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"Both Hen and Blanca hold important positions on the Mu Continent?" Disaster said with some surprise. "Then... who will take care of Griseo? I remember that her grandparents and maternal grandparents all passed away relatively early. Who will take care of her then?"
"The message from the Mu Continent is that while Hen and Blanca are both busy, Griseo will temporarily be cared for by the Lionel family," Zhu Yufeng said, looking down at the hot coffee in his hand. "Furthermore, Lionel has allowed Blanca more vacation time... but Blanca can't refuse her job. So it's basically clear that Lionel is forcing Griseo's family to be under his control or surveillance for some purpose."
"That guy is just too much!" Disaster said indignantly. "Griseo is so young, what is he trying to do?! If he were still Fire Moth, I would definitely use my telekinesis to stab him to death with a fork!"
"... But you've only just demonstrated this ability. If I remember correctly, you can't fully utilize it yet, can you?" Kosma, who hadn't spoken since receiving the message, looked up and said.
When he said this, he didn't look at Disaster, but at Zhu Yufeng, who was staring at the coffee. He really wanted to know what Zhu Yufeng was thinking. After all, Griseo was a child that all the Flame-Chasers took good care of, and he and Feng had paid special attention to her growth and care.
Although Griseo's mental age is already that of a teenage girl, Kosma is still extremely worried about Griseo's future growth environment. In addition, there is the Ninth Herrscher incident afterward, and he wants to know what Zhu Yufeng plans to do.
As for Zhu Yufeng's idea that Lionel had bound the Hen family to his warship and placed them under his control, Kosma could more or less guess why.
Mu Continent's recent actions clearly indicate that he intends to Fire Moth ways with Zhu Huo E.
Therefore, Lionel's actions were clearly intended to guard against the Fire Moth. Currently, the person with the most influence within the Fire Moth is undoubtedly Mobius is also a particularly wary target on the Mu Continent... Furthermore, Feng, one of the two most prominent warrior leaders in the Fire Moth, is quite supportive of Griseo. Thus, Lionel is using this to try and "blackmail" the Fire Moth.
In other words, the Hen family could almost be considered hostages on the Mu Continent.
"Amo, can't you give me some face..." Disaster was about to pinch Kosma hard when she noticed that Kosma's expression was very unpleasant. She immediately realized that for Kosma, it was difficult, or rather, impossible, to watch Griseo in a predicament and do nothing.
So Disaster didn't say anything more.
"Don't worry, at least Lionel is much more clear-headed than most Mu Continent people." Lilith picked up her coffee cup and took a sip. "He just needs the Hen family to create a subtle check on the Fire Moth. After all, when human conflicts become irreconcilable, without a middleman, things will inevitably turn into a violent conflict. Besides, the jobs he assigned to Hen and Blanca are real positions with real power. So, he just wants to send a signal to Mobius that no matter how much Mu Continent dislikes the Fire Moth, as long as he's around, he won't let the two sides fight."
"It's definitely something that guy would do..." Disaster sighed, "But why? Have we done anything wrong? We've been on the front lines fighting the Honkai, and they just abandon us like that?"
Zhu Yufeng simply drank his coffee in silence.
Elysia glanced at Zhu Yufeng and couldn't help but remind him, "Feng, you've been drinking coffee too often lately, and you're not getting enough sleep."
"I'm afraid it's because Feng's mental state is quite unstable," Lilith said casually. "After all, whenever he's preoccupied, he either pushes himself to endless extra training or stays up all night drinking coffee and contemplating life..."
Although the drug Mobius hadn't been fully developed yet, the side effects of Fusion Warrior, such as pain that kept them awake, included the factor of drinking coffee to stay awake.
Zhu Yufeng looked up at Elysia's worried gaze, then looked at Kosma and said, "Given the current situation, we can't just rush to the Mu Continent to snatch Griseo back. Beifengge has vouched for Lionel's character; he wouldn't hold a grudge against a child. He just... needs a way to keep the Fire Moth from completely breaking with the Mu Continent. This is his reason for himself, and also a reason for that king."
"If that person weren't Griseo, you wouldn't still be so worried about him." Lilith rolled her eyes. Did she not know Feng? Was there anyone in this world who knew Feng better than her? To put it bluntly, even Feng's own mother wouldn't know Feng as well as she did.
Do you even understand the value of a "different minds, same body" approach?
Elysia shifted her gaze to Lilith. She knew about the World Serpent, although most of what the World Serpent did wouldn't be told to her... Asking Maple probably wouldn't yield any results either. Besides, there were some things Elysia knew that it was better for her not to know. Furthermore, the main managers of the World Serpent were currently Mobius and Lilith, and Maple himself wasn't entirely clear about some of the matters involved.
Because of the existence of the World Serpent, Elysia understood that Mu Continent was not worried about the Fire Moth. After all, Lionel had always been stationed in the Fire Moth. What they were really wary of was the World Serpent, which was constantly gaining power within the Fire Moth and hiding in the darkness.
Given the current situation and Elysia's understanding of Zhu Yufeng, if Mu Continent hinders the operation in the future, he will most likely be abandoned by Zhu Yufeng, who will then choose to stand idly by and do nothing in the Ninth Herrscher incident—except for bringing the Hen family back.
However, if asked about Elysia's thoughts, she could only say that she would do her best to save her, but if Mu Continent did not share information and insisted on facing the Ninth Herrscher alone as in her previous life, then... she could only say that she was powerless to help.
"If that day comes and I leave the same way I did before, what will you do, Kaede?"
"My choice will not change, but you, Elysia, if..."
