The Gamer who traveled to Honkai: Star Rail

A giant question mark popped up in Sparkle's head.

She had been talking about Firefly, so why was Pei Guang looking at Stelle? And even more confusing… why did Stelle admit to it?

So smooth, so natural, it didn't look staged at all.

As she puzzled over it, she saw Stelle pulling out a chair—that white plastic chair looked like the most perfect thing in the whole universe, pulling at her with irresistible temptation.

In that instant, Sparkle's eyes lit up with desire. She wanted nothing more than to warm that cold plastic seat with her little butt.

It was so perfect, so alluring.

How could such a flawless chair even exist in this world?

She took five steps forward, about to get closer, when suddenly she realized something was wrong! She had already fallen for this trap once before, lured in by the chair and caught.

This chair was clearly suspicious!

She snapped out of it, but just as she did, she was met with a suffocating sight.

To her left, Stelle had raised the grinning talking watermelon, aiming straight at her head. To her right, Pei Guang held an utterly ordinary-looking cup of coffee.

And above her, a holy light shone down, enveloping her. Even before it fully activated, she felt her body start to slip out of her control.

Destruction on the left, Nihility on the right. As an Emanator of Elation, she wanted to flip the table, but deep down she knew if she tried, the price would be more than she could afford.

That damned watermelon on her left… just remembering its disgusting taunts made her recoil at the thought of getting hit by it again.

The coffee on her right… she had no idea if it was the kind that made the body writhe in pain, or the kind that sent you into a peaceful sleep.

It was like needing to fart while having diarrhea: no one dared gamble on whether it would just be air, or something else.

And the holy light above—this was what troubled her the most. She didn't dare bet on whether, once it unleashed, she'd be humiliated across the entire universe.

The Masked Fools thrived on fun, and she was one of the more extreme among them. But precisely because of that, she knew what could be provoked and what couldn't.

At the very least, she wasn't about to start dancing in front of a Lord Ravager, feeding it trash while beating it down and hauling it away as an energy source.

That might be fun to watch, but if it happened to her, it would only mean…

Sparkle absolutely did not want to go through that.

She hurriedly spoke up: "Wait! I'm not your enemy, I'm really not~ Uuuh, I just wanted to remind you two of something~ I mean no harm. How about this~ I take you to the most fun place in the dreamscape? Something only adults can experience~ If it's not fun, you can do whatever you want with me~"

The two, who had been about to strike, suddenly paused.

Stelle turned to Pei Guang. "She says she'll show us some adult stuff."

Pei Guang took a deep breath. "Adult stuff? How adult?"

Sparkle teased, "As adult as it gets. Absolutely eye-opening~"

At that moment, Pei Guang and Stelle both flashed pervy grins.

Stelle's imagination immediately jumped to extremely adult things, like ordering fried rice at a bar.

Pei Guang's thoughts went to something even more adult: massive mechas, Gundams, and kaiju clashing, with arms and legs flying, and tomato juice splattering across the galaxy.

The two weren't imagining the same thing, but both drooled at the thought of such adult content.

And so, both Pei Guang and Stelle put away their weapons. Pei Guang straightened his face, looking at Sparkle seriously.

"Ahem! We have no interest in so-called adult content. But since you've been so sincere, we'll go with you and take a look."

Firefly: "Huh? You're just letting her go like that?"

Pei Guang: "She's been so sincere, of course we have to see. You know, there's one very good thing about the Masked Fools. They don't tell the whole truth, and some will do anything for fun. But they disdain lying. If they say there's adult content, then there's adult content."

Sparkle: "Because fun that comes from lies is the dullest kind~"

Sparkle fully agreed with Pei Guang's words. The Masked Fools had their own aesthetics of joy. They might lie sometimes, but overall they stuck to reality—and whatever they promised, they delivered.

If someone really managed to hire a Masked Fool, then the Fool would absolutely achieve the result the client wanted. As for what happened in between and anything outside that result… well, that was none of their responsibility~

In truth, Sparkle wanted to get back at Pei Guang, but she wasn't really angry. As an Emanator of Elation, playing tricks on others was fun—but being tricked herself was also fun.

Elation-seekers didn't get so angry at being tricked that they had to retaliate. On the contrary, Sparkle actually wanted to applaud Pei Guang.

Even she couldn't have come up with such abstract thinking to mess with someone.

He had been seriously arguing with Stelle one moment, and in the very next, seamlessly pulled out tools to mess with her.

There were very few Masked Fools who could do that with a straight face and make it feel so natural.

Of course, Sparkle was overthinking it.

Pei Guang and Stelle's argument just now had been a real argument. But for players and their close companions, quarrels, cursing, and exposing each other mid-game was just part of the fun.

Sparkle tilted her head, squinted her eyes at Pei Guang, and grinned. "Didn't expect you to know us this well~ Was it Sampo who told you?"

Pei Guang: "What do you think?"

Sparkle: "You want me to guess? I don't know~ But since you trust me so much, I'll give you one more friendly reminder~ The girl at your side, she is actually~"

Sparkle suddenly paused, curious about what expression Pei Guang would show at this moment.

Pei Guang looked at Firefly. "Oh? You say she has an identity? I already knew that. With how I am and how Stelle is, we must have been blind to not notice when we attracted people trying to use us. It's probably some strange force with a special agenda wanting to manipulate me for their goals. But that's not important. What matters most is, Firefly, will you hurt me or my companions?"

Firefly, suddenly being asked, grew agitated. "I—I won't, absolutely not. You… you're friends… I'll never hurt you…"

Before Firefly could finish her sentence, Pei Guang interrupted.

"See? She says she won't, so she won't. In fact, when Firefly first appeared, I thought she might be a problem. But who doesn't have their issues? Stelle and I, we're problematic; your existence is problematic too, even March's backstory is questionable.

Well~ characters that show up around the player usually have some issues. As long as they're not purposely setting us up or hurting our companions, it's fine. Whether it's for benefits or friendship, overthinking while playing is just tiring."

Stelle, standing aside, placed her hands on her hips. "Exactly! Why think so much? Enemies we fight, friends we play with. It's easy to remember too!"