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“Because she’s right, we really need to prepare your coronation ceremony perfectly, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime event,” Raiden Mei said, glancing at Sakura beside her. “I think Sakura thinks so too. This matter is too important, and I did have some issues before. Maybe I wasn’t calm and was a little excited… After all, it’s impossible for everyone we meet on the street to be someone with ill intentions towards you, Jiang Cheng.”
“Yes,” Sakura answered without hesitation, her long pink fox ears trembling slightly. “I’ve been observing you ever since I left Changkong City, and it took several months in the Stigmata Space for me to develop feelings for you. Miss Misterin is not only more unapproachable and colder, but she also has absolutely no chance of getting along with you. Even if I wanted to take the initiative to win you over, it would be almost impossible.”
"It's absolutely impossible. Even from my perspective, from her origins to the present and even into the future, I can't find any possibility of winning her over."
After all, it was that inhuman being.
It is a rational type.
What I said before and my momentary impulse were essentially meaningless.
In terms of weight, it might not even compare to the comforting words I gave Kiana back then. After all, at least I said a few words afterward to explain that I wasn't some kind of peeping tom.
Kiana's subsequent behavior showed that she had truly taken it to heart and genuinely believed that she hadn't spied on Kiana, otherwise they probably wouldn't have had the chance to become friends... She just needs to change her carefree personality.
Jiang Cheng, who had no God's-eye view and was not a love expert at all, but just an ordinary teenager, made up his mind without hesitation.
In that case, there's nothing to worry about.
Anyway, even Mei and Sakura felt it had nothing to do with it.
There is absolutely no threat whatsoever.
Next, all I need to do is prepare properly, tidy up my clothes, and restore my right hand from steel to a real human hand. Mei and Sakura will then handle the issues related to the Valkyries and some rituals. I will ask them personally once I am qualified to be seen by others.
Ah ah… 麇1（二）拌栮磷妻…
I'm so excited!
Can I finally have a right hand with flesh and blood like before?
After using this steel prosthetic limb for so long, I almost got used to it and really started to think of my right hand as being made of iron.
Although Vilvie's creation is amazing, and it feels almost indistinguishable from a normal hand, I still really wish I had my own original hand made up of my own genes.
……
...Ling. Dream of Erlin Mountain 20 Qi Shi!
……
With this in mind, after saying goodbye to each other, the three of them were separated for a slightly longer period of time for the first time.
Although Jiang Cheng seems to be less comfortable now, Raiden Mei, who seems to be clinging to someone all the time and can't stand being separated for even a second, is actually the one who is most comfortable living alone—especially after learning about Misterin and calmly rethinking and recalling what that seemingly girlish person did.
monster--
This is her evaluation.
Compared to the Herrscher's status as a natural disaster, the seemingly gentle person is closer to being non-human.
That said, did her expression change at all throughout? Was that gentle smile even remotely genuine?
do not know.
This is perhaps the only conclusion that can be drawn upon reflection.
Because in my memory, every time we got close, I could always see her inexplicable concern for Jiang Cheng in various details, while her expression never seemed to change. The only slight change was a flicker in her eyes. It was like a human looking up and reflecting light from afar... perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it logic.
It wasn't just one person making a hasty judgment; in fact, Yae Sakura offered almost the same assessment of this idea.
"After thinking about it, I still don't think Miss Mistelin will have any problems."
"It's nothing." Yae Sakura's delicate tone revealed the seriousness in her voice, proving that this was by no means a unilateral action.
"If I had to give an evaluation of Erju Wuqi Shirt, I would probably be better able to judge her as a doll than a human."
Yae Sakura stroked the spirit sword, Cherry Blossom Blizzard, and the pattern of falling petals, accompanied by occasional flashes of light, wove together into a bouquet dancing in the sunlight.
It's as if they're also appreciating this hypocritical scene, gazing at the petals to describe the girl in the painting.
"It's like the works of Master Yizhu in the village, with a human-like appearance, but essentially just made of wood, something that doesn't even have warmth. The expression on its face is just a carved fake, a counterfeit sculpted by someone else with someone else's ideas."
"Whether it's laughter, sadness, or anger... these are human stress responses that require experiencing considerable events to occur. For humans, it's just a matter of using professional tools to slightly modify joy into sadness and happiness into sorrow."
"—So these are all completely irrelevant."
The girl in purple summed it up with just one sentence.
