Celestia saw herself floating in a random place. It was pitch black—so dark that even darkness would be afraid of it.
She heard a whisper, "I will still give you a choice: be my wife!"
Celestia grinned as she stretched out her arm and suddenly struck toward her right.
A figure appeared, coughing up blood. His stomach bulged in and out like a squishy ball.
He frowned. "How did you find me? This is my own domain! It is a place inside my mind, like a dream. I can control anything in here! How—"
Before he could finish, she punched him in the same spot again. "I can sense you because of your... hehe, LUST!"
She grinned and winked at him. "But sorry, if I were still a crystal, I might have agreed. But... hahaha, I am not a love crystal or lust anymore. I am Celestia Valentine! I am me, and you are not my type. Lucan and King are... hehe, my type."
He smirked as his wounds healed instantly and said, "My name is Gerin Louis! And I am no gentleman."
His fat shrank as his body turned into a muscular figure. He grew a beard, and his blue eyes shone elegantly. He was shirtless; his brown hair was smooth and polished. He combed it gently with his hand and applied perfume.
Celestia's gaze turned awkward as she said, "Even us girls don't do this much. Huh, you are so weird and perverted!"
Gerin ignored her words as if he were deaf.
After a few minutes, he completed his self-care routine.
He turned around and said, "I am not sorry to make you wait, madam! Now, shall we start?"
Celestia grinned and said, "Wait, you don't look perfect yet. Here, have this!"
She snapped her fingers and his entire body changed. His clothing shifted; he was now a girl wearing a frock.
He frowned as he tried to change himself back. His face turned red, and he gritted his teeth. "You b*tch! What the heck am I now?"
She laughed, rolling on the floor. "Now you are Gerinia! Hahaha! I like this form of yours. You know what? I actually love you now!"
Gerinia closed her eyes and muttered something. She opened her eyes and looked at herself, but nothing had changed. She was still the same. "It's my dream, how can you control it? Why can't I?"
Celestia grinned. "Aww, you look so adorable! Wait a minute, let me send a pic to your buddies!"
She took a quick photo and transmitted it to King.
King was still lying on the ground. "Celestia! What the hell are you doing? Why did you attack me?"
Her voice echoed in his mind as she said, "My bad, King! Huh, you don't have much lust—that's why you got trapped! Oh, and can you project this to those space station members? Hehe."
King frowned. "You are playing—"
But after seeing the photo, he started laughing crazily. He projected it and said, "Space station! Look at your buddy! He is... no, she is a girl now! Hahaha!"
All of them held back their laughter.
Suddenly, Celestia screamed as her transmission stopped.
King was freed, as were the others. They stood up and walked closer.
King pondered as he held his fighting stance, but he was suddenly hit by an arrow that pierced through his chest, stabbing his heart. Red blood oozed out.
One of them showed his face. "King, we don't have time to play. You shall die now! Your race ends here."
King's rage was still unforgettable; these members had killed the old man, too.
He tried to stand up. Another figure moved to hit him, but the first figure blocked him.
"Wait, he killed our loved ones and made us rewatch it! He mustn't die that easily."
The person agreed and snorted coldly. "But Gerin is too stupid. He is weak, humiliating us—"
Gerin appeared, dragging a figure beside him. He roared, "Who are you talking about?"
King's eyes widened as he saw the figure in Gerin's grip.
It was Celestia, heavily injured, her face pale and her voice weak. "King, run..."
Gerin held her by the neck and choked her. "You b*tch, you humiliated me! Now I am a laughingstock to everybody!"
Celestia grinned as a pink laser shot out from her fingers.
Everyone dodged it as it reached King. His face turned pale, and his gaze was stunned. He couldn't even react as a bright, blinding flash hit his eyes. When he opened them, he was inside a spaceship, moving at rapid speed away from the planet. He saw that his wounds were healed.
Celestia was driving the spaceship. She said, "King, at our current power level, we can't beat them! We have to flee."
King clenched his fists. "But... they killed him! The old man, right in front of my eyes!"
Celestia started laughing as she patted his head. "Don't worry about that."
King frowned. "Are you an idiot? How can you act so stupid? I will kill you!"
She turned quiet and pointed in a direction. King saw the old man drinking some wine.
The old man said, "Hey, King! Never knew you got married and had a wife! Oh my god, she is so gorgeous! And she looks like your race. Hehe, sneaky brat!"
King grabbed the old man and shook him.
The old man asked, "What the heck is wrong with you? Ah, King..." He was also a bit tipsy.
King shed tears of joy. "Finally, a person didn't die at my hands!"
Celestia gently asked, "So... should I have killed him?"
King shifted his gaze past her and hugged her tight. He started crying. "No... no... you did the right thing. You saved his life, my life... everything! I don't know how to thank you!"
Celestia smacked him on the forehead. "It's not over! Hehe, don't forget we are going to thrash the Life Crystal and revive your race, friends, and family. Then you can thank me by... hehe."
King thought, I don't understand this feeling, but is it love?... But I have just met her... What the heck is happening to me? Why do I feel like not leaving her? I feel like this moment must continue longer—even if it's infinite, I won't be annoyed.
He blushed as he moved away. "Uhm... sorry, my brain just got hijacked by something. That wasn't me."
The old man called out to King and asked, "But why are you blushing? It's your wife, right? You are acting like you're in love with her, hahaha!"
King frowned and knocked him out to sleep. "Old geezer! Shut up and mind your own business! Holy moly!"
Celestia smirked as she walked over. "Oh, someone cried when this old man died, but now he hits him and curses at him! Hehe, King, you are so contradictory!"
King snorted as he went to the control area. "I will drive the ship. Let's first head back to the old space station... my race's corpses are there."
Celestia clasped her hands behind her back and smiled. "Roger, Captain King!"
King sighed and asked, "How did you lose? I thought you would have killed him instantly!"
Celestia sighed. "If not for Love trying to regain control back, I would have. She messed up, and then blah, blah, blah..."
As the chaos continued there, back on the planet, the members were all heavily injured.
Gerin frowned. "How is she still alive? And her power scaling increases massively and instantly at random."
Another alien—small and blue with scales covering his body, resembling the Blue Guy but slightly different—named Azican, said, "And what's your true gender? Are you male or female?"
Gerin slammed him down. "Idiot, what do you think I am?"
Azican smirked. "Oh, you are a mixture of both! I get it—"
Gerin shoved him repeatedly. "It's all her fault, ugh! I swear I will kill her with no mercy!"
Azican laughed. "Says the one who let her escape, haha!"
Another alien was red, tall, and muscular. His eyes were closed, and he wore two bracelets on his arms. He had three eyes—two in the normal spots and one in the center of his forehead. His legs had two amulets.
His name was Freol Jing. He said, "They are heading back to our old base... King! Let's split into two groups. One of us will monitor and kill King at the right time, and the other will search for and kill Lucan."
Gerin's gaze turned serious. "Lucan, huh? That outsider! He has been missing for so long. Why do we need to kill him?"
Freol said, "Because if we don't, we die..."