[Yae Miko: Oh my, Lord Takagi is really popular.]
[Kaeya: An excellent man naturally attracts the attention of excellent ladies. What's more, Lord Takagi is not just ordinarily excellent.]
[Ningguang: Leaving Stelle aside for now, it's normal for Himeko, as a Nameless, to have such an attitude towards Lord Takagi. But Asta's expression... it seems she should have some feelings for Takagi.]
[Yelan: If she only admired Takagi and had no feelings for him at all, she wouldn't provide a lap pillow for Lord Takagi.]
[Dori: This is really... too bad! Asta is a super rich lady and beautiful. Himeko is also very beautiful and the Navigator of the Astral Express. With these two by Takagi's side, they will unconsciously raise Takagi's appreciation standards for beautiful girls. In this way, even if Nilou wears black stockings, it will be difficult to attract Takagi to set up an Astral Express route in Sumeru, right?]
[Nilou: I... I didn't agree to wear black stockings!]
[Alice: What Miss Dori said is not wrong. Those who have ideas about Lord Takagi should hurry up and take action. Right, Traveler?]
[Lumine: Me again? Can't it be you, Miss Alice?]
[Alice: I have a child.]
[Lumine: Ah, this...]
"Indeed, you have feelings for Lord Takagi, Asta."
Seeing Asta not responding for a long time, Himeko said with a smile.
"Could it be that you really like Takagi, Asta?"
March 7th also asked with great curiosity after hearing Himeko's words.
"I, I... I don't."
Asta pursed her lips and said with some difficulty.
"Really? You don't have any feelings for Takagi?"
March 7th tilted her head and asked.
Asta opened her mouth, wanting to deny March 7th. But the words reached her lips and couldn't come out. For a moment, Asta felt her face getting even hotter.
Do I really have feelings for Takagi?
Asta thought to herself, lowering her head to look at Takagi. At this moment, Asta suddenly realized, Takagi, who had been closing his eyes, suddenly raised the hand holding his phone and aimed the lens at her. With a click, Asta clearly saw her shy photo appear on Takagi's phone screen.
"P-photo?!"
"No, delete it quickly!"
Seeing the photo that could be considered her embarrassing history, Asta quickly reached out to grab Takagi's phone. However, Takagi moved his hand outwards, and Asta couldn't grab the phone no matter what. Even if she bent over as much as possible, even pressing her upper body against Takagi's face, it was the same.
This guy, doesn't he realize?
Takagi smelled the fragrance on Asta's body, while subconsciously complaining in his heart. He also used his phone to take a picture of Asta at this moment, and then threw the phone into the Imaginary Space.
Seeing this scene, Asta became even more anxious. Meanwhile, Himeko, March 7th, Lisa, and others were also greatly surprised when they saw Asta pressing against Takagi's face.
Fortunately, because Takagi had already thrown his phone into the Imaginary Space, and everyone's eyes were hotly fixed on Asta's face, she finally realized the current situation.
"This!!!"
Asta's beautiful eyes widened, and she quickly sat up straight. However, upon seeing Takagi's eyes, which were currently staring directly at her, Asta was a little afraid to meet his gaze.
"I didn't expect Miss Asta, the Lead Researcher of Herta Space Station, to show such an expression."
"It seems my previous evaluation was wrong. When you're cut open, you're not pure black; there's still a bit of pure color in there."
Takagi stood up from her legs to prevent Asta from continuing to be shy.
"Lo, Lord Takagi, when did you wake up?"
Asta pursed her lips and asked.
At this moment, she already knew there was no way she could snatch the phone from Takagi's hand. If she insisted on snatching it, she might even reveal more embarrassing expressions. Therefore, no matter how unwilling she was, she had no choice but to give up.
"I was just pretending to sleep, not in deep sleep."
"When you were talking with Himeko, Stelle, and March 7th, I was already awake."
Takagi smiled, turned his head, and gave a thumbs-up to March 7th, Himeko, and Stelle.
"You did well, letting me take some good photos of Asta."
"March 7th, did you record her expression earlier?"
Takagi asked.
"Hehe, of course I recorded it."
"And I also took a picture of you lying leisurely on Asta's legs."
March 7th shook the camera and smiled at Asta. Himeko and Stelle also looked at Asta.
"Ugh! So embarrassing!"
Being stared at by everyone like this, even Asta felt a bit too embarrassed to stay on Takagi's Astral Express for a moment. She quickly got up, took steps, and ran towards the main entrance, quickly disappearing from everyone's sight.
"It seems the previous incident was quite a blow to her."
"Bubble, go comfort her."
