Unbidden Desires and a Blushing Awakening

“Is it dead?”

“Certainly. Just a mere mortal. If it’s not dead, I’ll eat my words.”

“…”

Inside a small dwelling in an unknown region, several beings, whose appearances could barely be considered human, were discussing something. Without exception, their expressions seemed far from pleased.

“I told you long ago to find someone more reliable to handle this. Now look what happened: we’ve lost more than we gained.”

“I said from the beginning this method wouldn’t work, didn’t I? But you all insisted on trying it.”

“Nonsense! Did you say that?”

Instantly, that single remark ignited the powder keg in the room. The bickering continued until one of the beings, possessing bat-like wings, slammed a hand on the table and, with an exasperated voice, cut through the argument.

“It’s already happened! What good is more arguing? Silence!”

“The Sword-Wielding Agency has already been alerted, and even that person from the Mo family has begun investigating. All of you, stay low for a while.”

“If we can draw them to our side, that would be ideal. After all, it’s just a fledgling. What good is royal blood, even if it has it?”

****

The next morning, in a small rented room in West City’s First Village…

“Haaah~”

Sunlight filtered into the room through sheer curtains. Bai Xia, rubbing her drowsy eyes, peeked out from under her covers. Her snow-white hair lay disheveled across the small bed, adding a touch of wild beauty to the recently awakened, white-haired girl.

Her fair, small hand fumbled beneath the pillow, eventually retrieving her phone to check the time. After confirming there were no new messages, she slowly sat up, stretching languidly with a hint of ease.

The morning sun cast its light upon her pure white nightgown, tracing the delicate curve of her slender waist through the thin fabric. Her petite, exquisite figure was entirely revealed in that moment; even a strap of her nightgown had slipped from her shoulder due to her sleeping position, exposing one fair, fragrant shoulder. If the lower half of her body hadn’t still been tucked under the covers, her pure white panties would likely have been visible too.

‘That sleep… it was so comfortable.’

Sitting on the bed, Bai Xia gazed hazily at her small room. Gradually, the memory of Mo Bai holding and teasing her yesterday afternoon resurfaced in her mind, instantly bringing an unmistakable blush to her adorable cheeks.

‘How mortifying… I actually made such an expression in a boy’s arms, and even let him touch my ankle and things…’

Recalling how Mo Bai had so casually ‘bullied’ her yesterday, Bai Xia wondered if her brain had malfunctioned at that moment. Especially the fact that she had been so obedient, letting Mo Bai do as he pleased—was that truly her?!

If she didn’t know for a fact that she had acted that way last night, Bai Xia would suspect she had been possessed.

And when Mo Bai held her last night, there was indeed a brief moment where she seriously considered whether she should just repay her deskmate with her body.

‘Damn it, damn it! What on earth am I thinking?!’

The girl suddenly turned over again, burying her face in the pillow in exasperation. Her snow-white hair spread wildly across the sheets, and her two small feet unconsciously kicked and thrashed under the covers, tangling the blanket over her lower body before kicking it aside. This revealed her nightgown’s hem, which had ridden up during sleep, leaving her pure white cotton panties exposed in the morning light.

‘She’d always seen Mo Bai as an older brother figure. How could she have such shameless thoughts?!’

‘This is simply a defilement of friendship! A sacrilege!’

Moreover, having once been a boy, she harbored a certain degree of resistance towards ‘such things.’ These thoughts arose simply because novels often featured ‘spicy’ plotlines like “since she’s become a girl, shouldn’t she let her good brother have some fun first?”, which invariably led her mind astray.

‘But… if I think about it that way, in a novel, with my deskmate’s strength, he’d sort of fit the male lead archetype, wouldn’t he?’

“…”

The girl’s small face, buried in the pillow, couldn’t help but flush even deeper. She lifted her head slightly, her ruby-like eyes now brimming with shyness.

‘What… what’s wrong with me?’

Her pink lips were pressed together. Bai Xia felt her heart pounding ridiculously fast. Though she desperately didn’t want to admit it, lately, whenever she imagined ‘doing bad things,’ the male lead in her mind was often Mo Bai. His somewhat domineering yet gentle demeanor inexplicably hit her ‘XP’ (personal preference/fetish).

Bai Xia indignantly punched her pillow, her snow-white hair scattering over her shoulders. “It’s all Mo Ge’s fault for bullying me like that yesterday…”

****

‘Clearly… I should be resistant to such things. I would never fantasize about being pinned beneath Mo Bai or anything like that.’

‘Honestly, what’s so great about that guy anyway…’

****

‘But there’s no helping it. After all, she isn’t human. A young Blood Princess in heat is notoriously difficult to handle, a fact Bai Xia, as a Blood Princess herself, understood intimately.’

****

“Ugh… I’m done for…” The girl belatedly covered her face, her toes curling in mortification as she thrashed around on the bed. She was actually thinking about Mo Ge when…

‘But why… why does my heart race uncontrollably whenever I think of Mo Bai?’

Bai Xia truly couldn’t understand why she was like this. If there was any reason at all, besides her immense gratitude for Mo Bai helping her out so many times, it could only be the undeniable fact that Mo Bai was now her master.

‘But—that! She would never admit that!’