Feixiao: This girl's pretty good

["Jingliu, Dan Feng, cheer Bai Tang up. Look how angry she is."

Baiheng beamed as she pulled the scowling Bai Tang over. Bai Tang looked unwilling, but she still let Baiheng pull her along.

Bai Tang: I'm going to build a high wall in my heart.

Baiheng: An unauthorized structure. Tear it down.

"Baiheng, you should get Jing Yuan to do it."

Jingliu asked if she looked like someone who could comfort people.

"Master, get me to do what?"

Jing Yuan and Yingxing arrived too. Jing Yuan laughed when he saw Bai Tang's angry face. "So it's an angry little bun."

Bai Tang exploded in an instant. "I'm not! Jing Yuan! Get lost!"

Jing Yuan gave her a meaningful look. See? She was exactly like an angry little bun.

Everyone laughed when they saw Bai Tang's reaction.]

The people in the memory weren't the only ones laughing. Those watching outside laughed too.

"So that's what Bai Tang's personality was like?"

March 7th had long since forgotten all about Bai Tang pinning Blade down and beating him up. She only remembered that Bai Tang's emotions had stabilized by the time she reached the train.

Stelle: "Wow, an invincible exploding egg! Just as cool as me, the Galactic Baseballer!"

Then the image twitched, and the sky turned red.

["Master!"

Bai Tang watched helplessly as Jingliu broke into fragments and began to fade into the air. At the moment before she vanished completely, her red eyes were apologetic and gentle, and the corners of her mouth lifted slightly. Then she disappeared.

"Brother Feng!"

Dan Feng was next. Unconscious, he fell and fell until the flames of "Destruction" swallowed him, leaving no trace.

"Big Sister!"

"Oh, Bai Tang, I still wanted us to be sisters in the future."

Those were Baiheng's last words before she died, spoken with a smile.

"Brother Yingxing! What are you doing?!"

"Better a firefly flying into the flames than a useless tree living long. Bai Tang, you're only seventeen. You're young even for a short-life species. I'm a dying man, so I'll protect what little I can."

Yingxing climbed into a Gundam and went to elbow the enemy, saying that even though he was old, he could still fight.

"Sorry, Junior Sister."

When Jing Yuan saw that Yingxing had gone to the battlefield, he got ready and headed there too. Bai Tang was too young, so the Cloud Knights stopped her and kept her protected in a safe house.

"Senior Brother! Let me out!"

"You damned bastard! I'll tear you to pieces and melt you down! You have no ability, but you love threatening people. Ha! Rather than listen to you and obtain peace, I'd rather do it myself."

A blue arrow descended from the sky, tracing a graceful arc through the air with a piercing whistle. This one wasn't aimed at the enemy, but at Bai Tang.

Bai Tang reacted swiftly, turning slightly and shooting out an arm to catch the arrow firmly. Its energy corroded her hand, sending waves of pain through it, but she didn't let go.]

"The Reignbow Arbiter's arrow. She seized the chance."

Dan Heng had mixed feelings. He had just seen the High-Cloud Quintet getting along harmoniously, only to see them die the next moment.

And it was something Bai Tang had actually experienced.

"This girl's pretty good."

Feixiao fell in love with the little fox cub at first sight.

Bai Tang had drawn the Reignbow Arbiter's gaze with her will and gotten him to fire an arrow for her. Just how strong was her will for revenge?

She didn't seem to have an heir, and now it seemed she could make arrangements. This girl looked like a good choice. She was a fox, and Jiaoqiu was a fox too. One look at the girl and it was clear she had an affinity with Yaoqing.

Jiaoqiu said helplessly, "General, she belongs to the Divine General's family."

Don't go snatching children! You'll get beaten up!

If she really did try to take Bai Tang, he was afraid Jing Yuan would detain them on their upcoming trip to the Luofu.

Soon, the image began to warp and blur, as if the signal were bad. Even so, they could see flames raging everywhere, Bai Tang enveloped in fire as she gazed at the cosmos. Everything twisted and collapsed, and the image vanished.

