Arc 15The Dominion Theater

Lin Nai returned to St. Freya while temporarily shrunken, then helped investigate worldwide Honkai incidents and rogue mechs. He destroyed the Herrschers of Thousand in the Dominion Theater and returned with Doctor Schrodinger, while the investigation remained underway.

  • Lin Nai arrived at St. Freya with Bianca in childlike form, where Rita, Kiana, Theresa, and the others fussed over him until he returned to normal.
  • Cecilia and Siegfried visited St. Freya, and Lin Nai reunited with Black Jilin after realizing he had left her in the Meta Domain.
  • Rita shared reports of numerous possible Honkai incidents, prompting Durandal and Rita to investigate for Schicksal while Tesla, Einstein, and Edison looked into rogue mechs for Anti-Entropy.
  • Lin Nai took Fu Hua to meet Black Jilin, then helped investigate mechs in Salt Lake City after a mech activated on its own with faint purple threads around it.
  • Lin Nai and Wendy investigated Honkai Beast-like statues supplied to an exhibition, and the statues later cracked open and attacked Lin Nai in his room.
  • Lin Nai followed the controlling thread into the Dominion Theater, fought the dolls and the Rabble, and destroyed the Herrschers of Thousand with the Shield of Paras.
  • Lin Nai returned with Doctor Schrodinger from the Sea of Quantum and caught Wendy outside his room after she cut through its electronic lock.
Chapters 351–375 Vol. 4 Read

Ch. 351Linnaeus: Gah! Just Kill Me!

After escaping the Elysian Realm’s rough treatment in his shrunken form, Lin Nai took Bianca to St. Freya to lie low. He arrived planning to spend the day there and go to Anti-Entropy at night.

  • Durandal agreed to visit St. Freya with Lin Nai the next day, while Kevin and Su continued fighting.
  • Lin Nai and Su were cornered in a skit, and Kevin accidentally killed Lin Nai while trying to rescue him.
  • Lin Nai fled the Elysian Realm with Bianca after being smothered and manhandled while shrunken.
  • Kevin and Su also left the Elysian Realm, while Elysia sent Mei photos of shrunken Kevin.
  • Lin Nai and Bianca arrived at St. Freya through a spatial portal, and Lin Nai planned to stay there during the day before going to Anti-Entropy at night.

Ch. 352Kiana: I’m a Professional

Rita caught Lin Nai at St. Freya and kept him trapped in her arms while Durandal discussed her visit to the Kaslana Stigmata Space. Kiana returned after skipping class, spotted Durandal, and found Lin Nai held by Rita.

  • Rita came downstairs, recognized Lin Nai, and grabbed him when he tried to flee.
  • Durandal told Rita that the matter in the Kaslana Stigmata Space was resolved, while Rita continued holding Lin Nai despite his protests.
  • Kiana returned through a spatial portal and tried to sneak upstairs after skipping class.
  • Rita showed Kiana that Lin Nai was sitting in her arms.

Ch. 353Rita: Stay Right Here and Don’t Move

Kiana skipped class and teased Lin Nai while he remained shrunk from Mobius’s potion, until Himeko caught her and freed him. Rita then wiped Lin Nai’s mouth as he enjoyed Kiana’s hidden snacks.

  • Kiana admitted she had skipped Uncle Yang’s lecture and teased Lin Nai, who had been shrunk by Mobius’s potion.
  • Kiana learned that Elysia had told the others Lin Nai would return to normal in two days.
  • In a Previous Civilization mini-theater, Lin Nai reluctantly agreed to teach Kevin to cook because Mei’s cooking threatened the Fire Moths Heroes.
  • Himeko returned to the villa, caught Kiana skipping class, and ended Kiana’s teasing of Lin Nai.
  • Lin Nai ate the snacks Kiana had hidden, and Rita gently wiped his mouth with a tissue.

Ch. 354Wendy: I Won’t Bother You—I’m Off, Okay!

