(Ceruno)
After being fed through several different methods, Mi Xue displayed a clear will of her own.
How old was she mentally now?
I didn't know, but she clearly understood the situation.
Standing in front of Miluno, she declared in her childish voice, "Everyone's done so much for Mi Xue! Mi Xue wants to repay everyone too... Mi Xue will turn things around and show you!"
That familiar white-haired, dark-skinned brat, our Mi Xue, was back.
"Auntie, I want to go out!"
She was brimming with determination, even wanting to go out and face the Black Mud head-on...
But I wouldn't allow her to do that.
"You're still no match for the other you."
According to Miss Terra's calculations, she would still be absorbed if she went out now.
"No! I'm different from her! She might be who I was back then, but she'll never become 'Mi Xue'... because she doesn't have a mom and dad!"
The child was saying something that sounded like an insult with complete seriousness.
Mi Xue passed through my defensive bubble. Standing outside the ninth layer, she absorbed all the darkness filtered through the other eight layers. Once she confirmed she was fine, she stepped forward toward the eighth layer.
She was gradually adapting to the other Mi Xue's assault. What she had absorbed before was nowhere near her limit, but once she crossed a certain threshold, absorbing would turn into being absorbed.
So feeling out her upper limit step by step like this really was the right choice.
Miluno stood before the ninth bubble, watching Mi Xue. Although they weren't related by blood, they were mother and daughter in name. What was Miluno feeling as she watched her daughter move farther away?
Bang-
"It broke?!"
Darkness focused into a beam pierced the first defensive