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

Xuedao had already mentally prepared her role.

That is simply a friend who only contacts others online and has no interaction with them offline, while viewing Haruka as a maid hired by Yukishima to tidy up the entire villa or as an ally.

As a fundamentalist fantasy city player, Snow Island didn't spend a single penny on the support system introduced after version 5.0.

So she didn't unlock any of the maid systems or assistant systems in the villa.

"You...you can see me?"

Haruka's first question, trembling and hesitant, left Yukishima frozen in place.

Huh? It's normal that players shouldn't be able to see them, right? That makes sense when you think about it.

If a player's character were to wander around the map after the player logs off, someone should theoretically post about it on the forums to discuss it... Is this some kind of new offline auto-play system?

However, judging from the lack of relevant information in the discussion community of Dream City, if players did not possess the black dagger given by Shanor, they probably wouldn't be able to recognize the other player characters mixed in with the passersby NPCs.

Moreover, Haruka's current attire is quite different from when she usually plays on the snow island. It's like the difference between a girl who is fully made up and her bare face. If you don't look closely, they are completely different people.

"Hmm? Of course I can see it, so are you the maid that Snow Island hired?"

Xuedao also has an exceptional ability to cope, and at this moment she chose the best course of action: to play dumb.

Kiyono Hai didn't make any extra plot twists or beating around the bush. He simply made Haruka pretend to be clueless and say something, as if she had just realized what was going on.

“Uh…yes, yes, may I ask what business you have with our young lady?” Haruka asked.

"Nothing special, I just wanted to come and catch up with her. Is this where you usually live?"

She arrived at the small, dilapidated hut built by Haruka with an air of familiarity, and under Haruka's shocked gaze, she naturally climbed into the hut.

Perhaps it's due to the players' interest, but from the players' perspective, this little shabby house shouldn't be described as simple and shabby, but rather as very 'interesting'.

It has a feeling of the secret base we built when we were kids.

Unfortunately, Snow Island can't really empathize with the player's perspective right now.

The structure inside the dilapidated house was just as Snow Island had imagined—extremely cramped. Her character could barely stand upright and could only sit curled up in a corner of the small space, hugging her legs.

"I guess this is where I usually live?" Yaoxiang hurriedly climbed in as well, her face showing a panicked expression.

It's unclear whether she was afraid the clumsy player would ruin her hard-earned little nest, or if she felt particularly ashamed for not treating her guest well with such a simple place.

Regardless of the reason, it made Yukishima feel particularly sorry for her. Of course, Yukishima didn't want to make things difficult for her youngest daughter, so she deliberately used an exaggerated tone to say it.

"Thinking about it this way is really childlike, it feels like going back to the secret base we built when we were kids."

She used an extremely high level of emotional intelligence to say this, which easily eased Haruka's embarrassment about her cramped little home.

Yes, it's like a secret base we built as kids. In that sense, this little shabby house made of cardboard adds a lot of childlike fun and a dreamlike feel.

"Hmm... Yeah."

Yaoxiang seemed somewhat awkward with words when faced with this strange older sister who had suddenly barged into her home.

Just as Xuedao was about to inquire further about the kind of life her daughter led, a torrential downpour suddenly began from the sky.

This torrential rain instantly washed away all the childlike fun and dreamy atmosphere in this little house.

Cardboard alone couldn't withstand such heavy rain. Before Xuedao could even prepare her next words, water began to seep into the entire little house.

"This...it's leaking, are you still going to stay here?"

Yukishima looked at her daughter Haruka, who already had the 'wet' buff, and asked with some heartache.

"It's alright, I've taken some rain protection measures, so the guest shouldn't get too wet, right?" Yaoxiang said.

What kind of rain protection is this?

When Xuedao heard this, she really couldn't hold back anymore. She wanted to immediately reveal her identity to her daughter, then take her to the villa to dry her off first, and then pamper her terribly!

But just as this thought arose in Xuedao's mind, a girl's voice, which sounded both very familiar and strange to Xuedao, suddenly came from outside the villa.

"Haruka-chan! Are you there?"

“This sound is…”

When Xuedao heard the voice, she paused for a moment, then seemed to remember something and immediately controlled her character to climb out of the small, shaky house that was teetering on the brink of collapse in the storm.

Yaoxiang also climbed out, braving the heavy rain, and saw a girl holding onto the railing outside the villa, watching them.

“That lady, she’s my friend Tsubaki, she’s definitely not a suspicious person,” Haruka quickly introduced the girl to Yukishima.

But Xuedao didn't listen... because she froze on the spot when she saw that figure.

How could Yukishima not know the friends her daughter Haruka knew?!

Konoe Kotsubaki.

She has been an extremely close friend of Xuedao since she started playing "Dream City". Three years ago, every time Xuedao logged on, she was almost always wandering around the world of Dream City with this best friend!