Theresa returned exhausted and teased Lin Nai over his temporary short stature, while Lin Nai reminded Kiana that Cecilia was coming the next day. After class, Bronya and the others surrounded Lin Nai, leaving him bracing for their attention.

  • Theresa arrived and spotted Lin Nai, then laughed at his temporary height and traded insults with him.
  • Theresa left to rest, and Rita went to prepare food for Lin Nai.
  • Himeko said Kiana had to write a five-thousand-word self-criticism, and Kiana admitted Welt had once made her copy half a history textbook.
  • Lin Nai told Kiana that Cecilia would visit the next day, startling her.
  • Bronya and the others returned from class and surrounded Lin Nai.

Ch. 355Theresa, Turning a Deaf Ear to Everything at the Table

Lin Nai remained child-sized after drinking a potion and learned he would return to normal the day after tomorrow. At dinner, Kiana and the others argued over who would share a bed with him, and Lin Nai considered avoiding the dispute by sleeping with Theresa.

  • Wendy teased Lin Nai about his small stature before rushing off to finish her homework.
  • Fu Hua asked how long Lin Nai's condition would last, and he said he expected to return to normal the day after tomorrow.
  • Sirin, Mei, and Little Shix reacted to Lin Nai's appearance, while Bronya demanded that Little Shix put him down.
  • Kiana asked who Lin Nai would sleep with, and Bronya, Kiana, and Little Shix competed for the chance to share his bed.
  • Lin Nai considered sleeping with Theresa to escape the argument.

Ch. 356Theresa, Turning a Deaf Ear to Everything at the Table (Continued)

Kiana and Bronya argued over who would share a room with Lin Nai, so he chose Theresa instead. Theresa objected when Lin Nai tried to make her sleep on the couch, then bit his arm and discovered she could not pierce it.

  • Kiana rejoined the argument with Bronya, and Fu Hua suggested asking Lin Nai to decide where he would sleep.
  • Kiana falsely claimed Lin Nai's room was still ruined, while she and Bronya secretly hoped to spend the night alone with him.
  • Lin Nai chose to share a room with Theresa, who had been focused on eating bitter melon.
  • Lin Nai told Theresa she should sleep on the couch because men and women should keep their distance, but she insisted he take the couch instead.
  • Theresa pounced on Lin Nai and bit his arm, then recoiled when she could not bite through it.

Ch. 357Theresa: Damn It! Go to Sleep!

Theresa tried to prank Lin Nai after he ended up spending the night in her room, but her attempts failed and the bed collapsed beneath them. The chapter left Lin Nai soaked by her water trap and unimpressed when her electric shock did nothing.

  • Theresa sulked after Lin Nai refused to go back to his room, while Kiana and the others continued keeping him under watch.
  • Lin Nai settled in Theresa's room and planned to sleep on the sofa, surprising Theresa, who had prepared a prank for him in bed.
  • Theresa tricked Lin Nai into the bed and sat on him, causing the bed to collapse.
  • Theresa dropped a basin of water on Lin Nai and tried to shock him, but he felt nothing.

Ch. 358Theresa: Linnaeus Is Still Awake

Theresa and Lin Nai remained stuck together after their electric shock mishap, and Lin Nai struggled to free them when Theresa needed the bathroom in the middle of the night. They escaped the broken bed, but Theresa’s legs gave out, leaving Lin Nai to carry her to the bathroom.

  • Lin Nai released the current through the water, shocking Theresa until she went numb and collapsed.
  • Kiana entered to check on Theresa, who hid Lin Nai and told her he had gone out.
  • At two in the morning, Theresa woke Lin Nai and explained that her leg was stuck and she needed to use the bathroom.
  • Lin Nai broke the bed to free them, but Theresa could not stand because her legs were weak from the earlier shock.
  • Lin Nai carried Theresa to the bathroom, then waited outside and reflected that she had gotten her revenge on him.

