Lega Weilin possessed 29 years of life experience from her previous life.
Unlike many anime and light novels, she wasn’t even a virgin before transmigrating…
She thought her self-control was strong enough to embrace a warm, soft beauty without being swayed.
But the incredibly soft, seemingly scorching touch that gently overlapped on the girl’s lips, along with Elizabeth’s pleasant fragrance, inadvertently caused Weilin to fall into a daze of infatuation…
This reminded Weilin of her first love in her previous life.
That innocent and pure relationship where the greatest wish of being with the other was simply to hold her soft, delicate hands… such a pure and beautiful first love.
But, human society, well…
Let’s just say everyone understands.
And the kind, untainted hearts of these girls in another world were something Weilin could never find in her original world.
“Absolute nonsense!!” [T/N: Pun on ‘wu ji zhi tan’, which means ‘nonsense’ but literally translates to ‘a talk without a penis’]
The touching lips gently parted. Weilin did not proceed further.
Because, Weilin viewed Elizabeth more with the affection for a little sister or a friend, not romantic love… she asked herself, but that wasn’t there.
“Sigh, I’ll just quietly continue being a single dog…”
[Notice: Obtained new Retainer: Elizabeth.]
[First acquisition of a Retainer, Achievement Points +500]
[First acquisition of a ‘Special Character’ Retainer, Achievement Points +1500]
[Notice: Obtained Elizabeth’s Subordinate Retainer: Enix]
[Notice: Obtained Elizabeth’s Subordinate Retainer: Hongyan Lumi]
[Notice…]
The little white mice had a promising future.
Listening to the auction still intensely proceeding outside, Weilin remained silent for a moment before calling Cailing, who was waiting outside the door, and asked her to find Reki.
A minute later, Reki appeared in Room 303, where Weilin was.
Looking at the unconscious Elizabeth, Reki understood. Weilin had truly decided to leave… to leave Elizabeth.
“Miss Lega, won’t you leave her a Sound-Transmitting Crystal…? In case either of you wants to find the other someday, it would be convenient for communication.”
“No… What would be the point of me drugging her then? If we are fated, we will meet again someday.” Weilin glanced once more at the girl’s peaceful, serene sleeping face, sighed, and gave a helpless, bitter smile. “…Before, we might have eventually become strangers. Now, I probably won’t ever be able to forget her.”
Due to the nature of a ‘Retainer’, an invisible, wondrous bridge of telepathic connection is mysteriously built between the patron and the retained, regardless of the distance in time and space.
No matter who is gravely injured or dies, a link forms between Retainers. The deeper the bond, the stronger the link, even to the point of completely sharing each other’s feelings.
“Well then, leave it to me with confidence.” Reki smiled.
“Of course I’m leaving it to you.”
Weilin’s voice paused slightly, her face still holding a smile, but a calmness in her eyes now held something that made Reki’s heart tremble. “But if a single one of them comes to any harm… I will absolutely come looking for you all.”
This was a warning devoid of any imposing force.
Reki had once been yelled at by the Party Leader of the Empire’s Royal Armored Knight Order, with a thunderous roar potent enough to stun and fell eagles soaring on the horizon. That was the greatest threat she’d ever received in her life… Even that, Reki had never feared in the slightest, for the Cloudstride Merchant Guild stood behind her.
But this gentle-eyed Lega Weilin before her…
If harm came, what would she do? Reki was actually afraid to find out. This completely non-imposing warning made even someone as proud as her feel a sense of fear towards this big shot.
It made sense, after all. Even now, she still didn’t know the identity of someone who could casually toss out a thousand Pay-to-Win Ingots.
“Of course not…!”
Reki took a deep breath, promising with resolute eyes, “Miss Lega, please rest assured. I guarantee their safety with my own life and property.”
“Do you think I’m hard to get along with?” Weilin asked.
“How could that be?”
Reki gently shook her head, her beautiful eyes shimmering with a light as if beholding something rare and precious, gazing intensely at this black-haired, black-eyed, exceptionally beautiful young girl who was more mysterious and wealthy than anyone. She smiled. “…The things most easily obtained are the cheapest. And the hardest things to obtain in this world will surely be the most precious.”
“If one day I can completely win Miss Lega’s trust, its significance to the Cloudstride Merchant Guild would be far more precious than those one hundred million Gold Coins.”
Sss…
Weilin didn’t quite know what to say. A meme even popped into her head: “Promise me you won’t be a simp, okay.jpg”
But… being simped on by someone, especially by such a beautiful, clever, capable, and high-status Big Sister…
“Ah… then keep up the good work. Arrange for someone to send Little White and the other White Mice away immediately.”
Weilin maintained the poise befitting a mysterious beauty and said.
Reki respectfully withdrew.
The moment the door closed, the utterly elated Weilin finally broke her mysterious beauty persona. Clutching her stomach, she burst out laughing uncontrollably: “Gu— hehehehe…!!”
Reki, who hadn’t yet walked away, heard that maniacal laugh like a startled bird and quickly opened the door again.
—Only to see the elegant beauty with long, straight black hair sitting gracefully in her chair. Her legs were slightly crossed, stylishly raised to show her tight, fine legs wrapped in black stockings. Her unfathomably calm gaze looked lightly out the window at that low-end auction which seemed like mere child’s play… Hearing the door open, she casually cast a sidelong glance. Looking at the overly astonished Reki, she slightly furrowed her delicate, fine brows and asked calmly: “…Is there something else?”
Where did that pig-like laughter go?! Come out! How did it suddenly disappear?!
Wait… How could someone of Miss Lega’s stature do such an undignified, idiotic thing? Was it really because I’ve been paying too much attention to Miss Lega that I’m having auditory hallucinations?
“Um… Miss Lega, would you like more tea?”
“That won’t be necessary.”
“Alright…”
Reki awkwardly stepped back outside the door, leaning against the wall, patting her chest with one hand, and muttering quietly:
“Talking with a big shot is literally one step to heaven and one step to hell. So exhausting.”
Inside the door, perhaps afraid that Reki might have forgotten something and return again, Weilin was still struggling to maintain her elegant, beautiful maidenly posture, feeling as if sitting on pins and needles. Her face wore a smile, but inside, her heart was wailing with curses:
“I can’t stand this life anymore. Pretending to be a big shot is so mentally draining…”
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She only truly felt engaged when roasting others.
It seemed time to “tear up” that good friend contract with Wu Yin.
Outside the window, in the central hall, the auction had unknowingly almost reached its final stage.
Reportedly, the final item of this auction was an 8th-Tier Demi-Divine Artifact…!
Below one person, above ten thousand people! (Fake)
The only things surpassing it were Divine Artifacts and Genesis Artifacts. But all Genesis Artifacts had been completely sealed away on Genesis Island since ancient times, almost never appearing in the mortal world. Thus, they could be excluded. The Demi-Divine Artifact naturally became the lord of all arms, one tier below the peak.
After all, even Weilin had… no more than ten 9th-Tier Divine Artifacts.
[Equipment: 10th-Tier Genesis Artifact, 9th-Tier Divine Artifact, 8th-Tier Demi-Divine Artifact, 7th-Tier Legendary, 6th-Tier Epic]
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