Volume 1, Chapter 20 – About to Leave

After that wave-like rush of weightlessness struck, Tianyin’s vision was completely engulfed by the light that the girl had summoned with a wave of her hand.

When the light faded and the sensation of weightlessness slowly disappeared, what appeared before her eyes was no longer that strange and unfamiliar space where she had met the girl named Weilan.

Instead, she was once again standing at the floating dungeon vortex near the edge of the beginner village.

“Xiaoyin!”

A familiar voice suddenly called out beside her, and in the next instant, Tianyin was suddenly lifted up tightly into someone’s embrace…

Yes, lifted up, her feet leaving the ground!

“Eh… S-S-S-Sister Xiaomu… too high, too high…!”

Feeling both of her feet leave the ground, realizing that she was about to experience the legendary “lift up high,” Tianyin instantly panicked.

“Please… please don’t do that…”

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“Sorry… I got a little too excited, Xiaoyin…”

Noticing the panic in Tianyin’s voice, the girl quickly apologized and gently set her down on the ground.

“It’s just… when you suddenly disappeared, and even after I forcefully quit the dungeon, I still couldn’t find you anywhere… I thought something terrible had happened to you…”

Though she had shown calmness and indifference when facing the players from the Xuanyuan Alliance earlier, at the end of the day, Xingyu Muxi was still a girl. No matter how mature or composed she appeared, when someone important to her suddenly vanished, panic was only natural.

Even though it had only been a short time since she met Tianyin, for her, sometimes even a brief connection could become far more precious than bonds built over many years.

“Well… but see, Sister Xiaomu, I didn’t get into any trouble. I’m totally fine~”

“Mhm, as long as Xiaoyin’s safe, I can finally relax~”

The girl smiled in relief.

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“But from now on, I’m not taking Xiaoyin to any more dungeons. In fact, to properly stay by your side, I don’t plan on joining any dungeon runs again.”

“Eh?”

Tianyin looked at her in surprise.

“But if you do that, Sister Xiaomu, won’t you fall way behind the other players?”

“That’s fine. It’s just a game world anyway. Even if I fall behind, it doesn’t matter, as long as Xiaoyin’s still here, that’s enough~”

“Uu…”

Hearing that so suddenly, Tianyin lowered her head shyly.

“Even… even so, you still shouldn’t stop going to dungeons…”

“Well, Xiaoyin, it was my fault you suddenly disappeared in that dungeon vortex earlier. So from now on, I definitely won’t take you with me into any dungeons again. Of course, that means I won’t go to dungeons alone either~”

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“Uu…”

Tianyin didn’t know what to say anymore. Even though the girl before her was speaking so earnestly about never letting her out of her sight, there were some things that couldn’t be stopped just by promises alone.

“Sister Xiaomu?”

Having made up her mind to tell the girl the truth, that she would soon have to leave the beginner village, Tianyin took a slow, deep breath.

“Sister Xiaomu… actually, soon, I’ll be leaving this place.”

“Leaving?”

Hearing Tianyin’s sudden words, Xingyu Muxi froze for a moment, unable to react.

“Leaving the dungeon entrance and going back to the beginner village?”

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Though she faintly guessed what Tianyin meant, Xingyu Muxi didn’t want to believe her own thoughts.

“No~”

Tianyin shook her head, her silver-white hair swaying softly beside her delicate little ears.

“Then… what do you mean?”

“Sister Xiaomu, you’ve already guessed it, haven’t you?”

Tianyin spoke gently.

“Soon, I’ll be leaving the beginner village. Because this place… it’s not suitable for my existence. I can’t explain more than that, but… no matter what, I have to leave this place…”