In a classroom at St. Freya High.
"Bronya-oneechan!"
Feeling the sudden shift in surroundings, Seele abruptly stood up and reached out, but—
"Student Seele, what's wrong?"
Frowning slightly, Cocolia asked from the podium, "Did you have a strange dream?"
"But sleeping is not allowed in class!"
Laughter erupted from the surrounding students.
However, since it was an all-girls school, the laughter remained relatively friendly, devoid of malicious mockery.
"Cocolia-mama..."
Staring blankly at the woman on the podium, Seele couldn't distinguish for a moment whether the memory with Luo Hong was real or if this classroom was reality.
"I'm sorry!"
Being timid by nature, she reacted quickly, apologizing hurriedly before sitting down. Order was soon restored to the classroom.
After sitting down, she continued to ponder.
Suddenly, a spark of inspiration hit her, and she realized something. She called out silently in her heart—
Other me, are you there?
However, after waiting a long time, she received no response.
At this moment, she couldn't help recalling Luo Hong's words—
"Wait until the other you comes in, and I will create another body for you. That way, you two won't have to share one body... although that version of you might not be willing."
Luo Hong-niichan knew there were two of me, so that must be true.
And since there was no response from the other me in this world, then... this must be false!
Just as she made this judgment, she realized everything around her felt so real. Not only did time flow normally, but more importantly—
"Bronya-oneechan!"
Like Dark Seele, she found Bronya in this world too.
But just like Dark Seele, every time she tried to contact Bronya, her vision would go black, and everything would reset to the beginning.
"So... this world is real too. Then the other me... did she go inside?"
Unlike Dark Seele, however, she had entered Luo Hong's world first, so she understood this possibility existed.
Thinking of this, she relaxed slightly.
After all, if Dark Seele could sense her existence, then she could naturally sense that Dark Seele hadn't disappeared, but was merely slumbering.
In that case, she just had to wait patiently for Dark Seele's return.
However—
I was so close... just a little bit more and Seele could have seen Bronya-oneechan again...
As the longing rose, she began to feel sad again.
What she didn't know was that Dark Seele, at this very moment, wished she hadn't come to this world at all. That way, she wouldn't have to face this complicated mess.
"Um..."
Frowning at the overly energetic Luo Hong, Dark Seele spoke up, "Can't you stop for a second?"
Even though this was supposed to be a desolate scene, Luo Hong's vigor made her feel as uncomfortable as if she had swallowed thick milk.
"I can!"
Sweat trickled down Luo Hong's handsome face. As he said this, he happened to finish his work.
"Dark Seele (Hei Xi), do you want to let the other you come to this world right now?"
Holding Bronya—who looked as if she had lost three souls and seven spirits, twitching instinctively—Luo Hong smiled eyes narrowing. "I just need to generate another body for you right now."
Saying this, he made a gesture to snap his fingers.
For dual-soul existences like Seele, he didn't need to pull another Dark Seele from the gacha.
The same applied to Kiana and the Herrscher of the Void, or Mei and the Herrscher of Thunder.
Though precisely because of this, he was curious about who would eventually enter Chi You's (Artificial Jingwei's) body.
"N-No!"
Although she didn't know what would happen when Luo Hong snapped his fingers, Dark Seele instinctively rejected the suggestion. "I don't want Seele to see this!"
"Wait... what the hell is 'Dark Seele'?"
A black and red scythe materialized in her hand. Wearing an expression that said she wanted to hack Luo Hong to pieces, she corrected him, "I am also Seele!"
"Of course you are Seele."
Facing Dark Seele's threat, Luo Hong smiled warmly. "But there is a distinction between you and the other you. I can't exactly call you Red Seele and the other one Blue Seele, can I?"
"Uh... then Dark Seele it is."
Hearing that even uglier name, Dark Seele shook her head vigorously.
But she quickly snapped back to reality, pointing her scythe at Luo Hong. "No! That's not the point right now. What is your relationship with Onee-chan?"
"Is she... being coerced by you?"
When she said the last sentence, she felt inexplicably guilty, averting her gaze to the side.
At the same time, her mind was filled with the image of Bronya's charming initiative.
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Even if she racked her brains, she couldn't imagine a scenario where Bronya was being coerced by Luo Hong.
In fact, it looked more like Luo Hong was the one being coerced by Bronya.
After all, at the very beginning, Luo Hong had at least said "Wait," but he was very quickly silenced by Bronya.
As for where Bronya silenced him... just thinking about it now made Dark Seele's brain tremble. She felt like her eyes were tainted!
"It seems there's no need to answer your last question."
Smiling at the visibly shaken Dark Seele, Luo Hong chuckled. "Clearly, my relationship with your Onee-chan is that of lovers."
If he were answering White Seele, he might have needed some skill to evade the question. But now, he figured he didn't need to; Bronya's actions had already proven their relationship.
Upon hearing his answer, Bronya, who had been lost in a daze, regained a bit of focus. A blush appeared on her pretty face, and her whole body tightened around him once more.
"L-Lovers..."
Looking at Bronya in disbelief, Dark Seele looked utterly devastated and instinctively took a few steps back.
"Don't be so sad."
Seeing Dark Seele like this, Luo Hong smiled. "With me here, you two can be together forever."
"Come on, call me 'Brother-in-law'."
"Hmph!"
With a cold hmph, Dark Seele raised her scythe again. "Who would call a guy like you 'Brother-in-law'?"
"White Seele would."
Smiling pleasantly, Luo Hong analyzed solemnly, "If I were to reveal my relationship with Bronya to White Seele, she would definitely give us her blessing, wouldn't she?"
"Uh..."
Stunned for a moment, Dark Seele had to admit... that gentle girl would absolutely do that!
However—
"But she would also hide under her blanket and cry secretly, wouldn't she?"
Seeing Dark Seele hesitate, Luo Hong continued with a smile, "If you don't want that to happen, then be a good girl and call me 'Brother-in-law'."
"If you do, I'll play along with you. We'll wait until White Seele can accept my relationship with Bronya before announcing it."
Admittedly, although Dark Seele was stubborn, as long as he used White Seele to threaten her, it worked every time without fail.
Sure enough—
"Bro... Bro..."
Although filled with immense resentment and humiliation, Dark Seele gritted her teeth and shouted at Luo Hong:
"Bro-ther-in-law!"