Cyrene Pretends to Sleep to Lure the Enemy; Elysia Locks the Door and Traps Them! A Great Victory? 1W4 (Continued)
"Like this, we can protect our privacy while staying in close contact and preventing the signal from getting lost. It's killing two birds with one stone!"
What Firefly was too embarrassed to say was that if she turned Chen Li into a hat and wore him on her head, then if Chen Li really had some means of sharing vision, all he would see would be the hat's first-person perspective.
That way, even when Firefly was changing clothes, bathing, or doing private things, she would not need to deliberately take the hat off.
It protected her privacy while also fulfilling Silver Wolf's requirement of "never leaving her side."
It really was a genius idea!
After listening to Firefly ramble for a while, Chen Li suddenly asked, "It's so late. Why are you still awake? What did you call me for?"
"...It's nothing major. I just... feel like none of this is real. Whether it was being chased by Heroic Spirits or summoning you... it all feels like a dream. Sorry for bothering you. You'd already logged off." Firefly's voice lowered, lacking confidence.
"Don't worry about it. I wasn't asleep anyway. If you're confused about something or can't sleep, just talk to me. I may only be a hat right now, but I'm qualified to be a listening ear." Chen Li spoke gently.
"I'm not confused about anything. Actually... I'm very satisfied with my life right now. I have friends, I can go to school, and although we run into danger sometimes, everyone is together. I just occasionally think... maybe it wouldn't be bad if peaceful life had a little excitement now and then. Am I being greedy?"
Firefly shook her head, turned over, and lay on her side against the pillow.
"That's only human nature. Who wouldn't want a few