‘That… that’s Dailina’s…?!’
After realizing what had just pressed against her forehead, Duoluolisi’s face instantly flushed with crimson.
‘W-w-was she just face-washed by Dailina?!’
‘This can’t be right? It must be her hallucination?’
Back in her past life, when watching the CG in the game, she had always thought this was no big deal—it was just a lap pillow, right?
Just some affectionate physical closeness between girls.
She was a veteran player who had unlocked all the CGs.
What scene hadn’t she seen before?
But why, when actually experiencing it, was she completely unable to handle it?
No matter how beautiful the girl on the screen was, she was only pixels and character art.
Through the screen, she couldn’t feel their body heat or smell their scent.
But this was reality.
She could physically feel the warmth and softness of Dailina’s body…
Duoluolisi’s face continued to heat up, reddening to the point that steam seemed about to rise.
She wanted to reach up and cover her face, but her whole body felt weak and powerless.
Her forehead could still feel the soft sensation of those two mounds.
The faint scent of gardenia before her nose further muddled her thoughts.
‘Is this Dailina’s natural scent? So that’s what it smells like…’
‘Ahhhh!’
‘No, no, no. What am I thinking!’
“Dailina… you…”
Duoluolisi mumbled vaguely, trying to say something to break the awkward silence.
But when Dailina heard her voice, she instinctively leaned down again, pressing those soft mounds once more onto Duoluolisi’s forehead.
“Ah!”
The pressure made Duoluolisi cry out involuntarily.
She hurriedly bit her lip, trying to cover up her reaction.
‘How embarrassing, so embarrassing…’
“Eh? Eh?”
Startled by Duoluolisi’s cry, Dailina froze.
Feeling some warmth under her chest, she belatedly realized she had pressed down on Duoluolisi again.
She quickly straightened up, face flushed, and turned her head away.
“I’m sorry! I’m sorry!”
Dailina’s blush was just as deep as Duoluolisi’s.
When she saw Duoluolisi suddenly faint, she had let her rest her head on her thighs without a second thought.
She was worried about her condition at first, but later…
Later, as she gazed at Duoluolisi’s quiet sleeping face, she somehow found herself leaning closer to catch a whiff of her scent.
She was curious whether the lily fragrance in Duoluolisi’s hair was natural or just from shampoo.
‘How… how could she have done something like that?’
‘If Duoluolisi finds out, will she think I’m strange…’
“Ah… Duoluolisi’s forehead feels a bit warm…”
Dailina forcibly pulled her thoughts back, speaking awkwardly.
After the flush on her face faded somewhat, she slowly turned back and looked down to check on Duoluolisi.
But her full chest completely blocked her view.
She had to reach out and gently place the back of her hand on Duoluolisi’s forehead.
“It’s a little hot. Duoluolisi, are you running a fever?”
Dailina asked with concern, feeling the warmth.
The moment Dailina’s hand touched her forehead, Duoluolisi flinched violently, as if shocked by electricity.
‘What’s going on?!’
‘When did I become this sensitive?!’
‘Help! I want to find a crack in the ground to crawl into…’
Duoluolisi could only close her eyes and pretend she still wasn’t awake.
“So hot… what should I do…”
Dailina didn’t pull her hand away.
Her fingers gently traced Duoluolisi’s brow bone, then slowly slid down her cheek to her ear, brushing a few stray silver strands behind it.
When the pad of her finger brushed against her ear, Duoluolisi flinched again.
‘What… what is she trying to do?!’
Before Duoluolisi could react, Dailina’s other hand also came up.
She cupped Duoluolisi’s face lightly, using her thumbs to draw small circles on her cheekbones.
‘Mm~ so ticklish…’
A tingling numbness spread from her cheekbones, making her breathing unstable.
She moved her neck, trying to escape Dailina’s hands.
“Be good~ Don’t move~”
Dailina gently pressed down on Duoluolisi’s head.
A faint golden light appeared in her palms, from which many golden particles gathered and flowed toward Duoluolisi’s temples.
A warm mana flowed into her temples, gradually spreading through her entire head, then slowly trickling down through her whole body.
It felt like a warm spring gently filling her cold body, every place touched by the current caressed by tender hands.
‘So warm, so comfortable…’
Duoluolisi’s tense shoulders gradually relaxed, her breathing steadied.
The chill from blood loss was slowly driven away.
Even the wounds left by the Blood Needles seemed less painful.
“Feeling better?”
Dailina’s voice was gentle, as if soothing a small animal.
Duoluolisi didn’t answer.
In that warmth, her consciousness grew hazy, as if floating on water, gently swaying with the waves.
She could almost hear Dailina’s soft breathing and feel the warmth of the palms cradling her cheeks.
This feeling made her think of…
“Mom…”
Duoluolisi’s lips moved, the word slipping out unintentionally.
“Eh?”
“Mm?”
Both of them froze at the same time.
The air suddenly became quiet, so quiet that you could hear a fallen leaf hit the ground nearby.
‘Oh no, oh no, oh no.’
‘How did she accidentally say that out loud?!’
Back in her past life, like most players, when she watched Dailina’s lap pillow CG, she couldn’t help calling her “Mom.”
Dailina’s gentle and maternal image had made countless fans declare her their “mom.”
But she didn’t even play Valorant!
And she really hadn’t meant to say that!
Now that Dailina had heard her, how was she supposed to face her after this?!
Duoluolisi wished she could dig a hole and bury herself in the ground, becoming an ostrich with its head in the sand.
After a long silence, Dailina finally spoke, breaking it.
“Duoluolisi?”
She didn’t answer.
“Did you just call me…?”
Dailina asked softly.
“No.”
Duoluolisi cut her off, her voice muffled.
The blush spread down to her neck again.
“You misheard.”
“But I think I heard…”
Dailina tried again, only to be interrupted again.
“No, no, no! You misheard!”
Duoluolisi stubbornly turned her head away.
As she said that, she felt the hands cupping her cheeks tighten slightly, and then she seemed to hear a soft pfft.
“Mm-hmm, I must have misheard.”
Dailina let go with one hand, covering her mouth as she chuckled.
‘So Duoluolisi has this cute side too.’