Then, Lunelle felt an unimaginable gravitational force acting on her body!
This powerful pull was actually trying to forcibly drag her frail, almost weightless frame over.
Seeing that Welt Joyce Clone 1, ignoring Mei entirely, had locked his target onto her instead.
And those all-too-obvious lecherous eyes were brazenly, wildly scanning her overly developed, unlawfully curvaceous figure!
'Oh my god! Wasn't it agreed that my charm doesn't work on men? How is it that in just one glance, I've caught the eye of some disgusting beast?!'
Faced with this force clearly beyond her current ability to resist, Lunelle was utterly powerless.
"Damn bastard! Don't you dare bully Seele!!!"
Seeing this beast, Welt Joyce Clone 1, dare to stare at her precious little sister Seele's body with such vile eyes, Bronya—her face scrunched up like an angry duck—managed to grab Lunelle just as she was about to be sucked away.
Soon after, the Armored Bunny's cannon was nearly charged, ready to send this pervert to the afterlife in the most physical way possible!
"Annoying little rabbit!"
But in response to Bronya's interference, Welt Joyce Clone 1's face instantly displayed the distinct Honkai patterns of someone going all out.
An unimaginable pressure instantly descended upon Bronya, forcing the once-ferocious little ducky to her knees on the spot!
Armored Bunny, under Welt Joyce Clone 1's frenzied gaze, was instantly knocked back into a quantum state.
It definitely wouldn't be summonable again anytime soon!
"Get lost!!!"
Bronya: "Urk..."
Then, Welt Joyce Clone 1 showed no mercy, sending Bronya flying exactly like in the original storyline!
However, this time Welt Joyce Clone 1 didn't have the leisure to go over and stomp on Duck-Duck's head.
Because this incomplete body's instinctual, powerful obsession to become "whole" was so overwhelming that even Cocolia's commands could no longer control Welt Joyce Clone 1's thoughts.
So, for Welt Joyce Clone 1 now, even retrieving the Herrscher of Thunder's core wasn't that important anymore.
His mind held only one idea: to utterly possess this adorable little kid before him!
At all costs!!!
Watching her dear Bronya-wife get knocked down right in front of her, and being unable to avoid falling into the clutches of this beast, Welt Joyce Clone 1 herself... Things had inexplicably come to this point.
To protect her purity from being defiled by this guy who clearly didn't plan on letting her off easy, Lunelle had no choice but to pin her last hope for a turnaround on the simulation!
'So I really have to take that step! See-chan, start the simulation for me!'
[Host command received. Simulation commencing!]
As her frail body was lifted by the pull, Lunelle's consciousness connected with the simulator, once again entering the simulated world—a place she was even more familiar with than the reality of the Honkai.
With the idea of cutting the Gordian knot, Lunelle, the moment she landed, immediately sought out her dear wife, Dark Seele.
After all, Lunelle truly didn't want her "pure and innocent" body to be defiled by this pervy-looking Welt Joyce Clone 1!
In her view, if she really had to be defiled, it should at least be by her own wives.
That, she might reluctantly accept.
"Oh? My adorable Seele, coming to find me on your own today? Did you realize I wasn't full yet yesterday, so you're here to deliver some 'takeout'?"
Seizing this opportunity for closeness offered by her Seele-wife, Dark Seele in the consciousness space very skillfully took the chance to wrap her arms around her Seele-wife's slender, incredibly pleasant-to-touch waist.
After all, Dark Seele, who had clearly developed a taste for it—a 'hefty' one at that—would have actively sought out her Seele-wife long ago if not for her tsundere pride getting in the way.
In Dark Seele's somewhat tinted perspective, a little minx like dummy Seele, who was constantly and madly tempting her every second, deserved to be, well, worked over to the point where she couldn't live without her!
"Seele... p-please don't... Today, I have something I want to..."
Feeling that her dear wife Dark Seele intended to "pummel" her mercilessly the moment they met today, Lunelle—whose "resistance to beatings" was still somewhat 'trash-tier'—hurriedly tried to explain through near-tears.
"Alright, alright, I really can't do anything with you! You silly little Seele must have something you want my help with again, right? But this time, let me collect some payment in advance before we discuss anything else!"
"Ah! Seele, I really have something urgent... Mmmph!!!"
But who told Lunelle that whenever Dark Seele forcibly got close to her, she always put on this same unwilling, resistant act?
So, Lunelle's refusal was automatically interpreted by Dark Seele as meaning something else entirely.
Thus, Lunelle, who had hoped to cut the Gordian knot, got to personally taste the bitter price of always passively charming her dear wife Dark Seele!
Her attempts to explain were soon "pummeled" into silence, leaving her no energy to speak.
Fortunately, one routine simulation cycle for Lunelle lasted at least seven days before stage-wise settlement.
So, after being caught by her dear wife Dark Seele, roughly seven or eight hours passed—Lunelle had long lost count of how many times she felt utterly unclean all over.
Only now, during Dark Seele's "post-climax clarity" period, did Lunelle finally get a chance to speak normally.
And when Lunelle, having gone through immense hardship—even prepared for the worst, to be callously discarded by her ruthless wife Dark Seele like worn-out shoes...
"Oh? Not the original 'Seele,' are you?"
"Hah! So that's what you were trying to say, you dummy? I had a feeling something was off—after all, you're way dumber than the original Seele ever was."
After listening to Lunelle's earnest explanation, Dark Seele showed almost no noticeable change in her emotions.
She simply reached out again, wrapping her arms around Lunelle's slender, soft waist—a waist she could never hold enough—using action to express her thoughts.
