You Can Get That Too? / Your Aunt's Got Someone to Introduce You To

"Sure. If we use the same app, March 7th can just send you a friend share."

Asta took out her phone as well. Its case was black, decorated with tiny stars, with a white puppy right in the center—a cartoon image of Peppy. It was obvious that she genuinely liked Peppy.

"You can do that? I didn't know. You know I'm still just a child."

"Yes, yes, a child who was that big right after being born."

Caelus opened his phone and, with Asta's help, registered for WeChat, the interastral universal chat app. Supposedly, it allowed smooth communication from any planet. As for how it worked, the answer was quantum entanglement.

After registering and entering the chat app, Asta became Caelus's first friend. He then switched his phone to camera mode, stepped beside Asta, raised the phone high with one hand, and made a V-sign with the other.

"What are you doing?" Asta asked in confusion.

"Taking a photo together. Then I can look at it whenever I miss you."

Caelus's explanation left Asta momentarily speechless. She had never met a man who immediately wanted to take a commemorative photo with her, but seeing the sincerity in Caelus's eyes, she felt there was no need to refuse. He was still just a child. What could he possibly understand?

Asta was thinking about other things, but when the flash went off, she still raised both hands beside her cheeks in V-signs, giving Caelus a photo of the two of them together.

"Where are you going next?"

After taking the photo, Asta asked curiously. She normally did not pry into the Star Rail Express's destination, but this time, there was an unusual Nameless like Caelus among them. That made it worth looking into.

"Penacony. Acheron's destination is there too. Quite a coincidence, right?"

Caelus had nothing to hide from Asta, so he answered whatever she asked. Hearing such a coincidence, Asta seemed to recall something as well.

"Huh, that rare grand event? The Interastral Peace Corporation received an invitation from Penacony too. They'll probably send someone."

Asta really knew quite a lot. The moment she heard the name Penacony, she understood what the Express crew was going there to do. Attending a grand event like that sounded incredibly exciting. If she had not been unable to get away, she would have wanted to go too.

"The Interastral Peace Corporation?"

Caelus felt as if he had vaguely heard that name before, but he could not remember where. He looked at Asta curiously, waiting for her explanation.

"It's a company my family owns shares in. You could call it the largest company in the galaxy."

Asta gave a simple explanation. There was no point in Caelus knowing more, but even that single sentence was enough to suggest a terrifying giant. Even if the company did not belong to Asta's family, a family that owned shares in it could lie around every day and still gain wealth beyond ordinary people's imagination.

"No wonder you're so rich. You really are a young lady," Caelus remarked.

"Don't call me that. I still prefer being the station master."

Asta's delicate brows furrowed. She wanted to be herself, not some family's young lady. Ever since she was little, she had disliked the young-lady halo surrounding her.

Caelus nodded and silently remembered what Asta disliked. Just as he finished up and prepared to leave, Asta seemed to remember something. She slipped a hand into her skirt pocket and pulled out a black card.

"Caelus, you'll definitely need to spend money in Penacony, right? Take my supplementary card. If anyone from the company gives you trouble, use my name."

Asta handed the thin card to Caelus. She knew what kind of place Penacony was. Put bluntly, it was a money pit. The Express crew had some funds, but compared to the terrifying spending there, they might really go bankrupt.

"Are you telling me what to do?"

Caelus took the card, tucked it into his jacket pocket, and spoke with a proud expression.

"Then don't take it. Give it back."

Asta held out her hand.

"No, no, no, I was just joking. I love living off a woman. You know I'm still young, and my stomach hasn't fully developed yet."

The arrogance vanished from Caelus's face at once. He reached for Asta's little hand, but she quickly avoided him and rolled her blue eyes at him.

"Let's be clear. I'll keep track of everything you spend with this card. I'm lending it to you, so you'll have to pay it back later."

Asta raised her index finger at Caelus. Although she did not care about spending Credits at all, she did not want Caelus to develop the idea that he no longer needed to work hard. He had to work hard and live up to both her and Herta's expectations.

"And you still say there's nothing in your heart for me. You gave me such an important card."

Caelus happily hugged the card as if he were hugging Asta herself, leaving her somewhat helpless.

"Think of it as an investment. Madam Herta thinks highly of you. Even for her sake, I have to offer you some help. I hope you do well. Keep it up."

Asta did not know why she had impulsively given Caelus the card. Clearly, if he wanted to pursue her, he should have relied on his own effort to make something of himself. Now that she was helping him, it was no longer Caelus pursuing her through his own hard work—it was her helping him pursue her.

In the end, Asta still felt that Caelus had potential worth uncovering. Building a friendly relationship with him was an investment. If he truly became the protagonist on the galactic stage someday, her investment would pay off.

"Don't worry. A drop of kindness deserves a fountain in return, and a beauty's favor is the hardest debt to bear. Once I become emperor of the universe, I'll make you my consort."

