Although she wasn’t clear why Nova took nearly a week to add her as a friend…
But since the other party had sent the request, she had no reason to refuse.
After accepting the friend request, Nova’s message was sent immediately; it seemed she was staring at the screen.
[Nova Terra]: Good afternoon, Saintess Sister.
[The Most Magical Cat]: Good afternoon, Nova.
Why do you call me Saintess?
[Nova Terra]: There’s a golden light on you, Sister, full of holiness.
So, Sister is the Saintess of Light.
Arcana’s expression froze.
Golden light?!
She subconsciously looked at her own hands.
Golden light?
Where?
Where?
Is there any?
“Sister Elysia!”
“Hmm?
What’s wrong, Arcana?”
“Is there a golden light on me?”
This strange question made Elysia tilt her head slightly.
“No.”
Now Arcana was even more puzzled.
Elysia and Mother couldn’t see it, so why could Nova?
Could it be that Nova had some special talent that allowed her to see the Emperor’s power within her body?
At this moment, Arcana noticed the two words Terra after Nova’s name.
“Mother!”
“What is it, Cana-baby?”
Hearing her daughter’s call, Starshine immediately flashed from the kitchen to the living room, holding a short-handled magic wand in her hand; she seemed to be preparing lunch.
“In the Empire, is there a witch family named Terra?”
“Terra?”
Starshine pondered, trying to retrieve any Remembrance of Terra in her brain, but eventually shook her head.
“Sorry, Cana-baby, Mother hasn’t heard of a witch family named Terra.”
“At least on the Capital Planet and our Aikun Planet, there is no witch family named Terra.”
“What’s wrong, Cana-baby?
Is there something wrong with the surname Terra?”
Arcana shook her head.
“It’s nothing, Mother.
It’s just that Nova, who visited our dormitory the other day, has the surname Terra.
I was just curious.”
“Oh~ I see.”
Starshine smiled gently.
“If Cana-baby is concerned, Mother can ask your mother Luna to look into it for you.”
“Her work is quite special; perhaps she has come into contact with it.”
Arcana tilted her head.
“Mother, so what exactly is Mother’s work?
You’ve never told me.”
Arcana had always been curious.
From when she was adopted until now after becoming a witch, she didn’t know what Luna’s work was.
She only knew that her salary was very high—so high that Mother could spend money lavishly without feeling distressed.
It’s just that she would often disappear for several days in a row.
The longest time was when she left home for half a month before returning.
But this time, Mother Starshine still kept it a secret, shaking her head and telling her that now was not the time, and Arcana would find out in the future.
This wasn’t the first time she’d received such an answer, so Arcana turned and cast the matter aside.
Meanwhile, Nova had sent a new message.
[Nova Terra]: Does Saintess Sister know about the Illusory Arena?
[The Most Magical Cat]: I do.
You play in the Illusory Arena too?
The Illusory Arena is the most popular virtual battle platform in the Witch Empire.
With just a brain-computer device, one can enter the Illusory Arena to engage in virtual battles with other users online.
There are two types of battle modes in the Illusory Arena.
One is Custom Battle, and the other is Reality Simulation Battle.
Custom Battle means users design and build their own characters, powers, weapons, equipment, and a vast amount of other content for combat.
Because it’s designed by the users themselves, even ordinary people can show off their skills as long as their imagination is rich enough.
Reality Simulation Battle requires combatants to use only magic, weapons, and equipment that exist in reality.
One can either select magic and equipment directly from the database or record their own magic and equipment to use in this mode.
Arcana was also a regular at the Illusory Arena.
She often hung out in the Custom Battle mode, recreating the abilities and equipment of characters from her past life’s anime, movies, and games.
In this mode, she was most famous for using the Doom Slayer persona, achieving a 28-win streak in the Ranked Ladder and ending the 25-win streak of another user.
As well as using the traits of Tom from Tom and Jerry to kill the top-ranked powerhouse of that season.
Nova probably plays Custom Battle too, right?