Rather, after careful consideration—now that any remaining aversion has been erased because she can indeed help Jiangcheng recover, it would be too ugly to waste time on this kind of thing, like a beast guarding its fruit.
If the fruit isn't properly cared for, it might rot or have other problems, and could even be blown to the ground and rot there by the wind.
...Even the slightest injury is unacceptable; the outcome must be better than the other possibility.
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Chapter 116 Mistelin, who came to steal the house
"Mei...sir?"
"Were you really rescued from the ruins of the Third Collapse by Lord Jiangcheng?"
Amidst the bustling crowd, in the very center of several Valkyrie squads stationed at the floating island headquarters as temporary personnel, surrounded by layers of girls, was Raiden Mei.
The girl nodded at that moment.
She faced the Valkyries around her without any awkwardness.
"Yes."
"Jiang Cheng really saved me from beginning to end, both physically and mentally. If it weren't for him, I probably would have ended up in a more miserable situation than anyone else."
A significant portion of the past was rewritten and beautified, transforming Jiang Cheng, who had always been quite disgraceful in Changkong City, into a dashing figure whom even he himself wouldn't recognize—although compared to drastic alteration, this change could perhaps be described as the perspective of a young girl, the filter of a girl who, though not a lover, thought she was, was now her lover.
But it was clearly quite successful.
The cheers alone are enough to prove it.
Wow! Is the new bishop really that capable?
"To be able to save Mei-sama while fighting the Herrscher, she is such a kind person!"
They had already gathered together, chattering away. Even those who usually appeared unusually serious had their eyes, each with a different color, shimmering beneath their long, colorful hair.
It's not that it's impossible for someone, or a member of the Destiny, to be uninterested in the bishop.
For those young girls who couldn't wait to know about the new bishop—
Compared to his utterly shameful defeat, which was his only two victories in battle (one being beating up a passing delinquent girl, and the other being a madman-like massacre on campus with no scruples), all that remained was being corrupted by Honkai energy and lying dead, being sniped by Bronya and lying dead, and even having his plane cut off while running away, falling half-dead from the air.
As expected, the new bishop is powerful, gentle, and understanding, and also possesses unimaginable beauty—Mei's filter makes him even more aesthetically pleasing.
And all of this was brought to its fullest potential thanks to Raiden Mei's formidable personal prowess.
Her long, flowing purple hair had been neatly tied into a single ponytail. The girl, wielding a sword in one hand, had actually made her first move upon arriving at the area where the Valkyries gathered to break her own record in the training room. Her appearance alone was enough to make everyone admire her. She was not only powerful and heroic, but also attracted everyone's attention immediately with her martial prowess.
Strength, speed...
In short, everything conventional and even unconventional.
Normal equipment for testing physical fitness and training, as well as virtual combat drills, and battlefields that can create Honkai Beasts of the highest imperial level to fight on—she, without using her own lightning-based authority, relied on her Herrscher-level physical fitness to twice easily tear apart enemies and break records, surpassing her body, which contained Honkai energy that was no longer simply flesh and bones and could no longer be called pure flesh and bones.
Aside from Theresa's record regarding power, the records of Bianca, Rita, and even Cecilia from the previous generation have all been broken with all their might.
It's probably because it's stronger than Jiangcheng expected.
I……
If my original route hadn't led me to meet him, and instead I had gone to St. Freya with Kiana under Silent guidance, then I would never have had so many outbursts due to such extreme emotions.
Even without professional testing—all of World Snake's instruments, including its entire inventory, are completely insufficient to assess its current physical condition.
Even at most half the force, it is enough to deform even a creation made of Soul Steel mixed with a special alloy, which exchanges some variability for hardness, on a purely physical level.
Raiden Mei could clearly sense that her body had undergone at least two qualitative changes: one was when she saw Jiang Cheng injured, and the second was when Jiang Cheng was about to leave Changkong City.
call……
not enough.
This power—is not enough.
Raiden Mei, silently suppressing her inner desires, continued to face the questions from the Valkyries around her.
"Lady Mei, are Herrschers really that powerful? Even you needed Lord Jiang Cheng to save you."
"Yes, yes... I feel that you, Mei-sama, are even more amazing than Rita and Bianca-sama."
Lawyer...
Isn't it me?
On this one matter alone, even the Queen of Thunder could only remain vague.
"In short, the Herrschers are really strong, much stronger than I am showing now. But you don't need to worry. Jiang Cheng is definitely stronger than the Herrschers. Whether it's the Herrscher of Thunder or any other Herrscher, if Jiang Cheng wanted to, he could easily pin them down and make them unable to even resist."
