Volume 7, Chapter 7 – Unshackling

As a familiar girl’s voice rang out, she looked in the direction it came from, and an elf girl with a gentle smile was standing right at the courtyard entrance.

“Eh… Sister Xiaomu?”

“It’s me~ What’s wrong, Xiaoyin? You look like you’ve got something you want to say to me?”

Her tone was very gentle, but for some reason, Tianyin faintly smelled danger.

Danger!

In Tianyin’s heart, a huge “Danger” word slowly rose up.

Seeing that Tianyin didn’t answer her and instead looked lost in thought, Xingyu Muxi’s gaze flickered, her eyes narrowing slightly.

“I just now heard it sounded like Xiaoyin was planning to give up?”

“What’s wrong, are you planning to quit halfway, Xiaoyin?”

Only then did Tianyin finally understand where that unexplainable “danger” was coming from.

Because the source of that “danger”… was Sister Xiaomu, who had just arrived!

“Th-That’s not quitting halfway at all, Sister Xiaomu! I absolutely think Xiaomengyao’s suggested method isn’t effective, and it doesn’t help my plan in any way… So I suggest changing to a different method!”

Indeed, being told by Xiaomengyao to put on all kinds of cute-style outfits and skirts, and even strike all kinds of embarrassing poses… even if it was for promoting herself among the player community in the real world, Tianyin still couldn’t accept that kind of method.

After all, Tianyin was a first-tier Throne-tier, so how could she possibly bring herself to do things that would damage her dignity?

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“Mhm, mhm, so what Xiaoyin means is that you’re going to change to another method? Well, there are methods, but I just don’t know whether Xiaoyin is willing or not~”

“Compared to making me wear over-the-knee socks, I’d rather use some other method!”

Even though she felt uneasy about the “other method” Sister Xiaomu mentioned, Tianyin still decided to trust her Sister Xiaomu.

After all, Sister Xiaomu was the person Tianyin trusted most in this world.

“I understand your decision, Xiaoyin. Since you’re planning to change methods, then let’s change it. But I’m also a little worried you might not adapt to those methods, Xiaoyin.”

Since Tianyin had patted her chest and declared her resolve, Xingyu Muxi didn’t plan on letting Tianyin down. However, the words Xingyu Muxi said made Tianyin feel like she’d boarded a pirate ship.

“Xiaoyin, idols need a special skill. But in our world, how many skills an idol needs doesn’t really matter.”

“Eh? There’s a saying like that?”

To be honest, Tianyin didn’t really understand anything about idols. Hearing Xingyu Muxi explain it to her so seriously, Tianyin did her best to keep an attitude of humble learning.

“Of course. Being an idol is actually very hard. First, as an idol, Xiaoyin, you have to have skills other people aren’t good at~”

“Second, as an idol, Xiaoyin, you have to have strengths that others like and chase after.”

“Finally, as an idol, Xiaoyin, you have to have the resolve to become an idol.”

After listening to Xingyu Muxi’s extremely brief theory, Tianyin, who trusted Xingyu Muxi a hundred percent, nodded without thinking.

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“I understand!”

“You understand?”

Xingyu Muxi looked at Tianyin with some surprise.

“I more or less understand, Sister Xiaomu. I thought carefully about what you just said, and it seems like I have all of those traits.”

“If so, tell me.”

Hearing Tianyin admit she had the traits to become an idol, Xingyu Muxi asked with curiosity.

And Xiaomengyao, who’d been left to the side all day, and the tough Lucifa also leaned in with curious faces, as if they wanted to hear Tianyin’s take.

“What you said, Sister Xiaomu, was that to become an idol you need skills other people aren’t good at, right? I thought about it, and I think I know quite a lot. Before, I learned a lot of Life Skill stuff from Yivrea! Things like Pharmacy, Tailoring, Gathering, Appraisal Skill, and so on.”

“I feel like just these Life Skill things are generally stuff those outsiders wouldn’t know, right?”

Hearing Tianyin’s explanation, Xingyu Muxi smiled with her brows and eyes, nodded, and didn’t refute Tianyin’s reasoning.

“Mm… that’s true.”

“We outsiders seem to be obsessed with leveling up. Even those who specialize in Life Skills only specialize in one. It’s rare to see someone like Xiaoyin who knows so many Life Skills.”

“If you look at it from that angle, Xiaoyin isn’t wrong.”

“Right~!”

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Subconsciously ignoring Xiaomengyao’s slightly stunned expression, Tianyin felt extremely pleased by Sister Xiaomu’s approval.

“The second point, strengths that make others chase after you and like you. Even though I don’t want to admit it, I still know myself. As for strengths, for me there’s actually only one.”

At this point, Tianyin’s tone paused slightly.

“That is… I am… I am… v-very cute!”

Pitiful enough to melt hearts, this was the first time Tianyin had admitted out loud the obvious fact that she was very cute.

“Pfft. Then what about the last point?”

Seeing Tianyin’s serious expression as she admitted she was very cute, Xingyu Muxi couldn’t help covering her mouth and laughing softly.

Not only Xingyu Muxi, Xiaomengyao beside her also quietly laughed.

Of course, the timid-looking Lucifa seemed to have bitten her tongue just now, so while there were still tears at the corners of her eyes, she also looked blank, as if she had no idea what was going on.

“Ah… what’s so funny? I’m admitting I’m cute! Isn’t that totally normal?!”

“Pfft… Didn’t Xiaoyin used to resist the word cute a lot? Now you suddenly say you’re cute like it’s only natural, that contrast is way too interesting… pfft…”

Sister Xiaomu’s words made sense, and Tianyin had nothing to say for a moment.

Of course… since she’d already forced herself to admit she was cute, there was no way Tianyin could deny it again.

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Even though she was a little annoyed inside, at this moment, Tianyin suddenly felt that being cute didn’t seem like a bad thing at all.

Seriously, why had she always been tangled up in unsolvable problems like gender and loli before?

After she figured it out, Tianyin felt her thoughts instantly become clear. And as she stopped being troubled by those issues, Tianyin also felt as if some shackle in her heart had disappeared.

Just as Tianyin began to sense the changes in her inner world, Sister Xiaomu, who had been chuckling, also stopped.

“Mm… I more or less understand what you mean, Xiaoyin. If we go by what you said, Xiaoyin really does have a big chance of becoming an idol.”

“However, if you want to truly be welcomed by others, then next you’ll have to fully bring out your cute strength, Xiaoyin~”

“Mm. If it’s using the advantage of being cute, I probably know what to do.”

After hearing Xingyu Muxi’s words, Tianyin nodded thoughtfully.

Translator Note

Oh no, Xiaoyin began accepting her gender~ TvT