Ch. 359Kiana: Let Me In!

Rita found Lin Nai and Theresa asleep together on the sofa after their bed collapsed, then woke them for the morning. Theresa apologized after Lin Nai pointed out that she had drooled on him and choked his neck in her sleep.

  • Rita entered after Lin Nai and Theresa failed to answer her knocks and found their bed collapsed.
  • Rita saw Theresa clinging to Lin Nai on the sofa and secretly took a photo of them.
  • Rita woke Lin Nai, who noticed Theresa was drooling and had left red marks on his neck.
  • Theresa woke up and accused Lin Nai of sleeping too close before realizing she had pushed him to the sofa's edge.
  • Lin Nai asked Theresa what she had dreamed about, and she said she had forgotten.

Ch. 360Welt Is Working Overtime

Lin Nai endured Kiana’s attempt to help him change clothes after escaping Rita, while the Anti-Entropy group arrived at St. Freya expecting to be welcomed. Tesla discovered that Welt had known about their visit but was too busy to meet them, and Black Seele opened the villa door just as Tesla fell over.

  • Lin Nai escaped Rita’s offer to change his clothes, but Kiana picked him up and took him to the bathroom to help him change instead.
  • Kiana found saliva on Lin Nai’s clothes, and Lin Nai explained that Theresa had drooled on him after they slept together and broke the bed.
  • Tesla, Einstein, Edison, Siegfried, and Cecilia landed at St. Freya and wondered why Lin Nai and Welt had not come to meet them.
  • Siegfried revealed that Welt knew about the visit, while Welt continued working overtime on his duties and comics.
  • Tesla knocked on the villa door instead of using the doorbell, and Black Seele opened it as Tesla fell to the ground.

Ch. 361Black Himeko, Brimming with Resentment

Lin Nai reunited with Cecilia and endured the scientists’ curiosity and Tesla’s teasing after his body became child-sized. He later escaped to the balcony, where he shared beer and memories with Siegfried.

  • Cecilia arrived at the villa and was startled to see Lin Nai looking like a child and holding a child who resembled him.
  • Lin Nai explained that his transformation was temporary and managed to escape Kiana’s hold.
  • Tesla, Edison, and Einstein examined Lin Nai, while Tesla teased him and offered to make him a rainbow lollipop.
  • Lin Nai and Siegfried left the women’s gathering and relaxed together on the second-floor balcony with beer.
  • Siegfried recalled drinking with Lin Nai on Anti-Entropy’s rooftop years earlier, and Lin Nai reflected on how much stronger he had become.

Ch. 362One Bite, and They Go Quiet

Lin Nai remembered he had left Black Jilin trapped in the Meta Domain and went to retrieve her, only for her to attack him in revenge. He kept dodging and eating instant noodles, then blocked her sword with a plastic fork as she vowed never to give up.

  • Siegfried thanked Lin Nai for helping Kiana and the others and making Cecilia’s revival possible.
  • Lin Nai realized he had forgotten Black Jilin in the Meta Domain and hurried inside to find her.
  • Black Jilin recognized Lin Nai and charged at him with her sword, furious that he had abandoned her there.
  • Lin Nai dodged her attacks, apologized, and prepared instant noodles while Black Jilin continued trying to strike him.
  • Lin Nai blocked Black Jilin’s longsword with a plastic fork, and she swore she would never give up on revenge.

Ch. 363One Time Through, and They’ll Talk About It for a Lifetime

Lin Nai subdued Black Jilin and let her stay in a room, planning to ask Fu Hua how to handle her. Back at St. Freya, he discovered Cecilia’s pastries had knocked Siegfried unconscious, and Siegfried collapsed again after eating another one.

