Please Take Care of Me, Seele

Well, it was pretty sudden.

Fortunately, she took out a small mirror and carefully examined her current appearance.

Perhaps due to a problem with his Bonded Weaponry, he now seems to have transformed into Seele's appearance. However, overall, he is still the main character, with the addition of red and blue heterochromatic hair and eyes, giving him an eerie aura.

Oh no, I should say "she" now.

I felt empty down there again, but for some reason I didn't feel sad; I guess I've gotten used to it.

Well, of course, the most important thing right now isn't grieving the repeated loss of male identity, but rather figuring out how to Seele's emotions. After all, it's a bit too much for girls experiencing something like this for the first time...

Just as Xing was racking her brains for an explanation, she felt a burning sensation in her chest and a loss of energy. Two orbs of light, one red and one blue, flew out from her body, and Black Seele in the Abyssal Empress Armor and White Seele in the Sea of Butterflies Armor slowly landed.

"Mmm, the feeling of freedom is so good~" Black Seele took a deep breath of the free air, put White Seele down, and teasingly pinched her cheek with her fingers, "Finally, I don't have to stay in the same body as you, you coward. I should thank 'Brother Xing' properly~"

Black Seele practically spat out those three words through gritted teeth.

"What do you want to do, my other self?" White Seele said tremblingly, her body uncontrollably retreating. She was already afraid of her alter ego, but now that both of them had independent bodies, she was even more terrified.

Meanwhile—

"Oh, you're back?"

She felt tears streaming down her face as she experienced his return, witnessing his manhood.

Bang!

Before he could even compose himself, he felt a chill down his spine and instinctively summoned Heavenly Fire Judgment - Oath of Protection to block behind him. The blade clashed with the Blood Abyss Eyes scythe, sparking a burst of sparks.

"Black Seele, what are you doing?" Xing forcefully pushed away the scythe, quickly turned around, and confronted Black Seele with her sword.

"What? Don't worry, since you really helped us regain our physical form, I won't hold what happened earlier against you." A morbid, maniacal laugh appeared on Black Seele's face. "But I haven't forgotten what happened before. Your violence against me when we first met, and every time you teased me after that, I'm going to settle all those scores with you now!"

"You're too vengeful! Those were just jokes between friends!"

A giant, bright red claw suddenly emerged from the ground. Xing quickly jumped away, but Black Seele herself charged at him with a scythe. Xing hurriedly raised her weapon to block, but Black Seele knocked her away with a single blow, sending her crashing through the wall and landing outside.

"Also, my other self, Brother Xing helped us, we can't repay kindness with enmity..." White Seele, hiding behind, tried to stop the riot of the other personality.

"Stay here and don't move!" Black Seele glared at her, two giant, blood-red claws emerged from the ground and grabbed her ankles. Then, without looking back, she charged out.

You bastard, how dare you transform into Seele's appearance! I'll never forgive you!

—The head of the Seele fan club's anger over Seele's hacked account

Thus, in the Anti-Entropy mecha base, two Valkyrie with similar appearances wielded different weapons and fought fiercely. Fortunately did not want to fight with Black Seele and was on the defensive, while Black Seele showed no mercy, her scythes slashing from all directions.

"Hey, Black Seele, I'm all for it if you want to fight, but can we fight somewhere else?" Seeing yet another innocent Titan Mech being smashed by Black Seele, Xing felt sorry for her and advised her to stop, knowing that he would be held responsible for all of this later!

"Hmph, enough nonsense. If you want to stop me, then defeat me first! Let me see if your strength is really as formidable as they say!"

Fortunate. "..."

My health and mana bars haven't recovered yet, and you just stole some of them. If you're so capable, wait until I recover my mana before you fight again!

Perhaps because both Black Seele and White Seele, who were the main entities, had separated, he didn't feel that his strength had increased much. It seemed that the only changes were that his hair and eyes had turned different colors, his face looked better, his body proportions were more harmonious, and he could quantumize... Huh?!

Black Seele's figure vanished the instant she attacked him, then reappeared behind him as a streak of red light. In that instant, as if acting subconsciously, Xing's body also disappeared just before being struck by the scythe. Then, intertwined streams of red and blue light appeared behind Black Seele, and a flaming blade rested against the girl's neck.

"You lost, Black Seele."

Surprisingly, this wondrous Bonded Weaponry granted him and Seele the same traits, allowing Sachi to utilize the power from the Quantum Sea even now that they were separated. Furthermore, he could sense a strange connection established between him and both Seele —a connection not formed through the Bonded Weaponry, but more like...

