Talulah, I'm still a child.

"Brother, why do you always like to stare at the moon?"

Cecilia was a little confused. Mei Xue had been staring at the moon all this time because she had nothing better to do. Was her little angel no longer cute?

"Because the moon has a very special meaning for me."

The wind on the rooftop was a little chilly, so Mei Xue hugged Cecilia tightly to keep her warm, and gently wrapped her tail around the little angel.

"Special significance?"

Cecilia didn't seem to understand, and the little fox just smiled, sitting on top of the Shard, where he could clearly see everything happening below.

Vina must still be confused. Out of a sense of responsibility and justice, she is willing to be Queen of Victoria, but from her own perspective, she is somewhat reluctant to sit on the throne.

Amiya must also be confused. Theresa, who has become the embodiment of the Sarkaz will, has not yet chosen to see her. The Sarkaz have tacitly chosen to ignore the Rhodes Island guests, regardless of whether they will join the Londinium Self-Salvation Army. After all, because of the little fox's existence, all violent governance has long been explicitly prohibited in the city. Of course, there are always some unseen forces at play.

"Yes, it has a very special meaning... Cecilia, you really don't know?"

Gently stroking the little angel's head, Mei Xue took out an apple and took a bite.

"No... that might not be the right way to put it. Number Ten, you know better than anyone else, otherwise how could you have made her carry that folding fan with her all the time?"

The wind stopped for a moment, the clouds stood still, the stars ceased to twinkle, and the entire world and even the universe seemed to freeze for a moment. Only Mei Xue remained still. He took a bite of an apple, looked at the folding fan stuck in his chest, and seemed not to feel any pain at all.

Cecilia's eyes, which were nestled in his arms, had somehow turned the same gold as his own. Her adorable little face seemed to want to say something, but tears streamed down her cheeks.

"Okay, okay, I know it's not your fault. Actually, it's my fault."

Mei Xue's tail swayed gently behind him as he reached out to stroke the little angel's head, knowing that this was not Cecilia's intention.

"Sure enough, it was around the time we first met."

"...just when you got that ten-sided die of fate."

Cecilia, or rather, number ten, reached into Mei Xue's tail and accurately located the jewel-like die, holding it firmly in her hand.

“According to my original plan, we would merge when the Sirens got this die and gave it to you. At that time, you would not have fully recovered, and I could have taken complete control.”

"I just didn't expect that my sister was attached to you back then. In order to avoid her noticing my actions, I had no choice but to choose this body as my host and slowly lie dormant. But you... you actually handed this over to her. How stupid."

It was also incongruous for Number Ten to make such an expression while wearing Cecilia's face, but she was right. This folding fan, along with the jade pendant on Afdokga's side, were the only two things in the world that could harm Mei Xue. Therefore, when Mei Xue entrusted the jade pendant to Su Xue'er, it was essentially a matter of entrusting her life to her.

"I thought you would make your move when I got the last anchor box."

"There's no need. Your power will be restored, which means my power will also be restored. My only goal is this die."

As she spoke, Cecilia's face gradually contorted into a grimace. As mentioned before, Mei Xue's clones essentially corresponded to the tails on his back, numbered from one to nine. However, at the very beginning, the little fox had a full ten tails.

So, apart from numbers one through nine, there is also number ten, who has been out of town for many years. Or rather, he and Mei Xue together are the original masters of destiny.

However, the unexpected awakening by Precys caused Mei Xue's unstable consciousness to split into two halves. One part left with the disappearance of the tenth tail and the instability of the ninth tail, while the other part became the Mei Xue we know today.

"And now... give my body back!"

Chapter 131 The Death of Mei Xue

"It all feels so unreal... Ursus... just like that, gone?"

Even now that St. Glory Castle has been captured, the Reunion Movement members still feel like they've just woken up from a dream. That was Ursus, an ancient empire that had stood for thousands of years, and it's all gone just like that.

"Ultimately, Ursus itself is largely to blame. It is indeed ancient and powerful, and fearless of any enemy, but that is built on its internal workings."

Alina sipped her soup. She had been quite busy lately, and to avoid causing any disturbances, the Reunion Movement soldiers were camping on the streets. She could only thank the snow for the good weather, as it hadn't snowed during this time.

"But when their oppressive terror can no longer threaten the people, when everyone realizes that those nobles can be hanged with a rope, they will want to claim their own happiness. At that time, all it takes is for someone to take the lead, for someone to light a fire..."

