"Even if it's to stir up trouble, you can't deny that what she said is the truth."
If one were to ask who was most concerned about the crisis in this World Bubble, the Sage of the High Tower would undoubtedly be the one.
After all, she was a blank slate when she was born, and it was the heartfelt calls of Salt Snow Holy City that filled her with color.
Protecting Salt Snow Holy City was her sole purpose for existing, and she would do it at any cost!
"Sage, we still have time. With him around, Vita won't be able to cause much damage," Hare tried to persuade her.
"But you can't guarantee that Vita won't do something drastic because you don't do as she says."
"..." One sentence wiped out both of their health bars.
A wolf at the front, a tiger at the back, and Vita prowling on the side.
Raven and Hare felt that their luck was just terrible. Even their only reliable teammate, the Herrscher of Sentience, was nowhere to be found.
Truly, their luck was awful!
"Hare, what should we do?" Raven asked.
"..." Hare fell silent, feeling as if there was no escape for her, neither to the heavens nor to the earth.
That woman named Vita was especially detestable.
However...
"Since Vita is so clear about the inside story of this crisis, why don't we try to start with her? After all, she knows the whole truth and should have a way to solve this crisis."
Diverting the disaster eastward, resolving internal conflicts through external means—this was the best method Hare could think of.
Didn't that woman Vita want them to have internal strife, to pull each other down like crabs in a basket, so that no one could get out and everyone would end up falling into the Inner World Protagonist's bed?
Perhaps it was because that woman was so confident in her own strength that she didn't consider the option of defeating her.
And this was precisely the opportunity for the three of them.
As for Shigure Kira... forget it. That silly girl who had gone and not returned had probably already fallen into that woman Vita's trap, and was already lying in the Inner World Protagonist's arms, her eyes full of hearts.
"You have a point." The tense atmosphere dissipated. The Sage of the High Tower, who was not confident she could defeat these two, chose to agree to this proposal.
It's important to know one's own limitations. She knew that even with partial authority over this World Bubble, it would be difficult for her to defeat these two outsiders.
To forge iron, one must be strong oneself. Her origin determined that her strength could not be exceptionally powerful. For her, violent means were the least likely to succeed.
"In that case, let's get started." Raven looked up at the dark sky. "This night is a bit long."
The Sage of the High Tower activated her sage's authority, using her control over Salt Snow Holy City to locate Vita.
Raven and Hare, as the main attackers, were to beat that green-haired, red-eyed bad woman to her knees!
They found Vita as they had wished.
At this moment, this woman who was skilled at manipulating people's hearts was sitting somewhere in Salt Snow Holy City, not at all surprised to see the two of them arrive.
"Oh my, I didn't expect you to find me so quickly." With her hands on her hips, the beautiful girl was bright and sunny, as if illuminating the dark night sky.
She seemed to have known all along that Raven and Hare would come looking for her.
"Vita, tell us how to solve the problem of Salt Snow Holy City, or we won't be polite." A pair of red vertical pupils were filled with sharpness. Raven was fighting for their last chance to work together.
As a mercenary who walked in the darkness, she certainly knew what prisoners in the same cage would do when they reached a dead end.
"Vita, tell us everything you know. We don't want to resort to violence against you."
Raven played the bad cop, Hare played the good cop.
They hadn't discussed their plan of action beforehand, but they still managed to coordinate perfectly.
"Your coordination is very good." Vita clapped, very satisfied with their teamwork.
She thought that with this level of tacit understanding, they would surely be very harmonious when they became sisters with little Kira.
One on the left, one on the right, with Kira in the middle.
A big pop star plus two fertile women, such a combination was simply perfect!
"Then it seems there's no other way!" The battle-hardened mercenary seized the opening, appearing by Vita's side like a phantom.
The claws from the abyss on Raven's hand tore through the air, unhesitatingly heading for Vita's delicate neck.
Even a lion uses its full strength to catch a rabbit.
When you don't know what your enemy is capable of, using your full strength is the best way to respect them.
But the green-haired girl just turned her head and smiled. "My dear sister Natasha, this level of attack is not enough to defeat me, you know."
Effortlessly, she brought her slender middle and index fingers together, restraining the claws on Raven's hand.
Her full-powered attack was caught with a single hand. Raven's pupils shrank, already knowing that there was an insurmountable gap between her and this woman.
"Hare, let's do it together!"
"I didn't want to do this."
The white-robed incomplete Constructs formed an army under Misteln's will.
Time and civilization together created history. History is the precipitation of wisdom and life.
These echoes remaining in history were refined by the Stigma Project and, through her hands, became these incomplete Constructs that lacked a self and merely followed the reverberations of their echoes.
They had no life, but they were excellent for combat.
A single command was given, and the numerous Constructs instantly achieved perfect coordination with Raven, bringing a crisis upon Vita.
