Honkai, But I Have Too Many Mods

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Chapter 61 Rolling Around~~

An unfamiliar ceiling.

...It's my own home, yet the ceiling feels strange. How odd.

No beautiful girl was sleeping beside me.

There was no suffocating weight on my body.

I didn't feel drained from below.

I got out of bed and walked to the door.

Yep, it was still clamped in the door, the hair strands used for security were still there.

It seems no one came into my room last night.

Hmm... While it's safe, why do I feel this inexplicable sense of loss...

Liu Bai sighed and put on his pajamas before heading out.

"Good morning, sir."

Acheron also happened to be coming out of her room and greeted Liu Bai with a business-like tone—though, according to Guinaifen, that room originally belonged to Firefly.

"Did you sleep well last night?" Liu Bai asked Acheron out of concern.

"Very well... Although the room's furnishings seem different from before, the comfort level is very high."

Of course, it would be. Have you seen how comfortable all these furnishings are?

Not to mention the diligent Firefly tidying up all day.

"What is your schedule for today?" Acheron acted like a dutiful bodyguard.

"Uh... If I had to say, I have no schedule? I'm planning to spend the day reading in the Serenitea Pot... Oh right, Acheron, can you spar with me if you have time?"

"You?" Acheron sounded a bit surprised. "As the employer, you have no need to go to the battlefield. I will protect you. Based on Miss Firefly's description, the power on this planet doesn't seem very strong."

"But... you're not as strong as you used to be, are you?"

Both the conversation yesterday and the mod's description made Liu Bai realize something.

"My honed skills will not betray me, please rest assured. No matter the desperate situation, I will carve a path for you with this blade."

"What are you two chatting about so early in the morning?"

Guinaifen walked upstairs with her hands on her hips. "If you two don't eat soon, the food will get cold. I've already finished mine!"

Although Liu Bai had sent Guinaifen away yesterday, after Natasha returned and Kong was taken care of, Guinaifen had insisted on coming back.

Acheron: "..."

After being urged by Guinaifen, Acheron quietly went downstairs, and Liu Bai followed.

"That's more like it," Guinaifen said with satisfaction.

Let's not discuss those incomprehensible things at home.

"Speaking of which, the boss really doesn't have anything going on? Firefly is quite restrained."

Creak...

Guinaifen, who was about to call Firefly to wake up for breakfast, saw Firefly's door automatically open.

Guinaifen instinctively hid behind the corner.

(No, I'm not a thief, why am I hiding?

But now that it's happened, Guinaifen felt awkward just walking out.

Hmm... Maybe I should pretend nothing happened and go downstairs?

Firefly is already awake, so she should be down for breakfast soon.

However, just as Guinaifen was about to turn away, Firefly's footsteps on the wooden floor stopped.

Creak...

The sound of the door opening again.

"?"

This time, Guinaifen couldn't resist her curiosity and peeked.

Liu Bai's room door had just closed.

"???"

Seriously, if this was an attack, it's broad daylight!

Guinaifen raised an eyebrow. This wouldn't do.

Thinking this, Guinaifen walked to Liu Bai's room and pushed the door open with a creak.

"Miss Firefly—"

Guinaifen's "Big sis" hadn't even finished her sentence before seeing the scene inside the room, a wave of regret washed over her.

...This is bad.

Before her, Firefly had practically thrown herself onto Liu Bai's bed, rolling around and rubbing her face against the blanket—that's how it was supposed to be.

Because of the rolling, their eyes met.

Now, the other person's movements had frozen, the happy smile plastered on her face stiffened, and one could even say it began to crumble.

No, her own body was also quite stiff.

"Mmm... it seems the boss is already awake. Honestly, it's so troublesome when someone suddenly disappears~"

Guinaifen immediately realized she had seen something she shouldn't have.

There was only one thing to do now—close the door as if nothing had happened, pretending she hadn't seen a thing.

"Miss Guinaifen?"

But...

Before Guinaifen could close the door, her wrist was grabbed as if by a pair of iron tongs.

Guinaifen slowly turned her head. In the shifting light and shadow from the door crack, a somewhat terrifying, seemingly forced smile was directed at her.

...What speed was that?

"...I didn't see anything."

Guinaifen recited robotically, turning her head back and trying to break free from Firefly's grasp.

But it was completely futile.

The other person's hand seemed more stable than the pillars in the Divine Creation Palace.

