Morning— Although the sky remained dim because of the falling snow and the snowfield was still shrouded in gloom, once the usual hour arrived, FrostNova woke up as she always did, regardless of the weather.
However, unlike the icy bed and completely cold limbs she was accustomed to, both her blanket and her body carried a trace of warmth today, warming her heart along with them.
“…” Because of this, FrostNova indulged in staying in bed for a rare extra moment.
Only after quietly enjoying the warmth with her eyes closed for a while did she carefully pull away the person nestled against her chest and gently tuck the blanket around her.
After finishing all this, Miss White Rabbit got dressed, climbed out of bed, and quietly left the room.
…
Because she had lingered in bed a little longer than usual, by the time FrostNova stepped outside, everyone else was already awake.
Upon seeing her, they immediately greeted her.
“Good morning, Big Sis!” “Big Sis, how did you sleep last night?” “Big Sis got up later than usual today, so she must’ve slept pretty well!” “…” Besides the chattering Snowpriests, even Talulah waved at FrostNova.
“Good morning, Yelena.
How was your rest?
And what about that child, Griseo?” Already accustomed to the Snowpriests’ lively mornings, FrostNova responded to each greeting before finally nodding toward Talulah and taking a seat beside her.
“I slept very well.
That child is still sleeping.
I didn’t wake her.” At this point, Miss White Rabbit paused before changing the subject.
“Speaking of which, shouldn’t you explain Griseo’s identity to me, Talulah?” “You know we can’t just bring people back here casually.
If Father had been here yesterday, he definitely would’ve lectured you.” “I simply didn’t get the chance to explain yesterday.
I don’t mind telling you, Yelena.
But there are still some things I haven’t figured out myself, so I’d appreciate it if you didn’t tell anyone else for now.” Hearing this, Talulah smiled.
“Let me think about where to start…” And so, early in the morning, Talulah and FrostNova huddled together and exchanged another round of information in hushed voices.
The latter finally learned what she had wanted to know.
“So how do you plan to handle this?” Although she had already suspected that some major force might stand behind Griseo, FrostNova never expected to hear such an outrageous story.
Honestly, her first reaction was exactly the same as Talulah’s had been yesterday: Alina might have been deceived…
Yet she couldn’t figure out what anyone would gain by doing so.
“Observe for now, then continue probing to figure out what’s really going on.” Talulah answered directly without beating around the bush.
“…As long as you know your limits.
Don’t overdo it.” Having developed some goodwill toward Griseo after yesterday’s interactions, and lacking a better solution herself, FrostNova tacitly approved of Talulah’s approach.
“Don’t worry.
I’ll be careful.” “…” ————————— Inside the room— “Mm…” As the very person being discussed, Griseo had actually woken up not long after FrostNova got out of bed, thanks to her healthy sleeping habits.
However, since there was nothing for her to do after waking up, she wasn’t in any hurry to leave the warm bed.
Instead, she remained curled up beneath the blankets while browsing the System Interface.
Yesterday she had been surrounded by the Snowpriests the entire time.
Even after completing her missions, she hadn’t had the chance to check her rewards…
Only now did she happily examine the three Supply Cards she had received yesterday, along with today’s Daily Mission.
[Daily Mission] [Complete any commissioned mission once (no restrictions on type).
Deadline: End of today.] [Mission Reward: 10,000 Credits, 1 Character Supply Card.] After giving the daily mission a quick glance, Griseo immediately tossed it aside and focused all her attention on the three Supply Cards.
Her little hands were already itching to use them.
Rationally, she knew she should save them for a ten-pull, which would give her a better chance of obtaining a character—a new identity.
But…
What if a miracle happened with a single pull?
Whether the pool was lucky or cursed, she’d only know after trying!
Besides, the System’s pool wasn’t like MiHoYo’s gacha, requiring ninety pulls for pity and still allowing off-banner losses…
Forty pulls guaranteed a character.
If there was any downside at all, it was probably that everything was mixed into one giant pool with no rate-up banners.
But that didn’t matter.
With a pity count this low, Griseo was completely spoiled by her System.
It was practically telling her that even if she never completed any commissions besides her daily missions, she’d still be able to reach pity after a little over forty days.
And these weren’t just game characters.
They were real characters whose abilities she could transform into and use.
After a brief internal struggle, Griseo finally opened the gacha interface.
First pull: a low-rarity Light Cone.
Second pull: some Honkai materials.
Third pull…
Just as Griseo had already given up hope— A golden flash suddenly appeared.
A character profile marked as unlocked popped onto the screen.
“…꒪꒫꒪)?” “꒪꒫꒪)!” Griseo’s first reaction upon seeing the gold light was happiness.
Her second reaction was concern for her lifespan after being this lucky.
What?
She’s a fused warrior now with an extremely long lifespan?
Never mind then.
After making that little joke to herself, Griseo finally turned her attention to the character profile and saw who had appeared.
Wait…
It’s you, Ruan Mei!
The moment she saw the character she had pulled in only three attempts, Griseo was genuinely shocked.
Not only had she never really expected to get anything at all, she certainly hadn’t imagined pulling Ruan Mei.
As one of the geniuses of the Genius Society, Griseo couldn’t even begin to imagine how useful Ruan Mei’s mind would be or how much value she could bring.
After all…
That was Ruan Mei.
★ ★ ★ T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me!
★ ★ ★ Shilling time!