Arknights, but the sickly pretty girl starts

Theresa, the pure white demon king, was now standing in the ruins that had just been created by W. This was originally a station and an important node for the Sarkaz to transport supplies, but now, this ruin was obviously no longer able to achieve this goal.

She stood in the ruins, staring blankly at the departing train, while Manfred and the others, who had arrived belatedly, finally came to her side.

"Your Highness, I am late." Manfred understood that, in a sense, the Sarkaz had completely failed in this extermination campaign. Not only had they failed to capture the Self-Defense Army, but they had also paid the price of temporarily being unable to activate the city's defense artillery and the station. However, the White Devil before her didn't seem to care; she simply shook her head.

"...We haven't failed. The city defense cannons will still return to the hands of the Sarkaz, and the station can be rebuilt." Manfred said, "These people will not defeat the Sarkaz."

"Manfred, someone saved everything," Theresa said. "She didn't do this out of hatred for the Sarkaz, nor to hinder us. She stopped the city defense artillery simply to facilitate the evacuation of the civilians."

"...What are you talking about?" Manfred didn't understand who Theresa was talking about. "You mean, the one who fought against the Blood Demon Lord?"

"I can feel her," Theresa said. "I can feel her will. She was blinded before, but now she understands what she should do."

This pure white demon king can sense the will of Amiya and Noah from thousands of miles away. Just like Noah can sense her, the holders of telepathic source stone skills will be attracted to each other, and strong minds will attract strong minds.

If possible, she wanted to see the child.

Theresa wondered what kind of person could have such a strong will and determination to change everything.

Unfortunately, they are now enemies, just like Amiya and I.

Their positions determine the inevitable hostility between them.

"I didn't expect the battle to retake the station would go so smoothly—" At this time, on the train, Amiya, Clovisia, and Aleda Cumberland, the leader of the reinforcements who suddenly appeared during the battle to retake the station, finally gathered together.

During the battle to retake the station, Alede was brought back by Dagda, who had originally left the team. These people were allies of Clovisia and were also the leaders of the central district of the Self-Defense Army.

And her last name, Cumberland, also represents her extraordinary origin.

Cumberland, that was the Duke's last name.

The other party is the daughter of the Duke and a true aristocrat. It is precisely because of this identity that there are actually disagreements within the Self-Defense Army.

Nobles, commoners, workers, soldiers, remnants of the army—

The composition of the Self-Defense Army was so complex that even the Self-Defense Army members themselves often found it difficult to distinguish them. However, their only identity now was that of a Self-Defense Army soldier.

The reason why Aleda appeared here so quickly had a lot to do with the King of Advancement.

"For so many years, we have never stopped searching for you, but we have never found any clues. Many people thought you were dead." Aledae looked at the young Aslan and said, "But I don't believe it. As expected, you are still alive."

"I thought that most of the people who wanted to find me wanted to kill me." The King of Advancement said, knowing how embarrassing his identity was in today's Londinium.

"Perhaps... but even among this group, quite a few have changed their minds." Aledai sighed, not denying the King of Advance's words. After all, in peacetime, no one needed a king to command everything. But now, the situation is very different.

"Londinium now needs a king who can turn the tide. In the midst of disaster, the people realized the importance of having a king they could rely on. They all wondered if that king were here, would Londinium have survived its fall?" Aledae spoke with sincerity. "And then, you returned, to save Londinium."

"I don't deny that I came back to save Londinium, but—I didn't come here as the crown prince." The King of Impulse looked at Aledae, "I only returned as a warrior. And... do you really think that my presence here can change the status quo?"

"At least we have one more possibility." Aledae did not mind the other party's attitude. In fact, before the fall of Londinium, she had also considered whether the royal family was necessary to exist, but now, they needed hope, no matter how slim that hope was.

"Let's get back to the point, Aledai. Please tell me more about our current situation." The King of Advance didn't want to continue this topic. "You know very well that I have a lot of homework to catch up on."

"Okay, I like this. Taking control of the situation is the top priority." Aledae nodded. "Welcome home, Her Highness Alexandrina."

Hearing the name again, the King of Advance could still feel the heaviness. Aslan, a member of Victoria's royal family, the one who shared the crown with the Red Dragon, had too many halos on her, and none of them could make her breathless.

