Aiden knew this was already Scarlet's lowest demand. Thinking it over, he finally nodded in agreement.
"Let's go, I'll send you to the car."
As he spoke, he turned his back to Scarlet and squatted down.
Although Scarlet wanted Aiden to carry her in his arms even more, she also knew that was impossible, so being carried on Aiden's back already made her very satisfied.
"As the minister of Shinra, don't you have your own car?" After carrying Scarlet for a block, Aiden suddenly thought of this.
"Of course I do, but that's too boring, isn't it?" Scarlet lay on Aiden's back, holding her high heels in one hand and the flower basket in the other, blowing air near Aiden's ear.
But as she kept blowing, her face started to blush. Because the annoyed Aiden gently pinched her thigh.
"Stop messing around." Aiden said as he lifted Scarlet's thigh slightly upward again, then took a long deep breath, inwardly sighing that Scarlet's figure was truly great.
Feeling the soft sensation of the two mounds on his back, Aiden tried hard to suppress the urge in his heart. After taking several deep breaths, he finally calmed down.
He sighed again in his heart. Compared to Aerith and Tifa, Scarlet was undoubtedly the winner.
Very soon, they arrived at the station of Sector Eight.
After entering the station, Scarlet waved her hand to make the approaching Shinra soldiers back off, then jumped off Aiden's back. With his support, she walked toward a train.
Just as she was about to board the train, Scarlet suddenly leaned her face toward Aiden again.
However, this time Aiden was prepared and directly pinched her chin with his hand.
"There are so many people are watching." Aiden frowned and said.
"Why care about the gaze of strangers?" Scarlet looked at him with a slightly resentful gaze.
Aiden gently shook his head, didn't speak, and then silently watched her board the train under the protection of the Shinra soldiers.
After the train started moving, Aiden took a long look at Scarlet who was waving at him through the train window, then turned around and left the station.
But just after leaving the station, the corner of Aiden's mouth twitched. He seemed to have forgotten to ask Scarlet for the flower money again.
On the way to the meeting spot with Aerith, Aiden noticed many people kept staring at his face, which made him feel puzzled.
"What's going on?" Aiden touched his own face. He had cleaned up thoroughly before going out today, even had Aerith help him shave.
It wasn't until he passed by a store with a floor-to-ceiling display window that Aiden understood why.
As a thoroughly mature older woman, Scarlet had a different personal aesthetic compared to fresh girls like Aerith and Tifa. She preferred bright, bold colors, whether in clothing or cosmetics.
So, reflected in the window, Aiden saw his mouth was covered in lipstick marks. He grinned, instantly making himself look like a demon who had just eaten a child.
"Phew! Good thing I caught it in time." Aiden quickly took out a tissue and wiped off the lipstick marks.
If he hadn't noticed and met Aerith with lipstick all over his mouth, even if Aerith usually didn't mind, she'd probably blow up.
"That crazy woman." After wiping off the lipstick, Aiden grumbled and continued walking toward the meeting spot.
Very soon, he arrived at the destination.
However, what was a little strange was that Aerith usually arrived early and waited for him here. But this time, he arrived at the usual time, and didn't see Aerith at all.
Aiden walked a bit further in, but still didn't see her. Immediately, a bad feeling rose in his heart. He felt like something might have happened to Aerith.
He immediately started running, heading toward the streets Aerith often visited. But before he had run very far, he saw Aerith.
Aiden was just about to greet Aerith when he noticed there was another woman beside her. The two were chatting and laughing as they walked toward the meeting spot.
"Tifa? Why is it her? Is she here scouting again?" Aiden couldn't figure it out. "But at this hour, isn't it peak business time for the bar?"
Though he couldn't figure it out, Aiden let out a sigh of relief. As long as Aerith was okay, it was fine.
At this time, the two women, chatting and seemingly in a good mood, also noticed Aiden. Without any words or eye contact between them, they simultaneously quickened their pace and ran toward Aiden.
"Meeting again, huh, Aiden." Tifa covered her slightly trembling chest, bent slightly, and greeted Aiden first.
"Don't say again, we just saw each other the day before yesterday." Looking at Tifa's posture, Aiden couldn't look away for a moment. He also felt a bit thirsty and started muttering in his heart, 'Now that I look at it, Tifa and Scarlet are neck and neck. Hmm, maybe not exactly, after all, I only eyeballed it, not very accurate…'
"But two days is already a long time." Tifa's tone sounded a bit dissatisfied, but it was hard to tell unless you listened carefully.