March 7th: "She died? But isn't Bai Tang still alive? She can't be a ghost, can she?"

The image became clear again.

This time, Bai Tang looked to be around six years old. Her body was covered in countless wounds. Aside from the burn marks that had yet to fade, there were fresh injuries that looked like cuts from a blade.

["This is Yaoqing?"

The little fox cub was somewhat surprised, but she didn't say she wanted to go to the Luofu. Holding on to Moze, who was a size smaller than her, she stood obediently beside Feixiao.

Moze wanted to kill Feixiao, but Bai Tang forcibly pinned him in place.

As if! Her ability was gone, but she still knew the sword moves she had learned from Jingliu back then. If they really fought, he definitely couldn't beat her.]

"The world restarted, and she landed on... Yaoqing?"

Jiaoqiu recognized little Moze at a glance. As for Feixiao, that hand was probably hers, though only a small part of it was visible.

"Jiaoqiu, I wouldn't be snatching her. She was from Yaoqing in the first place."

Feixiao's eyes lit up, and she voiced her desire to have Bai Tang. If she took the child away like this, Jing Yuan wouldn't be able to say anything, would he?

Jing Yuan: "!!!!" Someone's trying to snatch the little fox cub! Baiheng, your little sister is about to be taken away!

Jing Yuan: "General Feixiao, Bai Tang was born on the Luofu. No matter how much you like her, she's from the Luofu."

["Oh? You have some talent."

Jiaoqiu had only given her a little guidance, but little Bai Tang was already doing quite well. A book filled with notes lay beside her, and it was clear at a glance that Bai Tang had studied on her own.

"Of course! I've already memorized all your books. You can test me."

Bai Tang was proud.

Smiling, Jiaoqiu ruffled Bai Tang's hair, succeeding in making her jump up and bristle.

She had memorized an entire roomful of books. She really was a genius.]

"Wow, Bai Tang's amazing."

March 7th was stunned.

She had actually memorized all those books. Besides being the swordsmanship genius Jingliu had described, Bai Tang was also very talented in medicine.

Jiaoqiu had clearly taken Bai Tang in and taught her as his own disciple.

"Jiaoqiu, when are you bringing my heir, your disciple, back to Yaoqing?"

Feixiao had long since stopped pretending. She wanted this girl, no matter what.

Although she didn't know why Bai Tang had stayed on Yaoqing instead of going to the Luofu, didn't that mean her chances of taking Bai Tang away were high?

Jiaoqiu—Jiaoqiu really was a little tempted. With that talent for medicine, taking her as a disciple seemed like a good idea too.

When March 7th saw that Feixiao actually wanted to compete with the train for Bai Tang, she panicked.

"No way! Bai Tang is one of the train's fixed assets! None of you can take her! Right, Himeko, Dan Heng, Stelle?"

Himeko held the excited March 7th back and smiled. "The train naturally welcomes Bai Tang home, but it has to be her decision. We can't go against her wishes."

The train naturally welcomed passengers aboard, and it wouldn't stop them from leaving either. Unless someone forced a passenger off against their will, in which case they would bring the train over for a proper chat.

["The Luofu, the High-Cloud Quintet."

Bai Tang was much older now, looking around sixteen or seventeen. It clearly didn't follow directly from what came before; there must have been a time skip.

She leafed through the information without any apparent intention of going to the Luofu. Clearly, Jing Yuan was the only one left of the High-Cloud Quintet, and he didn't know her either.

General Feixiao had saved her, and Jiaoqiu and the others had treated her well too. There was no need to force herself to go. She only needed to keep an eye on things and help Jing Yuan out.

"!!!! No!! Master, Jingliu's gone mad! Something's happened to Jing Yuan too. No, I have to go and see."

Before Bai Tang could act, chaos broke out outside.

"Bad news! General Feixiao has succumbed to Moon Madness and gone missing!"

Bai Tang could no longer bring herself to set out for the Luofu. Her expression hardened, and she rushed outside.]

This should happen in the future. Jiaoqiu looked worriedly at Feixiao, but Feixiao laughed and said nothing.