The last time she contacted her best friend was three years ago! When the 5.0 version of Dream City came to an end, Xiaochun also completely quit the game and went AFK.

Unlike Snow Island, who occasionally logs on and wanders around, her best friend has truly stopped logging on completely three years ago.

Not only did she stop going online, but it was as if she had disappeared from the internet altogether; even her Line messages stopped being updated from then on.

No matter what method Xuedao tried to use to contact her, it was no use.

On the friends list, Xiaochun's name has always been grayed out, and the last time she went online has changed over time, from a month ago to a year ago, and now to three years ago.

Three years later, when Snow Island saw her 'alive' best friend again in the game,

Although she knew that the person in front of her, Konoe Kotsubaki, was just a 'cyber ghost' formed from the lingering soul and emotional remnants of her real-life friend.

But Xuedao couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.

Ah… this is the first time Snow Island has felt grateful… how wonderful it is that if you play for too long, your game account will become sentient!

"Haruka-chan! It looks like this rain is going to get heavier! Why don't you come to my house tonight to take shelter from the rain!"

Konoe Kotsubaki's character, just like her name suggests, is a petite, loli-type character with long, light pink hair.

Her appearance alone, along with her sweet, childlike voice, makes one want to hold her in their arms and protect her.

"Would you like to stay with me for a while? I don't really have a fixed place to live."

Xuedao gently patted her youngest daughter on the back and said.

"Well... Tsubaki-chan, I'll take my leave now."

She walked up to her friend, Kotsubaki, and said.

"It's not bothering me. The person who controls me hasn't come back yet, so if you, Haruka-chan, are with me, I can actually relax a lot more."

Xiaochun carefully helped Yaoxiang climb over the villa fence and said.

"Lady Konoe will definitely come back."

Haruka comforted her friend, saying that her master, Yukishima, would come back to see her at least once a month.

Xiaochun hadn't seen her owner for three whole years.

"Of course!"

Xiaochun seemed to believe the same thing, and used her petite body to hug Yaoxiang as she jumped down from the railing.

But in fact, Yukishima had already vaguely sensed that after three years of silence, the owner of the account Konoe Kotsubaki was very likely to have encountered some accident in reality.

But Xuedao still prefers to believe that her friend left the internet for some reason and is now living somewhere in the real world.

As for now… Yukishima looked at Haruka and Tsubaki embracing each other in the heavy rain.

Let her look at the shadow left by her best friend and reminisce about the past.

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It's possible that the owner of Xiaochun's account hasn't logged in for three years.

Unlike Snow Island, who logs in every month, Haruka demolishes her little nest every month.

Xiaochun's self-built dwelling has transcended the realm of a secret base and has taken on the feel of a cabin in the woods.

Although it still looks very rudimentary, it can at least accommodate three people and provides shelter from the wind and rain without any problems.

"Haruka-chan... I feel like that older sister is looking at me a little strange."

"Is Xiaochun overthinking things? She's my master's friend, she shouldn't know you, Xiaochun."

Xiaochun, however, was very wary of this uninvited guest, Xuedao.

"Sorry, sorry! It's because you look a bit like a friend I used to know, so I just..." Yukishima quickly explained.

Xuedao admitted that she couldn't help but laugh out loud while watching Xiaochun's every move.

The main reason is still related to the character of Xiaochun... She is still wearing the clothes and jewelry that Xuedao gave to her friend three years ago.

Even Xiaochun's strong and adorable personality is exactly the same as her best friend's.

Putting everything else aside, the feeling of déjà vu from reuniting with an old friend is enough to make Xuedao happy.

Xiao Chun also sighed softly, temporarily ignoring the strange older sister's lewd gaze.

"Yoka-chan, I'll dry your clothes for you. Don't you have to go to work tomorrow? Go to sleep first," Tsubaki said.

"Sleep? Wait a minute...don't you guys need to eat dinner?"

Yukishima then realized that her youngest daughter, Haruka, hadn't eaten anything since she arrived home.

"guest…"

"Just call me Senior Snow Island."

Xuedao didn't intend to hide her true identity; in fact, her youngest daughter guessing her true identity was a big surprise for her.

“Then… Senior Yukishima.”

Yaoxiang was very obedient. Although she was wondering why the person in front of her had the same surname as her master, she didn't think too much about it and continued talking.

"Snow Island Senior, you're a player, so you might not know, but we don't need to eat." Haruka said this with a strange, bitter smile on her face.

"How can you say we don't need to eat?!" Xiaochun interjected at this moment, "To be precise, we won't starve to death! But we'll still get hungry when we're hungry! In fact, sometimes this feeling of hunger is even worse than starving to death!"

"Is that how it is?" Yukijima looked Haruka up and down.