Vampire Princess Guide in Progress - Volume 1 Chapter 34

Chapter 34: A Rather Aggressive Sleeping Posture

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“O-Of course! Let me see, you’re Miss Tilia, right? I’ll add you as a friend.”

Between the two girls, a white glowing screen suddenly appeared, and a friend request correspondingly appeared on Tilia’s side. After a crisp “beep” sound when she clicked confirm, Tilia appeared in Cross’s friend list.

She had made her second friend in this game!

But saying it like that seemed a bit unfair to Kilo and Karl who had explored the second floor with her. Cross thought for a moment, so this would be her fourth friend then.

At the moment the friend request was approved, Tilia was so nervous that her palms were clenched tight, her gaze fixed on the friend list. Fortunately, Nolan and Tilia existed as two separate characters independently, so there would be no conflict in the friend list.

Seeing that Cross hadn’t discovered her identity, Tilia breathed a sigh of relief.

She had to thank the game’s settings. From day one, everyone appeared with their real appearance. Who would have thought there could be dual characters like this?

“That Nolan guy really made me worry for nothing.”

“Since he left the team, I’ll team up with Miss Tilia! I hope in the future he won’t regret it when he’s about to die, saying things like ‘I wish I had teamed up with Cross and Miss Tilia’ — no one will save him then!”

Cross’s tone had obviously lightened considerably, though there was still a hint of complaint.

But she wouldn’t interfere with Nolan, because he would be more efficient on his own. If she worked hard enough, perhaps she could also reach the frontline boss battles in the future. Then they would meet again.

At that time, she would hold him accountable and make him look at her with new eyes!

And bring along this beautiful elf lady too!

Ahem, no, this beautiful lady who looked like an elf.

“Haha, you can just call me Tilia…” Tilia unconsciously smiled and scratched her cheek with her finger.

“Okay! Then please just call me Cross too, Miss Tilia.” Cross, who had become increasingly familiar with the game, easily found the team interface and sent a team invitation to Tilia.

Tilia quickly clicked agree.

In the team, Cross became the leader for the first time, and Tilia’s HP bar appeared in the row below hers.

Looking up at Tilia again, Cross was still stunned by her exquisite beauty. In this game, everyone’s appearance was based on their real life appearance, did that mean Miss Tilia looked this beautiful in reality?

She was like a character who had walked out of anime…

Even though they were both girls, Cross felt her heart racing, captivated by her.

“Are you and Nolan close friends?” Cross suddenly asked curiously.

“N-Not really… I guess.” Tilia’s face froze, and she answered somewhat hesitantly, “We just know each other from the game.”

“But it feels like you’ve known each other for a long time… I thought you were real-life friends.” Cross nodded thoughtfully, then asked: “By the way, may I ask what level you are now, Tilia?”

Tilia glanced at the number 【Lv.49】 in her character panel and calmly said: “Around level 10.”

At this point, her level had reached a degree that had to be concealed. Barring any surprises, her level would be the highest among all players. In reality, personal level in the game was also a rather private matter, and generally wouldn’t be easily revealed to strangers.

After all, PVP existed in this game. Once your level was known, you might be targeted by those with ill intentions.

Although Tilia didn’t know if such situations would still occur after the death rules were implemented in the game, from the news that came from Pure White Holy City on the first day, some people had already activated red name mode and were indiscriminately attacking others because they couldn’t secure resources.

“That’s a bit lower than me.” Cross imitated Nolan’s previous gesture, stroking her chin while estimating their little team’s combat power.

They should be able to go to the second floor, as long as they didn’t venture deep into the forest area…

She had already mastered Triple Magic Bullet and was also studying the use of fireball magic. Many hostile monsters on the second floor’s forest environment had fire weaknesses, so taking Miss Tilia there to level up shouldn’t be a problem…

She was also fairly familiar with parts of the second floor. Hmm, it should be fine. Believe in yourself!

Cross encouraged herself internally. After all, with Nolan gone, it was now her responsibility to shoulder the duties of team leader.

“Well then, I look forward to working with you, Miss Cross.” After the team was formed, Tilia smiled beautifully and said.

“Mm!” Cross nodded vigorously, making the tip of her witch hat sway cutely.

Afterwards, as newly acquainted friends, they sat together on the bed against the wall and chatted. As expected, girls got along more quickly with each other, getting to know each other’s situations and jointly complaining about the cruelty and unreasonableness of this game.

“It’s really too much, do you know, Miss Tilia? Even someone as skilled as Nolan, on our way to this town on the first day, almost died under the wolves’ attack. I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat, my legs were trembling…”

“Cross is very brave too, not running away out of fear at that time.”

