A Confession on the Moon

Xia Ling suddenly lunged forward, burying her head in that soft embrace, fully enjoying the reward time after her victory.

Elysia, with a gentle smile, softly stroked the girl's head and smoothed her hair with her fingers.

"You finally did it, Xia Ling..."

"Is the Miss Fairy proud of you?"

"Hmph, of course!"

Xia Ling looked up and said with a smile, "Elysia, do you remember what I told you back then?"

"I wanted to make this story even more perfect... and now, I've almost done it."

"Yes, my lovely Xia Ling is the best!"

Elysia gently pecked the girl's excited cheek, then asked in confusion, "But why almost?"

"Because Griseo hasn't come home yet!"

Xia Ling was full of energy. "Right now, I have nearly 20% of the power of Finality! Once I find that girl, Suo, in the Sea of Quantum, I'll drag her out of the sea and pluck all her feathers off the ground!"

"Okay, okay, I know you're really good now, right?"

Elysia rubbed Xia Ling's cheek. "Well, right now I'm rubbing our one-fifth of Miss Finality's cute face, you know, isn't that an unprecedented achievement?"

"Hmph, of course."

Xia Ling raised her little face. "How dare you offend one-fifth of the Finality like this! I'll punish you by making you stay with me forever... Gu Yi!"

Before she could finish speaking, the adorable Xia Ling cake was devoured by Elysia.

A moment later, Xia Ling, her face flushed from Elysia's fierce attack, collapsed into Elysia's arms once again.

Although no further progress was made as everyone hoped, the sweet scent from Elysia's mouth still made Xia Ling, who was already one-fifth of the Finality, instantly become limp and weak.

"As expected, even after becoming stronger, Xia Ling is still just as adorable~"

Elysia gently covered her cherry lips, her face full of joy.

"We've done it so many times already, why is Little Xia Ling still as shy as she was at the beginning?"

"What do you know!"

Although her body language betrayed her words, Xia Ling, still unwilling to admit defeat, continued to argue stubbornly.

"Me? I call it 'like the first time we met'! As the Origin, what's wrong with me acting like it's the first time we met?"

"Okay, cute Little Xia Ling ~"

Elysia pinched Xia Ling's cheek and said with a smile, "Are you still going to find Theresa? I won't take up your time~ She must have been waiting for a long time, right?"

"Well..."

When Xia Ling thought of Theresa, she couldn't help but think of her Key of Blankness Project, which was also the reason why a certain guilty guy chose to come to Elysia first.

Theresa probably, maybe, perhaps, possibly doesn't know that she died once... right?

"I think I should go talk to Little E first..."

"Don't run away at the last minute, okay? Little E said your chance to make a call using the cocoon is precious, so she won't bother you."

"As for where she is now... maybe you'll see her at the lunar base later?"

"Oh, so Little E has already gone to the moon...?"

"However, Miss Fairy, let me give you one last reminder: sincerity is the best weapon, okay?"

After winking at Xia Ling, Elysia disappeared without hesitation.

Although she now has a real body and can more easily go to the moon to see Xia Ling... she still prefers to use the system to occupy Xia Ling's sleep time at night.

As for the fact that a certain girl often needs to change her bed sheets... perhaps it's just a minor side effect?

After ending her reflection with Elysia, Xia Ling continued her search for Theresa.

This time, the search seemed to be going much faster than Xia Ling had expected. Perhaps it was because Kiana had just mirrored Theresa, because almost as soon as she started searching, Theresa's figure appeared in her range of perception.

This time, however, she didn't dare to pounce, but instead cautiously approached Theresa.

"Um, my dear Theresa ~"

Xia Ling's hand slowly caressed Theresa's waist from behind.

Then his hand was slapped away without any mercy.

Oh no, she found out.

Xia Ling suddenly felt that her future was bleak, and the vibrant and thriving environment in the basement seemed to have appeared before her eyes.

"What, is there something you want to say?"

Theresa, still sulking, turned around at this moment, her little mouth slightly pouting.

"Uh... I was wrong?"

"Ouch—it hurts!"

Before she could react, Theresa bit Xia Ling's shoulder hard.

After a long while, the girl finally let go.

"Waaah... Theresa, are you not angry anymore?"

Xia Ling looked at Theresa with teary eyes.

"What's the use of getting angry? Do you think I'll stop you from doing dangerous things just because you're angry?"

Theresa pinched the girl's cheeks hard, pulling her into all sorts of strange expressions.

"Ugh, I'm sorry... I won't do it again..."

"Hmph! You won't have a next chance either."

Theresa gave a heavy snort.

"Actually, Amber told me about your research on the Key of Blankness a long time ago. Do you think I didn't know you were researching something very dangerous?"

"Eh, eh eh?"

"Stop playing dumb! Anyway, I've already spoken to Kiana. From now on, if you do anything dangerous like this again, don't blame us for taking care of you together, okay?"

"I promise, I guarantee it won't happen again!"

Xia Ling said it subconsciously, then she paused for a moment.

"Wait, together?"

