“Oh no! Ghost boy, how did you get discovered?!”
Bai Xiaocha panicked in her mind.
Thinking back to how utterly defenseless Ghost Boy had looked in the game space last time, she was afraid Xia Yue would bully him terribly.
After that incident, Bai Xiaocha didn’t even dare suggest that Ghost Boy teach Xia Yue a lesson anymore, fearing he might end up getting thoroughly tormented instead.
Sigh, this Ghost Boy was just a bit of a pushover～
“I don’t know either. Feels like she’s just bluffing to see if I’ll slip up.”
Xia Xi muttered in a voice only he could hear to Bai Xiaocha in his mind, then looked up to meet Xia Yue’s gaze.
“Xiaoyue, what are you talking about? What ghost boy? Ghost Boy hasn’t shown up for so long, he’s probably given up on me by now.”
Xia Yue looked suspiciously at his seemingly genuine expression, then reached out and pinched the soft flesh of his cheek.
“How could that be? Xiaocha, you’re so cute! That ghost boy is obviously a lolicon, there’s no way he’d give up on you.”
Alright, alright.
First, he gets teased by Luo Xinyu as the “Timid Young Lady,” and now Xia Yue calls him the “Timid Ghost Boy” and a lolicon. This is just his life now. Xia Xi had accepted it.
They’re just kids talking nonsense. Can’t take it seriously, can’t take it seriously. He’s an adult now, he won’t stoop to their level!
“That’s right! This tea is super cute, okay!”
Bai Xiaocha was very proud in his mind. If she had a physical body right now, she’d definitely have her hands on her hips, her little chin lifted, her face full of pride.
“By the way… where did you put that figurine I gave you? I haven’t seen it around?”
Xia Yue picked a piece of ribs from Bai Xiaocha’s tray and chewed on it, asking a question vaguely through her mouthful.
“I…”
Xia Xi didn’t have Bai Xiaocha’s memories, so naturally, he didn’t know where she had put the figurine. He had to wait for Bai Xiaocha in his mind to provide the answer.
“It’s a Hatsune Miku figurine. I’ve been keeping it in the drawer.”
Xia Xi answered Xia Yue’s question based on Bai Xiaocha’s information. However, because of his hesitation earlier, Xia Yue still felt that he was actually the so-called “Ghost Boy,” not Bai Xiaocha herself.
[Temporary Mission Issued]
Huh?
Come on, System. Is Bai Xiaocha your biological daughter or what? Triggering missions really is that easy for her.
And this time, there wasn’t even an excuse like “sensing a strong desire” like before. Just a blatant temporary mission release.
[Temporary Mission: Call Me Your Highness!
Sensing the exchange target Bai Xiaocha’s fondness for the Hatsune Miku figurine, the host is expected to exchange into the Hatsune Miku figurine’s body and play the role of a living princess.]
[Mission Objective: Accompany Bai Xiaocha as “Your Highness” until she falls asleep, without being recognized as “Ghost Boy.”
Mission Reward: Title “Your Highness.” You’re the princess of the figurine world!
Mission Penalty: Turn into a Hatsune Miku figurine for three days.]
Xia Xi stared silently at the mission info.
Never mind the part about why he had to play the role of a figurine to please Bai Xiaocha. But look at the final mission reward – he’s a big, strong man! What does he need a “Your Highness” title for? This is blatant humiliation!
Humiliation!!!
But the mission penalty seemed even harder to accept. If he really turned into a Hatsune Miku figurine for three whole days, things would definitely go wrong on his end with his real body.
He wondered if the system would arrange for his body to be taken care of. If not, wouldn’t it be like being in a vegetative state for three days?
Besides, he had promised to go back and keep his lady company tonight. He couldn’t break his promise.
…
“Xiaocha, what are you spacing out for? Your food’s getting cold.”
Xia Yue sneakily stole another piece of ribs from Bai Xiaocha’s tray, pretending to be concerned about her.
“Ah, Ghost Boy suddenly left.”
“I knew it! I told you that wasn’t the real you just now～ I really am brilliantly smart.”
Bai Xiaocha looked at Xia Yue’s narcissistic expression, snorted, and picked up her tray, holding it protectively against her chest.
“You little troublemaker, and you still have the nerve to brag about yourself?! How many of my ribs have you stolen?!!!”
“Eheh～”
“Don’t try to get away with being cute! I’m going to eat your meat too!!!”
…
On the other side, with the system’s help, Xia Xi seemed to have swapped into the body of some Hatsune Miku figurine.
When he opened his eyes, the first thing he saw were various snack packaging bags. These bags, normally the size of a palm, now appeared much larger than his entire body in front of him.
He didn’t know how the system did it. The figurine’s body, which should have felt hard to the touch, now felt just like a real person – smooth, delicate skin, soft and squishy.
He reached back and pulled one of the long green twin-tails forward to look at it.
It felt like real hair, good quality. Maybe because it was a girl’s hair, it even had a kind of fresh, clean scent.
None of this should belong to a figurine. The system was just too amazing, directly turning a figurine into a living miniature person.
“So right now, I should be inside Bai Xiaocha’s drawer?”
Xia Xi tried to look out through the gaps between the snack packages, but another desk blocked his view.
Given his current situation, he didn’t dare rush out recklessly. If he crawled out of the drawer and was caught by classmates returning from lunch, it would probably cause a huge commotion.
Better to just wait quietly in the drawer for Bai Xiaocha to return.
But staying alone in this dim drawer, with only a few rays of light filtering in, was more or less too boring.
So he pulled a snack pack toward him and tore it open.
The delicious taste of potato chips bloomed on his taste buds.
It was amazing! He could eat snacks even as a figurine!
He wondered if this body even had a digestive system. If it did digest what he ate, how would he, as a figurine, go to the bathroom?
Or… did little fairies not need to use the bathroom?!
“Seriously… munch munch… why don’t these figurines ever wear shoes?… munch munch.”
The Hatsune Miku figurine body Xia Xi was using had bare feet, and the clothes it wore were also rather revealing.
At least, looking down at the skirt he was wearing now, it barely covered his butt and upper thighs. His fair legs were exposed, paired with those little feet. It looked like a pretty good side dish, no wonder some particularly obsessed otakus would even… do things to figurines.
It wasn’t that Xia Xi was being fussy. It’s just that without shoes, walking inside this drawer was painful. Everywhere he stepped, there were slightly raised wood splinters pricking the soles of his feet.
“By the way, if I had entered the body of a posable figurine, does that mean I could even take off my head and limbs and replace them with others?”
Because he was too bored, strange thoughts started popping into Xia Xi’s head again…
