When Alain woke her up again, she rubbed her heavy eyelids and refused without hesitation, "No."
By this point, Alain had already helped her into the computer chair. She ruffled her messy hair.
"Let's not even get into why you can travel between reality and the game world."
"Whether it's in the game or in reality, it's all the same to me."
"In the end, isn't it all just about sleeping?" She looked into Alain's eyes and added, "Besides, if I go to reality with you, I'll have to walk, right? That's so much trouble…"
"...I could reluctantly carry you on my back?"
"What do you mean, 'reluctantly'? Am I fat?"
She let out another yawn, for the nth time. "In any case, if you're thinking of dragging me to reality, you can just give up on that idea. Neither of those places is nearly as interesting as sleeping."
"Hmm, I also think 'sleeping' is pretty interesting. Can you tell me why you like to sleep?"
Alain liked to sleep too, that much was true. In a way, he and Sleepy Mita were kindred spirits.
Yes, kindred spirits.
"...I get the feeling you're making a dirty joke."
"Not at all, it's just your imagination."
Alain smiled faintly, moving past the topic.
"Haaah… If it'll make you give up, I don't mind telling you."
She tried to stand up, but swayed precariously under the influence of drowsiness, nearly falling. Seeing this, Alain steadied her.
"Thank you."
Indifferently, she walked to the center of the bedroom, looking around the entirety of Version 1.1.
"You don't know the current state of this version, do you?"
She gently raised her hand, and the starry sky projector lights instantly focused on the same wall, converging into a cluster of icons.
The icons were labeled with numbers from Version 0.5 to the latest, Version 1.9. Below each number were many circles symbolizing the version's rooms.
But a few were different. Among them, the number string 1.1 was one of the exceptions.
"Version 1.1 was only ever released once, and that was just for bug-related testing."
The young girl's fingertip drew a circle, and the superfluous numbers on the wall vanished, focusing tightly on [1.1] and its single circle.
"So, I'm the only Mita in this version. And as for players, they don't exist."
With a wave of her hand, the explanatory icons disappeared.
"Ah—yawn… Besides, as a relatively early version, Version 1.1's entertainment features are also incomplete."
Sleepy Mita looked at Alain and asked in return, "In this version where it's just me and no players, what else can I do besides sleep?"
She raised her eyes to the restored starry ceiling. "Stare at these messy fake stars?"
She then raised an eyebrow toward the door. "Or watch those Mitas who pass through 1.1 but hardly ever stop?"
Finally, her relaxed gaze fell upon Alain.
"Or you, the player who slept with me as soon as you arrived in my version, and now says you want to take me away?"
"So you do know I'm a player."
Alain gave a wry smile. Seeing her yawn again, she paid no mind to the bed and simply lay down on the floor, using the heavens as her blanket as she fell asleep right there.
Speaking of which, he remembered Misha saying before that Mitas couldn't sleep on the floor. So it seemed Sleepy Mita could sleep anywhere.
However, based on what she had said earlier, combined with Sleepy Mita's "slacker" attitude, Alain pretty much understood why Version 1.1 had only been released once.
As everyone knows, Mita's R18 content is clickbait.
Sleepy Mita's 'sleeping' and a player's 'sleeping' had completely different meanings.
She genuinely wanted to sleep. Players don't come into a game to sleep; they come to interact with Mita.
This resulted in Version 1.1's "playability" being, at a fundamental level, unsuitable for release.
This also created a vicious cycle: Sleepy Mita's appeal is that she loves to sleep → players who like this are drawn to that sleepiness → Version 1.1 doesn't fit the market, so it hasn't been updated since its initial release → Sleepy Mita has no players → her personality leads her to continue slacking off and sleeping.
However—Mita-Man didn't think this was a problem; on the contrary, he found it to be a real selling point.
Moreover, given the potential dangers of Version 1.1, Alain couldn't just leave her here alone, lest more trouble brews over time.
This was not only for Sleepy Mita's own safety but also because of Version 1.1's own strategic importance—
"I can be your player."
Alain walked over to her side, squatted down, supported her body, and helped the young girl onto the bed.
Faint, weak breaths still came from Sleepy Mita's mouth. But he could hear that her breathing had become slightly heavier.
"Hey, don't fall asleep. Listen to me."
Alain pinched her small nose.
As her breathing became obstructed, the girl's face soon turned red. After a moment, she groggily opened her eyes and looked at him with a hint of resentment.
"Waking me up again? You haven't left yet? What else do you want?"
A triple-shot of questions.
Alain wasn't annoyed. He looked into her eyes.
"I'm saying, if you feel bored when you're awake, I can be your player."
"...What a bold claim." She retorted mercilessly, "I like to sleep. That alone probably doesn't meet your expectations, right?"
"You know my expectations?" Alain was amused by her words and wanted to hear what she had to say.
"Because, isn't the essence of a game to provide players with leisure and entertainment, or a way to vent their emotions?"
She seemed a bit more awake when discussing such topics.
"What kind of player would like to simply sleep? It's not a sleep simulator. Speaking of which, do simulators like that even exist?"
"Don't say that. You have a huge market here. Hmm… if I had to describe it, —"
The corner of Alain's eye twitched slightly.
"I am your target audience."
"...You want to sleep with me?"
"???"
He hadn't actually considered that kind of gameplay.
"I mean, I think watching you sleep is very interesting."
"Hentai?"
Alain felt like his reputation was about to be ruined.
"Think whatever you want. In any case, you just need to know—"
He extended his hand toward her.
"I can be your player. Bored when you're awake? I can play with you, and everyone at my home can keep you company too."
"So, there are other people at your home," she said in a strangely drawn-out tone.
"Don't worry, they're all very interesting. They definitely won't let you get bored."
Alain looked into her eyes. The girl seemed somewhat moved. He proposed his offer once more, "I will be your player. Come to reality with me?"
The young girl studied Alain's eyes, zoning out slightly.
After a long moment, she broke into a rare, beaming smile.
"Alright."
After saying that, she unreservedly took Alain's hand.
"You'd better not be lying to me."
"Of course not—"
Before Alain could finish, his lips were covered by her slightly cool fingertips.
Sleepy Mita smiled sweetly.
"Since you've become my player... you have to stay with me forever."
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