Becoming Aponia's Master

Elysia didn't want this to happen, she would rather die than see it this way!

She didn't want Bai Ge to abandon his ideals for her sake.

Her love was selfless.

But love is complicated.

Elysia selfishly hopes that Bai Ge only likes her (Good King Zhao), but above that, she hopes that he can become the most dazzling person. If she were a Herrscher, if she would stand on the opposite side of humanity like other Herrscher in the future.

Elysia would immediately try to end her own life.

She didn't want to stand against Bai Ge, and she didn't want Bai Ge to stand against the world for her sake.

The boy she deeply loves is the great hero who will eventually defeat all the Herrscher, defeat the Honkai, and bring everyone a happy and perfect ending—a hero that Elysia is proud of!

Elysia could not allow herself to tarnish Bai Ge's dazzling and glorious future.

If it really comes to that, she would even make herself a part of Bai Ge's dazzling achievements, adding to his glory with her own.

"Don't worry, Aili."

Aponia smiled gently, offering her blessings; she could see the future, so she knew.

"In all the futures I see, you will always be the Herrscher of the human camp, always by his side. Even if the world is destroyed, you will have a happy ending... Although I can't see Bai Ge's future, I can see the threads of your destiny, intertwined from beginning to end, never separated."

"Really?!"

"I swear on my life for Kalpas, it's true."

Aponia raised one hand and said.

However, there was one thing she didn't say aloud.

While it's true that Elysia is the one most closely intertwined with Bai Ge's destiny, there are also many other people whose destinies are tightly entangled with that white thread.

Mobius, Sakura, Plum, Hua, Eden, and some people Aponia doesn't recognize.

Even she herself was like that.

Aponia: (Could it be that I will become his the Lover in the future?)

Elysia: "Hmm? Aponia, why are you suddenly blushing?"

Aponia: "... Nothing, just some happy thoughts came to mind."

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Chapter 246, Becoming the Master of Aponia (Please subscribe automatically)

Several months passed after that, Moth Chasing Fire.

Inside the counseling room, Bai Ge sat in Aponia's chair and said, "Sigh, I'm starting to regret bringing the three of you back from Twilight Street. Couldn't you have given me a break?"

Bai Ge held a stack of reports in his hand, his brows furrowing deeper and deeper as he read them, while Aponia knelt obediently before him, her head bowed, looking like a repentant nun.

Ever since Bai brought Aponia, Kalpas, and Pardo from Twilight Street, Bai felt that his peaceful days were over.

First, the number of violent private fights within the base has skyrocketed in the past few months, but it's easy to solve. At this moment, the culprit, Kalpas, has been embedded in the earth.

(Kalpas: "Pain... pleasure...")

Secondly, the number of thefts has also surged. Although the stolen items are just small, inexpensive things like lighters, instant noodles, and cups, those who should be punished are still punished.

Cat Anchor's secret stash has been completely confiscated.

(Pardo: "Wow, my treasure vault!")

However, although both of them are troublesome, they are still better than Aponia.

Snap!

Bai Ge slammed the report heavily on the table.

Aponia's body trembled slightly.

All that could be seen was the enormous slime on her chest, easily a J-level, swaying back and forth. But even if this giant, fluttering moth had a heart of steel, Bai would never forgive her this time.

(Bai Ge: "Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have a big, beautiful shield. This time, we must punish this stupid nun who made a mistake severely!")

"Aponia, I'm talking, you answer," Bai Ge said coldly.

"...yes."

"Five days ago, you used [Discipline] to make a soldier publicly post his browsing history and show all his private collections on the Moth Chasing Fire's internal forum. Why did you do such a cruel thing!"

"Because he said he was an introverted person, but longed for more people to understand him, and hoped I could help him become more open and show his true self."

Aponia said with a sincere and innocent expression.

"So you just made his browsing history public?! Don't you know that guy has already applied to leave Earth and go work at a base on the moon?!"

Bai Ge rolled his eyes and slammed his hand on the table. Good heavens, once an extrovert, always a recluse. That soldier is so socially awkward that he's too ashamed to live on Earth.

Moreover, this isn't just a simple case of social death; it's using "precepts" to make others watch helplessly as they themselves die!

Bai Ge could hardly imagine the despair that person felt when they couldn't control themselves and posted their browsing history on the forum. In Current Civilization, they would probably have been turned into a massacre on the spot.

