After Lin Ling was carried to the room—
Ivelia gently placed Lin Ling onto the bed.
Lin Ling seemed to have fallen completely asleep.
When she was laid down, she merely nuzzled the pillow slightly and continued to sleep soundly.
Ivelia stood by the bedside, gazing at her sleeping face.
According to Phelan's recent report, this soundly sleeping white ball had not only anchored the residual soul into a crystal but had even allowed Danasuo to regain a touchable body through her keepsake.
But...
Ivelia's gaze darkened slightly.
She recalled the scene from the recording crystal where Leticia hugged Lin Ling.
And the scene of Lin Ling throwing herself into Leticia's arms to act spoiled.
As well as the scene of Leticia gently patting Lin Ling's back.
Ivelia fell silent for a moment.
Then, she raised her hand.
One cleaning spell after another fell upon Lin Ling.
The sleeping Lin Ling merely let out a soft hum, comforted by the cleaning spells.
“Mmh...”
Ivelia watched her.
Even though she had cast the cleaning spell several times in a row,
she still felt that the scent belonging to Leticia had not completely vanished.
Ivelia stood by the bed, falling silent once more.
Then, as if she had thought of something,
she looked down at the soundly sleeping Lin Ling.
This person, curled up in a ball on the bed, was a miraculous being who hadn't even woken up during the carrying and teleportation magic.
In other words,
as long as she moved gently, she probably wouldn't wake up.
Ivelia slowly sat down on the edge of the bed.
Then, with extremely gentle movements, she lay down next to Lin Ling.
First, she looked at Lin Ling's face, confirming that her breathing was still steady.
Afterward, Ivelia reached out and pulled Lin Ling into her embrace.
Her movements were very light, yet they carried a hint of undeniable possessiveness.
She seemed to want to cover Leticia's scent with her own.
And Lin Ling, as if sensing a heat source of a very comfortable temperature,
didn't struggle at all after being held.
Instead, she very naturally snuggled deeper into Ivelia's arms,
and then reached out to wrap her arms directly around Ivelia.
Ivelia's body stiffened slightly.
She looked down at Lin Ling in her arms.
Lin Ling was fast asleep,
completely unaware of what she had done.
She simply buried her face in Ivelia's chest, as if she had found the most comfortable position.
Ivelia watched her movements.
Only after a long while did she gently tighten her arms.
“Really...”
Her voice was very soft, almost like a sigh.
Then, holding Lin Ling like this, Ivelia gradually drifted off to sleep.
However, after Ivelia fell asleep, Lin Ling's consciousness was pulled into a pure white place.
Within the pure white space—
“Wow.”
“She looks so cute when she's asleep.”
Kavia squatted next to Lin Ling, the smile on her mask practically stretching from ear to ear—
though her mask didn't actually have ears.
“I've wanted to squish her face for so long.”
“Don't you agree, Mari-chan?”
As she spoke, Kavia's hands very naturally reached toward Lin Ling's face.
Then, she began to squish and knead it.
Lin Ling's face was slightly deformed under her squeezing.
“It's soft, really so soft.”
“What is this small animal texture~”
Kavia made extremely satisfied noises as she kneaded.
Meanwhile, Marigal had already taken out a camera-like object.
She was continuously snapping photos of Kavia and the sleeping Lin Ling.
Click, click...
“Yes, yes.”
“Kavia, come, help pose the little cutie like this.”
“Yes~ Very good.”
“Hehehe.”
Marigal held the camera in her hands,
a highly dangerous smile hanging on her lips.
How should one describe that smile?
If Lin Ling were awake, she would probably immediately classify her as a “deviant who needs to be reported to the police.”
“Mmh... ugh...”
“Stop... don't mess around...”
Lin Ling felt as if her face was being constantly kneaded by something.
She frowned.
Then, she instinctively tried to roll over to escape the squishing sensation on her face.
However, this was the pure white space.
There was no such thing as a floor.
Consequently, Lin Ling's attempt to roll over failed.
Or rather, she did succeed in a way.
The three people in the distance watched Lin Ling rotate continuously in the pure white space, looking like a piece of meat spinning on a rotisserie skewer.
Kavia's hands froze in midair.
“Wow.”
“She's still spinning.”
Marigal raised her camera.
Click.
“I must record this as well.”
The Goddess stood further away, silently watching the scene.
