I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 282
Chapter 282: Past, Present, Future
Typically, large-scale comic conventions will organize some major events to liven up the atmosphere and attract visitors. Those merchants attracted by the organizers will take the opportunity to set up their shops and sell their products.
From a certain perspective, comic conventions are like temporary “flea markets,” except this flea market is more official, with many activities, and it’s all about anime and manga.
For the average passerby or visitors who enjoy anime and manga enough to come out and play, attending a comic convention is not much different from shopping, except that this “shopping” can get you many things you can’t find at roadside stalls or ordinary shopping streets.
There are anime girl posters, merchandise, some more obscure dakimakuras, towels, and various items related to anime and manga.
For example, this “Dream Anime Expo” is jointly organized by Tongmeng Network and Jialan Technology Co., Ltd., mainly selling tech-related products related to anime and manga. For instance, the young man who was just promoting speakers at Lisa’s Jialan peripheral shop sells “alternative speakers”.
Ordinary speakers have two big speakers, but they also sell speakers that look like terrifying robots, robots similar to those in “Spirit Cage: Incarnation,” and speakers similar to the “Transformers” Bumblebee model—of course, besides tech products, they also have many things unrelated to “tech,” such as food and drinks.
These are all more official, surface-level explanations.
Just like in the old days when internet cafes had a “Network Neighborhood” section where people could share “study resources,” everyone outwardly claimed it was for learning or gaming tips, but everyone knew that clicking on it was basically like singing that song “Never Tire of Teaching”: A few maple leaves from Matsushima, stacked up to create a feeling of seductive blood red, the boy starts a new experience from here…
Comic conventions are the same, most boys come to comic conventions for one purpose: to see girls. And girls come to comic… well, they also have one purpose: to see girls.
As for whether this “girl” is a male or female, it doesn’t really matter. The only purpose for everyone coming here is to see beautiful characters. Whether you’re a boy transformed into a cute girl after makeup, a girl playing a handsome young man, or even dressed as a plush toy like Freddy, as long as you’re good-looking, cute, and pretty, someone will like you.
So, strictly speaking, the core of the comic convention is “cosplaying characters for others to take photos” and “bringing your phone to the convention to take cute cosplayer pictures,” and these two aspects can be simultaneously fulfilled.
“Oh, there’s a Klee over there. She looks so tall, like… 1.7 meters?”
“Rei Ayanami! Such an old memory.”
“The angel over there is missing a halo. I really want to put Gabriel’s on her. ”
“Wow, it’s Aether. Xiao Mo, your brother is here.”
“……”
The venue for the technology museum exhibition organized by Tongmeng Network is very large, even though there are a lot of people attending, there is still plenty of space left for cosplayers and passersby to take photos. You often see groups of people surrounding a large circle, taking photos of the cosplayers inside.
Moreover, perhaps because it’s still summer, everyone is dressed very lightly, and some anime characters themselves are quite revealing, so the scene is a bit… well, strange.
But none of these are problems for me, it’s no big deal for a big, tough guy like me to enjoy the colorful scene. The biggest issue for me when taking photos at the convention is…
“I can’t see!”
Walking around the convention with Xiao Mo for a while, I noticed a large crowd gathered in the distance, layers upon layers. It seemed like there was a “heavyweight” cosplayer inside. I tried tiptoeing on the outer edge of the crowd, raising my phone.
Couldn’t see a thing.
Hopped a couple of times.
Jumped.
Tried to squeeze in.
Still couldn’t see…
Why are these people all so tall!
These young people nowadays… the average height must be at least 1.7 meters. Some girls are okay, but most of them are between 1.6 to 1.7 meters tall. However, there seem to be more boys at the convention, and many of them are over 1.75 meters, even 1.8 meters. Among these people, I’m completely a dwarf… maybe not even as good as a dwarf.
Now the shoes on my feet have hidden heels of about one to two centimeters, and with my height barely reaching 1.4 meters, I’m completely on a different level from these 1.8-meter tall guys around me.
There’s a difference of forty centimeters, what concept is this! A phone is only about fifteen to eighteen centimeters long, so it’s like the length of two or three phones combined. Even if I jump, all I can see is their shoulders!
Why do regular people have to be so tall!
Why!
Oh wait, I should think about it the other way around. Why did Xiao Mo “design” me to be so short! Or is it that elves in their childhood are all this small?
“Alright, alright.”