That's why she thought it was good to be a gang leader, where you can settle scores and no one would care whether you are the crown prince or not during street fights.

They trust their fists more.

But when she returned to Londinium, she was ready.

Perhaps she did not think that she returned to Londinium as Crown Princess Alexandrina, but she could not deny that she came back for this city.

Alexandrina, Alexandrina.

You have returned to your own country.

You must take on the mission of revitalizing this city.

You are the king of this kingdom.

Even if she doesn't want the crown herself, you must take responsibility for this city.

Because, you are Alexandrina.

Chapter 52: Evacuation

"Really? They have left safely." Noah learned the news about Amiya and others from Mace. After the train started, Mace left the team and returned to Noah. She watched the train start and even almost met the white-clothed Sarkaz that appeared later.

"Now, Noah, you've done everything you can. Your body can't hold out any longer. You should return to Rhodes Island for treatment." Mace warned, looking at the Originium crystal cluster growing on Noah's face. "Your current condition doesn't allow you to continue fighting. You should be aware of this."

"...I understand, Mace." Noya didn't try to change the subject. She knew she should get treatment. However, the matter of Londinium hadn't been resolved yet, and she felt like she was deserting the battlefield if she just left.

After some thought, Noah finally spoke. "I need to see Dr. Kel'tsit first. This time, I need to at least inform Dr. Kel'tsit before I withdraw from this operation."

Perhaps it was because of the sense of relief brought by saving so many lives, Noah decided it was time to take care of her own health problems, so she decided to tell Dr. Kal'tsit and then leave Londinium and return to Rhodes Island for treatment.

On the one hand, his body is really not suitable for continuing to fight. On the other hand, after Amiya and others entered the inner city, it was too difficult for them to help. After all, Noah is now unable to move, and the Transformer cluster was directly destroyed by the Blood Demon Lord. It will take some time to read the resurrection bar.

In short... Noa has lost the ability to move freely in Londinium. Even if it is to avoid hindering Rhodes Island and others, she must withdraw from the battlefield.

"Your wish." Jian nodded, not surprised. It would be more accurate to say that Noah's failure to force him to stay was already a compromise.

When Mace carried Noah in front of Kal'tsit, she immediately noticed the changes in Noah. Although the situation at the scene was complicated, Kal'tsit still tried her best to help Noah check.

As expected, the oripathy is getting worse, and the inhibitors are no longer able to control this level of oripathy - more intensive treatment may be needed next.

The so-called more intensive treatment would require surgery, which would remove most of the Originium crystal clusters that might affect the internal organs. However, Kal'tsit herself was unable to get away now - which meant that the only option left for the surgeon was Warfarin.

Huafalin's surgeon... seems a bit unreliable no matter how you think about it...

Although she was worried, Kal'tsit still agreed with Noah's choice to withdraw from the battlefield. Or rather, Noah had done enough. Even if she didn't say it herself, the cessation of the city defense artillery was obvious to all.

In this operation, Noah is the hidden FMVP. It is no exaggeration to say that if it were a real war, Noah could just lie down and receive the medal when he returned.

Rhodes Island isn't a country, and this isn't a war, so all Noah received was the best possible care and Kal'tsit's gratitude. Without Noah, Rhodes Island and the Self-Defense Forces' losses would likely have doubled. However, Kal'tsit wasn't expecting Noah to attract the enemy's current top force, the Blood Demon Prince. If Noah hadn't attracted the Blood Demon, the Blood Demon Prince would likely have been more interested in meeting the alien demon king, Amiya.

With the mace, it was not difficult to leave Londinium. The two of them left the Londinium front and started their journey back to Rhodes Island.

Before leaving, Noah also sensed the same mental fluctuations she had felt outside the city. Perhaps it was because the distance was close. The psychological induction between holders of telepathic Originium skills is a very complicated proposition. Even Noah herself couldn't figure out why she was attracted to the other party - it was like two magnets. If it weren't for the physical problem, she probably would really go to meet him, right?

"Why are you daydreaming?" Mace carried Noah on her back as they reached the exit from Londinium. The area was still controlled by the Sarkaz, but Mace could easily overcome their obstruction. Even with Noah as a burden, she was still capable of single-handedly defeating a thousand. So, she had the leisure to care about Noah's situation.

