Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

"I know……"

I nodded, but was that all she wanted to say?

My son and I finally have a rare opportunity to be alone face-to-face like this. Doesn't she intend to say anything about the past?

"father……"

“Serno…”

I spoke awkwardly, and met her equally surprised gaze.

"Please go first."

My father reached out and gently lifted my slightly curly, soft hair.

“Serno, I am not a good father. I don’t even have a way to save you from the curse of the Earth Crystal, and I’m afraid I won’t have the chance to change this later…”

"Why wouldn't there be a chance? Our family has finally had the opportunity to reunite, and life has just begun, hasn't it?"

Although, such an opportunity only exists in this new world.

But my father still shook his head, looking up at me with a bitter expression.

"No, I'm burdened with too much sin. I've already decided that once everything is over, I'll spend my whole life repaying the debts I owe."

Although she looks like a young girl, she gives me the feeling that she has aged several years.

Since Mom has awakened and I have been freed from the Earth Crystal, Dad has lost his goal... But shouldn't his goal be just this?

"And what do you owe me?" I asked.

"I'm sorry, Seruno, I'm afraid I..."

“I don’t want to hear apologies, Dad. I want you to be by my side… Although Aunt Linxi and Uncle Yunzhi rarely come home, when they do, Yezi’s house is always filled with joy and laughter… I’ve always wanted a home like that!”

I've already said it out loud.

But her father just clenched his teeth. She really shouldn't let go of what she was carrying. If it were Miluno, she would definitely send her father to jail too...

That's why she couldn't respond to me.

I understand.

"I will wait for you."

I grabbed her arm and pulled her forward half a step.

"No matter how many years it takes, Mom and I will wait for you. We will wait for you to come out."

When I said that, my dad hugged me.

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"Is the family conversation over?"

Outside the lounge, Milno was rubbing Mono's face.

"Ah."

"Your eyes are so red, have you been crying?"

"I felt like crying, but I didn't."

"There is no more misunderstanding between you and your daughter, only debts, debts that can never be repaid."

Miluno first spoke from her own feelings, and then brought up Michelle.

"That girl is the same; she feels she owes the agent a life."

This Miluno clearly cares a lot about Michelle...

"But hasn't the other me already accepted it?"

When I asked that, Miluno still shook her head.

"Whether we are prepared or not, the act of taking the lives of parents to give birth is a curse on that child. By giving her a human being, we also bring her harm."

She pressed the button next to the airlock.

"Live streaming is about to resume."

Then take a deep breath, hide the numbness and weariness on your face, and put on the professional face you'd wear during a live stream—although you still don't smile, your demeanor is clearly different.

"Welcome back. I'm sorry, the live stream was temporarily shut down due to health reasons and the effects of a solar storm."

Miss Night Owl put on her goggles, and her lens began to circle around me. The photographer was in position, and Miss Betelgeuse's reminder came through the earpiece.

"Note that the interference from high-energy particles has disappeared, and we can resume live streaming here."

Although it was not visible, the sandstorm outside the tunnel seemed to have subsided.

Miss Sirius also said, "Did you hear that? Get ready, we can't afford to lose to Miluno in popularity."

I pulled out Barbara's potion and drank it all in one gulp. Then I patted my cheeks, sweeping away the gloom left by my conversation with my father, and cheered myself up to greet my fans and audience with a smile.

"Not bad, not bad, Seruno, you're definitely better at being an idol than Miluno~"

Miss Sirius was praising me, and Miss Night Owl's camera was also pointed at my face.

"Five~"

"Four~"

"Three~"

"Two~"

"Action!"

"Ahem! Everyone in the live stream, thank you for waiting~"

Even though I don't know how many people are in the live stream, I still greet them like this.

"I've already come to the lunar city excavation site with Milno! As you all probably know, the lunar city is buried in the ground at an angle and in a broken state."

There is a large screen on the wall near the tunnel exit, showing the progress of the excavation. Miss Night Owl also cooperated by turning the camera around to show the details to the viewers in the live stream.

