Little Duck, Let's Talk About the Third Herrscher of Reason

"Forget it, let's not make a fuss about it since she's so sincere."

"I'll go out after she says a few more words."

"Depending on her attitude, it's not impossible to reconcile with her."

"Hmm? Why did you stop talking?"

Just as Dark Seele was happily waiting for Seele's comfort, Seele's voice suddenly disappeared. When she came back to reality, she found that Seele had already fallen asleep, unable to resist her drowsiness.

"Huh? Just like that, you fell asleep? Hey, who gave you permission to sleep? You still have something to say to me, don't you?"

"Say more! Say you need me, say you treat me as an equal, say I'm important to you!"

"Although I don't care about any of this, I'm only listening because you said it!"

"Idiot! Idiot! Idiot Seele!"

Although she said she didn't care at all, her somewhat exasperated expression betrayed her true feelings, making the audience unable to help but laugh.

The tsundere trait has never faded.

It ranks among the top in the world of anime and manga.

No one expected that Dark Seele would still be so stubborn even when Seele was asleep.

The Herrscher of the Thousand did so much to sow discord between Seele and Dark Seele, but Seele's gentle words made her actions seem like those of a clown.

"It's so sweet!"

Elysia's eyes lit up, and she was no longer the person she had been analyzing.

She can analyze knives, but she'll be completely captivated by sweetness.

"Sister Elysia, let's not eat it yet. I'm afraid it's a death sentence."

Pardo quickly stopped Elysia.

"How could that be? Pardo, you must believe Miss Fairy."

Elysia clearly hasn't developed an immunity to sweet storylines.

When Seele's signature background music, "Snowy Night," started playing, the audience's hearts were in their throats again. For the first time, Dark Seele revealed her true feelings to the sleeping Seele.

Her voice was no longer arrogant, but had become extremely gentle and melancholic.

"Actually, you really don't need me anymore, do you?"

"You are growing up day by day, becoming more mature and independent, and one day you will be able to master all the power of this body."

"I was created to protect you, but you... no longer need my protection."

"You are strong enough, so many people like you, and you can handle everything on your own."

"I knew this day would come. I knew I was destined to disappear."

"His unreasonable outbursts of temper with you are just a way to mask his inner anxiety, disappointment, and... loneliness."

"In the end, you're the one who apologizes and comforts me. You're such an idiot, an overly gentle idiot."

"I don't believe the nonsense of those broken dolls. I understand your feelings."

"After all, we are the same person, we are both [Seele]."

"Until that day comes, I will still do everything I can to protect you and not let anyone hurt you."

"Then, when the day comes when you are truly able to break free from your cocoon and transform into a butterfly..."

As Dark Seele reveals her true feelings, the subtitles gradually change from orange-yellow back to scarlet, symbolizing that Dark Seele has returned to Seele's side.

But for some reason, the audience just couldn't seem to enjoy themselves.

They saw a future.

A future that is very likely to happen.

The bond between Seele and Dark Seele is indeed something that dolls cannot sever. However, if Seele gradually gains control of her own power, just as Dark Seele said, she will disappear when Seele completely dissolves it...

"No... no way?"

Pardo, who had been laughing at Dark Seele's outburst, was stunned after seeing this heartfelt confession.

Seele and Dark Seele share the same body. If Seele gradually takes control of the body, Dark Seele will definitely disappear. No viewers have raised any questions about this.

"Screenwriters used to lay the groundwork for the climax, but now they start laying the groundwork right away."

Sakura's lips twitched.

"Let me tell you straight, I want Dark Seele. What can you do about it?"

"No!!!"

Elysia can analyze and believe in the relationship between Seele and Dark Seele, but she cannot stop the plot from unfolding because she is not the screenwriter.

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387

Chapter 387 Ducklings, let's talk about this third Herrscher of Reason.

After Seele saw herself asleep in the story, Dark Seele confided in her, and even though she knew it was just a script, it still made her blush and smile.

Bronya tilted her head, looking slightly puzzled.

Seele, your face is as red as a bubble teapot...

Bronya felt a sudden sense of crisis. After realizing it, she couldn't help but laugh at herself for being Seele of Seele herself. Wasn't that Seele too?

"Is Seele, the other me, worthy of your name?"

Seele was intelligent to begin with. At first, she thought that the movie adaptation would use AI, but she remembered that the current Schicksal AI seemed unable to imitate voices with large emotional fluctuations.

"Snort."

Seele and 'Seele' don't need to speak; they only need to think about it in their hearts.

"How could I say such a thing? It was clearly Yaqing who made it up!"

Dark Seele was enraged.

She didn't want to record it in the first place. When she saw the script, she almost killed Yaqing in person, but she was restrained by one hand and lost. After all, she was not as powerful as the character in the drama. With a combination of coercion and enticement, Dark Seele was successfully fooled.

This week's update included nearly four hours of story content, and she did the voice acting for both Seele and Dark Seele entirely on her own.

"But..."

"No buts!"

Before Seele could finish speaking, Dark Seele interrupted her.

"When I see this scene, it reminds me of how we spent time together when we were kids."

Seele's eyes were curved in a smile.

Dark Seele fell silent for the first time in a long time.

