I don't want to conquer witches anymore.

Before Duke could finish speaking, the two men who had turned the corner saw the person they were chasing.

Cecil.

But it was clearly not Cecil.

Chapter 342 Cecil of a Parallel World

The girl, caught off guard by Duke and Amber's aggressive pursuit, was clearly startled. She had no idea why the young couple had suddenly chased after her when she was walking along the street. Especially since it was late at night, and Night City was far from safe, let alone for a defenseless young woman like herself.

A look of panic crossed her face. She instinctively raised her hand to protect herself and asked in a somewhat timid voice, "You... what's wrong?"

Upon seeing her panicked expression, the young couple in front of her appeared even more panicked than she was. The man in the couple hesitated before asking, "May I ask your name?"

The girl stared at the man's face and was momentarily stunned—only then did she realize how incredibly handsome he was. His good looks, the precision of his features, the details of his skin, he… The girl wasn't very educated, and after thinking for a long time, she could only describe him as "handsome."

However, the girl didn't seem very brave. She didn't dare to continue looking the man in the eye, and quickly lowered her head, answering his question softly: "I... my name is Cecil."

Cecil.

But it was clearly not Cecil from their family.

The young couple in front of Cecil both realized this at the same time.

Duke turned his head and met Amber's gaze.

The Cecil they knew was a naive and silly girl in everyday life, a mature and reliable Radiant Witch in battle, and a natural airhead who wasted an entire volume of opportunities in her love life—in short, although Guangbao was the one who was constantly persecuted in the main group, she certainly wouldn't be like the girl in front of them, who was always flustered and too shy to look them in the eye.

This cute little coward in front of me is definitely not their Guangbao!

Although the girl's expression was completely different from Cecil's, and although she was wearing a simple little dress that Cecil had never worn in her life, her appearance was almost identical to Guangbao's. Duke and Amber were Cecil's closest friends, like brothers, so of course they wouldn't mistake her, but there seemed to be some subtle differences in certain details...

"I feel like this Cecil is a bit shorter than ours?"

"She does seem a bit shorter, and don't you think her breasts are bigger than Guangbao's?"

"Hmph, Duke, you pervert!"

"Don't tell me you didn't notice."

"Okay, I noticed that too. She really does seem to be a bit older than Cecil. Waaah, poor Steel Plate Sister was actually persecuted by her parallel universe self, so pitiful... Duke, is it too rude of me to laugh out loud now?"

"Indeed, just bear with it for now, and laugh in front of Guangbao when we get back."

The shy girl peeked up and saw the two young lovers whispering to each other. She looked like she was about to cry: "Gentlemen, can I go back now?"

“Excuse me.” Duke scratched his head, flashed a bright smile at Cecil from this parallel universe, and said with a grin, “You look a bit like a friend of ours, which is why we’re a little excited. Would you mind if we exchange contact information and become friends?”

The girl lowered her head in distress and said in a barely audible voice, "I don't have a magic phone."

Magical phones? The level of technology in Night City's civilian magical technology seems to be higher than that of the Floating City. The Floating City hasn't even popularized magical personal terminals (computers) yet.

Duke raised an eyebrow in surprise, maintaining his extremely approachable scumbag smile, which shone like the sun in front of the girl. While maximizing his friendliness, he turned around and pointed in a certain direction: "We've rented a room at the XX Hotel for the next few days. If you encounter any trouble, you can find us there. As an apology for scaring you today, we'll try our best to help you solve any problems you may have."

With his non-human charm value (25), Duke spread his charm so freely that the results were naturally very pleasing. The girls were much less wary of them - the tall man in front of them was too good-looking, and his girlfriend next to him was as beautiful as a princess.

How could someone so good-looking be a bad person?

So the girl nodded like a cute little animal, then timidly took two steps back, waved to Duke and Amber, and continued on her way home.

Duke watched the girl's departing figure, lost in thought. Amber noticed his furrowed brows and asked with a grin, "What's wrong? Seeing such a cute Cecil, is your scumbag heart stirring again?"

"I didn't, I'm not, don't talk nonsense." Duke waved his hand and gave a series of denials, but whether his scumbag heart was moved or not, only he himself knew. "I was just thinking... besides Cecil from the parallel world, are there other people here, like you and me from the parallel world?"

