Chương 22: /5 – The Day of the “Family Perfume”

Chapter 22/1 – The Day of the "Family Perfume" Harley had the idea of creating a perfume that "smells like all of us together." Ingredients put into a little bottle: - garden flower petals (Sylvara) - a strand from Rina's tail - a scale from Marina - a strand of Lysithea's silver hair - a drop of Joker's saliva (he insisted it was "for good luck") - a tear of happiness from Harley - a tiny piece of Graciela's mustache (stolen while she slept) The perfume ended up smelling like forest + hot chocolate + hug.

Lysithea sprays it on her pillow every day. Reading on this site? This novel is published elsewhere. Support the author by seeking out the original. Chapter 22/2 – The Affection Race Game invented by Joker: each child has 60 seconds to make Lysithea laugh or cry from emotion. Whoever succeeds wins a "love medal" (a flower taped to the chest with ribbon).

Records: - Harley: tickled her until Lys almost peed → gold medal - Joker: gave a bear hug and said "you're my favorite place in the universe" → Lys cried in 4 seconds - Marina: released steam in the shape of a giant heart → special medal" The younger children entered the "why?" phase. Lysithea answered everything with infinite patience until… Rina: "Why is the sky blue?" Lysithea: "Because the gods spilled happiness ink." Astrid: "Why do we have to sleep?"

Joker (answering for her): "So we can dream about each other all day long." Harley: "And why is Sister Lys so kind?" Lysithea (blushing): "Because you taught me how to be." Five seconds of total silence… followed by a group hug that nearly cracked her ribs. Chapter 22/4 – The Secret Garden of Stars Joker and Harley took everyone to the roof on a moonless night. They used magic to stick glow-in-the-dark paper stars on the bedroom ceiling.

In the morning, when the children woke up, the ceiling was full of stars that truly glowed. Lysithea walked in, saw it, and simply lay down on the floor to stargaze with them. They spent the entire breakfast looking at the "sky inside the house." Chapter 22/5 – The Day of the Broken Crown Lysithea found her old novice nun's crown broken on the floor (Astrid's rough play was to blame). She panicked because it was a gift from the mother superior. The children mysteriously disappeared for two hours.

They returned with the crown repaired… and now with 8 colorful little stones glued on (each child added their own stone). Joker: "Now it's the strongest crown in the world, because it has a piece of each of us." Lysithea still wears it to this day.