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"Let me tell you! Himeko has done a lot of bad things over the years."
"For example, they control the ignorant masses who have not yet been influenced by civilization without any explanation..."
Chapter 107: Eden of the Drinking Party
"I see."
After listening, Sakura sighed deeply.
Then, she made a shocking move, placing the demon sword against the carotid artery in her neck.
"The sins that Rin committed, I, as her older sister, will have to pay for them..."
"Stop~"
With a shout, Himeko, in her haste, knocked the demon sword away with a claw, but accidentally tore Yingjie's clothes in the process.
Seeing this, the fox pounced on the injured creature with great distress, examining its wounds.
"Are you alright, Sakura-neechan?"
"Well, I'm fine."
Sakura hugged the fox to her chest and affectionately stroked its head.
"It's all my fault. If my original body could have been faster back then..."
The clear, glistening light in Sakura's eyes sparkled.
"No, it's all Rin's fault. Rin was just too angry at the time and couldn't control herself."
As he felt the warmth of the cherry blossoms, the fierce aura emanating from Higomaru gradually dissipated.
Regardless, it also has an older sister who loves it.
At this moment, Feiyumaru became Feiyumaru.
A bright light flashed in front of Sakura, and the fox's appearance changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As the red light faded, the fox transformed into a graceful young woman. Apart from having grown a fluffy fox tail and fox ears, she was exactly the same as Ling had been tens of thousands of years ago.
Click~
The chains that had been binding Himeko Maru without her noticing snapped instantly.
What followed was not only an unprecedented feeling of comfort, but also intermittent applause.
"Congratulations, Ling, you have finally completed your transformation."
"Now, you shouldn't let hatred cloud your judgment, right?"
It's not about letting go of hatred, but about not letting it cloud your judgment, lose yourself, or harm the innocent.
"But now, how should I put it, you can't be completely called a bell."
What do you mean?
Sakura's gaze sharpened; she sought the answer to that question from the girl who was lightly touching her pink lips with her fingertips, deep in thought.
"What I mean is, since Bell has lost her original body and become a completely new individual, why don't we change her name?"
Upon hearing this explanation, Sakura's fox ears, which had been perked up due to tension, relaxed.
"How about we call her Hishimaru?"
"Um?"
Ling's ears twitched. She found it strange that she felt no resistance to the name.
Sakura shook her head.
"I still prefer to ring the bell."
"Whatever, call me whatever you want."
Himeko responded.
"Alright, it's decided then. Hishimaru, you can stay with Sakura for now!"
Xingyue clapped her hands and smiled.
Faced with such a heartwarming scene, the other heroes, though somewhat wary of Shi Bao, had no intention of attacking her, and as for Fei Yu Wan, that was even less likely.
The fact that such a thing happened is because they wronged Sakura, so it's even less likely that they would show any hostility towards Rin now.
In fact, they themselves are also changing in subtle ways. For example, as long as the Herrscher of the Sea takes action, they will no longer worry about anything or interfere.
This subtle trust was established without anyone noticing.
The erosion incident came to a temporary end, and everyone returned to their posts.
Because of the existence of the Scarlet Jade Pill, which can effectively restrict the Herrscher of the current civilization's invasion, Xingyue didn't need to worry and confidently made her way to the Paradise Hall.
There are only a handful of people in the Paradise Hall now.
Mebius and Klein were operating something at the machine, while Alicia sat on the sofa, legs crossed, resting her alluring face on her hand, seemingly lost in thought.
And then there's Eden, where one sits alone at the piano, holding a glass of fine wine, lost in daydreams.
Xingyue came to Eden's side and slammed her hand on the table.
"Hey~"
"Xingyue, is something the matter?"
Eden stopped swirling the wine in his glass, placed the precious red wine from the previous civilization on the table, and casually tossed back his long, smooth, maple-red hair.
Her bright, golden eyes gazed at the other person with a smile.
"Nothing, just..."
The haired girl revealed a mysterious smile, took out several bottles of wine and two wine glasses from her cloak sleeves, and placed them on the table.
"I would like to have a drink and a chat with Eden, this singer from a previous civilization, or rather, this musician. I wonder if Miss Eden would do me the honor?"
Upon hearing this, Eden slowly nodded, glanced briefly at the several bottles of wine on the table, and a slight look of unease appeared on his face.
To be honest, she doesn't have a high alcohol tolerance. The red wine she usually drinks is low in alcohol, which is more like a beverage than alcohol for a true alcoholic.
