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Vivian emerged from the restroom with a faint blush on her cheeks and a slightly unfocused look in her eyes.
Elise followed behind Vivian with a beaming smile, like a cat that had successfully stolen a bite of food, and even licked her lips as if savoring something.
Noticing Elise's behavior, just as Vivian was about to say something, a knock sounded at the door.
Vivian frowned slightly, temporarily abandoning her plan to teach Elise a lesson, and then let the girl into the room.
The personal maid nervously entered the room, glanced at Elise beside her, then at her mistress, and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that everything was alright.
When the two of them were alone in a room, she had to be extremely careful every time, afraid of seeing something she shouldn't have.
"what's up?"
"After I handed over the instructions, someone quickly discovered the problem. I just wanted to ask Miss Elise, what should be done about a man getting pregnant?"
Hearing the maid's words, Elise tilted her head and said, "Just cut open her stomach and dig the thing out."
"Is this simple and crude approach really okay?"
"It's okay. You should be glad that the baby hasn't started to take shape yet. It won't be so simple once it's fully formed."
"Oh, I understand. Thank you very much for your guidance, Miss Elise."
After the personal maid left, Vivian finally spoke up, "You seem quite adept at this kind of thing. Have you fallen for it before?"
“How could I possibly fall for it?” Elise rolled her eyes. She had always been extremely wary of anything related to the Nine-Headed Mother, and since she had relatively little contact with them, she had never been affected.
However, she had fallen victim to this trick quite a few times when playing games before, and each time it left a deep impression on her.
Feeling Vivian's questioning gaze, Elise reached out and pinched her bouncy cheek, somewhat annoyed: "What kind of look is that? I said no, and that's final!"
"Whatever. I'm more curious about what you're going to do this time."
"The situation here is too complicated, I'm going to wait and see."
"You don't seem like such an honest person."
"Hehe." Elise gave a mischievous smile, then pounced into Vivian's arms, nuzzling against her chest which wasn't rising and falling much, before continuing, "I'm not lying to you. I want to see if the Eternal God will descend. If He appears, I'm going to visit His home."
You see, she's been eyeing that guy's [Pure Sun] for a long time.
Vivian looked down at Elise, who was constantly taking advantage of her, but she didn't seem to mind. She even reached out to tidy Elise's hair: "How confident are you?"
"Sixty percent, I guess. Even if I'm discovered, I can run away. It's okay."
"Too risky."
"I know what I'm doing."
Vivian frowned slightly. Elise was still the same Elise she remembered, always fond of taking risky actions. She was even considering locking the woman up.
As if sensing some danger, Elise quickly left Vivian's warm embrace, and said with a wary look in her eyes, "Were you thinking about something dangerous just now?"
"No, you're overthinking it." Vivian silently put the anti-magic collar she had just taken out back into her spatial ring, as if nothing had happened.
"You're lying. Do you think I wouldn't see such a big anti-magic collar on my hand?"
"I just feel your plan is too risky, so I want to lock you in the basement for a while."
Based on Elise's understanding of Vivian, Vivian's words were not a joke at all, but rather showed her true feelings.
"I know you're worried about me, but if we don't seize this opportunity, we don't know when the next one will come."
"Then you'd better keep your word."
"Well, keep your word."
After the basement crisis was resolved, Elise moved closer to Vivian, nuzzled her face, and after successfully arousing Vivian's desire, gracefully distanced herself.
"I suddenly remembered I have something important to do, so I'll head back now." With that, Elise made her escape.
Vivian narrowed her eyes; she suddenly regretted abandoning the basement plan.
But it doesn't matter, Elise will come back for me sooner or later anyway, and then she'll have to pay the price.
……
"It's so exciting to flirt and run away." Elise, who had already returned to the manor, smiled slightly. Although she knew she would be taught a lesson by Vivian next time she went to see her, she didn't care much and was even a little looking forward to it.
I feel like dying so many times is turning me into a masochist.
"What makes you so happy?" Celia, who was about to leave, couldn't help but ask curiously when she saw Iris smiling.
"Want to know?"
"Kind of."
"I won't tell you~"
Celia clenched her fists silently. Considering that this was Elise's territory, she finally calmed herself down. Sure enough, the Chosen Ones were only pleasing to the eye when they were corpses.
Seeing Celia's displeased yet helpless expression, Elise's lips curled up slightly, and her already good mood became even more pleasant.
Just as Elise was about to continue teasing Celia, the sky suddenly darkened for some reason, and a blood moon hung high in the night sky.
Most of the people in the city looked up in confusion, not understanding why it had suddenly gotten dark.
Even Celia instinctively tried to look up, but Iris stopped her.
"what?"
Don't look up.
"Is it possible to look at it from other perspectives?"
"can."
Upon hearing Elise's words, Celia did not hesitate and immediately switched her perspective to the undead hiding in a secluded corner.
In the undead's vision, she saw the blood moon hanging high in the night sky—no, it wasn't a blood moon, but a blood-red eyeball. She could even see that eyeball scanning back and forth.
The moment Celia saw that eyeball, she felt as if her head had been struck by a blunt object. Although she was on guard, she still couldn't help but feel dizzy.
She covered her head and said through gritted teeth, "Didn't you say I could watch?"
“That’s what I said, but I didn’t say that there wouldn’t be any problems with looking at it this way,” Elise said with a smile.
Suppressing the urge to beat up Iris, Celia took a deep breath and asked, "So, what exactly happened?"