"Nothing much. I just feel like that person who looks so similar to Amiya seems very close to us—so close that I feel like if I could move, I would definitely follow this connection and meet her." Noa answered honestly. "It's complicated to explain, and no one has probably successfully studied it yet, but this kind of attraction is probably common to all holders of the same type of Originium technique. We usually call it resonance."

"Indeed, I can't experience that." Mace was completely incapable of using Originium techniques, but that didn't mean she was resistant to it. More precisely, Mace lacked the ability to 'communicate' with Originium, thus unable to mobilize its power to cast spells. This was the main reason she was once called a defective item in Leitania. After all, Leitania was a temple of Originium technicians, and anyone who couldn't use Originium techniques would naturally be looked down upon.

However, Jian has already proved with her own strength that she does not need Originium skills.

The Sarkaz's scrutiny of those leaving the city was actually much simpler than that of those entering. After all, during this period, unless someone was a special individual or wanted by the Sarkaz, they posed no threat to the Sarkaz, so scrutiny was naturally more relaxed. When it came to Noah and Mace's turn, Noah simply used hypnosis, causing the other party to let them pass without even a glance at him or her.

After leaving Londinium and returning to the wilderness, Noah and Mace found the vehicle they had left behind. Rhodes Island was quite a distance away from here, and they couldn't always rely on their own legs to walk. Even Mace would get tired.

But even Noah probably didn't expect that not long after they left the city, Margaret and Ermengarde finally arrived at Londinium at the other entrance. Unlike the others who had vehicles, the two of them really arrived by running.

The Silver Spear Pegasus once traveled a thousand miles a day, setting a new record for the Terra Infantry Legion's charge, but this does not mean it can match the speed of vehicles.

There is an unbridgeable gap between armed combat and unarmed combat, and the same gap exists between infantry raids and vehicle transfers. It can be said that Margaret's short-distance burst speed can surpass some vehicles, but in long-distance combat, no matter how powerful Margaret becomes as a Super Saiyan, she can never be compared with the vehicle.

At this time, Margaret had no idea that she had once again passed by Noah, the woman she had been thinking about. She still thought that Noah was still in the city, and was preparing to go through the formal entry procedures with Ermengarde. However, when she walked into the checkpoint, she felt a sense of oppression. This oppression did not only come from the civilians, but also from the Sarkaz military camp. They were very nervous, and even their hands holding the weapons were shaking.

"--Something big happened before we entered the city..." Ermengarde also realized this and said, "Perhaps we should find another place to enter the city."

"You're right. There are not many people entering the city to begin with. Coupled with the attitude of the Sarkaz, I'm afraid we won't be able to enter the city normally." Margaret made her own judgment. It would be better to say that she had long realized that these Sarkaz were too vigilant. It is very likely that a battle had taken place before that made these Sarkaz suffer a setback... She thought of Kuro. If it was this person, maybe he could really do these things.

Before being discovered, Margaret turned around and left the crowd entering the city. Ermengarde beside her took another look at the entrance to the city. It was not because she felt sorry for not entering the city normally, but because she just felt two auras in the city that she had to pay attention to. One was the aura of the current Demon Lord Amiya, and the other... Ermengarde frowned. That was Theresa's aura.

Although she had known about Theresa's resurrection, she hadn't expected her to be sent to the front so soon. What would she do if she encountered the former Demon King?

The lich's attitude has always been neutral. Perhaps she should have stated directly after the meeting that she has no intention of getting involved in this chaotic battle?

……

Ermengarde only felt it was troublesome. Compared to the royal courts of the liches, who could entertain themselves as long as they had knowledge, almost all the other royal courts, except for the banshees and some royal courts that had already distanced themselves from the Sarkaz, chose to follow Tracys, the black general whom he disliked very much.

Desecrating the dead is something that the Sarkaz should not do. Even a lich who is addicted to knowledge would not use the corpses of the Sarkaz for experiments at will. The behavior of the Absolver was obviously excessive. It is no exaggeration to say that it was strange that Tracy did not behead the Absolver on the spot.

She began to worry whether the Sarkaz were heading in a worse direction and would never return, what Tracy's plan was, and where the Sarkaz would go.

As a lich and a neutral person, Ermengarde had to think about these things.

