Chapter 75: The Quick Clear Method is Right in Front of Me
The next day, early morning.
"Caelus! Caelus!"
Stelle's eyes snapped open, and she shot up from the bed.
Her thin, light white pajamas were completely soaked with sweat, the sheer fabric clinging to her body, outlining her graceful curves. Her full chest, straining against the material, heaved dramatically.
It wasn't just the pajamas that were wet, but most of the bedsheet as well.
The damp feeling made her recall last night's 'nightmare.'
A pure nightmare.
Stelle and Caelus were 'one person' from a higher dimension. The body co-sensation mechanism was based on objective physical rules, without other influences or mental links.
This meant Stelle could only receive pure physical sensory information and couldn't synchronize with Caelus's emotions, nor did she know anything about his situation.
This would lead to many awkward situations.
For example, when Caelus stopped his biological science exploration with Big Duckling due to a system BUG, his consciousness immediately cleared, shifting away from that matter to think about how to deal with the accident.
At this time, his body, due to objective-level stimulation, still maintained its corresponding state. This was when Stelle suffered.
She was stuck there for a long time, unable to go up or down!
It was like flying to the clouds, just one step away from the gates of heaven, only to be forcefully held back.
Stelle, whose emotions were stirred up, was just short of grabbing a baseball bat, breaking down the door, and kicking Caelus in!
Just as she was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, at a sudden moment, Stelle didn't know what happened.
It was as if an ice-silver thermometer kept at 37 degrees was thrown into lava; the temperature almost instantly broke the upper limit, and the entire ice-silver thermometer exploded!
Compared to Caelus, who was more or less mentally prepared, Stelle, who was completely unaware of the major ongoing emotional drama next door, experienced an even more terrifying level of explosion at that moment.
It almost made her faint directly!
What happened after that, needless to say.
Stelle got out of bed and changed into new underwear. Having learned her lesson once on the Express, she had brought several pairs.
With messy hair and eyes flashing red, she stormed out of her room and directly grabbed the handle of the door next to hers.
Finding it locked from the inside, Stelle started pounding on the door.
"Who is it, so early in the morning, can't you let people sleep~!"
"Caelus cub, I'll give you three seconds to open the door, or I'm using my bat to pick the lock!"
There was no hint of a joke in her words. Just as Stelle counted to two, the door opened from the inside.
Caelus yawned, looking half-dead at the Stellaron spirit standing outside: "What are you freaking out about now?"
Stelle ignored Caelus and stepped directly into the room, her sharp golden eyes searching around, looking suspiciously like she was trying to catch someone cheating.
No strange traces were found.
Her little nose twitched. Stelle smelled a strange odor permeating the air.
"What's this smell?"
The little gray-haired raccoon sniffed her way to Caelus's bed, discovering the source of the smell was a stain on the bedsheet and a drink on the bedside table, of which only a small half remained, looking like some kind of animal milk.
"That's a drink I bought from a street stall last night. The taste is indeed a bit strange. I accidentally spilled it on the bed while drinking. By the way, what are you doing disturbing people's sleep so early in the morning?"
Caelus pushed open the window, and a cool breeze rushed in, carrying away the strange smell in the room.
Stelle picked up the glass bottle and sniffed it. The smell wasn't unpleasant, but it was strange, and inexplicably a bit intoxicating.
Stelle stuck out her tongue and licked it. Ugh, a bit cold, the taste was average; perhaps it would be better heated.
Putting the drink back, Stelle's anger flared up, and she began to question him aggressively: "What were you doing last night?"
"What else could I be doing? Sleeping, of course." Caelus tried hard to keep a straight face.
"You can fool others, but can you fool me? Spit it out now!"
Ahem, Stelle's interrogation wasn't entirely because Caelus's co-sensation had made her miserable last night; there was another purpose.
Although it was weird, it was quite comfortable. If only she could control the progress and intensity herself.
"I didn't, it wasn't me, don't talk nonsense."
No matter how sternly Stelle interrogated him, Caelus just issued a string of denials, remaining stubborn to the end.
Having tricked Stelle before, Caelus knew he couldn't hide this from her. After the night ended, he had stored Silverwing in the system's Valkyrie space.
His explanation to Bronya was also simple: he couldn't master the ability proficiently.
Now, both Silverwing's and Bronya's consciousnesses were in Little Duckling's body.
Seeing Caelus swear to secrecy, Stelle chose to resort to her forte: physical means.
The co-sensation mechanism meant she couldn't really use force; if Caelus felt pain, she would too. She couldn't use damaging skills, so humiliating skills would have to do~!
Grabbing Caelus's arm, twisting it behind his back, Stelle pinned him down on the bed, straddling him and ruthlessly ruffling his hair.
