She wanted to turn her head away, but Vanessa’s arm was as steady as a rock, and she was truly weak and powerless.
The slight struggle only made her cheek keep rubbing against that softness, bringing a clearer sensation and deeper embarrassment.
‘Calm down, Lin Mu.’
She told herself inwardly, ‘This body is female now. This is just… just an unavoidable close contact.’
She had no choice but to lower her eyelashes, staring fixedly at a cold metal button on Vanessa’s hunting outfit, trying to keep her breathing steady, pretending nothing was happening.
But her bright red ears and slightly trembling eyelashes had already fully exposed her predicament.
Vanessa felt the instant stiffness and sudden rise in temperature of the person in her arms, and the smile on her lips deepened.
[…Host, your face is really red.]
The system’s voice sounded faintly; it had finished upgrading.
‘It’s just too hot.’
Ke Leya answered calmly in her mind, even though the heat on her face was only increasing.
[But your heartbeat is also really fast~]
The system persisted.
‘It’s a normal physiological reaction.’
She continued to be stubborn, trying to explain everything with medical knowledge.
[Oh→Oh→↗↑↘.]
The system’s electronic voice sounded full of mockery, but fortunately, it didn’t expose her any further.
Ke Leya had just convinced herself that this was just normal physical contact, that Vanessa certainly didn’t mean it, when Vanessa’s arm holding her suddenly tightened inward.
Although the movement was not large, it was enough to completely change the posture that had only been a light leaning of the cheek.
Ke Leya’s entire face was pressed firmly into Vanessa’s chest.
The soft curve that had only been faintly felt earlier now completely enveloped her.
To make matters worse, a certain hard little point was precisely pressed against the upper part of her cheek.
Through the fabric, the sensation was clear.
Ke Leya’s mind went blank with a buzz.
‘This isn’t right!’
All the blood seemed to rush to her face.
In her eardrums was her own suddenly amplified heartbeat.
‘That hard point… Could it be?’
She wanted to move, but didn’t dare.
Holding her breath, Ke Leya poked Vanessa’s abdomen with her finger.
“Big sister, loosen up a bit. I’m dying.”
Vanessa looked down.
The person in her arms had her entire face buried in her chest, only showing a bit of bright red ear tips and messy silver hair.
Her body was very tense, even holding her breath, and her little hand was restlessly poking at her abdomen.
Ke Leya, who had been conditioned by that pervert Elizabeth for so long, would never show this kind of posture.
Those Ke Leyas, when held like this, would either endure it numbly or rub against her in response, looking at her with moist eyes.
Or they would open their mouth, bite lightly through the fabric, and murmur vaguely, “Big sister tastes good.”
They wouldn’t freeze or blush; they were completely like toys.
Vanessa didn’t stop walking.
She continued along the corridor with the person in her arms, but she loosened the strength in her arms a little, allowing that flushed face to lift slightly from her chest to breathe.
Fresh air rushed in.
Ke Leya pulled her head out of that softness, took a small breath, and immediately bit her lower lip, afraid to make a sound.
“What’s wrong?”
Vanessa’s voice came from above, unreadable, as if she was just casually asking.
Ke Leya didn’t dare to look up.
Her cheek still retained the sensation and temperature from before; that slightly hard point even occasionally brushed lightly against her skin with Vanessa’s walking pace.
“N-nothing.”
She heard herself say.
Vanessa didn’t respond.
After a few seconds, just when Ke Leya thought she wouldn’t speak again, her voice rang out again, a little lower than before, with a faint hint of probing:
“Didn’t Elizabeth teach you how to react when being held?”
Ke Leya’s heart jumped.
She looked up, but from this angle could only see Vanessa’s jaw and slightly pursed lips.
“She did.”
She heard herself say, her voice a little hollow.
“To obey.”
“And?”
“To submit.”
“And?”
Ke Leya said nothing.
She didn’t know what to say; she didn’t know the specific content of those “teachings” or those details.
But Vanessa didn’t intend to let her off.
She tightened her arms again, this time not as forcefully.
Vanessa glanced at Ke Leya.
“She didn’t teach you that at times like this you can rub against her or bite a little to show you like it?”
“?”
Her whole face was burning so hot it felt like it would smoke; even her neck was flushed.
“I… I can’t.”
She squeezed out a few words from between her teeth, her voice as thin as a mosquito’s buzz.
Vanessa silently looked at her flushed face and clenched fingers, and the last bit of doubt in her heart finally dissipated.
This Ke Leya was different from all the other Ke Leyas in previous cycles.
It was as if she had just transmigrated into this world for the first time.
Pure as a blank sheet of paper.
An absurd but explanatory thought sprang up.
Perhaps the soul in this Ke Leya’s body was not the original one at all.
Vanessa relaxed her arms.
Her footsteps echoed in the empty corridor.
She didn’t say anything more, just continued walking forward with the person in her arms.
She walked not too fast, her stride steady, as if deliberately giving the person in her arms time to get over that bout of embarrassment.
Ke Leya kept her face very low, her breath gently brushing against Vanessa’s left breast.
She tried hard to adjust herself, attempting to regain that initial calm.
But beneath the fabric pressed against her cheek, Vanessa’s steady heartbeat came faintly through bone and flesh, beat after beat, interweaving with her own yet-unsettled panicked rhythm, disturbing her mind.
‘System.’
She whispered for help in her mind.
‘What should I do?’
[What should you do?]
The system’s voice sounded a bit gloating.
[Just enjoy the princess carry. That hunter’s body is really nice. That feeling just now must have been comfortable, right?]
‘That’s not what I’m talking about!’
Ke Leya’s ears got even hotter.
‘She was testing me. She found something wrong with me.’
[So what if she found out?]
The system said lazily.
[You’re so cute now. I don’t think it’s a big problem.]
‘But what she said just now…’
[Just teasing you.]
The system insisted.
[Host, have you never been this close to a normal girl before?]
‘Obviously it’s a question, but why are you saying it in a declarative tone!’
Ke Leya was silent.
In her past life, she was so sick she only had one breath left; the people she had the most contact with were nurses.
In this life, she started with a confinement play; where could she have had contact?
‘Yes, but this contact just now… is Vanessa really a normal girl?’
[That’s right.]
The system said with perfect composure.
[Relax. You’re a beautiful girl now. It’s normal for beautiful girls to cuddle and hug.]
[She held you because you couldn’t walk; you blushed because of blood loss and weakness causing temperature imbalance; your rapid heartbeat is a post-traumatic stress response.]
‘But I meant that thing she pushed against my face just now…’
[Host, trust me. This is also part of normal cuddling between beautiful girls.]
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