Anna: "What Are You Plotting Behind My Back?"

After a long while, Aponia slowly raised her head, looked at Gwen, and said apologetically—

"I'm sorry, Gwen, everything after that was in the flames, I couldn't see it clearly..."

"It's not your fault."

After working for quite a while and confirming that Aponia's soul was alright, Gwen breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and waved his hand—

"In truth, it's still my fault. I overlooked the levels of power within myself. You need to see for yourself."

"If anything, I should be the one apologizing to you."

"No, even if you hadn't asked, I would have gone to see it..."

Aponia shook her head slightly and sighed softly—

"After all, I've been like this ever since I started on Twilight Street, and I've never repented..."

Upon hearing the word Aponia uttered, even Elysia and Eden's smiles faded slightly, clearly indicating that they understood what Aponia was referring to.

"Alright, alright, we've finally reunited, let's not talk about those sad things~?"

Elysia hugged Aponia with a grin.

"Furthermore, even if some things in the past led to wrong results, it doesn't necessarily mean they were all your fault—"

You made your choice based solely on the information you had and with good intentions.

Ultimately, the mistake stemmed from an even greater information gap.

Seeing that Aponia's dejected expression had not diminished much, Gwen sighed softly and offered words of comfort.

Although... it might still be of little use.

"But no matter what my original intention was, I was the one who caused those disasters."

Aponia slightly raised her dim eyes and looked at Gwen.

"But whatever the outcome, you meant well."

Gwen continued repeating.

For a moment, the two were locked in a stalemate, neither willing to give in.

However, someone clearly couldn't let the atmosphere remain tense—

"Alright, alright, arguing about the past is something only children do, you know?"

Holding Aponia's hand with one hand, Elysia took Gwen's hand with the other, and said with a smile.

"Since Aponia 're worried about repeating the same mistakes because of what happened in the past, why don't you stay by Gwen's side and watch him?"

You know, Gwen is truly on the path of "saving the world" right now!

Seeing that Aponia's expression didn't change much, Elysia had no choice but to resort to her trump card, bringing her pretty face close to Aponia's—

"Please help me, Aponia..."

By the end, the girl's sweet voice had become so cloyingly sweet it was almost sickening.

Seeing Elysia's expression, which resembled a little girl's coquettishness, Aponia's serious expression softened, revealing a somewhat helpless and doting smile, which allowed Elysia to hug Aponia affectionately again and rub against her.

While Elysia was being affectionate, Aponia looked at Gwen again—

"Then... as Elysia said, could you... let me look at you?"

"Certainly."

Although being watched by someone who could see through everything was a bit creepy, Aponia clearly couldn't see through him now, and Gwen, confident in his absolute strength, didn't care.

After nodding, Gwen turned serious—

"However, I need to correct one thing—"

"Um?"

Upon hearing this, Aponia tilted her head slightly.

The contrast between the woman's mature charm and her aloofness, which carried her for tens of thousands of years, and her actions was so striking that even Gwen couldn't help but take notice.

Fortunately, this was far from enough to make Gwen lose his composure. He maintained his solemn expression and said slowly—

I am not saving the world—

I was just doing what I could do as a human being, and it just so happens that what I could do helped in a small way to make the world a better place.

Upon hearing this, Aponia seemed to be deep in thought, Elysia pouted her pink lips slightly, while Eden shook his head and chuckled at the familiar words.

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Chapter 441 Anna: What are you plotting behind my back?

"What can a human being do?"

As Aponia pondered Gwen's words, memories of the past flooded back—

It seems that every failure begins when she shifts her role from helper to savior.

Or perhaps... because she sees so much more, she often unconsciously places herself in a higher position...

"Thank you, I will keep those words in mind."

With a sigh of relief, Aponia thanked Gwen sincerely.

"You're welcome--

Although I don't know why you're thanking me.

Gwen waved his hand with a smile, his words eliciting laughter from the others.

After laughing, Gwen also brought up his other purpose for coming—

"A few... Herrschers who appeared under Elysia's influence... and Herrscher stand on the side of humanity?"

After listening to Gwen's account, even Aponia was slightly taken aback.

"That's right~?"

Elysia grinned and puffed out her chest—

"The Herrscher of today are not the same as the ones we are familiar with."

If we can resolve this before it completely suppresses the original body's consciousness, then we can obtain a Herrscher belonging to humanity!

