Volume 1, Chapter 57 – Some Jerk Said I’m a Loli

To be honest, the thought of having a little loli disciple following her around, serving tea and helping out, made Tianyin a little tempted.

Originally, Tianyin had planned to leave alone.

Although she’d promised Yivrea she would stay here and behave, judging from the current situation, even Tianyin didn’t know when Yivrea would return.

Besides, from Tianyin’s own perspective, not going out to see the world at least once would truly be a shame.

And more importantly.

There was someone Tianyin wanted to find.

To be precise…

A girl.

The one who reached out her hand and helped her when she was at her weakest and most helpless…

Anyway, back to the main point, after hearing her loli disciple’s suggestion, Tianyin, who had intended to travel the world alone, couldn’t help but feel moved.

She had to admit, having a cute little disciple tagging along and running errands for her did sound pretty nice~

“Well… since you’ve said it like that…”

Tianyin cleared her throat lightly, her expression turning a little awkward.

“Then I’ll… reluctantly take you with me.”

She didn’t really know what else to say, but since things had come to this, agreeing to her disciple’s request didn’t sound so bad either.

Though, by the way…

“Wuu… but if that’s the case, will your brother agree?”

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That was a question worth thinking about. After all, her impression of that player named Duansheng Tingyu was… someone extremely hot-tempered.

To be precise, impulsive.

Wuu…

Hearing that, the black-haired loli Mengyao showed a troubled expression.

“My brother… um… if I talk to him nicely, he should agree?”

“‘Should’ agree?”

Tianyin instantly caught those words.

“Uu… I’ll go ask him…?”

In Subworld, there was a peculiar rule.

If players wanted to log out, they had to find a place where no NPCs could see them before they could safely log off.

Of course, players had long complained about this ridiculous setting, but no matter how much they ranted, they couldn’t change the official’s brain-dead design.

Sure, some had tried forcibly disconnecting in the real world to log off.

But when they did, even though their consciousness left the game, the System would automatically move their in-game body to a location with no NPCs to complete the logout.

So in the end, besides complaining, players could do nothing about it.

When Mengyao said she’d go “ask,” Tianyin immediately understood, she was going to talk to her brother.

But judging from what she said earlier, even as his sister, she hadn’t spoken much with her brother lately.

“Wuu… I see. Then, if your brother agrees, you can come with me~”

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“Mm-hmm, got it, Master~”

Hearing that, Mengyao’s face lit up with joy.

After all, to her, other than her brother, the only family she had left, the only one who mattered was her NPC master standing before her.

Even if her master was just an NPC, in Mengyao’s eyes, this little girl was her true teacher.

If she could travel across the world alongside her master, Mengyao would gladly do it a thousand times over~

With that thought, Mengyao said goodbye to Tianyin and returned to her room to log off.

As for why, of course, she was going to find her brother.

……………

“Uu…”

Opening her eyes, Mengyao slowly sat up from her bed.

She removed the headset connecting her to the virtual world, then looked around her spotless, neatly arranged room. Aside from some basic furniture, there was almost nothing else.

“Uu… I need to talk to my brother properly about this…”

She murmured softly to herself, brushing her long black hair back behind her ear. Beneath her long eyelashes, her beautiful and clear eyes gleamed like dark gemstones.

She lowered her hand and, with some effort, pushed herself upright.

Her face grew a little pale as she finally moved toward the edge of the bed.

Beside her bed, a floating chair hovered silently a few dozen centimeters above the floor.

“Uu… without my brother, it’s a little hard…”

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Muttering softly, Mengyao carefully lifted herself, moving her whole body onto the chair.

And only then did it become clear, beneath that pure white dress of hers, the beautiful girl had no legs at all…

“Uu…”

A soft, pained sound escaped her lips, her face turning even paler. But even so, she managed to transfer herself fully onto the floating chair.

“There… now I can go find my brother.”

She murmured again, and the chair began to move forward under her control, gliding smoothly through the air.

When she reached the door, just as she was about to open it, her hand barely raised when—

The door opened first.

“Xiaoyao?”

A man’s voice, complicated yet surprised.

“Xiaoyao, why did you suddenly come out?”

“B… brother…”

Mengyao’s voice trembled slightly, a little panicked. After all, her brother had told her not to leave her room carelessly.

“Brother… I… I…”

“It’s fine, Xiaoyao, don’t blame yourself too much. But tell me, why did you suddenly want to come out of your room?”

“Uu… I came to find you, brother. I have something to talk about…”

“Something? What is it?”

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And so, Mengyao told him everything, her wish to travel the world together with her master in the game.

“And you, Xiaoyao? What do you want?”

After listening, the man’s expression didn’t change at all. He simply asked another question.

“I… I want to go first… I want to travel with my master. After all, this world… I’ve already…”

“Well… if that’s what you want, as your brother, I’ll support you completely～”

“So go on, Xiaoyao. Enjoy traveling through the world with your cute loli master.”

“Mm-hmm, I understand, brother…”

…

Meanwhile, while her little disciple was off asking for permission, the idle loli Tianyin had begun making potions.

Though her success rate was pitifully low due to lack of proficiency, even failed attempts still granted a bit of experience.

However…

“Achoo!”

Just as she was mixing potions, Tianyin suddenly sneezed.

“Who… who’s the jerk calling me a loli behind my back?!”

Well, from Tianyin’s perspective, a sudden sneeze could only mean some bad guy somewhere must’ve just called her a loli again…