"Not bad. If my power were just a little weaker, you would have been able to beat me to my knees just like that guy did."
Her index finger and thumb pinched together, with a galaxy's gap between them.
The strong sharpen their claws, the weak train their minds.
Only when power levels are similar can tactics and coordination play a significant role.
And now...
"I am omniscient!"
Boom—!
The energy erupted, and the earth trembled.
The entire Salt Snow Holy City shook. A crater tens of meters wide had appeared at Vita's feet, completely wiping out all the Constructs.
A mere remnant of the World Serpent couldn't last a single round against her.
In the entire solar system today, the number of beings who could beat her to her knees could be counted on one hand, and these two in front of her were definitely not among them.
"Give up. You might as well obediently go and become sisters with little Kira. Besides, haven't you all been mentally prepared for a long time?"
Vita, who had no intention of hurting anyone, coaxed them, just wanting to find a couple more scapegoats for her little sister.
Raven came to Hare's side. "Hare, do you have any other ideas? We can't beat this woman."
"..." Her struggling expression gave the answer.
Based on Raven's understanding of this woman, there must be a way, but it would require a significant price.
As expected.
"I have a way, but..."
"We don't have time to hesitate!" Raven urged.
"Sigh." With a sigh, Misteln's face was full of reluctance. "I didn't want to do this, but you forced me!"
The pink Honeysuckle Crest on Misteln's lower abdomen shone brightly!
"When I was branded with this mark, I tried to remove its control over me, but it was useless."
"I failed, but I didn't come away empty-handed. I discovered that this thing has some similar characteristics to a Stigma, allowing me to interfere with it to some extent."
Vita: "But you haven't touched me. Can you still interfere from a distance?"
Her ability had already told her the answer.
—Yes.
But it wasn't a big problem. The master strategist Miss Vita had already made all the arrangements. Today, no one would leave alive!
"That's right." Misteln's expression was resolute. She had already pressed her knees together, shifting her center of gravity to the banner in her hand. "As long as the Honeysuckle Crests on our bodies resonate, you won't be able to defeat my companion."
A thousand times the sensitivity!
Honeysuckle Crest resonance!
Every breath is an unparalleled pleasure!
The same light shone from the lower abdomens of the two girls, each with their own unique charm. Similar expressions of ecstasy appeared on both Misteln's and Vita's faces, much to Raven's astonishment.
"It can even do that!?" She sucked in a breath of cold air, feeling that being with Misteln was like sending a sheep into a tiger's den.
But now was not the time to consider these things.
"Vita, I'm sorry!"
One punch.
A blow to the gut!
The girl with dazed eyes flew into the air.
The girl who had suffered a full-powered blow from Raven was injured. Under the influence of the Honeysuckle Crest's pain-to-pleasure conversion, her whole body trembled, and she uncontrollably sprayed bodily fluids, almost losing all the water in her body.
In her deliberate defeat, her weight rapidly decreased, and she finally welcomed a moment of light and refreshing pleasure.
Whether it was a coincidence or not, the blood plasma that Vita sprayed into the air happened to splash onto Raven and Hare.
"Ra... Raven..." The intense sensation made Misteln feel that she would have been better off just climbing into the Inner World Protagonist's big bed.
At least she would have been thoroughly thanked by the bright and big guy, instead of suffering inexplicably like this.
Raven subconsciously licked it, and as her throat bobbed, she had already skillfully swallowed the cruel blood plasma. "Sweet?"
In theory, it is indeed possible for blood plasma to have a sweet taste.
Hare: "..."
She felt there was no need to struggle anymore.
"Yes, of course it's sweet, because this is the yogurt Vita specially prepared for you."
Turning to look, a large dark puddle had formed beneath the unconscious girl, soaking Vita from head to toe.
Lewd!
But what was most worthy of attention and fear was not this girl who was trembling so much she had lost the ability to fight, but the black-haired young man who had appeared nearby during their battle.
"That woman Vita... how did she end up like this?" The dark blood plasma flowed, soaking the bottom of Shigure Kira's shoes, making the girl show a look of disgust.
Originally, she was angry that this woman had deceived her, causing her to mistake a partner of justice for an evil person. But seeing this woman lying in a puddle of her own fluids, looking so wretched, the anger in her heart had unknowingly dissipated.
Serves her right!
Brian: "That's not important. What's important is that I've met our old friends again."
He beckoned.
"Misteln, Natasha, long time no see."
A single sentence made the two girls feel as if disaster was imminent!
Their breathing hitched, and they felt an invisible pressure on their chests, making it difficult to breathe.
There was still some distance between them and Brian, but the two, who had already endured all kinds of torture, could still dredge up that strong scent of male hormones from the depths of their memories, causing their bodies to react with an instinctive clenching.
Especially Misteln, who had just actively triggered the Honeysuckle Crest to defeat Vita, felt even more that disaster was about to strike, and that she would be snatched back by this Inner World Protagonist to become his miserable daily-use item.
