Miss Dragon, the BOSS, will not be captured.

Estia took a rope out of her backpack, threw it over Ye Qingxian, tied it around her, and then dragged her ashore.

"Ouch, it's so cold."

Ye Qingxian, who had been rescued, began to tremble. Her clothes were soaked through, and water was dripping from head to toe. Her black cat tail was bald in some places because it had been burned.

Such a girl inevitably evokes pity. Estia wanted to mock her a few more times, but ultimately refrained.

"I really don't know what to say to you."

"I...sigh."

Ye Qingxian didn't want to talk anymore. She would just consider herself unlucky today. If her tail was bald, so be it. Anyway, it would disappear by tomorrow afternoon.

Because her tail was burned, Ye Qingxian looked very disheveled. She took a few steps to the campfire and sat down, preparing to dry the water off her clothes.

Not long after, Ye Qingxian noticed a strong gaze. It turned out that it was Esther watching her with a meaningful look in her eyes. Her tail swayed rhythmically behind her, as if she was thinking about something.

Influenced by a mild state of arousal, Esther's mind began to wander to strange thoughts. The "wet" girl before her seemed incredibly alluring; if only she could be intimate with her...

Damn, what am I even thinking?!

Normally, Esther wouldn't lust after Ye Qingxian's body, but now it's different; the beginning of her heat will torment her to the point of unbearable pain.

As a proud dragon, Esther wouldn't just randomly choose a partner to deal with her heat; the only suitable person at the moment is Ye Qingxian.

"Hey, maid."

"what?"

"Come with me into the tent."

Estya lifted the tent flap, leaving a small opening for Ye Qingxian.

"I was still wet from being dried, and this was a single tent."

"So what?" Esther retorted. "Do you dare disobey my orders?"

"That's not what I meant. What I meant was, don't you find it offensive?"

"What's there to be disgusted about? It's just that I like it..."

Estya abruptly stopped speaking, then walked directly to Ye Qingxian and dragged her into the tent.

Ye Qingxian's feelings could only be described as shock. How did Esther suddenly become so proactive again?

Sensing the girl's heavy breathing and the unusual temperature emanating from her body, Ye Qingxian seemed to understand what had happened.

She couldn't help but swallow hard. The environment was absolutely amazing—being in a cramped single tent with a dragon girl who was probably already in heat…

I think any normal person knows what might happen.

Unfortunately, the silver dragon girl did not grant Ye Qingxian's wish. Before Ye Qingxian's estrus state became uncontrollable, she was able to suppress it with her own willpower.

However, the feelings she had for Ye Qingxian became increasingly difficult to suppress. Even though Esther refused to believe that she had fallen in love with Ye Qingxian, she had to admit that she now had feelings for him.

The word "ambiguous" best describes the current situation, especially since it was created by Esther herself.

"As a maid, it's normal for her to sleep with her master, isn't it?"

Estya suddenly pushed Ye Qingxian down and then pressed her whole body against her.

Boom boom boom!

Ye Qingxian's heart felt as if it had been struck by something, and began to pound violently.

She simply can't sleep in this situation!

"Hey, don't you think so?"

Estya's face was very close, and her breath hit Ye Qingxian's face every time she spoke, making her feel extremely ashamed.

In this situation, she absolutely cannot back down. She should be the one pursuing Esther, so why is it the other way around now?

Looking at the silver dragon girl's soft cherry lips so close to his own, Ye Qingxian suddenly felt a surge of impulse.

She desperately wanted to make this impulse a reality, but she was afraid that doing so would anger Esther.

"We were forced to sleep together simply because the tents were for single occupants."

Estia gave a valid reason: all she wanted to do now was to hug the soft catgirl and have a good sleep, treating her like a warm pillow for the autumn night.

It's time to take action.

Chapter 85, Page 079: Do you like gray hair and red eyes?

In the stillness of the night, Ye Qingxian wrapped herself in a quilt, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

The silver dragon girl looked incredibly sweet as she slept, a faint smile playing on her lips, her long, silvery-white hair flowing freely, making her as beautiful as an angel descended from heaven.

Yet this very angel almost knocked Ye Qingxian over just now.

Although it's unknown what Estia was thinking at the time, she stopped what she was doing and fell asleep instantly on the side.

Ye Qingxian tossed and turned, unable to sleep, not because she was in heat, but because she was extremely depressed.

Finally, she covered Estya with her own blanket and then quietly left the tent.

The autumn night was very cold. Ye Qingxian took out some warm clothes from her backpack, put them on, and then went to the lakeside.

The moon's reflection shone in the lake. She picked up a stone and threw it, creating ripples on the water, just like her restless mood.

