Everyone was clearly used to the fighting between Sin Mal and Bronya. What was more eye-catching than the outcome of their battle was how Lilia and Rosalia had taken over the game console the moment Bronya and Sin Mal had left, becoming the current champion and challenger.
"Ohoho! You dare to challenge the mighty Rosalia?" Rosalia licked her lips and quickly chose her best character.
"Idiot Rosalia, Lilia is the strongest," Lilia still had her three-no face, but the passion burning in her eyes was no less than Rosalia's.
A heated battle began on both sides, and no one paid any attention to the seated Shu.
Shu scanned the room and found that almost everyone he knew was here.
Cecilia and Siegfried were sitting with Kallen. Siegfried was unusually quiet. But based on the embarrassment on his face and the laughter of Kallen and Cecilia, Shu could probably guess why Siegfried was so quiet.
"Long time no see, our great 'Captain'?" a familiar chuckle came from the side. Shu turned his head and saw Natasha, dressed in casual clothes, sitting next to him with a glass of dark red wine in her hand.
"Yes, long time no see, Natasha," Shu nodded, responding to her greeting.
Natasha raised an eyebrow with a hint of amusement. "Is there nothing you want to say to me?"
"...?" Shu turned his head and stared at Natasha in a daze, his eyes filled with pure confusion. "What do I want to say?"
Natasha was also stunned. The two of them looked at each other with pure confusion for a moment. Suddenly, Natasha let out a light laugh, winked at Shu, and then took a sip of the wine in her glass.
"It seems that I really don't have much of a place in Lord Shu's heart~ or is it that I've been wishing for it all along, and we're not actually familiar with each other?"
Of course, Shu didn't mean that. Natasha knew, and Shu also understood that Natasha was just joking.
The confusion in his eyes turned into helplessness. Shu bent down slightly and withdrew his gaze. "I don't have much to say either..."
"You all did a great job at the base. I'm not a professional, so what can I say?" this sentence was spoken in a low voice. When Natasha heard it, she found it amusing.
"Please..." Natasha raised her hand and patted Shu's shoulder forcefully. "You're the supreme leader of the entire Fire Moth. What's wrong with saying a few words?
"Let alone giving guidance, even if you say something like 'warriors must fight!' there will be many people who will take this sentence as a truth and tattoo it on their bodies."
Shu's body swayed from Natasha's pat, and the expression on his face became even more speechless.
"What? You don't believe it?"
"I believe you," Shu's eyelid twitched. He inexplicably recalled the big, muscular man with a very European and American style who had tattooed his words all over his body when he was on the Mediterranean coast. A chill ran down his spine, and he repeated, "Yes, I believe you."
"Yo~ you really said that?" Natasha leaned over with a wicked smile. Shu turned his head to prevent her from seeing his expression.
If it were Kiana, she would definitely be chasing Shu to kill him right now. But Natasha just waved her hand casually and said, "Don't mind it. Since you know what your status is now, your current state is not appropriate."
"What?" Shu was stunned. When he turned his head, he was elbowed by Natasha.
"Alright, it's almost time to eat. Everyone, get ready. Wash your hands if you need to, and brush your teeth if you haven't... Theresa~" Natasha, who had just elbowed Shu, stood up and began to give instructions to the children who were playing and fighting, including Theresa, who was yawning as she entered the living room.
Theresa's footsteps froze. She turned around with a sheepish look and quickly ran to the washroom.
Bronya, who had already pinned Sin Mal down, also let go and got up from her, leaving a disheveled Sin Mal panting on the ground.
"Wait! Rosalia is about to win!" Rosalia's head was pressed against Lilia's head. The two of them were not only fighting in the game but also wrestling with their heads in reality.
"It is Lilia who will win."
"Don't even think about starting another round. If you don't get to eat later, you can make your own food!" Natasha casually reminded the two of them, then turned to look elsewhere.
Shu stared at Natasha, who was easily giving a series of "instructions." He couldn't help but feel a little envious of her ease.
"Come on, tell me what I did just now?" Just as Shu was feeling envious, Natasha suddenly turned the tables and looked at him.
"Huh?" Shu was surprised. He quickly began to retrace everything Natasha had just done in his mind.
But before he could think about it, Natasha interrupted his thoughts with a smile.
"All I did was remind them that it's almost time to eat, tell them to wash their hands, get ready, and take their places at the dinner table. I reminded them of things they already knew how to do. The most useful thing I did was to help them find some harmless loopholes.
"You see. Isn't it very simple?"
Was it simple? Shu felt that it was probably just because the thing that Natasha was "in charge" of was just a meal. Everyone knew how to do it, so they just needed to be reminded.
But Natasha could definitely maintain this ease in a complex environment. The ability to command others even in an unknown situation was what Shu was truly envious of.
Perhaps it was because he knew nothing, or perhaps it was because others knew nothing. Whether it was understanding a field he didn't know or explaining a field that others didn't know in a way that others could understand, it was a kind of torture for Shu.
"Actually, there's no difference," Natasha saw the disapproval in Shu's heart at a glance. She shrugged and continued to explain, "Many times, this world isn't so bad. It can tolerate many and very big mistakes."
"At least, it definitely won't let the whole world be destroyed just because you did something wrong."
"..." Shu didn't respond to Natasha's question. He just sat on the sofa for a while, then turned his face away, left his seat without a word, and walked to the kitchen.
Looking at Shu's back, the smile on Natasha's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a deep sense of helplessness.
With his head lowered, Shu seemed to be completely unaware that in this room, almost everyone's eyes were focused on him.
And even in the next few days, everyone's eyes would be focused on him.