"I don't think I can beat the Herrscher of Finality..." Wendy murmured gloomily.
"If I fight, I'll die."
"If I die, I won't be able to eat ice cream anymore."
"So I can't fight."
Her logic was so clear it was almost heartbreaking.
"But God gave me life, so I could eat ice cream."
"And I can't just abandon the mission God gave me either."
Wendy looked at Kiana and Elysia.
"If I get locked up, I won't be able to complete my mission."
"Besides, the Third Herrscher is clearly lying low here. I should stay too, and wait for my other sisters to arrive."
"Once I've had my fill of ice cream, I'll break out together with all my sisters."
"Our chances will definitely be better then."
"..." Kiana.
"..." Elysia.
Who said she was stupid? Step forward!
This logic is flawless, I've got nothing to say!
She's got a whole set of reasons for everything.
I'm completely convinced.
Kiana's eye twitched.
What's even more unbelievable is that she just revealed her entire plan out loud. Does she actually intend to carry it out?
And another thing...
Miss Herrscher of Heavenly Punishment lying low? I find that hard to believe.
Although Kiana had successfully collected another beautiful Herrscher, her feelings were rather complicated.
With a wave of her hand, she created a prison cell identical to the others and tossed Wendy inside.
The rest... she'd leave to Elysia.
Meanwhile...
Wendy's arrival immediately caught the Queen's attention.
To be precise, she'd noticed the moment a new cell appeared next to hers.
Besides, although the cells had railings made of imaginary cubes, you could basically see everything through them.
The only thing you couldn't do was visit each other's cells.
So not only had the Queen noticed Wendy's arrival, but Miss Herrscher of Heavenly Punishment and Sesha had too.
They were happy to have a new cellmate.
Now they could finally play mahjong.
They were even just one person short of having a full five-player team.
Too bad it was the crucial ranking period for their three-player team, so everything else had to wait.
Fortunately, Miss Wendy didn't seem to mind.
She didn't even have any thoughts beyond ice cream - she just found a spot to sit down.
What the older sisters were doing, she didn't understand and didn't care about, finding them rather noisy.
On the other side...
Elysia felt like she was dreaming.
The humanity-inducing arrow technique I developed... I didn't even get to use it, and it's already over?
We've already contained the Fourth Herrscher? The Fourth Eruption is finished?
"Yep."
Kiana poked her in the waist.
"Ow, what was that for?" Elysia felt ticklish.
Kiana said seriously, "You've really gained weight."
"You!"
Elysia couldn't take it anymore.
And they were right in the living room of the house.
Even though hardly anyone was around, she abruptly scooped Kiana up by the waist and, amidst Kiana's startled squeals, tossed her onto the sofa and vigorously tickled her.
"Pfft... hahaha... st-stop... I was wrong, okay! I admit it! Ha... haha...!"
"You've been extra cheeky today?!"
Elysia deliberately gritted her teeth while pinching Kiana's cute cheeks.
They felt nice to the touch.
Almost addictive.
"Don't you know you should never mention a girl's weight?!"
"I was wrong..." Kiana's face was flushed, breathing lightly as she lay sprawled on the sofa, making people want to tease her even more.
However, their commotion had drawn the attention of Kiana's mom in the kitchen, who peeked out to see what was happening.
When Elysia noticed her, she smiled, made a fist, and gave a little encouraging shake, even winking.
Though Elysia relaxed, she'd lost the mood to continue.
Still, she was in a genuinely good mood.
Was it just her imagination...
Or had Kiana's affection level increased a bit?
Well then!
Keep it up, Elysia... onward and upward!
Next...
A week passed in the blink of an eye.
The Fourth Eruption was declared over.
The cleanup of Honkai energy in affected areas, along with the elimination of remaining Honkai beasts and zombies, proceeded almost simultaneously.
Although post-disaster reconstruction would still take a long time to complete.
The fact that there were virtually no casualties was the best news possible.
Even though everyone knew the Young Mistress would handle everything, seeing the footage captured by frontline reporters still filled everyone with a deep fear of Herrschers.
Those horrifying scenes.
Simply unimaginable!
And if the Fourth Herrscher was already this terrifying, how fearsome must the power of the Young Mistress, the Herrscher of Finality who possessed the power of all Herrschers, be?
The more you thought about it, the scarier it got!
Even more frightening was that she was still growing stronger.
What did that even mean?!
The ultimate carry, an absolute super carry!
Hold tight to the Young Mistress and never let go!
Following the Young Mistress was undoubtedly the correct path.
And so!
Various countries and organizations immediately began heavily promoting Kiana.
All sectors of society, including experts and scholars, jumped on the trend, finding creative ways to sing her praises.
During this period, practically all topics were related to the Fourth Eruption.
After getting bored of reading about it, Kiana decided to proceed with the original plan and prepare to broadcast this episode's Sky Screen video.
When she announced that the Sky Screen would appear again, the entire world buzzed with excitement.
After all!
The last episode featuring the Young Mistress's future harem was already dazzling enough.
It covered both this world and a future era.
The amount of information was massive.
Even now, people still talked about it enthusiastically.
So what about the next episode?
What girls from which worlds would the Young Mistress add to her collection?
To be honest, if the Young Mistress ended up with some random guy, everyone would go crazy.
But if the Young Mistress liked girls, everyone could totally accept that.
So regarding the topic of the Young Mistress's future wives, everyone was quite happy to speculate.
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[Wild guess: This episode will feature even more of the Young Mistress's wives.]
[Definitely speculating about other world types.]
[Will other worlds have Honkai? I'm not so sure.]
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Forums, message boards.
Online, offline...
In the mere half-day of waiting, various noisy debates erupted everywhere.
"Young Mistress, you must woo all the beautiful girls from other worlds too!"
"Right! Don't just limit yourself to our world!"
Half-jokingly.
Some started petitions, and threads exploded with responses.
Kiana found it both amusing and exasperating.
But even though she had a vague feeling that this might be accumulating too much karma, and that something bad could really happen, she remained firmly determined not to change her plans.
Soon.
It reached 7 PM her time.
Same as always.
The whole world was familiar with the routine by now, waiting happily for the Sky Screen.
In an instant.
The sky churned, and the screen of light gradually took shape.
The same familiar special effects.
The same familiar opening.
Many people, caught up in the excitement, shouted at the screen.
"Hurry up and serve it already!"
"Young Mistress, have you and Elysia had a child yet?"
"Don't lose to Jyahnar!"
"Nonsense, Jyahnar is supreme!"
Even people nearby could get into arguments.
Ship wars and gossip were truly a terrifying force.
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