A Misunderstanding Leads to Conflict and an Apology

After a moment of silent contemplation, Gwen finally found the source of this sense of familiarity—

"In 'Tsukihime,' there seems to be a Roa who deceived Arcueid and has been hunted down by her for hundreds of years."

And for someone as sensitive as Roa...

Is it Arcueid or Ciel?

Having guessed the other party's possible identity, Gwen pondered and asked—

Arcueid?

"It really was you!"

Awakening in the Millennium Castle she had conjured from her own imagination, the pure white Princess's blood-red eyes flashed with a crazed killing intent. The force with which she gripped the pen was enough to crush any other pen, yet the pen between her fingers still resolutely carried out its task...

Chapter 539 Conflict and Apology Amidst Misunderstandings

"I think there might be some kind of misunderstanding between us..."

Having basically confirmed that the other party's identity was Arcueid from the neighboring Moon World, Gwen felt a headache coming on as he looked at the other party's tone, which clearly identified him as Roa.

Arcueid Brunestud, one of the four main heroines of Type-Moon, the heroine of Tsukihime, and the Princess of the True Ancestor.

Although in the game she is a naive, silly, and somewhat willful blonde vampire with big breasts, she is clearly not someone who can be easily persuaded with words.

"It seems that Roa's awakening has awakened Arcueid from its slumber, and Arcueid, awakened in order to hunt Roa, has taken the Invitation Letter as Roa's doing..."

"I'm afraid this Princess of the True Ancestor took my previous self-introduction as a lie by that guy Roa who deceived her..."

While pondering the reasons behind Arcueid's attitude towards him, Gwen quickly made a decision—

Arcueid on the other end of the line sent two more words – "Roa!", clearly ignoring Gwen's words.

Gwen was not discouraged by this and calmly accepted the fact.

"I'd like to try and see if I can convince Arcueid with physics right now..."

Muttering to himself, Gwen sent out the time travel request.

The next moment, Gwen's figure disappeared from Destiny Headquarters.

Moonlight pierced through the leaden clouds, flowing gently across the gray rock battlements of the Millennium Castle of Brunestud, bathing them in a mercury-like glow.

This castle, a product of the First Ancestor's imagination, embodies the splendor of the upper class of that era. Its sharp Gothic towers pierce the sky, and its flying buttresses are covered with delicate rose-like folds. The stained glass windows, however, do not display icons, but rather immortal lunar phase diagrams.

The fountain in the castle courtyard resembles silver in the sky.

In the hall bathed in the hazy moonlight, the golden-haired Princess, bound to the throne by chains, felt the pull of her bloodline and quietly awoke.

Her shoulder-length blonde hair swayed slightly with her movements, and the starlight entwined at the ends resembled the necklace of a crowned Queen. It was like a chain binding a prisoner, but in reality, it was just Arcueid's chain used to suppress her own power that quietly disappeared.

However, at this moment, the face that was identical to the King of the Moon, Crimson Moon's beauty, a beauty that seemed to encompass the entire planet, was covered with frost that had remained unchanged for a thousand years—

Just now, Arcueid, who was in a deep slumber, sensed the aura of Roa's rebirth and awoke to hunt down that damned guy.

Before leaving this place of slumber, Arcueid unexpectedly discovered that she was holding a letter that appeared out of nowhere.

Just as Gwen had predicted, Arcueid naturally took it as a provocation from Roa.

Therefore, although the concept of "time travel" wasn't in his mind, Gwen's request was approved before Arcueid could even seek the unknown answer from the planet.

No matter what tricks Roa uses, Arcueid just wants to kill him as soon as possible.

The next moment, Gwen's figure emerged from the void and appeared in the Millennium Castle Arcueid, where only one person lived.

Barefoot, Arcueid treads across the exquisitely carved floor, her magnificent white dress adorned with ornate gold patterns rippling in the stardust. Silent, she simply swings her delicate fist, distorting space as she hurtles towards Gwen's suddenly appearing face, the Imaginary Materialization activating naturally.

Boom!

Gwen, still adjusting to his surroundings, was blasted backward and crashed into the wall of the Millennium Castle, but the immense force acting on him did not break through it.

