"Pfft~"
"No wonder Lord Cipher said Sister is so funny; it turns out Sister really is quite funny~"
On the side, Polyxia, sitting in her wheelchair, covered her face and smiled.
This made Castorice open her mouth again, feeling quite helpless: "Wait, why is even Little Polyxena saying that..."
This was just Xu Qiong and Polyxia.
If Cipher were also present, she would surely confirm that saying.
"Xiao Die was already silly, and yet you guys are still teasing her?"
Seeing Castorice's sad and lonely expression, Xu Qiong quickly interrupted: "Alright, Castorice, I was just teasing you; don't take it seriously."
Castorice raised her head slightly and asked innocently: "Teasing me?"
"Is it true, Lord?"
"It's definitely true, Sister," Polyxia chimed in. "Lord was just teasing you. If I had to explain it, Sister's kind should be considered cute or moe, right?"
Polyxia's voice was very gentle, but Castorice paused for two seconds.
Then she looked at Polyxia, her expression becoming even harder to maintain:
"Then... isn't that still being dim-witted?"
Xu Qiong wanted to laugh.
But reason told him to hold it in.
So in the next second, Xu Qiong quickly stepped forward, took Castorice's hand, pushed Polyxia's wheelchair, and looked back:
"Don't be sad, Xiao Die. I'll perform a magic trick for you; you're guaranteed to be happy after seeing it."
"Magic?"
Castorice tilted her head: "What, Lo..."
But before she could finish, she was taken to a small alley in the city by Xu Qiong and Polyxia.
Walking forward slowly, there was nothing extraordinary nearby; it even seemed a bit dilapidated, as if it hadn't been cared for in a long Time.
There was no shortage of such places within Okhema.
"Lord, why did you bring me here?"
Xu Qiong squatted down, and Castorice also gently bent down to follow him.
At this moment.
Right before the three of them was a small Chimera curled up in a corner.
It had purple and white fur all over, but its mental state didn't look very good.
It seemed to have been hungry for a long Time, causing it to become so thin it was losing its shape. Upon observation, its right leg was not very coordinated with its left, as if it were injured.
This should be the main reason.
*Whimper~*
"This little Chimera seems to be injured, Lord," Castorice said with some unbearable doubt. "Are you trying to tell me something through this?"
In fact, wild Chimeras often appeared in these dark alleys.
Because no one cared for them, they were prone to injury and then dying in some silent, deserted corner.
To this, Xu Qiong shook his head: "No, Castorice, I want you to try and touch it."
After a moment of daze, Castorice seemed to understand and showed a kind and amiable smile: "Lord, you actually don't need to worry about me."
"My Authority of 'death' has already disappeared, or rather, it has become controllable."
"My touch will no longer plunder anything away."
"Of course," Castorice's tone was calm, yet revealed a hint of subtle kindness, "all of this is thanks to Lord's help."
Saying so, Castorice still kindly prepared to stroke the little Chimera's head with her hand.
She thought that since she saw it, she couldn't just leave it alone.
After all, Xu Qiong knew that Castorice was naturally very kind and gentle.
But at the moment of contact.
Something unexpected happened!
A miracle.
At the Chimera's limping left leg, it seemed to be enveloped by a surge of purple energy.
After a while, it actually stood up unsteadily?
Then, as if nothing had happened, it turned its head innocently to look at everyone, and like a high-intelligence creature, it rubbed against Castorice's palm.
"Awoo~"
At this moment, Castorice's sandalwood mouth opened slightly; her previously composed expression had turned into a hint of amazement.
Even Polyxia behind her clapped her hands: "Wow, Sister, you're amazing!"
A moment later.
Castorice closed her mouth, and when she turned back, she found Xu Qiong smiling gently at her:
"How is it?"
"Now it is no longer about deprivation; it can also be about giving—giving all beautiful things."
In a trance, Castorice felt a place in her chest tremble.
She fell silent, her eyes no longer looking at Xu Qiong. It wasn't because she didn't want to, but because she didn't quite dare.
She feared that with one more look, just one look, she would truly show a pathetic and dejected appearance in front of everyone.
"Lord, if you do this, Lord Hyacine will cry."
Xu Qiong crossed his arms and said solemnly: "I didn't do anything; it's all thanks to Castorice. It really was you, Xiao Die, who saved it with your own hands."
While Castorice was slightly dazed, she heard a 'beep beep beep' sound.
It was Polyxia.
She was holding Xu Qiong's mobile phone, recording the scene from just now.
"Haha, okay! The scene of Sister heroically delivering the world has been completely recorded~"
"Eh?"
While Castorice was still confused.
Xu Qiong quickly took the phone from Polyxia's hand and sent the footage out!
...
[Tonight Eat Roast Chicken: Ni Die is here!]
[Video posted——]
Accompanied by text and images, it was the same configuration as always.
Recalling Castorice's earliest and most beautiful wish, it was nothing more than wanting to understand if these hands of hers could truly only deprive?
In the timeline before the Re-creation.
Xu Qiong had not died, so there was a discrepancy from the plot in the original storyline.
He 'deceived' death and gave Castorice her first 'real' embrace.
In the young girl's heart, this touch of warmth would make her no longer lonely and make death no longer cold.
In fact, just like in the original story, Xu Qiong had once fabricated the fact that he was 'dead'; in other words, he used this method to trick 'death'.
Because of this, it became Castorice's first touch of warmth.
But besides that, there was also her wish to save lives.
So, one only needed to gently modify the 'Rules', changing 'death' to 'life', and a simple yet convenient little magic was born.
Looking at it now, Xu Qiong was still capable of modifications of this level.
After that, it wasn't Xu Qiong using 'Time' to reverse its life, but Castorice truly bringing it new life with her own hands, which were rich with the Authority of 'Life'.
Even if the power of the Authority might only be for one Time.
But today, after an unknown number of cycles.
Xu Qiong took Castorice's hand and, together with her, wrote down the answer that once troubled her.
"Castorice's hands aren't just for depriving; they can also give—giving all beautiful things," Xu Qiong said.
Once the video was released.
The footage was undoubtedly of Castorice meeting the Chimera and stroking it to heal it, with Polyxia and a censored Xu Qiong at the end.
Of course, someone noticed that Castorice had a sad expression at the end, as if she were about to cry?!
[Wuhu~ Castorice is so good; I've caught a disease where I burst into tears as soon as I see Castorice.]
[One day, one day we will meet again in the new world, and then we'll be able to pet Chimeras!]
[Xiao Guizi: Wait, why does Xiao Die look so sad? Author, what did you do to her?!]
[Hiss! How despicable! If Guinaifen hadn't said it, I really wouldn't have noticed. Guinaifen is so sharp—ah!]
[Looking at it this way, Castorice is about to be made to cry? She's already so miserable in the plot, and the Author actually still wants to bully her?!]
[Xiao Guizi: Don't you guys bully Castorice; Xiao Die was already silly, and yet you guys are still teasing her?]
[Castorice is fake, Amphoreus is also fake, but my friend, as the game producer, you are real! I will find you one day!]
[My methods will be even more thorough than "Destruction".]
[My revenge will be sharper than the arrows of "The Hunt"—!]