### Chapter 1: Facing Difficulties by Sleeping It Off
In a room with dim lighting.
A silver-haired loli and a black-haired loli, clothed in black and white pajamas respectively, lay on the bed.
They were none other than Nuit Star and Nuit Lan, also known as Nuit Star Lan.
She didn’t immediately drift off to sleep but was lost in thought.
Could her star somehow help her make her dreams come true? For example, turning the entire world into adorable silver-haired lolis—though she meant “naughty” moments.
The idea wasn’t bad; she’d note it down.
Nuit Lan stretched out her porcelain-smooth hand, wrapping it around Nuit Star’s tiny waist. Her dewy face pressed against her tummy, playfully rubbing against the thin fabric of Star’s pajama. Tiny “zizz” sounds filled the air.
It tickled but felt so good.
To be more precise.
She wanted to pull back Star’s thin black PJs and give it a little lick, imagining fragrant and silky smooth taste. But on second thought, that would be quite undignified.
“Wish Machine…? Do I really have this wish-granting power?”
In her ongoing learning, Nuit realized she might be as dangerous as that [Doll City] supernova star eclipse.
Extraordinary abilities had reached an extremely absurd level.
Humans shouldn’t wield such terrifying power. If used right, they could completely upend the world order.
She briefly reviewed the [Doll City] event, noting its timely resolution.
Such scale disasters can impact national areas. If it weren’t for Night Watchers sacrificing their lives to stop it, everything might have been lost.
Now, as Nuit Star Lan wondered, what disaster would unfold if she became a Star Eclipse?
Unrestricted wish-granting or outright wish-reversal?
No way would it turn out like the Black Holy Grail situation?
“Mm… better not dwell on it. Anyway, I won’t lose control.”
Since losing control could bring disaster, control was the key.
A wish was due then.
“Hope the Wish Machine never goes haywire…”
Sure, that’s given, but whether it’ll come true depends on Nuit’s star’s whim.
At the end of the day, Nuit still hadn’t figured out how her star worked.
If any wish granted by simply saying “I wish” could transform everyone into silver-haired lolis, that’d’ve happened ages ago.
Controlling her star wasn’t easy either.
Nuit had received some info from Xiao Jin.
When extraordinary stars are born, like in the two loli episodes, it’s seen as wish fulfillment.
Secondly,
recently helping White Fish was another success.
There’s a pattern here.
Sleeping!
Indeed, during sleep, she’d utter something akin to wishes.
Both times, turning into a loli and entering Fish’s story, fit perfectly.
So, wishing before deep slumber must be it.
Nuit wasn’t sure yet.
“mm… should I give it a shot?”
Practice makes perfect.
Nuit planned to test it.
After all, sleep was imminent.
To validate her hunchs, this was too good to miss.
“But what do I wish for?”
Nuit hesitated a bit.
Wishing willy-nilly was a no-go. What if it came true?
Though her ideal world has cuties everywhere, just fantasizes.
“Mmm…”
Nuit glanced at the wooden puppet pieces on the desk. An idea popped up.
If simple wished could confirm guesses and repair puppets, why not try?
Success means confirming guesses, mastering star powers, and fixing the wooden master’s puppet. Double bonus!
Failure? No loss there.
“Phew~”
Nuit and Nuit Lan exhaled together, settling in for sleep.
“Turn off the lights, to bed~”
With a click, darkness enveloped the room instantly.
Time passed slowly.
Soon, azure and crimson eyes lit slightly in the dark, mirroring each other, both showing signs of distress.
“What do we do… couldn’t fall asleep.”
Overthinking before sleep only exacerbates insomnia.
“Start by emptying mind…”
Nuit and Nuit Lan closed their eyes again.
Finally, dozed off.
Gentle, synchronized breathing filled the quiet room.
The two lolis fell into dreamland.
Seconds later, spatial displacement occurred. Void-like darkness veiled the tiny figures on the bed.
…
When Star and Lan awoke, they found daylight seeping in.
Groggily, they sat up, rubbed their sleepy eyes, finally becoming more alert.
“Failed…?”
Their expressions were laced with faint disappointment at unconfirmed theories.
“Mmmm… thought it’d work. Guess my hunch was wrong. Sobbing sound”
Disappointed, yes, but life goes on.
Lan decided to keep her spirits up for meeting Zero Meow and White Fish today!
As for Nuit, she’s still figuring ways to fix the puppet.
Talk about puppets—
Nuit and Nuit Lan focused on the table where puppets had been placed.
“Huh?”
“Puppet… missing!”
Star and Lan widened their eyes, leaping out of bed, checking every nook for the missing puppet.
But after scouring the room, no luck.
“Guh… how did it vanish? It was here yesterday, mouse maybe? We’re doomed…”
Star’s expression was crestfallen. She’d lost the puppet master’s work and worried about confessing the mistake.
Become a real “puppet”…?
Not much else to do now.
Today, she’d apologize deeply and compensate.
Lan needed to head to the Night Watcher base instead to learn.
Picking up her phone, Lan checked the time.
September 16th, 2100, around 9 A.M.
“Ugh… just ten A.M., might as well eat first.”
Putting down her phone, her body stiffened suddenly.
Hang on, what was that?
Lan lifted the phone again, double-checking.
2100, September 16th.
“Oh my! What’s happening here!?”
Petrified, as if still dreaming.
Pinching faces to confirm, yet feeling genuine pain.
“Guh… not dreaming, it’s real…”
Panicking, Nuit struggled.
Earlier it was late November 2101. Now back to the past?
“Hold up, I’m missing something here…”
Lan nodded pensively and slapped her palm.
“Aha, my star’s doing!”
Recalling the prior incident with White Fish, this made sense.
Realizing, Nuit lost her panic, replaced with excitement.
But not long after the thrill, a new problem arose.
She wished to fix those puppets before sleeping, an easy feat.
Why, suddenly, did she land in this era?
“Hmm…”
Both Star and Lan stood up simultaneously.
After much pondering, Chef decided to eat first.