Seeing me desperately bouncing around outside the crowd, Xiao Mo beside me lifted me up and then sat me on her shoulders.
“Can you see now?”
“Huh?”
After a moment of confusion, I instinctively lowered my head.
“Xiao Mo, are you okay with this?”
“What’s the problem with having a cat perched on my shoulders?”
The girl beneath me yawned. “Do your arms get tired when you carry Dingman or other cats for a long time?”
“They do after a while.”
“That’s because Nuo’er you’re too weak.”
The girl beneath me smirked. “Can you see now?”
I tried to lift my little head and looked ahead. “Hmm, I can see.”
Surrounded by layers of onlookers, there were two girls cosplaying Illya and Miyu from “Fate/kaleid liner Prisma?Illya.”
Illya was wearing the magical girl costume, while Miyu was in her usual school uniform, a white and red sailor suit with a super short skirt, topped with a beret.
The two girls in the middle of the crowd were back-to-back, striking poses continuously for passersby to take photos.
“Are they the yuri couple with over 900,000 followers?”
“I’m not sure. I just came to see why there are so many people gathered here. Are those two people famous?”
“I heard they’re big on Weibo, almost a million followers. Some kind of goddesses or twins doing something edgy.”
“Nonsense. They’re just makeup bloggers. I’ve been following them for two years. They occasionally post some personal photos, but they haven’t done anything scandalous. Stop spreading rumors.”
“……”
From the murmurs of the crowd around me, I roughly understood something about these two girls in the center of the venue.
It seems… they’re internet celebrities?
No wonder they’re causing such a stir. With over nine hundred thousand followers online, they’re quite well-known public figures. And from my perspective, these two girls in the middle of the crowd don’t look bad, they have good figures, they’re wearing makeup, and… their outfits are quite unconventional.
Whether it’s Illya’s magical girl uniform or Miyu’s schoolgirl uniform, both skirts are very short, revealing a large portion of their thighs. Even if you’re not a fan of these two girls, bystanders would probably want to take photos of this scene.
This is exactly what the organizers of the comic convention hope to see. They organize the convention, attract various internet celebrities, who in turn attract a large crowd of their own fans. With more people, their merchandise sells well.
“Hehehe… Nuo’er, little feet…”
While I was still holding my phone on Xiao Mo’s shoulder, aiming it at the “magical girls” in front of us and taking pictures, someone beneath me seizes the opportunity to prop my two feet onto her chest, placing me directly “riding” on her neck.
Then, Yin Xiamo grab my ankles, saying, “So soft, so tender…”
“What are you doing?!”
I lowered my head. “Stop moving around!”
This movement almost made the entire area between my thighs stick to Xiao Mo’s nape.
Through my safety pants, I distinctly felt pressure below.
“Ugh…”
For some reason, at this moment, I suddenly thought of something particularly strange… If I were still a man, sitting like this on someone’s neck, wouldn’t that strange feeling below be uncomfortable?
Though I’m feeling a bit tingly now, if I were a boy… sitting like this definitely wouldn’t be comfortable.
On second thought, what is that feeling?
It seems like I completely forgot.
I’ve become accustomed to the girl’s body, and this kind of…
Thinking about it, it seems quite convenient to be a girl?
“Nuo’er, did you know? In elf form, there’s a faint floral scent on your body, like a blend of lilies and gardenias. It’s a very subtle fragrance, like the scent of love.”
Yin Xiamo beneath me held my ankles with both hands, shaking my feet as if weighing fruit.
“Especially these little feet, the scent is strong. It feels like I’m back in a flower sea in the elf forest…”
“Are you a pervert?!”
I couldn’t help but bow my head. “And, you still don’t understand my body! Who was the one who designed it like this in the first place?!”
“That’s different.”
Yin Xiamo explained solemnly, “The principle of life magic… The caster provides the initial blueprint, allowing this soulless life to grow freely, like a seed. I can decide whether this seed will be a white radish or a red radish, or even a genetically modified soybean, just like the gene editing technology on this side of the Earth.”
“However, once I plant this seed in the soil, I can no longer control how it germinates, takes root, grows, and when it blooms and bears fruit. That beyond the scope of life enchantment management.”
“You once grew near the Spring of Elves for a while. At that time, Nuo’er didn’t have a soul, and your development was very slow, without any special characteristics. Now that Nuo’er has a soul, how you will grow in the future will be determined by Nuo’er’s soul, you know?”
