"You should take some time to recuperate first."
"Oh, right. I caught the cat you wanted and brought it back too. It's just a little disobedient and has been giving Rita quite a headache. Perfect—you can go help her."
"When the Thousand Worlds Layered experiment begins in a while, I'll need you to step in as well."
"Yes, Bishop. Next time, I will make up for my mistakes."
Since Xia Ling had already transformed the puppet into Su's body ahead of time, Otto's work of retrieving the Second Divine Key had gone much more smoothly. On the other hand, once he opened the Second Divine Key, he might have to face all sorts of strange paintings Dusk had accumulated during this time.
As for what Dusk had accumulated? At her current level, Su did not dare let her create freely, so her daily task was generally copying things.
Considering her painting skills, copying even a practice piece usually took a long time. Thus, Su had not assigned her anything too difficult at first—just simple copies of scenery within the Sumeru Mustard Seed.
However, the system soon provided a new idea.
Although there was not much in the Sumeru Mustard Seed for Dusk to copy, that was fine. The system had plenty.
During these trials, Xia Ling's secondary slot had always been Dusk. They were not aiming to clear the stages anyway. Fewer rewards were fine, longer runs were fine, as long as Dusk could copy more strange-looking things.
For that purpose, Su had even marked out an area in the Sumeru Mustard Seed specifically to store the practice works Dusk produced during her weekly trials. Though the efficiency was low and she could only produce one or two paintings a week, when Otto opened the Second Divine Key... Just imagining