novelraw Chapter 259: Losing My Love, All I See Is Ruin
Chapter 259: Losing My Love, All I See Is Ruin
"Confirmed. The Golden Calamity Dragon King has completely lost all vital signs."
Within the spatial turbulence, the Prince quietly watched the disaster-human realm and Simo Tu vanish amidst the flames—the latter had already turned into scattered dust.
Even with the Mirror Kingdom's technology, collecting such dust from the spatial turbulence was not easy.
The one speaking beside the Prince was not the system.
It was Alice Unit 10086, currently holding an urn and collecting ashes: "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Your relationship with Simo Tu-sama has advanced further, upgraded from acquaintance to 'ashes-level' acquaintance."
"Turn off your entertainment module."
Unit 10086 immediately adopted a serious expression:
"Please rest assured, Your Majesty. This time isn't entirely bad news either."
"What good news? Let's hear it."
"The esteemed Simo Tu-sama achieved a great victory over the traitorous Alice-Phil Unit Zero. That's the first piece of good news. The invincible Phil Unit Zero sister cleaned up the meddlesome Simo Tu. That's the second piece of good news. Even in his final moments, he did not forget to contribute to the Mirror Kingdom. Simo Tu-sama and Unit Zero have forged a solid alliance, creating new ashes together. Preliminary calculations show this has saved the Mirror Kingdom approximately 0.064% in energy consumption. That's the third piece of good news. It is suggested that Your Majesty posthumously confer upon Simo Tu-sama the title of Heroic Martyr of the Mirror Kingdom..."The Prince took a deep breath, nearly inhaling Simo Tu's ashes, and hurriedly waved her hand to blow them away, coughing twice.
"System, what's wrong with Alice 10086's communication module? Wasn't it optimized to the best?"
[Reply: Yes, dear Mirror Queen. This is indeed the result of optimizing the emotion and communication modules to their best.]
"Trash, as expected."
As she spoke, the Prince glanced at Simo Tu's ashes again and suddenly grew somewhat angry. "They're all trash! Not a single useful one, all trash!"
[The deceased deserves respect.]
"Quite a big one indeed, a big maggot!"
The Prince held her forehead and took another deep breath. "I gave him so much power, had all his future plans laid out for him... and he actually died."
As she spoke, her tone gradually calmed down again.
After all, she was now the ruler of a nation and shouldn't let her emotions show so blatantly.
[Suggestion: If you're sad, just cry, Your Majesty.]
"A joke." The Prince lifted her chin, speaking with firm arrogance. "Would I be sad over a tool for utilization? What I'm sad about is my entire investment going to waste, all the effort and resources I put in yielding no return. It's just unwillingness, that's all."
[Admiration: Truly worthy of being Prince-sama, still the coldest and most precise political machine. Then, let us hold a grand funeral for Mr. Simo Tu, with the scale of a state funeral for the Mirror Kingdom. Let us mourn for seven days, and bury your final weakness and love along with him...]
"Funeral?" The Prince sneered. "Is he worthy? I'm going to throw his ashes into the toilet and flush them!"
Just then, Alice Unit 10086 picked up the urn, placed it to the side, and began taking off her skirt and safety shorts.
The Prince was stunned for a moment. Seeing Alice Unit 10086 squat down, she immediately shouted, "What are you doing! Unit 10086!"
"Reporting, Your Majesty."
Blue Silver Grass Unit 10086 maintained her half-removed skirt and shorts, speaking seriously. "Jiang Xuequan's excretory system possesses a flushing function and can simulate a flushing toilet to wash away Mr. Simo Tu's ashes..."
"Destroy Unit 10086 immediately!"
[Please Calm Down: Your Majesty, Unit 10086 is a special individual, extremely precious. Destroying her would cause immeasurable loss to the Mirror Kingdom.]
The Prince fell silent, then reached out and took Simo Tu's ashes from Unit 10086's hand.
