Looking at Elashia, who had just come out from the market entrance holding a book of unknown content, Sophia happily waved and greeted her.
"Hello, Sister Ela!"
But for some reason, Sister Ela looked like she had been startled, and her pretty cheeks suddenly turned red.
The usually lively and gentle Sister Ela suddenly couldn't say a word.
Looking at Sister Ela with her flushed face, saying nothing, even though Little Sophia was still a child, she could sense something from such an obvious change in Elashia.
"Eh? Did Sister Ela buy something that others can't see?"
Children's words are just that pure and direct—this is perhaps what they call innocent honesty. (-_-;)
The system's task arrived at this moment.
[Task One: Act mysterious—"Sister Ela went to buy something only adults can use~" Task Reward: Holy Sword—Birmingham]
[Task Two: Deny with all your might—"No... no." Task Reward: Mage level increased by one]
[Task Three: Hug Little Sophia and say: "You completely don't understand~", then take her to the palace to see your other book collection. Task Reward: Prison Kill (Battle Technique)]
Ah, this.
Task One daily elimination. (-_-;)
Although the Pineapple Bookstore novels she read were indeed somewhat unseemly, calling them "things only adults can see" was really going too far.
After all, those books weren't about "Liu Bei's story."
Although some books had a bit of color, they only touched the surface—they absolutely couldn't reach the level of "Liu Bei's story."
And she didn't want Little Sophia to misunderstand her.
Looking at the task reward again.
Holy Sword Birmingham, a holy sword that could harm the Undead King...
Task One, out.
Looking at Task Two again.
What the hell is this "No... no"?
Why add ellipses?
Looking at Task Three again.
...
Just one glance and Elashia was speechless.
I take back my previous statement that the system still had some morals.
The task reward was so high it made her shrink back.
Before making a choice, Elashia thought carefully about her previous experiences.
Clearly, none of these three options should pose any danger.
The task target was Little Sophia, who wouldn't even understand many things.
So why were the task rewards so high?
Thinking back to earlier.
Clearly, her tasks were all dealing with ordinary people who posed no threat to her current self, yet the system, which also functioned as a danger alarm, kept popping up tasks non-stop.
But after she entered the market, the constantly ringing system suddenly went silent.
Only when she encountered Little Sophia did the situation of seemingly non-dangerous yet continuously popping system tasks resume.
After thinking back and forth, Elashia finally understood what had happened.
Cecilia must be watching!
Thinking this way, all the previous questions could finally be answered.
Elashia now felt both amused and exasperated.
After she entered the market, no more tasks popped up, so Cecilia... probably didn't see her enter Pineapple Bookstore, right...
After all, it would be somewhat embarrassing if others saw that she liked reading these light novels...
(>﹏<)
But although she was being spied on, Elashia wasn't really angry.
After all, that was Cecilia, who was upright in the game.
Logically, she would never do something like spying.
Since someone as upright as her couldn't resist the desire to spy on her, it meant she was truly filled with intense curiosity about her.
As someone who was male in her previous life, she absolutely wouldn't get angry over something like this.
But to avoid misunderstandings, Elashia still decided to choose Task Two.
"No... no..."
Elashia covered the book in her arms, her face flushed red as she spoke to Little Sophia.