"Someone stole the daytime."
Volume 1: Chapter 608 Observing the Battle
A look of shock flashed in Celia's eyes. Even she hadn't expected that someone could steal the daytime.
Looking at Elise's calm demeanor, Celia was curious as to why the other woman could be so composed.
"The more you experience, the calmer you become." While speaking to Celia, Elise also activated the insect network to convey the message not to look directly at the blood moon.
The people around me have strong mental strength, so even if I accidentally look directly at the blood moon, I should be able to get rid of it.
Even if you can't get rid of it, you're just being controlled for a period of time.
As for ordinary people, their consciousness is frozen the moment they gaze at the blood moon, and they can only recover when the blood moon disappears.
Even if they recover, their mental state will be weak for a period of time.
"And what about that eye?"
"He is the Moon Gazer, an outer god sealed on the moon, and also the embodiment of the Blood Moon."
"Outer God?"
"That's right, at the end of the Age of Gods, he was nailed to the moon by the Eternal God."
This was the first time Celia had heard such a secret, and she was increasingly curious about how Elise knew so much.
"Stop being curious, let's find a suitable viewpoint. Someone has already made their move."
"They've already started before the deification ceremony even began?"
"Once the god-making ceremony begins, it means that the empire is fully prepared to face any unexpected events, and most people don't want to wait until then."
Elise had already anticipated this situation, so she could only roughly guess when the event would occur, given the sheer number of variables involved in this rebirth.
For example, she didn't expect the Moon Skeleton Watcher to be involved.
Since He was involved, it means that the Crimson Council must have been involved as well, since those madmen in the Crimson Council worshipped the Blood Moon.
Celia had expected Iris to find a high vantage point to observe the situation, but to her surprise, Iris simply took her hand and led her back into the manor.
"Aren't we looking for a suitable viewpoint?"
“Yes, home is just right. We can have some coffee and desserts there,” Elise said matter-of-factly.
Because of Wendy's presence, the entire Celia was filled with their spies, so Elise didn't need to find a high vantage point to be a target; she could simply stay at home and watch the battle from a distance.
Seeing Elise return to the manor, Elena silently breathed a sigh of relief: "You're back."
"Hmm, you didn't look directly at the blood moon just now, did you?"
"I glanced at it, but I didn't feel anything," Elena said, scratching her head.
After all, when a normal person sees the sky suddenly darken, they will subconsciously look at the sky, and she was no exception.
Some of the servants in the manor were stunned when they saw the blood moon in the sky, but she was unaffected.
Sensing Elise's helpless gaze, Elena silently pointed at Nora: "She saw it too."
"Although I watched it, I wasn't affected at all."
Celia looked at the two bickering with some surprise. She had just taken a look through the eyes of the undead and her mind had been shaken. Yet these two seemed completely unharmed. She didn't know if they were just being stubborn or if they were really alright.
Elise didn't doubt what the two said. After all, these two were the protagonists of the rebirth, so it was normal for them to be a little special.
Just then, a spatial rift suddenly appeared. Sally passed through the rift and collapsed onto the sofa.
She said weakly, "I just glanced at the sky out of curiosity, and it felt like someone hit my head dozens of times with a rolling pin."
Didn't I say I couldn't watch it?
“You’re too late,” Sally muttered.
"So what exactly is going on?" Sally asked curiously after giving herself a few sips of energy-restoring potion.
“Someone stole the daytime, someone summoned an evil god, and that’s how it is.”
"You mean by stealing? Does that mean the whole world has been plunged into darkness?"
“How could that be? I estimate that only Seria will be affected,” Elise said as she connected to the insect network.
A swarm of butterflies flew from the garden into the house, and one landed on each person's shoulder.
Just as Celia was wondering what was going on, several slender antennae suddenly extended from the butterfly's body, trying to crawl into her ear.
She instinctively blocked the tentacles and asked, "What are you trying to do?"
"If you mind things that allow you to watch the game better, you can use your own methods to watch it."
In the past, Celia would never have let such an unknown thing get into her ear, but seeing that no one else seemed to care, she hesitated for a moment and then withdrew her hand.
As the tentacles burrowed into her ear, Celia couldn't help but shudder; the sensation was somewhat nauseating.
However, she soon discovered that she seemed to have many more eyes, and she didn't even feel dizzy.
This feeling is quite magical. Although she can also share the perspective of the dead, she can't keep up with all the dead she shares with, but this method doesn't have that problem.
"Speaking of which, why don't I see any of your students?" Lily looked around in confusion.
"She must have gone out on something."
Seeing Elise's casual demeanor, Lily couldn't help but wonder, "Aren't you worried about her at all?"
"Don't worry, she'll be fine."
Judging from Elise's confident demeanor, if she remembered correctly, when she first met that pink-haired girl named Elsa, the other girl didn't seem to know much, right?
Although she had some doubts, since Elise had already said so, Lily didn't dwell on it and quickly immersed herself in the spectator view.
The battle took place in the core area of Seria.
The once magnificent palace has now been transformed into a massive magical fortress, with menacing cannons constantly firing projectiles compressed with terrifying magical power, all aimed at a humanoid creature enveloped in a crimson glow.
Crimson rays of light splashed onto the magical shield of the magic fortress, creating ripples.
"Who is that?" Elena asked curiously.
“One of the council members of the Crimson Council, a ninth-rank being,” Elise said calmly.