Clara was very flustered at what to do since that night.
After being caught by her mother at “that” time and both of them not being able to explain themselves to each other had resulted in a tacit understanding that they should just never mention what happened that night.
Though it was just looking away from the issue to get the solution type of an approach but at present both of them opted for such a result and frankly they were happy to do so since they won't have to brainstorm to come up with an excuse anymore.
Clara had already somewhat understood that it wasn't her mother's first time to witness those scenes as her breathing, posture and subtle behaviors all indicated at that time that she was used to witnessing it. Then another question pops up because of it.
Could it be that her mother willingly kept watching those two?
She put a stop to her thoughts at that junction as she really didn't want to reach the frightening conclusion that her mother was a… ahem! These thoughts had been haunting her ever since that night and the fact that she would still have to go about her day with them without being able to question any of it was, in a word, suffocating.
Indeed, this was bearing down on her mental health.
She returned to Blue's cloud house along with him and her sister after the club hours ended. She noticed that her sister seemed to want to probe her about that night’s incident but it was only for a couple of days after that event.
These days her attention seemed to be on something else though Clara hadn't paid much attention to it as she considered it a relief since she was spared from having to even utter a word of it.
At the cloud house, they all went with their usual night routine. Her mother exited his Home skill and conversed with them about their day, they talked for some time before going back to freshen up and having dinner together. They then said their goodnight before retreating to each other's room.
Clara had now permanently shifted to this cloud house however after that night she somewhat regretted it but she couldn't just up and return back to her place as that would seem kind of cold towards her family as everybody had developed a habit of staying under the same roof since the pair enrolled in the academy.
She thought that tonight was another typical one where she went to bed with all sorts of complicated thoughts in her mind. Especially the scenes of that night would keep playing even though she wanted to forget about it. This brought about very strange thoughts in her mind about him sometime which she felt extremely guilty about.
Surprisingly, it wasn't the case as after about an hour she got a call from Blue who told her to go to the rooftop as he was waiting for her there. Apparently he wanted to talk about a very important matter with her alone.
She pondered for a moment before agreeing to meet him in this late night. She was honestly curious as to why his tone sounded so serious during the call.
Anyways, she could just ask him there. As she walked up the stairs a speculation hit her and she frowned as she thought out loud,
“Earlier, Karla wanted to probe about that matter but she stopped for a while and now Blue all of a sudden wants to have serious discussion privately. Don't tell me he also wants to talk about that night’s incident like her? Surely not, right!? I can't have such a conversation with him though!!”
Her footsteps slowed down as she somewhat nervously pushed the door to the rooftop open and saw the figure of him under the moonlight.
His back was facing her and the mood was especially heavy.
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Blue sat down on the small stool he took out of his inventory and gestured Clara to sit down as well.
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He showed her a solemn expression as if what he wanted to talk about with her was extremely serious. This put quite a bit of pressure on her from the sheer amount of speculations she was probably having in her mind.
Actually, it was indeed a serious talk as he wanted to complete her side mission tonight without any issue. He even got to cooking for the night and put the remaining two in a deep slumber where they wouldn't be waking up until someone, with immense effort, tried waking them up. They were basically out cold till the early morning of tomorrow.
After Clara sat down with a hint of caution in her posture he got to the point,
“I have noticed that you feel uncomfortable around us for the past two weeks.”
As he revealed her inner feelings that she thought to have hidden perfectly her face became complicated for a second before returning to normal as she replied,
“No, I don't. You must have thought wrong.”
At her answer he shook his head gently as he pressed on,
“Please don't lie about this. It is not just me but Karla also noticed it. She is just too awkward to bring this matter up.”
“... So it was Karla who asked you to talk to me about it?”
“No, she is unaware. It was my own decision. Clara, I want to ask you a question. This matter actually relates to the incident of that night, right?”
At his serious question she seemed visibly startled as if she was a thief who got caught red handed. She however quickly shook her head in denial,
“I don't know what you're talking about. Which night? I don't remember anything important happening recently.”
“Sigh… when you and Miss Laura saw us making love on the stairway.”
He put a hand on his face as he lowered his head a bit and revealed in a low voice that had the slight tinge of shyness mixed in it. With such detailed acting he truly looked like he was very embarrassed to have been witnessed during sex of that night.
Clara's eyes went wide and her mouth made an “o” shape as she couldn't believe that he admitted such a thing so openly in front of her. Never had she thought that tonight would take such a drastic turn during this late night conversation.
He knew that this girl probably wanted to beat around the bush and avoid delving into this topic but he had to drag her into reality as the side mission he got from her actually hinted towards the next main mission he would have.
[Side Mission (Clara’s Dilemma) -
Summary: The night when Clara witnessed your carnal act with her younger sister she had many sexual thoughts about you from then on. She sometimes even pictured herself having replaced her sister on that stairway of that night. She was now in a dilemma as her sister was already in a relationship with you. She felt guilty for seeing you in such a way even though it was so wrong of her. This state of mind is very harmful so you now need to step up.
Mission: Get her favorability point to 70 and make sure that it won't drop any time soon.
Time Limit: Before midterm test.
Restriction: Bloodline ability usage.
Reward: Will generate a main mission upon appraising the Blessed Womb physique]
He was obviously aware of her present state of mind so when he got the side mission it only further confirmed his previous conclusions. The reward however was what he truly looked forward to. At present he only had completed one main mission and that was back at the Outer Area.
Unsurprisingly, the second main mission also involved Laura, who was this system's beloved at this point.
Though the time limit left plenty of time for him to maneuver, he preferred to focus on a single point at the moment. Since he already had a highly dangerous core denizen, who might become an abomination, waiting to be conquered by him it was thus fitting for his current approach as he wanted to keep his focus undivided.
He truly needed to be in his top form to keep deceiving her. After all, even if he had an easy time now but when she got her past memory unlocked any slight mistake would cause him dearly during her future scrutiny.
He hadn't become arrogant enough that just because he had millions of years of experience on manipulating women he was invincible on all matters involving a female. This was nothing but hubris in his opinion. A few million years was nothing for a core denizen as even those top powerhouses in just an Inner Area didn't put much significance in the number of millions of years.
Luna's past self was naturally far more terrifying than his understanding as he would prefer overestimating his targets then ever underestimating them.
This time however he felt that any amount of overestimation by him would still result in him having yet looked down on her means. Long story short, he was on high alert because of that side mission. Trying to catch two phoenixes at the same time would result in getting none, he was a staunch supporter of this moral.
Thus he wanted to get one done for now.