  • Lin Nai warmed Black Jilin’s sword with flames, then arranged a room for her when she stopped fighting.
  • Black Jilin accepted that she could not escape or defeat Lin Nai and locked herself in her new room.
  • Lin Nai returned to St. Freya and found Siegfried asleep among scattered bottles and jars.
  • Lin Nai tasted a pastry, realized it was dangerously awful, and healed Siegfried after suspecting he had been knocked out by one.
  • Siegfried woke up, ate another pastry despite Lin Nai’s warning, and collapsed again.
  • Lin Nai deduced that Cecilia had made the pastries, stored them away, and healed Siegfried once more.

Ch. 364One Time Through, and They’ll Talk About It for a Lifetime (Continued)

Lin Nai discovered that Cecilia and Rita’s pastries were dangerously inedible, leaving Bella unconscious and Durandal transformed, and went to check on Welt after Tesla sent him some. He treated Welt and took away the remaining pastry, while Cecilia was left resolved to keep improving her cooking.

  • Lin Nai learned from Edison that Cecilia’s pastries had knocked Bella unconscious and caused Durandal to transform, so Kiana and the others tried to stop Tesla from cooking.
  • Edison told Lin Nai that Tesla had sent pastries to Welt through Kiana, and Lin Nai went to check whether Welt had been harmed.
  • Cecilia worried that she was unsuited to cooking, while Lin Nai comforted her and asked Rita and Durandal how they had been affected.
  • Lin Nai climbed through Welt’s window and found him facedown with a pastry in his hand, as he had been after eating Tesla’s cooking.
  • Lin Nai treated Welt, took away the pastry, and told him to sleep while pretending that what had happened was an illusion.

Ch. 365Theresa: I'm Still a Child!

At dinner, Lin Nai discussed Welt’s recovery and Theresa’s magical-girl show, then traded teasing remarks with Theresa about where he would sleep. Cecilia arranged to speak with Durandal, while Kiana and Bronya competed over hosting Lin Nai that night.

  • Tesla ate dinner while glaring at Einstein, who had kept her out of the kitchen because she distrusted Tesla’s cooking.
  • Einstein asked Lin Nai about Welt, and Lin Nai said he was fine but had nearly seen his father before finding magical girls playing on the TV.
  • Lin Nai asked Theresa how she felt about making a magical-girl show, and Theresa warned him not to bring it up again.
  • Theresa and Lin Nai argued about sharing a room, while Siegfried and Cecilia wondered about their relationship and Kiana hinted that Lin Nai had slept in Theresa’s room.
  • Cecilia asked Durandal to talk later, believing Bianca might have recovered her memories and feeling uncertain about her relationship with Kiana.
  • Bronya invited Lin Nai to stay in her room, but Kiana insisted he stay with her and persuaded Sirin to sleep with Bella by promising a magical-girl transformation device.

Ch. 366Wendy: Open Your Eyes! I Am the Herrscher of Wind

Lin Nai settled the overnight guests into the full villa and went to sleep in the living room. The next morning, Wendy woke him, noticed he had returned to normal, and he planned to visit the docks before taking Fu Hua to meet Black Jilin.

  • Lin Nai constructed a bed in the living room, while Theresa arranged for Tesla, Einstein, and Edison to stay across from Welt’s dorm.
  • Cecilia stayed with Kiana, and Siegfried visited Welt, who failed to convince him that the magical-girl videos had only been autoplaying.
  • Wendy woke Lin Nai and pointed out that he had changed back to normal; he used the Herrscher of Reason’s power to make clothes beneath his blanket.
  • Lin Nai told Wendy to do her homework and planned to get fries at the docks before taking Fu Hua to the Meta Domain to meet Black Jilin.
  • Wendy watched Lin Nai leave, then smiled as she looked through photos on her phone.

Ch. 367Kiana: For Real?!

Wendy secretly photographed Lin Nai sleeping in his childhood clothes, while Lin Nai met Durandal and learned she was returning to Schicksal. A file from Rita revealed strange Honkai clues behind several unrelated incidents, and Lin Nai and Durandal caught Kiana trying to sneak away from class.

