"My wife, my wife! This one's my wife too!"
After meticulously saving all the fan art of Lumina, Lumina paused, took a deep breath, and let her parched throat recover.
"Hmm... let's give a little tip~" Lumina immediately rewarded all the fan artists with a total of 100 million Credit Points worth of currency, distributing the funds evenly among them.
"I'm so beautiful~" With the tipping done, Lumina opened her phone's gallery and began admiring the vast collection of fan art depicting her.
But then...
"What's with these few fan art pictures?" Lumina singled out a few photos from the gallery, her expression turning serious.
Three of these images featured both her and Herta. In one, though only Lumina's face was visible, the position of her hands and the scattered strands of hair clearly indicated Herta was pressing her down, with the drawing depicting the scene from Herta's perspective...
Lumina's face was turned sideways, her cheeks flushed. Herta's hand pressed both of Lumina's wrists above her head, her gaze drifting diagonally, as if she dared not meet Herta's eyes directly—the very picture of... that kind of situation.
"Damn it!"
Even Lumina, as strong and holy as the moon, couldn't help but curse aloud at the sight of the photo.
Damn it, what the hell is this? Did they get the dominant/submissive roles completely backwards?!
I know it's just fanart, but even fanart should have some basis in reality!
What's the meaning of this nonsense?!
From any conceivable angle, Herta should be the one on the bottom!
Ahem... While a single piece of fanart meant nothing and couldn't define her relationship with Herta, Lumina felt compelled to add:
Herta and I have a purely platonic friendship. There are absolutely no ulterior motives or impure thoughts involved.
After a moment's hesitation, Lumina decided against deleting the photo, leaving it to linger in her photo album.
The next image, still featuring her and Herta, was even more explosive than the last. Lumina's face flushed crimson as she swiftly swiped to the next picture.
The third image was much more normal, lacking the upside-down chaos of the first and the explosive intensity of the second.
It showed Lumina and Herta holding hands, strolling through the Eternal Garden from Lumina's Ultimate. Both girls wore radiant smiles, their faces filled with warmth and happiness. Lumina cherished this image, marking it with a star for special preservation before swiping to the next one.
This next image featured Lumina and March 7th. Lumina adored this one too, though she couldn't quite articulate why. Let's just say it perfectly captured something she had always imagined.
Stelle, Asta, Little Swarm, Fu Xuan... Every beautiful girl who had interacted with Lumina during the Main Story had fan art depicting them together.
But here's the strange part: Why wasn't there a single image featuring Caelus, the other Trailblazer?
Lumina scratched her head in confusion. Still, it was a good thing, right? Being surrounded by fan art of herself and all these beautiful girls made her undeniably happy.
If only she could send these images to Herta, March 7th, and the others... Lumina really wanted to see their reactions.
After closing the photo album, Lumina opened the Bilibili platform and started watching fan-made videos about herself.
Hmm... After scrolling through, why are most of them about my "fall from grace"?
Lumina's lips twitched again. She felt the Players must have some misunderstanding about her.
Or perhaps, due to the particularly rampant fan fiction, the image of the Saintess had gradually shifted in their minds toward... strange places.
So, I'm suffering from my own reputation?
Ignoring the videos about her "fall from grace," Lumina quickly found one related to Herta.
Why are there so many things about me and Herta?
Fan art and fan-made videos about them were clearly more abundant than those for other characters. Lumina scratched her head, shrugged it off, and started watching.
This particular video depicted Herta mercilessly manipulating Lumina, then completely dominating her, ultimately turning Lumina into Herta's... something.
Lumina: ?
As the video ended, a question mark slowly materialized above Lumina's head.
This... this can't be right, can it?
Why do most fan creations depict Herta dominating me?
Lumina was bewildered, then annoyed, then utterly crushed.
She opened the video's report interface, selected "Misleading Content" as the reason, and reported it while also giving it a thumbs down.
After exiting the video, she scrolled through the platform for a while, discovering that nearly every video featuring Herta showed Lumina being thoroughly manipulated. A small minority showed Lumina using "brute force" to counterattack and give Herta a taste of her own medicine.
But these counterattack videos consistently had lower views than those depicting Herta dominating Lumina.
How dare they?!
In a fit of anger, Lumina swiped the Bilibili app to the background and deleted it.
"Huff... huff..."
Lumina's chest rose and fell rapidly, as if the pent-up frustration were about to erupt.
Fortunately, Lumina had a resilient mindset. After taking several deep breaths, she quickly regained her composure.
"It's just a fan-made parody," she muttered to herself. "Why am I getting so worked up about it?"
Turning off her phone, Lumina couldn't help but feel a little childish.
Leaving aside the fact that her relationship with Herta was entirely platonic, the very idea of her being dominant in such a way was utterly absurd.
By the same logic, all these videos were mere fiction, born of imagination, and utterly impossible in reality.
"Looks like I'll have to play the role of someone who has Herta completely under her thumb for the Players' sake," Lumina mused, head bowed in quiet contemplation.