“How could I run! What if that guy died! He was the first friend I made in this full-immersion game. Well, apart from his preference for busty beauties which is quite annoying, Nolan is still a good person. Is it because he has a sister in real life? He feels like someone with a strong sense of responsibility, probably a good brother. I don’t quite understand…”

“I-Is that so, haha…” Tilia’s throat made a gulping sound as she forced a smile and laughed awkwardly.

“And also…”

It seemed they might get along quite well.

But soon, without realizing it, a 【Drowsy】 icon appeared in the BUFF bar below Cross’s HP value.

Cross’s previously opened floodgate of words tonight began to carry hints of drowsiness, gradually becoming weaker.

At some point, Tilia suddenly felt her shoulder sink as Cross, unable to resist the sleepiness, leaned on her shoulder. This made Tilia’s body instantly stiffen. After her beautiful eyelashes fluttered a few times, she could only sigh helplessly.

Then in her light and pleasant melodious voice, she whispered: “Miss Cross? You haven’t given me your room permissions, if you sleep here…”

Zzz, she seems to be already asleep…

Is it because she’s a girl now that she shows no wariness? Well, that makes sense.

Tilia bent her right knee, with her rounded heel covered in semi-transparent black stockings lightly pressing against the bedsheet. Her delicate and sensual body was already doing its utmost not to provoke any improper thoughts… she was truly so beautiful that it was criminal.

This was also why she was approached more easily by girls, making it seem like she was taking advantage… though at this point, it was hard to say who was taking advantage of whom.

Tilia raised her hand, a string of light bell sounds rang out as she opened the game system interface and found the 【Residence】 menu. After clicking on it, a 3D panoramic view of the room they were currently in was displayed.

She clicked on the wall lamp in the room, causing a white outline to appear around it, indicating it had been selected.

Then, in the pop-up 【On or Off】 button options, after her fingertip lightly touched the off button, the light in the room suddenly dimmed, leaving only a sliver of moonlight shining through the curtain gap onto their bed.

Cross, leaning on her shoulder, had her eyes closed, with her eyelashes occasionally trembling slightly. Her cherry-like small mouth, slightly closed, breathed steadily and rhythmically.

In the room half-lit by moonlight, Tilia leaned against the edge of the bed, looking sideways at the blue-haired girl beside her.

Looking at this cute face with its peaceful sleeping expression, Tilia couldn’t help but think of her own sister. She wondered how her sister in the real world was doing now. If she had truly disappeared into thin air… she would definitely be worried.

Yueli… she couldn’t leave her alone, couldn’t let her lose her only family member again.

Tilia lowered her face slightly to look at her own legs, her expression seemingly deep in thought. After experiencing the boss battle — especially such a life-and-death struggle — the belief in her heart about wanting to survive seemed stronger than before.

Seeing her HP drop to 0 in that instant, she clearly felt her heart rate accelerating dramatically. The thought that she was about to completely disappear, losing her sight, hearing, and all senses, just vanishing from the world, never to see her family and friends again, made her heart tremble violently.

It further confirmed one point: this game was no joke — death was real.

She had essentially died once tonight. The third floor and the floors beyond…

There would be no more chances.

She absolutely had to become stronger to have a better chance of survival. She absolutely had to become a winner in this game.

Additionally, regarding her current appearance, it seemed she had barely managed to pass scrutiny, as Cross hadn’t noticed anything unusual yet.

In fact, Tilia was also hiding her vampire identity. Before Cross had pushed open the door, she had already changed her pupil color to her usual night color. Besides her somewhat eye-catching pure white hair, there were basically no features that would arouse curiosity.

Cross also seemed to be more friendly towards her in this young girl form, probably wanting to treat her as a close female friend.

This way, there shouldn’t be any troubles…

— Originally, this was what Tilia thought as she fell asleep peacefully.

…But until the next morning.

When the blue-haired girl in her arms murmured “smells good” in a soft voice while hugging her waist and nuzzling her face against her chest, Tilia, who had been frowning in her sleep from the disturbance, began to realize that something unexpected had happened…

Her clothes… had almost been pulled from her shoulders down to her waist, with her underwear barely hanging on.

The blanket was also very messy.

Just like her thoughts at this moment.

Moreover, Tilia clearly remembered that last night she had deliberately slept separate from Cross on opposite sides, so why was her body now being hugged and unable to move, like being clung to by a koala, with even her legs trapped between Cross’s legs and unable to pull away.

This little blue-haired girl’s sleeping posture seemed to be more… aggressive than imagined.

“Mmm… who, who’s pinching my face, it hurts.” Cross opened her sleepy eyes hazily.

“Waaah!? Miss Tilia, so white…! No, I mean, s-sorry—!!!”