  • Wendy lifted Lin Nai's blanket while he slept and took photos of him in his childhood clothes.
  • Lin Nai met Durandal, who said her vacation had ended and she and Rita needed to return to Schicksal.
  • Durandal received a file from Rita detailing Honkai clues linked to five seemingly unrelated incidents around the world.
  • Lin Nai and Durandal grew suspicious of the incidents and decided to return to find Rita.
  • Lin Nai and Durandal caught Kiana climbing over a wall after she skipped class again.

Ch. 368Black Himeko: You Shouldn’t Have Come

Lin Nai and Durandal let Kiana go after she called Durandal “Sister Bianca,” then learned that a growing number of mysterious incidents had prompted Schicksal and Anti-Entropy to investigate. Later, Lin Nai brought Fu Hua to meet Black Jilin in the Meta Domain, where Fu Hua’s arrival left Black Jilin struggling to respond.

  • Kiana pleaded with Lin Nai and Durandal to forgive her, then returned to class after calling Durandal “Sister Bianca.”
  • Rita told Lin Nai, Durandal, Tesla, Einstein, and Edison that reports suggested hundreds or thousands of similar incidents might have occurred worldwide.
  • Tesla received word that the mechs in Salt Lake City had gone out of control and began contacting Raiden Ryoma while the others discussed the investigation.
  • Durandal and Rita returned to Schicksal to investigate, while Tesla, Einstein, and Edison went back to Anti-Entropy to look into the mechs.
  • Lin Nai took Fu Hua to the Meta Domain and found Black Jilin clearing farmland; Black Jilin threatened him before turning to face Fu Hua.

Ch. 369Kiana: We’re So Screwed!!

Lin Nai and Fu Hua left the Meta Domain after speaking with Black Jilin, then went shopping together. They spotted Kiana winning a raffle, and Kiana froze when asked what she had won.

  • Lin Nai watched Fu Hua speak with Black Jilin, then rested while they talked.
  • Fu Hua told Lin Nai that Black Jilin believed she had no place in the new era, and Lin Nai tossed her plant seeds before leaving the Meta Domain with Fu Hua.
  • Fu Hua took Lin Nai to the shopping district, where they reminisced about shopping together in the Previous Civilization.
  • Fu Hua and Lin Nai spotted Kiana at a raffle after she had already skipped class that morning.
  • Kiana pulled a ticket marked First Prize and celebrated, then froze when asked what she had won.

Ch. 370Wendy! Give That Guy a Show!

Lin Nai and Fu Hua caught Kiana skipping class, and Cecilia was assigned to supervise her while Siegfried became the PE teacher. A few days later, Lin Nai and Wendy went to Anti-Entropy’s Salt Lake City base to investigate mechs that had gone berserk and self-destructed, but the production line and wreckage showed no clear cause.

  • Lin Nai and Fu Hua found Kiana skipping class and discovered she had won a restaurant’s unlimited free order.
  • Fu Hua tried the lottery machine repeatedly but won only tissues, then took Kiana to Cecilia for discipline.
  • Cecilia, Theresa, and Himeko made Cecilia Kiana’s teaching assistant, while Theresa assigned Siegfried to teach PE.
  • Lin Nai and Wendy met Tesla and Einstein at Anti-Entropy’s Salt Lake City base to investigate the rogue mechs.
  • Tesla and Einstein reported that inspections had found no production-line issues, and Tesla said the wreckage suggested the mechs had crashed into each other and self-destructed.

Ch. 371Wendy, Full of Resentment

After a mech mysteriously activated and escaped, Wendy destroyed it before Tesla and Einstein could study it. Lin Nai took Wendy shopping while the scientists investigated the wreckage, then left her dreading a stack of exam books.

