Volume 1, Chapter 59 – Master’s Soft Body Is So Cute

“Master, Master~”

In a daze, a tiny, unbelievably cute girl came running over with quick, light steps.

Hearing that familiar voice, Tianyin paused her potion-making.

“Wuu… Xiaomengyao, back already?”

“Mmhm! Master, Master, my brother said yes!”

Just from her tone alone, one could tell the girl was in a very good mood.

Her beautiful eyes curved adorably like crescent moons as the girl called Xiaomengyao walked up behind Tianyin.

“Master, Master, when are we going to leave?”

“Wuu… these things… aren’t that urgent yet~”

Tianyin answered honestly.

After all, her Life Skills weren’t yet at the level she wanted. Her plan was to get all of her Life Skills to rank A before thinking about setting out.

“Eh, is that so? Then, Master, do you have a specific time in mind?”

“A specific time…”

Tianyin thought for a moment. She had a pretty good grasp of her own skill progress. Now that she no longer needed to spend time collecting materials, her improvement speed had definitely gone up.

Even so, it would still take several days before all her Life Skills reached A rank.

“Probably in about a week.”

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In the end, Tianyin gave a reliable estimate.

According to her calculations, four or five days would have been enough, but considering possible unexpected delays, she figured a week was a safer number to say.

“I see, a week then…”

Having gotten her answer, the girl behind her stretched out her little hands and began gently playing with Tianyin’s long silver hair that reached her waist.

“Wuu… Xiao… Xiaomengyao… w-what are you doing…”

Being touched so suddenly, Tianyin’s small face flushed bright red before she realized it.

“S-s-s-so sudden… what are you trying to do…”

“Uu~ Master’s hair’s a bit messy~ I just wanted to help you tidy it up~”

“E-Even if that’s the case, you can’t just go touching someone’s hair like that!”

Feeling the girl’s delicate fingers brushing through her hair, Tianyin couldn’t explain why, but she felt incredibly embarrassed.

“Uu… Master, why is your face so red?”

“R-Red… it’s n-n-n-not red at all! You must be seeing things!”

Come on, it was just a little embarrassing, that’s all! It’s not like she was so embarrassed she’d blush, right?

“Uu~ then how about we change your look a little, Master?”

“Change my look? What look? I think I look fine as I am.”

To be precise, if possible, I’d rather look like a boy…

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Tianyin muttered silently in her heart.

“Master, Master, how about twin-tails… ah, that’s right, you said before you didn’t like twin-tails…”

Playfully sticking her tongue out, the girl smiled.

“Then how about a ponytail, Master~”

“Eh? Why tie it up? Isn’t it fine to just leave it down?”

To be honest, Tianyin preferred having her hair down rather than tied up.

“With a ponytail, Master will look even cuter~”

Honestly, those words sounded like she was trying to lure someone into something.

But since the conversation was happening between two lolis, it just felt oddly funny.

“No, no, no changing looks. I think I look fine already… okay, stop messing around with that~”

To Tianyin, looking “cuter” didn’t matter at all. What she actually minded was how troublesome tying up hair could be.

By the way, Tianyin was a very lazy loli~

“Xiaomengyao, why do you suddenly want to change how I look? Wouldn’t it be better to spend that effort doing something more useful?”

“Ehehe~ this is useful too~”

The girl giggled, then suddenly spread her arms and hugged Tianyin tightly from behind.

At that moment, one could see, or rather, realize, that Tianyin was actually one or two centimeters shorter than the girl.

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“Wuu… what are you… doing… hugging me all of a sudden…”

Caught off guard by the back hug, Tianyin’s mind blanked out. Even though she was aware she was also a girl now, being hugged like this shouldn’t be that big of a deal…

But deep down, she had once been a boy. So no matter what, her face still turned red anyway.

“Ehehe, Master’s embarrassed~”

“I-I’m not! There’s no way I’m embarrassed! No way!”

“Master’s a dummy. Dummy Master is totally embarrassed~”

“S-Stop it, Xiaomengyao! Let go already! If you keep hugging me like this, as your Master, I’ll get mad!”

She wasn’t actually angry. It was just that right now, Tianyin still couldn’t handle being hugged by a little girl like this.

No… to be exact, she couldn’t accept it! That she was completely defenseless! Being hugged! By a little girl! Like this!

And she was supposed to be the Master! The Master!

Being held so helplessly, no matter how much she wanted to struggle, she couldn’t break free at all…

“No matter what Master says, I don’t want to let go~”

A playful voice whispered into her ear.

“Master’s body is so soft~ it feels even better than hugging a pillow~”

“I-I’m your Master, not some kind of pillow!”

For some reason, being described like that made Tianyin feel like all her dignity was about to crumble away.

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“And Master smells so nice too~ hugging you like this, I bet I’d sleep really well~”

“I said I’m not a pillow! And let me go already!”

“Uu… just a bit longer, Master~ let me hold you a little more, okay?”

That was the only reply she got.

Since Tianyin couldn’t break free from Xiaomengyao’s hold anyway, she could only resign herself and allow the girl to hug her for a while longer.

“Wuu… but… but… I’m supposed to be the Master…”

For some reason, Tianyin felt like she was the most pathetic Master ever. She couldn’t help but doubt whether she was even fit to be one at all.

After all, what kind of Master gets hugged by her disciple? Completely defenselessly? No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t escape…

I might just be… the most hopeless Master in history…

She thought gloomily, a tiny, frustrated tear forming in her heart.

Meanwhile, the adorable girl holding her smiled warmly without realizing it.

“Really~”

“What a silly Master~”

But Tianyin didn’t hear those last words…