A beautiful girl who transmigrates into a Herrscher of the Void is treated like an elf and conquered

Yoshino hugged Yoshina tightly in her arms, as if she had grasped a lifeline.

She gave Shido and Tohka, who were lying on the ground, one last look with eyes full of fear and hurt.

Immediately, the ice puppet carrying her crashed through the side wall and, amidst the pervasive chill and swirling dust, swiftly escaped this place that had broken her heart and filled her with terror.

Inside the department store, only Shido, still in shock, Tohka, whom he sheltered beneath, remained in a state of anger and confusion, and Chiin, lying not far away, who seemed to have truly become a charred "corpse."

A "date" that was supposed to be resolved peacefully has completely fallen apart in the worst possible way.

Only after confirming that Yoshino and the giant ice golem had left did Shido's tense nerves relax slightly. He breathed a sigh of relief, feeling as if he had escaped death. However, before he could fully exhale—

A crisp slap landed squarely on his face, with considerable force, leaving his cheek burning with pain.

"Enough! Let me go...!"

Tohka blushed, clenched her teeth, and revealed an expression no different from that of a willful child. She shrugged her shoulders and struggled to stand up from Shido's arms.

"Ten...Ten Fragrance...?"

Shido covered his face, looking somewhat bewildered at Tohka's sudden outburst.

"...Don't touch me!"

As if she had been touched by something dirty, Tohka abruptly shook off Shido's hand, which was still on her body.

"it hurts……!"

Shido's hand was flung away, and he subconsciously frowned in pain.

Seeing Shido's pained expression, Tohka momentarily revealed a very subtle, almost imperceptible look of surprise and... perhaps a fleeting moment of regret?

But this emotion was immediately overwhelmed by an even stronger surge of resentment and anger.

She let out a dissatisfied groan like a small animal, then turned her face away forcefully, turning the back of her head towards Shido, her shoulders still puffed out in anger.

"What's wrong, Tohka?" Shido asked cautiously, trying to ease the tension.

"Shut up! Don't talk to me!" Tohka shouted without turning her head, her voice thick with a nasal tone.

"Anyway, you value that girl more than me, don't you...? You even yelled at me because of her!"

"Wh...what...? What are you saying—" Shido tried to explain in surprise, but Tohka didn't want to listen at all.

"Waaaaah...waaaah...waaaahh ...

"Wait... Waaah...!"

With each kick, the ground groaned under the strain, new cracks appeared, and the ground gradually caved in from the point where she landed!

Although it cannot compare to the destructive power of the spiritual energy reversal just now, it has obviously exceeded the scope of an ordinary high school girl!

Shido was so shaken by the continuous "earthquakes" that he lost his balance, staggered a few times, and finally fell to the ground with a "thud".

He looked at Tohka, who was facing away from him, stomping her feet incessantly to vent her frustration, like a child throwing a tantrum. He felt helpless, guilty, and a little bit amused.

It seems that appeasing this princess, who is furious because she feels ignored, is an even more difficult task than dealing with the appearance of the elves.

In the distance, Chiin continued to dutifully play the role of a "charred corpse," as if to say: Don't look at me, I can't handle this scene.

Chapter 224 Going Home

Five hours later, Shido and the others finally returned home.

Senin, who was the most seriously injured, first endured Izumi's violent electric shocks, then was dragged along by Tohka in her berserk state, and was also kicked hard in the waist. Finally, she was buried alive when the floor collapsed due to Tohka stomping her foot.

—The Fraxinus medical team, which had rushed to the scene, carried him away on a stretcher and teleported him directly back to the warship. He was currently immersed in the highest-level life support system, relying on advanced medical technology to maintain his vital signs and undergo intensive treatment and recovery.

It's a miracle that we're still alive.

Shido and Tohka were sent back to the Itsuka family.

As soon as she entered the house, Tohka didn't say a word. Her purple eyes were filled with lingering anger and deep grievance. She glared at Shido fiercely, then rushed upstairs with a "thump, thump, thump," and slammed her bedroom door shut with a loud "bang!"

The enormous sound seemed to shake the walls, fully expressing her resolute attitude of "not wanting to talk to you," giving Shido no face whatsoever.

Shido stood alone in the empty living room, his face still showing signs of fatigue and dishevelment. He looked towards the stairs and sighed helplessly. He knew that this storm was far from over.

He dragged his heavy steps upstairs and arrived at Tohka's door.

The door still had the cute nameplate he had written for her not long ago, bearing the name "Shixiang," but now it felt like a cold barrier.

"Tohka...Tohka? Please open the door, okay? Let's talk..."

