The Invitation to a Duel (cont.)

"Rita..."

"Alright, the special time is over. Now you should call me 'older sister'."

Looking at the incredibly charming woman in front of him, Lin Yu sometimes really felt that understanding a woman's mind was perhaps much more difficult than defeating a powerful enemy.

Rita had just expressed her dislike for Lin Yu calling her brother, but after the ceremony, Rita reverted to being a somewhat authoritative relative.

I just don't understand, I really don't understand what she's thinking.

However, even if he didn't understand this, it didn't stop Lin Yu from acting according to Rita's ideas.

For Lin Yu now, resolving Lin Yi's problems is undoubtedly the most important thing.

"Sister, you go back first. I have some things to take care of."

Seeing Lin Yu, whose expression had just relaxed a little, revert to his usual self, Rita felt a pang of heartache.

Of course, she wouldn't blame Lin Yu for Lin Yi Yu returning to this state, since the child was innocent and the problem must have been caused by something else.

But... at least for a moment, I hope he can relax a little.

The Honkai... it's accelerating more and more rapidly, and now even Xiao Yi, who isn't a genuine Herrscher, is being affected...

After giving Lin Yu a deep look, Rita didn't say anything more and chose to use the Quantum Teleportation System to leave directly.

"Ha... The Honkai Energy intensity surged, so HSN Serum was needed to suppress it?"

At this moment, Lin Yu recalled the information Li Sushang had given him and took out two items from his storage space— HSN Serum and Full Vitality Recovery Potion.

The only HSN Serum he had were a few old versions leftovers.

However, the impact is not significant.

Even if it's the old version of the serum, it's enough for Lin Yu to conduct an experiment on his own body to make a hypothesis.

As Lin Yu injected the two serums into his body, he felt his Honkai Energy intensity drop significantly, as expected.

Not only that, he even felt that his physical condition was declining slightly.

After all, the potion developed by Dr. Mags in the original work was enough to turn Kiana from an incredibly agile Valkyrie into a weak little girl who found it extremely difficult to escape.

After his physical strength and Honkai Energy levels both declined, Lin Yu picked up a drop of Full Vitality Recovery Potion and put it into his mouth.

After completing this action, Lin Yu's face darkened.

As expected, his condition has fully recovered.

That's terrible.

Xiao Yi forcibly suppressed the surge in Honkai Energy intensity using HSN Serum, which already falls under the criterion of 'weakening' in the Full Vitality Recovery Potion's assessment.

After taking the Full Vitality Recovery Potion to restore full health, the Honkai Energy level suppressed by the HSN Serum will naturally recover.

Damn it, this method definitely wouldn't work, and now...

At this moment, Lin Yu, who was frantically thinking, immediately used the Quantum Teleportation System to arrive at Lin Yi's room in the Schicksal Headquarters after obtaining an answer that he did not want to use.

Inside Lin Yi's room, Lin Yi, Kiana, Yuno watched Rita and Lin Yu enter Lin Yi's room one after the other, and suddenly felt as if they understood something.

Seeing the worried expressions on the two women's faces, the three women tacitly refrained from asking any questions.

"Xiao Yi, how are you feeling?"

Looking at Rita, who was bending over and staring at her, Lin Yi put her hands on her hips and said to Rita and Rita Lin Yu behind her.

"Dad, Rita... Aunt, after Grandma Su Shang told you about those things, I guess you must be very worried, but the problem is..."

"Of course I'm fine! Even if you look at me with concern and suspicion, I'm fine, that's all that matters."

Looking at his daughter, who was now incredibly confident, Lin Yu's gaze suddenly shifted to the Key of Restraint next to Lin Yi.

At this moment, an iron chain from the Oath of Judah was found wrapped around Lin Yi's right hand.

From this iron chain, Lin Yu could feel the power of the Key of Restraint slowly covering Lin Yi's body, helping her suppress the intensity of Honkai Energy within her.

After witnessing this scene, Lin Yu truly felt...

I feel sorry for myself.

"Xiao Yi, I'm sorry."

After gently embracing his daughter, Lin Yu whispered to Lin Yi.

"It's because your dad is useless that this kind of thing happened to you."

"This, that..."

Hearing Lin Yu's slightly sad and apologetic words, Lin Yi felt a little helpless.

Then, she could only hug Lin Yu's body and say to Lin Yu helplessly.

"Although I don't know exactly what you're thinking, Dad, the problem is—it's not Dad's fault."

"You're always like this, taking the blame for problems caused by others."

"This must be exhausting. Can't you adjust your mindset a little?"

"As a father, can you set a good example? I'm your daughter, and I'll definitely learn from you without even realizing it."

"..."

After hearing Lin Yi say those words so naturally, Lin Yu released his daughter and said to Lin Yi very seriously.

"Well then, my dear daughter, I hope you won't pick up your dad's bad habits too."

"There are some things you don't need to face at all. In fact... you just need to relax and do what you like to do, and that's enough."

Forget it.

Hearing her father's request, Lin Yi said irritably.

"I've already said that a father's influence on his children is subtle and gradual. In an environment where everyone around me is working hard, how can I, as the daughter of the Bishop of Schicksal, lead the way in slacking off?"