Caelus immediately gave Asta his assurance. He had never intended to ask her for money, but since she had so proactively provided him with start-up capital for the future, it was like help in a snowstorm. He would remember this favor firmly.

"Why a consort? What about empress?"

Asta frowned and asked in dissatisfaction. She had not agreed to anything yet, but who would be happy to hear that she was being made the lesser one from the start? She was beginning to wonder whether he really wanted to pursue her at all.

"So you really are a playboy. I don't know whether investing in you was the right choice."

Asta sighed. If Caelus had not been born so recently, she would have wanted to drag him away and investigate his record. After spouting that flirtatious nonsense, he ran off in a flash. He had achieved his goal and even gotten a rich woman's black card. It felt incredible.

"Miss, who exactly is he?"

After Caelus ran off, the white-haired youth beside Asta finally spoke. He did not understand why his mistress indulged that man so much. The man's mind clearly did not seem quite right, and all he knew was that he had something to do with Herta.

"That's a secret. I can't tell you. But Arlan..."

Naturally, Asta would not casually reveal the Stellaron's whereabouts. It was Herta's property. Even if it had grown legs and run off, it was still under Herta's control and would not easily fall into anyone else's hands.

"Yes."

Arlan was the youth's name. He responded and waited for Asta to continue.

"Do you think he's suitable for me?"

Asta's question stunned Arlan. His innocent mistress suddenly asking this had caught him completely off guard. Though they were superior and subordinate, Asta had always treated him like family. Their relationship was more like close friends who had gone beyond the boundaries of master and servant.

"No."

Arlan answered without hesitation. He suspected that his mistress had been deceived by a bad man. That Caelus did not look like a good person at all. It was bad enough that he spoke improperly; he had even blamed a dog for something.

"I knew you'd say that. I don't think we're suitable either, but if he seemed suitable at a glance, I'd have to question his true motives."

Asta said with a smile. Arlan only half understood. It seemed Asta had no feelings for Caelus, yet it also seemed she meant something else. His mistress was still too difficult to understand. He should just focus on being her guard.

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Are There Really Such Good Things?

Caelus returned to the Star Rail Express with cheerful steps. There were still only the same few people aboard, but Acheron was nowhere to be seen. She had probably gone back to her room to rest.

"March 7th, make me a cup of tea."

Caelus sat down on a single sofa in an extremely arrogant pose, both arms resting on the backrest, looking as if heaven was first and he was second. March 7th's brows twitched.

"Who do you think you are, ordering me around?"

"Watch your attitude. You're speaking to a successful man with a Star Destroyer."

Caelus remained just as arrogant.

"Pfft. So you have a Star Destroyer—can you afford to maintain it? The Express's maintenance costs are already astronomical, and we haven't even asked you for rent yet."

March 7th made a face at Caelus. She had only just remembered the maintenance costs for a Star Destroyer. How could an ordinary person possibly afford something like that? Caelus had gotten something he could only look at and never use. In the end, he would probably have to sell it secondhand.

"No, no, no. You really are such a country bumpkin. Look at this."

Caelus spoke in badly pronounced alien language, then placed the black card onto the table before him between two fingers, signaling March 7th to take a good look.

"A supplementary card? Whose... Wait, did you rob Asta?"

March 7th froze slightly. After examining it carefully, she recognized what the card was. Remembering who Caelus had gone to see, she immediately cried out in shock.

"Nonsense. This is proof of our bond. I'll use it to fuel the Star Destroyer."

Caelus corrected her. A pained expression gradually appeared on March 7th's face. Seeing Caelus profit like this hurt worse than losing money herself—especially when he had profited so massively.

"Come massage my shoulders. I'll cover all your expenses in Penacony."

Caelus waved the black card in his hand and launched a facial-expression attack. No one knew how he did it, but his lower lip nearly curled up to his nose. Faced with that twisted expression, March 7th naturally chose to surrender.

A pair of soft palms landed on Caelus's shoulders. To be honest, he was quite surprised. He had not expected March 7th to actually do it.

"I don't want to either, but people online say Penacony is insanely expensive. I don't have an income, so I'll have to rely on you, Caelus."

March 7th pouted. She was an orphan taken in by the Star Rail Express, and even her usual allowance came from Himeko. How could she ask an elder for more money? Now that Caelus, this easy mark, was here, March 7th decided to exchange her labor for money.

"Fine, I keep my word. Buy whatever you like. I'll pay."

Caelus agreed immediately. Although Asta had said that he would need to pay the spending back himself, he felt no pressure at all. Caelus himself had not realized that he had been born the lawless type. What restrained him had never been things like morality, but his companions' feelings for him. The first person he had met being March 7th was, in a sense, very fortunate.

After enjoying a beautiful girl's shoulder massage, Caelus returned to his room to wait for the Express to depart. It was not that he did not want to interact more with March 7th; he wanted to see what Acheron was doing. She was his closest friend, after all.

