Miss Player, please don't cast spells on me.

Fortunately, when Kiyono Hai called out for the second time, a woman's somewhat tired voice responded from inside the house.

"Milk delivery? Just leave it outside the door. Wait, what's that sound? Could you please wait a moment?!"

Kiyono Hai felt a strange sense of familiarity when she heard the female voice coming from inside the house.

Sakai Iori, who was inside the house at the time, also felt a sense of familiarity.

She is currently in a state of extreme anxiety and depression, and the reason she is so agitated is, of course, because her Chanor is gone.

It has truly disappeared.

Even if Sakai Iori used any methods such as rewinding, loading, or even cheating, it would be completely useless.

The character Shanor seems to have disappeared from the game; no matter what methods Sakai Iori uses, she can no longer find Shanor in the game.

Especially when Sakai Iori returns to her first playthrough and is all lovey-dovey with Shanor, and Shanor has completely disappeared...

Sakai Iori completely panicked.

She frantically searched online for all sorts of game guides, bug reports, and related keywords such as 'Xianor' for the game "Rose Kingdom".

So much so that a lot of fellow fans of otome romance games asked online about Shanor's whereabouts.

Sakai Iori's anxious tone even led her friends to mistakenly believe that... perhaps Sakai Iori had a child named Shanor who had gone missing in real life.

Although Iori Sakai has repeatedly explained online that it wasn't a child who got lost in real life.

But her current feelings are no different from those of someone whose own child has gone missing; she is so anxious that Sakai Iori is on the verge of a breakdown.

Just as Sakai Iori was having an emotional breakdown, she suddenly heard shouts coming from outside, even though she wasn't wearing headphones.

Sakai Iori recognized the voice almost immediately!

Is that Shanor's voice? Could it be...?

Sakai Iori had an extremely absurd thought: Could it be that her Xia Nuoer had come into reality?

But her reason quickly suppressed this outrageous idea.

Ultimately, it's just a similar voice; Iori Sakai feels she's completely lost her mind from playing games.

Even the voice of a milkman would be hallucinated as Shanor's voice. At this moment, Sakai Iori felt that her 'Shanor disease' was really on its last legs.

But after the milkman outside the door called out a second time, Sakai Iori couldn't sit still any longer.

Isn't this too similar? It's not just similar, it's exactly the same!

At this moment, Sakai Iori finally couldn't hold back anymore. Without even changing out of her pajamas or putting on shoes, she rushed out of the house barefoot.

As she rushed out, Sakai Iori realized that she was doing something extremely childish.

It's so childish, like a little girl who's still fantasizing that Santa Claus will come and give her presents on Christmas, or it's just like being an idiot.

Then, when Sakai Iori pushed open the door, she really saw her 'Santa Claus' standing outside.

Soft, black, tousled hair; mysterious, translucent, deep purple eyes like jewels; and a captivating beauty mark at the corner of her eye.

No mistake! Absolutely no mistake! The person standing outside the door is…

"Xianor?!" Sakai Iori exclaimed the name, somewhat out of control.

The moment Kiyono heard the name, his first reaction was to shudder.

Before Kiyono Hai could even see who the voice belonged to, Sakai Iori had already rushed to the gate of the courtyard and excitedly shouted at Kiyono Hai, her voice even cracking slightly.

"You're Shanor, right?!"

Damn... does this mean the virtual YouTuber was caught by fans unboxing their virtual items offline?

Qingye Hui then recognized the person in front of him as the top-ranked sister who had given him four hundred faith points as a reward last night.

"That milk..."

To calm the top-ranked woman in front of him down, Kiyono Gray raised the two bottles of milk in his hand and shook them.

Sakai Iori also recovered from the excitement of meeting 'Xanor' in person.

After subconsciously saying "Oh," she took the two bottles of milk from Qingye Hui's hands.

"Then excuse me."

Kiyono Hai's first thought was to run away, but Sakai Iori's instinct as a love expert kicked in at this moment.

She keenly heard Kiyono Hai's stomach rumble a few times, realizing that the boy in front of her must be very hungry.

Sakai Iori immediately called out to Kiyono Hai, who was about to slip away.

"Um... this place is quite far from the city center. You'll have to ride a long way to buy food. If you don't mind, how about coming to my house for breakfast before you leave?"

When Sakai Iori said those words, she clearly saw the suspicion, wariness, and even a hint of disdain in Kiyono Hai's eyes.

"I just saw how hard you work delivering goods so early in the morning, so I wanted to treat you to breakfast... Young man, you don't need to be so wary. Apart from that, I really don't have any bad intentions towards you."

Honestly, from the moment you started treating me like a target for your spells, that statement lost all credibility!

