Kesha, Who Wants to Retire

After reading Ye Chen's information, it was not hard to see traces of another civilization behind him.

He Xi did not find this strange. After all, the universe was vast, and over the past tens of thousands of years, many spacefaring civilizations had emerged, let alone those born even further in the past.

It was perfectly normal for a lucky person like Ye Chen to obtain the legacy left behind by some fallen spacefaring civilization.

"Tut-tut, this little fellow has some impressive abilities. His ability to talk his way out of anything is especially outstanding. Hmm, and his brainwashing skills aren't inferior to yours either, Man Woman."

As she spoke, He Xi turned toward Kesha and teased her.

Kesha's face darkened at those words. She said irritably, "Get lost. I didn't brainwash anyone. That's all due to my personal charm."

"Yes, yes, it's all due to your personal charm. After all, you are the Queen of the Gods."

As she spoke, He Xi wrapped an arm around Kesha's slender waist and teased her with a smile.

Feeling the hand around her waist, a strange look rose in Kesha's eyes. She then slapped He Xi's hand away in annoyance.

"Old Fairy, don't tell me you've started wanting a man."

Seeing the strange look that had flashed through Kesha's eyes, He Xi immediately felt delighted.

After playing around with Kesha a few more times, she noticed that something was off about her.

At that moment, He Xi could not help wondering whether staying with her for so long had caused Kesha's orientation to change.

The thought startled He Xi a little.

After all, the two of them were close friends. How could they develop that kind of relationship?

Besides, they were the queens of the angel civilization. If they really developed such feelings, things would become extremely amusing.

If the little angels below found out, what would they think of them?

Thus, she made up her mind to engage in fewer intimate actions with Kesha in the future, preventing Kesha from developing any unusual thoughts.

She would extinguish that tiny spark Kesha had just kindled before it had a chance to grow.

At that moment, she was the heartless, mischievous He Xi.

Just as Kesha suppressed the strange feeling in her heart, she noticed He Xi staring at her with a strange look. Kesha's eyes began to dart away.

"Why are you suddenly looking at me so strangely? Is there something on my face?"

"It's nothing. Have some tea, have some tea."

Seeing Kesha like this, He Xi became somewhat certain of her earlier guess. Otherwise, why would Kesha be acting so guilty?

Still, she would observe the situation a little longer.

The two of them then sat on the grass, enjoying the breeze, admiring the blue sky and white clouds, and watching colorful butterflies dance. It looked incredibly relaxing.

But neither of their hearts was as calm as before.

"Man Woman, what do you think we should do about A-Zhui's situation?"

Hearing this, Kesha looked at the scene before her and pondered. "A-Zhui has already made the Guardian Angel Oath to this little fellow.

"Now, what else can we do besides grant them our blessing? Still, this little fellow isn't honest either. He actually dared to deceive A-Zhui like that.

"Especially since he kept it from me, the 'head of the family.' Even if this matter is already settled, we can't simply let him off. We have to give him a small punishment and let him understand that deceiving an angel comes with a price."

He Xi nodded, agreeing with Kesha.

After all, Ye Chen had indeed acted improperly in this matter. If A-Zhui had been a retired angel, that would have been one thing; Kesha would have had no authority over it.

But A-Zhui was currently an active-duty battle angel.

Now that he had deceived A-Zhui into making the Guardian Angel Oath, if Kesha, as the "head of the family," did nothing, would she still have any authority?

In particular, Kesha had to prevent similar incidents from happening again. She knew that although the little angels under her command were quite powerful, they were too innocent. On top of that, they were all somewhat love-struck. Whenever feelings were involved, they seemed to lose their intelligence and simply could not compete with those mortals.

Wasn't Qingqing the same in the original story? She had abandoned her post to secretly fall in love with a mortal and had ultimately married him.

Who would believe that she had been attracted entirely by that mortal's personal charm?

The little angels were good in every other respect, but their love-brained nature was unbearable. In particular, the angels were all extremely stubborn. Once they decided on something, they would never regret it until death.

Time passed little by little. Kesha and He Xi sat beneath the gentle sunlight, chatting about everything under the heavens, their figures gradually overlapping.

"Old Fairy, what do you think? Should we fake our deaths and retire? I feel tired. I want to rest.

"Besides, the angel civilization is already facing problems. Perhaps we should choose a new queen and let the angel civilization restore order to the universe—or break it down and rebuild it."

Looking at the azure sky in the distance, Kesha seemed to have made some decision before speaking.

Kesha had discovered the problems within the current angel civilization long ago. She had considered changing things, which was why she had never stopped using the Celestial Computer to deduce the future all these years.

The future it had deduced was one in which the old queen stepped down and a new queen ascended the throne, restoring order to the universe—or allowing the angel civilization to break and rise anew.

It was just that she had never been able to make up her mind.

But now, because of the strange feeling that had just risen in her heart, she had finally decided.

Furthermore, three thousand years had passed since the chaotic and decaying Heavenly Palace era. Her era should have ended as well.

And just as she had said, she was a little tired.

Hearing Kesha's words, He Xi was not surprised. She merely said, "Since you've made up your mind, then do it.

"After all, the angel civilization is no longer in our era.

"Our former comrades-in-arms are either dead or retired. This vast civilization is now left with only the two of us old women.

"Come to think of it, if I hadn't wanted to accompany you, I might have retired ten thousand years ago."

"Heh-heh, Old Fairy, it seems you've been plotting against me for a long time."

Hearing this, Kesha's heart stirred, and she could not help teasing her.

"Get lost. That's pure friendship. Friendship, do you hear me? Don't get the wrong idea."

At that moment, He Xi was like a little wildcat that had been provoked. She glared with her blue eyes and emphasized it again.

"Fine, fine, pure friendship. Happy now?" Seeing He Xi like this, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Kesha's lips.

Only then did He Xi let the matter drop.

As time flowed on, no one knew how long had passed before Kesha looked at the blue sky and white clouds on the horizon and spoke softly.

"He Xi, thank you for everything you've done for me all these years."

"It's good that you know. So, have you decided where we'll go to have fun after faking our deaths?"

"Not yet. We'll just wander around wherever.

"After all, the universe is so vast. We can stop somewhere and play for a few decades. Once we're tired of it, we'll move somewhere else. By the time we've had enough fun, tens of millions of years will have passed."

"That sounds good. I've been stuck in the laboratory every day for tens of thousands of years. To be honest, I'm already sick of it."

As for where to go after retiring, He Xi did not care. In her view, as long as Kesha was by her side, nowhere would be boring.

The two of them sat on the grass, chatting about everything under the heavens and painting a picture of their beautiful future life.