"Is it really that powerful?"
The extent of their boasting shocked even the Valkyries.
"of course."
Not only the Third Herrscher—me, but also Sakura, who is a pseudo-Herrscher, and Rei, who is the twelfth Herrscher of the previous era, will listen to Jiang Cheng's words.
Although Ling is not Jiang Cheng's lover now, their relationship was already quite good. Through the months of getting to know each other and exchanging ideas during what was known as the Cherry Blossom Reincarnation, Ling has now transformed into someone who can show her silly side in front of Jiang Cheng.
Even though she claims to be the bell-ringer of destruction of the previous era, the Grim Reaper, Rin is just a child who believed in someone she shouldn't have believed.
really...
Is this the only fate for a Herrscher?
If every Herrscher is beaten down by the world before becoming a Herrscher and starting to take revenge.
Could that really be considered a natural disaster rather than revenge? Isn't it truly revenge for the karma accumulated from humanity's own evil deeds, from within humanity itself?
……
……
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While Mei was working, Yae Sakura forced her body, which had been further enhanced by her Herrscher abilities compared to her previous unimaginable physical qualities, to memorize those tedious and messy rituals. She also tried her best to use her knowledge and her previous research on the documents prepared by Misterin to delete and organize some of the useful and useless parts.
"Miss Yae, these are the things you asked us to prepare. I wonder if it's okay to modify them like this?"
The newly appointed higher-ups, having just finished their work, gave the pensive girl a tense look the moment after finishing their tasks.
"Um……"
"And here...and here..."
Her azure eyes swept over the text—her slender fingers deftly highlighted a few subtle errors with a pen. Yae Sakura announced that this version needed to be revised and handed the document back once more.
"Yes." He nodded and took the document.
The higher-ups, who were once again busy with their work, didn't even have a chance to complain. The ministers of each department, as well as the newly appointed ministers, were all doing their jobs.
This is undoubtedly a top-tier position that no one wants to lose. It requires quick management planning or familiarity with the department's dynamics and the tasks that should be undertaken.
There was no provocation that was either thoughtless or ill-considered.
To those who aren't looking to die, we'll give them a taste of their own medicine.
To give the new bishop's messenger a show of force.
This is not the world of Honkai Impact 3rd. There are no high-ranking members who never learn from their mistakes, nor are there any mystical nobles or gangs. The high-ranking members who survived Otto's beatings were well aware of how insignificant they were compared to the Valkyries and special personnel who truly wielded power.
No matter how dirty, shameless, and despicable Otto may seem, it cannot be denied that the things he is capable of doing to suppress his enemies and seize control of the world are in line with the world-changing skills expected of someone with the Key of God and knowledge beyond his time.
Compared to those who are loosely independent and, for the sake of so-called civilization and beauty, refrain from interfering in human affairs, thus watching humanity endlessly engage in internal strife and repeat past mistakes, Otto, whatever his reasons, was at least willing to rule the world for his own convenience.
Perhaps some people initially harbored the idea of taking advantage of the chaos when the new bishop took office, but those who had been swiftly wiped out and replaced under the iron fist of the World Serpent absolutely did not have the guts.
During the time Jiang Cheng was in a coma, even without any intention of ruling, World Serpent had already tidied up Destiny, clearing away some of the filth and minor troubles.
Even though theoretically they know very little about human nature, the Grey Serpent has increased the amount of information in its database to an incredibly rich level over such a long period of time. In terms of management, it has reached a level that is unmatched by humans. At least in terms of organizing the organization so that the entire organization is focused on only one thing, and even in terms of management with a religious nature, it has reached the pinnacle.
Not to mention that a large number of World Serpent staff members were reassigned to Schicksal, most of whom, unlike Raven, didn't even receive salaries from both organizations; instead, they were directly relieved of their World Serpent positions and permanently became Schicksal personnel, serving as a core group that Jiangcheng could use at will.
Those who include not only the managers of Baling Jiushui Winery, but also top figures from all walks of life around the world, are like the high-ranking official in the comic who chose to commit suicide for the World Serpent. They are enough to make destiny operate perfectly with the will of Jiangcheng.
As the gray snake had said, it provided Jiangcheng with the greatest help, at least preventing the prophet from being hindered by trivial matters.
If it were to speak for itself, it would probably only give one reason—
The story of Lord Aponia should never be repeated.