After a lot of effort, Serena finally got Wuming off her.
Wuming sat on the sofa, looking completely out of it, as if her soul had left her body.
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“So… she really is Wuming?”
Crosti asked, staring doubtfully at the unresponsive, frozen Wuming.
“Really.”
Serena nodded firmly, then glanced at Wuming beside her.
She was still completely spaced out and silent.
Serena decided to take it as Wuming having no objections.
“Hmm…”
Crosti stroked her chin, looking thoughtful as she stared at Wuming.
Suddenly, she clapped her hands as if she had figured something out!
“I get it!”
Serena was about to say “Glad you understand,” but the next second—
“This is some kind of couple’s roleplay between you two, right? Wuming possessed one of those loli figurines to play with you, didn’t she!”
Crosti looked completely convinced.
After all, she had personally witnessed Wuming emerge from a figurine before, so she assumed the current Wuming had possessed another one just like last time.
“…”
Opportunity!!!
Seizing the lifeline like it was fate, Serena nodded vigorously without caring how strange the explanation sounded!
“That’s right! It’s roleplay! It’s just some couple’s fun!”
“She only possessed a figurine!”
“Right, Wuming!?”
Serena turned her head excitedly, only to see Wuming still looking lost.
“It’s over… it’s all ruined…”
She could even hear Wuming quietly muttering something under her breath.
Snap out of it already!!!
There’s a perfect excuse right here and you’re not taking it!?
“I… I’ll take Wuming to remove the possession first, Crosti.”
With that, Serena grabbed Wuming’s hand.
After reminding Crosti to “wait here for a bit,” she dragged the dazed Wuming back to her room.
“Get a hold of yourself, Wuming!!!”
“Aba… aba…”
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Serena shook her vigorously, trying to get her back to normal so they could take the excuse Crosti had conveniently provided.
But Wuming still looked half-dead, forever stuck in the moment Crosti had pushed the door open.
“Wake up, Wuming!!!”
“…”
“Wake up!!!”
“Hurry up and wake up!”
Seeing that Wuming still wasn’t reacting, Serena had no choice but to use other methods to bring her back to her senses.
Any method was fine as long as Wuming woke up!
Including but not limited to—
Rush A!
Rush B!!
“—!!!”
In short, after Serena’s series of “operations,” Wuming finally rebooted and escaped her frozen state.
At that moment, she felt her vision blur.
When she opened her eyes again, she was sitting in a carriage on a snowy mountain, and the man opposite her said, “You’ve woken up.”
She had nearly soul-transferred to another world.
She had nearly gone off to play in the lab with the Dragonborn.
“Wuming! You understand the situation now, right!?”
“We… got seen by Crosti…”
Although Wuming had woken up, her memory was still stuck at the moment Crosti opened the door.
She had no idea what happened afterward or how she had been dragged into the room.
“Listen to me, Wuming.”
Serena had to explain everything again.
Crosti still hadn’t realized Wuming was actually a girl! There was still a chance to salvage this!
“As long as you change back right now, Crosti won’t suspect anything!”
“R-really???”
Hearing that Crosti hadn’t grown suspicious, hope surged in Wuming’s heart!
“Why would I lie to you? Or do you actually want to confess everything to her? Right now she just thinks you possessed some figurine.”
“So just change back already!”
Wuming obviously didn’t want to confess, so he immediately took off the clothes, changed into a new set, and followed Serena out of the room back to the living room.
“Have you two lovebirds finished your business?”
Seeing the pair emerge from the room, Crosti looked like she was watching a show, very curious about what they had been doing inside.
“You two sure were fast, huh? Finished your little roleplay already?”
“Uh… yeah… that’s right…”
Wuming scratched his head and looked away.
He had learned from Serena what Crosti was thinking—that they were doing some kind of “couple’s fun.”
Although extremely reluctant to admit it, under the current circumstances, Wuming had no choice but to reluctantly go along with the idea that they were engaged in some weird play.
He just hoped Crosti wouldn’t dwell on it any further!
“We didn’t expect you to arrive so early, Crosti…”
“So you two decided to do that while I wasn’t here?”
Crosti looked disdainful.
While she was gone, Wuming and Serena had really been enjoying themselves!
And she had even interrupted them.
“Why did you come so early, Crosti?”
Serena asked in confusion.
Because she had arrived so early, Serena hadn’t been able to fully enjoy Wuming’s special service.
Hadn’t Crosti said she would only come at nine?
“Weren’t you supposed to be streaming until nine?”
“Well… about that…”
When the topic suddenly shifted to her, Crosti turned her head away and muttered something under her breath.
“Underage… borderline…”
As a result, Crosti had been given a few days of “vacation.”
She hadn’t wanted it to come to this either.
A big donor had sent a huge reward, so she felt she had to dance a bit to show sincerity.
But with her petite, youthful-looking figure…
It was only natural that the super moderator would take notice.
Especially today, when it was a moderator she didn’t recognize.
Seeing her appearance, they immediately assumed she was underage and banned her on the spot.
