Volume 7, Chapter 15 – Exposed

“Alright, alright, it’s just five levels in a row. There’s no need to make such a fuss. There are plenty more quests like this next~”

Looking at Xiaomengyao’s happy expression like she’d scored a huge bargain, Tianyin secretly felt pleased, yet her face still wore a careless look.

“Mm, Master still has quests? Hurry, give me, give me~”

After being a salted fish for a long time, Xiaomengyao finally grew interested in leveling up. After the stimulation of two consecutive bursts of rapid leveling, Xiaomengyao also started to like these quests that looked extremely difficult but were actually very easy, with extremely generous rewards.

After that, under Xiaomengyao’s intense demands, Tianyin continued to post her quests.

“Posting quest——Tianyin’s Commission, rank EX.”

“Posting quest——Tianyin’s Commission, rank EX.”

“Posting quest——Tianyin’s Commission, rank EX.”

Over the next few hours, Tianyin posted a series of quests one after another, all with an ex-rank.

And a few hours later, because she’d been a lazy bum and her level had originally lagged behind others, Xiaomengyao’s level slowly caught up to the players’ average level.

Not only that.

After Xiaomengyao caught up to the players’ average level, she quickly overtook it, and then her level instantly pulled ahead of the players’ average level.

And as Xiaomengyao completed so many quests, Tianyin also obtained quite a few quest rewards.

Among these EX-rank quests, Tianyin obtained many powerful Throne-tier items, as well as one Throne-tier item that even shocked Tianyin.

And among them, the Ascension Scroll appeared once again. Together with the first Ascension Scroll, Tianyin’s weapon, the knight sword named Victory Golden Sword, finally had a successful ascension into a Throne-tier weapon.

Of course, Tianyin wasn’t in a rush at this moment.

There was still plenty of time to work on improving her weapon, and besides, Tianyin still needed to keep collecting the prizes required for the competition.

Worth mentioning was that.

In the quests just now, besides a series of items, Tianyin also obtained a Throne-tier item that seemed like it was tailor-made for Tianyin, a skirt that only a loli would wear…

As for why she’d say that.

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That was because——

════════♡════════ ❀ Spotless and Immaculate Loli Dress ❀ ────────♡──────── ✿ Tier: Throne-tier ✿ Requirement: Loli race ✿ Attributes: ❀ Defense greatly increased ❀ Charm greatly increased ❀ Evasion greatly increased ❀ HP regeneration speed increased ❀ MP regeneration speed increased ❀ … ✿ Passive: Spotless and Immaculate. It will forever remain in the cleanest state. All filth, including dust, will not be left on the dress. This is the most suitable exclusive dress for the loli race. ════════♡════════

Yes, that’s right.

Whether it was the equipment requirement or the equipment tier, both carried the word loli. And because those words existed, it indirectly explained one thing.

“So… Master, are you from the loli race?”

That’s right, she was exposed.

All this time, Tianyin had wanted to be cautious and not leak it, her secret of being loli race… was completely exposed.

“I… I’m not, I didn’t! My race is not loli! Not that weird, weird race at all!”

Something like loli race was just way too embarrassing. Even though Tianyin had already accepted her gender as a girl, she still didn’t want to expose it, and didn’t want to admit the fact that she was from the loli race.

After all… becoming a girl was already tragic enough. Let alone becoming a delicate, soft, easy-to-push-down loli who would never grow taller…

“N-No… this isn’t real!”

“But… then why does the skirt’s attributes say there’s a requirement that only loli race can equip it?”

Xiaomengyao looked at Tianyin with the gaze she used on a suspicious target, yet those beautiful eyes also glittered with excited light.

“And Master, just now it looked like you tried equipping it, right? Even though you took it off right away, I saw it in that moment, you know~”

“Wh-When!”

Xiaomengyao’s words completely shattered Tianyin’s psychological defense line. After Xiaomengyao said that, no matter how unwilling Tianyin was to admit it, she had no choice but to admit it.

After all… Xiaomengyao had already seen it. If she’d already seen it, then even if Tianyin refused to admit it to the death, there was nothing she could do…

However, what surprised Tianyin a bit was that after she admitted she really was loli race, Xiaomengyao suddenly widened her eyes.

“Eh eh eh? Master really is loli race? I thought it was fake!”

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“What? Fake…”

At first, Tianyin didn’t react. But after blurting out a few words, Tianyin suddenly sobered up.

“Xiaomengyao, what you just said about seeing me wear this equipment was actually you tricking me?”

“Yep yep~ Because Master is so dumb, if I tease you a little, you’ll honestly admit it~ I wasn’t really expecting much, but Master’s psychological defense line is unexpectedly thin~”

Tianyin was angry, but after hearing Xiaomengyao’s explanation, she couldn’t help feeling dejected.

