Volume 1, Chapter 33 – Truly Becoming Strong

“Pfft, what do you mean by ‘enjoying a lap pillow’? Xiaoyin, your choice of words is really strange. I’m just letting you sleep on my lap, that’s all~”

“S-Sleep… sleep…”

Tianyin stammered incoherently.

Well, while it might just look like something normal between girls, Tianyin was, after all, a boy before becoming a loli.

So even though it seemed like nothing out of the ordinary, to Tianyin it was surprisingly embarrassing.

“Wuu… Rea… can you let me get up first?”

“You want to get up?”

Yivrea gently ran her fingers through Tianyin’s soft, silvery-white hair, smiling.

“Can’t Xiaoyin get up by herself? Why ask me that~”

“It’s because… because I can’t get up on my own…”

Though resting her head on the girl’s lap was indeed comfortable, Tianyin’s instincts still told her she didn’t want to be lying on Yivrea’s legs like this.

“Well, it’s actually because Xiaoyin is just too weak right now~”

After hearing Tianyin’s words, the girl naturally smiled in amusement.

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“Just rest for a bit. Right now, nothing else will come to disturb us anyway~”

“Wuu… even if you say that…”

Tianyin hesitated to speak.

But when her gaze met Yivrea’s, those eyes so gentle and warm like sunlight, she suddenly didn’t know what to say anymore.

“Well… I will… I will lie down for a while then…”

“Well, Xiaoyin being this tsundere is unexpectedly cute.”

“Hey, hey! I’m not a tsundere, okay? There’s no way I’d be one!”

Being called tsundere by Yivrea, Tianyin puffed up like a little cat with its fur standing on end, showing her tiny fangs and protesting in clear annoyance.

“You really do act like a child. Well, Xiaoyin, you should just rest properly for now. You probably can’t even walk right now~”

“W-Who said I can’t walk?!”

What a joke. As a loli, there’s no way she could admit she can’t do something!

“Well, seeing how Xiaoyin was walking just now, and since I know your body’s condition better than anyone, there’s no point in trying to deny it~”

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“Wuu… even if that’s true… even if it’s true…”

Even after hearing that, Tianyin still felt she had to come up with some excuse to argue back against Yivrea.

But her physical weakness really had gone away. That much was true.

So in the end, Tianyin couldn’t find any reasonable excuse to refute Yivrea’s words.

Well, at the root of it, she was basically admitting Yivrea was right.

“Hey, Xiaoyin.”

After a long silence, Yivrea continued to gently stroke Tianyin’s hair as she spoke softly.

“What is it, Rea?”

“Xiaoyin, you’ve been staying with me for about a month now, haven’t you?”

“Mm, yeah, it’s been a month. Come to think of it, the day I first met you feels like it just happened yesterday~”

“I feel the same. It’s like we only met just yesterday~”

“Wuu… why are you suddenly saying this, Rea?”

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Hearing that, Tianyin faintly sensed that Yivrea was about to say something important.

Why did she have that feeling… Well, it was just intuition.

“Why do I say that?”

Yivrea murmured softly, her lips curving into a faint smile.

“Because from here on, Xiaoyin’s path no longer needs me to accompany her~”

“Eh?”

Those sudden words caught Tianyin completely off guard.

“Why? Rea, why would you suddenly say something like that?”

“Because I have to leave. Actually, before I even met you, I was already planning to leave this place~ But because of you, Xiaoyin, I ended up staying here for an extra month when I should’ve left long ago~”

“Eh…”

The words Tianyin wanted to use to protest and stop her got stuck in her throat the moment she heard Yivrea’s gentle explanation.

“I see…”

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Her voice sank with disappointment.

“Well, Xiaoyin, in this past month, you’ve already learned a lot from me. From now on, I believe you’ll be able to take care of yourself~ That’s why, I can leave without worry.”

“Wuu…”

“Well, even though it’s sudden, there’s really no helping it if I have to go~”

Yivrea spoke with a faintly apologetic tone.

“But before that, I’ll take you to a nearby town. I still know a few acquaintances there. With them around, I’m sure they can take good care of you~”

“But, Rea… when will you come back?”

“Come back?”

Yivrea lowered her head and thought for a moment.

Then, she lifted her gaze and smiled with dazzling beauty.

“That will be when Xiaoyin truly becomes strong~”