"He's a leader."

"No, it's all of us."

Alina smiled as she corrected Gao Yang's words, her smile exceptionally gentle. But she was actually very grateful; Mei Xue's appearance was definitely a turning point in the fate of the Reunion Movement. However, for some reason, Alina had been feeling somewhat uneasy lately.

"Therefore, without the most basic foundation, it's useless for the Ursus army to be strong. No one is willing to hand over their food supplies, and no one is willing to die in battle for no reason. Of course, it is the Ursus nobles themselves who have helped us a lot."

The infighting among the noble factions gave the Reunion Movement time and space to develop. At this critical juncture, they still clung to their misplaced confidence and even dared to withhold supplies from the front-line troops. After learning the whole story, Alina was speechless. They were truly a bunch of bloated idiots. These people occupied the upper echelons of a country and monopolized most of the resources. How could Ursus possibly prosper?

Patriot and Helag sighed after learning the truth, saying it was to be expected.

"Alina, Chernobog is almost here."

Although she appears as indifferent as ever, those who know Frostnova know that she is in a good mood; they can tell just by looking at her eyes.

Since it's impossible to stay stationed on the streets indefinitely, and we need to coordinate various data collection and exchange, while also allowing the entire army to rest, bringing over Chernobog is the most suitable option.

The Siren girls have now transformed Chernobog into a semi-fortress, with outrageous firepower, which is just enough to dispel any lingering disloyal thoughts among those who still harbor them.

"You've worked hard, won't you eat something?"

"...No."

Speaking of this, Froststar was a little depressed. Ever since Meixue unconsciously said "Sister, you are so heavy" when she first did it, she has been working out to lose weight every day. But she wasn't that fat to begin with; it's just that her figure was a little too good.

However, during this time, her bust size remained the same, but her weight increased, making Shuangxing increasingly doubt her weight loss results, and she stopped eating snacks much.

"Still so concerned about weight, huh? Sigh, let me tell you, it's not a big deal at all. You have no idea about Skadi from Rhodes Island."

Kasena, or rather, Miss Black Snake, chose to offer comfort by example. Anyway, Skadi wasn't there, so there was no need to worry about that girl cutting her down with a sword.

Because Talulah went on maternity leave, the Reunion Movement needed someone to temporarily replace her, at least to pretend that Talulah was still there and to stabilize the situation. So, Miss Black Snake came without hesitation (she was coaxed into coming by Mei Xue). According to her, if she didn't show up soon, she would become a marginal character.

But these are all veterans of the Reunion Movement right now. Talulah's leave was unanimously approved. They are well aware of Black Serpent's identity, and it is only at this time that Miss Black Serpent can speak freely.

"Ms. Kashina, don't you think it's a pity?"

"You mean the destruction of Ursus?"

Miss Black Serpent looked up at Alina, while the Reunion cadres around her stared at her, all curious about how this Black Serpent, who had lived for over a thousand years, viewed the destruction of Ursus.

"To say it's a pity, I don't really think so... Although Kosich's initial plan was to have Chernobog crash into the Dragon Gate and cause a war with the Great Yan, in reality, the success or failure of this plan was irrelevant to Black Serpent. Or rather, whether it was the new faction of Feodor or the old noble faction, all Black Serpent needed was to end the internal conflicts of Ursus."

"We will not be loyal to any emperor, nor will we belong to any faction. To the Black Serpent, the emperor and the nobles are part of Ursus, but not all of them."

"So only this decaying part is destroyed, and I have nothing to regret. I'm not that old madman Kosiché."

Although she was born from the magic that Koschei planted in Talulah's body, Miss Black Snake never claimed to be Duke Koschei; she considered herself merely the little fox's health care teacher!

"Speaking of which, where did the Sirens go?"

Froststar originally wanted to ask the group of plum blossom lovers if they had any inventions that would make it easier to lose weight, but after looking around, she realized that there didn't seem to be any trace of the Sirens.

"I don't know, I haven't seen it for the past couple of days. What... is that?"

Miss Black Snake stared wide-eyed, pointing incredulously towards the direction of Great Yan in the distance, where two bright white and silver aurora pillars rose from the ground.

"A pillar of light... wait a minute, there's one over there too, that's... Lateran?"

"And what about Victoria's side!"