"Eliminate the Herrscher's consciousness?"

Upon hearing this news, Aponia's serene face showed a hint of surprise. Looking at the smiling Elysia, her gaze finally settled on Gwen, and a smile involuntarily curved her lips—

"Gwen, you're capable of quite a lot..."

"After all, this is all I can do..."

Gwen simply chuckled at the teasing remark.

"In that case, let's invite them over; that's something I can do."

Aponia smiled slightly, and the weariness on her delicate face lessened somewhat—

"Furthermore, I also want to see what Herrscher born from Elysia will look like..."

Having successfully reached an agreement with Aponia, Gwen didn't linger in the Elysian Realm. He simply took a quick look around, confirming that the slight improvements it brought were far less significant than his confrontation with Kevin, before leaving without a trace.

After all, things were settled in the Elysian Realm, but the girls at the Destiny Headquarters still had some matters to attend to.

For example... meeting the parents?

"Captain, my mother..."

Night fell like a curtain. Anna and Gwen walked side by side, having just returned to headquarters, but a hint of confusion appeared on Anna's pretty face.

When Gwen returned to headquarters today, he happened to run into Angelica was there on official business.

Upon meeting Gwen, the prospective son-in-law who often appeared on her daughter's lips (?), Angelica extended an invitation directly.

Gwen naturally accepted his mother-in-law's invitation.

Anna was caught off guard by her mother's sudden attack.

Fortunately, her mother didn't say anything at the family dinner that Anna would find difficult to face; she just talked about things that Anna considered normal.

However, after Anna returned from washing the dishes after being sent off by her mother, she felt that the way the two women were looking at her was strange.

Now back at headquarters, with no one around, Anna could no longer contain her curiosity and trepidation and wanted to ask Gwen what her mother had said.

"It was nothing, we just chatted about everyday things."

Looking at the girl's beautiful face under the lamplight, a mixture of trepidation and anticipation, yet tinged with a touch of shyness, Gwen felt a surge of emotion and said with a smile—

Talking about marriage is a very common thing, is that alright?

"Ordinary food?"

Anna's little face immediately showed a look of suspicion—

The way the two men looked at her afterwards didn't seem like they were just having a casual chat...

Etc...

Suddenly, Anna's expression froze, and she paused in her tracks, forcing Gwen to stop and look at her with a puzzled expression.

"What's wrong, Anna?"

"N-nothing..."

Anna, her face flushed crimson, shook her head vigorously, trying to calm her racing heart and say—

"Gwen, what were you all chatting about?"

The thought of her mother telling her embarrassing childhood stories to the person in front of her made Anna feel like she was going to die.

The question Anna asked without thinking made her feel an urge to jump off the building from headquarters and die.

"Nothing special..."

Upon hearing Gwen glanced at Anna, whose pretty face was flushed and who looked like a shy young girl.

"Come over to my place for a drink of water, let's chat while we drink."

"Um..."

Seeing Gwen's calm expression, Anna nodded gently, feeling a little relieved.

"So... Mom talked to you about what happened to Aunt Cecilia back then?"

On the sofa in the living room, Anna, sitting next to Gwen, held a teacup and asked in surprise.

"Um..."

Gwen nodded slightly.

"But it's not just about these things..."

"They're even using your period as an excuse to talk about us."

"Talk... about us?"

Anna's face, which had just returned to normal, flushed again, and her words became somewhat unnatural—

"What do we have to talk about?"

"Heh... Just like my mother-in-law said, Anna is a very shy girl..."

Seeing the blush on the girl's pretty face, Gwen couldn't help but smile. He reached out and wrapped his arms around her slender waist, gently pulling her into his embrace.

"You're the child!"

Embarrassed, Anna struggled lightly for a moment, then seemed to lose all strength to resist and fell into Gwen's arms, though she still insisted on something.

"Is it the child? Let me check..."

Gwen smiled slightly, refraining from further provoking the shy girl with words. Instead, he deftly slipped his hands through the gaps in Anna's clothes to examine her physical development.

"Hmm..."

Anna, whose body was already weak, let out a mournful cry. She felt the burning heat of those large hands draining all her strength, and she could only weakly resist.

Finally, after Gwen thoroughly examined the rabbit's development, the zookeeper Anna was released and practically fled in panic.