Honkai: First Herrscher Encounter on Arrival?!
Chapter 13

Vill-V's Three-Way Interrogation

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When the lighting rig descended from the sky, it was, to say the least, incredibly subtle. Everyone vanished the moment they landed, and even our pink fairy disappeared in an instant.

This time, our great magician Vill-V perfectly executed a mass disappearance trick. If this were a stage performance, Li Ming figured not only the performers but the entire audience would vanish.

This kind of magic is best performed at the end of a show. Why not perform it earlier? Because if it was performed too early, the show would end, and they might even dismantle the stage, just like that lighting rig earlier.

After everyone had landed, Kevin and Chrono, who had just finished showering, teamed up to destroy the lighting rig.

Vill-V angrily pounded the ground, which was covered in yellow juice, lamenting their act of discarding her after using her. But no matter how much Vill-V complained, she couldn't stop them from destroying the lighting rig.

If Elysia and Pardo hadn't intervened, Vill-V would have probably been destroyed first.

In the end, Kevin and Chrono took action. Kevin first drew the Heavenly Fire Greatsword and split the lighting rig into four pieces. Chrono's body ignited with roaring flames that shot straight into the sky, leaving nothing but ashes of the lighting rig.

After this incident, the entire Golden Courtyard remained deserted for a full three days. Everyone was forced to take three days off and, with a group of children, cleaned the Golden Courtyard spotlessly, not even sparing the leaves of the plants and flowers.

If these children had to write diary entries for their summer homework, this event would surely leave a deep impression. Speaking of summer homework, Li Ming suddenly thought, the children are all grown up, why haven't they been sent to school or anything?

He thought about it later and realized that with the orphanage in its current state, sending every child to school wasn't practical. He had just been thinking too ideally.

But there was nothing he could do about it; his system was just too pathetic.

He thought about other people's systems, which either came with several dimensions or gifted them with large villas. His system, on the other hand, had nothing and even required him to pour money into it. And his system couldn't even turn into a girl.

Wait, something felt off. He decided not to think about it anymore, lest he get beaten.

But Adam was different. Kevin and Plum were there; how could they let Adam just wander around like this? How could that be allowed?

However, when he brought this up with Kevin, Kevin looked at him with confusion and asked earnestly, "Isn't Apponia's place already the biggest and best kindergarten in the city?"

Suddenly being asked this by Kevin, Li Ming was dumbfounded. "Huh? You call that a kindergarten?"

Plum also came over and said, "Yeah, its signboard says Orphanage, its nickname is Monastery, and its actual job is Kindergarten. Elysia even came up with that, but I didn't expect Apponia to agree."

But he remembered that the system's commission task also referred to it as an orphanage. So, did the system also think it was an orphanage? The system even made a misjudgment; it was truly embarrassing for the system.

However, upon hearing the name of that pink fairy, Li Ming felt that everything made sense. After all, nothing she did was surprising. She was the beautiful girl who used to dislike Black Abyss White Flower because it wasn't cute enough.

Even the activation spell for Black Abyss White Flower seemed to be someone else's idea.

"I am the Black that travels to hell, I am the White that comes from heaven, born before creation, existing after annihilation, I will invert the universe and return order to the world..."

Proposer: Elysia, Operator: Vill-V.

It could only be said that they were indeed entertainment seekers of the Elysian Realm; such actions were not unexpected.

Three days later, the Golden Courtyard's new program: The Trial of Vill-V.

Mobius sat in the main seat of the sofa, with Eden and Elysia on either side. Mobius took a sip of her homemade test-tube drink and felt it was not bad, especially the green color, which she found comforting; at least it wasn't yellow.

After taking the last sip of her drink, Mobius pressed the remote control. "Guards, open court! Bring in the prisoner, Vill-V!"

Adam and Kevin, holding brooms and mops, shouted from the side, "Long live the court!"

"My lords, I am innocent!"

Before she was even brought in, Vill-V's voice could be heard from afar. Chrono and Cosmo, with great effort, brought in Vill-V, who was tied up like a caterpillar. After Cosmo and Chrono put Vill-V down, they saw her lying on the ground, struggling inch by inch.

"As the mastermind behind the defilement of the Golden Courtyard, do you have any grievances to state..."

After speaking, Mobius glanced to her left and right. Eden was still calmly drinking tea, and for some reason, her originally wine-red hair color seemed to have faded a bit. Elysia was just smiling, clearly enjoying the show. Seeing that neither of them spoke, Mobius directly threw the test tube in her hand onto the ground. "If there are no grievances, drag her out and execute her!"

However, perhaps because the test tube was of good quality, it only rolled a couple of times on the ground without breaking, which made Mobius quite embarrassed, but she was too proud to pick it up.

