The moment Stigmata Kiana appeared, God Kiana, who had been lost in the world created by Penglaiji Ryn and unwilling to awaken, opened her eyes.
At the same time, Penglaiji Ryn also fell into a coma.
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Both Ryns had fallen into a coma, both because of a certain existence within their respective Stigmata...
And now, these two existences had met.
Using Stigmata Kiana as an anchor, God Kiana's consciousness projected directly into Ryn's Stigmata Space. Through Stigmata Kiana's eyes, she looked at Nightmare Tianqi, who was frantically repairing the Stigmata Space.
Sensing God Kiana's arrival, Tianqi was no longer flustered. She sat on her throne and waved at God Kiana with a smile.
"Yo, has a certain coward who only knows how to run away finally woken up?"
"I have always been awake."
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Penglaiji Ryn found herself in that academy again. Fog shrouded everything, but she knew that person would be waiting for her at the end.
It had been a long time since she had had this dream. Penglaiji Ryn was no longer as lost and insecure as she was the first time.
She started running, running towards the end, desperate to see that sad girl.
Perhaps she wouldn't be able to wake her up this time either, but at the very least, she had to know her name.
But this time, Penglaiji Ryn did not see the girl, nor did she reach the end.
A girl in a tattered school uniform, her body concealed by lightning and with divine wings on her back, stood in front of Penglaiji Ryn.
She should have been a vibrant young girl in the prime of her life, but her eyes were empty and lifeless, her whole being like a walking corpse.
Her face was filled with the same irremovable sadness as the sleeping girl at the end.
"Are you... going to see Kiana?"
"Kiana..."
Penglaiji Ryn was momentarily lost at the name, muttering it to herself.
"You are..."
"Raiden Mei... And you?"
"My name... I can't remember, but everyone calls me Penglaiji Ryn, so maybe that's my name."
"Then why are you here?"
"Why... I don't know. Every time I realize it, I'm already here. May I ask, what is this place?"
"This place... is a forgotten place. A place that has lost even its reason for existing, like a grave."
"A cemetery...?"
"Yes... a cemetery. Mine and Kiana's... Of course, that includes you.
Not just you, but everyone who doesn't belong here, everyone who wants to disturb this place...
And anyone who wants to hurt Kiana...
So, leave this place now...
Otherwise, I will kill you."
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The dream ended. Penglaiji Ryn woke up on a bed in the medical bay, clutching her head. Beside her, Ryn was also lying on a hospital bed.
"You're awake. Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere?"
Emisha walked over with a notepad and checked Penglaiji Ryn's pupils and throat with a small flashlight.
"My head is a little dizzy... otherwise I'm fine."
Upon hearing Penglaiji Ryn's words, Emisha's face immediately soured.
"If you're fine, then get the hell out! It looks to me like you were just dreaming! If Seele hadn't insisted I check you over, I wouldn't have wasted resources on a sleeping person like you!"
"Hehe..."
Penglaiji Ryn awkwardly rubbed her head and got off the bed. She didn't know how she had suddenly fainted, let alone how Seele had brought her here...
"Then what about my brother? How is he?"
Penglaiji Ryn pointed to Ryn next to her, and immediately saw Emisha's face darken even more.
"Are you sure he's your brother?"
"Uh... seeing as we look so much alike, it's hard to say we're not, right?"
"You two are really different..."
Emisha picked up a scalpel and, in front of Penglaiji Ryn, made a cut on Ryn's chest, but Ryn's flesh didn't even deform under the pressure.
"Even a razor-sharp scalpel can't leave a mark on him... not to mention other scanning instruments. They can't detect anything, so it's hard for me to say what his condition is.
You were with him, can you describe what happened?"
Penglaiji Ryn thought for a moment, then shook her head.
"He just rolled his eyes back and fainted. Does that count?"
Emisha gave Penglaiji Ryn a calm look, then hit her with the notepad in her hand and pointed towards the door.
"If you don't want to talk, then don't. The door is over there. Get out."
"Uh..."
Woken up by their conversation, Ryn patted his groggy head and sat up in bed.
"Ahem... I'm fine. You guys woke me up..."
The worried look in Emisha's eyes was now replaced with anger.
"Hmph, so you were sleeping too? You get out too!"
Half a minute later, Ryn and Penglaiji Ryn were squatting at the entrance of the Medical Department, dejectedly drawing circles on the ground.
"Brother, are you really okay? You scared me when you suddenly fainted before."
"I'm fine. On the contrary, I just heard from Emisha that you fainted too. How are you?"
"I should be fine, I just had a very strange dream...
I dreamed of... Raiden Mei..."
"Raiden Mei?!" "Big Sis Mei?!"
Ryn looked at Penglaiji Ryn in surprise, his hand stopping its circling motion.
And Bronya, who had come to visit the two patients, rushed forward excitedly, grabbed Penglaiji Ryn's collar uncontrollably, and repeatedly questioned her about Raiden Mei's whereabouts.
"You dreamed of Big Sis Mei! You saw her...
She's still alive... still alive...
Bronya will find Big Sis Mei, I will definitely find Big Sis Mei...
Where is she? Where is she!"
Penglaiji Ryn was startled by Bronya's anxious reaction. Her thoughts were in a jumble, and for a moment she didn't know what to say.
"I... I don't know."
"How can you not know! How can you not know..."
Bronya's grip on Penglaiji Ryn's hand gradually weakened and fell away. The longing had clouded her mind, but then she suddenly remembered that Penglaiji Ryn had amnesia.
"That's right... you don't know. Ryn, you're her brother, do you know where Big Sis Mei is?"
Mei saved Bronya, told Bronya the meaning of her existence, and is the light in Bronya's heart, she is Bronya's everything.
"Sorry, I don't know. But don't worry, Bronya. Mei is very strong. She's definitely out there somewhere in the world, waiting for us to find her," Ryn said, comforting Bronya.
Bronya just nodded numbly and then walked away, dejected.
After she was gone, Ryn and Penglaiji Ryn stared at each other.
"Where is Mei?"
"Uh... I really don't know. If I had to say... in a cemetery?"
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(Seele likes Bronya, Bronya likes Mei, Mei likes Kiana... this circle is so messed up.)