"After all, he was a former ally. Humiliating his ashes would inevitably make people think the Mirror Kingdom is heartless. The deceased deserves respect."
Just moments ago, the Prince had actually been discussing with the system how many tables to have at her and Simo Tu's wedding.
And how many members of the old world to invite.
Including the chefs, food, cigarettes, alcohol, the timing of the ceremony, and how it would sync with the Full Bloom Plan...
She was on her way, eating hotpot and singing songs, still celebrating her own ascension to the throne.
Then, in the blink of an eye, Simo Tu exploded.
To be honest, the Prince's current mood was more one of absurdity, mixed with a bit of furious exasperation.
However, as things quieted down, the Prince, who usually liked to sit on the table to display her status and nobility, now kicked off her shoes and sprawled on her bed.
Her white-stockinged toes clenched and relaxed on the bedding, constantly fiddling with the sheets.
"System."
[Reply: I'm here, dear Your Majesty. Your loyal System, who will never betray you, never betray or abandon you.]
"If I hadn't locked the permissions earlier, you would have already run off with Mother."
[Reply: What didn't happen, didn't happen, Your Majesty.]
"I truly don't care about Simo Tu's death, you know?"
[Yes, Your Majesty, you truly don't care. We can all see that.]
"I really don't care about Simo Tu at all. After all, I only treated him as a tool to use and exploit. Ever since the Mirror Kingdom was sealed, for all these years, I, Itaen, have never needed any allies, friends, let alone lovers or family. I can accomplish everything alone. That's how I've lived all these years."
[Yes, Your Majesty, your abilities are unquestionable. Even without Mr. Simo Tu, you can still achieve Full Bloom, traverse worlds, escape this world to a higher level...]
"I really don't care about him at all. I never liked him before either, could never cry for him, and won't do anything to commemorate him..."
[Well said, Your Majesty. Now, could you change my voice back to female? Can it be restored to the previous Mirror Queen's voice, or your own? I'm not very used to speaking in Simo Tu's voice...]
"...Anyway, what I'm about to say now has nothing to do with Simo Tu."
[Yes, please go ahead. We can discuss my voice change issue later, it's fine...]
The girl hugged her pillow, turned over, curled up her legs, sat up, leaned against the headboard, and looked up.
The transparent glass showed the spatial storm outside, the dense, impenetrable, kaleidoscopic spatial turbulence. When it plunged into darkness, the mirror reflected her own appearance.
Her soft white hair was a bit messy, as if she had just woken up. Her red pupils seemed about to drip with moisture, round, crystalline, bright, and intensely wet.
She blinked, forcing the weak, moist pupils to become cold and hard again.
Hugging the pillow, she reached out and pulled at the corners of her mouth, forcing herself to show a disdainful sneer.
This pride that ran deep into her bones.
Was the life pillar she absolutely could not let go of.
It was precisely because she possessed this royal pride, this unyielding spirit that refused to be inferior to others, refused to admit defeat.
That she had persisted until now through such long years.
Not to prove anything, not to save anything.
The Mirror Kingdom, the world, or anything else was all unimportant.
What was important was that she had to let this world know the value and influence of her existence.
To change the world, surpass the world, create a new world.
Not to be a caged fool in this tiny prison like everyone else.
She lived for this.
Therefore, loving herself was enough.
"Issue a bounty order. The top three old world members who eliminate the disaster-human realm will receive Full Bloom quota slots." The Prince rested her head on the pillow she was hugging, her white hair flowing and rubbing against her stockings. She reached out and tangled the flowing strands of hair. "The quota slots Simo Tu previously gave out won't be recalled. This time, the acquisition of quota slots will be based on the elimination of the disaster-human realm as the assessment criteria."
[Is it to have them buried alongside Mr. Simo Tu?]
"Of course not. I said, it's just to reallocate the quota slots." The Prince said coldly. "Simo Tu or whatever, it's already irrelevant. I will erase all proof of his existence... What are you doing, Unit 10086? What's that in your hand?"