"So what?" Aiden felt it was a bit rude to keep staring at Tifa, so he lowered his gaze, and saw Tifa's smooth, white, and long beautiful legs.
"So she wants to invite us to her place now," Aerith noticed Aiden's gaze and glanced down at herself. The inferiority complex from comparing herself last time resurfaced in her heart.
"Now? Isn't it a bit late?" Aiden actually didn't mind, he was just worried about Aerith's foster mother, Elmyra. "Elmyra is still waiting for us to go back."
"Don't worry, I just called mom. She's fine with it." Aerith casually waved her hand. Anyway, after telling her mom she was going with Aiden, her mom agreed.
"Then…" Aiden still hesitated a little. "Then I'll tell Elmyra too, okay?"
"Geez, no need." Aerith said. "Whose mom is it, yours or mine?"
"All right then!" Aiden had nothing left to say.
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Although Sector Eight was only separated from Sector Seven by a wall, in reality, the distance was still quite far.
However, they didn't choose to take the train or bus this time, instead, they rented a cart pulled by a chocobo.
Inside the carriage, Aiden sat upright in the middle. Aerith and Tifa sat on his left and right sides.
However, both women simultaneously frowned.
Just now, while they were with Aiden, they had already smelled a strange perfume scent on him, not from each other. But since they were outside, the scent was faint and they didn't pay much attention.
But after entering the small wooden carriage pulled by the chocobo, the perfume scent immediately became strong.
Aerith and Tifa looked at each other over Aiden's shoulders and both let out a soft hmph.
Although their hmphs were soft, Aiden wasn't deaf. And sitting this close, how could he not hear? He looked at them in confusion and then smelled the perfume on his own body.
"Not going to explain?" Seeing Aiden sniff himself, Aerith asked.
"Ran into a crazy woman today, probably got stuck to me then." Aiden shrugged.
Anyway, he didn't lie, so he felt completely at ease.
"Tifa, do you believe him?" Aerith was half-suspicious and turned to ask Tifa.
Tifa looked at Aiden's expression, thought for a moment, then nodded, "I think Aiden wouldn't lie about something like this, so I believe him."
"All right then." Aerith just needed an explanation. As for believing or not, she already had her own answer.
(A/N: Harmony is most important, there will never be any harem conflicts, everything revolves around the protagonist)
Of course, this was just a small episode. Very soon, the three people in the carriage started talking and laughing again.
And chatting makes time pass quickly. Unknowingly, they entered Sector Seven and arrived near the Seventh Heaven bar.
Getting off the cart, the three walked toward the bar. Along the way, people kept greeting them, or rather, greeting Tifa.
Tifa wasn't just a goddess in the hearts of otaku in real life. In Sector Seven, she was also the perfect goddess in the hearts of many men, and even women.
"Didn't see you being this popular last time." Aiden commented.
"That's because everyone has to work during the day." Tifa said. "Everyone's gotta earn a living."
"True." Aiden nodded, then stepped forward to open the door of the Seventh Heaven bar.
Unlike last time during the day when there were only a few people inside, at night, Seventh Heaven actually looked like a real bar, crowded and lively.
Seeing them enter, Jessie, who was temporarily acting as a barmaid, ran over to complain to Tifa, "You were gone so long, I almost died from overwork."
"Aren't Barret and the others still here?" Tifa asked. Then she saw Barret drinking with another man, while his daughter Marlene stood at the side cheering "Go, Daddy!"
"Geez, I clearly told him to come help." Seeing that scene, Tifa clenched her fists in frustration and muttered softly, "The organization's broke, all the funds rely on this small bar, and he's not even working hard to make money, how infuriating."
With anger, Tifa strode toward Barret. Aiden and Aerith exchanged amused glances and followed behind.
Bang!
As soon as Tifa reached the table, she slammed her hand down on it, making the bottles and glasses on the table shake, and startling the two men drinking and little Marlene beside them.
"Ah, it's Tifa! You're back!" Barret recognized her and slurred, "Aiden and the others came?"
"Right here, Barret." Behind Tifa, Aiden raised his hand.
"Aiden, come have a drink." Barret raised his glass, but Tifa snatched it away at once.
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