An Identical Yet Different World

(Heartfelt thanks to 'Ling Xue Ni' for the 1888 reward, and to 'You Bi Ji Yue' and 'Bai Yue op' for their rewards!)

"Hey, you're pretty cute..."

"Wearing a uniform—what school are you from?"

"Isn't school boring? How about coming out to have some fun with us?"

On a rather narrow path, three men who looked like thugs had surrounded a girl in some school uniform. Their words were exceedingly frivolous, and shallow smiles hung on their faces. It was not quite enough to be revolting, but most passersby who saw the scene frowned.

Yet, frowning was all they did. When the three thug-like men swept vicious looks around them, the surrounding pedestrians hurried away as though afraid of getting themselves into trouble.

Seeing this, the girl bit her lip slightly, but she could not bring herself to feel any resentment.

That was because being saved by someone else had been an extravagance to her since childhood.

Looking closely, the girl was indeed sweet and exquisitely beautiful.

Not only did she possess a nearly perfect face, but she also had a proud, curvaceous figure.

Her height was fairly ordinary, though she was still quite tall and slender.

Coupled with her glossy black hair that fell slightly past her shoulders, calling her a beautiful girl would not be an exaggeration at all.

If one had to find a flaw, it was that a carefully observant person would certainly discover a suppressed darkness within that nearly perfect face and those beautiful eyes.

As though she was aware of that darkness herself, the girl lowered her head as much as she could, burying both her gaze and expression beneath her bangs.

It was a sign of inferiority and gloom.

But in the eyes of those three thug-like men, that behavior only made them