Chapter 18: What’s Going On?
Xue Feiya had a long-lost beautiful dream.
She dreamt of spreading her wings and soaring across the boundless sky, weaving through clouds and forests, flying over lakes to catch a big fish.
In an instant, the leaping big fish transformed into a nice, roasted fish!
With a big smile, Xue Fei held the roasted fish in mid-air and ate to her heart’s content.
The only dissatisfaction was that the taste of the roasted fish didn’t feel very authentic.
—How could roasted fish feel soft and fuzzy, with a milky flavor? Although holding it felt somewhat satisfying like a cotton candy, it just wasn’t genuine.
Since this was a beautiful dream, it should have been delightful until she woke up…
But in the latter half of the dream, everything changed.
The big roasted fish was gone.
What she held in her arms turned into a stone!
Wuwu, that was a cold, big stone, smooth and chilly, pressing painfully against her face!
Xue Feiya was someone who never liked to be bullied.
Since this beautiful dream had turned so annoying, she might as well stop dreaming!
In the dream… Xue Fei aimed her head at that big stone and knocked it hard with her forehead.
“Ugh!!”
Did the big stone just speak?!
No… it wasn’t the big stone that was talking.
It was Xue Feiya waking from her dream.
People who went to sleep at dawn and woke up when the noon sun was shining on their backs, Xue Feiya would call them successful individuals.
And the successful Xue Fei, due to her dissatisfaction with the “big stone” in her dream, awakened herself while still feeling drowsy.
As she slowly opened her spiritual energy-infused violet eyes…
In her grogginess, Xue Fei vaguely sensed something unusual.
Huh…? Why is it so dark?
Is it not dawn yet?
That shouldn’t be… I heard birds chirping before sleeping… it should be bright and sunny now?
The more crucial question was…
She had woken from the dream.
So why did the unpleasant feeling of the stone still linger on her face, ahhh!!
All the abnormalities snapped Xue Feiya back to her senses, and she suddenly opened her eyes wide.
The complete return of her vision made her realize it wasn’t dark yet.
From her peripheral vision in the upper corner, she could glimpse a sliver of sunlight.
She felt it was dark because something was pressed against her face, blocking most of the light.
Hey! I want to see who put a stone in front of me so early in the morning, how inconsiderate!
Xue Feiya shrank back, moving her head away from the unpleasant touch.
With that strange thing removed, light instantly flooded her entire view.
Thus, Xue Fei could see the full picture of the “stone” in front of her.
“Uh…”
A confused sound escaped her throat uncontrollably.
It was not…
What was blocking her was no stone…
Xue Fei blankly turned her head back.
Behind her, Xiya was still sleeping soundly, breathing evenly and in a graceful position.
In comparison… what was lying in front of her?
Xue Feiya turned her head back to face forward.
Starting from a pair of delicate, translucent, petite feet.
Ending with a head of dark blue starry hair.
An unblemished, yet immaturely cute face, a slender and fragile waist that seemed like it would snap if twisted.
In simple terms, lying flat in front of Xue Feiya… was an unfamiliar and wonderful creature known as “loli.”
Which had its limbs all sprawled out in an undisciplined sleeping posture; Xue Feiya couldn’t help but feel disdain.
It was probably because she had hugged this creature earlier that her face was pressed tightly against its chest, which felt like a stone.
Tsk tsk tsk, malnourished maybe!
Why was Xue Feiya able to examine her figure so closely?
Because this loli at the moment—was completely naked.
Mm…
Xue Fei fell into silent contemplation.
Who is she, where am I, why is she not wearing clothes, and why did she use that board-like chest to calculate me? Is there a strawberry donut to eat today?
These questions surged into Xue Feiya’s mind, nearly overwhelming her not-so-large brain.
In the end, Xue Feiya had an epiphany and snapped her fingers; if it were in a comic, a little light bulb representing wisdom would appear above her head.
Oh! I seem to know how to deal with this situation!
Instead of pondering about this and that regarding an inexplicably naked creature on her bed, shouldn’t she adopt a more direct response?
Xue Feiya calmed her heart and took a deep breath, then stood up and moved her fists and feet, like a morning exercise.
Then…
Her sharp gaze locked onto the little creature’s behind.
