Stealing the Yuri Protagonist Harem

What’s going on here?
Feeling the soft, delicate hand of the young girl pressed against his own, Luo Wusheng was momentarily stunned.

Hmm, there’s no doubt that Little Yuli has returned to normal.
Even without mentioning her sudden change of behavior earlier in the secret realm, the current time outside already made it clear—it was well past midnight. A full twelve hours had indeed passed.
But under such circumstances, why would the Sword Fairy, who had just experienced an even greater level of social death, suddenly hold his hand?

Could it be that the overwhelming embarrassment caused her brain to malfunction?
If that’s the case, could it be that this overload actually made her sexual orientation changed from full blown lesbian to bi, and she’s now fallen for the dashing, charming, and overwhelmingly charismatic me?
“D-Don’t overthink it! I just wanted to check how your injuries are after you protected me earlier…”

A slightly awkward voice echoed in his ears.
Then, Luo Wusheng clearly felt a wisp of spiritual energy, sharp like a small sword, enter his body.
“…Don’t worry, not only am I fine, but my cultivation level has also risen to a higher stage.”

Luo Wusheng said this casually while letting down his mental guard, allowing the girl’s spiritual energy to examine his body for injuries.
Still, he sighed softly in his heart.
Thinking a girl-loving female protagonist has fallen in love with a man is at the top of the list of life’s greatest illusions…

At that moment, the girl suddenly let out a startled exclamation: “Nascent Soul…?”
Her spiritual energy, which had entered Luo Wusheng’s body, had clearly detected the unusual concentration of spiritual energy within him. However, limited by her cultivation level, she couldn’t discern what exactly was going on in Luo Wusheng’s dantian.
The sword-like spiritual energy withdrew from his body.

Yet, seemingly startled by what she had discovered, the girl forgot to release her hand, which was still holding onto Luo Wusheng’s.
Luo Wusheng felt something was odd but still answered her question first.
“It’s not exactly a true Nascent Soul… Well, this could be considered a blessing in disguise…”

He then recounted the events that occurred while the girl was in meditation, receiving the Sword Ancestor’s inheritance. He left out the part about the Buddhist sect’s scheming, subtly adjusting the details before narrating them.
Throughout the entire explanation, their hands remained intertwined.
‘Somehow, Little Yuli feels a little off…’
On the other side, Lu Yuliu, upon hearing that the compensation from the headless Buddha statue was partly due to her being the Sword Ancestor’s successor, had a complicated expression on her face. She lightly rubbed her small foot against the ground.

Even though her inheritance felt so ambiguous… why does it seem like all the benefits ended up going to this guy?
What’s more frustrating is that despite knowing this, she didn’t feel even the slightest bit of dissatisfaction or imbalance in her heart. Instead, she felt a hint of joy for him.
She must be sick.

‘If I confess my feelings to him now, what would he do?’
Unwilling to part from his hand, her grip tightened slightly.
In her mind, fragments of the Sword Ancestor’s secret inheritance flashed.

Her delicate face turned crimson.
‘T-Today isn’t the right time. After all, something so embarrassing just happened. No matter what, I have to pick the right moment, when I’m more prepared…’
Moreover, there was another important matter she needed to deal with.

Her peripheral vision glanced at the messaging sword on her waist.
Without alerting the young man behind her, the Sword Fairy’s spiritual awareness quietly reached into the messaging sword. Words began to appear on it, carefully controlled to prevent even the slightest vibration.
Although Luo Wusheng didn’t see this, the strange feeling in his heart grew stronger.

From the sensation in his hand, it seemed the Sword Fairy’s condition was indeed a bit off. Not only had she gripped his hand more tightly for a moment, but he could also faintly sense her heart rate change.
Could it be that, despite hearing him casually recount his gains, she was still thinking about the perilous moments they had faced earlier?
Luo Wusheng, lost in speculation, was nearly tempted to sneak a peek at the young girl’s expression right now.

This thought was struggling in Luo Wusheng’s mind when the young girl suddenly, seemingly casually, asked, “By the way, why were you at that inn yesterday?”
She didn’t ask why Luo Wusheng had appeared in her room in the middle of the night.
Mostly, she wanted to avoid reminding herself of her embarrassing incident and didn’t want Luo Wusheng to bring it up either.

Moreover, there was the fabricated story of a so-called sect mission she had come up with earlier to cover it up…
…
[Oh? Just to avoid turning into an adorable Little Yuli in front of me again, you actually came up with this ‘sect mission’ excuse?]

[How cute.]
…
Imagining Luo Wusheng saying something like this… if it really turned out that way, she wouldn’t be able to face him for a while.

At least for now, she wasn’t ready to let go of his hand.
But Luo Wusheng’s next response left her brain blank for a moment.
“Ahem— That inn? I happened to buy it a few days ago…”

At the cost of a full twenty pieces of the ‘one and only’ Star-Moon Jade of this world.
Unfortunately, the Sword Fairy didn’t catch the faint hint of ✧ NоvеIight ✧ (Original source) regret hidden in Luo Wusheng’s tone.
Her thoughts were clearly a mess. Not only did her grip on the hand of the Demon Sect’s Holy Saint tighten unknowingly, but the spiritual energy she channeled into the messaging sword at her waist accidentally spiked a little.

With a clatter, the wooden short sword fell to the ground.
“Little Yuli?”
“I’m fine— Don’t look over here!”

…
Luo Wusheng, of course, knew why the young girl suddenly wavered.
After all, having avoided him for so many days only to realize all her efforts were in vain and she had walked right into his grasp… that would be a blow to anyone.

However, his gaze flickered thoughtfully.
‘As expected, Little Yuli is acting a bit strange…‘
Despite her obvious unease, she still hadn’t let go of his hand, and she didn’t react at all to him calling her “Little Yuli.”

Of course, none of this, at first glance, necessarily meant anything.
—Was it possible that he was being overly sensitive because of what had just happened between them?
As Luo Wusheng pondered this, Lu Yuliu’s expression grew even more colorful.

She was starting to believe that the boy behind her was truly her greatest nemesis in this lifetime.
The kind she couldn’t even hope to avoid.
The first thing she did was stop Luo Wusheng from seeing the message she had just exchanged with her master. Then she sent out a wave of spiritual energy to retrieve the fallen messaging sword.

But the moment the sword returned to her waist, she paused slightly.
In her constant state of nervousness, she finally took a proper look at her surroundings.
Amid the rubble and ruins, a not-so-obvious stone tablet with smooth, cleanly cut edges caught her eye.

“Huh? Isn’t that the Ancient Sword Tablet? Shouldn’t that be in the old site of the Sword Sect? Are we in the Sword Province?”
The young girl, who had been oblivious to her surroundings until now, finally recognized where they were.
She was back in Sword Province?

She reached for the messaging sword that had just returned to her waist.
Her master… seemed to still be in the Sword Sect and hadn’t departed yet.