In the deep, cold night, the sky was like a black velvet curtain studded with sparkling diamonds, enveloping everything. Under such a pure night sky, a beautiful angel girl gently hugged her Brother Monarch. A pair of pure white wings glowing with Holy Light gently folded, wrapping the two of them within, isolating them from the cold outside. The faintly discernible holy music never stopped, echoing on the platform that was bathed in white light. This scene was just like a fairytale.
After covering the male protagonist's face, she was so beautiful that she was practically bubbling.
… Why am I ridiculing myself for having nothing better to do!
Calm down, calm down, clear your mind of all distracting thoughts, disperse all evil! At the very least, don't ridicule yourself because of a moment of nervousness — — This was just a small accident, an action of a certain airhead who was completely unaware of it. Alaya's logical system was abnormally simple. Her judgment process was definitely: The surroundings are cold, Brother Monarch is using his wings to keep himself warm, two wings are more effective than one, so after hugging him, both wings can be put to use. Look, such a simple and concise logic, Alaya, your brain definitely can't produce any more complicated judgment process than this, right?
But then again, it was really warm right now …
With Alaya's wings wrapped around me, I felt as if I had been completely cut off from the world around me, as if I had sunk into an alternate dimension filled with warmth and light. Perhaps this was the power of Alaya's Holy Power. Even a casual release of Alaya's power would cause one to feel a supreme sense of comfort and joy. This silly angel was truly a treasure when traveling at home. I could use it as a flashlight at night, as a blanket when it was cold, and as a toy when I was bored …
"Cough cough, Alaya, don't you feel embarrassed doing this?"
After noticing that my younger angel sister was maintaining this posture without moving, completely unaware that she was hugging a man in the most intimate way possible, I finally couldn't help but cough twice, attempting to remind a certain airhead to pay attention to her own girl's self-awareness.
This was indeed quite comfortable, but no matter how he thought about it, it seemed that he had taken advantage of her. Not only that, he had taken advantage of her because she was naturally naive. If Qian Qian found out about this … well, that girl would probably magically ignore it.
"You don't like it?" Alaya's confused voice rings out, tickling the tip of her ear. The young lady gently rubs her face against my neck and mutters softly. "I'm always feeling Brother Monarch's warmth. That's why I'm doing this today."
My warmth?
Stunned for a moment, I came to a realization. She was probably referring to when I was sleeping in someone's mind … Speaking of which, that place still has warmth? Alaya, what kind of magical existence do you usually exist in?
"The mental world also has warmth and color." Perhaps it was because I had fused myself with my mental world most of the time, but Araya was actually able to sense my thoughts more easily than Qian Qian and Shadora. Before I could speak, she took the initiative to explain, "The Tyrannical's mental world is cold and dark, the Greedy's mental world is hot and turbid, Her Majesty Shadora's mental world is filled with bright gold and cold wind, and Brother Monarch's mental world is filled with warmth and gentle light …"
At this point, Alaya seemed to recall something and nodded his head vigorously. "Just like our Yuba!"
… The fairytale world collapsed.
Falling from the beautiful fairytale world to the image of a little swan Yuba in an instant, I finally woke up from the intoxicating atmosphere that Alaya had created. I hurriedly moved my body. "Erm, lass, you are a girl …"
It wasn't that I was being pretentious. Being hugged by such a beautiful, dream-like Angel was definitely a pleasure. However, there was something that I couldn't ignore: Alaya's Holy Forcefield.
That forcefield couldn't be seen or touched, but it definitely existed. Even though this younger angel was a bit of a simpleton, she always exuded a feeling of holiness and inviolability. Even if I occasionally joked around with her, I wouldn't joke around with her like I did with Liliana, who was also a member of the mystical side and called herself the "Holy Saintess". The reason for that was because I felt that doing so would be blaspheming a perfect treasure — yes, a treasure. The Holy Alaya gave off a feeling that she was a treasure that couldn't be blasphemed. I had already discovered this back in the World of Azeroth. Ordinary races, especially Holy Knights and Priests who had special faith, would be affected when they got within a certain range of Alaya. They would even feel that stepping on the ground within ten meters of Alaya would be a betrayal of their faith. This wasn't some kind of mental control spell. It was the impression that my younger angel's very existence gave others. It was just like how when one saw a flame, they would instinctively know that they shouldn't touch it with their hands.
As one of the people closest to her, of course I wouldn't have such exaggerated feelings. However, I still felt that I couldn't destroy a flawless treasure.
"It's fine." Alaya rubbed her head against my neck and spoke in a gentle voice. "Alaya knows what Brother Monarch is thinking. I'm just a little slow on the uptake, but I'm no fool. However, I think that it's fine because we're usually one with one. There's no difference between us at all, right?"
Although I felt that this was a strange logic, it seemed that it was fine for me to accept it with a clear conscience …
Alright, I was guilty, and I accepted it.
I was immersed in the gentle atmosphere created by a certain natural daze. I suddenly felt that there was no need to dwell too much on this lass's female sense of self-awareness. If I thought about it seriously, it would be disrespectful to her if I had to think of something impure. That was why I should just go along with her wishes and calm my heart down.