Kiyono Hai clearly remembered Sakai Iori, the woman who could even use the way she dressed as a side dish for casting spells!

"Thank you very much..."

"Iori Sakai, you can just call me Iori-nee," Iori Sakai quickly introduced herself.

"Then thank you very much, Iori-nee?"

Kiyono Gray accepted the food offered by the top-ranked older sister.

Well, let her cast spells. As Xia Nuoer's fame spreads, I reckon more and more female players will be casting spells on her.

You should get used to the ash in the fields as soon as possible.

Chapter 14 Hopefully, the room's soundproofing is good enough.

Sakai Iori sat on the tatami mat in her living room in a duck-like posture, watching Kiyono Hai busy in the kitchen.

She calmed down during this time.

At the same time, Sakai Iori kept repeating to herself, "I can't play with meal replacement literature," "I can't play with meal replacement literature."

Even if Qingye Hui looks exactly like her Xia Nuoer after she grows up, Qingye Hui is ultimately not the Xia Nuoer who spent intimate time with her in the game.

Even with Sakai Iori reminding herself to this extent, she was still curious about Kiyono Hai's background.

Out of curiosity, Sakai Iori subconsciously pinched her right little toe lightly to calm herself down... and then asked Kiyono Hai her first question.

"Hey Kiyono-kun, have you ever done any part-time work related to the game industry before?"

"Part-time jobs related to the gaming industry?"

While making breakfast, Kiyono Hai instantly realized that Sakai Iori was testing the relationship between him and Shanor.

"Yes, I did do part-time work in this area before, but it was just wearing a strange outfit and helmet and running around in an open space, and using my voice for sampling and stuff."

Kiyono Hai immediately gave Sakai Iori the answer she wanted to hear.

That is, I used to do face modeling, motion capture, and voice sampling for a game company.

In this world, it's not a big deal for gods to reveal their identities to each other, but if a god deliberately reveals his or her identity to an ordinary person, he or she will be severely punished by the performance system.

Therefore, Kiyono Hai could only use this rather vague method to explain to Sakai Iori the connection between himself and 'Shanor' in the game.

"So you're a motion capture actor. No wonder."

Sakai Iori rubbed her right little toe after learning that Kiyono Hai was a motion capture actor for Shanor.

She became even more determined not to engage in any kind of "Xianor's meal replacement literature" with Qingye Hui.

The boy in front of me, named Kiyono Gray, probably doesn't even know what the game "Rose Kingdom" is.

If Sakai Iori were to become attached to this boy because of her love for the character he plays...

Even if Kiyono Hai called the police and got her arrested, Sakai Iori felt that she wasn't entirely innocent.

Just as Sakai Iori was thinking about controlling her emotions and not letting her love for Shanor transfer to Kiyono Hai.

Kiyono brought out two prepared breakfasts from the kitchen and placed one in front of Sakai Iori.

"I'm so sorry, I was the one who offered to treat you to breakfast, but I ended up making you spend so much time in the kitchen by yourself," Iori Sakai said somewhat awkwardly.

"It's okay. After all, when I saw you using a microwave to make breakfast, I guessed that you actually couldn't cook."

When Kiyono Hai said those words, Sakai Iori's smile became increasingly awkward.

Come to think of it, this boy's personality is nothing like her Xia Nuoer's; Xia Nuoer should be more petite and dependent.

This boy's personality is like that of a wildcat—gentle on the surface but actually prickly.

But how should I put it... although this was the first time Sakai Iori had met this boy in real life.

But Kiyono Gray gave her a warm feeling, like meeting an old friend after many years.

No no no!

Why are you thinking about this again? Just because he looks like Xia Nuoer doesn't mean you can mistake him for Xia Nuoer!

Sakai Iori lightly patted her cheeks before picking up the breakfast Kiyono Hai had made: a simple combination of toast, fried egg, and sausage.

"Even if you say that, kid, the breakfast you made is still quite simple..."

As she spoke, Sakai Iori picked up the toast and took a bite.

She was about to say that she could make breakfast of this caliber too…

When the crispy texture of the toast exploded in her mouth, and every strand of bread was infused with the subtle aroma of butter, Iori Sakai was completely stunned.

"What is this? Young man, did you buy this specialty product from some high-end bakery?"

"What special product? It's just some leftover bread slices from your fridge, Iori-nee... I just fried them in butter. If you control the heat well, you can achieve this effect."

With his mouth full of food, Qingye Hui mumbled incoherently.

"Just how well do you have to control this?"

As a city dweller, Iori Sakai has naturally tried most of the dessert shops in Tokyo.

Qingye Hui's homemade toast is even tastier than some popular dessert shops.

Thinking of this, Iori Sakai tried taking another bite of the fried egg made by Kiyono Ash.