At the same time, Xue Feiya slowly stretched out her already moving little legs, stopping her foot right there, preparing to exert force.
Hoo…
In her heart, she silently said sorry.
“So who the hell are you?!”
…………………………………
At this moment, Xue Feiya felt quite innocent.
The unfamiliar loli, kicked off the bed and rolling several times before stopping, was covering her behind with a resentful expression, looking at Xue Feiya with a hint of grievance.
Meanwhile, awakened Xiya was holding the Holy Sword, coldly glaring, point the blade at the ambiguous girl in front of her, who didn’t even turn to look at her.
“Xue Fei… come behind me.”
“Ow, actually I think this guy isn’t that dangerous. Look, she can’t even wear clothes, she’s probably poorer than I am.”
“Don’t let your guard down… the protective barrier is still operating normally; how did she sneak in…?”
Xiya Let’s eyes narrowed, and a vigorous golden magic vortex swirled around her body.
A terrifying momentum bore down on the little girl, who was still staring intently at Xue Feiya, as if carried by the cold light of the Holy Sword [Siletra].
“Tell me… who you are, who sent you, and what is your purpose…”
This question did bring the little girl to turn and glance at them.
Her response, however, left Xiya Let feeling puzzled.
“You’re asking me that…? Holding a Holy Sword? Pointed at my face? Hehe, that won’t work, you know.”
“Try it and you’ll find out… uh?”
In the little girl’s vast starry eyes, a sudden burst of golden brilliance, equal to the glow of the Holy Sword, flickered.
At the same time, a surprising scene unfolded.
The once imposing Holy Sword suddenly seemed to stall, its glow fading completely, becoming indistinguishable from an ordinary sword.
Xiya hurriedly infused her magic into the sword handle, but it was as if the Holy Sword was rejecting her, unable to bear her strength.
Despite her astonishment, Xiya still resolutely stood in front of Xue Feiya.
Without the Holy Sword’s power, Xiya’s strength was the difference between the Tenth and Ninth Stages.
Even with such a vast ability gap between these two stages, it couldn’t shake Xiya’s determination to protect her treasured ones by a fraction.
“Indeed, not a simple character… Xue Fei, you first… Xue Fei?!”
Just now, she had turned back, and Xue Feiya was still behind her.
But when Xiya glanced back again, Xue Feiya had already vanished in a flash!
Following Xue Feiya’s aura, Xiya immediately turned her head back to the front.
In an instant, Xue Feiya had teleported right in front of the unfamiliar little girl.
With a gloomy expression, Xue Feiya’s eight black wings flared from beneath her dress—activating [Teleportation] caused her concealed wings to temporarily manifest.
Xiya understood; Xue Feiya was aiming to take the initiative, to subdue her opponent first and then strategize!
However, the anticipated explosion of magic did not occur.
The moment the wings appeared, awe and admiration shown in the little girl’s eyes.
But this flickering emotion didn’t have time to be captured by anyone else.
Because the little girl was once again kicked to the ground!!
Xue Feiya, barefoot, kicked repeatedly at the unfamiliar girl’s behind; with every kick accompanied by Xue Feiya’s fury and the little girl’s pained cries.
“Scary, huh?! Still trying to play riddles? Xiya is asking who you are! Can’t you speak properly?!”
“Ugh, it hurts…! Lady Xue Feiya, please forgive me! I know I was wrong!!”
“You even know my name…?! That makes it even more deserving of a beating!”
“Again… again…! No…! Wuwu, I didn’t mean it…!”
“I don’t know who you are right now! But you’re so short! Shorter than I am! It’s clear you haven’t been eating well, isn’t that sad for you?!”
“Sad! Sad! Everything Lady Xue Feiya said is right!! I… I confess and plead for mercy!! I am sad! Hiss, ah… Lady Xue Feiya’s feet… no, I’m not getting carried away! Lady Xue Feiya, please stop, I can explain!!”
“Die, pervert!”
“Thank you for your compliment!!”
“??”
Watching this scene, Xiya’s mind was in chaos.
In this situation… Xue Fei, are you interrogating and punishing… or rewarding her?!
“Xue Feiya, can you stop for a moment…? Don’t reward… ahem, don’t hit her first, we need to ask her who she is!”
“Ow… that’s true, so you tell us, what kind of creature are you?!”