After a moment, she sighed helplessly and pinched the bridge of her nose.
“You two...”
Meanwhile, whether Lin Ling had finally realized something or was simply dizzy from spinning,
her body swayed in midair for a bit.
Then, she finally woke up from her sleep.
“Ugh... ah~”
Lin Ling rubbed her eyes.
“Where am I...”
She opened her eyes and looked around,
only to freeze in place.
The surrounding environment was so white that it made her wonder if she had entered some unrendered area where textures hadn't loaded yet.
Lin Ling sat up and came to a very calm conclusion.
“Am I having another weird dream?”
But when she looked nearby, she discovered three strange... people standing there?
One was glowing all over, looking like a walking lightbulb.
One was staring at her while drooling, mumbling who-knows-what, and holding a strange camera—some kind of deviant?
And another was wearing a mask, looking highly suspicious, like a kidnapper.
Lin Ling: “...”
Could this be some kind of #training #Saintess #mask #corruption script? Isn't the cast of this dream a bit too luxurious?!
“Hey! Why am I the kidnapper?!”
Kavia instantly squatted on the ground, her entire figure turning black and white.
The expression on her mask changed from a smiling face to a crying face.
A tiny raincloud even appeared over her head.
“Little cutie, if you're going to think something, keep it in your head!”
Lin Ling: “Eh?”
She was stunned for a moment.
“Did I say that out loud?”
“You did.”
Kavia hugged her knees, looking incredibly aggrieved.
“And it was very hurtful.”
“I am clearly the super-kind Kavia, not a kidnapper!”
Lin Ling looked at Kavia squatting on the ground.
Then she looked at Marigal, who was holding the camera nearby.
Finally, she looked at the glowing lightbulb person.
“Um... I'm really sorry.”
“But this scene really does make it look like I've been kidnapped by a suspicious gang.”
The little raincloud over Kavia's head began to pour even harder.
“Alright, Kavia.”
“Cut the act. It's time to get down to business.”
The glowing woman reached out with a golden arm and lifted Kavia from the ground.
Suspended in midair, Kavia looked like a masked puppet that had lost all its dreams.
Afterward, the glowing woman looked at Lin Ling.
Perhaps because of Lin Ling's earlier “lightbulb person” remark,
the overly dazzling light masking her body slowly faded.
Once the light subsided, a woman with pure white pupils appeared before Lin Ling.
Her aura was very serene and holy.
However, because she was still holding Kavia in her hand, that holiness was somewhat compromised.
Did she turn off the light just because I said she looked like a lightbulb person?
Lin Ling thought silently to herself.
“It is certainly not because you said I looked like a lightbulb person.”
the woman said calmly.
Lin Ling: “...”
Mind reading?
Does this place even have mind reading?
Then didn't my comments about the deviant and the kidnapper get completely exposed too?
“They were exposed, little cutie.”
Marigal held up her camera, flashing a brilliant smile at Lin Ling.
“And your reaction is so cute.”
Click.
She snapped another photo.
Lin Ling: “...”
Dangerous! This person is indeed highly dangerous!
Meanwhile, Kavia, still suspended in midair, squirmed in the woman's grip.
“Mari-chan, she called you a deviant.”
“I know.”
Marigal's smile grew even wider.
“It just means the little cutie already knows me very well.”
Kavia: “...”
Lin Ling: “...”
Amazing. In a sense, she's truly amazing.
The woman ignored the antics of the two behind her.
She gazed at Lin Ling with her pure white eyes.
“Lin Ling.”
Hearing the other party suddenly call out her name, Lin Ling's body instinctively tensed up.
“This is our first official meeting.”
the woman said slowly.
“Let me introduce myself.”
“I am the God of the Central Continent.”
“You may call me the Goddess, or the Goddess of Light.”
Lin Ling stared the woman before her.
Her brain began to slowly shut down.
The God of the Central Continent?
So this wasn't a dream?
Or had the setting of this dream finally become so ridiculous that even deities were showing up?
And why on earth was the Goddess accompanied by a deviant and a masked kidnapper?
Was this really what a deity's work environment was like?
Lin Ling opened her mouth, wanting to say something.
However, due to the sheer volume of information, her brain had already entered a state of overload.
In the end, she merely stared blankly at the woman in front of her,
and said with absolute honesty:
“Huh?”
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