Moreover, Guinaifen felt that the other party was already starting to apply a pulling force.

In just two seconds, the pulling force increased to a point Guinaifen could no longer resist, and she was pulled into the room.

"Um... Miss Guinaifen?"

Firefly, whose blanket-hugging had been caught, tried her best to put on a kind and approachable expression as she looked at Guinaifen, who had fallen to the floor with her eyes closed and head turned away.

"It's okay to open your eyes and look at me."

"No, no, no, no! Although I, Little Gui, am just a street performer, I understand the rules of the jianghu. If I see your face, I won't be able to live. Let me go, and nothing happened today. Once I'm outside, I'll be your loyal informant, keeping an eye on the boss."

Guinaifen refused to open her eyes.

In an instant, Guinaifen's quick wit made her realize that she was the only real lamb in the house.

Firefly was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

"You'd say that to anyone, wouldn't you?"

Firefly's tone became helpless.

"Um... I don't know what strange misunderstanding you've had, Miss Guinaifen, but I... I just came to help Mr. Liu Bai fold his blanket. After all, Mr. Liu Bai can be careless sometimes."

"Ah, yes, yes, yes."

Burying your face in someone's blanket and rolling around on their bed with the blanket wrapped around you, all for the purpose of helping them fold it.

You're the boss, whatever you say is right!

"...I was just folding the blanket."

Firefly's second repetition of her own words started to sound a little guilty.

"Mhm, mhm, folding the blanket, folding the blanket."

Guinaifen's posture clearly indicated that she would believe whatever was said.

Then, Guinaifen felt herself being lifted up with one hand.

"...If that's the case, could you please give me your guarantee, Miss Guinaifen?"

"..."

If this continues, it doesn't seem like a good situation?

"Uh... um, you want me to betray the boss?"

"Mph!"

Firefly let out a sound of speechlessness.

Guinaifen, with her eyes closed, couldn't see Firefly's expression clearly, but that didn't stop her from using some common rhetoric to distract Firefly.

"Um... Little Gui isn't a blabbermouth. The most dangerous one right now is clearly Miss Acheron, right? Those legs, that waist, plus her strong power and vast knowledge..."

"Her... rather than vast knowledge, it's more like she's experienced things different from us—ordinary path traversers."

Speaking of Acheron, Firefly's tone became a little more serious.

"She... might be an Emissary, or perhaps a blessed one closely connected to the Aeons."

"Eh? Eh? Eh? Isn't that a big shot?" Guinaifen exclaimed, opening her eyes in surprise.

Mm, I was indeed lifted up with one hand.

"While powerful outside, on this special planet..."

Firefly rested her chin on her hand.

"Although I've also discovered some issues with this planet, the current intelligence is far from enough to make a judgment... She only heard my second-hand account from Mr. Liu Bai, so why does she dare to make a direct judgment?"

"..." The great one pondered, while Guinaifen behaved herself obediently.

"Destiny is omnipresent. It's normal for a Path to occasionally overlook something, but how many Path deities with different personalities throughout history have all ignored this place, to the point where Destiny itself cannot even spread here..."

Destiny isn't a physical road that, once set, can only be propagated at certain locations.

This is a rule, which, when the Path deities carve out the Path's flow, becomes a manifestation of the universe's rules. This is why the phenomenon of the big fish eating the small fish occurs.

The objective existence of Destiny is not affected by what the Path deities cannot see—after all, with so many people in the universe, the Path deities can't glance at every Destiny traveler.

However, being glanced at by a Path deity is the fastest way, and results in the strongest power increase.

"...She described this place as being outside the Path deities' sight because she was glanced at by a Path deity. What she actually means is that the rules that govern the universe are blocked here, which is why she said that hard-earned skills will not betray you... because the vast majority of Destiny travelers haven't actually benefited from Destiny itself. They embarked on their paths by chance, and often have different beliefs within the same Path, with no strong reliance on the Path deities or Destiny."

Firefly held her chin with one hand and Guinaifen with the other.

Guinaifen: "..."

Could you put me down before you start mumbling like this?

"Because she is very closely connected to her Destiny and her Path deity, and here, that connection is severed, which is why she decisively reached her conclusion? Although even so, those who can become an Envoy are not to be underestimated..."

If she protects Mr. Liu Bai, it's quite reliable.

So...

Firefly forced a gentle smile and looked at Guinaifen, whom she was holding up.