“Th-That’s not my fault… I thought what you said was true. And… and I really did try equipping it a bit…”

“Pfft– so that’s why Master is dumb.”

Seeing Tianyin’s dejected expression, Xiaomengyao couldn’t help covering her mouth as she laughed.

“But putting that aside, Master, why is Master loli race? This is my first time knowing there’s even a race called loli. So, does that mean a loli of loli race can only be a loli for her whole life?”

Like a curious baby, after learning about Tianyin being the loli race, Xiaomengyao started pressing for information about the loli race.

“Sh-Shut up! Don’t bring up that question again! And besides, who said loli race lolis can’t grow up? I think I can still grow, there’s still room for growth!”

Even though she said that, when she looked at Xiaomengyao, who used to be about the same height as her, now already vaguely taller than her by several centimeters… Tianyin felt an inexplicable sense of frustration in her heart.

Still, even if she felt a bit awful inside, Tianyin wouldn’t admit out loud that she couldn’t grow up.

“Uu, Master, you saying that just makes it feel like you’re trying to cover it up~ Besides, isn’t Master being loli race pretty nice? You can stay cute forever, and then when I grow up, won’t I be able to hug Master and lift you up high?”

“Wh-What hug and lift up high! Damn it, what do you take your Master for?”

Damn it, why does it feel kind of tempting.

Tianyin felt miserable inside.

Just now, Tianyin had already vaguely understood what she’d face after her loli race identity was exposed. And reality proved exactly what Tianyin had predicted.

As Tianyin’s loli race identity was exposed, Xiaomengyao also enthusiastically proposed many utterly shameful “suggestions”.

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“Master is Master, Master who’s loli race~ Oh right, Master, do you loli race have other clanmates or not?”

At this point, Tianyin was already thinking of setting up new quests to send off Xiaomengyao, this clingy little troublemaker. But while Tianyin was thinking up quests, Xiaomengyao was still by her side, pestering her with questions about the loli race.

“How would I know? So far I only know I’m the only one who’s loli race!”

What did she mean, so far. In truth, the loli race only had Tianyin. After all, this loli race was a setting made by that lolicon System back then.

“Eh~ It’s just Master alone? Then doesn’t that mean the loli race is basically extinct?”

Xiaomengyao sighed with a bit of regret.

“But the good thing is, now there’s still Master representing the loli race. Even though I don’t know what Master went through before, I believe Master can definitely revive your loli race!”

‘Huh?’

‘Who said I’m going to revive the loli race…?’

‘Besides, what does me reviving the loli race have to do with you?!’

‘And also, why is it that when we talk about the loli race, you put on that super understanding, sympathetic expression?!’

Tianyin was furious inside, and she subconsciously glared at Xiaomengyao. But Tianyin’s glare didn’t have much effect at all.

“Master, Master, it looks like you don’t really like this identity of being loli race?”

Tianyin stayed silent and didn’t want to bother with Xiaomengyao, but Xiaomengyao still warmly leaned closer.

‘Seriously… just knowing about the loli race is like discovering a new continent, do you really have to be this excited?’

With an exasperated sigh, Tianyin knew that even if she ignored Xiaomengyao, Xiaomengyao would still keep chattering at her about the loli race.

“So why do you say that?”

“It’s very straightforward, because before I knew Master, Master never said you were from the loli race.”

“Mm… it seems I really never said it.”

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Thinking back on everything she’d gone through, Tianyin realized she really had never said her race was loli.

“Right? Because Master hates the identity of the loli race, so Master was unwilling to tell us you’re loli race, right?”

“Wuu… that’s how it is.”

Actually, it wasn’t because of that.

The real reason was very straightforward. Tianyin simply didn’t want to say her race was loli, because it was just too embarrassing.

“Mm, just as expected~ If that’s correct, I pretty much know the reason why Master hates the identity of loli race~”

Her guess being confirmed by Tianyin, Xiaomengyao looked like an elite detective, wearing a confident expression like she’d already figured everything out.

“The reason? Then tell me?”

Seeing Xiaomengyao so confident, Tianyin felt she couldn’t bear to tell Xiaomengyao the truth. So she followed along with Xiaomengyao’s lead, asking her what the reason was for why she hated being loli race.

“Hehe, I’ve basically guessed it already. And the reason is actually really straightforward, it’—”

At this point, Xiaomengyao paused a little. Then her gaze landed on Tianyin’s flat chest.

“Because loli race is flat there! And Master doesn’t want to stay flat forever, right! Because Master hates your flat self, you hate the identity of loli race! Right!”

“Sh-Shut up! Shut up right now!”

Tianyin’s face turned bright red.

Translator Note

Oh ho~ The antics between Master and disciple is back~! xD