A few days later, Dawncloud.
"It's so lively."
"Are we here to see the Chrysos Heirs off?"
Arriving at Dawncloud, the highest point of Okhema, they found it filled with cheers and applause.
Sensing the emotions radiating from everyone, Lumina understood the significance of their presence here.
"Otherwise, are we here to see you off as you leave Amphoreus?" Hearing Lumina's obvious nonsense, Herta said flatly.
She still refused to give up on the idea of Lumina leaving Amphoreus.
She still wanted Lumina to leave Amphoreus quickly, to leave the sides of those beautiful young women in Amphoreus quickly.
Let these beautiful young women take a good look at the true identity of the scumbag Lumina.
Let them understand thoroughly what it means to be ruthless and abandon someone after leading them on!
Falling for this Lumina was destined to lead to a lonely and miserable life!
You guys can't handle Lumina, let go when you should, and don't force yourselves, lest you eventually end up with a miserable life.
Madam Herta may not be a good person, but she is definitely not a bad person.
Facing the scene of these beautiful young women accidentally falling into the Abyss, she was prepared to help them a little.
After all, they were all beautiful young women, so in some sense, they were all family.
Since they were all family, Herta naturally couldn't just watch them fall into this Abyss that could affect their entire lives...
At this moment, Herta seemed as if she were possessed by the Holy Light, transforming into a Holy Maiden who cared for all living beings, every word and phrase serving to save the world...
After saying so much, it still came down to the same sentence: You guys can't handle Lumina, let me do it!
If Lumina knew this thought in Herta's mind, she would surely burst out laughing on the spot and then ruthlessly mock Herta.
If you want to eat alone, just say so directly, don't pretend to be so righteous.
If people saw this, they wouldn't know who was the one suffering a loss.
Fortunately, Lumina didn't know about this, which spared Herta from being mocked by Lumina once again.
"It's not impossible, but they all have to be replaced with beautiful young women." Lumina, unaware of Herta's thoughts, gently stroked her chin upon hearing this, expressing agreement with what she said.
"Hehehe." The expected answer made Herta unable to resist rolling her eyes at Lumina.
Sure enough, the only thing that could interest Lumina was beautiful young women.
If one day Lumina lost interest in beautiful young women, then the Galaxy would probably be destroyed.
"Miss Lumina, Madam Herta."
While Lumina and Herta were focused on each other, a voice appeared behind them.
Hearing this, the two turned around and saw Stelle, Dan Heng, and Mem.
Seeing their current state, Lumina couldn't help but smile gently: "Oh, it's you. How's the pre-battle preparation going?"
"Bring on ten more Sky Titans!"
Hearing her Sister Lumina's caring words, a supremely confident smile instantly spread across Stelle's face. She stood with her hands on her hips and declared loudly.
It seemed that fighting just one Sky Titan was simply too easy for her.
To make this dungeon more challenging, she proposed changing one Sky Titan to ten Sky Titans!
Although for her, the difficulty still hadn't changed at all.
After all, the mouth was on her own body, so Stelle could say whatever she wanted.
"Sigh..." Hearing that Stelle was still so unreliable before the battle, Dan Heng couldn't help but facepalm and sigh.
Stelle's flighty personality was simply something that made people love and hate her at the same time.
"Partner... if only your strength could grow in sync with your boasting." Just like Dan Heng, Mem, who was floating beside Stelle, also found her words utterly speechless.
Fortunately, after spending time together, Mem had gradually gotten used to it, just like Dan Heng.
"Hehe, having confidence is a good thing." Looking at the little raccoon's adorable appearance, Lumina didn't find her words exasperating. Instead, she praised her like a gentle mother.
Then, feeling that wasn't enough, she reached out her evil... her gentle hand, lightly patting Stelle's head. While encouraging her with words, she also sent a wave of warmth through this gesture, spreading it across Stelle's entire body.
"Hmm~" With the addition of this warmth, Stelle's body gradually relaxed. She squinted her little eyes, completely immersed in the feeling.
"Hey, hey, hey, if you spoil her like this, what will happen if something goes wrong later?" Mem took in the scene before her, a hint of displeasure stirring in her heart.