She was clearly an adult! She just had a baby face!!!
Crosti had grievances she couldn’t voice.
Her muttering was so quiet that Wuming and Serena couldn’t make out what she was saying.
“What did you say, Crosti?”
“Yeah, why exactly did you come so early?”
“It was a… technical issue.”
Serena quickly made up an excuse.
She couldn’t let them know about the borderline content issue.
“The stream had some problems, so I ended the broadcast early. It’s no big deal.”
The good news was that Wuming and Serena hadn’t been watching the stream, so they had no idea what Crosti meant by “technical issue.”
This allowed Crosti to breathe a sigh of relief.
“You seem a bit off today…”
“No… not at all. What’s there to be strange about…”
Crosti put on an expression that said “What are you talking about?” which gave Serena a very strange feeling.
Today’s Crosti somehow seemed a bit more sensitive than usual?
“Oh, right!” Crosti quickly turned her gaze to Wuming.
“By the way, what figurine did you possess just now, Wuming? That girl was super cute!”
Crosti hurriedly changed the subject, throwing the question back at Wuming, who had just been relieved the topic had shifted.
How am I supposed to answer that!?
Wuming roared internally.
Why bring this up again!? He couldn’t possibly say he was cosplaying as himself!
“It… it was just a very cute maid figurine. Serena wanted to see it, so I dressed up like that for her.”
Wuming repeatedly emphasized that he had only done it because Serena wanted to see it.
It was definitely not something he had willingly put on himself!
“But you were wearing bunny girl—”
Before Serena could finish, Wuming quickly covered her mouth, signaling her to shut up and not say another word!
My dear ancestor! I told you not to mention that!
Although it was brief, Crosti still heard Serena’s words crystal clear.
“Bunny girl?”
“Right, right! Crosti! I haven’t made dinner yet. Help me order takeout, will you? My treat!”
To stop Crosti from asking any further, Wuming quickly handed over his phone, intending for her to order delivery with it.
But he had completely forgotten that Serena had used his phone to take photos earlier—and she hadn’t closed the photo album!
“Mmmph—!!!”
When the phone was handed over, Serena suddenly became very agitated.
She desperately wanted to remind Wuming, but he kept her mouth covered so she couldn’t speak.
She could only watch helplessly as Wuming handed the phone to Crosti.
This… is completely over.
Serena didn’t even need to think to know what kind of reaction Wuming was about to have.
“This! This is—!!!”
Crosti’s eyes widened instantly! The photos Serena had taken of Wuming during the outfit changes—every single one of them was clearly saved in the album!
What a feast for the eyes!
“So while I was gone, you two were playing this intensely?”
Crosti couldn’t help but comment.
“What are you talking about—”
Only then did Wuming suddenly realize something. Ever since the outfit-changing session started, he hadn’t been holding his phone. That meant—
“Serena, don’t tell me the photo album…”
He saw Serena nod.
Even though her mouth was still covered, her expression told him everything. He had guessed correctly.
“…”
Wuming’s face immediately twisted into an expression uglier than crying.
“All… all of these are Wuming!?”
Crosti kept scrolling through the photos in the album, while Wuming had already given up on life.
He released Serena’s mouth and slumped lifelessly onto the sofa.
This was even harder to accept than being seen as a loli! He would rather Crosti know he was a cute loli than think he was some huge pervert with weird fetishes!
It’s over… everything is over…
Everything is completely ruined…
Wuming felt that this year’s Halloween was the unluckiest day of his life.
He should have gotten his fortune read to check today’s luck!
Serena also looked helpless.
This really wasn’t her fault. She had even tried to warn him in good faith.
“Uh… yeah, that really is Wuming… She was helping me try on clothes. She told me to keep it a secret.”
At this point, Serena didn’t know what else to say. Although she had been the one taking the photos, Wuming had personally handed the phone to Crosti.
This wasn’t on her!
“You two really know how to have fun…”
“W-well, not really… But doesn’t Wuming look really good like this? Don’t you think?”
Serena moved closer.
Since the jar was already broken, she might as well enjoy the sight of Wuming in different outfits together with Crosti.
“…He really does.”
Crosti agreed with Serena.
Please stop talking, both of you!
Only Wuming sat on the sofa suffering from this public execution, wishing he could find a crack in the ground and crawl into it right now!
This was way too embarrassing!!!
Why was he the only one suffering like this?!
Crosti was definitely going to think he was a pervert now… a pervert who liked weird roleplay.
However, while Wuming thought that, Crosti didn’t see it that way at all.
On the contrary, she only felt a bit envious.
“I’m so jealous…”
“Can I join in next time? I want to watch too!”
Crosti said with sparkling eyes. She wanted to see it in person! Not just through pictures.
“We’ll talk about it next time,” Serena replied with a smile. “After all, he doesn’t seem very willing.”
Her gaze once again fell on the lifeless Wuming. She had already gotten quite the eyeful once!
Please just let me go!
Wuming wailed internally.