With My Ability To Swap, I Will Never End Up In A Love Triangle Mess - Chapter 54

There’s only one truth!”

Xia Xi pushed up imaginary glasses, radiating the confidence of someone who had already cracked the case.

“And that is… he fell asleep!!!”

The moment she said it, the security guy rolled over onto his back.

Then he rubbed his eyes, a glistening trail of drool escaping his lips under the convention hall lights.

“Uuuuuuugh—aaaaah—”

The weird groan sounded like someone waking up mid-transformation into a zombie.

After stretching his arms and cracking his neck, he finally noticed the crowd of people staring at him.

“Uh… what’s going on?”

He was utterly baffled.

He’d just been tired from walking around the con, so he found a spot to lie down for a bit. Why was everyone gawking at him like he was some zoo exhibit?

“Aah! Y-you… you came back from the dead!!!”

The fox girl who had first spotted him shrieked and fell onto her butt.

Xia Xi’s group had already left.

A boring misunderstanding like this usually ended once explained, and there was no point sticking around for more.

“Xiao Cha, get down from Leng Jie’s shoulders already!”

Xia Yue puffed her cheeks, grabbing the little loli’s legs and trying to yank her off.

Honestly, this girl was just asking for it.

Not only was she shamelessly clinging to Leng Xiyu, but she was also making all sorts of挑衅 faces at Xia Yue.

Xia Xi’s thoughts were simple: Oh, you wanna flaunt all those photos of you cuddling with other girls? Well, now I get to cuddle too—and even get head pats whenever I want!

“No way~ Not happening~”

Xia Xi stuck out her tongue in a teasing smirk.

Wait, why was she instinctively making these cutesy gestures?

Remembering Bai Xiao Cha’s Level 8 Acting Cute skill, Xia Xi suddenly realized—had her acting cute skill leveled up too?

Sure enough, on the system panel, a glaring Acting Cute Lv. 3 stared back at her.

Seriously?! I’m a grown man! What do I need an acting cute skill for?!

“Alright, Xiao Cha, come down now. Carrying you for so long is making me a little tired.”

Leng Xiyu chuckled at their antics before giving Xia Xi’s butt a light pat, signaling her to get down and walk on her own.

Bai Xiao Cha, listening from inside her mind, was devastated.

“Damn you, Xia Yue! If you hadn’t stirred things up, Xiyu Jie would’ve kept carrying me! You owe me my piggyback rides!!”

Even though she and Xia Yue had a love-hate, prank-filled relationship, they’d acted all chummy in front of him earlier—like they were the best of friends, hugging and clinging to each other.

(Not that they weren’t close, of course.)

“Okay~”

Xia Xi, on the other hand, wasn’t too bothered.

No more piggyback ride? Fine, she’d walk. No big deal!

One hour later…

“Nope, nope, I can’t go on—let’s find somewhere to sit!”

“Ehh~ Such a weakling~”

Xia Xi, already sitting against the wall and lazily licking an ice pop, delivered the taunt in Bai Xiao Cha’s soft,糯叽叽 loli voice—somehow making it sound extra bratty.

“You’re the last person who gets to say that!”

Xia Yue pounced, pinning Xia Xi against the wall in a textbook kabedon.

“How dare a mere Xiao Cha act so smug?!”

One hand braced against the wall, the other gripping Xia Xi’s chin, Xia Yue smirked like a proper villainess.

Not that her reaction was unwarranted.

Xia Xi had given up walking fifteen minutes ago, opting to slump against the wall. Now that it was Xia Yue’s turn to rest, she had the audacity to mock her?

But what could Xia Xi do? Bai Xiao Cha’s stamina was abysmal. No wonder she didn’t rush to take her body back—she knew the con would be exhausting and wanted me to do all the walking for her!

“Get off me first!”

Being kabedon’d as a loli by another beautiful loli was… an odd experience.

Not that Xia Xi had any weird tastes—she just wanted to escape.

She wanted to be the one doing the kabedon-ing, damn it!

“Oh? Where’d all that confidence from earlier go?”

Xia Yue wasn’t letting up. She leaned in closer, one hand shamelessly groping Bai Xiao Cha’s thigh like a full-on delinquent.

The surrounding crowd’s eyes were glued to them—who wouldn’t stare at two cute girls in such a compromising position?

Thankfully, everyone was polite enough to just watch and not whip out their phones for photos.

“Xiao Yue, stop bullying Xiao Cha. Sit down and rest for a bit.”

Leng Xiyu, the voice of reason, finally stepped in—saving Xia Xi from Xia Yue’s clutches.

“Hmph, I’ll let you off this time~”

Xia Yue smugly pulled back, making a grabbing motion with her hand.

Xia Xi glanced down at her thigh—several faint red marks were left behind.

Xia Yue hadn’t even squeezed that hard, but Bai Xiao Cha’s skin was so delicate that even a light pinch left traces.

“Xia Yue is so mean!”

Bai Xiao Cha raged internally.

“Mr. Ghost, can’t you possess Xia Yue instead?! I wanna bully her too!”

This was followed by a string of grumbled “Mere Xia Yue this, mere Xia Yue that.”

“Even if I possessed her, you’d still be the one getting bullied.”

Xia Xi kept that thought to herself.

It was true—Bai Xiao Cha, with her soft, loli personality, was doomed to forever be the victim. There was no way she’d ever turn the tables.

“Hey, everyone! Wanna play a game with us?”

Just as the trio was relaxing, the Konata Izumi cosplayer from earlier approached.

With her were the twins, Kagami and Tsukasa Hiiragi—seemingly a group of friends cosplaying together.

“Sure! What are we playing?”

Xia Xi and Leng Xiyu stayed silent.

In situations like this, Xia Yue was always the first to speak up—the perfect mouthpiece.

“Ta-da! Truth or Dare!”

Konata proudly held up a box of Truth or Dare cards, eyes sparkling with anticipation.

“So? You in?”

“Let’s do it!” x3

No idea why they’d singled out their group, but since the invitation was so enthusiastic, there was no reason to refuse.

“Alright, we’ll keep it simple—rock-paper-scissors! Loser draws a card.”

The rules were straightforward. For a bunch of girls who didn’t know probability tricks, pure luck was the fairest way to play.

“Then let’s begin! Rock~ Paper~ Scissors~!”