Regarding the rebel army, the angel pirates, and the ancient God Equipment, all these miscellaneous things had been bothering me for the entire day. Now that I had calmed down, I suddenly realized that those things weren't that much of a headache.
It wasn't like I needed to deal with everything by myself. There were so many people around me who were doing their best to help me. How could I ignore all of them? This was especially so for Liliana, Lin Xue from the City of Shadows, and the annoying 300 commanders like Sickal. There were so many coolies here, so why was I wasting my time here instead of making good use of them?
The gloominess in my heart was swept away, and my entire body instantly felt relaxed. Admiring the night sky with a different mood was indeed a different feeling. I lightly touched Alaya's wings. "Lass, lower the brightness. Let's look at the stars."
The flashlight angel lowered its brightness by 300 lumens as instructed, and the two of us began counting the stars.
"There are a total of 247,500 stars within the world's field of vision, and 11 million stars outside the world's field of vision … Brother Monarch, what's wrong?"
"… It's the same situation as Yuba."
Damn it, who said that counting stars with an angel was something romantic? Isn't this angel's eyesight a little too good?
I viciously retorted. I felt like my outlook on life had been turned upside down yet again tonight. At this moment, the angel behind me seemed to sense something. Her wings abruptly trembled as she exclaimed in a low voice, "Brother Monarch, someone's coming!"
"So what if they're coming? I'm just rubbing against my blanket anyways …" I muttered as I turned around in the direction that Alaya was pointing at. The next second, I broke out in a cold sweat.
It wasn't my big sister, nor was it Shallow Shallow, nor was it that heartless puppet Mercury Lamp. Instead, it was the most troublesome person who had appeared at this time — Sylvia!!
The other silver-haired airhead was currently standing in a daze less than ten meters away from us. Only the heavens knew how long she had been standing there! Alaya and I hadn't sensed her at all!
Our first reaction was: Alaya's angel form has been seen by this silly girl. Will there be any problems?
Before this, Sylvia had already miraculously been able to ignore the experience of arriving in another world, the alien spaceship, the battlefield in space, the alien races, and even jumping around the universe with the spaceship from time to time. This was an astonishingly slow achievement. But now, could she successfully ignore Alaya who was enveloped in Holy Light and had wings?
It was already too late for Alaya to return. Sylvia was indeed slow, but she wasn't completely retarded. Even if Alaya disappeared right now, Sylvia would still remember him in a few minutes. Thus, with a stiff smile and a sense of helplessness that I didn't know how to explain, I wriggled out of the angel's wings and greeted Sylvia, "Cough cough, Sylvia, it's a long night. Can you sleep?"
She continued to stand there quietly, not responding to my greeting at all.
It was only at this moment that I noticed that Sylvia's eyes weren't focused on us.
She stared blankly in front of her, as though she didn't notice my and Alaya's existence at all. If one were to say that she was a little slow, then it would be questionable whether Sylvia still had the ability to take care of herself.
"Sylvia?!"
Sensing that something was amiss, I wriggled out from under Alaya's wings and waved my hand in front of her. "What's wrong?"
"Her soul seems to be focused on something very far away." Alaya walked over and told me about his discovery. Then, the instant I turned around, to be precise, he fell to the ground.
"Ugh …" Alaya rubbed his nose as he got up. There seemed to be tears in his eyes, but both he and I were already used to such minor falls. After swiftly dusting off the dust on his body, the angel placed his hand on Sylvia's forehead and Holy Light gushed out. "Wake up. You're here. Come back from that place."
Some kind of hidden spiritual wave slowly spread out and shrouded the three of us together. For a moment, I seemed to see a very distant scene that was half a beat slower, but the scene that lasted for less than a microsecond was gone in a flash. I just instinctively felt that the perspective came from Sylvia. She saw a huge black wreckage, and the wreckage flashed with blood-red lightning.
"Huh?" A drawn-out exclamation interrupted my thoughts. This time, Alaya was smart enough to slip back into my mind. Sylvia blinked and looked at the person in front of her in confusion.
"Ah — Chen-kun, are you out for a walk?"
She really has the miraculous ability to turn any abnormality into a normal situation. This slow fellow.
"I'm out for some fresh air. What are you doing out here?"
I couldn't help but pay attention to Sylvia's situation earlier. After asking that question, I observed her expression carefully, trying to find some clues that she couldn't detect herself.
"I was sleeping just now." Sylvia spoke slowly with a perpetually happy smile on her face. Then, she pointed in a certain direction behind me. "There's something there. I was woken up by it."
I turned around, but there was nothing behind me.
"Yeah. Somewhere further away," Sylvia shook her head slowly. "Behind many clouds, there's a gigantic thing. It's surrounded by lightning and it's calling for help. I want to save it … But it's very dangerous there. Can we go and save it?"
The silver-haired girl rambled on about her matters absentmindedly. Then, she looked in my direction with a hopeful gaze. My mind was instantly filled with endless confusion. However, the most pressing matter at hand was how to respond to her after being stared at by her.
