Songstress, if Melanie is not mistaken, her age this year is probably fast approaching forty, while the young girl in the photo seems to have just reached adulthood.
Wow, this doesn't even count as an old cow eating tender grass; this is practically a cow on the verge of death wanting to eat a sprout.
"Songstress, this person..." Melanie thought for a moment and decided to share her concerns with Songstress, but she got stuck on the name halfway through her sentence.
She didn't know the girl's name, not even her surname.
"Her surname is Xi."
"Hmm, how old is Miss Xi?" Melanie continued her questioning.
"She is exactly eighteen this year. 'Love of the Forest' is her first work." Songstress introduced the specifics about Little Xi.
Melanie and Leticia exchanged glances, seeing similar emotions in each other's eyes.
It seemed this Songstress was serious; she really liked that Little Xi.
"However, the age gap between you two seems to be a tiny bit large." Leticia used her fingers to gesture how much that "tiny bit" was.
"When you reached adulthood, Little Xi probably hadn't even been born yet?"
"I am an Esper, so I age more slowly. It doesn't matter."
No, that's not what we're talking about.
Leticia pressed her temples and broke down the current situation for Songstress in detail, "You haven't expressed your feelings to her, either explicitly or implicitly, right?"
"No, I'm afraid she won't like someone like me." Songstress nodded.
But behind the scenes, she had actually done quite a lot for Little Xi. For instance, the lead role in this movie was something Songstress had secured by using her personal connections.
Many people were guessing why this movie chose this fledgling, unknown young girl as the lead, but no one could guess the truth.
Who could have guessed that the Songstress, who was deliberately avoiding meeting Little Xi, would be the one behind the scenes?
Of course, Leticia didn't know any of this. "Actually, apart from the age, you and that Little Xi are quite a good match."
Both were rare beauties, and Songstress's personality seemed quite good. At least in terms of objective qualities, the two were well-matched.
As for family background, Songstress was a hero of the Human Race. Back in the day, she had cut down so many demons at the Human-Demon border that she herself was the kind of person who could act as someone else's backing.
The only problem was the age.
To put it bluntly, Songstress was old enough to be Little Xi's mother without any issue.
"For this matter, you can only do your best and leave the rest to fate." Leticia indicated that Songstress's path to love would be long and arduous, but fortunately, the difficulty wasn't the highest.
For the highest difficulty, please refer to our Malanie. Even with her peerless beauty as a cheat code, her powerful offensive for over a month hadn't made any progress, which was truly lamentable.
Songstress sighed. She knew her feelings for Little Xi were somewhat wrong, but when it came to feelings, it was a case of not turning back until hitting the southern wall.
She had to bump into it to see if the wall was harder than her skull.
"As for methods, I don't know many, and most are quite ordinary." Leticia pointed to her chest and said to Songstress, "The most crucial thing is to let the person you want to pursue know that you are sincere. Whether she accepts it or not is her business; whether you do it or not is your business."
"Don't you also know that I am sincere?" Melanie interjected sourly from the side.
Leticia immediately turned her head and rolled her eyes at Melanie. "Yes, but I don't accept your sincerity."
It seemed the relationship between these two was indeed somewhat subtle.
Seeing the interaction between Leticia and Melanie, Songstress developed great confusion about the relationship between these two girls.
If you say they don't have a good relationship, the proficiency of their bickering is higher than some couples who have been together for years. If you say they have a good relationship, it doesn't really look like it.
It just felt like it was stuck in a very strange middle ground.
A little higher would be lovers, a little lower would be ordinary friends. These two girls should be at the stage of ordinary friends who have mutual affection for each other.
Little York had already taken the initiative to express her feelings, but Little Qian's attitude of rejection was also very clear.
It was very strange; such a clear attitude of rejection had formed this current relationship, which Songstress completely couldn't understand.
The relationships between girls these days were something this old woman could no longer understand.
After the meal, Songstress was even more confused about the relationship between the two girls. Occasionally, the two would perform actions that only lovers would do, and a moment later, they would start bickering over the smallest of things.
Of course, what surprised Songstress most was a certain Malanie's appetite.
"You'll get used to it. Her appetite is like a pig's. Ah, no, pigs don't have as big an appetite as her." Watching the dumbfounded Songstress, Leticia giggled. "This meal was very good. Thank you for your generosity, Songstress."
"Ah, the advice you gave me is also very good." Songstress expressed that the advice Leticia gave her was quite useful, much of which she had never heard of before.
"It's all just theory, not tested in real combat..." Just as Leticia was thinking of being polite, the phone in her pocket suddenly rang.
At the same time, Songstress and Melanie's phones also rang simultaneously.
Exchanging glances, all three girls saw confusion in each other's eyes.
Why did they ring at the same time?
Could it be that something happened?
Leticia took out her phone first and answered the call. "Hello?"
Luna's voice came from the other end of the line. "Your Majesty, the Elf Race has made a move."
They made a move? So quickly?
Leticia glanced at the other two girls who were still on the phone and found that the expressions on their faces were not quite the same.
Melanie was similar to her, both confused and puzzled.
But Songstress was a bit anxious; she kept asking things like, "How is she? Is she seriously injured?"
"Where is it? Is anyone hurt?" Leticia asked.
"The situation is still under investigation. Now we only know that an Elf scout detonated a magic bomb at the manor where Eriko is currently living. You can ask Malanie whether Eriko is injured; she should know more than we do."
"Okay."