Taking out the bard's zither, Ye Qingxian gently plucked the strings. She hadn't played in a long time, and now she seemed a little rusty.

She was pondering a question, a question about her feelings.

Is it really the right choice to focus your feelings on Esther?

Even disregarding physical health, considering reality, Esther is a character in the game world, while she is a real person.

Even if Esther really exists, the two of them are not in the same world. Currently, the virtual reality device is just used as a bridge to connect them. What if the game shuts down in the future?

Ye Qingxian couldn't see a future for herself and Esther, and she didn't believe that the game "Faya Continent" could exist forever.

Secondly, there is Estella's "love".

Ye Qingxian admits she likes Esther. From initial uncertainty to her current conviction, her journey has been filled with many trials. These trials included the help of doujinshi (a type of doujinshi), and the unforeseen, ambiguous events that led to her newfound affection. In short, the silver dragon girl now occupies a very important place in her heart, but—

Where does the silver dragon girl's love, or rather, her affection for her, come from?

Ye Qingxian was not a pessimistic person, but she had to think that this was likely a farce. She remembered that Esther's attitude towards her changed from the first time she went into heat, which meant that Esther's affection for her also stemmed from the abnormal thinking during heat.

Just now, Estia blushed and asked her to be her body pillow. This was clearly something she did when she was acting strangely, because the normal Estia would never be so proactive and would never want to have physical contact with her so easily.

After the brief period of mental confusion subsided, Esther calmed down, pushed her aside, and lay down to sleep herself.

Ye Qingxian couldn't forget what Esther had said to her a while ago: "I allow you to pursue me."

When Estia said those words, was she speaking rationally? If not, is she regretting it now? She's just not saying it out loud.

If this was all a farce from beginning to end, then Ye Qingxian felt like a clown. She knew her own limitations and knew that, in terms of both strength and status, she was worlds apart from Esther.

"Ugh."

She sighed softly and plucked the strings with her fingers.

A cat-eared girl dressed as a maid stands under the moonlight, performing. There is no audience in front of her, only the calm lake, the chilly autumn wind, and the lonely moon.

The night sky tonight seems unusual. Although the full moon shines brightly, there are no stars around it.

Despite the clear weather, Ye Qingxian couldn't see a single ray of starlight.

What's going on? Is this some kind of anomaly unique to the world of Faya?

Ye Qingxian looked up at the night sky. If you removed the moon, the night sky would be a huge black cloth.

She suddenly felt something get into her eyes, so she rubbed them with her hand. After that, the whole world seemed different to her.

"Cough cough...cough!"

Ye Qingxian knelt on the ground, vomiting blood. She noticed that the earth was shrouded in red light. She struggled to lift her head and saw a star in the sky getting closer and closer to her.

The star was emitting an eerie red light and was hurtling towards them at an extremely high speed.

The instinct for survival made Ye Qingxian want to escape, but her legs felt like they were made of lead, and she remained kneeling on the spot, motionless.

Just as the red star was about to crash into the ground, a gray star suddenly flew in from nowhere. Although its light was dim, it had a gentle feel to it.

boom!

Two stars collided, repelling each other as if in a struggle, but ultimately merging together.

The stars grew larger and larger in Ye Qingxian's eyes, crashing into her body and causing her to lose consciousness.

Ding! Unknown energy intrusion detected...

The next morning, the weather was beautiful. Estia stepped out of the tent, and the warm sunlight shone on her, making her squint comfortably.

When she woke up, she found Ye Qingxian was not there. She thought Ye Qingxian would get up early to make breakfast, since that was a maid's job. However, she did not see Ye Qingxian by the extinguished campfire.

Following the footprints and scent on the ground, Estia arrived at the lakeside, where she witnessed a scene that surprised her.

The girl in the maid outfit was lying on the ground. The catgirl's abnormal state had disappeared, and she had returned to being human, but her body...

"Estella? How did I end up sleeping here?"

The girl opened her eyes, still unaware of the changes that had occurred to her. Her once jet-black hair had turned gray, and her eyes had become very similar to Esther's, with a hint of eerie red.

"Are you Ye Qingxian?"

"It's me, why are you suddenly asking this?"

"..."

Estia walked over, took the gray-haired girl's arm, and led her to the lakeside: "Take a look for yourself."

Ye Qingxian looked into the water and was immediately stunned: "Huh? This, this is me?"

How did you become like this?

"I don't know."

Ye Qingxian had just woken up and her mind wasn't quite sharp yet, but she quickly discovered that her system had changed.

The life indicator that showed how many days she had left to live was gone, replaced by an indicator called "Star Crystal".