"There definitely will be, right?" Amber blinked, then suddenly became excited: "What do you think you and I would be like in a parallel world?"

Duke reached out and poked Amber's little face with his finger, saying with a grin, "I guess you in the parallel world aren't a sassy elf princess."

"Impossible!" Amber's eyes widened as she retorted irritably, "I might not be an elf princess in a parallel world, but I would definitely like SeSe too! How could anyone in this world not like SeSe?"

Duke: "?"

……

Little Cecil hurried back to her front door. Slightly out of breath from the night's chill, she exhaled white mist. She stared at her breath, lost in thought, for a moment before reaching out to knock.

"Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger".

A voice almost identical to hers sounded from behind the door. The person inside the room recited a code that sounded somewhat awkward to young Cecil. The girl rubbed her red, frostbitten hands and softly recited the code:

"Duke is a fool."

The door was opened from the inside, and the girl looked expectantly into the room. Soon she saw a slightly taller version of herself peeking out, grinning and saying, "You're back, little sister."

"Yes, I'm back, sister."

It seems a bit strange that we call each other sisters when we are clearly from different parallel worlds.

Cecil scratched his head, but didn't dwell on the issue too much. Instead, he squinted his eyes, enjoying the pleasure of being greeted at home. Although the two of them lived in a narrow, dilapidated house, which was somewhat cramped... the prospect of not having to spend lonely nights alone was clearly more appealing to Cecil.

She went into the room and said with some delight:

"Sister, I met a really handsome man today, just like Duke in the stories you told me."

Chapter 343 Your House Exploded

After parting ways with Cecil Jr., Duke and Amber continued exploring the streets of Night City for a while, but after encountering Cecil's allomorph in the parallel world, they never met any of the familiar faces from the parallel world version again.

Judging from Cecil's example, there are still differences between the allotropic aliens in parallel worlds. Just like Cecil in this parallel world, not only is his fashion sense different from that of their family's idiot Guangbao, who wears knight armor as everyday clothes, but he can even make their Guangbao look bad in terms of chest size.

Doraemon, use your invincible "I want to" gun to think of a solution!

Duke shook his head, banishing the thought of persecuting Guangbao from his mind, then squinted and surveyed the street in front of him.

Night City and Floating City are two completely different cities. The division of districts, the specific structure of streets, and even the size and shape of the entire city are completely different. Apart from both being able to take off and fly in the sky, they have no similarities whatsoever. Duke and Amber spent the whole night searching but couldn't find a single familiar street.

But as dawn approached, Duke and Amber were preparing to head back to their hotel to rest... when they unexpectedly turned into a small alley. As soon as they entered, Duke suddenly raised an eyebrow.

He found himself familiar with the alley.

"what happened?"

Amber noticed Duke's expression and blinked strangely. She seemed to have no recollection of this place at all—but that was normal, since the floating city was a very large city with countless messy alleys. Amber didn't usually need to travel through these alleys when she went out; she could just teleport directly to her destination.

"I feel like I've been here before."

Duke clicked his tongue, then suddenly had an idea. He took out the Voice of All Things, which he hadn't used in a long time, from his inventory, put it on his ears, closed his eyes, and listened intently to the sounds of this noisy, sleepless city.

"Help me...help me..."

The faint sound was mixed in with the noise of Night City, and would likely be missed if one did not listen carefully. However, the basic attributes of the divine body that Duke was using at this time were ridiculously strong, and his hearing was superhuman. Therefore, he easily distinguished the faint cry for help from the noise.

Duke had heard this cry for help through the Voice of All Things, and it was this cry that led him to the shop run by Ms. Scarlet. He later traded the Neon Revolver, his primary weapon for a long time, from that antique shop. After that, the shop was closed for a long time, and Ms. Scarlet would go on vacation every few days. She could only be found when she participated in the battle against Talia.

Duke's sense of familiarity with this alley stemmed from the memory of Ms. Scarlet's yesterday; this alley seemed to be the very place where yesterday's events took place.

However, it was this initial call that guided him to the cry for help he heard yesterday that Duke had forgotten and put aside.

