Herta Space Station floated quietly in the starry sky.
This was a space station created by Genius Society #83, Ms. Herta, who had twice been granted an audience with an Aeon, and named after herself.
It was also a warehouse she founded to satisfy her own curiosity.
Used to store the curios she collected from the vast universe.
As more and more curios were gathered, Herta Space Station also gained the nickname [Museum of Curios] among outsiders.
Countless curios naturally attracted countless researchers, who came here to carry out their research work.
Unlike planets, a space station doesn't have a fixed sunrise and sunset to determine when people wake up.
They can only rely on the unified universal system time to arrange their daily schedules.
For example, right now was the time for everyone to head to their respective posts.
Levi, currently inhabiting Asta's body, was on his way to the data archive of Herta Space Station.
Along the way, he had no idea how many people he had greeted already.
After once again sending off a researcher who was about to be late, Levi turned and continued forward.
At the same time, Asta, who had been silent within her body the whole time, murmured softly, 'Am I dreaming right now…'
Her body wasn't under her control, she walked on her own, spoke on her own, and greeted the station staff on her own.
Meanwhile, she could only act as a spectator inside her body.
Unable to move, with her vision restricted, she could only see what he saw.
The only thing not restricted was probably speaking.
'Try silently thinking 'third-person view.''
'Okay, I'll try…'
'Wait!'
'Who said that?!'
Snapping back to her senses, Asta was drawn to the scene before her.
Against the pitch-black deep space, the glass barrier reflected her smiling face.
Seeing herself smiling at herself, Asta's brain couldn't quite process it, nearly crashing.
She recalled what had just happened.
She was woken up by Ms. Herta and given a task from her.
She contacted a Divination Commission diviner, chatted pleasantly, and ended up talking a bit longer.
The diviner went to the Divination Commission to retrieve the data, then they discussed the reward.
The other party wanted Ms. Herta's puppet. She went to inform Herta, and Herta agreed.
Then, just as she was about to tell the other party, her consciousness immediately detached from her body, becoming what she was now.
'...'
'I think I understand now…'
Asta suddenly realized something. She looked again at her smiling face and shouted loudly,
'You're the shop owner, Mr. Cold Feet!'
'Cough cough cough!'
Hearing Asta's way of addressing him, Levi couldn't help choking a bit.
Although he was the one who told Asta that name, he still couldn't quite hold it together hearing it come out of her mouth.
He almost burst out laughing.
'Mr. Cold Feet…' Levi said while holding back laughter. 'You'd better just call me Shop Owner.'
After that, Levi continued walking forward.
As he walked, he spoke to the empty air ahead of him.
'You should already know what's going on right now, right? I'm here to complete the task you gave me. I won't affect you or your life in any way.'
The silent Asta shook her head.
'That's not what I'm worried about.'
What really shocked her was Levi's ability to possess another person.
This kind of consciousness transfer into someone else's body…
As far as she knew, only 'Remembrance' and 'Harmony' could do that.
Yet he was a member of the Xianzhou Divination Commission under the 'Hunt' path, and as far as she knew, 'The Hunt' had no abilities related to the soul.
'Was I tricked…'
'Maybe he wasn't really a Divination Commission diviner after all.' Asta shook her head, she was still too young.
'Photos could be faked, after all!'
'I didn't trick you. I really am a genuine Divination Commission diviner.'
'Even if today was my first day on the job… that still didn't change my identity as a diviner!'
'If you don't believe me, I can contact the Divination Commission's Grand Diviner, Fu Xuan, right now to confirm my identity.'
Seeing Levi's confident expression, Asta chose to believe him for the moment.
The universe was vast, full of strange things, it was normal to encounter all kinds of abilities.
Levi walked alone down the corridor. From around the corner ahead came the sound of three sets of footsteps.
At the same time, Herta's voice could be heard.
Asta, who had been chatting with Levi, immediately became flustered.
In their current state, if Herta noticed something, it would inevitably cause unnecessary trouble.
To avoid Levi giving himself away, Asta quickly told him about her usual habits when dealing with Herta.
'Although I might miss some things, as long as you do what I say, Ms. Herta definitely won't suspect anything.'
Facing Asta's instructions, Levi silently made an OK gesture.
"Hm? Asta?"
Herta, stepping past the corner, saw Levi.
"I was just about to look for you. How's the thing I asked you to do coming along?"
Levi looked at Herta in front of him, as well as the two people standing behind her, and smiled politely.
"Hello, Mr. Screwllum, and Ms. Ruan Mei. Welcome to Herta Space Station."
The two replied politely as well. Only then did Levi look back at Herta and speak respectfully.
"The task you assigned has been completed. The Aeon data has been obtained, and I'm currently preparing to go to the data center to enter it."
"Very good!"
Herta nodded in satisfaction.
There were still many things in the Simulated Universe that needed improvement, which was why she had people come test it.
But the Trailblazer had already left, so who to find for testing was now a problem.
For the moment, Herta didn't have any suitable candidates.
Seeing Herta lower her head in thought, Levi spoke up.
"If there's nothing else, I'll go enter the data now."
Herta nodded, then suddenly remembered something and shouted to Levi as he was leaving.
"The reward requested by the Divination Commission, Screwllum will give it to you within ten system hours. Remember to mail it to the Luofu."
'Good grief, Little Herta is planning to fool me with a fake, substandard product, isn't she?!'
Levi turned back with a smile. "Understood, Ms. Herta."
'If you dare give me a fake, it's not too much for me to add a little 'extra material' to the data, right?!'
'Shop Owner.' Herta's words left Asta unsure what to say, so she could only comfort him.
'Don't be angry. I'll compensate you… just tell me what you want.'
'I knew it. There was no way Herta would actually give her own puppet away.'
She must have already decided to make Screwllum handle the reward as soon as she heard the request.
'Waaah… I'm so touched, Asta. You're really a good person.'
'...'
'Don't be so ungrateful! I'm comforting you and you're still giving me a good-person card?!'
Watching Levi squeeze two tears out using her body, the corner of Asta's mouth twitched slightly.
'Alright, whatever you want, just tell me. No matter what it is, I'll satisfy you.'
'I want Herta Space Station.'
'What? You want Herta Space Station?!'
Asta froze. 'If you want a space station like Herta Space Station, I can build one for you somewhere in the universe.'
'I can even cover the maintenance costs in the future.'
After all, it wasn't that much money.
'No!' Levi shook his head decisively, wiped away the two squeezed-out tears, and childishly pointed upward.
'I don't want anything else! I want Herta Space Station itself!'
'How am I supposed to give you that? Drive the whole station to the Luofu?'
'If I did that... are you trying to get me erased from existence by Ms. Herta?'
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[Divination Commission, Luofu]
After arranging for people to handle the screenshots Levi sent, Fu Xuan called him to ask why he still hadn't come to work.
'Skipping work on your very first day, huh?!'
The call was quickly answered, and Qingque's voice came from the other end.
"Hello? Theresa? How could someone have a name like that… are you Levi's friend from somewhere else?"
Fu Xuan, "..."
'Why do I feel insulted right now…'