Black Seele seemed to sense something as well, and turned back to give Xing a wicked smile. The next second, he felt a blur before his eyes and suddenly found himself in the spot where Black Seele had just been, with a scythe gleaming coldly against his neck.

"Hehe, I won~" Black Seele's voice sounded incredibly cheerful. She carried her scythe and slowly approached Sachi, stroking his cheek from behind with her left hand. "It's really surprising that your reaction has become the same as ours in my perception. Is it because you and I are so compatible, or because of your strange ability? In any case, it seems that you have become one of us as we gained physical form. This is truly amazing."

Xing blinked. "Um, I understand the logic, so why are you touching my head?" The little hand that was pinching his face moved up and down, stroking his head.

"Stop talking nonsense, show me your two fox ears and your fox tail!"

Why do you still remember this?

"Stop talking nonsense!" Black Seele's face flushed slightly. "Let me touch you, maybe I'll forgive you if I'm in a better mood!"

Is Furui Control's market really that vast?

"Really? You'll forgive me just for letting me touch your ear?" Xing asked cautiously, slowing her speech.

"Oh ho ho ho, ah, I agree, it's a deal, a deal to exchange your body for my forgiveness. Alright, hurry up and show them!" Hearing Xing give in, Black Seele was incredibly excited and urged her on.

"But I refuse! (Taga, kokuwaru!)"

Black Seele felt a blur before her eyes, and found herself back in the room she had just been in. Feeling the two sharp claws gripping her ankles, the girl was momentarily stunned. "He... switched my position with Seele's? Without us noticing..."

"Hmph, sorry, but I'm the one in control after all!"

A giant sword engulfed in flames grew larger and larger in Black Seele's shrunken pupils.

"No, Brother Xing! Please don't hurt the other me!"

White Seele's cries faintly reached her ears, but she didn't have time to pay attention to her now.

There was no time to dodge; she truly felt the threat of death.

Boom!

The roaring flames suddenly exploded in the base, making a deafening noise. Black Seele, who was at the center of the impact, collapsed into the arms of a weary Xing.

A deep chasm begins with the two of them and extends into the distance where no end is in sight. Before this flame, which is enough to burn everything, all beings are equal.

Fortunately, having discarded his weapon, he had a free hand to lightly flick Black Seele's forehead. "Will you be naughty next time?"

"I'm not being naughty anymore," Black Seele said weakly, still intimidated.

Thank you for sparing my life!

White Seele was outside the door, slowly slumped to the ground along the door frame. Thank goodness...

Looking at the two terrified little girls, he scratched his head in annoyance, helped them sit up on the edge of the bed, and then gently snapped his fingers, restoring everything around him to its original state.

"Wow, that's amazing!" The two Seele were so shocked they could hardly speak.

Hehe, the illusionary effect simulated by simultaneously operating the Mortal Tribulation Difficult to Cross" and "Feather Crossing Dust seems pretty good~

"Let me formally introduce myself. My name is Sachi, Sachi Kaslana. I am a Schicksal Knight fighting against the Honkai. I am currently studying at the St. Freya Academy, the Far East Branch Schicksal, and I serve as the vice-captain of the Fire Moth Squad. Your Sister Bronya is my friend and teammate."

"Speaking of how we met, it's a bit embarrassing. Our first encounter was during a battle. At that time, we were enemies. I, still weak, defeated her with the help of my comrades. Due to the electric current, she temporarily lost her memory. And then—"

"I became best friends and comrades with Bronya had lost her memory. It's quite unbelievable. She was originally ordered by Cocolia to capture me and bring me back to Anti-Entropy, but we became friends instead."

"Mother Cocolia?" Upon hearing the familiar name, White Seele couldn't help but ask, "Is Mother Cocolia an enemy of Brother Xing?"

"Pretty much, Seele. It might be disrespectful to say this to your foster mother, but Cocolia is no good!" At this point, a clear look of disgust appeared on Sachi's face. "To satisfy her own selfish desires, she disregarded the lives of all the residents of Changkong City. To turn Bronya into a fighting weapon obeying her, she implanted a biochip in her brain..."

"You're lying! Mother Cocolia would never..." White Seele couldn't help but retort, but fortunately, she directly patted a feather from Feather Crossing Dust on her head, and some of his memories of Changkong City flowed into the girl's mind.

"How... how could this be..." The belief she had held dear crumbled. White Seele helplessly covered her face, tears streaming down her cheeks. "Mother Cocolia, why did you do this to Sister Bronya...?"

Black Seele silently hugged White Seele's frail body and glared at him fiercely, asking, "Why are you saying this?"

