Lucas, standing in place, was caught by a mechanical arm descending from the sky.
He was directly thrown towards the stage.
Without any panic in his heart, Lucas calmly looked at the split-personality girl on the stage, knowing that Vielvie would surely act.
And indeed, she did.
Just as he was about to land.
Vielvie leaped up, catching Lucas in mid-air. She asked, "How was it… did you find it exciting?"
"A little."
Lucas made a gesture of losing the Korean market.
Vielvie didn't mind.
As eight giant "cards" descended,
the two played an exciting and stimulating card game inside and were soon entangled in a brawl.
One hour later…
A little past five in the morning.
Lucas, bruised and swollen, left Vielvie's laboratory, holding his waist. He silently added Mobius's and Vielvie's names to the list of first clears for this cycle.
As blue light flickered, Judah slowly walked out.
The two had split up earlier.
Lucas entered Vielvie's laboratory, while Judah went to the Faculty Dormitory to retrieve the midnight snack Raiden Mei had prepared.
Holding the midnight snack in one hand, the little fellow reached out to take the bodysuit.
Then, as if smelling something,
a cute little face scrunched up.
"Hurry home and take a shower, human. The smell of blood on you is too strong; it makes me feel so uncomfortable."
Judah pinched her nose.
Lucas smiled helplessly. After a fierce battle with the split-personality girl, he was once again covered in fresh blood.
This was unavoidable.
"Alright, alright, I'll go shower in a bit."
There was nothing to do now.
It was also very late, so Lucas chose to go straight home. Not long after he and Judah returned to the Valkyrie Dormitory,
the six o'clock Morning Bell rang out.
The melodious bell echoed throughout St. Freya Academy.
After a brief rest, Lucas went into the restroom to shower.
The warm water caressed his skin, making him feel completely refreshed.
Although the battle with the two Valkyries had been exhausting,
after being blessed by the Morning Bell…
Lucas's body had almost recovered, and taking a shower afterwards felt simply wonderful.
As the saying goes,
a cigarette after, is better than a living immortal.
Lucas didn't smoke, but taking a shower felt pretty good too.
Wiping his head with a white towel,
the man, with only a white bath towel wrapped around his lower body, walked directly out of the bathroom.
Judah saw him and immediately jumped off the bed.
"You, you, you, you! Why aren't you wearing clothes! Quickly put on some clothes!"
Lucas said while wiping his head, "It's my home anyway, it's all the same whether I wear clothes or not, and… I'm still wearing a towel, what are you shouting about?"
"You, you, you!"
Judah, her face flushed, stammered, unable to speak.
Lucas glanced at the little fellow standing on the bed, wearing a black and red dress, and said, "Who was it just now who said… they weren't interested in human affections?"
"Since a noble vampire doesn't care about that, you shouldn't care whether I'm wearing clothes or not, right?"
Lucas walked to the bedside, casually draped the towel over the nightstand, and turned to look at Judah.
It had to be said.
The tsundere Armed Doll was truly too adorable.
Lucas couldn't help but want to tease Judah in every cycle; it was his way of relaxing.
With this little fellow by his side,
he could feel much more at ease.
After all, this was one of the few beings he could have a normal conversation with.
In the past, Lucas also had the habit of chatting with Cang Xuan's Book.
Now with Judah,
the priority of Cang Xuan's Book had greatly decreased.
It was because the little fellow by her side always had a cold face, giving Lucas attitude, and he didn't want to be unrequited.
He had no choice before.
Now Lucas had other options.
"You're changing the subject! Not caring about human affections doesn't mean I don't care whether you're wearing clothes or not!"
Judah reacted quickly. She grabbed a pillow and threw it over.
The white projectile rapidly approached.
Lucas couldn't dodge at all; he was plastered in the face, and just as he removed the pillow from his face, several more pieces of clothing flew over.
Through the Armed Doll's hands,
these clothes were incredibly powerful.
Lucas was struck repeatedly, stumbling backward, until the bath towel around his waist loosened, completely liberating his sacred sword.
Judah then shrieked and stopped.
Lucas took a closer look.
The white-haired, blue-eyed little fellow was gone.
"Unexpectedly pure…"
Lucas shook his head slightly.
The playful skit ended.
Dressed in the St. Freya Academy uniform, Lucas stood in front of the mirror, examining his face.
How should he put it?
Lucas had been severely beaten by the extremely evil Vielvie earlier.
This resulted in a bruised and swollen face.
Even with Honkai Energy in his body, it seemed it wouldn't dissipate quickly.
Lucas sighed.
"Vielvie is really annoying. Why does she have an extremely evil personality… Shouldn't this personality be sealed away?"
"And the original Vielvie."
"Why has she never shown her face even once…"
Ninety-nine cycles.
Lucas had never seen the original Vielvie. All the personalities he saw now were fragments she had split off.
He rubbed his face.
Unable to find an answer, Lucas chose to go out.
There was no need to elaborate on the daytime routine; time once again arrived at night.
The twelve o'clock twilight drum boomed.
Lucas sat upright on the bed, waiting for Kiana's arrival. He felt his heart pounding and thought of the Morning Bell and twilight drum. He stroked his chin and said, "Right, since Su is the maintainer of rules, then… could the Morning Bell and twilight drum, which divide day and night, be related to him?"
In St. Freya Academy,
the Morning Bell and twilight drum were quite important.
Lucas had once thought of climbing up to explore them.
Unfortunately, he had no opportunity during the day and no ability at night.
Back then, he had exerted tremendous effort.
Lucas climbed a certain spire of the Central Church, but there was a B-rank Valkyrie waiting there, taking it easy. One peek… and he was caught and severely toyed with by the Night Valkyries.
Since then,
Lucas had never dared to explore the Morning Bell and twilight drum again.
And now…
Lucas had Judah, which met the exploration conditions. Thinking of this, his gaze turned to the little fellow beside him.
The white-haired, blue-eyed Armed Doll was savoring tomato juice.
She was even drinking it from a stemmed glass, looking as if she were drinking red wine.
Without disturbing Judah,
Lucas lay on the bed, stretching out his five fingers towards the ceiling, his mind filled with all sorts of random thoughts.
Thursday.
Around twelve-thirty in the morning, Kiana appeared.
Footsteps outside the door drew closer.
Lucas, who had been closing his eyes, slowly opened them.
Today's tasks were simple.
First, conquer Kiana.
Second, explore the Morning Bell and twilight drum.
If there was spare time, he would go find Hua.
Lucas wanted to increase the capacity of the true qi in his body to ten wisps.
Reaching a level where he could almost activate the Eden Star.
Then he would face Theresa.
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