Huh?
I vaguely understood. “Is that so?”
“Yes, it is.”
Yin Xiamo affirmed, “Some souls lean towards a dark aura, so they naturally exude a demonic atmosphere. Some souls are purer, like dew on flower petals. For example, someone like Nuo’er, when combined with a body, will guide that body in a different direction, much like innocent little elves, emitting a natural floral scent.”
“So, in my current state…”
I started to become curious. “You mentioned about the elf mode… the increased perception, the fragrance, and the singing talent, are they all related to me?”
“Of course,” Yin Xiamo said.
She looked aggrieved. “That’s why I’m not the weird one here, it’s Nuo’er who’s too naughty, always tempting me…”
Now she’s shifting the blame to me!
“Alright, alright, I get it!”
Seeing that I couldn’t argue with this ancient monster, I put away my phone.
“I won’t look anymore, hurry up and let me down.”
“You won’t look anymore?”
Yin Xiamo didn’t understand. “Can’t you see clearly? Should I squeeze in a bit more?”
As she said this, she even rubbed my bare legs.
Yikes!
This costume of the Dendro Archon, Nahida, theoretically doesn’t have the current popular “enthusiast” elements, like thigh-high stockings or knee-high socks. Even the traditional “foot-covering socks” aren’t included. From below the skirt to the area of the shoes, both feet are bare. And because I’m wearing shoes, I can’t even fulfill the “barefoot” enthusiast. So, at this comic convention, I always thought I couldn’t create the right mood.
Who would have thought that Xiao Mo would be able to tease me like this?
Or perhaps, is this girl’s “fetish” actually me? That’s too terrifying…
“No… no need, just let me down.”
I pulled back. “There are just two internet celebrity girls inside, nothing interesting to see…”
Actually, with my current eyesight, there’s no problem seeing those two girls from this angle.
But I feel like my “purity” is more important.
?Earlier, there was a bonfire party happening. It’s said to be the annual event of this little village. Don’t you want to go see it??
Just as I was about to move to jump down from Xiao Mo’s shoulder, for some reason, a voice of a young man suddenly appeared in my mind, accompanied by a scene—
A pitch-black night, filled with stars.
A young man, about 1.78 meters tall, holding the hand of a petite girl, walking on the quiet village road.
?No, it doesn’t matter. I can’t see anything anyway.? the petite girl said in the darkness.
?It’s okay, holding you like this, you can see everything?
The young man said, lifting the little girl onto his shoulders, letting her ride on his neck.
?Will this give you a better view??
?……?
?So next time when we eat, don’t always give me all the meat. This is the time when you’re growing, if you don’t eat properly, you won’t grow tall?
?Mind your own business?
?Of course it’s my business. If you never grow tall, next time when we go to another empire and there’s a similar event, do I have to carry you like this again??
?……?
?Also, I heard that if girls don’t eat properly when they’re young and their nutrition is lacking, their breasts won’t grow either?
?I prefer sitting on your shoulders?
?What did you say, Momo??
?Nothing, idiot?
?……?
In a daze, I felt the girl beneath me slowly crouch down and then move my two feet to the back. I took the opportunity to jump down from her back.
“Where to next?”
Seemingly unaware of any strange expression on my face, Yin Xiamo helped me straighten out the slightly crooked wig.
“By the way, are there any keyboards for sale here? Let’s go check out keyboards.”
“Keyboards?”
I snapped out of it. “Why look at those?”
“Nuo’er’s job is writing, right? Since Nuo’er helped me buy a drawing tablet, then I should help Nuo’er buy a keyboard, the highest quality one.”
Yin Xiamo looked at my hands. “So Nuo’er’s delicate little hands won’t be tortured every night…”
“It won’t happen,” I chuckled.
“I’m not that fragile…”
Yin Xiamo added, “But if Nuo’er’s hands get hurt, it wouldn’t be good for us to do happy things before bed…”
“You…”
I clenched my fists. “I really shouldn’t have felt sorry for you…”
“Come on, let’s go see the keyboards.”
In response, Yin Xiamo just smiled, came over, took my hand, and gently kissed it.
“My beloved elf princess, calm down, be good, don’t be angry.”
“……”
“Then let’s buy two identical keyboards, and you have to use one too.”
“Alright, alright, whatever Your Highness says is what goes.”
“……”
“Let’s all dance the Capucine!”
“Go away, I won’t be fooled again!”
“……”
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