Reborn as a short-lived loli who can only live for three years

Ivy woke up on the top floor of a tall tower, with gray fog outside.

She felt like she had a very long dream, but she could no longer remember the details of the dream.

"You're finally awake." In a dark corner, a tall masked man spoke in a low voice.

"Um……"

Ivy stood up in a trance. She looked outside the tower. The gray fog almost covered everything. She always felt that there should be noise below, but now she could hear nothing.

"who are you?"

"Your protector."

"Protect? Are there any enemies there?"

The gaze that had been lingering on Ivy became more intense.

"Yeah." Xiaoyi replied calmly, "Yes."

"What about me, why am I here?"

"Wait for someone to save you."

Ivy stared at him calmly, trying to see his face beneath the hood.

“Do I have to wait?” Ivy asked, looking at the tightly closed door. “I can leave here by myself…”

In response, Xiaoyi stood in front of Ivy in silence.

"is it not OK."

silence.

silence.

But the atmosphere became increasingly heavy during the silent confrontation.

So Ivy spoke up: "You know, I had a dream and remembered some things."

Little One: "..."

"Now I forget."

Xiao Yi: "?"

"But it doesn't matter, because... it's enough to just remember the conclusion."

"What conclusion?" Xiaoyi finally asked.

"The conclusion is..." Ivy raised her head and looked into the darkness under the hood, "You are a monster."

She instantly drew out the dagger and stabbed into the shadow under the hood!

The darkness twisted like a wave, and there was no stabbing sensation from the blade. Ivy had a bad feeling and quickly took a few steps back.

The monster's head shot out from under its hood, its spring-loaded neck stretched into a strange arc. Ivy rolled to one side in a hurry, then hurriedly climbed up.

There was nothing under Xiaoyi's clothes, but now it suddenly became solid after Ivy exposed it. Its body began to compress in the opposite direction, and then suddenly popped out, with a whistling sound that almost pierced the eardrums.

The dagger collided with the spring-loaded limbs, creating sharp sparks. Ivy first avoided the fatal bite, then tried to escape from the monster's attack range.

However, the spring body stretched extremely long, actually surrounding Ivy's escape route, and was about to wrap itself into a circle and trap her to death!

"Ping——"

Ivy gripped the dagger tightly and stabbed it into the spring node with her backhand. The monster's movements froze for a moment, and she used the force to flip over and jump out of the encirclement.

The clothes completely turned into black water, and the monster in front of him had lost all its disguise, appearing completely in front of Ivy.

It was almost the same as the monster in the dream, but taller, longer, and more oppressive.

Xiaoyi, whose identity was revealed, seemed a little frustrated. He uttered incoherent syllables, but for some reason, Ivy could interpret its meaning.

"I am your protector."

“You’re not acting like a protector right now.” Although it was Ivy who took action first and broke the rules of the game, she only regretted that she acted too late.

The monster split into many spring-like tentacles and shot towards her again. Its hideous head drew a parabola. Ivy dodged nervously and was gradually forced into a corner.

One of the spring-loaded tentacles wrapped around her, its barbs digging into her skin.

"Woo..."

The monster suddenly retracted its spring-loaded limbs and pulled Ivy towards its head.

I was used to seeing ordinary spring-bodied monsters in my vague dreams, but the mutant in front of me was as scary as a mechanical centipede.

But in the end, the pain overwhelmed the fear, and the sharp tentacles pierced Ivy's wrist again, causing her to loosen her grip on the dagger in pain.

The dagger fell to the ground with a crisp sound, and she lost her only weapon.

The terrifying head was right in front of her, and it seemed as if it would open its huge mouth at any time and eat and tear her apart like other monsters.

Dreams should be painless.

It was also at this time that Ivy regained some memories: "I seem to have seen you before."

"You are the first monster to eat me."

"I seem to be able to feel that half of my soul is with you."

There might be a more appropriate word than 'soul', but she couldn't think of it at the moment. But ever since that time, she has been split into two, one trapped in the tower, the other trapped in the monster's body.

Perhaps her will and memories had an impact on the monster's behavior, so it played a strange protector, but it turned out that her other half could not dominate the monster's mind and body because she felt that she was dying.

The monster made a staccato human voice: "I am the protector."

After saying this, it opened its ferocious mouth.

With a clear yet vague feeling of pain, everything in front of my eyes fell into darkness.

……

……

Save Evie.

How to save it?

Is it okay to save only half? What about the other half?

Ivy felt that the situation seemed to be getting more complicated. She didn't even know where the idea of ​​'saving Ivy' came from. Could she save herself?

After being eaten again, how much of her body was left?

Oh...right.

Regardless of everything else, she wanted to become whole again.

She wanted to make herself whole again.

……

……

Ivy opened her eyes and saw gray-white mist pouring into the tower.

She saw herself.

She saw 'Evie' lying on the ground, her eyelashes fluttering, and she seemed to be waking up soon.

Looking down again, she was a little uncomfortable with the dark clothes and gloves that did not match her height.

But Ivy quickly adapted to this identity. She found herself standing in the corner of the top floor, with a panoramic view of the entire scenery. She waited for Ivy to wake up, like a protector.

complete.

Become complete.

Thoughts of unknown origin invaded her brain. At this moment, Ivy regained consciousness and slowly got up from the ground.

"You're finally awake." Ivy couldn't hide her excitement. She whispered as she walked over.

The girl raised her head blankly and looked into the eyes of the tall figure, who held her shoulders, leaned down and slowly approached her.

"Who... are you?" The girl's pupils trembled slightly, as if she was a little frightened.

Ivy felt that the head in her body could no longer be restrained. She even began to imagine the scene of a spring being compressed to the extreme and then released and ejected.

Just then, the door was smashed open.

"Stop! Let that girl go!"

Many people rushed into the room, and many even jumped in from the window, surrounding the place.

Ivy was pushed back by several violent magics and slammed against the wall. She could feel the monster's body creaking under her clothes. She desperately resisted the urge to attack and climbed up from the ground.

People raised their weapons and pointed them at her.