The morning sun shone on Tian An's sleepy face, pulling her from a hazy dream. Her mind was slightly lagging as she fumbled around the bedside.
"Ah.... Right... phone's not here," Tian An realized halfway through her search that her phone wasn't with her and could only stretch lazily.
Glancing around briefly, she noticed FrostNova hugging a pillow, her nose twitching slightly. If one listened closely, faint snoring could be heard.
"If the timeline is correct, we should be packaged off to the Underworld today," Tian An put on her shoes. Having been in this world for so long, she hadn't even taken off anything besides her shoes.
Looking at the sleeping FrostNova, an idea suddenly popped into Tian An's mind.
Last night, she had persuaded FrostNova for a long time before getting her to agree to use woven threads as a boundary to divide the bed into two zones so they could share. Now, she wanted to test if FrostNova's body's side effect would truly harm her.
Tian An tentatively reached out her hand, slowly approaching FrostNova's nose.
Just as her hand was about to make contact, it was suddenly grabbed firmly.
"What are you doing?" FrostNova was still groggy from sleep but forced herself awake to ask.
"Mm... Miss FrostNova's skin is very well maintained," Tian An smiled as if her scheme had succeeded, her face beaming with happiness.
The hand FrostNova used to grab Tian An's was already bare, no longer gloved, revealing a smooth, fair little hand.
Took off your gloves for you last night~ No need to wear gloves while sleeping!
Tian An felt the temperature of the palm for a moment longer. She found that, apart from a slight coolness, there was no other sensation.
Before Tian An could finish experiencing it, FrostNova quickly pulled her hand back.
"Don't touch..."
"Why? Look, aren't I fine?" Tian An opened her hand, showing it to FrostNova.
It must be the Trailblaze! The Trailblaze must have given me strength! I too am a Nameless!
Tian An rejoiced internally.
"You... Don't touch me anyway." FrostNova put on her shoes and prepared to open the door. But just as she reached it—
"THERESIA!!!"
Crash..... (High-quality bed-door sound effect)
The sturdy door was instantly hydrogenated by a powerful force, even sending FrostNova crashing to the side.
It was March 7th.
The pink-haired girl leaped over in practically one step. Fortunately, Tian An caught her steadily.
"Wuwuwu..... Theresia, I missed you so much... wuwuwu," March 7th hugged Tian An as if genuinely wronged, sobbing continuously.
"Alright, alright.. aren't I right here?" Tian An quickly stabilized March 7th, who was clinging to her like an octopus, patting her head comfortingly.
"March 7th! So sly! Sneaking ahead while I was still asleep!" Outside the door, Star arrived belatedly, complaining angrily. Following behind was Teacher Dan Heng, a slight smile playing on his lips.
"Okay, see? I'm fine," Tian An put March 7th down, looked around, but didn't see FrostNova.
"I'm here..." A calm voice came from behind the opened door. Seemingly knowing Tian An was looking for her, she answered preemptively.
The door was slowly pushed open. FrostNova, her nose red from the impact, looked at Tian An with a hint of complaint.
"Uh... sorry," Tian An tapped March 7th's head and said embarrassedly.
"Huh, who's this?" March 7th scratched her head, looking curiously at the woman dressed all in white.
"Let me introduce you. FrostNova, she's.... uh... the model from before."
"Model?... Whoa! It really is! I was wondering why she looked so familiar!" March 7th took a closer look and actually recognized her.
"She's alive.... Hmm..." Everyone's gaze turned towards FrostNova. "How did that happen?"
"Wait, you're saying I was a model before?" FrostNova suddenly spoke up.
Her words silenced the entire room.
"So.... you and Miss FrostNova were suddenly teleported here?" Star, unbeknownst to others, activated her skill, quietly approaching FrostNova.
Unexpectedly, for every two steps she took forward, FrostNova retreated two steps.
"Ouch..." until Tian An stopped her silly smiling face.
"Strictly speaking, yes," Tian An said. "We came from the Underworld."
"And had bad luck the whole way," FrostNova felt a bit uncomfortable in such a large crowd but still wanted to complain a bit.
"Moreover, we should probably start our escape now," Tian An stated reasonably.
"Huh? Why? We just made an appointment yesterday with the leader here for our next meeting," March 7th said doubtfully.
"People inside, listen up! You are surrounded!"
"Speak of the devil, and he doth appear," Tian An's words were quite timely.
"Let's go, FrostNova. Think about it later," Tian An patted the shoulder of FrostNova, who was still questioning reality.
"....."
"No."
"Alright, let's go!" Tian An, seemingly choosing to ignore part of FrostNova's dialogue, pulled her towards the exit.
"What about this door?"
"Just put it back."
".... "
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"Alright, alright! Stop shouting! This young lady is coming down!"
Sure enough, descending led straight into a scene of being surrounded by a circle of Silvermane Guards. Leading them was a Guard officer with a hairstyle resembling triple turbochargers – the renowned Bronya.
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Wrong series! Don't use that emoji, thank you.
Dame da ne!
As Tian An and FrostNova also came into view, several people behind the Guards quickly popped their heads out.
"I-it's them!" Ah, it was the kind stall vendor.
"It was them! They came to my stall last night planning to fence stolen goods! Then I went to make a call, and they ran off! Didn't even pay, dining and dashing!"
"?" Tian An pointed at herself incredulously, thinking the vendor must have mistaken her for someone else.
"What are you looking at? I'm talking about you!"
You're slandering me! I'm telling you, he's slandering me! He's slandering me!
"Caught red-handed with the loot! What explanation do you have now, you gold nugget thieves?" Bronya declared righteously.
"Unexpectedly, you really are accomplices of these terrorists from another land!"
"Accomplices? Theft? Us?" March 7th pointed at herself, completely bewildered.
Bro, weren't we chatting just fine yesterday? Doesn't changing face cost beans?
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"Doctor, Doctor, if a child version of W came here, would you take her in?"
"Child version? Then of course..."
"Doctor, this is food Visdel sent for you. She said to eat it while it's hot."
"Then of course I'd raise her as a daughter, haha, she's so cute, right? Haha."
"She said Rosemary made it, asked you to try it."
"Raise my ass! Do you really think Rhodes Island is...."
"She was the sous chef."
"....."
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