Volume 1, Chapter 67 – Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense?

“Master… that thing you just did… that crouching down with hands on your head pose, was that a skill?”

After Tianyin’s legs regained feeling, Xiaomengyao obediently put her down. But at the same time, she finally voiced the question that had been bothering her.

“What are you talking about?”

“That crouching down with your head covered by your hands pose, Master…”

“Which one? What are you saying?”

Tianyin acted like she had no idea what Xiaomengyao was talking about and just kept walking ahead on her own.

Obviously, she knew the answer. She just didn’t want to say it.

“Uu…”

Seeing that, Xiaomengyao puffed her cheeks in frustration.

“Master, you’re being so dishonest… that pose must be a skill, right?”

“No, no, of course not! How could it be a skill? I don’t even know what that was!”

To be honest, when it came to feigning innocence, Tianyin had a natural advantage as a loli.

Just widening her eyes and putting on an innocent, confused face was enough to disarm anyone, even her fellow loli disciple.

“Xiaomengyao, I didn’t even know what was happening at the time, so I’m not really sure myself~”

“Master, are you sure that’s a good excuse?”

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Looking at Tianyin’s innocent expression, Xiaomengyao gritted her teeth in mild irritation.

“I saw it with my own eyes! After Master did that pose, that wild monster couldn’t even land a hit on you. So it has to be a skill!”

“No, no, no… I definitely don’t have such a ridiculously embarrassing skill, okay?!”

“Eh… Master, did you just say ‘ridiculously embarrassing’?”

“Isn’t it? That kind of Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense skill, how is that not embarrassing? I’d never want a skill like that, not in a million years!”

“Hmm… So what you’re saying is… you actually do have that Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense skill, right, Master~?”

At that, Tianyin’s face stiffened.

“Ah, wait, did I say that? No, right? I don’t have that kind of skill, okay?”

“Really? But from what you just said, you already admitted it, you know~”

Indeed, Tianyin’s own words had completely exposed the fact that she did, in fact, possess the skill 【Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense】.

Since that much was confirmed, Xiaomengyao decided to skip over the part where her Master denied it and move straight to asking why Tianyin refused to admit it.

“Master, you clearly have that skill. Why won’t you just admit it?”

“I told you, I don’t have that kind of embarrassing skill… ugh…”

Just as Tianyin was about to continue denying it, she suddenly felt something sweet in her mouth.

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After reflexively biting down, she realized her little loli wife had stuffed a piece of candy into her mouth.

“Master, is it really that hard to just be honest about something?”

Her question was blunt and to the point.

And as a proud loli herself, Tianyin was determined to protect her dignity as a Master. There was no way she’d sell herself out just like that… however…

Her disciple suddenly pulled out a handful of candies of different flavors from her System inventory like performing magic.

“Mmm mmm mmm mmm…”

With a candy in her mouth, Tianyin mumbled something unclear, but her eyes grew brighter and more determined.

It was as if she were saying, “No matter how much you tempt me, disciple, I won’t yield to you!”

“Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm… mmm mmm…”

“Master, are you finally admitting it? Good girl~ all these candies are yours!”

Hearing Tianyin’s muffled mumbles, Xiaomengyao nodded in satisfaction and handed over the pile of candies.

“Hold onto them, okay? Don’t drop them. If they fall on the ground, you can’t eat them anymore, Master.”

At those words, Tianyin’s eyes sharpened. She carefully stored the candies into her System inventory.

“Wuu…”

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At last, after finishing the candy in her mouth as quickly as possible, Tianyin could finally speak clearly again.

“Wait, when did I ever admit it?! You just know my weakness! Whenever I see candy, my brain automatically stops working! There’s no way I’d confess under those conditions!”

Yes, having spent a lot of time taking care of Tianyin, Xiaomengyao knew her Master’s weaknesses inside out.

In fact, she probably understood Tianyin even better than Tianyin herself.

“But Master, I also know your favorite trick is feigning innocence! So, you can’t fool your disciple this time~”

“Wuu…”

She had a point. With the sweetness of the candy still lingering in her mouth, Tianyin’s brain hadn’t fully recovered from its sugar overload.

For a moment, she didn’t know how to refute her loli disciple’s words.

After thinking it over, Tianyin decided it was best to just come clean.

She was about to open her mouth when her disciple’s voice interrupted her.

“Well, I was just curious about that Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense skill. You don’t need to act like it’s a matter of life and death, Master… never mind, I don’t wanna ask anymore…”

Tianyin’s face immediately darkened.

“Ahhhhhhh! I was literally about to tell you, and now you suddenly don’t wanna hear it anymore?!”

And just as she shouted that, Xiaomengyao, who had been watching her Master’s flustered reaction, suddenly froze, her face turning strange.

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“M-Master…”

“Hm? What’s wrong?”

“Master, do you think there could be someone crawling out of the ground in this world?”

“Someone crawling out of the ground? Haha, Xiaomengyao, what are you even talking about? And don’t try to change the topic! I still need to explain to you how I ended up with the Hug-Your-Head Crouch Defense skill!”

“No… no, Master… behind you…”

Seeing her disciple’s serious expression, Tianyin turned around in confusion.

And the sight before her eyes was something truly, truly, truly, truly, truly, truly, truly bizarre.

That was…

A person…

Or more precisely, a girl, no, a small girl about the same height as Tianyin herself, slowly…

Crawling…

Out of the ground…