"Th-th-th-th-that... that was for the Expert..."
"I didn't want it..."
Chef Vill-V's voice was soft and delicate, as if slowly melting away. She seemed to blush easily, her ears turning nearly red.
Hmm, a bit like the Original.
"But aren't you also Vill-V?"
"Y-you should go find the Expert, then..."
Her voice trembled.
She felt like a little white rabbit.
She seemed to notice Kiana's hands getting a bit too restless.
Flustered, she first turned off the stove, then without another word, ran back inside.
So who got thrown out instead?
Oh...
It was the Magician.
The Magician was about to say something when she let out a soft whimper, completely bewildered. As if overcome with embarrassment and frustration, she cried out in surprise.
"Wah?! Wh-what are you doing?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
Kiana noticed that the person in front of her had changed, but she still didn't let go.
She seemed to be enjoying herself immensely. Inside Vill-V's Spiral Workshop, with just the two of them, she playfully imitated Elysia's voice and laughed mischievously.
"You!"
The Magician felt her entire body go weak.
Fuming, she immediately ran back inside.
The Expert came out to see what was going on.
Then, the Expert went back too.
The Disciple Vill-V pretended to be calm, but she retreated faster than anyone else.
The Conductor fell silent for a moment, then finally tossed out the Original.
Wasn't that just throwing a lamb to the wolves?!
"Why... is this happening?" Original Vill-V looked utterly confused.
Because their personalities didn't share memories, aside from Chef Vill-V, only Kiana knew what had happened earlier.
This time, Kiana wasn't about to let these adorable Vill-Vs escape back inside.
Throw someone else out as a sacrifice?
No.
I want the Original right now.
So she used the Authority of Sentience to lock the Original outside, cutting off the connection to the other personalities inside, effectively trapping her briefly.
Well, now.
The Original cried out for help, but heaven didn't answer, and earth didn't respond.
She was all alone.
She instinctively tried to switch personalities but couldn't.
After several attempts...
She was completely defeated.
"Kiana, l-let's talk this through..." Original Vill-V struggled slightly before finally giving up.
She was always a delicate, fragile little beauty.
Not particularly skilled at anything.
Seeing Kiana's determined look, she knew she wouldn't give up until she got what she wanted.
What could she do?
She was so easily flustered.
"But you're the one who promised," Kiana teased Original Vill-V, though there was a hint of playful malice in her tone.
"Huh?" The Ego looked dumbfounded. "Wh-which me was it?"
She was on the verge of tears. "Whichever me promised, you should go find her."
"But aren't all of you Vill-V? At the end of the day, it's still your body, right?"
Kiana feigned innocence. "Or does each personality have their own first kiss, so I have to romance each one for it to count?"
"Mmm..." Original Vill-V fell silent.
Kiana deliberately rested her head on Vill-V's shoulder, gently nuzzling her cheek like a little devil, full of temptation. She breathed softly, whispering into her ear.
"You saw the video on the Sky Screen, didn't you?"
"In the future, you're my wife..."
"Th-that's the future!" Original Vill-V insisted weakly.
In reality, her entire soft body was leaning into Kiana's embrace.
"But since we end up together in the future, it just proves how compatible we are."
Kiana spoke with feigned seriousness.
"Why not give yourself a chance, give me a chance? Let's try to understand each other, okay?"
"I..."
Original Vill-V's mind was a complete mess.
Even a genius's brain could overload sometimes.
She looked lost and helpless, like a startled fawn, softly whimpering.
"Alright."
Kiana suddenly released Original Vill-V, even undoing the consciousness seal she had placed on her.
It was all just fun and games—going too far wouldn't be right.
Although what she'd said earlier was mostly sincere.
She liked Vill-V.
She also liked Elysia.
She liked Mobius...
She liked every girl she'd loved in her past life. And in this life, she was sure to love them even more.
But she would never truly force any of them to do anything.
So, even when she'd been teasing Vill-V earlier, it was mostly just to fluster her.
In reality, she'd been quite well-behaved.
She hadn't actually done anything too inappropriate.
It was all just Vill-V getting embarrassed on her own.
Tsk tsk~
Had to admit, though.
Vill-V's feel was really something else.
She had a natural scent.
Light, not overpowering.
Yet unmistakable, even amidst the workshop's environment.
Like a lotus rising unstained from the mud.
It seemed Vill-V was actually quite an innocent girl.
Maybe even Mobius was a bit bolder than her.
Though Mobius usually wasn't interested, always treating Kiana like a sheep to be sheared.
Unless Kiana actively sought her out, Mobius generally had no interest in that kind of thing.
Of course.
If Kiana really wanted it, Mobius wouldn't refuse.
Who knows, she might even be proactive?
After all, everyone knows how long Snake's... sessions can be.
Well then, maybe I'll stop by Snake's lab this afternoon. See how she's been lately.
"..." Original Vill-V had returned inside. In the changing room, she likely discussed things with the other personalities, getting everyone on the same page.
In the end, Chef Vill-V was the one who reluctantly emerged, step by step.
She looked at Kiana with slight irritation. "What are you still doing here?"
"Waiting for my meal, of course!"
Kiana said it as though it were the most natural thing in the world.
As if nothing had happened earlier.
Chef Vill-V puffed out her cheeks but still obediently went to cook.
Meanwhile, Kiana picked up the First Divine Key and began fiddling with it. It certainly felt novel.
Because.
This First Divine Key was completely different from the original.
In the original, it was a golden cube that could mimic any Divine Key and contained all the knowledge of the Previous Era, like a massive database.
But here?
It was cube-shaped, but it was a Rubik's Cube.
A damn 13x13 Rubik's Cube, with who knows how many variations and applications.
According to Magician Vill-V, this was the surprise! Whatever function you wanted, whatever you needed it to do, you had to solve the corresponding pattern or face to activate it.
If I remember right, the highest-order Rubik's Cube in my past life was 33x33, right?
So, she actually held back?
But if you actually tried to use it in the middle of a fight, by the time you solved it, wouldn't the corpse already be cold?!
Might as well just throw the thing.
"Maybe it'd work better as a meteor hammer?"
"After all, it's made of Soulium, right?"
Kiana tossed the First Divine Key up and down in her hand.
Chef Vill-V pretended not to hear.
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