After Caelus returned to his room, he found Acheron sitting on the sofa as expected, staring at the phone in her hand and laboriously tapping at something.

Caelus sat down beside Acheron and watched her use her phone. But after watching for a while, he realized that she was even more childish than he was.

"Acheron, I'm not trying to criticize you, but can you really tap the screen with those finger guards on? Don't you think something's wrong here?"

Caelus could not help complaining. Acheron had three metal finger guards on her right hand, their tips sharp enough to look as though they could gouge out an enemy's eyes at any moment. Of course she could not accurately press a phone screen while wearing those.

"I don't."

Acheron stubbornly replied. In truth, she had noticed the problem too, but she simply did not want to remove the finger guards, so she had been wrestling with her phone.

"Sigh."

Caelus sighed, took Acheron's right hand, and removed the phone. He carefully examined her palm. The bracer and fingerless glove seemed to be connected as one piece. Caelus did not have any strange urge to rub her hand against his face for pleasure; he simply found a way to take off the finger guards she wore.

"This is a safe area. There's no need to stay fully armed. And why are you wrapping chains around your arm? Are you some edgy girl? A biker?"

Caelus muttered as he removed the finger guards. Then he saw the silver chains wrapped around Acheron's forearm. Strangely, the chains had no visible clasp. Perhaps only she knew how to remove them.

"No. These chains are... used to seal my power."

Acheron wanted to pull her hand back, but Caelus held on and would not let her escape. He kept turning it over to inspect it, making her uncomfortable.

"Aha, I admit you're the strongest woman I've ever seen, but isn't sealing your power a little exaggerated? What can you do if you unseal it? Transform into your second phase?"

Caelus laughed heartlessly. He thought Acheron was strong, but only to that extent. She could bully minor grunts, sure, but had he not dealt with the Doomsday Beast himself? Caelus felt extremely inflated now. He might not be much weaker than Acheron, after all. He was a Stellaron, after all.

"I can't."

Acheron thought about it. The state she entered after releasing the chains could not really be called a transformation. It was more like changing color, so she shook her head.

"Then there you go. Besides, you definitely have to take them off when you bathe, right? Unless you don't bathe."

Caelus continued smiling. Acheron ignored his teasing and finally pulled her hand back. Caelus handed the phone back to her too.

"Come on, I'll teach you how to register. Once we add each other as friends, we can chat whenever we want."

Caelus taught the phone-newbie Acheron how to register for the chat app. He had just learned it from Asta, and fortunately, he was smart enough to remember it after seeing it once. When it came to electronic devices, he felt that he and Acheron were equally clueless.

"Chat whenever we want?" Acheron asked doubtfully.

"Aren't you going to Penacony? If you finish what you need to do there, we might have to separate. Then we can keep in touch through our phones. You wouldn't abandon me, your good friend, would you?"

Caelus continued rambling. He truly regarded Acheron as a good friend. She was practically his lifesaver. Even if she had to leave, Caelus needed to make sure he could contact her. More importantly, she got lost so easily. What would she do without him guiding her?

"No. Once matters in Penacony are over, if you aren't afraid of me, I'll travel with you."

Acheron made it clear that she had no intention of separating from Caelus. Though they had only formed a temporary party, she felt that there were many things about Caelus worth discovering. As long as he did not suggest parting ways first, Acheron would not bring it up either.

"That's great. And why would I be afraid of you? You're so cute. Anyone would want to travel with you."

Caelus smiled. He had been worried that Acheron might remain in Penacony, but if she was a traveler without a destination, that was certainly a good thing. As he spoke, Caelus lifted a hand to Acheron's cheek, his fingers gently brushing against her smooth skin.

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"Cute, me?"

Acheron looked very confused. She had encountered many people who called her a monster, but Caelus was the first to describe her as cute. She even had to take a moment to recall what cute was supposed to describe.

"Of course you. Don't doubt yourself. You're a beautiful young woman."

Caelus gave Acheron a thumbs-up with a smile. His smile infected her, and she let out a soft laugh. She rarely had chances to interact with others like this. After learning Caelus's identity, she understood that he was an outlier. Acheron herself was also an outlier. Perhaps that was why they got along especially well.

Beep, beep.

A notification sounded from Caelus's phone. He had only added Asta as a friend and thought she might be messaging him. But when he opened WeChat, he found that a stranger was trying to add him.

The stranger's profile picture showed a pair of rabbit ears. Looking carefully, however, they were not real ears but bunny ears made from a hair accessory. Caelus felt they looked strangely familiar, so he accepted the friend request.

Silver Wolf: Hey, hey, hey. You there?

Galaxy Youth: Here.

Silver Wolf: Whoa, that nickname. I'm going to throw up for a while first.

Galaxy Youth: That tone... are you my aunt?