Volume 1, Chapter 3 – Fateful Encounter

Because the light inside the house was dim, the moment the door was pushed open, a blinding light flooded in.

“Ugh—”

Tianyin let out a cute cry as the sudden brightness made it impossible for her to open her eyes.

“Ugh… it’s… it’s so uncomfortable…”

Muttering to herself, Tianyin leaned against the door and instinctively rubbed her eyes with her small hands, trying to adjust to the harsh light.

It took quite a while before her eyes finally adapted to the brightness outside.

Honestly, the frailty of this loli body was suffocating in every possible way…

After spending such a long time adjusting to the surrounding light, Tianyin could finally take a good look at the world of this game.

What came into view was a cluster of houses made from cut stone, scattered randomly along the side of a river.

To be precise, what she saw before her was a village.

And the reason she knew this was simple, because the name displayed on the System’s map was “Beginner Village…”

Its full name was “No.649731695341 Beginner Village.”

“……”

Just seeing that ridiculously long number made Tianyin instantly realize how many similar villages must exist in this game world…

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“Hmm… now’s not the time to be wondering why the village’s number is so long! What matters now is finding food! Food is top priority right now!”

She shook off the urge to complain, there wasn’t a second to waste.

“Hmm… since this is a Beginner Village, maybe I can try asking some NPCs for food?”

When thinking about finding food, it naturally reminded Tianyin of the common setting where NPCs could usually be found in beginner villages.

So, going to find those NPCs for help seemed like a reliable solution to her food problem.

Saying and doing were the same thing for her, before she became a loli, Tianyin, as a boy, had always been a decisive and action-driven pretty boy~

Since she now had a plan to solve the issue, her next goal was clear: find the NPCs.

With that thought in mind, Tianyin took her first step forward~

But in the very next second, she felt something hard blocking the tip of her raised left foot.

For just a fraction of a second, her left foot got caught, and in that brief moment, her body leaned forward.

That small misstep triggered a chain reaction, her center of gravity shifted forward, speeding up her tilt.

The faster her body tilted forward, the faster her balance collapsed.

And as her body leaned further and her center of gravity moved faster and faster—

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Thud!

Her long silver hair fluttered down, covering the small girl who had just fallen flat on the ground like a blanket.

“-5”

Along with the sound of her fall, a crimson number slowly floated up from above her small head.

Because she had fallen forward, Tianyin’s face was pressed directly against the ground.

At that moment, she lay flat on her stomach, looking completely pitiful…

She could feel the pain spreading throughout her fragile body from the unprotected impact on her chest… and in the corner of her vision, her HP bar on the Status Bar had gone from 9/10 to 4/10 in an instant…

Remembering that she used to be a boy, only to now be reborn as such a fragile little loli…

For a moment, Tianyin was filled with a swirl of emotions, an inexplicable bitterness rising in her chest.

The next second, still lying on the ground with half her HP gone, a deep sadness welled up inside her.

“Uu… uwaahhh…”

Maybe it was because she had turned into a loli, but the overwhelming sadness finally broke through her restraint, and she burst into tears with a loud cry.

Yeah… with such a fragile body… if just tripping on flat ground could take away half her HP, how was she supposed to survive in this harsh game world?

Tianyin still remembered what that glowing Light Orb that called itself the System God had told her before descending into this world.

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“Players who represent humans can revive and respawn when their HP reaches zero.”

“But for NPCs like you, when your HP hits zero, it means Game Over.”

“Uwaahh… uwuuu…”

The more time passed, the sadder she felt. Yet, as her crying went on, the tears eventually began to slow down.

Gradually, her crying turned into quiet sobs.

Though she looked calmer after crying her heart out, who could truly understand the sorrow she still carried inside?

Choking back tears, Tianyin slowly pushed herself off the ground with her arms. Her dress had become messy from the fall, and her silver hair was now in disarray.

Just as she was about to stand up, a warm hand gently rested on top of her head.

“Eh…?”

Tianyin blinked in surprise and tilted her small face upward, staring blankly at the person who had placed their hand on her head.

What she saw was a girl.

A breathtakingly beautiful girl dressed in dark green leather armor, with a finely carved wooden longbow slung over her back. Her dark hair flowed loosely down her back.

Though Tianyin didn’t understand why the girl had suddenly placed her hand on her head, the warmth and gentle stroking of that palm made her feel strangely comforted. For some reason, she didn’t want to stop her.

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“Don’t cry, okay? Don’t cry. Hey, can you tell big sister why you’re crying?”

That voice was soft and ethereal, like a whisper from a secluded valley. Hearing it, Tianyin felt her heavy sadness slowly begin to fade away.

“…U-um… hand… your hand…”

Tianyin opened her mouth and spoke in a shy, timid voice.

Hearing her small voice, the girl smiled softly and withdrew her hand naturally.

“Hey, I don’t know what made you so sad, but if there’s something difficult you can’t tell anyone else, you can always tell me, okay?”

“U-uhh…”

The girl’s sudden appearance and her gentle concern left Tianyin feeling flustered and confused.

Not knowing how to respond, she instinctively let out a small, adorable sound as an answer.

“You don’t want to say? …Well, that’s understandable. After all, I’m just some stranger who appeared out of nowhere. So, in that case—”

The girl paused, then gave Tianyin a radiant, sweet smile.

“Let me introduce myself first then. I’m Xingyu Muxi, a veteran gamer…”