“Your planet really is something special.”
The corner of Silver Wolf’s mouth twitched.
She suddenly understood why Xu Zixuan, despite not being a Masked Fool, was still this entertaining.
After all, living on a planet like that, it would be weirder if he weren’t a joker.
Could it be that this entire planet follows the path of Elation?
Earth: Folks, can anyone relate?
Our reputation has been wrecked!
“No, they’re just plain lecherous.”
Xu Zixuan thought it over and decided to offer an explanation on their behalf.
Earth: You’d have been better off not explaining at all!
“But I’m different.”
“Kafka, I like you.
Will you be with me?”
Xu Zixuan produced a rose from who knows where, struck a gentlemanly pose, and presented it before Kafka.
“Sorry, I have no such intentions at the moment.”
Kafka’s expression remained unchanged as she declined, leisurely and composed.
“Isn’t that transition way too forced?
And who just confesses outright like that?”
Silver Wolf’s eye twitched.
And then, something that made her eye twitch even harder happened.
Seeing Kafka reject him, Xu Zixuan turned around and aimed the rose at her instead.
“Silver Wolf, I like you.
Will you be with me?”
Silver Wolf: ᗜ‸ᗜ
Silver Wolf felt she had encountered more speechless moments today than in the past several years combined.
“I refuse.”
Silver Wolf found Xu Zixuan to be completely absurd.
He asked Kafka, then immediately asked her.
Absolutely ridiculous.
“Rejected after all, huh…”
Xu Zixuan hung his head dejectedly, walked over to a corner, and started tracing circles on the wall.
Did you actually fantasize about succeeding?!
Silver Wolf was speechless yet again.
After considerable effort, Silver Wolf hacked into the storage room’s system.
Almost every display screen now showed a tiny icon of Silver Wolf’s face.
Only a single screen remained completely unaffected.
“Is this the one?”
“Yes.
Herta’s collection must be isolated on its own standalone system, so the one unaffected is our target.”
Silver Wolf led the way into the Seclusion Zone.
The Seclusion Zone was Madam Herta’s private collection room.
Normally sealed shut year-round, only Herta herself had permission to enter or exit.
At the same time, the Seclusion Zone also served as the Stellaron’s containment location.
Kafka reached out and took hold of the Stellaron.
At the same time, Silver Wolf finished preparing the vessel.
“The vessel is ready.
You decide what to do.”
Silver Wolf tapped a few times on the virtual screen before her.
The figures of Stelle and Caelus then appeared in the center of the screen.
“Elio said this choice will change many things.”
Kafka gazed affectionately at Stelle and Caelus, who had materialized in the void, and spoke gently.
“Elio also said that you have to be the one to make this choice.”
Silver Wolf spoke, waiting for Kafka’s decision.
“Wait, wait, wait.
Can’t you just pick both?”
Xu Zixuan, who had been silent until now, spoke up.
“What kind of nonsense are you spouting?”
“There’s only one Stellaron.
How could we possibly…”
Silver Wolf’s voice trailed off into silence.
Xu Zixuan casually rubbed his hands together, and a Stellaron, completely identical to the one in Kafka’s hand, appeared in his own.
“Well…
a Stellaron isn’t that hard to whip up by hand!”
“What’s the matter?
If anyone else saw this, they’d think we couldn’t afford to pick both!”
“One more Stellaron!
One for each!”
Silver Wolf: …
Kafka: …
Do you think this is a roadside stall buying stuff?
One for each?!
Hold on!
You just whipped up a Stellaron by hand?
For real?
Can an ordinary person do that?
Can an Emanator do that?
Are you actually Aha in disguise?
Silver Wolf and Kafka fell silent simultaneously.
Xu Zixuan’s handmade Stellaron had completely thrown them off.
Elio never said anything about this!
For the powerful, a Stellaron is not something terrifying.
It can be somewhat controlled, it can be sealed.
It’s not some unsolvable object.
But…
whipping up a Stellaron by hand…
no one’s ever heard of a Pathstrider pulling that off!
The Stellaron Hunters, by definition, have the collection of Stellarons as their primary objective.
They wouldn’t be called Stellaron Hunters otherwise.
Both Kafka and Silver Wolf had thought they understood Stellarons thoroughly enough.
It wasn’t until today, watching Xu Zixuan whip one up by hand, that they realized their understanding of Stellarons was perhaps still insufficient.
If the person standing before them was an Aeon…
then everything would be explainable again.
But, was Xu Zixuan really Aha?
“Hey, why are you both spacing out?”
“Aren’t we continuing?
If we drag this out any longer, we might miss the timing.”
Xu Zixuan waved his hand, signaling Kafka and Silver Wolf to continue.
Kafka glanced at Xu Zixuan.
A trace of fluctuation finally surfaced on her face, her gaze somewhat complicated.
“Print both vessels.”
“Both of them?”
“Alright.
Elio’s probably going to be pulling out hair over this.”
Seeing Kafka’s expression, Silver Wolf operated the Aether Editing and printed both Stelle’s and Caelus’s vessels.
“How about you give me one of the Stellarons?”
“Let me be the one to put it in.”
Xu Zixuan eyed Stelle’s vessel, itching to get involved.
Ah, this is Stelle.
The cool, dashing, and cheeky Stelle.
Who wouldn’t be excited?
And a sleeping Stelle, stripped of her usual cheekiness, had a charm all of her own.
“No.
I refuse.”
“Don’t think I don’t know what you’re trying to do.”
The corner of Silver Wolf’s mouth twitched as she flatly rejected him.
“How much…
will they remember?”
Kafka placed one of the Stellarons into Silver Wolf’s hand and asked.
She approached Stelle, the corner of her lips curving into a beautiful arc.
The original dilemma of choosing one of two had now turned into taking both…
A ripple stirred inexplicably within Kafka’s heart.
“At least, she will remember you.”
Silver Wolf blew a bubble.
Then, the two of them, almost in unison, pressed the Stellarons into the chests of Stelle and Caelus.
“Time to wake up…”
Xu Zixuan watched this scene unfold before his very eyes, utterly thrilled.
He had already taken out his phone, activated the video recording function, and was capturing this moment.
As for where Xu Zixuan’s phone came from?
That doesn’t matter.
If he could whip up a Stellaron by hand, why wouldn’t a phone be possible?
Though, this phone really wasn’t something Xu Zixuan whipped up by hand.
It had been in his pocket all along…
together with that mask.
Ah, the birth of Stelle and Caelus!
When he first saw this scene in the game, Xu Zixuan had felt a shudder run through his entire body.
And Kafka’s “Time to wake up” was so gentle, yet brimming with charm.
How could Xu Zixuan possibly resist recording this moment?
Silver Wolf naturally noticed Xu Zixuan’s actions.
She just felt…
pretty speechless.
We’re here doing serious business, and he’s off to the side recording videos, not even offering to help…
Xu Zixuan: You’re the one who wouldn’t let me help.
I said I’d put the Stellaron into Stelle.
Silver Wolf: Get lost!
Xu Zixuan: Sure thing!