And at this moment, Jue, far away on Mt. Firmament, couldn't help but feel a dark cloud pass over his brow.
"The Arbiter really was hiding something… Thankfully, that child Jinhsi doesn't know it was me who made her choose that."
After gaining consciousness, Jue naturally, to some extent, understood Jinhsi's feelings at this moment.
It was precisely because of this that he felt even more strongly that informing Jinhsi through Changli earlier was an incredibly wise decision.
As for the thought of blaming the Rover, it never even crossed his mind from beginning to end.
His current situation was quite similar to that of the Shorekeeper; both had set aside their original settings.
The Rover's existence was his primary concern now, meaning that even Jinzhou was incomparable in front of the Rover.
"Lord Magistrate, please pull yourself together… Jinzhou cannot do without you!"
On the side of the border, Sanhua saw Jinhsi's silently pale pupils… and quickly went up to call out, trying to awaken her.
"Pull myself together… How can I pull myself together now?"
"What face do I have now to meet the world…. Wuwuwu, Teacher, why did you harm Xia(Jinhsi CN nickname)?"
"If I had known this, Xia would have died before making that choice."
After Jinhsi came back to her senses, she immediately looked as if she had nothing to live for… After expressing that Sanhua couldn't understand her pain at this moment.
She also sharp-eyed spotted the culprit who had told her to agree, now actually snickering on the side.
As a result, her resentful expression and subsequent shouts truly made Changli unable to laugh anymore.
"Xia, actually this matter..."
Changli was just about to open her mouth to say that there was a mastermind behind this, but as soon as the words left her lips… she thought of that person's identity.
And as her subject, how could she betray her own deity?
Thus, this feeling of having swallowed a bitter pill made her feel a bit helpless and amused at the same time.
"Actually, about this… you'll know once you open that treasure chest."
"Teacher knows you've suffered injustice this time, but what if that treasure chest can yield a treasure concerning the prosperity of our Jinzhou?"
There was no other way; Changli could only brace herself and place her hopes on that treasure chest.
Just like how covering one lie requires more lies, she could only hope the treasure chest would yield something now.
Even though she had no idea what kind of treasure that chest could hold.
"A treasure concerning the entire Jinzhou's prosperity? Teacher, do you know something?"
When Jinhsi heard Changli say this, she was no longer so sad.
Although such a thing still made her unable to accept it, if it could make Jinzhou's prosperity better… then she felt she could bear any grievance.
After all, those residual images now possessed intelligence, and although Jinzhou's Resonators were also completely popularized, they still needed some time to grow.
As the Magistrate of Jinzhou, how could she not see this point?
"You'll know once you open it, after all, that's the highest-grade treasure chest you can directly obtain."
Changli nodded solemnly, saying so with her mouth… but in her heart, she felt a kind of awkwardness, as if she was lying to a child.
"Changli-sama's words are reasonable, Magistrate-sama, your sacrifice for Jinzhou will be renowned through the ages."
Sanhua, on the side, also quickly echoed, but hearing her say that, Changli's entire face turned dark.
Sure enough, when Jinhsi heard the four words "renowned through the ages"… she instantly felt terrible.
"Sanhua… do you mean… those emojis will be passed down from generation to generation… and I'll be mocked for all eternity?"
After Jinhsi finished speaking these words, her pupils once again lost their luster.
After all, if one were thick-skinned enough, such a thing might truly be insignificant.
But whether it was Changli or Sanhua, when those emojis appeared in their minds as themselves… both shook their heads vigorously, stating that they absolutely could not accept it.
Meanwhile, everyone in the chat group was having a blast with the emojis.
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〜Exposure Chat Group〜
[ Encore: "Wow! This is too much fun! Hahaha~! ⦍LazyJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Cartethyia: "Look at this, look at this~! ⦍YoJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Camellya: "Hahahahaha…. This one is still the most interesting, that Magistrate of Jinzhou is all in pieces now~! ⦍FightingJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Verina: "There are good-looking ones too~! ⦍BeautifulJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Chixia: "By the way, is this emoji real? Can anyone come out and explain it? ⦍ChasingJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Little Drifter: ".... (How am I supposed to explain something that hasn't happened?)." ]
[ Shorekeeper: ".... (Has she gotten involved with that Magistrate of Jinzhou so quickly? As expected, if it's just an NPC… I'm afraid there's no chance in this lifetime~!.)" ]
[ Scar: "Hahahahaha! The Magistrate of Jinzhou is probably going to become the biggest joke now! ⦍NaughtyJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Jinhsi: "…It seems your Fractsidus is still living too well in Jinzhou~!" ]
[ Jinhsi: "Wait until I open an unparalleled treasure, then we'll see if you can still laugh." ]
[ .....]
After saying this, Jinhsi immediately chose to open the golden treasure chest.
Because now she could only hope to open an extraordinary item, so that others would feel envious when they teased her.
As for the Fractsidus…. she had already decided to go find those guys to vent her anger on later, anyway, she wouldn't bear any psychological burden for beating those guys to death.
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〜Exposure Chat Group〜
[ Little Drifter: "Oh! Aren't you going to wait until it's upgraded later to open it? Well, I hope you can open something good! ⦍YoJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Encore: "Is she opening the treasure chest? What will come out of it? It's really exciting~ ⦍smilingJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
And at this moment, a sudden light flashed on the screen.
It changed from green to blue, then to purple, until finally turning into a golden light.
Clearly, Jinhsi, as the first to open the treasure chest, really did get something good.
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〜Exposure Chat Group〜
[ Little Drifter: "Holy moly…. Is the drop rate that high?" ]
[ Baizhi: "The golden light, it seems very extraordinary~" ]
[ Carlotta: "What will come out of it?" ]
[ Phoebe: "May Imperator bless her~" ]
[ Jue: "... (When did my people need that old horse to protect them?)" ]
[ Iuno: "A completely unfathomable golden light, what could be inside?" ]
[ .....]
[ Ding! Congratulations to customer Jinhsi for obtaining a golden item in the golden treasure chest—Spring Eye of the Fountain of Life~! ]
[ .....]
( Translator-kun: Author-san really likes to use this "~!". It's all over the manuscripts... So when opening a chest, other people also see the pull animation. )