"Never mind, next one! Because of the [Discipline] you imposed, a medic, when facing Emperor-class Honkai Impact 3rd 67 Beast, directly grabbed... a defibrillator and charged in?"

"He said he was too timid, and his legs would go weak as soon as he went on a mission. He hoped that I could give him the courage to face any difficulties head-on and never run away / [Precept]."

"He's just a medic, not a 'battlefield' medic! And Kevin, who was standing in front of him, isn't even dead yet. Why would he need to use a defibrillator to shock Emperor-Class Honkai Beast? This isn't courage, it's just plain stupid!"

"...sorry."

Bai Ge crumpled the report in his hand into a ball and then slammed it hard onto Aponia's head.

(Kalpas: "Well done!")

"Hiss~ Whoosh!"

Bai Ge took a few deep breaths, and looking at the big, obediently kneeling moth, he felt his blood pressure rise.

"So how are you going to explain this! Aponia, through the [Commandments], you have completely molded the minds of a man and a woman into the likeness of me and Elysia."

The first two are easy to deal with, but this one is serious.

It has even crossed Bai Ge's bottom line.

From a certain perspective, Mobius's actions were even more excessive. At least the Snakey was just a physical experiment, but this giant fluttering moth was already toying with people's will.

"... This is what they asked me to do. These two people said they were too dirty and negative, so they hoped to become as beautiful and radiant as you and Elysia."

Aponia wore an expression of repentance and sorrow.

The two people who asked her for help were humble, weak, and ugly, but they were survivors of the Honkai 3rd incident that Bai Ge and Elysia had saved during a past mission.

After that, they became completely idolized by Bai Ge and Elysia, and joined the Moth Chasing Fire in hopes of getting closer to them, but... Bai Ge and Aili's brilliance was simply too dazzling.

Handsome, beautiful, strong, kind, brave, free... it seems that all the positive adjectives invented by humankind can be used to describe Bai Ge and Elysia.

The more they worshipped, the more they felt ashamed of themselves, but this also made them yearn to become Bai Ge and Elysia. In the end, they asked Aponia for help.

Let her use the power of the [Discipline] to transform her mental form into that of White Youth and Pink Fairy. Incidentally, the boy becomes Elysia, and the girl becomes Bai Ge...

"I said, Aponia, can't you tell the difference between what you can and can't do?"

"I'm sorry, I didn't expect things to turn out that way."

"Sigh~ I really don't know what to say to you."

Bai Ge sighed deeply, feeling a real urge to give this nun a good "lesson." Even his Dark Seele wasn't this capable of causing trouble.

The endings for the two men and women whose minds were transformed into Bai Ge and Elysia were not happy.

The latter approached the Honkai Beast, saying it wanted to avenge its family and drive the Honkai out of the world, but was almost killed by an Assault-class mosquito.

The former spent all day seeking help from others, but eventually couldn't keep going and has now developed social anxiety disorder, becoming a true social phobic.

"I'm sorry, I've realized my mistake."

Aponia lowered her head even further.

"Ordinary people don't have abilities like yours and Elysia's. Even though I used the [Discipline] to make them think like you, the difference in their minds, their strength, and many other factors prevent them from achieving the same great feats as you. So I should..."

"Wrong! Utterly wrong!"

Bai Ge couldn't stand it anymore. He flipped over the table, walked up to Aponia, and pushed her to the ground. His beautiful Golden Eyes were fixed on the nun's eyes as he corrected her.

"This isn't about whether it's possible, it's about what it's forbidden to do! Everyone's thoughts are unique. Aponia, you can't use the [Commandments] to turn others into me and Elysia. That's killing their ego."

Even if they can't become heroes like themselves, those two can strive to become better versions of themselves that suit them.

However, Aponia's "commandments" caused them to lose their own reason and direction, turning them into shadows of Bai Ge and Elysia... and very inferior shadows at that.

Although this was at the other party's request.

But Aponia should choose to refuse.

"... I'm sorry, Bai Ge. I thought I could change their fate just like you did."

The boy's voice struck the nun's heart like a heavy hammer, making this Flame-Chasers the "precepts" as her motto, realize her mistake. Her hands clenched so tightly that her nails dug into her flesh, and tears of repentance welled up in her eyes.

"..."

Bai Ge silently got off Aponia; he had already realized the problem with this giant fluttering moth.