First Arrival

Ever since Sera understood why he had sped up, he had been constantly checking the time unconsciously. Sera was worried that he would disappear before he finished dealing with his business.

Seeing the time the core was reminding Sera of, Sera's heart was in turmoil. Time was running out, so... Sera felt he needed to do something, at least leave something for Miss Herta.

But... what should I keep?

Sera fell into deep thought.

What are you thinking about?

Miss Herta's face came into Sera's view, but Sera remained calm.

"I was just thinking about the Qixi Festival activities; this is my first time participating in Qixi Festival with other people."

Sera's voice carried a hint of emotion, after all, he was telling the truth. He had indeed thought about this just now, not only because it was his first time participating in a Qixi Festival event with others, but also because it was his first time participating in any event at all.

He had only heard of Qixi Festival before, and never imagined that he would one day participate in it with others.

This is my first time participating too.

Miss Herta smiled and looked at Sera.

"It would be strange if it weren't our first time participating, right?"

"Too."

Sera nodded thoughtfully.

So, what's for breakfast this morning?

Sera asked a question that still concerned him greatly, "Yes, what will we eat?"

"..."

Miss Herta was clearly silenced by Sera's words, and she spoke after a moment.

"Noodles for lunch."

As Miss Herta waited for the doll to serve the noodles, she looked somewhat helplessly at Sera had asked the same question again at noon.

I asked you once in the morning, and again at noon. You really are something else! It perfectly matches Miss Herta's impression of Sera.

"We can't just ignore food."

Sera didn't care about this at all. What to eat was the biggest problem for him before, after all, he was just an ordinary person who wanted to lie down and relax.

After finishing the noodles served by the Herta Puppet, Sera and Miss Herta started watching anime about witches. There was no rush for the activities; they could kill time by watching anime first.

Let's go.

Sera stepped out of the car first, then turned back and extended his right hand. Miss Herta naturally placed her hand on his right hand, which Sera gently pulled out.

After watching some anime, the two arrived at the event location in a private car. To avoid being disturbed, Sera took out an item he had placed in his core space— Cognition Filter.

Although he didn't know where he got it from, since he had it, wouldn't it be a waste not to use it?

So now both of them are wearing Cognition Filter, and the two moons on Sera's hair, one on the left and one on the right, look quite Equilibrium.

Upon entering the event venue, the two entered through a special passage and received the distributed river lanterns.

"The river lanterns light up at night!"

The staff member smiled at the two 'couples' in front of her, and after introducing the river lanterns, she sincerely offered her blessings.

Happy Qixi Festival! May you two lovers be united in marriage!

This was the first time she had ever received a special request from a leader to send their blessings, and it was surprising that it was two girls...

"Thanks."

Sera looked into Miss Herta's eyes, and the two smiled. Sera turned around and waved her hand.

The two then strolled leisurely, carrying river lanterns. Sera glanced at Miss Herta's hand, then withdrew it.

This little commotion naturally didn't escape Miss Herta's notice. With a slight smile, Miss Herta's right hand silently climbed onto Sera's left hand.

Sera's eyes widened for a moment, then a brighter smile spread across her face as she clasped Miss Herta's right hand with her left, their fingers intertwined.

No. 0, observing from the shadows, quickly snapped a picture of the two's radiant smiles and their clasped hands.

Sera and Miss Herta clasped hands, their left and right hands holding river lanterns. After carrying them for a while, Sera found it a bit troublesome, so she flipped her right hand and stored the river lantern in her spatial storage. She then naturally took the river lantern from Miss Herta, doing the same thing.

"Herta."

Sera looked at the stalls not far away, her eyes lit up, and she pointed in that direction.

"Look there."

Miss Herta's gaze fell in the direction Sera was looking as she spoke, and after seeing clearly, Miss Herta's face turned helpless.

Didn't you already have lunch?

"That's different. Don't they say people have a second stomach for holding pastries?"

"That's not what I meant..."

Although Miss Herta didn't finish her sentence, Sera clearly understood what she meant, looking at Herta with a slightly teasing gaze.

Sera... was furious!

Then came things like, "I'm Herrscher! Of course Herrscher are different from ordinary people! How can Herrscher's affairs be the same as an ordinary person's?"

A slightly cheerful atmosphere filled the air; at least Miss Herta's smile deepened. She wished it could always be like this.

"If only there could be more of these leisurely and peaceful times," Miss Herta thought, her gaze softening as she looked at Sera. She had changed her lonely time.

"Don't you want it?"

Let's go.

Miss Herta smiled, and her clasped hands with Sera's led Sera to keep up with her pace.

After a 0.1-second pause, Sera reacted and caught up with Miss Herta, walking alongside her.

"Boss, how much is this?"

Miss Herta pointed to the pastries.

The stall owner, who had just raised his smiling face, paused when he saw the two of them, but he had seen this kind of situation before in all his years here.

"Little girls, you can try making these Qiaoguo (a type of pastry) yourself; it's not difficult."

Can I taste it while I make it?

Sera asked aloud.

"Sure."

Let's go.

Miss Herta and Sera arrived at a small table, where a staff member came forward and led them through the production process.

The first step is to wash your hands.

The staff led the two to the sink.

After the two washed their already spotless hands, the staff led them to collect the molds.

"You can choose any of these molds yourself. If you don't find one you like, you can also draw a design on the machine and have it made."

After glancing at the mold, Miss Herta walked to the machine and quickly drew a mold in the shape of a purple lily. Sera didn't need a drawing; the moon was already there.

"Tasty."

Sera used a small skewer to pick up a few yogurts and stuffed them into her mouth.

"These are the instructions; you two can follow them."

"Add flour, sugar, oil, eggs, sesame seeds..."

Sera followed the instructions, adding the necessary ingredients step by step, and then rolled up her sleeves to start kneading the dough.

After enduring the kneading and punching of the dough, Sera obediently kneaded it under Miss Herta's watchful eye.