Being stared at by Ling Xiaoyou’s smiling eyes, the delicate girl’s body inexplicably trembled, feeling as if a strange chill had appeared around her.
Ling Xiaoyou realized that her gaze had frightened the girl a little, so she used the gentlest voice she had since becoming the Pen Fairy and spoke softly:
“By the way, I still don’t know your name.”
Hearing the Pen Fairy’s gentle tone and seeing her attitude make a one-eighty reversal, the delicate girl felt a bit confused, not understanding what had suddenly happened.
But since the eerie-looking Pen Fairy was now showing a gentle side, the delicate girl still felt happy.
After all, a different attitude meant that Miss Pen Fairy must have started to see her differently!
It was a good beginning!
Thinking so, the delicate girl spoke to Ling Xiaoyou, who was still waiting for her answer:
“My surname is Li, and my name is Yarou. You can just call me Li Yarou.”
Ling Xiaoyou nodded knowingly, then, quite familiarly, omitted Li Yarou’s surname and called out directly:
“Then I’ll just call you Yarou.”
Saying that, she paused, thinking about how to start the conversation.
Ling Xiaoyou wasn’t skilled at making humans happy proactively, or rather, she had no such experience at all.
The Happiness Points she had collected before were all obtained from the Ghosts in the Underworld.
And Ghosts, generally speaking, were easy to satisfy—just like the little girl before. Fulfilling her hunger was enough to make her happy.
But this method probably wouldn’t work for humans.
After all, humans are famously unpredictable.
Who knows if the friend laughing with you one second might try to overpower you the next?
So, Ling Xiaoyou had to take a roundabout approach, not making her intentions too obvious, or she might provoke Li Yarou’s resistance.
Thinking this, Ling Xiaoyou organized her words and then asked Li Yarou:
“By the way, Yarou, are you thirsty right now?”
Li Yarou: “?”
She had thought Miss Pen Fairy was deep in thought because she was about to ask something important, but after waiting so long, she was only asked if she was thirsty?
Li Yarou was silent for a moment, then tentatively replied, “I am a bit thirsty, so…”
“Then, how about I treat you to a Can of Cola?”
Ling Xiaoyou thought for a moment, then took out a Can of Cola from her Space Ring and placed it on the Foldable Table.
She didn’t care about the image of the Pen Fairy anymore.
After all, such things were only useful for scaring ordinary people who had never seen a Ghost, and they weren’t nearly as important as earning Happiness Points from humans!
The moment the Can of Cola left Ling Xiaoyou’s hand, a bone-chilling cold began to spread from the can.
Li Yarou even saw a thin layer of frost forming on the Foldable Table, and it continued to spread!
“This…”
Li Yarou looked at the Cola, which kept frosting over, then at the innocent-looking Miss Pen Fairy, and for a moment wondered if perhaps in the world of Ghosts, Cola had to be frozen like this to be drinkable?
Ling Xiaoyou also sensed something was off.
She coughed lightly and then said, “After all, it’s Underworld Cola. When brought to the human world, it’s indeed a bit too cold.”
Saying this, she quickly put the Can of Cola back into her Space Ring to hide her embarrassment.
Having lived in the Underworld for too long, she had forgotten that Underworld items naturally had a chilling attribute.
If Li Yarou really drank this Can of Cola, she might end up in the Underworld as Ling Xiaoyou’s colleague in a few days.
Was it still too subtle?
Ling Xiaoyou pondered again, then asked Li Yarou,
“By the way, you summoned me—there must be something you want to do, right?”
“There is.”
Li Yarou didn’t pay much attention to the little mishap, and nodded with a serious face.
“I want my Parents and those two guys to understand that Miss Pen Fairy, you really exist!”
Uwah, this is actually kind of troublesome…
Hearing Li Yarou’s intention, Ling Xiaoyou groaned inwardly.
She could indeed project her image, or even her body, in front of Li Yarou’s Parents and the other two girls.
But that was forbidden!
The Underworld had specific regulations stating that summoned Ghosts are not allowed to show themselves to anyone other than the Summoner!
In other words, when summoned, Ling Xiaoyou could only appear before Li Yarou, not to anyone else!
So Li Yarou’s idea was impossible for Ling Xiaoyou!
Ling Xiaoyou thought carefully, considering whether to take the risk of being caught by the Regulatory Division.
Before she could decide, Li Yarou suddenly spoke again:
“But that was my previous thought.”
Li Yarou looked at Ling Xiaoyou, excitement on her face.
“What I want now is to become friends with Miss Pen Fairy!”
“Eh?”
Ling Xiaoyou was stunned for a moment, then nodded her small head without hesitation.
“Of course.”
Seeing Li Yarou’s happiness at her reply, Ling Xiaoyou suddenly wondered if she had the talent to be a bad woman.
After all, this was only her second meeting with Li Yarou, and she already wanted to be friends. Didn’t that mean her charm was great?
But then, Li Yarou’s next excited words made Ling Xiaoyou realize she was overthinking it.
“Great, now I’ve set foot into the other side of the world!”
Hearing this, Ling Xiaoyou instantly understood.
So, this girl thought that just by becoming friends with a Pen Fairy, she could access the hidden side of the world like the protagonists in novels.
Ling Xiaoyou felt helpless.
After all, where was such luck in real life?
She herself was like one of those novel protagonists, having crossed worlds, yet she still had to work hard to find resources to activate her System.
But Ling Xiaoyou didn’t want to shatter the girl’s dream.
After all, everyone has their own chuunibyou phase.
“Yarou, will you be happy being friends with me?”
Li Yarou was still immersed in her happiness, not paying much attention to why Ling Xiaoyou suddenly asked.
She imagined a life of friendship with the Pen Fairy, like asking for exam answers, and immediately became even more joyful, nodding vigorously.
Seeing Li Yarou’s genuine happiness, Ling Xiaoyou nodded in satisfaction.
At that moment, she received a prompt from the System:
“Ding, you’ve gained 2 Happiness Points from Li Yarou.”
As expected!
The Happiness Points humans could provide were much greater than those from Ghosts!
Ling Xiaoyou opened the System Panel, looking at the Happiness Points count in the lower right corner: 4.34.
For Ling Xiaoyou, who could only get 0. something from Ghosts, the points provided by Li Yarou were a windfall!
Ling Xiaoyou was delighted and felt that coming tonight was the right decision, completely forgetting she had thought it would be a wasted trip.
By the way, she wondered if, with humans, it was possible to obtain multiple Happiness Points from them in a short period.
In her experiments with Ghosts, it wasn’t possible to get multiple points in a short time.
Although she felt it might be the same for humans, what if it wasn’t?
What if she could?
Then she could catch a human and ruthlessly milk Happiness Points from them!
And there was a test subject right here!
Ling Xiaoyou, full of joy, was just about to coax Li Yarou further to extract more Happiness Points.
Suddenly, a chill appeared at the back of her head, as if she were being stared at by something terrifying.
Ling Xiaoyou shivered.
Out of the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of something gleaming coldly rushing toward her.
There was no time to react.
A cold breeze brushed her cheek.
She turned her small head and stared blankly at the Ice-Blue Longsword that had grazed her face and was now embedded in the floor.
Ling Xiaoyou: Eh???