"If what?"
"Never mind, it's nothing."
The "if" that Zhu Yufeng didn't say before, the "if" that he chose to remain silent no matter how much she pressed him for answers... she already had the answer in her heart.
If humanity cannot overcome the Finality, if it still comes to that point in the end, as the only one who could forcefully fight the Finality in that battle, his final fate is almost inevitable.
She thought of Aponia's deception again. No matter how much she tried to convince herself that it wasn't necessarily related to Feng, what if? What if what Aponia was hiding was Feng's unchangeable past?
Can she bear to watch him leave again?
Elysia inexplicably recalled her previous conversation with Kevin: "If one day, you could save most people by simply pulling the trigger on me, Kevin, what would you choose?"
Elysia, what will you choose?
"At least, Lionel can be trusted." Elysia silently took a sip of her milk tea, thinking to herself, "Right now... we can only take it one step at a time, right? As long as Lionel can stabilize the situation on the Mu Continent ... as for Griseo, neither Maple nor Mobius can do nothing. Probably... one of the Gray Serpent has already infiltrated there."
Lionel's reasoning was that he felt confident in himself, but not in whether Mobius would overturn the table. Similarly, Mobius felt that it was unnecessary to overturn the table unless absolutely necessary, but he was not at ease with Lionel.
After all, although the current situation is largely the same as in the previous life, there are many differences... Griseo still only an 8-year-old child, and not a Fusion Warrior. No one would feel at ease if she wasn't in everyone's sight, especially since Mu Continent did indeed do some bad things in the previous life.
"Don't be so down. There's no point in thinking about this now. Why not think about something else?" Lilith held up a finger, smiling at Zhu Yufeng. "For example, Vill-V and I have a 'big gift' for you, Feng~"
Elysia's eyelids twitched. Vill-V! And Lilith! When did they start working together...? Well, Vill-V had been working with Lilith for a long time, so that wasn't surprising. But the key point was that these two were conspiring to give Feng a "big gift"? The Evil personality had a history of tricking other personalities into trying to drug and rape Feng. And Lilith was even more of a problem; in reality, she had to keep an eye on her, and at night, even in her dreams, she had to worry about what kind of outrageous things Lilith might do...
Regarding the Eighth Law power held by Lilith had come to her before the Fallen Angel' team building that day and laid it all out to her. Simply put, she had devoured the Eighth Law power. As long as she didn't die, the Eighth Law core on Mobius's side could still be used normally. This also meant that she didn't have to worry about what she might do to Feng in her dreams at night, because she simply couldn't get rid of herself.
The reason she could create a Law Core by hand was largely due to the unique nature of the Eighth Law. After all, the way the Eighth Law's Law Core is created is different from the way other Law Cores are created. Lilith also emphasized at the time that the next Law of Knowledge could also create Divine Key by hand.
"So, are you now willing to believe that we are sisters to some extent?" Lilith said jokingly. "Even though I absorbed the power of the Eighth Law, I still couldn't completely isolate you from the dream world I created."
Well... I have to admit, what she said might actually make some sense...
The reason why he didn't tell Mobius about Lilith's feelings in the end was also related to Lilith's subsequent explanation...
In short, Elysia is absolutely not going to take the things that Lilith and Vill-V have worked on seriously.
Zhu Yufeng tilted his head. A "big gift"? What is that?
Lilith whispered a few words in his ear, and then gently blew a breath into his earlobe...
Disaster blinked, then took out a small booklet and started writing.
Kosma: "?"
Disaster... you're not trying to be like Lilith, are you? No way, you can't do it, and even if you did, I couldn't handle it!
Upon hearing Lilith's description of the so-called "grand gift," Zhu Yufeng's eye twitched violently. He then looked at Lilith in disbelief, wanting to confirm that he hadn't misheard. Lilith simply shrugged, indicating, "What's so surprising about that?"
Zhu Yufeng: "..."
What's so surprising about this? Why don't you repeat what you and Vill-V did? Are you really planning to build that Heavenly Thunder thing?
"This... no, I..." Zhu Yufeng took a deep breath, then calmed himself down and looked at Lilith, whispering, "Why would you want to do this?"
"Wasn't it because of the limitations of the industrial system that we could only build one 'that' even after desperately trying to catch up?" Lilith said with a light laugh. "Now that we have the conditions, do you really think we can't build it? Besides... the God-Slaying Weapon, isn't that exactly what we need in the final battle?"
Zhu Yufeng: "..."
So, just like my Honkai Beast that's still frolicking in outer space, it's actually just a disguise, right? Its exterior is the Heavenly Thunder, but it's actually the Moonlight Throne Launcher...
So, does this mean that the industrial system established by the World Serpent on other continents can already produce the Moonlight Throne? If there are enough Moonlight Throne, the chances of winning the battle against the Finality will indeed be much greater... but it can only be said that it increases the chances of winning. The nature of the Finality is different from what everyone has speculated. The Moonlight Throne can only consume Him, but cannot kill Him.
But putting that aside, that's the Heavenly Thunder, a Gundam! I really wanted to build it in my past life, but because the Mu Continent sank, the remaining industrial system couldn't make it at all.
And no matter what, he can't be any worse than the next God, who is 99% perfect forever.
Elysia silently took another sip of her milk tea. It was really rare to see Feng like this... So, the so-called "gift" Lilith and the others prepared was something Feng particularly liked? It wouldn't be some giant mecha, would it? Most boys seem to like that kind of thing, and a long time ago, Vill-V had mentioned that Feng wanted to build a giant mecha...