I was transported to a broken world, yet my dreams are connected to Star Iron?

　"So, after being criticized by Lord Alicia for not being cute enough and thus abandoned, Hei Yuan Bai Hua became withdrawn for a long time, until much later when she was reinstated by Lord Alicia's close friend Su."

　"hiss--"

　Raven gasped: "You're not going to tell me next that Sue is actually a woman..."

　"what are you talking about!"

　The gray snake was startled and quickly looked around before saying, "What I mean is, Lord Su later became a mental perception-type fusion warrior and astutely discovered that Black Abyss White Flower wasn't actually lacking a suitable candidate, but rather was quietly isolating herself. So she provided her with some psychological counseling."

　"Therefore, in return, the Black Abyss White Flower was willing to be used by Lord Su. However, the vast majority of Black Abyss White Flower users in the current civilization are women. Even the few men among them are quite handsome, like Lord Su..."

　"Um……"

　Raven was silent for a moment, then said, "So, you mean the reason why Kuroiwa Shirohana has become so strange is because Suzuma looks remarkably like Airi right now?"

　"To be precise, Miss Suzuma's appearance used to resemble Lord Ellie, but back then the differences between her and Lord Ellie were still quite obvious."

　The gray serpent glanced silently at the two people in the arena once more: "But after using that magical item, perhaps because they received a large amount of Lord Ellie's power, or perhaps because they were affected by the Holy Mark, in any case..."

　"If it weren't for Lingmo's relatively petite figure, even if the Lord came, he might not have been able to spot her at first glance, let alone Black Abyss Baihua."

　"Oh... now that you put it that way, I think I understand."

　Raven gave a thumbs up: "So, Suzuma's current state is probably because Alicia has too much power, so she's been 'marinated' in this state, right?"

　"Then... this state shouldn't affect her personality, right?"

　"will not."

　Gray Serpent shook his head decisively: "According to Gray Serpent Network's continuous observation of her, this state of being marinated has happened more than once, and the object is not only Lord Ellie. The phenomenon you described has never occurred before."

　"Moreover, if I had to describe it, the characteristics of this ability are somewhat similar to the state of Miss Gretsch being dyed... I suspect that this is also a gift left by the lords on Miss Suzuma, but because Miss Suzuma's own weak personality is also very prominent, the symptoms of being dyed are much milder than those of Miss Gretsch herself."

　"I see, the abilities of these heroes are truly amazing..."

　Raven suddenly realized, but just as she was about to say something more, she suddenly noticed that the Seven Thunders of Purification in her hand had started to vibrate again.

　The only difference is that if the Seven Thunders of Purification were mocking Black Abyss White Flower just now, her current emotion is more like... jealousy?

　"What happened now?"

　The raven blinked and quickly moved closer to the scope again.

　Then she discovered... Durandal really did hand over the Black Abyss White Flower to Suzuma?!

　"No, it's not...?"

　Watching Lingmo gently stroke the Black Abyss White Flower, Raven's mouth was practically agape: "Durandal just handed over her weapon like that?"

　"Lord Alicia's interpersonal skills are amazing, aren't they?"

　Grey Snake seemed unsurprised: "After all, Durandal already has feelings for Miss Lingmo, and besides, this is nothing."

　“If you learn more about the history of previous civilizations, you will find that the communication difficulties faced by several heroes when they first encountered Lord Alicia were much greater than the current situation…”

　On the other side, just as Raven and the others saw, Suzuma did indeed successfully obtain the Black Abyss White Flower from Durandal through her "talk therapy".

　Of course, this is only temporary. Furthermore, Suzuma also temporarily handed over the spacetime prism she had just used to Durandal to play with. After all, as long as she doesn't activate her ability, the spacetime prism is a multifaceted prism that can reflect different versions of herself, and it doesn't carry any side effects like Star Iron.

　"Okay, okay, I know you're upset..."

　Lingmo gently stroked the black and white flower-patterned gun barrel, feeling the low trembling of grievance emanating from it, and comforted it, "But, Alicia didn't mean it that way~ She didn't mean you weren't good-looking, she just thought the black and white weapon didn't quite match her pink aura, right?"

　"Look, there are still quite a few people who are willing to use you, right? Besides, if Ellie really thought you weren't good-looking, then you would probably have been reworked by Velvet long ago. This shows that you still have your own unique characteristics, right?"