"This is the part that has already been surveyed. As you can see, only a small portion is exposed above the surface; the vast majority is buried underground. Therefore, in order to get closer to the pyramids on the moon, the survey team must continue to dig and explore downwards, and they need to be as careful as an archaeologist!"

In response, Milno added, "If we had heavy machinery, we could speed up the excavation process, but even the largest wormholes are currently unable to transport tunnel boring machines up."

Miluno has been here for several days and knows more about the excavation than I do. Plus, her proactive and enthusiastic explanations made it impossible for me to steal her thunder in the live stream…

As the exploration deepened, natural underground cavities on the moon gradually became apparent, and the exploration team's base could be seen on a rocky platform not far away.

Just then, the rock strata beneath the camp suddenly fractured.

Chapter 439 Behind-the-Scenes Game

(Miluno)

What are you planning to do?

Emerging from the memory fragments the Black Rabbit showed me, I discovered that Michelle was sitting directly opposite me, with a table in front of her and a chessboard spread out on it.

She is the black piece, and I am the white piece.

here it is……

Just like last time, it was the familiar main hall and cage of the Moon Palace.

"Auntie, since you don't have an identity right now, why don't you just stay here with me?"

"Your cage can't hold me."

Holding the Black Queen in her hand, she smiled at me and said, "I really can't help you being with Aunt Seruno, but if it's just you, I think I can still keep you here, right?"

"Serno and I are only separated in this virtual world. In reality, we are always together, in the room right across from yours... So it's impossible for you to separate us."

I glanced at the chessboard and picked up the white piece, moving it forward one step.

"However, I don't have anything to do right now, so it wouldn't be bad to just stay here and play this behind-the-scenes game with you~"

"Sorry, Auntie, I won't compete fairly with you."

As Michelle spoke, she waved her hand and removed all the pieces except for my Pawn and King.

"For me, this is a battle I cannot lose."

I flicked the chess piece with my index finger, knocking Michelle's black king away and causing it to roll off the board.

"It doesn't matter, you can use whatever means you want, but we have our own way of doing things, and we won't let your interference disrupt our plans."

Michelle carried the chess piece back to the chessboard.

"What I just said was my final ultimatum, okay? I don't want Aunt Seruno to lose face too much, after all, she's family too."

Two large screens rose up inside the cage, showing live streams of Seruno and another version of myself.

They were walking down the excavated lunar crater and explaining the lunar mining process to the viewers in the live stream. With Night Owl, a professional photographer, following them, Seruno's live stream footage showed more of what they were doing, and the filming, combined with the explanations, made it look like a documentary.

On the contrary, my other live stream seemed monotonous and boring because the camera was fixed around her and could only film her. For people who were tired of seeing the same thing, such a live stream was too amateurish.

After all, you get tired of seeing those mesmerizing thighs every day.

The result of this comparison was that Seruno's live stream viewership began to rise, approaching 100 million, while suppressing the popularity of my other stream.

"People like to watch exciting and novel things. They're tired of me and more interested in Serino, who just started her live stream today."

As I said that, Michelle pouted and tucked Wang Qi between her legs, muttering under her breath.

"Then let's give them a shock; I'm the director of this world!"

Michelle seemed to have some wicked thoughts, and she lowered her head and gave me a wicked grin.

Then, just as Seruno and the Black Rabbit were about to reach the platform at the bottom of the tunnel, the entire platform shattered and collapsed with a loud crash, with the exploration team's camp tents still above it.

This was no accident. The survey team must have done their research before setting up camp here, but Michelle ignored the results and forced an accident to happen here.

"That's outrageous! There are still people around!"

"No one will die because of this, but we can see Milno and Seruno return to their heroic forms... And of course, people will be moved by Mother's bravery, right?"

Perhaps Serino and I put pressure on her, and this little girl is becoming increasingly reckless in her actions.

However, the whole world is virtual, and no one will actually die from it, since people right now aren't even really alive...