Everything in this spacious and magnificent hall—the air, the moonlight, the bricks, and even the space itself—was distorted and torn apart.

This is the Imaginary Materialization. Arcueid, as the Tentacle of the Planet, possesses the ability to directly connect its consciousness with the world, transforming the world into an environment that conforms to the imagination.

Arcueid had used this move to kill Roa more than once—by folding the air within a 300-meter radius into 7,000 facets, trapping the prey in an inescapable hell of minced meat.

Now, in the Millennium Castle that he himself has recreated through his imagination, Arcueid is even more adept at Imaginary Materialization.

However, this Imaginary Materialization as turning the invaders into a Gwen of blood mist, only instantly shattered the Eden- designed clothes that Rita had made for him into countless fragments.

Amidst the fragments, faint traces of blood could be seen.

"If you use this kind of move right from the start, it seems I don't need to hold back either."

Upon meeting him, Gwyn was presented with a greeting gift that involved a conceptual level of attack. Realizing that the space centered on him had been cut into countless small fragments, Gwen murmured and his body suddenly burst forth with a dazzling golden light.

In the blink of an eye, the fine cracks on Gwen's body had healed completely, and a golden radiance, like that of the sun, illuminated the elegant and magnificent hall, as well as Arcueid's beautiful face, which was unparalleled on the planet.

"Is this what gives you the confidence to provoke me?"

Having just awakened from his deep sleep, Arcueid, whose mind was not yet fully clear, saw that "Roa" not only did not take the opportunity to escape, but also dared to provoke him. A fierce glint flashed in his blood-red eyes.

As the immense magical power surged, enough to suffocate ordinary living beings, blue veins faintly appeared on the True Ancestor Princess's snow-white neck, and the already shattered space transformed into an invisible blade—this time she even completely reconstructed the entire Millennium Castle, attempting to turn the entire castle into a literal meat grinder to annihilate the damned "Roa".

The castle floor tiles suddenly turned into quicksand, dragging Gwen's body downwards—this was the terrifying aspect of the Imaginary Materialization.

With enough vivid imagination, one can transform the natural environment into a weapon of mass destruction.

Moreover, such conceptual rewriting is difficult to deal with using conventional methods.

As Arcueid unleashed another Imaginary Materialization, the magical power surging within her grew ever more terrifying—

As the True Ancestor, a tentacle of the planet, its power is the extent granted by the planet's own resources. In a sense, being an enemy of the True Ancestor is being an enemy of the planet.

The True Ancestors, who cannot squander planetary resources at will, will measure the capabilities and armaments of their opponents to adjust and upgrade their own specifications, until they are just able to carry out a suppressive war.

Now, facing "Roa," who has displayed power far exceeding that of the past, Arcueid needs to further elevate its own level and unleash even greater power.

For Arcueid, the Earth Ultimate One candidate who serves as the vessel for the King of the Moon, this change will only take a very short time.

However, Gwen also seized upon this brief moment—

"Flaw--

It's too big!

Before the sound reached Arcueid's ears, the enormous fist had already shattered countless spatial blades coming towards it, and slammed into Arcueid with immense force and magnificent light.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, just like Gwen who had just arrived, Arcueid's body, which was unleashing its full potential, was sent flying like a rag doll, smashing through walls until it was blasted out of the Millennium Castle, which had become a killing machine, and crashed into the desolate woodland.

The white dress with gold patterns blossomed into fragmented irises under the moonlight.

Moonlight seeped through the mist of the Black Forest, veiling Arcueid's blood-stained face in a silvery veil.

The stunningly True Ancestor Princess's face turned deathly pale, with bright red blood still clinging to her lips. She collapsed weakly onto the broken leaves, her magnificent dress torn to shreds, and a golden glint shone from the clearly visible fist mark on her abdomen.

However, Arcueid did not show any sign of pain despite this unprecedented injury.

The stunningly beautiful face that had just been filled with a chilling killing intent now showed a hint of surprise and confusion.

Looking at Gwyn, who had suddenly appeared before her, his body wreathed in invisible golden flames, and who raised his fist— the Gwen that had just severely injured her— Arcueid suddenly said—

"You're not Roa?"

Why do you think I would be Roa?

Seeing that Arcueid had come to terms with reality, Gwen withdrew his punch and sneered.

