Chapter 456: Another Little Creature Arrives


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    More than ten minutes had passed. Inside a hotel suite in the real world, a rhythmic pping filled the air.


    "Hunger, thirty percent!" announced the silver-haired girl, Vera 17, suddenly halting her hands on the keyboard. She reached for a red bean filled bread on the table, tearing open the packaging and eagerly devouring it. Eating this way seemed to satisfy her hunger more, but it also carried a risk of choking.


    Vera 17 had once seen a sensational news headline: "Shocking! A young man who lived alone was killed by a red bean bread!?" The story was moreplicated than it seemed. The young man had apparently choked to death or possibly even fallen. Despite investigating out of curiosity, Vera couldn''t ascertain the exact cause of his demise.


    "Uhm! So good!" she eximed, finishing the bread in mere moments and returning to her work at the keyboard.


    Five minutester, she dered, "The target has a seventy percent chance to be here!" Her tiny finger mmed the return key, causing the screen to flood with information. Three seconds passed, and a map of Roc City appeared, the area around Jade Flower Garden highlighted in red.


    Though Yaeger was careful, she had left clues. Utilizing these, along with rted information, Vera 17 narrowed down Yaeger''s location to a small area.


    "If I have more information, I''ll bepletely certain. However, time is short," Vera mused, a hint of disappointment in her voice. "But still, seventy percent is enough." Considering the small margin of error, she was unconcerned. "Next, it''s up to the three of them. I''ll just watch the show."


    Imagining three AA-ranked powerhouses beating up [Princess], a radiant smile spread across Vera 17''s tired face, marked with dark circles. She was ted!


    Meanwhile, in a particr residential area of Roc City, Little Fairy slowly opened her eyes, whispering, "I feel a little thirsty…" She hadn''t hydrated herself for hours, and if not for a strange state of hibernation in the game, her thirst might have been worse.


    Flipping on her tablemp, she illuminated her small, cluttered room. To the left was her single-sized bed andundry basket, misceneous items to the right, and a narrow path down the middle just wide enough for a wheelchair. The space was utilized to its fullest, serving as her home office, bedroom, and library. She wasn''t bothered by itspactness; having a room of her own was already a blessing.


    <em>Glug glug.</em> She sipped from her thermos, then leaned back on her bed, staring at the yellowish wall in contemtion.


    "Should I agree to…" she began, talking to herself. When Yaeger had asked her to join, she hadn''t epted immediately. She needed time to think.


    "Are people like me actually qualified to enter?" The hesitation stemmed from two reasons: her uncertainty about why she was chosen, as she viewed herself as in and uninteresting, and her feelings of inadequacy whenparing herself to the stunning members of the [Princess Alliance]. [Princess] was beautiful and noble; Rakshasa was pretty and generous; Nangong Lin was gentle and graceful; Yunuen Lin was cute and charming.


    "Me, a cripple," Little Fairy murmured, gazing down at her immobile legs. Once they had been beautiful – fair, slender, and lovely. Now, they felt like mere decoration.


    "Would be great if I had money," Little Fairy sighed, the longing apparent in her voice.


    If she had money, dependency on others would be unnecessary. Money could possibly even heal her legs. While money wasn''t the solution to every problem,cking it seemed to be the greatest problem of all.


    ncing at her BigMi smartphone, she checked her wallet on WeChat, only to find 89 yuan remaining. It was a stark reminder of her financial situation. She had once loaned everything she had to Yaeger, enduring several days of hardship until her sry arrived – a total of 3,000 yuan.


    On payday, she impulsively spent 2,888 yuan on the terminal to [Saint Demon World]. "I am poor," she reflected, amused by her prior unwillingness to spend 150 yuan on a dress, yet easily purchasing the expensive terminal. No regrets were found in her heart, though. Compared to her mundane and hopeless life, the game offered excitement, vitality, and a chance to feel able-bodied once more.


    Yet, there was another reason why Little Fairy hesitated in joining [Princess Alliance]. It was her deep-seated inferiorityplex, coupled with incredibly low self-esteem. "Now, some of the yers know I worked with [Princess]. Perhaps some of them will cause me trouble someday. Besides, my current Level is much higherpared to the average yer. A lot of Guilds will definitely want to capitalize on me. There will be a lot of problems," she reasoned.


    "Joining [Princess Alliance] can definitely help me avoid some of them. But it''s not really all that good. Although [Princess] isn''t public enemy number one, she does have a lot of enemies. Joining [Princess Alliance] means that I''ll be enemies with all these people."


    Her thoughts were tangled, but the memory of [Princess]''s pure eyes and kind treatment nudged her towards trust. "Someone with such pure eyes couldn’t be a bad person. I think I misunderstood her in the past. ck-hearted Princess isn''t evil at all… I… hope so."


    Contrasting Yaeger''s actions with those who used her cruelly in the game, she realized, "What a difference. No, if Ipare them to her, I''m just insulting her." Unconsciously, she had stopped referring to Yaeger as ck-hearted Princess, yet her uncertainty lingered. "Ah, should I ept that offer though?"


    Meanwhile, in the [City of Chaos], Yunuen''s puzzlement grew. She couldn''t fathom why Little Fairy didn''t seize the offer from [Princess] immediately, and actually requested time to think it over. Though Yaeger was understanding of the need for caution, she made it clear that if Little Fairy refused to join, their rtionship would end after repaying the money and curing her legs.


    This would be a good thing for both sides. Yet, Yunuen''s attention soon shifted, and her thoughts were reced by Yaeger''smand to Little Blue: "Stop pretending to be dead. Get up and guard the house."


    Little Blue''s scream and sorrowful stare were met with indifference as Yunuen and Yaeger logged off.


    Back in Jade Flower Garden, Yaeger''s eyes snapped open, her instincts alerting her to a chilling reality: "I''ve been targeted by a strange aura!" ?  ? Like Loading...