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The extremely comfortable sensation from his arms made the last traces of haziness in Noah's consciousness vanish almost instantly, leaving him completely awake.
Without any hesitation, Noah abruptly clutched the blanket covering him and violently tore it away.
"Whew—!"
As the blanket was pulled aside, the scene that had been hidden beneath it was revealed before Noah.
However, the moment he saw what lay beneath the blanket, Noah's expression completely froze.
"Mm..."
With a soft murmur, something like the finest body pillow slowly straightened up from Noah's arms, and a flash of silvery white instantly filled his entire field of vision.
It was the color of a head of waist-length hair, elegant and flowing like a waterfall.
As though swaying in the breeze, that beautiful silver-white hair lightly floated before Noah's eyes before falling again with gravity, tracing graceful arcs as it draped over a layer of skin.
Skin as fair as pearls, as smooth as jade, and as soft and beautiful as ivory—delicate enough to seem as though it would break at the slightest touch.
The petite girl with waist-length silver-white hair and ivory-smooth skin sat up from Noah's arms, replacing that silver hair and ivory skin as the focus of Noah's gaze.
At that moment, Noah felt as though time itself had stopped, and even his breathing stalled for an instant.
It was not merely because such a petite and adorable girl had suddenly appeared in his arms. It was also because the girl's slightly raised little face was so exquisitely beautiful that even Noah, who had seen plenty of beautiful girls, could not help but hold his breath.
But that was not the most important thing.
The most