The Town

Despair, complete despair!

Level 90… something must be wrong, right?

“Grand Adventure” has only released a maximum level of 40 since its launch, yet I’ve already encountered two beings surpassing that level in this game world.

Could this be a real world?

No, how could a real world have levels? And the System sis definitely exists. No, no…

“Heh.” Lis chuckled softly, interrupting my thoughts.

I’m an idiot! Thinking such nonsense in a chastity crisis!

Lis leaned forward suddenly, her face almost touching mine, her beautiful emerald eyes staring directly at me.

The next moment, my lips felt a moist softness.

My mind went blank for an instant, and my body immediately stiffened.

My first kiss was taken away by a girl just like that!

Shock, bewilderment, panic—I couldn’t distinguish my emotions right now.

However, before I could even sort out my feelings, my body collapsed, and then Lis launched her holy war upon me.

At this time, the beast carriage continued to travel smoothly, and spring bloomed within the carriage.

…

The next day, before dawn, the beast carriage stopped at the entrance to a small town.

Last night’s events felt like a dream. No, it would have been better if it were a dream.

“Tofu… tofu… grinding tofu… Ahhhh, I was ground into tofu…” Recalling the scenes from last night, my fragile heart was shattered into pieces once again.

“Sigh…” I sighed, dejectedly walking out of the carriage.

“Wait.” Just as I was about to distance myself from this sorrowful place, Lis got off the carriage, grabbed my hand, and gently pulled me over.

Seeing the perpetrator’s smiling face, I don’t know why I couldn’t get angry.

Could this be victim dependency syndrome!?

“Token.” Lis took out a black necklace from her ring. A slender chain with a faint black luster in the middle, adorned with a circular blood-red gem.

This exquisitely crafted necklace must be of extraordinary value.

“For me?”

“Mm.” Before I could answer, she quickly put the necklace on me.

“We’ll meet again.” She meant we would see each other again in the future, and this time, I understood her without needing to imagine it.

“Mm, until we meet again.” If I said I had no lingering resentment towards Lis, that would be a lie.

This overly domineering young lady, I will definitely get back at her sooner or later, in every sense of the word!

Just as I was turning to leave, I was pulled back again.

The next moment, four lips met.

Like a dragonfly touching water, it was a fleeting kiss. Lis quickly pulled away.

However, with my quick reflexes, I immediately embraced her and kissed those petal-like lips.

Lis’s soft body stiffened slightly, then relaxed again, but her rapidly beating heart betrayed her.

This domineering young lady actually getting nervous—it brought me a surge of exhilaration.

However, the next moment, Lis pushed me away.

“Being naughty.”

She stuck out her tongue, smiled radiantly, and then quickly walked into the carriage, closing the door.

This was the first time I had seen Lis display such a playful smile, fitting for her age.

“Goodbye.” After savoring the sensation of Lis for a moment, I waved at the carriage and set foot on the road towards the town.

This time, Lis didn’t come out to bid farewell. Perhaps everything that needed to be said had already been conveyed.

A slight sense of loss filled me; I think I might be starting to like Lis.
Having been single for twenty-five years, I’m not used to such an abnormal feeling.

“…” I glanced back at the carriage, shook off the faint reluctance and loneliness in my heart, and stepped away.

Walking straight along the main road, in less than five minutes, I saw a not-too-small milestone that read, “Welcome to Glen Town.”

This is the first stop of my adventure!

…

The sky had not fully brightened yet, and a faint mist still permeated the air.
Not a soul was visible in the town; it was very quiet.

Two to three-story duplex houses were built on both sides of the clean main road.
All the shop doors were still tightly shut, indicating that market time was still far off.

“So hungry.” My stomach protested with a rumbling sound. After being tormented by Lis all night, I hadn’t eaten a single grain, and my stomach was almost flattened against my back.

“Ugh…” At this moment, a faint smell of urine wafted over, almost making me vomit on the street.
This seemingly clean street had faint water stains in the corners of the houses.

I fled the place with the strange smell and walked forward for a while longer, finally seeing people.
An old man was setting up a breakfast stall by the roadside.

Wisps of steam rose from the warm pot as the old man skillfully stirred the porridge inside, looking like it would be ready soon.

I found a seat and ordered a bowl of plain porridge, beginning to savor my first meal in another world.
What, you say black bread was my first meal? That must be your hallucination.

…

Interlude: Blood Kin

“Young miss, do you truly have feelings for that girl?” The unremarkable coachman transformed into a handsome maid with black hair, who gazed at her master with a gentle smile.

“Yes.”

“Heh, then congratulations, young miss. However, why did you let her go? Wouldn’t it be better to have her accompany us?” Such a weak existence like her could die at any moment. The black-haired maid didn’t voice this thought.

She knew that her intelligent master could naturally understand her unspoken words.

“Fate.” After watching Liv’s figure completely disappear from the car window, Lis’s expression returned to its usual coldness.

“Fate? Could it be that she is…” The black-haired maid became flustered, an unusual occurrence, and her half-spoken words were stopped by Lis raising her hand.

“Mm.”

“Then shouldn’t you have kept her by your side even more?” It wasn’t by chance that the young miss encountered the white-haired girl there.

The black-haired maid recalled the young miss changing direction on a whim a few days ago; it turned out there was a reason for it.

“Cannot interfere.”

Lis looked up towards the car roof, her gaze seeming to penetrate the carriage and observe somewhere in the sky.

“But…”

“Rest assured, blood pact.” Lis remembered the scene from last night, and two faint blushes appeared on her face.

If Liv were to see such an expression, she would surely exclaim, “You drama queen!”

Lis wasn’t actually domineering; she was just not good at expressing her emotions, which resulted in her actions being somewhat rash and forceful.

However, in this world, it was likely only that beautiful white-haired girl who could cause her, a supreme being of the Blood Kin, to act so out of character.

The black-haired maid knew this very well, which was why she asked her master such a question.

Regarding this beautiful master, the black-haired maid knew better than anyone that their relationship was less like master and servant and more like sisters.

“Then, next…”

“The plan.”

“Understood.” The black-haired maid smiled gently and suddenly disappeared.

“Important.” Lis picked up the dress from the floor. Yesterday, she had found it dirty and smelly, but it was once snow-white and flawless. She carefully folded it and put it into her ring.

At the same time, the plain carriage restored its original luxurious appearance, adorned with intricate floral patterns and countless inlaid gems.

The Gamma Beast even transformed into a huge, fierce dragon horse.

Under the command of the black-haired maid, the seemingly immensely powerful dragon horse galloped forward.

With a flash of light, the beast carriage disappeared without a trace as if it had never appeared.