But this displeasure quickly vanished, turning into a helpless resignation at Lumina's unconditional spoiling of Stelle.
A doting mother ruins her child!
This was a saying Mem had read in a book, and it was a very reasonable one.
From ancient times to the present, this phrase had been proven true countless times.
If Lumina continued to unconditionally spoil Stelle, what would happen if she became a lazy person, a useless person, later on?
Are you really going to keep her and spoil her for the rest of your life?
"If something happens, I'll take responsibility." Hearing Mem's question that struck right to the soul, Lumina smiled faintly and gave a doting mother's answer.
"Mem..." Hearing this matter-of-fact response, Mem instantly fell silent.
Alright then... since Lumina had already said so, Mem naturally wouldn't say anything more.
She could only hope... that later on, they truly wouldn't encounter something that even Lumina couldn't solve.
"Sigh..."
Sighing silently in her heart, Mem looked a bit worn out at this moment.
However...
"Little Mem, you too."
In the next second, Lumina's other hand, just like the one resting on Stelle's head, gently settled on Mem's head.
The warmth traveled through her arm, then through her palm, and into Mem's head.
But this was far from enough.
Her voice was still just as warm, like a mother's soft-spoken promise: "If Mem ever runs into any trouble, if you ever encounter any danger, just call my name."
"I will stand before you both and solve all the trouble you encounter..."
"So that you can live without a care forever, and show your most authentic self."
"Mem..." Hearing this, Mem admitted she couldn't resist it.
Such sincere and earnest emotion, such gentle behavior, and even though she knew Lumina was a bad woman, she couldn't help but indulge and immerse herself in it.
She wanted to be wrapped in this warmth forever, to enjoy it forever...
Even... even Mem wanted to monopolize this warmth, and have Lumina's warmth always only flow out upon herself.
But such a thing, no matter how you think about it, would be completely impossible, right?
Hmm... alright, not just completely impossible, but absolutely impossible.
Not even mentioning the Galaxy that Lumina always speaks about, alone in Amphoreus and Okhema, there were already several beautiful girls enjoying Lumina's tenderness.
As for the Galaxy, which was infinitely larger than Amphoreus, Mem simply didn't even dare to imagine it...
If beautiful girls could bear children with other beautiful girls, Mem would even feel that Lumina must have already become a mother to dozens of children...
This such kindly, such familiar maternal love, was truly too realistic.
So realistic it felt just like she'd actually been a mother.
Could she... could she have actually been a mother?
As Mem savored Lumina's warm caresses, a daring thought took root in her mind.
After all, Lumina's motherly aura was just too authentic. How could she feel this way without having experienced the bond between a mother and child?
Since it felt so real, why was the thought so daring?
Because Mem dared not believe it.
She dared not believe that Lumina was already a "married woman."
Lumina: "?"
Fortunately, Lumina lacked any supposed mind reading, or she would have coughed up a mouthful of blood upon hearing Mem's wonderful misunderstanding.
But soon, with just a moment's thought, Lumina realized that Mem wasn't entirely wrong.
After all, a "spiritual mother" is still a mother.
March 7th, Asta... wait, weren't they all essentially Lumina's spiritual daughters?
Though she had never formally accepted the title, nor performed any special ceremony.
But they treated Lumina as their mother, and Lumina treated them as her daughters. Even without officially acknowledging the relationship, there seemed to be no problem at all...
"Alright, alright, let's go find Phainon and Hyacine."
"This time, we'll let them take the lead in the battle."
Lumina, lacking any Mind Reading, was unaware of Mem's thoughts. She kneaded Stelle with one hand and Mem with the other for a while before withdrawing her small hands.
This was not a private room, but Dawncloud.
All around them were the Okhema masses seeing off the Chrysos Heirs. No matter how thick Lumina's skin was, she couldn't shamelessly cuddle with beautiful girls in front of them.
The crowd wasn't just one or two, or three or four, but hundreds of people. With so many eyes watching, how was this any different from a live outdoor broadcast?