"So... does Seele like me, even though I'm not really the original 'Seele'?"
Hearing this unexpected reply from her own Dark Seele wife, Lunelle couldn't help but reveal a gaze tinged with a hint of hopeful anticipation, timidly staring into Dark Seele's bewitching crimson eyes.
Faced with Lunelle's unconsciously adorable, rule-breaking expression born of happiness, Dark Seele—now an independent personality—couldn't help but recall the not-so-distant past... memories that truly belonged to Seele.
At least, in the memories she could trace back, Dark Seele only remembered the real Seele living under such suffocating pressure that even at the moment she willingly ended her own life, she never had the courage to directly face Dark Seele—this "trash can" that contained all the pain she couldn't bear.
If, from the very beginning, the one willing to touch her, accept her, and even share her burdens was another unfamiliar "Seele"... then just like how the "real Seele," who never wanted to lay eyes on her, could discard her like trash, why couldn't she, in turn, discard that other one as if they never existed?
After all, compared to that aloof person who couldn't even be bothered to glance at her all day, this current little sweetheart "Seele"—not only sweeter and softer in demeanor but also always proactively offering herself up—was far more delightful!
So, after a comparison where the choice was obvious to anyone, Dark Seele decisively made her decision.
"Silly! If I didn't like you, little dummy, I would've killed you myself the moment I sensed something was off. How could I have let you live till now?"
Dark Seele used a bit of her usual approach, trying to restore some confidence in her adorable, foolish Seele wife.
But sensing that her cute little dummy Seele might feel insecure about her own irresistibly charming self, thinking Dark Seele still cared deeply about the original Seele's identity, she decided to emphasize her stance.
Right after her words, Dark Seele stepped forward, cupping Lunelle's still somewhat dazed, adorable face, and then...
"!!!"
Then, poor little Lunelle, who had just been thoroughly "handled" earlier, once again legitimately had her right to breathe stolen—all as proof of Dark Seele's resolve.
Unbeknownst to Lunelle, whose consciousness was currently in the simulation, a strange, mysteriously alluring pattern was quietly materializing on the "Seele Avatar" she inhabited within the simulation—specifically on her lower abdomen, hidden beneath her clothes.
"There! Now you should feel reassured, my beloved little dummy!"
Only after this peculiar pattern had firmly imprinted itself on Lunelle did Dark Seele—with more than just a "bit" of selfish motive—reluctantly release her foolish Seele, who was nearly on the verge of passing out even on the consciousness level.
It was then that the simulator interface finally, belatedly, popped up a notification about Lunelle successfully winning over her Dark Seele wife.
[Congratulations, Host, for successfully conquering target "Seele." Would you like to proceed with save data settlement?]
'See-chan! I seriously suspect you enjoy watching me get 'handled' by my wife, and that's why you only bother to notify me about settlement now???'
From Lunelle's perspective, unaware of the circumstances, Dark Seele had already admitted to liking her for a while now.
Yet this settlement prompt waited until Lunelle was almost overwhelmed by her wife's "attention" in the simulation before finally appearing.
There had to be something fishy about that—no doubt!
[Host feedback received. Final interpretation rights belong to the simulator.]
[Would you like to proceed with save data settlement? If no response is given within ten seconds, the simulator will automatically default to not settling conquest rewards.]
"Settle! Settle it now!"
However, Lunelle's minor complaints were clearly selectively ignored by the simulator sprite, See-chan.
And though Lunelle grumbled verbally, if she said she didn't feel any secret thrill from being so intimately close with her Dark Seele wife... well, even if she stubbornly denied it, See-chan, who could observe Lunelle's true emotional shifts, knew better.
It was just a matter of sparing her gradually... eccentric host some dignity by not calling her out.
If the simulator had suddenly popped up a notification while Lunelle was inwardly celebrating... the same Lunelle now complaining about the late notice would probably turn around and complain about why it had to happen at such a moment!
Sigh... Being a simulator sprite and catering to an eccentric host is truly tough!
Life isn't easy, and See-chan can only sigh :-(
[Host's intention confirmed. Proceeding with save data settlement...]
Meanwhile, deep within the Sea of Quanta, in a special world bubble where time flow should have been equally frozen, a languid, enchantingly alluring "Seele" received yet another "surprise" soon after accidentally learning of "Seele's" appearance in reality last time.
But this unexpected "surprise" wasn't just a simple memory cluster.
Instead, it delivered to this bewitching Seele in the Sea of Quanta the chance she had long yearned for—to reconnect with "Seele" once more!
"Hehehe! So the seed planted over fifty thousand years ago has finally bloomed today?"
"Although that girl named Bronya slipped through a few years ago and let my little darling escape by accident, this time I won't give you any chance to run away, my adorable Seele!!!"
"And this 'me' in these strange memories really lives up to being me! This time, I'll follow suit and imprint my mark in the exact same spot!!!"
After browsing the simulated fragments and being inspired by these odd memories, the original Dark Seele in the Sea of Quanta couldn't help but reveal a dangerous, wicked smile.
She quickly decided where to place the mark for establishing a connection with Seele this time.
After the original Dark Seele responded, Lunelle, in the midst of settlement, soon received the feedback.
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[Save successful!]
[Simulation Evaluation: Congratulations, Host, for successfully conquering key story character "Seele."]
[This Save Settlement Rating: S]
[Simulation Settlement: Congratulations, Host, for binding special permanent golden talent [Stigma of Death (Semi-Awakened)]!]
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T/N: I have a Patreon! Webnovel will get 2 Chapters Every Day, and advanced chapters will be uploaded on Patreon.
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