I Have a Secret Crush on Myself

"Never mind. Perhaps you are simply unsuited for illusions, and so cannot cultivate the Mirror Flower Water Moon Meditation Method. You are all dismissed. Tomorrow I shall pass on another of our Skywater Academy's ultimate arts to you."

"Yes," Shui Bing'er replied, leaving with a disappointed air.

Yet she did not know that if one were to normally cultivate the Mirror Flower Water Moon Meditation Method within the Crystal Palace, the Qi of allure would enter her body alongside the water-attribute Soul Power.

The day the meditation method reached great success would be the exact moment her body finished being transformed by the Qi of allure.

Instead, her Ice Phoenix Martial Soul protected her, blocking the Qi of allure from entering her body, which naturally meant she could not practice the Mirror Flower Water Moon Meditation Method.

Still uneasy, Xiao Yao called out to her.

At that moment, Shui Bing'er also remembered she had something to ask her junior sister: "Junior sister, who was that man you conjured up with your illusions just now? He should be right here in Heaven Dou City, shouldn't he?"

Xiao Yao's heart skipped a beat-he was doomed, recognized at last.

Yet then he heard Shui Bing'er continue: "I heard Teacher say that he is the one you hold in your heart. But why are you both in Heaven Dou City yet not in the same academy?"

Clearly, Shui Bing'er harbored a superstitious trust in her teacher.

She likewise believed that Xiao Yao's power of illusion had merely leaked out earlier, causing herself to take on the appearance of her beloved.

Hm? She thinks Xiao Yao is my beloved?

Hearing her words, alongside what Shui Wuyang had said earlier, Xiao Yao thought of a way to smooth this matter over.

At the same time, he could farm some Intimacy with Shui Bing'er.

"Heehee, that's because he doesn't know I like him yet. I merely have a secret crush on Xiao Yao."

"This is my secret, so you mustn't tell anyone, okay?" Xiao Yao said with a smile.

Indeed, since they both assumed he liked "Xiao Yao", he might as well just like "Xiao Yao" and spare himself the trouble of hunting up other excuses.

Not only that, when was the fastest time for two people's relationship to improve? Naturally, when they shared a mutual secret.

That being the case, he would simply create a secret that belonged to the two of them.

"A-A secret crush?" Shui Bing'er widened her eyes, her cheeks flushing a faint red.

Clearly, for a twelve-year-old just awakening to romance, the word "secret crush" felt both close and distant.

"Junior sister, aren't you a bit too young to be discussing this now?"

Xiao Yao puffed out his chest: "What part of me is small?"

Shui Bing'er fought back tears. Indeed, by comparison, she was the small one.

"Besides, Xiao Yao is so outstanding, so handsome, and possesses such talent..."

The first rule of the Xiao family's girl-chasing handbook: the wingman.

On many occasions, trying to prove your own excellence directly in front of a girl is useless; you must have another girl speak of it in her ears.

Such persuasion was often double in its effectiveness, which was also why there were always women who loved poaching their best friends' boyfriends-who told you to praise them every single day?

Listening to Xiao Yao's self-praising boasts, Shui Bing'er recalled her initial impression of Xiao Yao: "He is indeed not bad."

[Intimacy +5]

Joy bloomed in Xiao Yao's heart; it truly worked.

Yet Shui Bing'er remained cold on the outside even if warm within; even so, their Intimacy had only reached 25.

By the time they left the Crystal Palace, the sky had grown very late.

Shui Bing'er glanced at the sky: "It is getting late. Let us go eat, and then you can stay the night with me. Tomorrow we can find Teacher to have her assign you a dormitory."

"S-Stay with, you?" Xiao Yao's pitch rose too high.

Shui Bing'er took it for granted: "Of course. Surely you aren't going to go back and spend the night with Teacher?"

Recalling Shui Wuyang's mature and alluring physique, Xiao Yao feared he wouldn't be able to stop himself from making a move on her in the middle of the night, only to be slapped to death with a single palm.

"I'll stay with you, I'll stay with you. Of course I'll stay with you."

Unlike the Heaven Dou Academy's talented students who could have standalone villas, Skywater Academy treated everyone equally, with all faculty and students living in the same dormitory building.

Yet as the dean's direct disciple, Shui Bing'er still retained a shred of privilege: having her own single room where she could host Xiao Yao for a night.

Only, a small accident still occurred.

"You're chasing me away?"

Shui Yue'er looked at her older sister in disbelief.

Because their relationship had been as close as a single person since childhood, and because she had no wish to crowd into a cramped room of four with others, she had always shared her older sister's single room.

Though there was only one bed, it didn't matter; neither of them was fat anyway, so they could sleep without squeezing at all.

Yet today, her older sister was actually going to chase her away for the sake of another.

She had changed; she no longer loved her.

Gazing at her drama-queen younger sister before her, Shui Bing'er said speechlessly:

"She's only staying for the night, and tomorrow the director will arrange her own room for her. What harm is there in you going back to sleep there for a night?"

"Then why can't she go squeeze in with someone else for a night?"

"Please, besides me, who else does she even know here? Can you bear to let her go spend the night with people she doesn't even know?"

"Fine."

Shui Yue'er had already been persuaded, yet she drifted off into the wind with the appearance of a wronged wife.

Xiao Yao's mouth twitched slightly. Why hadn't he noticed this girl was such a mischief-maker when they last met?

Shui Bing'er was already used to it: "You'll get used to it. You are my junior sister, and she is my younger sister; you'll all grow familiar with each other soon enough."

As she spoke, Shui Bing'er began to strip off her clothes.

Water-blue uniform, skirt, little panties-very soon, she was stark naked.

"Ah." Xiao Yao covered his eyes, peering at Shui Bing'er through the gaps in his fingers: "Do you not wear clothes when you sleep?"

Shui Bing'er pouted, pointing to several vital areas: "Teacher says we are still at an age where our bodies are growing, especially us girls with water-attribute Martial Souls. Aside from height, these areas will also keep growing continuously."

"To avoid hindering our bodily growth, we are required to sleep completely without clothes. The other teachers all lead by example as well."

Adrenaline surged in Xiao Yao's veins, his voice growing somewhat dry: "Is, is that so?"

"What are you standing there stunned for? Hurry up and strip. Don't look at it now; after cultivating Teacher's meditation method, you can still grow."

After stripping off her clothes, Shui Bing'er led Xiao Yao to the public bathhouse to wash up, where bathing beauties as bare as the two of them were everywhere.

Xiao Yao felt his daytime perceptions were not quite accurate.

Skywater Academy by day was a paradise for men, but Skywater Academy by night was the mortal paradise of a man's dreams.

Returning to the room, Xiao Yao remained in a daze. Shui Bing'er paid him no mind, shoving him toward the inner side of the bed before climbing in to sleep herself.

Yet when she lay down, she noticed something was wrong: she had always slept with her younger sister before.

Shui Yue'er was petite, and though she herself was a bit larger, a single bed was more than enough for two.

Yet now things were different-Xiao Yao's frame was too large, particularly his hips, which poked uncomfortably against her.

With no other choice, Shui Bing'er could only sleep on her side to feel a bit better, and both drifted off to dreamland.

In his dreams, Xiao Yao imagined he had recovered his original appearance, enjoying a "true pool of wine and forest of meat" at Skywater Academy.

Not only were there Shui Bing'er, Shui Yue'er, Shui Wuyang, and Qiu Wanxi from Skywater Academy, but there were also Xiao Wu and Qian Renxue...