Chapter 34: Wanting to Sleep with Someone

"What's up with that woman?" Qin Yu muttered, rubbing her hair with a towel after her shower. Her grumbling was mostly about Shenhe.

"First she wants to go out alone with me, then she keeps holding my hand. It's so unreasonable! Why can't she just accept my kindness without reservation? She keeps making me lose face."

Next time, I'll have to regain my dignity.

Shenhe should just accept her kindness without question.

Otherwise, wouldn't she be taking all the good things for herself? And I'm only approaching her with ulterior motives... Qin Yu sighed irritably.

Could it be because I'm acting too well? After all, the character I'm playing is a cheerful, beautiful young girl who radiates kindness and goodwill to everyone around her.

If that's the case, she'd be doomed once her true nature was revealed.

Compared to the perfect persona she was portraying, who would like the flawed, real her?

That's why she had to keep up the act—let people see her surface, not her inner self.

"Time to organize my notes."

Diligence leads to mastery, while idleness leads to ruin. A perfect beautiful young girl isn't made in a day; even a female knight must keep striving.

After fulfilling their requests, Qin Yu needed to find time to reciprocate to this person, this person... and this one too.

After finishing her notes, she began reading.

But reading was merely a way to pass the time. Qin Yu was eagerly awaiting the midnight reset to carefully select new skills.

Today's evaluations had been excellent, especially Shenhe's, which had once again reached A+! With the accumulated points, she should be able to exchange them for even more powerful skills.

But first, she needed to find a way to overcome her fear of the dark.

Time ticked by slowly. Finally, just as her eyes began to blur and drowsiness crept in, midnight arrived.

Qin Yu snapped awake and checked her points, her face lighting up with delight.

The settlement showed over twenty-five thousand points!

Twenty thousand! She couldn't have even dreamed of such a number at the beginning.

"But..."

Which one should she choose?

Roughly categorizing the skill trees, they could be divided into "Sci-Fi" and "Fantasy" branches.

For night vision alone, she could choose from a plethora of skills like "Cybernetic Eye," "Nanovision," "Spirit Sight," "Demoness's Gaze," and many others with similar effects.

The choice was agonizing.

Leaning back in her chair, Qin Yu lifted the hem of her robe and fanned herself with a large fan, all while racking her brain.

Since all the skills granted night vision, she had to consider their other effects. Unfortunately, these skills inexplicably came with corresponding side effects or drawbacks.

For example, some might strain the brain, induce hallucinations, or even lead to an addiction to erotic content...

The last one is completely unnecessary!

She had no choice but to prioritize the lesser evils. Qin Yu's gaze scanned the System's translucent interface before finally settling on one particular skill.

Vampire Magic Eye 1—Transforms your eyes into those of a vampire, enhancing your vision. When activated, grants the passive skills 'Biological Perception' and 'Night Vision', and induces a mild fascination with red liquids.

A mild fascination with red liquids? That probably meant she'd develop a fondness for blood like vampires, but without the need to drink it. Compared to the other options, the side effect was practically negligible.

This one it is!

Fortunately, the skill tree allowed cross-branch upgrades, and this skill required no special prerequisites. Qin Yu smiled in satisfaction as she activated the skill.

The next moment, a sharp pain shot through Qin Yu's eyes.

She had to close her eyes and cover them with her hands.

Her eyeballs burned and ached, tears streaming uncontrollably.

Thankfully, this tormenting sensation lasted only a few seconds before fading away. When she reopened her eyes, everything before her seemed clearer than before.

Qin Yu stood up and turned off half the lights. Darkness instantly devoured half the room.

But there was no need to be afraid anymore.

Closing her eyes, she gently brushed her left hand over them. When she reopened them, a faint, wine-red glow illuminated her pupils.

The darkness she had seen moments ago vanished.

Excellent, it worked! Now my greatest weakness is gone!

Qin Yu strode confidently toward the unlit corner.

Then she shuddered, fear resurfacing in her heart. Though less intense than before, it was undeniably present. She stumbled backward, utterly shocked.

"Why am I still..."

Is it because I know it's dark over there? But if that's the case, doesn't that mean—this isn't just a simple phobia of darkness?

A sharp pain pierced her mind.

Qin Yu pressed her forehead with one hand and frantically switched on all the lights in the room.

The darkness receded, and she let out a deep sigh of relief.

Exhausted, Qin Yu collapsed onto the bed, her headache finally subsiding.

"What on earth is going on..."

She had never been afraid of the dark before. No, that wasn't quite right. She still felt a normal human fear—anyone walking alone on a pitch-black night would be scared, right?

But this was different.

Logically, phobias developed after specific traumatic events. For example, someone injured by a knife as a child might develop a fear of sharp objects.

There should be a reason for this.

Yet she couldn't recall any such incident. No memory surfaced.

Frustrated, Qin Yu scratched her hair. This was unbearable! She decided to stop dwelling on it. At least with Night Vision activated, she wouldn't be paralyzed by fear.

Sitting at her vanity, Qin Yu leaned closer to the mirror and blinked.

Her eyes, enhanced by the Skill, looked quite beautiful, like precious gems that were captivating to behold. Wait, I can't get too vain.

As for the effects of Biological Perception... Leaning out the window, Qin Yu could see "red birds" flying through the air, and passersby glowed with a crimson aura.

It was like having incomplete X-ray vision.

Biological Perception allowed her to spot enemies from a greater distance, though only within her field of vision. Combined with Wave Detection, it would undoubtedly be quite effective.

Her sense of security surged once more.

...No, that wasn't right.

Qin Yu sat on her bed, hugging her knees.

She had to leave the light on every night to fall asleep. If only someone were here with her. If she had someone to drift off with, she probably wouldn't be afraid even if she turned off the light.

But that was just a fleeting thought.

She certainly didn't want anyone to see her sleeping face.