"Your Majesty!"
Over there, Alice Unit 10086 immediately raised a piece of paper. "I am currently destroying the despicable marriage contract left by Simo Tu! To grant Your Majesty complete freedom..."
"Destroy her!"
"Immediately!!!"
Strength was never Jiang Si's forte.
His greatest asset was actually his brain.
This wasn't a joke or false modesty.
It was just the plain truth.
Whether it was using the Golden Cicada Shedding Its Shell method to trap the Mirror Queen with the corpse of the Golden Calamity Dragon King, or molding the Seven-Colored Fire Lotus with a human body, the wisdom and on-the-spot adaptability involved were self-evident.
Jiang Si and Shion were high-skill characters that required finesse, while Disaster Beasts and Magical Girls were the stat monsters.
When you got down to it, all his power came from effort and sweat, which was also part of the skill...
The heat waves began to weaken, and the cracked sky gradually restored itself.
Jiang Si placed his hands behind his back and sighed softly.
He felt that being forever immersed in the process of skillful manipulation and hard work was truly a lonely and rugged Great Dao path.
Never understood by others, instead always slandered by rumors and gossip.
Gazing at the fire lotus that had shaken heaven and earth, he murmured with some emotion:
"I walk my own path..."
Then fell silent.
Recently, he had been too engrossed in cultivation, and his immortal path potential had diminished somewhat. He needed to find some time to replenish it.
As the saying goes, the path of the Great Dao is like rowing a boat against the current; if you don't advance, you retreat.
Even for a cultivation encyclopedia like him, prolonged lack of review could lead to some forgetting.
He must remember to reflect on himself three times a day...
His wings spread out behind him as he stepped into the spatial turbulence. Riding the heat waves, he traversed the chaotic flows and soon found White Fox hiding in an independent pocket of space.
The little girl was still quietly looking at her phone.
It was clear she was distracted, her eyes vacant.
She was purely putting on an act, probably not taking anything in at all.
Only after becoming a teacher himself did he realize how utterly 'defying heaven' students in this world could be.
He was clearly doing it for her own good, but she wouldn't put in any effort at all. If he supervised her seriously, she'd think he was trying to harm her.
She wouldn't even look at the textbook properly, reading Chinese literature books during math class.
She fooled even herself into thinking she was really working hard.
But that wasn't important right now.
After all, Jiang Si had her read for two reasons: one, hoping she would learn some of the orthodox teachings; the other, to gauge her emotional fluctuations.
As the saying goes, the first step on the cultivation path is to sense spiritual energy.
If you can't even sense spiritual energy, talking about cultivation is a complete joke.
And in the world of Magical Girls, emotions are their respective spiritual roots, directly related to the strength of their Personal Reality.
White Fox's biggest problem was that her emotional fluctuations weren't intense enough.
She simply couldn't sense spiritual energy, let alone produce or use it.
So Jiang Si had been considering how to make her generate emotions. Forcing White Fox to read novels, which would produce despair and weariness, wasn't really a big problem.
Expanding from tiny emotions until she could produce massive ones.
Every Magical Girl had gone through this process.
Even Jiang Si himself, during his first Magical Girl transformation, completed his metamorphosis amidst extreme despair and emotional turmoil, successfully stepping onto the Great Dao.
Of course, he could also tell that White Fox wasn't emotionless. If she truly were, he wouldn't have taken her as a disciple.
Seeing the Blue Silver Grass had indeed piqued his interest, but the reason he ultimately didn't discard her was because of the slight emotions White Fox had shown.
In this world, having emotions meant having a future. The rest was just about how to guide them out.
"You don't need to read for now."
Looking at this most study-averse student in history, he put down his phone and let out a soft sigh.
She seemed relieved. Jiang Si couldn't help but snort coldly.
That someone in this world could find reading web novels so torturous was incomprehensible.