　"If you don't believe me, you can ask your current master, right, Durandal?"

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　Bounty (3/9) ~

　Chapter 212 Lingmo: No, why is this silly goose suddenly so friendly to me?

　"Huh? Are you asking me?"

　Durandal seemed to still be immersed in the "magic" of the spacetime prism until Lingmo called out again, at which point she looked up in a daze.

　"Hmm... I don't know what others think, but I think the Black Abyss White Flower is quite pretty, right? Although the color is a bit monotonous and the gun body isn't quite the size that a normal girl could use, it should still be easy for me to handle."

　Durandal scratched her head, looking somewhat bewildered, as if she hadn't quite woken up yet. For a moment, she didn't know how to organize her thoughts. After all, due to a certain unnamed Miss ***, Durandal was the one who had been raised in matters of the heart—meaning she was completely inept at winning over other girls.

　Fortunately, she had Lingmo, who had exceptionally high emotional intelligence, by her side.

　"Ahem... Look, even someone as dense as Durandal can clearly express her affection for you, so there's no need to say more about others~ Don't worry, you're still very popular with everyone?"

　Lingmo glanced at the wooden goose that looked just like Fu Hua from the same batch as her with a hint of resentment, and quickly tried to smooth things over, finally calming down Hei Yuan Bai Hua's little mood.

　"So, there really is such a thing as giving weapons psychological counseling..."

　Durandal, standing to the side, was almost dumbfounded. Especially when she saw the Black Abyss White Flower vibrating as if it were enjoying Lingmo's touch, looking extremely pleased, Durandal was even more shocked and began to wonder if she should also learn Lingmo's wonderful "technique".

　However… even if you learn how to soothe a weapon, you probably can’t put it into practice, right? After all, weapons don’t really provide feedback on their effects. How about… having Rita test it out for the weapon? But if you touch Rita all over her body for that reason, won’t she find it annoying or inexplicable?

　Perhaps because she had already been "greatly shocked" by the spacetime prism before seeing Lingmo comfort Heiyuan Baihua, Durandal now felt that her mind might not be very clear, to the point that she thought of some strange things.

　"Okay, the misunderstanding is cleared up, here you go?"

　Before Durandal could even process the many "new things" she had just received, Lingmo shoved the Black Abyss White Flower back into Durandal's hands without a word.

　"Eh?"

　"Don't be surprised, it's just that Hei Yuan Bai Hua mistook me for an old friend. However, I've already apologized to her on behalf of that old friend~"

　Lingmo gave a sly smile: "If you don't return the Black Abyss White Flower to me soon, I might just steal your gun, you know? Although you seem pretty indifferent, Otto would probably blame you if he found out, right?"

　"……Do not."

　To Lingmo's surprise, Yulandel seemed to have thought of something because of what she had just said, and a complicated look flashed in her eyes.

　"Ahem, I mean, it's not that I don't care, Black Abyss White Flower... I'm not going to let her leave, you know?"

　Although she was a little curious about what Durandal had thought of, Lingmo wasn't a Memory Master of the Memory Court and didn't have the habit of peeping into other people's memories, so she shook her head helplessly and said, "Alright~ So, shall we continue fighting, or stop here?"

　"If you leave now, I can pretend I never saw you come."

　Durandal hesitated for a moment, then spoke earnestly.

　"?"

　Now it was Suzumo's turn to be surprised.

　Seriously, sis, are you still Durandal? I just helped you calm down your weapon, and suddenly you've turned into some biased referee from the other show? If I hadn't actually been there, that would be one thing, but we already had a fight on the central floating island. If Otto knew you let me go, wouldn't he be furious?

　"While I appreciate your generosity, I also have things I need to do."

　Lingmo was silent for a moment, then gave a bright smile: "Besides, I wouldn't let a cute girl be put in a difficult position because of me, okay? So..."

　"here we go again?"

　Is it something that absolutely has to be done?

　Durandal hesitated for a moment, then glanced at the spacetime prism in her hand again before walking over to Lingmo and placing the prism back into Lingmo's palm.

　At the same time, Suzumo seemed to hear a whisper as faint as a mosquito's buzz.

　"Then you shouldn't stay here at all."

　"?"

　A hint of doubt flashed across Lingmo's face. She turned around sharply to look at Durandal, but found that the girl still looked calm and composed.