She clearly just wanted to slack off until the end of time, but ended up being dragged into this chaos. It can be considered bad luck.

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Compared to Noah who was far away from Londinium, Margaret and Ermengarde who had just arrived in Londinium, Kal'tsit who was still inside Londinium finally met with Amiya and others under Heidi's arrangement.

However, their meeting became tense because of one person.

That’s right—a physically intense atmosphere.

Even with Amiya trying to stop him, W wanted to just throw the bomb right at Kal'tsit's face. "You better give me a damn good explanation!"

"What do you want me to explain again? W?" In fact, Kal'tsit was not surprised that W appeared here. There was news about Theresa here, and this was the biggest reason. This fanatical fan of Theresa had been too obsessed with Theresa from the beginning, and there was almost no reason for the other party not to appear here.

"How can you still have such a deadpan face? You must have known this a long time ago, right?" W was so excited that she almost exploded. She had been teased as a potato bomb before, but now her most sensitive and vulnerable part was touched.

"She! She's really Theresa!!" W's voice trembled, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent. "How could you! How could you let her body fall into Theresa's hands!"

"W, calm down, calm down..." Amiya was already a little at a loss. W's murderous intent at this moment was really serious. If Dr. Kal'tsit didn't give a suitable reason, W might really part ways with them.

And... she also wanted to know why Theresa appeared in that place alive.

Why didn't she come back to them?

The doctor, who was still in a daze at this time, finally joined the topic. She held Amiya's shoulder, motioning her to calm down, and then said, "Amiya, what did you see?"

"...Doctor, I..." Amiya's eyes flashed with panic, and then she calmed down. "I saw her in the car... I can confirm that it was Miss Theresa herself. I can't forget her feelings... She is Miss Theresa..."

"...But I heard from Kal'tsit that she's dead." The doctor looked at W. "And if Theresa is still alive, why would W treat me like this?"

"Four years ago... Miss Theresa was indeed dead." Amiya didn't want to recall that day, but it seemed as if Theresa had a premonition that day, shielding her behind her, creating a protective cocoon around herself. Then Amiya fell asleep, and when she woke up, everything had changed. Miss Theresa was dead, and the doctor had been sealed back into the sarcophagus by Dr. Kal'tsit.

All of a sudden, the two people most important to him disappeared.

For Amiya, this is also the day she least wants to recall.

As for the truth, why Miss Theresa was assassinated, and why Rhodes Island's entire defense system was ineffective at the time, Kal'tsit, Amiya, and W all had their own guesses. But there was one thing they were absolutely sure of.

Miss Theresa died four years ago.

This was an irrefutable fact, but now Amiya was unsure because she had indeed seen Theresa.

There was no way she would admit her mistake.

"...What on earth is going on?" The doctor was also confused. Coming back to life was a miracle among miracles even in his opinion, but her question was not answered.

Because everyone was silent.

"I don't know..." Amiya's voice was a little confused. "We have to face Miss Theresa... I never thought that one day I would become Miss Theresa's enemy."

"...Damn it...Damn it...Damn it...Tracy, I must kill you, the beast, with my own hands!!" With W's hysterical roar, Kal'tsit finally felt that the other party's murderous intent had dissipated.

——But this is the fact, what they have to face is——the combination of Tracy and Theresa.

Just like what she had faced with the Terran coalition.

She had the entire Terra behind her at the time, but still failed. Now, the only one she can rely on is Rhodes Island.

...It's really a huge joke.

Volume: Rhine Life

Chapter 1: Noah: I'm numb (physically)

The two most basic human instincts are appetite and lust.

Although it cannot be said that Noah has no sexual desire, due to her physical condition and education, she expresses her sexual desire in a very conservative way.

But this does not mean that Noah has no lust, it's just that she completely suppresses this part of the emotion. In her opinion, there are things in the world that are far more important than satisfying instincts.

However, some instincts must be satisfied.

For example, appetite.

Gollum—

Noah covered her belly and looked pitifully at Mace who was eating right next to her. She had to abstain from water and food for a whole day before the operation.

"Don't look at me like that. Even if it's like this, I won't let you eat anything." Of course, Jian was reluctant to let his Miss Noah go hungry, but this was necessary. After all, surgery was not a trivial matter, and the risks had to be reduced as much as possible.