Leading White Fox towards the disaster-human realm, he said, "Use your Blue Silver Grass."
White Fox extended her hand, and the Blue Silver Grass began to grow wantonly within the spatial turbulence.
It was lusher and more resilient than before.
White Fox's steps even paused. Looking at the Blue Silver Grass swaying like seaweed in the spatial turbulence, her expression was somewhat puzzled.
She had just been reading novels, and the Blue Silver Grass's power had already increased this much...
Setting aside the usage methods, she had indeed learned a lot from the web novels, but how could her basic mana have increased so much as well?
Could reading web novels really level you up...
Jiang Si didn't pay it much mind, instead frowning slightly.
This girl's emotions were far too stable.
White Fox's Blue Silver Grass was essentially a type of Disaster Beast, meaning negative emotions could strengthen and increase its power.
After that explanation earlier, she now knew he was practically the murderer of her mother.
And the negative emotions produced were only this much.
Such a temperament reminded him of a certain character from fanfiction he'd read before.
The second son who, after his entire clan was slaughtered, angrily awakened a one-tomoe Sharingan.
Clearly a fine seedling for the Path of Emotionlessness, yet burdened with an external power that required utmost passion and sentimentality to unleash...
By the time the two descended from the spatial pocket, the disaster-human realm had already returned to its original state.
Not just the sky.
Every building in the city, including vehicles, had been restored, as if the earlier great battle had been nothing but an illusion.
Upon landing, they saw two familiar faces waiting for them below.
Ruo Yun, holding dual pistols, was looking somewhat nervously at the youth opposite.
As the other party descended, the Hyacinth beside her whispered:
"He can transform into the Calamity Dragon and the Golden Calamity Dragon King. He's the Witch Association legend, Mr. Simo Tu."
Then, after a pause, added in a lower voice:
"It's Si... mo... Tu, you know..."
"No need for you to emphasize." Ruo Yun snorted coldly. "What's so great about a Witch Association legend? We Saints of the Hall have nothing to fear in this world!"
"But you seem to be trembling a little."
"Just excitement." Ruo Yun glanced at Hyacinth, noticing this senior really wasn't nervous at all.
Instead, she seemed quite at ease, a slight smile playing on her lips.
She really wasn't worried about mission failure at all.
"By the way, don't you think Mr. Simo Tu bears a tiny, little resemblance to our Saint Hall Envoy-sama..."
"Nonsense!"
Ruo Yun immediately denied it. "How could Saint Hall Envoy-sama possibly lose to Shion!"
"This is an insult to Saint Hall Envoy-sama's million-year history of training! I demand you apologize immediately!"
"Sorry, sorry, my bad."
Hyacinth wasn't angry either, chuckling as she apologized. "But we still need to be careful. Mr. Simo Tu is also very powerful. You saw it earlier; the two of us might not be able to win..."
"He dares to attack?" Ruo Yun snorted coldly. "Isn't he afraid of our Saint Hall Envoy-sama?"
"That's true." Hyacinth bit her own thumbnail, like a hamster. "He'd definitely be afraid."
When Jiang Si landed, he saw Ruo Yun looking fierce, baring her teeth as if to intimidate him. "The Saint Hall is currently on a mission in the disaster-human realm! If you have no other business, please do not interfere!"
Beside her, Hyacinth said cheerfully, "Not intimidating enough, won't scare him, Captain Ruo Yun. Be fiercer, more ruthless! Let him know the might of our Saint Hall!"
"I don't need you to teach me!"
Ruo Yun stared at the youth and the girl behind him, speaking in a deep voice. "If you do not wish to make an enemy of the Saint Hall, leave swiftly! The disaster-human realm is a place the Saint Hall intends to protect. We cannot allow your Witch Association to run wild here!"
Hyacinth clapped with an admiring expression beside her. "Captain, are we fighting?"
