"Didn't she consider at all how much of a disaster this would bring to the Luofu if something went wrong with your abilities midway through, Russell?"
A heavy look of displeasure instantly clouded Acheron's delicate face.
"Send me back. We can't let that brat keep acting so recklessly."
Acheron slowly drew her sharp blade from her waist, her gaze blazing as she shot Russell a look.
Clearly.
She intended to physically correct the values of her childhood neighbor.
—Russell had no way of dealing with Sparkle because Elation had given Sparkle a buff.
But she was different.
Russell followed the path of mastering all methods, while she followed the path of breaking all methods with a single sword.
Mind imprints? She couldn't do that.
Cognitive rewriting? She couldn't do that.
Emotional contamination? She couldn't do that.
Theoretically speaking, she was even less capable than Russell of educating problem children and bratty little girls.
But she wasn't a man, much less a man who had slept with Sparkle and raised her like a child.
So, she could completely abandon etiquette and beat her into becoming a good girl with her sword.
Yet just as she was about to rise with force, Russell's hand came down like an iron clamp, forcibly dragging her back into place.
She looked over again and saw Russell speaking to her.
"The Black and White Qi are still balanced. If you go over now, you'll only become Sparkle's stepping stone."
It wasn't because he felt sorry for Sparkle.
That woman was a pure, unadulterated bratty little girl, and the proper way to deal with bratty little girls was basically something one had to learn from Asanagi's manga.
Feeling sorry for them was torture for oneself and everyone around oneself.
But now truly wasn't the time to strike,