Yes, together—

Theresa grabbed Xia Ling's soft flesh at the waist hard.

"You bastard, didn't you already make a move on Kiana?"

"Wait, wait, I'm innocent! I really didn't... mmm!"

Poor Xia Ling experienced being forcibly kissed for the second time in less than an hour.

"I don't care, it's your fault anyway!" Theresa knew perfectly well that it wasn't Xia Ling's fault. After all... she had seen Kiana's actions and was already prepared for it.

Moreover, given this little fairy's charm, and her experiences in Changkong City and on the moon, it would be difficult for Kiana not to fall for her.

However, this doesn't stop Theresa from taking the opportunity to teach Xia Ling a lesson and make her behave for a while.

Incidentally... we should sign some unequal treaties.

"I've already heard from Kiana that you're going to leave some clones on Earth as backup bodies, so you can switch between them at any time to travel between Earth and the Moon, right?"

"Yes, that's right... What's wrong?"

"I will leave a spare body in my Judah so that I may contact you at any time."

Although the reason was very legitimate, what made Xia Ling feel uneasy was that Theresa's face had begun to show some strange blushes.

"Gulp." Xia Ling swallowed hard in fear.

"Um, Theresa..."

"You wouldn't do anything weird to my body while I'm not around, would you?"

"I hope I don't get overwhelmed by the huge amount of strange sensations in my body as soon as I shifted my consciousness?"

"Theresa, please don't stay silent, you're scaring me..."

Chapter Thirty-Three: A Confession on the Moon

"Phew... I've finally said everything I needed to say."

After contacting everyone in turn, Xia Ling breathed a long sigh of relief.

Although it seems incredible, they have indeed made the leap... The Finality has plagued human civilization for generations has been completely ended in their hands.

With Kevin's death, the Stigmata Project also completed its mission. Thanks to the joint efforts of Gray Serpent 1904 and Ai, the small number of people who were still trapped in the dream were quickly liberated.

In short, the Earth is not exactly in ruins, but it is certainly being rebuilt from scratch. For ordinary people, it is like a dream, but the world's top power structure is about to undergo a complete reorganization.

Although these reorganizations have not yet begun, as far as Xia Ling knows, there are at least matters such as merging with Schicksal Anti-Entropy, absorbing the legacy of the World Serpent, and completely abolishing the Anti-Entropy executor system. Just hearing about them is enough to give anyone a headache.

Xia Ling is considering whether to use the excuse of understanding the power of Finality to hide on the moon for a few days in order to escape the busy affairs of Schicksal.

However, if she did that, she would likely face Theresa's "retaliation" afterward, especially since she could now bring Kiana along. Xia Ling didn't even dare to think about how she would get through it.

So she dared to think about it, after all, although she called it Qiqi in her previous life, the little Kiana she raised didn't look like it at all.

"Xia Ling!"

Kiana's voice came from behind Xia Ling.

"Is it finished on your end?"

"Yeah, I mainly chatted with Mei for a while." Kiana chuckled. "Bronya, she seems tough on the outside, but she's actually the softest-hearted one."

"Let me guess, did she lose a little pearl?"

"Huh? Xia Ling, how did you guess?" Kiana was greatly surprised. "It really is! Even though she turned her back, I saw her!"

"Hmph, I'll tease her about this when we're playing games tonight."

"I'm your teacher, even though I'm just a teaching assistant. Don't I know you all well?" Xia Ling said smugly.

"However, there is one thing that I'm afraid will disappoint you, Kiana."

"Huh?"

"Little E and I just communicated, and she told me some bad news." Xia Ling shrugged. "Considering our current Finality Authority, it's definitely impossible for us to stay overnight in New Atra of the World Serpent."

"The new lunar base hasn't even started construction yet. The automated construction robots are still being transported there. According to Little E's estimate, we won't be able to move into our bedrooms at the base until noon tomorrow at the earliest."

In other words...

"In other words, we estimate that we will be able to enjoy the feeling of having the sky as our blanket and the earth as our mat on the moon."

Kiana paused for a moment, then quickly flashed a vibrant smile.

"That's not bad either."

As she spoke, she casually waved her hand, and the surrounding ground was instantly smoothed out. Then, Kiana used a bit of her Authority of Reason to project a picnic blanket.

Then, she sat down and reached out her hand to Xia Ling.

"Xia Ling, aren't you coming with us? It's been a long time since we chatted like this since we were in Changkong City, hasn't it? I remember we used to huddle together like this almost every night, looking at the moon outside the window and chatting."

"Of course, but... Kiana, why don't you materialize a sofa?"

"That creates a better atmosphere."

"You bastard..."

Looking at Kiana reaching out to her in a coquettish manner, Xia Ling couldn't help but want to laugh.

"How come the hero who defeated humanity's greatest threat is still so fond of acting cute?"

"Because I only do this with a few specific people."

Kiana gently took Xia Ling's slender hand and whispered, "After all, there are very few places where I can act cute... Besides Mei and Aunt Flo, it's only with you, Xia Ling."