No, no, no, no, a little girl who is less than a year old plays every day, no one will think you are slacking off.

But you know, even if you say it out loud, she definitely won't care.

[Of course, the daughter of the Curly Dog also possesses the bloodline of the Curly Dog. Faced with this bloodline limit of the Curly Dog, it is undoubtedly her inescapable destiny to become the Curly Dog!]

If possible, I hope you won't say such cruel things.

No! No way! This kind of thing is unacceptable!

Xiao Yi is recklessly becoming a henpecked husband, and I absolutely do not want to see her have no happy childhood!!!

Ah, but that's not something you can decide.

Enough with the small talk—Tong, my relative, my dearest friend, my godfather!

Is there any way to solve Xiao Yi's problem?

[Yes, it definitely exists.]

Please tell me!!!

But it's no use saying it—you can't use this method right now.

There's a way... If there's a way, then it's not a problem.

Realizing that if he didn't speak, everyone would start to speculate, Lin Yu looked at the Oath of Judah and spoke softly to Lin Yi.

"Although you may not listen to what your dad is saying, I still hope that you can relax a little."

"Your physical condition is definitely not good right now. Even if Judah helps you, you absolutely cannot act recklessly—do you understand?"

"I know!"

Looking at Lin Yu's frantic lecturing, Lin Yi took a step back in utter disgust.

Then, she looked at Yuno and Kiana.

"Shouldn't Mom be the ones saying these nagging things? Dad, you're even more nagging than Mom."

"Nonsense, it's because they're not as eloquent as me."

Lin Yu vigorously ruffled Lin Yi's hair, making a mess of it, before looking at Kiana and Yuno, whose faces were full of worry.

"Kiana, Yuno, keep a close eye on Xiao Yi now, and make sure she doesn't cause any trouble."

"I have some general ideas. After I organize these ideas a bit, I might come up with a solution."

"I understand, senior."

After saying this, Yuno walked over to Lin Yi and handed the 'stage' over to Kiana and Lin Yu.

"Senior, you..."

As if she were glimpsing some future scenario, Kiana's worry deepened considerably.

"Xiao Yi is fine for now, so please don't do anything reckless."

"... certainly."

After gently patting Kiana's head, Lin Yu smiled and said to Kiana.

"You know how afraid I am of death."

"I'm leaving now. Remember to take good care of Xiao Yi."

Watching Lin Yu's departing figure, the worry in the eyes of the three people present, apart from Lin Yi, had become more severe than before.

Rita feels utterly powerless in every way right now.

Starting from the Third Honkai Outbreak, she, who was originally a high-level combatant of Schicksal, actually began to gradually fall behind the version.

Now, even managing to relax her sworn brother through special means has become a failed and unattainable hope for Rita.

There were some things that Lin Yu and Rita didn't say aloud, but everyone present actually knew them perfectly well.

The Honkai Energy intensity on Lin Yi once rose to 3200HW, so this value is Lin Yi's current limit.

The HSN Serum is, in essence, time-limited. In other words, once this time limit expires, it's only a matter of time before the Honkai Energy intensity on Lin Yi returns to normal.

Furthermore, Lin Yi's inexplicable rate of increase in strength is simply too fast. From this perspective, Lin Yi's time... is running out.

That's why, when Lin Yi Lin Yu took the initiative to hide away and think about ways to solve the problem.

After all, Rita knew her adopted brother's personality very well.

That's the kind of person he is; as long as there's even a 1% chance, he'll put in more than 100% effort to grasp that hope.

But now... Xiao Yi doesn't have much time. Can A'yu really find a way to get rid of her symptoms?

"Miss Rita."

Kiana, who was about to ask Rita a question while she was looking at Rita deep in thought, suddenly paused.

Then, she suddenly turned to Yuno and said.

"And Yuno Xiao Yi, I'll leave them to you for now."

"I suddenly remembered that I have something to take care of— Xiao Yi, remember to listen to Yuno and Rita."

"Okay, Mom, don't worry, I'll be a good boy!"

Looking at her daughter, who was clearly putting on a brave face, Kiana felt an unbearable pain in her heart, as if it were tearing her apart completely.

However, at this moment, Kiana forced herself to use the power of the Herrscher of the Void and returned to her own room from Lin Yi's room.

After escaping from everyone's sight, Kiana, suddenly feeling extremely unwell, collapsed onto the floor, leaning against the bed.

"Xiao Yi's problems... are definitely not an isolated case."

Kiana, sensing the power stirring within her body, casually picked up the Honkai Energy intensity detector in her room.

This Honkai Energy intensity detector is a special tool developed by Schicksal Headquarters for the Herrscher.

According to this detection device, Herrscher can monitor their current Honkai Energy level at any time, thereby judging whether their current state is dangerous.

Now, Kiana, who had activated the detector, was shocked to find that the numbers on the detector were jumping wildly.

No, that's not right.

Even though I just used the power of the Herrscher of the Void, a spatial movement of less than a few hundred meters would absolutely not allow me to release an excessively high intensity of Honkai Energy.

Seeing the detector's reading jump directly to its limit of 2000 HW, Kiana realized that she definitely had the same problem.

"While my Honkai Energy intensity isn't consistently high, the average intensity I'm currently emitting is already ridiculously high..."