Hey, I'm not using force, just holding you like this!
However, after half a day of "torture," Stelle's throat was dry from shouting. She casually picked up the remaining half-bottle of milk from the bedside table and drank it.
Unlike with others, she didn't need to be polite with Caelus cub. Caelus's things were her things; if he didn't give them, she'd take them!
Because the door was ajar, the sounds of their roughhousing spread, waking March 7th in the next room.
"So lively this early in the morning, you two sure have energy..."
March 7th, who prided herself on being an energetic beautiful girl, felt ashamed of her inferiority and walked into the room to break them up.
"Everyone, good morning~"
White Seele, with a smile that could heal hearts, offered her morning greetings.
Having had a new world opened up to her by Seele earlier, White Seele, overwhelmed with shame, had long since fallen asleep in her mental space, completely unaware of what happened last night.
Arriving in the main hall, Dan Heng, the "mom friend," had already ordered breakfast for everyone.
Stelle wolfed down her food in a few bites and then, switching to her "Super Little March Entanglement" mode, teamed up with the spirit to start today's Trailblazing journey.
The Trailblazing squad split into two groups.
First group members: Stelle, Caelus, Seele, and March 7th.
Trailblazing mission: explore around and go to the workshop to learn musical instruments, practicing ensemble performance with the goal of a concert!
Second group member: Teacher Dan Heng.
Trailblazing mission: go to the library to browse through books, historical records, and collect intelligence related to Stellarons, Fragmentum, and the Eternal Freeze.
Investigating intelligence wasn't something where more people were better.
If everyone went to gather intelligence, anyone could see they had ulterior motives. By having them wander around and attract the attention of any watchers, it also provided cover for Dan Heng's actions.
—This was the reason Caelus gave.
Teacher Dan Heng expressed no objection.
As long as he could be freed from the cage, it was fine!
Besides, Caelus's words weren't without reason.
The Trailblazing mission was progressing step by step. Now, only one problem remained before Caelus.
How to stop the Third Great Honkai Eruption?
Caelus, who had embarked on the Path of Elation, had his own understanding of the meaning of life.
Whether it was hilarious jokes that made one double over laughing or misunderstandings born from strange coincidences, only by having fun and being joyful could life truly shine.
Caelus thought of magical girls unyieldingly resisting tentacle monsters, of millions of lives being erased from the map by Honkai due to a clown's ridiculously absurd plan, completely unaware from beginning to end.
Oh, Lord of Elation above, this isn't fun at all~!
The answer to this question was actually very simple.
Earth, Nagazora City, the hideout room in the Raiden Residence.
"You said before I could use your body freely. What if I wanted to kill Cocolia? Would you stop me?"
White-stockinged beautiful legs swayed, propped up on the ergonomic chair. A faint smile played on the silver-haired girl's lips. Such a lively posture indicated the current master controlling the body.
Posing as Bronya to get close to Cocolia, it would be very easy to kill her when the latter was unprepared.
By the way, under normal circumstances, the body's owner would have primary control of the body.
But Caelus had discovered a small BUG. As long as he stored the character in the Valkyrie space, then simultaneously activated auto-battle and the reverse-mapping function, he could glitch the control into his hands.
He was the 'substitute AI' Bronya had called over, but the button to switch auto-battle was also in his hands, meaning he could forcibly occupy Bronya's body.
Of course, Caelus had Big Duckling, and could get Little Duckling in the future. Caelus wasn't interested in forcibly taking over bodies; at most, he'd use it for some occasional fun.
It was Bronya who had actively given her body to Caelus, considered advance payment for borrowing her body in the Star Rail world.
[...]
Hearing Silverwing's words, Bronya, immersed in the sorrow of returning to this world, remained silent.
"Friendly reminder, Cocolia implanted a biochip in your head. Through this chip, she can control your body when necessary."
[!?]
Caelus sensed the shock emanating from Bronya's heart.
[Mama Cocolia...]
Even though this body's emotional center was damaged, disappointment and indignation still surfaced in Bronya's heart.
She believed that even if she couldn't be said to be completely loyal to Mama Cocolia, she truly did see her as a mother.
Although she had gradually distanced herself from her because of Seele, Cocolia's excessive actions had truly hurt her deeply.
[...]
Silence, a long silence.
"Alright, since you're so hesitant, I'll try another way."
Sensing the conflict in Bronya's heart, using this body to kill Cocolia would more or less leave some foreign matter in Bronya's heart; it wasn't necessary.
The silver-haired girl jumped down from the chair, landed lightly, and looked at the purple-black-haired girl on the surveillance screen.
"Bronya Unit-01, launch!"
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