"Roa has revived, and that...letter appeared in my hand, containing a string of nonsensical words that Roa could utter. Then you appeared through that, so you really aren't Roa?"

Arcueid blinked her crimson eyes and asked earnestly.

Despite it being a fairly serious topic, Arcueid's earnest expression always gave Gwen a strangely endearing, slightly goofy feeling.

The contrast with the chilling killing intent just now is even more pronounced.

"No."

Gwen said succinctly.

"I knew it, how could Roa possibly have such power..."

Upon receiving Gwen's reply, Arcueid, who had just been intently watching Gwen's beautiful eyes blink, immediately showed a look of delight on her pretty face.

"Now that your question has been answered, shouldn't we settle the score for your sudden attack on me?"

Seeing Arcueid's innocent smile, Gwen smiled slightly as well, but his words betrayed his intention not to let Arcueid off easily—

"If I weren't strong enough, I probably would have been killed by you the moment I appeared."

"Then... what do you want?"

Although the progenitors who created her did not teach Arcueid what it meant to apologize or make amends.

However, Arcueid had just done some research on planetary knowledge, quickly realized what Gwen was planning to do. She blinked her crimson eyes and stared at Gwen as she asked.

With a flick of her blood-stained fingertips, the vacuum blade that had just been cutting through the atmosphere now wove the fallen leaves beside her, stained with her blood, into a bracelet that shimmered with moonlight.

The Princess of the True Ancestor looked up, holding the bracelet with its somewhat ethereal beauty in her hands, and revealed an innocent smile, "Is this acceptable as an apology?"

Although she knew what it meant to apologize, the True Ancestor Princess clearly couldn't grasp the right balance.

Looking at the pure white Princess's innocent smile, Gwen remained silent for a moment, then took the delicate bracelet from her small hand, examined it for a moment, and said—

"A nice gift, but not enough."

Upon hearing this, Arcueid blinked and said in a daze:

"Shall I make another one?"

As she spoke, Arcueid reached for the fallen leaves beside her.

As Arcueid moved, the fragments of her magnificent gown, shattered by Gwen's punch, fell off, revealing her fair skin and a beautiful body that seemed to be... the most perfect work of art created by God.

His gaze swept over that delicate, jade-like body, and even Gwen, in his current state, couldn't help but slightly change his expression.

After finishing reading, he politely looked away, casually pulled out a trench coat and tossed it at Arcueid, Gwen said—

"Instead of this, you might need to change your clothes first."

"Change clothes?"

Arcueid blinked, touched the Gwen coat draped over her shoulders, and after a moment of thought, a surge of magical energy coursed through her.

In Gwen's sight, Arcueid's delicate feet and a section of her calf, which were not covered by her trench coat, were quietly wrapped in a layer of black stockings, and then those black-stockinged feet were covered by boots.

While Gwen, Arcueid had already sat up, clutching Gwen's trench coat.

"Hmm..."

However, during this process, Arcueid's pretty face, which had initially shown some surprise, suddenly revealed a look of pain, and her small hand unconsciously covered her abdomen.

"It hurts..."

After sitting up awkwardly, Arcueid looked up at Gwen, a hint of grievance on her pretty face.

As she spoke, Arcueid removed Gwen coat, pulled up her pure white sweater, revealing the fair skin of her abdomen.

Above that delicate and small navel, a fist-shaped mark can be seen with the naked eye, still emitting a faint golden light.

"You hit me so hard..."

This is the first time I've ever been hit so hard.

Arcueid pointed her slender finger at the fist mark, stared blankly at Gwen, and whispered.

"..."

Looking at Arcueid, Gwen hesitated for a moment—

Is this girl... haggling?

Unsure whether his guess was correct, Gwen crouched down, his fingertips lightly touching the soft skin, gently brushing across the golden fist mark as Arcueid's body trembled involuntarily.

"Okay, it doesn't hurt anymore."

Gwen laughed.

"Um..."

Arcueid mimicked Gwen movements, running her hand over her abdomen, a look of confusion on her pretty face, wondering why she couldn't feel the same sensation as when Gwen touched her.

Confused, Arcueid looked up at Gwen and asked cautiously—

"So... we're even?"