NOVEL NEXT Chapter 2
Chapter 2: My Pet Dragon Girl Came to Life?
The girl lifted her head, her sharp platinum vertical pupils gazing at Miss Vilyric before her, emanating the joy and reverence of a long-lost puppy. Instead of immediately standing up, she quietly awaited her command.
Miss Vilyric was momentarily taken aback by the intensity of her gaze, unable to articulate the order she had intended to give. Although she and her companion had shared years of close partnership, this pet seemed… different somehow…
“Ah, right! I’m planning to explore this forest, so Little Guang, I’m counting on you to protect me.”
“Understood. Protecting my master is my duty; leave it to me.”
“Uh? Oh…”
Miss Vilyric watched as the beautiful girl, taller than her by half a head, stood up and began to vigilantly scan their surroundings. She couldn’t shake the growing sense of unease.
“Master, what’s wrong? Do you feel something is off?”
“Ah, no, I was just thinking… Wait, what did you just say?”
“?”
Responding instinctively to the question in her ear, Miss Vilyric suddenly jolted and instantly recognized the source of her discomfort!
Her pet, the giant dragon named “Xiao Guang,” had been acting strangely since her appearance!
Staring intently at the innocent and confused expression of the little dragon girl, Miss Vilyric confirmed her suspicion.
Indeed, this pet, expected to assist her in battles via AI control, was exhibiting too much vitality, almost like a living person! Just a moment ago, Xiao Guang had even given Miss Vilyric the illusion that a player was standing next to her—how could that be!?
To note, although pets and wild monsters in “Illusion World” possess high AI intelligence, capable of actively analyzing player actions and responding accordingly, that was their limit.
Current AI technology could not create true imitation intelligence with complete self-thought and logic. The most significant distinction was that no matter how brilliant AI appeared, their language was pre-set and programmed. They simply could not break this framework.
In simple terms, they lack self-thought.
Take Miss Vilyric’s pet Xiao Guang, for example—though possessing top-tier intelligence, her skills in battle and reflexes rivaling the best players in the game, her language was rather basic, limited to simple exchanges like “Understood,” “Please be careful, Master,” and “Mission completed.” She never expressed emotions or vibrant expressions—always cold and emotionless.
On one hand, it’s a technical issue; on the other hand, game companies restrain AI from appearing too human-like, else some peculiar individuals might develop special feelings for their pets, leading to complicated situations.
Xiao Guang’s expressions had just been too cute, especially during their earlier conversation. Miss Vilyric could guarantee she had never heard her pet speak such emotionally rich sentences; Xiao Guang had even wagged her tail several times in agreement!
“You…”
Miss Vilyric stared in astonishment at the striking blonde girl before her, waves of shocking speculation cresting in her mind.
“Master? What’s wrong? You look a bit unwell; is there something unusual about the environment here?”
Xiao Guang, unaware of Miss Vilyric’s thoughts, approached with a worried expression, sniffing at the scent around her master’s neck with her small, pale nose. Miss Vilyric recognized this as a special talent of her pet used for detecting physical conditions… but what truly concerned her wasn’t that.
So close!
Indeed, as the blonde dragon girl leaned closer, a faint, refreshing scent akin to orchids wafted into Miss Vilyric’s nostrils. The sound of Xiao Guang’s breathing and the warmth radiating from her body made Miss Vilyric blush.
Despite having had even closer encounters during battles, the feeling now was entirely different.
At this moment, Miss Vilyric could say without a doubt that this charming dragon girl standing before her was a genuinely living being, not some game data.
This was not a game; it was reality!
“Alright, Xiao Guang, I’m fine.”
Gently pushing away the blonde dragon girl, who was sniffing her like a puppy, Miss Vilyric appeared calm on the surface but was raging inside.
She had thought this unusual transfer was just a special technical test by “Illusion World” officials, but the series of incredible phenomena utterly shattered her initial assumptions.
A fully realistic environment, the disappearance of game interfaces and logout buttons, an NPC pet with consciousness—if only one of these had occurred, Miss Vilyric could have found some excuses to console herself. But with all of them together, she found no other explanation except “this is reality.”
“Transmigration…?”
“This kind of thing, which only happens in novels and anime, actually happened to me? Though it’s hard to believe… but for now, I guess I can only proceed on this premise.”
Setting aside the reasons and principles, if this wasn’t a game world anymore, then the most critical point: “Players cannot come back to life,” was off the table. Even though her skills still worked and there were revival potions in her bag, Miss Vilyric had no intention of risking her life to test that possibility.
She could no longer act recklessly like before.
And there was also…
“Whoa, does that mean I’ve turned into a girl?!”
Muttering to herself with a strange expression, Miss Vilyric looked down to examine her body. Her snow-white wrists, small feet clad in leather boots, slender figure and waist—this was something that could never happen in the game.
After all, as a 12+ game, “Illusion World” would harmonize anything related to sexuality. Even if a female character stripped off all gear and outfits, they would always keep the basic undergarments intact.
But just now, when Miss Vilyric discreetly tried to reach under her clothes, she found that she could indeed pull down her undergarments. Even if this was a technical test, the game company absolutely wouldn’t allow such behavior…
With a helpless twitch of her lips, Miss Vilyric felt her mood oddly nuanced; in reality, she was a full-fledged university guy.
While it didn’t reach the point of shouting and lamenting or desperately seeking a way to turn back like some characters in novels, suddenly transmigrating into the game’s female character still brought a substantial impact on her.
Well, she might as well take it as a blessing in disguise; after all, the character of “Miss Vilyric” had physical abilities several thousand times superior to her ordinary self—plus, she was an incredibly cute young beauty; being content could lead to happiness!