Shido raised his hand and gently, persistently knocked on the door, his voice filled with sincerity and apology.

The interior was completely silent, as if no one lived there.

“Tohka, I know you’re angry. I’m sorry… It’s not what you think…” he tried to explain.

"...Idiot!" A response finally came from inside the door, a muffled curse tinged with tears, "Get away! I don't want to hear you! You big liar!"

"Tohka, let me explain..."

"No! It's so noisy! Get out of my doorway right now!" Tohka's voice rose eight octaves, filled with resistance.

No matter how Shido knocked on the door or tried to explain gently, Tohka inside would either yell "Idiot!" "Liar!" or "Get away!"

She would either yell back with words like that, or simply remain completely silent, using a silent cold war to express her extreme dissatisfaction and sadness.

Shido stood helplessly outside the tightly closed door, feeling like a soldier facing a fortified fortress.

The difficulty of appeasing a determined elf with the ability to destroy a house seems to be no less than facing an AST team.

The first step in repairing his relationship with Tohka was blocked by this tightly closed door.

Just as Shido was at a loss, feeling utterly defeated, staring at Tohka's tightly closed door, he heard the sound of a door opening and footsteps coming from downstairs. A moment later, Kotori, with a lollipop in her mouth, and a weary-looking Murasame Reine walked into the living room.

"Wow, looks like the battle is getting intense."

Kotori glanced at the upstairs door that seemed to radiate resentment, her tone teasing but her eyes serious. She gestured for Shido to sit on the sofa.

"Alright, stop standing there like a statue waiting for your wife, come over and let's talk. We need to analyze the current situation."

The three sat around the coffee table in the living room, and Kotori spoke first, getting to the point:

"First, regarding the situation with 'the recluse' Yoshino. Shido, are you sure that you did kiss her at the children's playground? Even if it was just a brief contact."

A hint of embarrassment flashed across Shido's face, and he nodded:

"Ah, yes... but it was a complete accident! It was because Yoshino laughed so hard that she lost her balance and fell, and I caught her..."

"I know the process was dramatic."

Kotori interrupted his explanation and waved her hand.

“If you had deliberately planned to achieve that situation, I would actually commend you for your decisiveness and luck. But that’s not the point.”

She frowned slightly, a thoughtful expression on her face:

"The problem is that, according to our previous theories and your successful case with Tohka, in that situation, even a brief lip contact should have sealed away at least 10% or 20% of the spiritual power."

"But the result was—absolutely nothing! Not a single trace of spiritual power was sealed. This is very abnormal. There might be some key factor, or we might have completely misunderstood the characteristics of 'hermits'."

Shido, recalling Yoshino's bewildered gaze and her subsequent anger, was also deeply confused:

"This kind of problem... we can't figure it out just by thinking about it now, can we? The most urgent thing is..."

As he spoke, his gaze unconsciously drifted towards Tohka's room upstairs. "It's still Tohka's problem..."

Kotori followed his gaze and sighed helplessly: "This is the second issue we need to discuss, and it's equally tricky."

She turned her gaze to Shido: "What's the specific situation with Tohka now? Is she completely refusing to communicate?"

“Yes.” Shido slumped back on the sofa. “She completely ignores me. Knocking on the door, apologizing, explaining… she either calls me an idiot and a liar, or she just stays completely silent. I’m at my wit’s end.”

“That’s not good.” Kotori’s expression turned serious. “According to the values ​​monitored by Fraxinus, the spiritual power that she briefly manifested due to her emotional outburst seems to have been temporarily sealed back through the ‘path’ between you, and there is no risk of it leaking out continuously.”

"But—it's like forcibly pushing boiling water back into the kettle; the underlying problem remains. We must restore her emotions to normal and calm her down completely as soon as possible, otherwise the next outburst could be even more severe."

Shido spread his hands, his face full of helplessness: "I know I need to cheer her up, but... I can't even get through the door, and she won't listen to anything I say. I really have no idea what to do."

Just as Shido was feeling hopeless, Murasame Reine, who had been sitting quietly beside him as if she might fall asleep at any moment, slowly spoke. Her voice still carried that unique calmness and reassuring power:

"...Leave this to me."

Chapter 225 Another Battle of Wits with the Air (1)

After the sound of Reine handling Tohka's affairs disappeared upstairs, Kotori's expression turned serious again, and she tapped the table rhythmically with her fingers.

The conversation then turned to a deeper and more perplexing third matter—about Phoenix Institute Chinatsu and Chinatsu.

“Next, it concerns Chinatsu and Senin,” Kotori said in a deep voice.