Four beams of light rose from the ground in four directions, shooting straight into the sky.

As the Lateran people listened to the bells echoing in their ears, they all made devout prayer gestures, watching the towering ancient clock tower emit a beam of light that seemed to reach the heavens. This clock tower, which was older than Lateran itself, was like a giant that had been sleeping for a long time. All Lateran people believed that the resounding of the clock tower signified the arrival of a new era, because it was recorded in the temple.

"what happened?"

In the dead of night, Ifrit felt a sudden white blur before her eyes. When she finally came to her senses, she found that her room was lit up, even though she hadn't turned on the lights. Kal'tsit, on the other hand, was standing on the deck, watching the pillar of light emanating from the top of Rhodes Island. She keenly sensed that this was related to Mei Xue, but didn't know what it was. Eureka, meanwhile, held up the apple in her hand, muttering a string of words that no one could understand.

"You've arrived."

Da Yan Shang Shu, the Nine-Colored Deer stood on the Forgotten Water Platform, looking at Ya behind him, then turned around and continued to stare at the beam of light that shot into the sky. It was brighter and more dazzling than the other beams, and also thicker, simply because Mei Xue had twice disintegrated herself again.

The most excited were probably the group of Siren girls on the shore of the Great Yan Sea. They had known this moment would come, so they were all prepared. Looking at the huge, glowing lighthouse, they couldn't help but feel regretful. They hadn't forgotten their original plan. This thing could definitely project Mei Xue's image onto the moon.

However, now is not the time to think about those things. Although it was Mei Xue's order, the group of Siren Lolis still felt guilty. After all, they didn't even dare to think about bringing back Mei Xue's corpse to use as fuel.

"Big sister! The analysis report is out. The energy contained within the pillar of light in front of us... absolutely! Absolutely enough to cause a Big Bang!"

"In other words, the energy of this beam of light is enough to create a completely new universe!"

“The master has already said that this is not the time to do these things.”

Amaya reached out and pressed her younger sister's head back down, looking at her sisters who were standing by in anticipation behind her.

"Attention, everyone! Move out!"

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Inside the central control room of the Third Research Institute on the moon, Number Nine and the Doctor in front of him faced off. Mei Xue had thought of many people before. He thought it would be his sister, he thought it would be Precys, and he even thought it would be a fragment of himself. But it wasn't until Su Xue'er pulled out the timeline and merged it into the main world that he finally realized that he had overlooked the Doctor.

The doctor in front of me is the same person as the doctor from Rhodes Island, yet they are different.

"Doctor, may I call you that?"

"Of course, after all, whether it's me or her, we are essentially the same person. It's just that we went astray at a certain turning point in our fate, which was when Precys and I came to find you."

The doctor spread her hands, her face looked very pale, as did her hair; she hadn't had much time or energy to take care of it over the years.

"Let me give you an example that even Xiaoke can understand: a single-choice question becomes a multiple-choice question because of the question setter's careless mistake, where both options are correct."

"...So what was originally a single doctor has become two people."

"Yes, we have the same personality, the same memories, and... the same love for Mei Xue."

"But you love the Mei Xue of the past."

Nine's tail swayed gently. He knew very well that in the eyes of the doctor in front of him, although Nine-Tailed Snow was equally lovely, she was not the one he loved. Her obsession was too deep, and if one is stubborn for too long, one's heart will change.

“Yes, Mei Xue with ten tails... Ha, but neither you nor Number Ten are him.”

The doctor's eyes were somewhat downcast, but she wasn't the kind of resentful woman who hated someone because of love. She really wanted her ten-tailed little fox to come back, but that wasn't the reason she was behind the scenes.

"After saying so much, I'm almost turning myself into some kind of villain."

"...It's already quite remarkable that you can maintain this state despite being invaded by your sister's negativity."

Number Nine knew perfectly well that the Doctor was never a bad person. Even the one in front of him who seemed to be the mastermind was just here to better protect that planet.

"I made a wrong wish, but I won't say I regret it."

"Ah."

"So, Number Ten should have succeeded by now, right?"

“He did succeed. Even if I had known all along that Cecilia was being held by him, I could not possibly have any resentment towards my sister. He always had the opportunity.”

(This should be considered a success, right?)

Miss Doctor thought that this would finally allow everything to return to normal. However, she soon noticed that Snow Plum No. 9 in front of her always had a smile on her face and seemed not to be flustered at all.