Recalling her at least 20 custom personas in the Illusory Arena…
yeah, carrying a girl in the ladder should be no problem.
[Nova Terra]: Then can Saintess Sister come and play together?
However, I play Reality Simulation Battle.
Is that okay?
Arcana was stunned.
That’s not right, is it?
Reality Simulation Battle?
She had never touched this mode!
[The Most Magical Cat]: I haven’t played this mode…
[Nova Terra]: It’s okay, I can carry Saintess Sister in the rankings.
[…]: A knight’s duty is to protect.
I will never let Saintess Sister get hurt even a little!
[…]: So, can Saintess Sister come?
Even through the screen, Arcana could feel the earnest expectation contained in Nova’s message.
[The Most Magical Cat]: Sure, now?
[Nova Terra]: Great!
[…]: I’ll log on immediately.
Just send me a message when you’re ready, Saintess Sister!
After the message was sent, Arcana saw a line of text appear under [Nova Terra]’s name.
[Currently playing Illusory Arena…]
Well, she logged on at light speed after sending the message.
Arcana smiled helplessly and looked at Elysia.
When she informed her that she was going to the Illusory Arena to meet a cute and petite loli…
She immediately stopped the novel she was writing and entered the Illusory Arena with Arcana.
To enter the Illusory Arena, one only needs to transform the brain-computer into a full-coverage helmet and put it on to enter the virtual world on the network.
Arcana went back to her room and crawled into bed in her nightgown.
Elysia changed her clothes in mid-air.
A pink and white camisole nightgown with ruffled edges, and her hairstyle changed to a side-swept ponytail draped over her chest, which had quite a housewife vibe.
When Arcana saw Elysia’s new look, her face turned slightly red, especially when the latter also crawled into bed to sleep under the same covers with her.
Arcana took a deep breath, smelling the faint fragrance of a young girl lingering under her nose.
Arcana subconsciously squeezed her legs together and rubbed them, then immediately snapped out of it.
What was she doing?!
What was she just doing?!
At this moment, Arcana turned her head to look at Elysia lying on her side.
The latter had already closed her eyes, put on the helmet, and entered the Illusory Arena.
Arcana stared at Elysia’s delicate collarbone and Jingmi face as she lay on her side.
Staring…
staring…
after quite a while, Arcana suddenly snapped back to her senses.
What was she doing?
Why was she staring at Elysia?
Arcana kept shaking her head to throw out all the messy thoughts in her mind.
She transformed the brain-computer into a full-coverage helmet, put it on, and lay on the bed facing Elysia.
Closing her eyes, Arcana whispered, “Illusory Arena, launch.”
After waiting for 5 seconds, she opened her eyes again, and Arcana appeared in a hall full of sci-fi style.
This was her preparation hall.
A private space that every user of the Illusory Arena has.
Just after landing, Arcana received an entry request from Elysia.
Elysia’s username in the Illusory Arena was very straightforward: Pink Fairy.
As always, it was her style.
Accept.
A flash of light passed, and Elysia appeared beside Arcana.
In the Illusory Arena, she directly used an image identical to her real-life appearance.
However, when Elysia saw Arcana’s appearance, she was a little shocked.
“Wow!
Arcana, is this your image in the virtual world?”
“It’s really…
very special!”
Arcana pulled out the personal information panel and looked at the persona she was currently using.
[Titus]
“Sorry, I forgot to change out of this persona.”
“But…
it’s a good time to change my look.
The previous one can’t be used anymore anyway.”
The image she first sculpted in the Illusory Arena was a burly, muscular male with a tough-guy style.
Now that she had become a witch, the image she sculpted before naturally had to be scrapped.
As for what image to use, Arcana began to ponder.
Corruption?
A color-swapped Elysia?
No, no!
Game characters?
Anime characters?
Oh!
I’ve got it!
A moment later, Arcana’s brand-new virtual image was ready!
The subclass of the Female Mage in DNF, the illustration of the Elementalist after her Third Awakening!
It might not seem tempting right now but who knows what the future holds?
“And If you’re enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!”