Coldsnap: The Billionaire Alpha's Fated Pregnant Princess (GL)
Chapter 105 - Excessive Hobby Energy

Chapter 105: Chapter 105 - Excessive Hobby Energy

I was proud of my old body, I am attracted enough to Helene’s to say the same, and I recognize the likelihood of others feeling a sort of pull to her qualities... and while I am certainly not so easily shocked by matters of sex when it comes to others-

> Vrika. This world of yours is scarily different at times. I know I said it before, but everything is about sex! Do you know how many billboards I passed in this district that would have been so far beyond scandalous in my world? <

My wolf whines softly, somewhat agreeing, but also thinking of it as merely the nature of things. While it is true beasts go into heat and think little of anything else... and so do humans, in their own ways... it just seems like an awful lot more for them than anything I knew of , except perhaps rabbit shifters!

"I don’t know what you’re suggesting. I’m simply here to use the ATMs and nothing more."

"Of course. It’s just that your presentation is so... perfect. The twin tails, the large chest, the elegant dress, and the deliberate sense of haughty innocence - it’s a highly desirable combination of traits in many circles."

Stuffing the next set of ten bills with slightly angry hands - for it is one thing to lead someone on intentionally with a joke and quite another for them to force their own conclusion on me - I worry that I walked into some sort of misunderstanding about my ’line of work’.

I’d teased Melissa, that diner waitress, over such a thing. Implying that such an illicit relationship was why I was such a dreadful mess the day I entered the city... and suddenly, the charity woman’s mention of ’protection’ was making a lot of sense as well!

Walking the streets must have been some sort of parlance in this society for making money through sexual acts. And now, this werewolf seems to think I’ve gotten ’caught up’ in that sort of life - like the debt slaves in the panther kingdom.

> I almost want to call out that large black cat’s name and see if she responds *interestingly*. It would be hilarious if I am not the only one who opened their eyes into this world... and if that proud male ended up in her form! <

"Ms. Rushwater, firstly... I think you’ve mistaken something about-"

"Oh! Actually, this is a good opportunity. I should show you my collection of pics. I take one every time I meet one of the new girls."

She interrupted me with such a sentence and I clench my teeth. The woman became more energetic while she pulled out her phone - a screen almost as large as my own but, in a case that is quite purple and covered in small stickers.

"I do not think I want to see any photos of-"

"Here, see? I’ve been gathering references for years. Some of the character designs are absolutely stunning."

Second interruption - she turned her phone screen toward me while taking a step closer. Instead of whatever illicit content documenting ’women of the night’ that I’d feared I was about to be shown...

I was greeted with a ’cartoon’ image of a young woman with quite enormous red eyes and blonde hair that was styled in twin tails similar enough to mine. She wore an elaborate outfit with frills and bows that seemed to be quite detailed for a colored drawing.

"You must know this one, I’m sure. Celes Moonbreaker, my absolute favorite character!"

Her professionalism was abandoned. All that was left was a modified, deeply engrossed form of the trance I’d seen the royal librarians go into before they started talking about their favorite treatises...

"Cry-Guard is so clutch and her hairstyle is iconic - it’s what made me recognize yours immediately as part of the fandom."

I stared at the image, then back at Ellie, struggling to connect the dots between her previous comments and this... art. The worst part is that I know she is being wholly, relentlessly direct with me right now.

> I already miss her seemingly veiled comments that I misunderstood. These ones that I still don’t understand despite being genuine are giving me a migraine. <

Vrika has long since stopped caring at all. It seemed to lose interest the moment she turned her phone at me. While I wish I could say the same, honestly I did kind of want to know more about the artwork.

"Cry... what?"

"Oh, Crystal+MAX: Starlight Academy Guardians! I shouldn’t have assumed you knew the shorthand, sorry! I’m being a total gatekeeper..."

"You thought I was involved with this sort of thing?"

I gestured vaguely at the phone and she replied so, so very enthusiastically. Not that her words helped me understand what was happening.

"Yes, anime! It’s not mainstream in the city yet, but there’s a growing community in Vossden. The moment I saw you, I thought you might be part of this world like me."

Tension that had been building up in my shoulders didn’t really relax by this clarification. Some of my earlier anger had been replaced by bewilderment, instead... more than I’ve known for a long while now.

> Why does this feel even worse than waking up as a ’transmigrator’? <

"Just to be sure... this is the only thing you meant by *that sort of world*? Drawings and nothing else?"

"Well, it’s more than just drawings for us. There’s an entire sub-culture around it, right? Conventions, merchandise, cosplay..."

She seemed to have noticed my rather blank expression and trailed off. Growing that familiar look of a talking partner realizing that they aren’t being understood - as if speaking a second language.

"You have no idea what I’m talking about, do you?"

"Not in the slightest."

I admitted before turning to complete my third withdrawal. Out of the corner of my eye, I see how disappointed she looks. For a brief moment I feel bad for her, until I remember that I had not asked to be bombarded with this!

"That’s a shame. Your style would be so perfect for it. Cosplay especially. You even have great hair for twin tails and they’re a classic design element."

A culture that typically uses the hair style which I picked out on my own...? Despite myself, I felt a flicker of interest return and my wolf snorted in my mindscape.

> Why does it seem like you are judging me when I haven’t done a thing but listen yet? <

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