Yes,
An unfamiliar ceiling.
The first thought that popped into Su Ruanruan’s mind the moment she opened her eyes was those five words.
A faint, completely unfamiliar orange-scented laundry detergent fragrance lingered at the tip of her nose.
How strange.
What happened to me?
Where am I?
Her sluggish brain creaked like rusty gears as it turned with difficulty.
Oh right… She had been forcefully dragged into the teleportation spell by that weird crystal and that damn magical girl.
So this was another world?!
Su Ruanruan sucked in a sharp breath.
Supporting herself on her sore arms, she sat up with some effort.
As she moved, the white down comforter slid off her rounded shoulders and piled up around her narrow waist.
The fabric was incredibly soft, like a fluffy cloud. She couldn’t help curling her fingers and squeezing it a couple more times greedily.
However, the next second, her entire body stiffened.
Wait? Her clothes—had been changed!?
The previous outfit was gone, and the humiliating collar around her neck had also been removed.
In its place, she was wearing a white, pure cotton short-sleeved T-shirt.
The problem was, this shirt was way too big for her petite frame.
The loose collar couldn’t stay on her shoulders and had slipped sideways, revealing a large expanse of cold white skin and her delicate, slender collarbones.
The overly long sleeves had completely swallowed both her hands.
Su Ruanruan’s brain exploded with a buzz.
Like a startled little animal, she abruptly lifted the hem of the T-shirt, lowered her chin to her chest, and carefully inspected herself from collarbone to abdomen, inside and out.
Hmm… It didn’t seem like there were any strange marks.
It looked like the person who had picked her up was decent and hadn’t taken advantage of her while she was unconscious.
Even the embarrassing “cat tail panties” that Kanzaki Yoruha had forced on her were still properly on her body, with no sign of having been removed.
Additionally, the small cuts she had suffered while crossing the spatial turbulence had been treated with a cooling ointment and bandaged with gauze.
However… the bandaging technique was extremely wild.
The white medical tape was stuck haphazardly, and one loose thread from the gauze was even fluttering in the air.
Su Ruanruan let out a long breath and fell back weakly onto the soft pillow.
Phew… As long as nothing happened, it was fine.
She didn’t want to escape from that madwoman Kanzaki Yoruha only to be eaten alive by some other pervert in this strange new world.
Gurgle—
The moment she let her guard down, her flat little stomach let out a long, drawn-out, almost melodic protest.
It echoed in the quiet bedroom for a long time.
Su Ruanruan’s eyes snapped open, and her cheeks burned uncontrollably.
She pressed both hands tightly over her stomach, trying to use sheer willpower to suppress the embarrassing protest.
You useless thing!
Su Ruanruan pinched her deflated little belly through her clothes in frustration.
Then, like a thief, she perked up the fluffy white cat ears on her head and carefully listened for any sounds outside.
From across the hallway came the faint, even sound of breathing.
The person who had picked her up seemed to still be asleep.
Su Ruanruan secretly lifted the comforter and slipped out of the room.
The moment her feet touched the floor, the morning chill from the solid wood floor shot up through her soles, making her instinctively curl her round, pink toes.
She tiptoed into the living room.
In an open corner, there stood a large white metal box humming softly.
With a Witch’s keen sense of smell, she was certain—there was food inside!
Su Ruanruan stood in front of the box, swallowed hard, and fell into a brief moral struggle.
A tiny voice in her head said, “Stealing from your savior seems wrong…”
But—
As long as she was quick and only took a little, the other person definitely wouldn’t notice!
That’s right! In the magical world, if you weren’t caught red-handed, it didn’t count as stealing.
Su Ruanruan took a deep breath, grabbed the metal handle with both hands, and pulled hard.
Click. Hiss—
With the sound of the airtight seal releasing, a rush of cold air mixed with faint butter and fruit scents hit her face.
The sensor light inside the box suddenly turned on, illuminating Su Ruanruan’s guilty face in a pale glow.
“Eek!”
The sudden bright light and cold air startled her into hopping back half a step.
The cat ears on her head instantly bristled, standing straight up like two antennas.
After confirming that this glowing “alchemical magic box” wasn’t going to suddenly open a mouth and bite her, she cautiously leaned in to look inside.
It was bright and cold, divided into several layers, each neatly stocked with various supplies.
On the second layer was a box of red fruit, round and plump, with tempting droplets of water on the skin.
Want.
She swallowed again.
Her gaze moved upward and was immediately captured by a bag of pale yellow squares (toast) on the top shelf.
The packaging was only half-sealed, revealing a slightly toasted edge that gave off a wheaty aroma.
Her stomach growled again traitorously.
But… it was a bit high up.
Su Ruanruan bit her lower lip, stood on her tiptoes, and stretched her arm as far as she could.
The oversized T-shirt rode up uncontrollably with the motion, exposing a large portion of her defenseless fair waist to the cold air from the refrigerator.
It raised a layer of fine goosebumps.
The harder she reached, the further the damn bag of bread was pushed back inside—
“Ah!”
Just as Su Ruanruan’s foot slipped and she lost her balance, about to tumble headfirst into the refrigerator—
A pair of hands suddenly reached through from behind, passing under her armpits.
The next moment, an irresistible force lifted her.
Like a kitten being grabbed by the scruff of its neck, her feet left the ground as she was hoisted straight up!
“?!”
Su Ruanruan’s brain completely shut down with a boom.
Her back pressed flush against a body that was a full head taller than her.
Against the cold air from the refrigerator, the other person’s body heat coming through the clothes felt shockingly hot, like a scalding iron pressed against her thin back.
Not only that, she could clearly smell the faint orange scent enveloping her.
She had been caught stealing food.
The fear of being dominated poured over her like a bucket of ice water, from head to toe.
“No— Please, I beg you—”
The overwhelming panic made her unable to form a complete sentence.
Her voice trembled out in broken gasps, her eyes instantly turning red.
“I didn’t mean to steal anything— Please don’t do anything weird to me— Wuu…”
The person behind her didn’t reply. They simply set her back down on the floor gently.
Then, a slender arm reached over her head.
With overwhelming height advantage, it easily grabbed the bag of bread and the red fruit she couldn’t reach, and even took out a bottle of pure milk.
Only after doing all this did the voice come from above, accompanied by a very soft sigh:
“What are you doing?”
The voice was low.
It carried the slight coolness and hoarseness of someone who had just woken up.
There was no anger, only mild confusion.
Su Ruanruan’s legs went weak.
She dropped into a squat with a plop, hugging her knees and curling into a tiny ball.
Tears began falling uncontrollably.
The next second, her survival instincts took over.
Her small, still-trembling hands grabbed the hem of the oversized T-shirt without hesitation.
Like raising a white flag of surrender, she yanked it upward hard, all the way to her chest!
A large expanse of snow-white, soft skin was instantly exposed to the slightly chilly morning air.
Her small belly, rising and falling violently from her rapid sobs, was now completely bare and defenseless in Hoshino Haruka’s line of sight.