"Well, Bronya has been cured by me. Now she's no different from a normal girl her age. She just needs to keep up with her nutrition."

"Really?!" White Seele exclaimed in surprise, raising her tear-streaked face. "Brother Xing!"

White Seele's favorability rating: 75 → 80

Black Seele's eyes twitched. So that's how it is. This naive guy will definitely trust her more after hearing about his help to his sister. So that's what you were after?

"My trip this time was to help Dr. Tesla, the moderate of the Anti-Entropy- Entropy faction, complete a secret mission, which I accomplished when I met Black Seele. So now, I'm returning to the St. Freya Academy. Would you like to come with me, Seele Vollerei? Or are you going back to Cocolia?"

"Of course I'll follow Brother Xing!" White Seele without the slightest hesitation.

"Sigh, I'm done for." Black Seele sighed in despair. She couldn't beat him, she couldn't run away, and Seele was leading her by the nose. She figured she'd be packed up and sent over there too.

This guy's pretty strong, and he's good-looking; even without Seele's help, he's stunning. He seems quite wealthy too, and he's the vice-captain of some squad. Following him seems like a good idea?

Moreover, its energy is quite delicious, so there won't be any shortage in the future.

Thinking of this, Black Seele licked her lips longingly.

And don't forget to take her to eat Shenzhou cuisine!

"Then, please take care of me, Seele ~"

——Divider——

Tesla was frustrated. It seemed that Little Te's data records had been affected by some unknown factor, and the records for this period of time could not be viewed. He went to ask Xing directly, but he pulled Yang aside and whispered a lot of things to himself before preparing to return to the St. Freya Academy.

"Hey, what did you say to Yang? You're not allowed to leave until you explain yourself!" Tesla forcefully pinned Xing against the wall, his steel fists embedded deep into the wall.

One million.

"Hey, Bird's Nest Head, have you booked your flight to the St. Freya Academy yet?"

Don't assume that Anti-Entropy is really short of money. The cost of manufacturing various Titan Mech is not a small amount. Einstein simply didn't have enough funds to allocate to Tesla for the development of Build.

As for why Tesla works at the St. Freya Academy and helps the Fire Moth Squad develop new equipment, you don't really think it was because he spent money to get it, do you?

Yes, that's right, Lobster Doctor is really broke.

Cough cough, but there are other important reasons as well—

The next Bishop of Schicksal, Theresa, and the Herrscher.

(Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Theresa is undoubtedly the heir. I think it's quite reasonable to write it this way in the early stages, before Otto announced his abdication.)

The Herrscher Candidate of the Fire Moth Squad are resources that Anti-Entropy must acquire, as they are related to the future of humanity.

"Achoo!" Xing suddenly sneezed.

"Brother Xing, have you caught a cold?" White Seele asked with concern.

"Hmph, how could this guy possibly have a cold?" Black Seele sneered.

"It's nothing, Theresa and the others probably miss me. I'll send them a text message first." Xing took out her terminal, thought for a moment, and chose to send a message to Bronya first.

Oh no, I suddenly remembered that I raised Bronya into a scruffy Bronie. What if Seele saw her drastically changed sister? Will she be devastated?

Tesla, standing nearby, was flipping through a book about mental illness. The child had been asking and answering himself questions for quite some time now; he probably had a mental problem and needed immediate treatment.

PS: Currently, Black and White Seele can reside within Sachi's body to recharge, essentially replenishing the energy needed for independent action. However, at this time, Sachi becomes "Seele," and can be considered Seele's third personality. If one Seele leaves, it will revert back to Sachi. (Sachi uses the Key of Consciousness's ability to conceal the changes in her appearance; from a normal person's perspective, she simply dyes her hair and wears colored contact lenses.)

In other words, the scene that Lobster Doctor saw as Sachi asking and answering herself was actually her communicating telepathically with Seele. Furthermore, when Seele quantized, only Sachi and others with quantum abilities could observe it.

At the St. Freya Academy, Bronya, who was undergoing training, took a short break and opened her terminal. A message appeared in her silver eyes.

[I'm back.]

Author's Note—

Congratulations to reader ELEMYA for winning the third annual "Active Participation Award," personally presented by the author! Wow, that's a record-breaking achievement. Do you know how many posts this reader made in one night?!

Yes, you can understand it this way: Sachi has maintained her Bonded Weaponry with Seele and the others, and the two have now formed a symbiotic relationship.

Originally, I wanted to have Sachi and Seele share a body, but Seele definitely wouldn't agree. Who would share a body with a complete stranger? So I changed it to make it more believable.