"Yes, it was me." Mei admitted it readily, then asked curiously, "Kevin, how did you figure out it was me?"
Mei had thought Kevin would take the opportunity to say something sweet, but this was how he answered instead.
"Oh, because Raiden Mei's voice is a little immature. Yours sounded very convincingly disguised, Mei, but there was no way to hide that mature air about you."
Kevin spoke confidently, completely failing to notice Mei's smile gradually disappearing.
Elysia silently leaned back onto Eden's shoulder.
Mobius withdrew her gaze as well.
"See that?" Shub nudged Rita and whispered, "I'd bet anything that Yaqing has already given his blessing to little Kiana and Mei's relationship."
Rita looked enviously at the two embracing girls. Same-sex relationships were difficult to gain acceptance for, yet Kiana and Raiden Mei had received it—not only from their families, but from people all over the world.
Mei's hard battle continued, but her body was already struggling to hold on.
Without the heart bomb suppressing her, the Herrscher personality within her began to mock her. "How pathetic. You're no match for them at all. You talk a good game, but what can you actually do? Let me lend you my power."
After gaining the Herrscher's power, Raiden Mei's exhaustion vanished completely. No Honkai Beast could last even a second beneath her blade. It was as if she had entered an unstoppable berserker state.
"I still have a score to settle with that girl. I can't let her die here."
"Heh, I never thought there would be a time when I shared the same goal as a coward like you."
"Tsundere! Miss Third Herrscher is a tsundere!"
"The Herrscher of Reason is a rebel? The Void Herrscher is edgy? The Herrscher of Thunder is tsundere?"
"These are the big villains