I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 390
Chapter 390: We Will Always Smile
The place I’m currently in doesn’t technically qualify as an “emergency situation.” From a preliminary assessment, this forest is vast, likely comparable to the tropical rainforests in the Americas on Earth.
There are no visible signs of human activity—though this could be because I haven’t seen any yet, or perhaps there is some kind of magic concealing them.
Xiao Mo likely anticipated this kind of scenario. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have given me this Gothic Lolita dress that can resist magical attacks, or the red magatama. The magatama itself isn’t large and can fit directly into a pocket of this outfit.
The pockets in this dress were specially designed by Xiao Mo. There are several of them, well-hidden and zippered, ensuring that nothing will fall out unless the dress is damaged.
This Lolita dress, according to Xiao Mo, is “bound to its owner.” It was designed with a recognition magic more advanced than the dress itself. If anyone other than me wears it, the magical patterns of the dress will collapse, emitting a magical signal akin to an alarm.
My biggest issue right now is determining whether this situation is Xiao Mo “testing me” or a genuine “accident.” Recently, I have been learning magic from Xiao Mo: Mobius Circle, Surf, Wave Treading, and the “Water Element Field” I discovered on my own.
So it makes sense if Xiao Mo suddenly arranged a “pop quiz” to test my ability to adapt and survive in the wild using these spells. If this is indeed the case, wouldn’t it seem overly panicked to immediately use the supposedly “emergency-use” magical item Xiao Mo gave me at the first sign of this minor “incident”?
From my understanding, Xiao Mo has spent millennia saving “Diwu.” She has invested an enormous amount of time defeating the demon king, building a grand palace and a powerful empire for Diwu, and sacrificed so much to become the “Grim Reaper” on Earth. It’s clear she intends to groom me as the future ruler and successor of this world.
Even if she doesn’t have that intention, Xiao Mo would at least someday announce to the citizens of that country, “This is your new queen. Yes, she has returned, Diwu.” I am Xiao Mo’s beloved and her successor.
Under this premise, if I panic at this minor incident and immediately use the rescue tool Xiao Mo provided, what would Xiao Mo, hiding nearby and witnessing this scene, think? She would probably feel that this Nuo’er still hasn’t “matured,” right?
But if the real situation isn’t as I think, and being transported to this otherworldly forest wasn’t a test arranged by Xiao Mo but a genuine accident, is there a need for me to use the magatama?
The biggest issue here is that I don’t know the specific effect of the magatama. Xiao Mo only said to use it in an emergency, without explaining what would happen afterward.
Would it summon Xiao Mo to come to my aid, or would it directly grant me a super invincible limited-time buff, allowing me to single-handedly defeat a horde of monsters?
If it’s the latter, then using it now would obviously be a waste of the tool Xiao Mo provided.
It has been more than forty minutes since I was teleported to this vast forest. Although Xiao Mo often isn’t punctual, she certainly wouldn’t joke about something like this. So, it’s highly likely she isn’t coming.
Given all this, there’s only one thing I can do right now: regardless of whether this incident was arranged by Xiao Mo or a coincidence, I must protect myself.
Because the magatama’s effects are unknown, I shouldn’t use it for now. I’ll save it for when I truly encounter a life-threatening danger.
If all of this was arranged by Xiao Mo, then no matter what I do, I am absolutely safe. I just need to show that I have the courage to handle things independently. If all of this is purely accidental, using the magatama now would be a gamble on its effects.
In this case, I still need to show that I have the courage to handle things independently, stay alive, avoid moving around too much, and only use the magatama when danger truly arises.
Yes, that will be my course of action for now.
I took out a notebook and some paper from my bag and roughly documented my current situation. Should I be thankful that I brought a pen and paper this time? Although my phone is fully charged, there won’t be any chargers in this other world.
So, besides helping to keep track of time, it’s practically useless. The pen and paper, on the other hand, allow me to immediately record what’s happening around me. This should be very helpful for me as a writer, right?
After all… I haven’t really traveled far before, and I’ve never had the opportunity to be in a deserted forest like this.
?I arrived in Xiao Mo’s homeland. There might have been a slight mishap with the teleportation, as I didn’t reach the novel’s altar. Instead, I find myself in a vast forest surrounded by strange plants of many different colors, like something out of a fairy tale.?
?I stood for half an hour under a huge tree resembling a vine. The dappled sunlight falling on me was warm and pleasant. If not for the temperature-regulating function of this dress, I would probably be very, very hot by now.?
?I can see at least three moons overhead, one with a faint halo. It’s clear that this isn’t Earth, though there are many similarities, like the nearby stream. Since I don’t know if Xiao Mo is still trying to find me, I definitely shouldn’t wander too far for the next few days. I’ll look for a good spot by the stream to make a small shelter.?
“Hmm…”
As I finished writing, I looked at my notebook and smiled wryly at my still immature, cute handwriting. Hopefully, Xiao Mo can help upload my novel drafts in the next few days while I’m gone. Otherwise, the updates will stop, and right when it’s about to launch.
The most important thing is… I really made it to another world!
Seeing these strange plants with my own eyes and breathing the air here is so much more real than watching movies or anime. I can’t wait to return to Earth and incorporate what I’ve seen and experienced into my novel.
“Come on, Nuo’er! You can do it!”
I put the pen and paper back in my bag, took a deep breath, and gently patted my cheeks with both hands. Nuo’er, you are strong, you are cute, you can do anything!
“Ugh—”
Just as I was quietly cheering myself on and preparing to check out the nearby stream, a beastly roar echoed through the forest. The once clear sky suddenly turned cloudy, and a shadow quickly swept across the forest from behind—
“Roar—”
Was that… a dragon’s roar?
I looked up and saw… a dragon. A red dragon, about twenty meters long. Although it wasn’t as large as Fei Luo, its overwhelming presence and scales reflecting the brilliant sunlight stunned me with just one glance.
Wait, if it’s a dragon, would it help if I fly up and mention Fei Luo’s name?
“Soma Fia! Yali!”
While I was hesitating, a strange little girl’s voice suddenly came from beside me. Then, the plant to my left, which should have been a shrub, quickly transformed into a little girl with a lizard tail.
She quickly pulled me into the bushes behind us, pointed at the dragon in the sky, shook her head, and then pointed at her mouth, indicating that I shouldn’t speak.
Eh?
I was a bit stunned. Was there really someone standing here the whole time? A lizard girl?!
Sensing that she didn’t mean any harm, I nodded gently and crouched down in the bushes with the lizard girl, holding my head with both hands and watching the dragon overhead. The dragon’s wings were so large they could cover the nearby forest, but it flew away after a while.
“……”
After another two or three minutes of silence, just as I was thinking about how to talk to this lizard girl, the previously quiet forest suddenly burst with activity.
Birds, squirrels, rabbits, and kittens flew out from the grass, stone holes, bushes, and tree hollows, scattering as if celebrating something.
Birds returned to the treetops, squirrels climbed branches, rabbits hopped through the grass, and kittens yawned. In no time, the forest, which had been somewhat lifeless, was filled with vitality.
“……”
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