Lumina's fair little face wasn't yet thick enough for such a feat.
"Yes, Miss Lumina is right. Let's go find Phainon, Hyacine, and the others to confirm again." As the only one present who wasn't a beautiful girl, Dan Heng felt like an outsider, feeling that he completely shouldn't be here.
Instead, he should be under a car...
While Lumina was interacting with the beautiful girls, Dan Heng couldn't say anything, nor could he retreat. He could only stand there in a daze, feeling awkward, silently waiting for Lumina's interaction with the beautiful girls to end.
Fortunately, there was serious business at hand this time, so this interaction did not last too long.
Dan Heng's awkward moment didn't last too long, which could be considered a "blessing in disguise."
"Alright, let's go. They're just ahead." Lumina could see Dan Heng's awkwardness. Although he wasn't a beautiful girl, Lumina would still consider him a little.
Looking at Aglaea, Phainon, and the others talking nearby, Lumina gestured to them and took the lead, walking toward Aglaea and the rest.
"Everyone, you've arrived." Aglaea heard the footsteps, turned her head, and seeing Lumina and the others, she smiled and gave a simple greeting.
"Yes, before we set off, is there anything else that needs a blessing?" Lumina asked Aglaea on behalf of the group.
Hearing this, Aglaea didn't say much, just gently shook her head.
"If the isolation of Amphoreus from the world beyond the sky is truly the curse cast by Aquila, then this time, perhaps, will be the final battle."
"Once you defeat the Sky Titan and obtain the Sky Coreflame, perhaps you will be able to leave Amphoreus."
Aglaea's gaze fell on Stelle and the others, smiling as she gestured.
"Leaving Amphoreus..." Hearing this, Stelle inexplicably entered her silly mode again and sighed.
"One day on the ground, ten years in the sky."
Her words were filled with sorrow, as if even if they left Amphoreus, due to the unequal flow of time, their former acquaintances would have already returned to dust.
"Mem..." Seeing her companion enter another delusional state, Mem couldn't help but feel a bit speechless.
But fortunately, she had already gotten used to it, and quickly recovered from this state.
"Hmm, there's such a saying? I've never heard of it." Hearing this, Phainon immediately felt it was somewhat novel.
"The world Beyond the Sky is just like this." Stelle patted Phainon's shoulder, speaking with a few parts of the earnestness of a senior.
"You'll understand when you reach my age."
At this moment, Stelle was just like those children's parents, using an adult tone to give Phainon a reminder.
If Stelle's age were not less than two and a half years, she would probably really have had to be tricked by her.
But Phainon did not know Stelle's age, nor could he beat this Stelle who dipped in the network to learn hot memes from time to time. Facing these words, he was almost in a state of deep conviction.
"So that's how it is, I understand, thank you for the reminder, companion." Phainon nodded, not raising any questions about Stelle's words.
After all, the world Beyond the Sky is filled with all sorts of unimaginable and fantastic things. It is considered very normal, and there is nothing worth surprise or doubt.
She's an Outworlder, after all. Could she possibly be lying to me?
"She's just talking nonsense. Don't believe her lies so easily," Mem hastily exposed Stelle's nonsense when she saw Phainon actually agree.
How could you lie to someone about such an important matter?
What if the problem in Amphoreus is solved and he wants to travel the Cosmos, but then he'd be screwed because he believed your lies?
"Haha," Stelle laughed awkwardly.
Then she looked up at the sky, her eyes filled with a bit more sorrow: "Leaving Amphoreus? That shouldn't be a big problem."
With the omnipotent Sister Lumina around, Stelle didn't think the problem of leaving Amphoreus was a difficult one.
The main issue was that the Train had crashed. After returning to the Train, she didn't know how to explain it clearly to Himeko and the Conductor.
"Alright, alright, you said it yourself, popping champagne at halftime is a big taboo." Phainon didn't say much more and waved his hand, "Let's go. We'll discuss everything after we defeat the Sky Titan."
Ending this topic, Phainon looked at everyone and gestured: "Everyone, let's go."
"Head to the top of Dawncloud, and then... ascend to the Sky!"