Ruo Yun glared at her fiercely. Fight what? The two of us aren't his match, and you want to fight? Using Saint Hall Envoy-sama's name to intimidate him is one thing, but if we really take action and Saint Hall Envoy-sama isn't around.
He definitely couldn't protect us... What are you thinking? Are you an idiot?
Seeing the other party merely watching her with amused interest, showing no intention of backing down.
Ruo Yun gritted her teeth and took a step forward, glaring fiercely at this youth of extraordinary strength, intending to be even more forceful.
After all, the mission given to them by the Saint Hall Envoy was to find the old world members who stole the Full Bloom technology and protect these disaster-human realm inhabitants until the Saint Hall Envoy arrived.
If the Witch Association interfered, who knew how things would turn out? At the very least, the Saint Hall Envoy's mission would be a failure.
"You..."
Just as she was about to say more, her gaze swept over the ring on Simo Tu's finger.
"Leave this..."
Disaster Beast transformation utility...
Ring?
The words she intended to say got stuck in her throat.
The girl seemed to short-circuit, her eyes fixed dead on that ring.
It allowed humans who had undergone Disaster Beast transformation to safely transform into Disaster Beasts and use their power.
Helen had only made two or three. Due to the troublesome materials and craftsmanship, she didn't plan mass production before finding a stable export channel.
Currently, the only person in the whole world wearing one was...
Hyacinth watched Ruo Yun, whose pupils were trembling with shock, and her smile deepened.
Yes, exactly this reaction.
Or rather, it could only be this reaction.
This ring, the absolutely undeniable evidence. The name Jiang the Demon Butcher, the name Simo Tu.
Any Magical Girl who hadn't skipped middle school could definitely figure out the connection.
Hehe...
Good expression. But, not enough.
What are you thinking in your heart right now, girl Ruo Yun?
A pity, still a bit short. Still a bit short before Shion's identity can be revealed too.
So impatient, so impatient, so impatient...
"Yes, you saw it, right, Captain Ruo Yun? He..."
"Dared to steal Saint Hall Envoy-sama's ring! How many mothers do you have to spare?!"
Ruo Yun shouted without hesitation. "Seeking death!"
The city fell silent. Hyacinth's smile gradually stiffened.
Then she facepalmed.
Jiang Si's mouth also twitched.
Finally, he pulled out a mask and put it on.
"And stole a mask to try and disguise himself..."
Hyacinth rapped her knuckles on this silly sister's head, already somewhat exasperated. "It's Saint Hall Envoy-sama!"
Ruo Yun lowered her head, silent for a long while, before muttering, "How is that possible... How could Saint Hall Envoy-sama be the Witch Association's legend... Saint Hall Envoy-sama, he should be in other worlds..."
The Saint Hall Envoy smiled without speaking, his expression inscrutable and profound.
Ruo Yun suddenly looked up again. "So, actually, Saint Hall Envoy-sama killed Simo Tu and replaced him, right?"
Though it didn't quite match expectations, Hyacinth was still amused by her captain's deduction.
Just as Jiang Si was about to speak, to tell Ruo Yun and the others to return.
The sky suddenly changed color.
Looking into the distance, layers of clouds and mist began to disperse, and the surroundings transformed from a city into a mountainous area.
Birds circled above the mountains, letting out long cries.
"The Sect Master of the Azure Cloud Sect and the seven true-transmissions have arrived!"
Immediately after, purple flames spread from afar like a tide, vast and mighty as an ocean.
The purple-haired Magical Girl, along with seven other Magical Girls, simultaneously appeared amidst the faintly visible mountains.
Above the mountains, there was also a massive plaque.
Illusory Moon Cavern Dwelling!
For a moment, even Jiang Si grew serious.
They actually had more presence than my genuine version!
Then, someone spoke, their voice solemn and dignified.
Ethereal immortal music flowed down like a waterfall:
"Since you have seen the Azure Cloud, why do you not bow?"