When she was a child, Seele first heard Dark Seele's voice when she, Rosalia, and Lilia secretly watched a horror movie DVD that Cocolia had rented. As a result, she mistook Dark Seele for a ghost and was so scared that she couldn't sleep all night.

The next day, Cocolia noticed that Seele was absent-minded and thought Seele was sick, so she took her to the hospital for a checkup, where she was eventually diagnosed with early signs of schizophrenia.

Concern leads to confusion. Cocolia thought it was a horror movie that scared her, so when she got back, she "rewarded" Rosalia, who suggested peeking, with a good beating. Because she had kept Seele's illness a secret, Rosalia still felt innocent.

Later, Seele really did develop schizophrenia and a second personality was born. After spending a long time together, she became as close as sisters with her other self, one gentle and the other proud.

"I told you... to stop talking."

"What exactly did I say?!"

After realizing what had happened, Dark Seele felt both ashamed and angry. She kept making excuses for herself, unable to believe that she had actually said those words, and ultimately shifted the blame onto Seele.

With a "pop," Dark Seele sat up, pulled out the paintbrush from its cap, and prepared to write "Seele is an idiot" all over her face. After writing it, she said it was her own body, but she still couldn't bear to see Seele being laughed at, so she wiped the line of words off her face.

In the end, all they did was draw a pig's head emoji on Seele in a photo of Seele and Bronya together.

Dark Seele's expression, a mix of wanting to vent her anger and being reluctant to let go, brought a smile to the faces of viewers who witnessed it.

Being arrogant is a personality trait.

Compared to arrogance, Jiao is more beloved by the audience.

Dark Seele perfectly fits the criteria that audiences love.

The next morning, Dark Seele scared Seele again, and it was clear that their relationship had been restored. When the audience heard Dark Seele's hum, they couldn't help but smile like doting aunts.

Then the broadcast started, and the atmosphere gradually became tense.

After all the combat personnel had arrived in the conference room, Einstein delivered the bad news: according to data matching, the crystals peeled off the doll were extremely similar to a certain Herrscher recorded by Previous Era.

The Tenth Herrscher, also known as the Herrscher of the Thousand of Herrscher of Domination.

The Herrscher of Domination's next target is the Salt Lake Base.

"Are there 1,000 individuals among the Herrscher of the Thousand?"

Sakura frowned.

"I really don't know how the Previous Era dealt with them."

What Sakura couldn't understand was that 1,000 Herrscher could share a vision and hide in the crowd, making it extremely difficult to eliminate them all.

"I don't know. Could it be that the Previous Era developed a machine that could identify the differences between the Herrscher of the Thousand and ordinary people?"

"If there were any, they would definitely be recorded, unless the data was lost over the past 50,000 years."

Elysia guessed blindly, but Vill-V denied it.

"Then I don't know."

Elysia shook her head and casually clicked to play the next episode.

Scene 3, Act 1.

At the beginning of the story, the corridor was unusually quiet. All the combat personnel began to prepare for battle. All the other staff and children were evacuated, while Seele and Bronya, who had experience fighting dolls, were responsible for staying behind to guard the base.

Bronya noticed Seele's nervousness and gently comforted her. When the Sea of Quanta was mentioned again, Dark Seele immediately started making sarcastic remarks in Seele's mind.

"Wow— Seele is the best! It's all thanks to Seele!"

Hearing her other self playing tricks in her mind, Seele wanted to take this opportunity to introduce Dark Seele to Bronya. Just as she was about to speak, the enemy launched an attack using mechs.

After dealing with the mechs that were about to be scrapped, the two noticed a spatial rift. For safety's sake, Bronya launched an attack immediately.

The white light was dazzling.

When the scene appeared, Bronya had already entered the Theater of Domination. She found herself separated from Seele, with an annoying doll standing in front of her.

"Welcome to the Theater of Domination! Audience, please be patient, the first act is about to begin, which is also the final act of the Herrscher of Reason."

The doll pointed at Bronya with one finger.

"Let's first introduce today's protagonist to the audience— the Herrscher of Reason, the first traitor of the Honkai! The guardian of the ant civilization, and among them! The one in front of us is the most pathetic!"

Bronya did not respond to the doll's provocation.

"First, let's review her life—"

"Bronya Zaychik, born in Siberia... Let's fast forward to the important part!"

"After a period of insignificant illness, she finally became the Herrscher of Reason, but unfortunately, she has never won a single battle since obtaining the core."

The doll feigned sadness for Bronya, then quickly rose to a high pitch.

"He couldn't defeat the World Serpent Leader, couldn't escape the Sea of Quanta, and even fell asleep when facing the Herrscher of Sentience, hahaha!"

"Ahem, sorry, a host shouldn't laugh like that, I really couldn't help it. But audience members, she still thinks she's so great!"

"Her success today is nothing more than good luck; she managed to snag a Herrscher Core. Look at her classmates; aren't they all stronger than her? She wouldn't even dare to claim Welt's name."

"Honestly, if I had the core of the Herrscher of Reason, I could outperform you! As for the Herrscher of Sentience, I'd run her over with my motorcycle the moment I saw her!"

"Pfft, hahahaha."