At this moment, Pardo pounced, picked up the test tube, and hugged it. With a wronged expression, she cried, "I have grievances, my lord! This Vill-V deceived me, saying she would help me find a can of food. But before the can was found, she's to be executed? I am too wronged! Please, my lord, raise your... that thing..."

Pardo stealthily pretended to wipe a tear and glanced at Li Ming, who was holding a sign nearby. "Oh, oh, raise your hand, let this sinner find the can of food before confessing her guilt."

"What crime have I committed? I am innocent!" Vill-V had completely let go by now and started improvising.

Su and Hua, as the editors of this play, frowned. In fact, it had started deviating from the script from the beginning. Mobius was supposed to listen to Vill-V's plea, but instead, she passed judgment without even hearing her out.

Vill-V also started improvising and didn't bother to plead. In the original plot, Vill-V was supposed to go up and bitterly say, 'Yes, yes, let me perform a magic trick of turning something into a can of food before dying!'

Now, they didn't know how to judge the plot anymore.

However, it was not easy to persist until now, as none of them were easy-going people. It was truly difficult to last this long.

"How dare you! Are you trying to rebel?" Mobius frowned and reached out to smash the remote control on the ground. Fortunately, Griseo, to preserve her future right to watch TV, quickly ran up to protect her remote control.

Otherwise, the remote control would have been smashed to pieces.

"What can you do if I rebel? I'm telling you, I've already captured Klein. If you don't let me go, I'll make sure Klein's remains are scattered!" With a puff of smoke, Vill-V broke free from the ropes and jumped out.

Holding a bound Klein in one hand and the remote control in the other, Klein was still groggily asleep. Despite the noise, there was no sign of her waking up.

"Hurry up and release Klein!" Mobius's voice turned cold. Vill-V just shook Klein and laughed maniacally, "Hahaha, Klein is in my hands, I will now use Klein to command Mobius!"

"Hmm? What's wrong, Doctor? Why am I here? This must be because I haven't slept in too long and am dreaming." Groggily, Klein woke up for a moment, but thinking she was dreaming, she fell back asleep.

At this moment, Mobius was overcome with grief, and Vill-V was being arrogant. Elysia seized the opportunity, united with Eden, and took control of the Golden Courtyard, ordering Kevin, Adam, Cosmo, and Chrono to jointly apprehend Mobius and Vill-V.

"Guards, give both of them fifty lashes each and confine them for ten days. As for Klein, her punishment will be to sleep for two days!"

Sakura and Rin quietly came out and without a sound, pulled the two away. Then, sounds of crying and screaming echoed through the house.

At this point, the entire play concluded. The children, sitting in rows in the living room, all began to applaud, "That was great!"

"Brother Adam is so handsome!"

"Sister Elysia is so cool!"

That's right, this play was put on to make up for a play the children had performed. Although it deviated from the original plot for the most part, it was good overall. At the very least, it succeeded in making the children forget about what happened last night.

However, even though it was just a play, some people took it seriously. Pardo looked confused, tears still on her face.

"What, Sister Mobius and Sister Vill-V are both grounded? Then who's going to help me find the canned food?"

Poor Pardo's eyes were filled with tears. No one dared to meet her gaze. Elysia pushed Li Ming in front of her. "Don't we still have Ming? Let Ming go with you!"

Li Ming saw the cursor that lit up above Pardo's head and went along with it, triggering the dialogue. "It's okay, Pardo, I can help you find the canned food."

"Really? Brother Li Ming, you're too kind!" Pardo looked at Li Ming with teary eyes, her eyes a little red and swollen. Li Ming felt a little uneasy, but then he thought about his mascot costume. There wasn't really another option, so he nodded heavily.

Seeing Li Ming agree, Pardo immediately stopped crying. "Really? That's great!"

Then, Pardo rushed straight to the room where Vill-V was locked up. "Then I'll rebel! Charge! Kill this traitor!"

"It's obvious she's overexcited," Su glanced at Pardo, whom Li Ming was holding onto, and pulled out a medical record book from somewhere.

Hua didn't quite agree. "This is a roller coaster of emotions. She's probably just been stimulated."

"You two, stop chatting and quickly grab Pardo!" Li Ming was holding Pardo's hand when suddenly a cat tail popped out and slapped Li Ming several times.

"Oh my, everyone is quite energetic, don't you think, my dear Eden?"

Elysia hugged Eden's waist, while Eden simply raised her wine glass and clinked it with Apponia.

After the children's excitement, they started to get sleepy. After all, they weren't in the best spirits. Hua and Li Ming took the children back to the orphanage, as they both had experience looking after kids there.

And trailing behind them was Pardo. Pardo didn't get too close or say much, just stared at Li Ming longingly, afraid that Li Ming would run off if she wasn't careful.

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