"Alright, alright. You see, I have a lot of subordinates. After we're done with the matters here, we'll go and save your friend … It's already so late. Why don't you go back and sleep first?"
What made me heave a sigh of relief was that the other party didn't seem to be too persistent on this baffling question. After receiving a promise that couldn't even be considered a reply from me, the always cheerful silver-haired mole immediately nodded her head happily and turned around to go back.
The platform regained its silence once again. I wanted to call Alaya out, but the only reply I got was a gentle and even snoring sound. This natural daze who was in a daze for twenty hours a day had fallen asleep again. Furthermore, he fell asleep in an instant.
It was already late at night. Everyone must be in deep sleep by now. It didn't seem appropriate to wake up the bunch of beauties just because of a slow-witted person who seemed to be sleepwalking. I'll think about it tomorrow. My big sister's temper when she woke up is really scary.
The next morning, when the gigantic black suitcase landed in front of me with a thud, Mercury Lamp, who had just woken up with a low blood pressure, pushed open the lid of the suitcase and crawled out in a daze. The little doll exclaimed in surprise.
"Wah!! You stupid human, why did you get up so early to meditate and scare us! "
"I didn't sleep the entire night." With an extremely gloomy expression, I lifted Mercury Lamp up and placed her on my shoulder. Then, I bent over and pulled open the sliding door of a small cabinet by the bed. As expected, a three-headed girl who was in a deep sleep rolled out from the cabinet. After tossing this three-headed girl who I don't know what size Osaka was on the bed, I made a mental connection. "Everyone should be awake now. Come to my room — — Avoid Silvia."
A few minutes later, a flurry of footsteps could be heard from the door. The first one to push open the door was Shallow Shallow, who had never been courteous to me before. This lass was even carrying a three-headed Mercury Lamp who was dancing around under her armpit. The moment she entered the room, she started making a ruckus. "Ah Jun, this little lamp is stuck in the storage compartment by the door and can't get out. Hey, Ah Jun, you don't look too good."
"There's one here too." The second one to enter was the big sister. She was also holding onto a three-headed Mercury Lamp's belt. "This one's head is stuck in the air vent above your window. She said that she miscalculated the distance. Little Mercury Lamp, you have to take care of these mass-produced machines of yours, alright?"
Since the big sister had spoken, Mercury Lamp immediately nodded her head. She didn't have the slightest bit of temper. But then again, these three-headed Mercury Lamp that were crawling all over the place due to their unfamiliarity with the size of their bodies had become a huge problem on the warship. Every day, a few of them would go missing during roll call. Then, the unlucky soldiers of the Empire would have to crawl through pipes and tunnels to pick them up from every nook and cranny. These little dolls would appear and disappear mysteriously, just like Little Bubble. The price that Osaka's sisters had to pay for becoming more and more active was that they were getting more and more mischievous …
"Cough cough. Put these two little fellows here. Yup, three little fellows. Mercury Lamp, look after them." I placed the commander of the cute army and her cute soldiers together. Then, I put on a serious expression. "The reason why I called all of you out this early in the morning is because I feel that something is fishy. Let me confirm that Sylvia didn't follow us here, right?"
"It's fine. I lied to her that we will wake up two hours later today. Right now, she is still counting sheep in her room." Shallow Shallow, who was closest to Sylvia's room, chuckled.
Everyone was speechless.
Don't you feel guilty for bullying a simple-minded person like that?
"Ah Jun, what's wrong?" The big sister noticed my serious expression and immediately asked with concern. "Is it related to Sylvia?"
"Last night …"
I told her everything that had happened last night in full detail. Of course, I skipped over the romantic scene between a certain angel and myself. Qian Qian might have been too careless, but if my elder sister were to be punished by the family, she wouldn't be able to handle it.
"Last night, I uploaded the location that Sylvia pointed out to the database for comparison. At the same time, I checked the information sent back by the probes from all over the universe. In the end, I confirmed one thing: The auditory hallucinations that Sylvia mentioned came from the direction of the big nebula."
"Are you sure?" The big sister sat up straight. "Sylvia's mind … Sometimes, she isn't very clear. It wasn't the first time she said that she heard a faint sound. She might have just randomly pointed in a direction, and the big nebula just happened to be in that direction."
What the big sister said was also possible. Furthermore, I knew why she wasn't willing to connect the dots in the direction that I guessed. Previously, the ancient artifact that we snatched from the angel pirates had the ability to affect the rebel army's battleships, but it was unable to affect our subordinates, the Shiring Apostles. Now, another signal from the big nebula could affect a regular apostle like Sylvia who was in an extremely weak state. Could this be considered an upgrade?
Then, based on this deduction, would the next signal be even stronger? Even our regular soldiers would be affected?
"Or perhaps even more severe …" Sylvia refused to sit together with us. She insisted on standing in the middle to report on her work. Now, she furrowed her eyebrows tightly. "The rebel army in this universe … wouldn't come from this … right?"
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