Duke sighed. Back then, he was still very weak and needed to improve his strength. Most of his energy was focused on dealing with the aftermath of the social death incident and the ensuing witch games, leaving him no energy to pay attention to that faint cry for help. However, he never expected that he would forget about it, only to be reminded of it in this way in a parallel world.

He pursed his lips and muttered to himself:

"Alright, since we're so destined to meet, I'll really help you save yourself this time... Amber, let's go."

"Where?"

"Go find Ms. Fei."

"Huh?"

Duke took Amber's hand, who was completely bewildered, and led her into the alley. After wandering around several times according to their memory, they finally arrived at their destination.

A small shop is nestled deep in an alley, its lights still shining even though it's dawn. The door is ajar, and a sign above the entrance reads "Yesterday's Time."

It was almost exactly the same as yesterday in the floating city.

Nevertheless, this is, after all, a parallel world of the floating city. Even though all the details match up with the floating city in its yesterday, the interior decorations and even the shop owners from yesterday may not be the people Duke knows.

He led the way by pushing open the shop's slightly ajar door, then saw a bright magical lamp on the counter and heard the shop owner's somewhat languid welcome:

Welcome!

Ms. Fei, whom I hadn't seen for a long time, sat by the counter. She wasn't wearing a traditional witch's robe, nor was she wearing a large witch's hat to hide her stunning beauty. Instead, she was wearing a pink nightgown, which made her look not only very girlish but also completely unlike a shop owner. She was holding a thick ancient book in her hands, which she finally put down when she saw a customer.

In the bright light of the magic lamp, Ms. Fei saw the guests' faces and showed a slightly surprised expression, asking, "What are you doing here, Duke and Amber?"

Amber, who was standing behind Duke, reached out and tugged at Duke's clothes, leaning closer to ask in a low voice, "Is she Ms. Scarlet from a parallel world?"

She met Lady Scarlet during the Sleeping Beauty game, but because of the terrifying performance of the Witch of Miracles in that game, Amber was somewhat afraid of that powerful former city lord.

"Not necessarily," Duke answered her question softly, then asked definitively, "You're the Ms. Fei we know, right?"

Fei smiled slightly, and her smile caused Duke and Amber in front of her to gasp almost simultaneously, their souls entering a dazed state, nearly fainting because of her smile.

The stunningly beautiful woman snapped her fingers, suppressing her mythical, superhuman charm and putting Duke and Amber at ease. Then she spoke softly:

"Perhaps it is, perhaps it isn't."

"What do you mean?"

Amber was completely bewildered, but Duke nodded thoughtfully: "You are both Lady Scarlet from our world and Lady Scarlet from this world, is that right? So, this so-called 'vacation' is just that you've come to this parallel world?"

"As expected of you, Duke." Ms. Fei nodded in satisfaction. "A legend of my caliber can maintain a unified self in multiple parallel worlds. There can't be two 'me's' existing in the same spacetime... I won't explain the complicated principles. But how did you two end up in this parallel world? What happened in the floating city?"

Duke began to feel troubled.

The question is, how do you say "your house exploded" in a more tactful way?

Chapter 344 I'll satisfy Ms. Fei!

Ms. Fei listened quietly to Duke's story, her expression remaining unchanged throughout, as if the story of other people and other cities facing destruction was not about the floating city she had built.

"I see."

She nodded, then casually lowered her head again to look at the ancient book on her lap, leaving Duke and Amber dumbfounded.

After finding Ms. Scarlet, Duke breathed a slight sigh of relief.

He had no idea what the current situation was in the floating city, what was happening to his friends who were still in the floating city, or whether bringing the Little Prince from the parallel world game back to the parallel world, as Carol had suggested, would really save the floating city.

After entering the parallel world, he appeared very calm and even had the leisure to flirt with Amber, but in reality, he was extremely anxious.

But when they encountered not only their friend's allomorph (Cecil) in this unfamiliar parallel world, but also a powerful figure who knew them (Scarlet), these two consecutive events calmed Duke down. After all, Duke had a certain understanding of just how powerful this Witch of Miracles was, and with her by their side supporting their mission, the success rate would undoubtedly increase significantly.