The liquor on the table is quite strong; if she drinks it, she'll get drunk in no time.
but……
"Since the Herrscher of the Sea has brought it up, wouldn't it be ungrateful of me to refuse?"
After thinking it over, Eden decided to accept the invitation.
Not only could she use this opportunity to check if the planetary-level Honkai Beasts were drunk, thus gathering intelligence for future operations, but Alicia was also there, so if anything bad happened, Alicia would definitely come to stop it in time.
In this way, she had no reason to refuse.
Upon receiving the other party's affirmation, Xingyue's lips curled into a mischievous smile.
She poured the wine into two large stemmed glasses for drinking red wine, and handed one of them to Eden.
The moment the wine glass approached her, Eden immediately smelled a rich, fragrant aroma of wine.
Even though she didn't pay much attention to wine, she could tell at this moment that it was probably a high-quality wine.
"Eden, I heard you were a big star in your past life?"
"You flatter me. I'm only somewhat famous. I'm just focused on pursuing my art."
Xingyue glanced at the woman, shook her head, and said regretfully.
"It's a pity that your artistic career seems to have to end because of its collapse!"
As she spoke, she picked up her wine glass and fed Eden half of it.
When the topic of his sorrows came up, Eden was already feeling melancholy, and since he was drowning his sorrows in alcohol, he did not resist.
After drinking half a glass of wine, her body felt warm, and the red-haired woman's beautiful face also turned rosy.
Xingyue also picked up her own wine, drank half a cup, but was completely unaffected.
The feeling was similar to drinking a beverage that tasted like alcohol.
"There's just one thing I don't understand: why do you insist on ending your life along with the previous era?"
Xingyue fed the other half a glass of wine, then lay on the table, blinking her blue eyes, waiting for Eden's answer.
At this moment, Eden's consciousness became somewhat hazy, and then, fueled by the alcohol, he was willing to share his thoughts.
"My art belongs to that era. Since I cannot guide the people of our time in the right direction, what is the point of repeating the same art as the previous civilization even in the next era?"
Chapter 108: Otto Begins to Lay Out His Plans
"That's it!"
"It's a bit of a shame!"
An indescribable sense of loss was evident in Xingyue's eyes.
"However, compared to this..."
The girl poured Eden half a cup of wine again, and this time, his consciousness seemed somewhat blurred, his voluptuous body exuding the aroma of taro wine.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Xingyue leaned onto the table and slowly, slowly, moved closer to Eden's peach-like lips.
"So, were you the one who caused the instability in Paradise? I'll go back and report now."
At the entrance to the Paradise of the Past, a gray-haired woman with a youthful face, like a teenage girl, stood there, peering at the two people drinking.
"Raven..."
Displeasure was written all over Xingyue's gloomy face as she was disturbed.
A blue-white light flowed down from the spot, and she appeared in front of the raven.
"What? Raven, did you die in the line of duty? So the World Serpent granted you permission to leave your mark in the afterlife?"
"Uh~"
The gray-haired woman's gaze darted around; she sensed that the Honkai Beast seemed to be in a bad mood, which was strange! She hadn't provoked it at all!
"Well, if there's nothing else, I'll be going now..."
Without a word, Raven turned to leave, but just then, her arm was firmly clamped.
Looking back, the girl's face was filled with a sinister smile.
"Miss Raven, haven't I made myself clear enough?"
"You must have died in the line of duty, which is why you've come to this paradise?"
The raven was taken aback at first, but after realizing the meaning behind the other party's words, it broke out in a cold sweat.
In the Paradise Hall, the hooded female cadre was dragged along by her cloak, lying face down on the ground, and slowly pulled into Paradise.
Alicia let out a gasp of surprise.
When the raven reappeared, it was covered in bruises and swelling.
She truly regretted it, and vowed that she would never accept any mission that might involve contact with the stars and moon again, even if it meant starving to death.
Upon leaving Paradise, the raven was greeted by the man.
Seeing the raven's disheveled state, he blinked, waiting for its reply.
"My lord, please forgive me for never wanting to take on such a mission again."
"Has something really gone wrong with the Paradise of the Past?"
Kevin rested his chin on his hand, deep in thought.
Only corruption can enter Paradise and destroy the Thirteen Heroes of the Flame Chaser. Therefore, it's time to initiate Project Stigmata.
"That's right, cough cough~"
Raven's injuries were quite severe, forcing her to stop coughing during her conversation with the Lord.
"That Honkai Beast, she is in Paradise."
"Yeah?"
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