Raven forced a smile. "I didn't expect to see you again. Have you been well during this time?"
When you don't know what to talk about, just start with awkward small talk.
She felt like an extrovert at a legendary blind date, where everything was just awkward.
The only thing she could be thankful for was that she wasn't one of those people from 'Eat Drink Man Woman', where after the awkwardness came a night of passion, until she couldn't get out of bed.
"My dear Natasha, why would you think I'd be well without you?" His practiced sweet talk was the mark of a scumbag.
But Raven wasn't moved. "You miss this old woman so much, I'm truly flattered."
What hasn't a mercenary seen?
She's seen it all, even parties she wasn't invited to.
As long as this man in front of her didn't throw a party and include her, it was a small matter!
"You can't say that." Raven was calm and composed. "I am unworthy of the affection of a great false god like you."
"Besides, you killed the Sovereign of our World Serpent, turning Misteln and me into fugitives hunted by everyone. We are not worthy of your affection."
In short, she was moved, but still rejected him.
No matter what this man said, she couldn't go along with him, and she couldn't get into a physical conflict with him.
Once she went down that path of no return, she would really be beaten to her knees.
To talk with the God of Earth through force... Raven didn't think she was that foolish.
However...
"Sorry, but this is not up to you to decide." A simple gesture filled Raven's heart with a sense of crisis.
Run!
She didn't know where to run, but anywhere was better than here!
The agile mercenary disappeared from everyone's sight in a few leaps, ignoring both Vita, who had been knocked unconscious by her punch, and her companion, Misteln.
She just left, without any loyalty.
Shigure Kira commented, "She didn't even care about her own companion?"
Misteln: "..."
The snow-haired woman, whose entire center of gravity was on her banner, had an awkward smile on her face.
Although she had known for a long time that she and Raven were only allies in appearance, she was still surprised by how decisively Raven had abandoned her.
This woman is too heartless!
But because of this, the last bit of hesitation she had about betraying her companion also disappeared.
If you are unjust, I will be unrighteous!
Leaving her here alone to face the might of the Inner World Protagonist, then she shouldn't blame her for selling out her companion.
"Actually... it's not that Natasha doesn't like you, it's just that she can't face her own feelings, so she chose to run away."
Shigure Kira: "..."
This is not the Cecilia I know!
"But I don't think it's a big problem. As long as you pursue her relentlessly and bravely express your feelings, you can make Natasha realize her true feelings and enter into a bond of marriage with you."
An indescribable expression appeared on Shigure Kira's face.
She watched Misteln say this with the exact same face as Cecilia, and she was just short of having her image of her idol, Cecilia Schariac, completely shattered.
Just a little bit short!
But she could also understand.
According to the style of this man beside her, he didn't even spare Vita, whom he had just met. There was even less reason for him to spare these two remnants of the World Serpent.
She didn't mind this woman Misteln becoming his captive, but she did mind Misteln, with a face exactly like Cecilia's, being toyed with.
"Um..." Shigure Kira looked at the black-haired young man beside her, her expression hesitant.
"I know what you want to say," Brian said lightly. "But they are fugitives that the Schicksal Overseer has specifically ordered to be brought to justice. Even if you beg me, it won't work."
"Is it really not possible?"
"It's a bit difficult."
"Is it possible in principle, or not possible in principle?"
"Not possible in principle."
Shigure Kira's eyes lit up.
Not possible in principle means it is possible in practice; possible in principle means it is not possible in practice.
As an old auntie pushing forty, although she hadn't become as cunning as a sly fox, she knew a thing or two about these social codes.
Isn't the so-called 'not possible in principle' just a way of asking her for a favor?
However...
The blue-haired old auntie patted her pockets; they were empty.
The sticky substance that had been pulled into threads at her feet fully inspired her, making Shigure Kira feel a little restless at this moment.
She had nothing of value, not even a single coin.
After thinking it over, the only thing she could offer was her old face, which was pushing forty.
The wonderful drama between the Inner World Protagonist and the old auntie pushing forty could begin its grand serialization with just a single nod from her!
"..." Shigure Kira was full of hesitation.
But Brian had already begun to act.
"Misteln, it's time for you to be brought to justice."
"!!!"
Her slender body, illuminated by the light from the top of the tower, cast a long shadow across Misteln's face.
It made the pure, snow-haired woman's throat bob uncontrollably.
So... so scary!
But because of the effects of having previously activated the Honeysuckle Crest, she was not only dripping wet, but also had almost no ability to resist.
And the only outsider who could save her...
"Kira, save me..."
The same voice, the same face, the same expression...
I can't take it! I just can't take it!
"Let her go. Whatever you have, just come at me!"
Shigure Kira, forging ahead fearlessly!
This guy is so handsome, she, an old auntie, won't be at a disadvantage. At most, she'll just be very surprised.
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