Jean's Crying

After getting dressed, Kino summoned his Clone Demon.

"Greetings, Your Majesty." The Clone Demon bowed respectfully.

"Clone Demon, make a contract with her," Kino said, pointing at the Dark Phoenix.

"Yes." The two Clone Demon approached the Dark Phoenix and quickly produced a contract.

"My price is that you have to look into the eyes of another version of yourself for one minute every day. Do you need to make changes?"

The Clone Demon spoke with humility, for in their eyes, she was clearly the next Princess Consort.

"No need, this is fine."

Dark Phoenix answered decisively.

"Contract complete."

As the Clone Demon finished speaking, the method of using the ability instantly appeared in Dark Phoenix's mind.

After the contract ended, the Clone Demon wisely left.

The next moment, Dark Phoenix began to use her abilities.

As the light flashed, two identical figures appeared in the same spot.

Qin, lying on the ground, shivered and opened her eyes.

"Kino and another version of myself? Am I dreaming?"

"Coward, you're awake."

Dark Phoenix said with a mocking expression.

"Who are you? And you're wearing my clothes."

Qin stood up, looking at Dark Phoenix with a puzzled expression. She could sense a connection between the two.

"Qin, you should put your clothes on first."

Kino conjured up a set of clothes and handed them over.

"Thanks."

Qin silently took it and started exchanging it in front of the two of them, since they had already seen everything.

Upon seeing this, Kino couldn't help but turn his head away. Although he had seen it before, there was always a certain allure to the way this beautiful woman dressed.

"Coward, you've got some nerve now."

Dark Phoenix crossed her arms and glanced sideways at Qin as she spoke.

"Why do you keep calling me a coward? And who are you?"

Qin finished dressing and frowned as she looked at Dark Phoenix.

"My name is Dark Phoenix. Weren't you the one who kept speaking to me in my mind? Have you forgotten already?"

"That wasn't a hallucination?"

Qin's eyes widened. She had thought it was an inner monologue, but it turned out to be real and had even come out.

"Yeah, she nags on and on all day long, asking what kind of personality Kino likes, whether he likes people older than him, and..."

Dark Phoenix rolled her eyes and started counting on her fingers.

"Shut up!"

Qin rushed over in shame and anger, her face flushed red.

It feels like one day, someone else finds out what you once secretly liked, and the person you liked is still here.

Dark Phoenix snapped her the Snap as she watched the harp pounce on her, and the harp froze in mid-air.

Qin stared at her in astonishment, unable to move, as if bound by an invisible force.

"Mind Stone, my ability, how did you come to have it?"

Qin tried to resist with her own abilities, but her mental strength seemed to be touching a mountain, unable to budge it at all.

"How can you possibly compare to me with your limited abilities? Not just Mind Stone, but what about this other ability?"

Dark Phoenix was very satisfied with the expression on her face. The emotions that had been suppressed and imprisoned in the darkness were now released, and she appeared somewhat unrestrained and arrogant.

My fingers glided across the piano's fabric, turning everything they touched into molecules, revealing large expanses of snow-white skin.

Qin was not alarmed, firstly because Kino was there, and secondly because she could sense that her other self seemed to have no ill intentions.

"It's boring."

The connection was bidirectional, Dark Phoenix, bored, stopped playing and put the violin down.

It ran behind Kino and clung to Kino.

"Kino, give me some ice cream."

"Didn't I just say that you can only eat one a day?"

"This is a new body, so it doesn't count."

As Qin looked at the Dark Phoenix snuggling against Kino, memories of the bathroom earlier flooded back, and she understood the Dark Phoenix's origins.

"Kino, is she my second personality? Did you separate us?"

"You could say that."

"But why did I develop a second personality?"

This was what puzzled Qin. She frowned and stared intently at Kino, hoping to get an answer from him.

Kino turned his head and looked at the Dark Phoenix.

"Didn't you break the seal on her memories?"

"I loosened it a little, but I sealed it again after I came out. She wasn't ready yet."

Dark Phoenix enjoys playing the piano, but that doesn't mean she dislikes her.

"We'll have to face this sooner or later, so it's better to resolve the potential problems sooner rather than later."

"Okay, whatever you say."

Qin looked at the two of them, who were talking back and forth, completely bewildered, not understanding what they were saying at all.

Her memories are sealed, and she's a Mind Stone; how could she not know, unless...

Before Qin could think for long, the Dark Phoenix's spiritual power had already appeared in her brain, easily unlocking the memory seal.

Qin stood there, stunned, then stumbled and sat down on the ground, childhood memories flooding her mind.

When she awakened her abilities, she caused a car accident that resulted in her mother's death.

"Awooo!!!"

Bang bang bang

The superpowers that had been suppressed for so long were released, and powerful Havok pounded against the walls.

If Kino hadn't enveloped the entire room with her Bio-field, it would have been a ruin.

The objects in the room were shaken and flew everywhere.

Jean, however, is immersed in painful memories, unable to extricate herself, and her superpowers erupt even more violently.

Even without the Phoenix Force, he is still Omega-Level Mutant.

"Dark Phoenix, take care of yourself."

"Don't worry, no matter how strong she is, she can't hurt me."

Kino nodded and walked step by step toward Qin. The closer he got to her, the stronger the Havok became, as if it was rejecting everyone's approach.

The Havok, more powerful than a missile, felt like a gentle breeze when it hit Kino.

When Qin came to his side, Kino didn't say anything, but simply hugged her and wrapped her up in a warm blanket.

"The insects fly, the insects fly..."

He gently patted her back and hummed a childhood lullaby, the same way her father used to soothe her when she was little, and it always worked.

Although I couldn't understand the meaning, the gentle melody echoed in the room, as if it had a magical power.

In Kino's arms, Jean gradually stopped crying, and the Havok slowly subsided.

Kino didn't stop either, continuing to hum the lullaby.

The Dark Phoenix looked at Qin with some envy, sensing that Qin's inner sadness was being suppressed by a sense of peace.

She'll be in Kino's arms soon too.

Dark Phoenix thought to herself, her eyes fixed on Kino and Jean, feeling as if a kitten was gently scratching at her heart.

"Thank you, I'm alright now."

After humming for an unknown amount of time, Qin's little head peeked out from under the blanket, her eyes now clear.

"That's good. How are you feeling?" Kino asked with concern.

"I'm still angry. What right did the professor have to seal away my memories?"

Qin spoke through gritted teeth, her hands gripping the blanket tightly, her eyes flashing with anger.

"Don't blame him. You were in pain and filled with self-blame back then. If your memories hadn't been sealed, you might already be dead. I'll help you resurrect your mother in a while."

Kino went to great lengths to manage this subordinate.