　"So……"

　Durandal raised her spear again, but instead of the Black Abyss White Flower, it was the Flame Spear that came with her Star Armor.

　At the same time, a giant bow appeared in her hand, several inches taller than the girl herself.

　"Be careful, I'm about to use my full strength."

　"Sniping...that's something I'm good at."

　Upon seeing Durandal take out this weapon, a knowing glint flashed in Lingmo's eyes.

　After the battle just now, she believed that Durandal would be able to see through her, and that even if she were to unleash a powerful attack, she would be able to withstand it. Therefore, instead of using the Black Abyss White Flower for a point-to-point assault, she chose to use this flashy, wide-range ability, which was clearly intended to create chaos and find a way to get Suzumo to leave.

　This proves that what she just heard was not a hallucination.

　But...why? Why did Durandal suddenly change her attitude towards her? Was it because of the Black Abyss White Flower?

　Although she didn't understand the reason, it didn't stop Lingmo from accepting Durandal's kindness. Under the other party's gratified gaze, Lingmo decisively drew the Love Poem in her hand to a full moon. At the same time, a black and white "arrow" slowly condensed on the bowstring.

　"Black Abyss White Flower Fantasy Collapses!"

　"This blow penetrates the stars!"

　The spears, blazing with golden flames and emanating a withering black mist, shot out from their respective bowstrings and collided instantly. A violent energy surge spread outward from the point of contact.

　"Alright, girls... if this keeps up, my Destiny Headquarters is really going to crash."

　Almost at the same moment their attacks collided, a bright red "blood sphere" suddenly dissolved the flawless dome that Lingmo had set up on the outside at an extremely fast speed, and then quickly spread out, enveloping the energy that had been scattered due to the collision of the two attacks.

　"Otto...?"

　Both Suzumo and Durandal looked in the direction from which the blood orb had originated.

　"It's down."

　Otto politely bowed to Suzumo.

　"Long time no see, Miss Lingmo. I'm relieved to see that you're still as energetic as ever."

　Chapter 213 Otto: I'm sorry, Miss Suzumo, this is my real plan.

　"Oh dear, there's no need to look at me with such hostility, is there?"

　As the smoke cleared, Otto's figure came into full view of Suzumo and Durandal. However, judging from his spotless uniform, this Otto was likely a "brand new" Otto.

　"This time, I haven't had a chance to do anything bad yet."

　"You'd better be right. And if I record this and send it to Li Xue, I feel that the Tianming headquarters will most likely still crash."

　"How could that be? Miss Cheng Lixue is a good person. She would never take her anger out on someone else.

　Otto shrugged and said, "However, it's best not to provoke her for a while, after all... when I left just now, I also took my dear old friend with me."

　"Ritsuki is probably crying in Cecilia's arms right now, saying 'I can't do anything,' right?"

　“?”×2.

　Question marks seemed to appear on Lingmo and Yulandel's heads at the same time.

　"Your Excellency, didn't Professor Li Xue recently leave the Schicksal headquarters? Also, what's the situation with Cecilia? I remember that this senior was clearly already..."

　"Ahem, Durandal, I will give you a reasonable explanation about these things after this is over."

　Otto did not directly answer Durandal's question: "But now, you should go to the First Airport to provide support—Cecilia broke through the First Airport's defenses on her way to Heimdall Laboratory, and I need you to go to the First Airport to assist in its defense."

　"...Yes, Your Excellency."

　After a moment of silence, Durandal nodded silently, and then her figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

　"Alright, now that Durandal has left, Miss Suzumo, we can finally have a frank and open discussion..."

　"You're really bold. You set up such a trap for Li Xue. Aren't you afraid that Li Xue will suddenly turn you into a Herrscher of the Law?"

　Lingmo, who had been wanting to complain ever since she heard about a certain "secret to becoming stronger," couldn't help but ask.

　"Me? Setting up a trap for Miss Lixue?"

　Otto's voice sounded somewhat doubtful: "Miss Ritsuki's trip to Heimdall, wasn't that your doing?"

　"Huh? Why do you think I did something so basic?!"

　"..."

　Seeing the two people standing silently to each other on the central floating island, the two culprits in the distance quietly shrank back a little.

　"It seems there's a third party involved that's stirring things up..."

　After a moment of silence, Otto quickly guessed the truth: "But it's not a big problem. The World Serpent is not qualified to come to the table for negotiations yet."