Takagi touched his Trotter and said.
"Squeak!"
Bubble squeaked, directly summoned a spatial wormhole, and jumped in.
Outside the Astral Express, where Asta was, Bubble fell out of another spatial wormhole, landing right on Asta's shoulder.
"Bubble?" Asta glanced at Bubble in surprise:
"Did Lord Takagi send you to accompany me? Since that's the case, I'll forgive him, hehe."
Asta wasn't angry with Takagi in the first place, and upon seeing Takagi send Bubble over at this moment, she naturally let go of the previous matter. She happily took Bubble and walked towards her workstation.
Meanwhile, on the other side. Inside Takagi's Astral Express.
[Charlotte: Bubble can actually open spatial doors, could it also possess Trailblazing Power?]
[Navia: Since it's Lord Takagi's pet, it's probably not strange for it to possess Trailblazing Power.]
[Takagi: Opening spatial doors is merely the racial talent of this kind of dimensional Trotter, it cannot be considered Trailblazing Power.]
[Lumine: So that's how it is, but even so, a pet that can fight and open spatial doors is indeed very powerful, it's truly enviable, right, Paimon?]
[Paimon: Huh? Why are you asking me? Wait, you're not looking down on me, are you?]
[Lumine: How could I? At least you can still serve as emergency food.]
[Paimon: I'm not emergency food!]
They really are a pair of rivals. Takagi looked at the interaction between Lumine and Paimon in the forum and smiled knowingly. Just then, he felt his shoulder clothing being pulled.
"Is something wrong, Stelle?"
Takagi asked.
"Takagi, do you want to continue lying down for a while?"
Stelle lifted her skirt slightly, pointed to her fair thighs, and asked?
"You still remember that, Stelle!"
March 7th, who was just about to ask Takagi if she could take a picture of the Abundance bonsai, complained.
"Mhm."
Stelle nodded calmly.
"Hmm... Although I do want to lie down for a while longer, having me lie on the legs of someone as young as you, I still feel a bit awkward."
Takagi said.
"In that case, do you want to try lying on me?"
Himeko asked.
"Himeko, weren't you joking earlier?"
March 7th exclaimed in surprise.
Himeko nodded with a smile. Takagi raised an eyebrow, his gaze unconsciously falling on Himeko's legs. It must be said, Himeko's legs were extremely beautiful. It made Takagi unconsciously have the thought, "It must feel really good to lie on them."
However, upon seeing Stelle looking at him with a wronged expression from the side, Takagi shook his head and said:
"I'm very happy to hear you say that, Himeko."
"But I guess I'll pass."
"Stelle, I'll leave it to you then."
Speaking of which, Takagi looked at Stelle.
"Mhm!"
Stelle nodded happily, then pulled Takagi's shoulder, slamming him onto her thighs. That's right, slammed. The moment Takagi's cheek touched Stelle's skin, Takagi, Himeko, and the others could clearly feel a significant air current fluctuation emanating from where the two made contact.
"Takagi, do you feel alright?"
Stelle asked curiously.
"Well, luckily my defense isn't bad, otherwise I really couldn't have withstood that earlier impact from you."
"Of course, lying like this is quite nice."
Takagi said.
Hearing this, Stelle showed a satisfied smile.
"You really know how to enjoy yourself. Anyway, can I take a picture of that bonsai?"
March 7th shook her head, raised her hand, and pointed towards the Abundance bonsai.
"Go ahead and take pictures, but for your safety's sake, don't leak any photos you take of that bonsai."
Takagi said.
"Of course."
"I don't have the habit of casually sharing photos I've taken with strangers."
March 7th waved her hand and walked towards the bonsai.
"Himeko, it seems I'll still need you to supervise March 7th."
"A bonsai with Abundance power can attract a lot of attention."
Takagi said to Himeko.
"Don't worry, Lord Takagi."
"Speaking of which, do you really not need a lap pillow from me?"
Himeko smiled and found a seat near Takagi to sit down.
"Maybe next time, after all, Stelle is still here."
Takagi smiled and continued:
"Compared to that, in a few days, I plan to go to Belobog."
"Himeko, you lead your team and go with me."
In the game, Stelle, as the protagonist, gained the attention of the Preservation Aeon by fighting Cocolia on Jarilo-VI and embarked on the Path of Preservation. Although the situation on Jarilo-VI is now very different from the game, Takagi can still take Stelle to Belobog and see if she can embark on the Path of Preservation. After all, Stelle is a key figure, and Takagi doesn't want her to lack a part of her power because of him.
"Okay, Lord Takagi."
