Mo Yi: If we didn't hurry, we wouldn't make it back for the dinner Mei cooked. He had specifically asked Mei to make an extra portion for Seele. If they missed it, not only would it go to waste, but Mei would be upset and worried.
As a qualified boyfriend, not making his girlfriend worry was basic practice.
"Seele—"
"Bronya!"
Unlike before, when they had called out to each other as they unleashed their strongest attacks, Bronya and Seele now called each other's names with nothing but peace and unprecedented fulfillment in their hearts, as though the hollow in their souls had finally been filled.
After hugging and catching up for over twenty seconds, the two continued their journey out of the Sea of Quantum.
With Seele going all out and Mo Yi clearing the mobs along the way ahead, the two ran smoothly toward the gate Seele had opened in the Sea of Quantum, until—
An invisible force descended, twisting Bronya, Seele, and their surroundings before transferring them into a new space.
"Seele, are you okay?"
Faced with the sudden change, Bronya reacted faster than Seele. She hugged Seele first, then scanned their surroundings. Though this space still possessed the strange sci-fi feeling of the Sea of Quantum, it clearly bore the flat, orderly traces of human modification. Most eye-catching of all was the enormous cherry blossom tree at its center, absurdly huge, with brilliant blossoms blooming across its branches.
"Welcome, my two little guests—"
At that moment, a magnetic male voice rang out, drawing Bronya and Seele's attention away from their astonishment at the massive cherry blossom tree.
Looking in the direction of the voice, they finally saw what appeared to be a throne crafted from obsidian in the distance. Upon it sat a young white-haired man, one