“The amount of information they have—especially Chiin and Izumi—is enormous, and we must reassess it.”

Shido immediately realized what was happening, his mind replaying the tense yet meaningful conversation in the department store:

“That’s right… the conversation between A-Quan and Chiin suggests that they’ve known each other for a long time, and… it seems they’ve clashed many times over the issue of ‘power’.”

Kotori nodded, her fingers continuing to tap on the table: "Fracinas has conducted further in-depth research into the Phoenix Inu family's household registration and social connections."

“They do have some distant relatives still alive, but they haven’t been in contact for many years and their relationship is distant. More importantly, based on the conversation between Izumi and Chiin, it can be confirmed that they know each other well and have had several conflicts over ‘power’.”

Following this line of thought, Shido speculated: "The 'power' they're arguing about... could it be referring to the spirit power of 'Heavenly Judgment'?"

“Very likely.” Kotori confirmed Shido’s idea.

“This corroborates our previous deduction—that Chika was already an Elf before she received the Herrscher of Reason legacy from 'Welt'.”

"The way she obtained her power is unknown, but some of it may be closely related to Chiin."

She tapped the table with slightly more force, pointing out the biggest problem at present:

"But the most pressing issue now is Chika's identity. She previously used the power of the Law of Reason to drastically delete and alter her identity information online, and even erased Chiin's related memories."

"Since she could do this to Chiin, she probably used similar methods on other distant relatives who might know the truth. We can hardly find anything that can directly and clearly prove her past identity and experiences now; the clues have almost completely dried up here."

At this moment, Reine, who had returned from upstairs, quietly operated the tablet and turned the device towards Shido and Kotori, and began to play a noise-reduced audio clip, which was a clip of Chiin and Izumi arguing, recorded by Shido's earpiece before it was destroyed.

Lingyin analyzed in her calm voice: "...According to the content of the argument, the first point is that Izumi accused Senin of 'not pursuing power', and specifically pointed out that it was 'our' power."

She emphasized the word "we".

"This suggests that the 'power' they are arguing about is something they both share in their understanding, or at least something closely related."

Following this line of thought, Shido proposed a bold hypothesis:

"The 'Celestial Judgment' spirit power possesses two completely different attributes: space and lightning. Is it possible that these two powers originally belonged to Chinatsu and Chiin respectively?"

"Izumi's consciousness was born from power, and then Chiin transferred it along with the power to Chika?"

Kotori pondered for a moment and nodded: "We can't rule out that possibility. One theory is that, for some reason, such as weariness, fear, or as she said, 'not pursuing,' Chiin gave up his power, whether actively or passively, and Chika took it over or accepted it."

"Another possibility is that Chiin's power was 'lost' or 'dormant' for other reasons, and was eventually integrated by Chika. This might explain why Chika can simultaneously wield two powers with very different attributes, both of which are extremely powerful."

Reine then pointed out the second key point, while turning the tablet towards Shido, displaying an old file on the screen:

"Question two: A-Quan accuses Qian-Yuan of 'lacking power and unable to protect anything,' and specifically mentions 'just like before! Just like you missed it!' This points to a specific, failed past."

The tablet displayed a report of a serious car accident. "This is the official report of the accident that resulted in the deaths of the Phoenix Institute couple, Chiin's parents."

Reine explained, "According to the report, Chiin was also in that car at the time, and miraculously only suffered minor injuries."

"But one detail in the report is that after Chiyuki survived, he struggled to climb out of the deformed carriage, ran to the nearest populated area to ask for help, and led the rescuers back to the scene."

"However... it was too late, his parents eventually died from excessive blood loss."

She looked at Shido and Kotori: "This is probably the tragedy that Izumi meant by 'not making it in time'."

"This sense of powerlessness and regret is likely deeply etched into Senin's soul, and has become the sharpest weapon that Izumi used to attack him."

As Shido looked at the cold report, imagining the despair that young Senin had experienced, he murmured to himself:

"Could it be like this... because we couldn't save my parents in time, so..."

“It’s not impossible.” Kotori’s tone was heavy. “Such a massive trauma is enough to completely change a person, and it could also be the trigger for the awakening or loss of power.”

Lingyin finally raised the most perplexing third point: "Question three, Quan said her answer was 'no matter how many times, no matter how many years, it's the same.'"

"This indicates that her debate with Chiin on a core issue—perhaps about the use of power, or perhaps about the attitude toward the past—has been going on for a very long time and has been recurring."

"But this seriously conflicts with the superficial information we currently have that 'Chiin and Chika have been separated for many years'."

Silence fell over the living room.