Himeko nodded without hesitation. She was already interested in Jarilo-VI, which was redeemed by Takagi, and she also wanted to spend as much time as possible with Takagi. Therefore, she naturally would not refuse Takagi's proposal.
"Alright then, I will notify you when it's time to leave, Himeko."
Takagi smiled at Himeko, and then closed his eyes. Having nothing to do, he planned to rest for a while. Seeing this, Stelle was naturally very happy. And as time passed, Stelle also closed her eyes and fell asleep leaning on the sofa.
Time passed slowly. Several days passed in a blink of an eye.
"Everyone has been saying recently that you like to lie on the laps of beautiful girls."
"Now it seems that this news is indeed not false."
Herta stood with her hands on her hips, looking at Takagi lying on her lap with a stern face.
"You can't blame me, Herta."
"You were the one who suddenly went online with this Stellaron puppet."
"Before you, I was already lying on her lap, wasn't I?"
"If you want to blame, you should blame yourself."
"Besides, are you praising yourself with those words, Herta?"
Takagi played with the Curio Rating Pistol, a wondrous item he got from Herta. He looked up at the Stellaron Herta Puppet where Herta's consciousness was online and asked.
Herta: "So, do you think I'm not beautiful?"
Takagi: "If your personality was a little better, I might agree with you."
"You guy, you're still like this after all." Herta shook her head and said:
"Forget it, let's talk about business. I heard from Asta and Himeko from the adjacent Astral Express earlier that you plan to leave the Space Station today, right?"
Takagi: "What, you can't bear to part with me?"
Herta nodded and said:
"I really can't bear to part with you, after all, I'm still counting on you to know more about the Aeons."
"For this, I've been working overtime to develop a new phase of the Simulated Universe."
"Unfortunately, I still haven't finished it before you leave."
"Speaking of which, if it weren't for you giving Ruan Mei those special things, causing her to shift her research focus, we should have completed the next phase of the Simulated Universe by now."
At the end, Herta sighed deeply. Not only because the Simulated Universe was not completed, but also because she did not get the things Ruan Mei got from Takagi. This made her a little frustrated.
"I'm not not coming back, and you don't have no way to find me."
Takagi got up and patted the Stellaron Herta Puppet beside him.
"That's true."
Herta nodded, looked at the last Teyvat passenger, The Doctor, who returned from outside the Astral Express, and continued to say to Takagi:
"There are still a few hours left until you leave."
"How about I call Screwllum, who is already immersed in research and has forgotten the time, and Ruan Mei to hold a farewell party for you?"
"A farewell party, that sounds good." Takagi stroked his chin, just about to agree.
Just then, his phone rang.
"How rare, it's actually a message from Natasha."
Takagi raised an eyebrow and lifted his hand to open the text message.
[Natasha: Takagi, do you have time to come back to Belobog? My mother wants to see you one last time, she has something she wants to talk to you about.]
"Hmm?!"
Takagi's brows furrowed instantly.
"Is something wrong?"
Herta noticed Takagi's expression and asked in confusion.
"A good friend's mother's health has some issues."
"I think I have to leave early, Herta."
Takagi said.
Although Natasha did not explicitly mention the situation of her adoptive mother Vache, but thinking of the condition of Natasha's mother that he had observed before, Takagi instantly understood Natasha's meaning.
"I see, then there's nothing to be done."
"I won't say much more, in short, I wish you a safe journey."
After Herta finished speaking, she directly chose to withdraw her consciousness from the Stellaron Herta Puppet. And Takagi also stood up at the right time, and walked towards the 5 passengers, including Lisa and The Doctor, who had already returned to the carriage.
"Everyone, I've encountered a slight situation here."
"So we need to leave the Herta Space Station early."
"However, your trip is not over."
"For the remaining time, you will go with me to Belobog."
"Perhaps, your travel time can be slightly extended in Belobog."
Takagi said.
While speaking, Takagi also contacted Himeko from the adjacent Astral Express with his phone, he sent the message about preparing to depart for Belobog.
[Tartaglia: To be able to go to Belobog with Takagi? To be able to go to two places on one trip, The Doctor and the others are too lucky!]
[Zhongli: From a universal perspective, that is indeed the case.]
[Alhaitham: Although Belobog's technology is not as good as the Herta Space Station, there may also be unique knowledge hidden there.]
[Kaveh: I really envy this second batch of passengers.]
[Paimon: Yeah, I'm so envious, I wish I could travel to two places at once.]
[Beidou: Lord Takagi is ending his trip to the Space Station early and going to Belobog, has the IPC's debt collector already arrived there?]