  • Tesla told Lin Nai that she had checked every mech and found nothing wrong, then a mech burst through a wall and activated on its own.
  • Lin Nai spotted faint purple threads around the mech, and Wendy sliced it into four pieces with wind blades.
  • Lin Nai brought the wreckage to Tesla and Einstein’s temporary laboratory, where they began examining it.
  • Lin Nai pushed Wendy around Salt Lake City in a wheelchair, and she begged him not to make her go bungee jumping.
  • Lin Nai agreed to spare Wendy the bungee jump but told her to complete Five Years of College Entrance Exams, Three Years of Mock Tests.

Ch. 372Hardliners, You Don’t Want…

Lin Nai and Wendy discovered lifelike Honkai Beast statues at an exotic beasts exhibition and suspected they were dangerous. After Tesla and Einstein arrived, Anti-Entropy arranged to take the statues for investigation.

  • Lin Nai and Wendy found Honkai Beast-like statues at the exhibition and learned that an unknown organization had supplied them.
  • Lin Nai covered a statue with energy as a precaution, then contacted Tesla and Einstein while he and Wendy waited over tea.
  • Tesla ate a wasabi snack intended as Wendy's punishment and angrily berated Lin Nai.
  • Einstein and Tesla agreed the statues should be taken away and investigated rather than merely sealing off the exhibition.
  • Einstein's Anti-Entropy personnel negotiated with the exhibition's boss and arranged to take the statues.

Ch. 373Herrscher of Thousands: No Matter the Cost…

Lin Nai kept the three Honkai Beast statues in his room under supervision, but they came alive at midnight and attacked him. He destroyed them, captured the unseen thread controlling them, and identified the culprit as the Herrscher of Thousand.

  • Einstein and Tesla found no abnormalities in the statues and decided to keep them under strict supervision in Lin Nai's room.
  • Wendy offered to protect Lin Nai, but he sent her away by reminding her to do her homework, and Tesla and Einstein agreed to give her extra assignments.
  • At midnight, the three statues cracked open and approached Lin Nai while he pretended to sleep.
  • The Chariot statue shattered its head when it bit Lin Nai, and Lin Nai smashed the statues apart when they attacked him.
  • Lin Nai grabbed the invisible thread controlling the statues, recognized it as belonging to the Herrscher of Thousand, and sensed the energy within it.

Ch. 374Linnaeus: Super Strength! Herrscher!

Lin Nai invaded the Dominion Theater and devastated the Herrschers of Thousand, who combined their dolls into the Rabble to fight him. After Lin Nai wiped out many dolls with the Quantum Stream, the Rabble launched a sudden attack that shattered the ground beneath him.

  • Lin Nai entered the Dominion Theater and overheard the dolls boasting that they would take his power.
  • Lin Nai struck the dolls with Heavenly Fire Judgment and Flame Spear, destroying many of them.
  • The surviving dolls fled before luring Lin Nai into the theater’s center and declaring that they were the Herrscher of Dominion.
  • The dolls merged into the Rabble, which sent X-faced dolls to attack Lin Nai.
  • Lin Nai fired the Quantum Stream and annihilated most of the remaining dolls.
  • The Rabble smashed down at Lin Nai, and its impact shattered the platform.

Ch. 375Linnaeus: You Big Dummy, Welt! What Have You Done?!

Lin Nai destroyed the Herrschers of Thousand and the Dominion Theater, then retrieved Doctor Schrodinger from the Sea of Quantum. He returned to the Anti-Entropy base and caught Wendy trying to break into his room.

  • Lin Nai used the Shield of Paras to destroy the rabble and the Dominion Theater, wiping out the Herrschers of Thousand.
  • Lin Nai found a black mushroom prop, tossed it to Kevin, and watched it explode in a test mishap.
  • Wendy tried to cut through the electronic lock on Lin Nai's room with a wind blade.
  • Lin Nai caught Wendy outside his room and discovered she had already cut the lock.
  • Lin Nai introduced Doctor Schrodinger, whom he had brought back from the Sea of Quantum, to Wendy.
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