sharna, everyone was a little confused and couldn't figure out what was going on.

"Commander, Sister Sharna, what are you talking about?" O'Bannon asked curiously with a piece of potato poked on his fork.

As a child, I can't hide my thoughts, and I always ask directly if I have any questions.

"It's nothing." Feeling that there is no need to cover up, Shi Xiaolei gave an explanation honestly: "It is one of the iron laws that a female saint must abide by if she cannot take off her mask in front of the opposite sex. That is to say, if I stay here all the time If so, she can't take off the mask to eat, understand?"

"Eh? Are there still such rules?" Athena Asamiya widened her eyes and shook her head incomprehensibly: "Who made it, isn't this embarrassing..."

If it were someone else, Sharna would inevitably feel some resistance.

But now, this is exactly what Athena Asamiya said.

"..." Not knowing how to respond, Sharna stood there in embarrassment, with a helpless and tangled expression on her small face hidden under the mask.