Volume 1, Chapter 56 – Master, Take Me With You

“Thanks～”

In an unknown hall, a cute silver-haired loli smiled with her eyes curved into crescents as she accepted the quest materials handed to her by a player.

A familiar notification sound from the System rang in her ears, signaling that the quest had been successfully completed.

“Masteeer…”

After turning in their quest, the players left on their own accord. As they disappeared, a soft, sweet voice called out from not far away.

“Master… I… I’m back~”

The speaker was a black-haired loli, her delicate little face blooming with a joyful smile.

“Master, I finished my job change quest~”

“Wuu… that fast?”

Wasn’t that slime supposed to be troublesome? How did she finish the quest so quickly?

Perhaps noticing the doubt in her master’s eyes, the little loli apprentice puffed out her flat chest proudly.

“I’m a hidden class, you know. Something like a slime is nothing for me~”

Well, she wasn’t wrong, but… why were you so proud when there’s nothing to puff out in the first place?

Tianyin really wanted to retort, but she wisely chose to stay silent.

“Right, Xiaomengyao, where’s your brother? Ever since I took you in as my apprentice a few days ago, I don’t think I’ve seen him again.”

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Mengyao’s brother was that greatsword-carrying player from before, Duansheng Tingyu.

To recall, the reason Duansheng Tingyu caused trouble in the first place was to help Mengyao change her job to Blood Knight. Somehow, he’d learned that Fisiel had a scroll that could grant that job change, so he went to find her for it.

But due to various twists, the person who ended up holding the power of job change was Tianyin. And so, by coincidence, Tianyin became Mengyao’s master instead…

However, since that day, Tianyin hadn’t seen Mengyao’s brother at all.

“Uu, my brother?”

When asked about her brother’s whereabouts, Mengyao lowered her head in thought.

“My brother’s been grinding levels nonstop… I haven’t really seen him these past few days…”

Since she knew Tianyin was an NPC, there were some things Mengyao didn’t say aloud.

After all, her brother in the real world was just lying in bed, his consciousness existing only within the game…

Even though her brother was technically still around, inside this virtual world, she couldn’t see what he was really doing anymore.

“I see…”

Tianyin listened quietly, then fell into thought.

“Wuu… Xiaomengyao, there’s something I want to talk to you about.”

“Eh? Something?”

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Seeing Tianyin’s unusually serious expression, Mengyao couldn’t help but become a little nervous.

“Master, is it… an important quest? Don’t worry! If it’s a quest, I’ll give it my all to help you!”

“Wait, wait. It’s not a quest, it’s something else I want to tell you…”

“Mm… then please go ahead, Master.”

“Well… actually, here’s the thing…”

Then Tianyin told her loli disciple about her plan, to travel all across the entire Main World.

“Eh…?”

As expected, her disciple’s reaction was pure shock, exactly as Tianyin had anticipated.

Although she didn’t really like people reacting with disbelief every time she mentioned wanting to travel the whole world, she had already gotten used to it.

“Wuu, don’t be so surprised. I just plan to take my time and travel around a bit, I’ll come back after I’ve been everywhere~”

Seeing her disciple’s astonished look, Tianyin smiled comfortingly.

But her disciple still looked at her with worried eyes.

Being gazed at like that, Tianyin couldn’t help but feel a little warmth inside.

And she started to think… maybe she should bring this little one along on her journey.

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“Uu… but Master, if you go wandering around like that, you might get kidnapped!”

“Pff—”

So all that worry was because you’re afraid I’ll get kidnapped?!

Wait, I’m a grown man for heaven’s sake! How could I possibly get kidnapped?!

Isn’t that way too insulting?!

“W-What kidnapping? I’m your master! How could someone like me ever get kidnapped?”

“Really?”

That suspicious look again.

“Really… really, you have to trust your master.”

“Really really really?”

“It’s really really really really true…”

For some reason, Tianyin felt a strange sense of déjà vu from this conversation.

“Uu… no way. If Master really plans to leave on a journey, then as your disciple, I have one condition!”

“Condition?”

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Tianyin blinked.

“Then say it, let me hear it first?”

“No way. What if you don’t agree? You have to promise first!”

“Eh… fine, fine, I promise, just tell me already.”

Agreeing helplessly, Tianyin sighed in her heart, lolis really were hard to handle.

Completely forgetting that she herself was one.

“My condition’s super simple, actually. Just one thing, if Master goes traveling, you have to take me with you~”

“Huh… what? Take you with me?”

“Yeah, take me with you～”

The little loli blinked her big, watery eyes pitifully.

“Master, take me with you, please? Look, I’m small, I’m hardworking, I’m cute, I talk nicely, I can massage your back and shoulders when you’re tired, pour you tea when you’re thirsty~ plus, I can cook delicious food, and before bed, I can even warm up the blankets for you~”

“Wuu…”

Even Tianyin, cold-hearted as she prided herself to be, couldn’t help but waver at such tempting conditions.