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

"We need to rest well and calm down. The situation we face next may be more complex and dangerous than we imagined."

“Let’s assume for now that part of the story of ‘Walter’ is true,” Lingyin’s gentle but calm voice broke in, as she lightly adjusted her glasses.

"So, Miss Chika may indeed be carrying some heavy memories and power. But the 'divine judgment' power that followed was an additional variable."

“We need to figure out where this power comes from, why it merged with her, and… whether it will continue to fundamentally change her mind.”

Kotori nodded and continued, "Anyway, Shido, regarding Chinatsu Hououin, Ratatoskr will raise her danger level to the highest level, equal to or even higher than 'Nightmare' and the unconfirmed 'First Spirit'."

"Until she shows up on her own initiative, or we find new clues, we will temporarily suspend all plans to make contact with her."

Seeing that Shido still looked somewhat lost, she softened her tone slightly, but remained firm.

"I know this is difficult. But what you need to do now is protect yourself and clear your mind. The prerequisite for salvation is understanding."

"But before we truly understand her... blindly getting close will only put yourself, and her, in a more dangerous situation."

Shido remained silent for a long time before finally nodding slowly.

He understood that Kotori and Reine were right, but the worry for Chinatsu, the resentment of being left behind, and the desire to find out the truth were growing wildly in his heart like weeds.

Today's experience is like a nightmare from which he cannot wake up, forcibly cramming a more cruel and complex world into his life.

As for Chinatsu Hououin, the girl he had just realized had already taken a significant place in his heart, she had become the most mysterious and dangerous presence in the eye of this storm.

From this day forward, the daily routine he was familiar with has completely disappeared.

He stepped into a darker, more cruel world, but because of that figure, he could not turn back.

Chapter 118 Farewell to the World's Forgotten End

Teleporting back to the Itsuka family home from Fraxinus, the familiar living room was now filled with an unshakeable heaviness.

Shido slumped on the sofa, staring blankly at the ceiling, as if he could still smell the mixed smell of gunpowder and blood from the battlefield.

Kotori, clutching a pillow, curled up in another corner of the sofa. Her usual energetic commander mode had vanished, leaving only deep exhaustion and solemnity.

The television was broadcasting the late-night news, with the female anchor reporting in a professional and steady tone on the "major gas pipeline explosion accident" that had occurred in a remote industrial area that day.

The screen displayed pixelated images of ruins and experts giving the same old lectures on "safe production."

The official efficient handling of the aftermath and information control completely erased all traces of the elves and destruction, leaving only a plausible yet utterly absurd "explanation".

This ordinary "calm" stands in stark contrast to the tumultuous events the two had just experienced, which were of great significance to the world, making the atmosphere in the living room even more oppressive.

Just then, two electronic voices rang out almost simultaneously.

It was Shido's phone; the screen lit up, showing a new text message. He numbly picked up the phone and swiped to unlock it.

From: Phoenix Institute Chinatsu.

The message contained only two simple words: 【Goodbye】

There were no superfluous symbols, no explanations, and not even any discernible emotion.

These two simple words were like a cold dagger, instantly piercing through Shido's already chaotic defenses.

Shido's fingers tightened suddenly, almost crushing the phone.

My heart felt like it was being gripped tightly by an invisible hand, and a suffocating pain spread through me.

Does "goodbye" mean "never again"?

Is this the final chapter of their farewell outside the factory, or is it paving the way for... what she's about to do?

(Goodbye...? Is this... the end?)

Almost simultaneously, Kotori's encrypted communicator, which was directly connected to Fraxinus, also vibrated rapidly. She snapped back to reality, immediately answered the call, and held it to her ear.

[Commander! Emergency! An alert has been sent from our concealed observation post near the Chiin residence! Target: Phoenix Inu Chika suddenly appeared inside the Chiin residence thirty seconds ago! The energy response is extremely weak and unstable!]

Based on limited footage and analysis... she seems to have performed some kind of... operation on Chiin herself, who was inside the room! The specific nature of the operation is unknown, but Chiin subsequently fell into a coma! And after completing the operation, Hououin Chinatsu disappeared in spirit form!

[The more serious problem is!] The operator's voice carried a hint of fear.

Our monitoring system has discovered that all records related to the identity of 'Hououin Chika'—including transfer records, household registration information, and even video data of her from some street surveillance footage—are being accessed, locked, and...completely deleted at an alarming speed by an unknown force! It's like...like an invisible eraser is wiping away all evidence of her existence from this world!

At this rate, the identity of 'Hououin Chika' will vanish from the internet in less than an hour!

"What?!" Kotori exclaimed in shock, jumping up from the sofa, her face turning deathly pale.

"Are you sure?! What did Chiin... she did to her own brother?!"

[It cannot be completely confirmed, but based on the residual energy pattern and Chiin's vital signs (stable but unconscious), it is highly likely... memory manipulation! She may have... erased all memories of 'Hououin Chika' from Chiin's mind!]

Kotori was struck dumb, frozen in place. Her hand holding the communicator fell limply to her side, and the operator's anxious cries of "Commander? Commander!" from the communicator became indistinct.

(Erase...her brother's memories of her? The only family member she had finally reunited with?)

The shock of this conjecture was far more unsettling and indescribable than the destruction of the DEM forces by Chika.

"Kotori? What's wrong?"

Shido noticed his sister's unusual behavior and, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, asked with concern. Chinatsu's text message and Kotori's current reaction gave him an extremely ominous premonition.

Shido's push jolted Kotori back to her senses. She looked up at Shido, her eyes filled with an unprecedentedly complex emotion.

—Shock, disbelief, and a deep sense of sorrow.

“Shido…” Kotori’s voice was a little hoarse. She took a deep breath, as if she needed great courage to say the next words.

“Just now… Fraxinus detected… a brief, high-intensity spiritual energy fluctuation at the Chiin residence… the identification code is… Phoenix Inu Chika.”

Shido's heart sank.

Kotori continued, speaking quickly with a calm, analytical air, but beneath that calm lay an undercurrent of turmoil:

"The fluctuation lasted for an extremely short time, disappearing almost the next second after she appeared. However... in the remote vital signs and brainwave monitoring records of the hospital that we urgently retrieved... we found a very unnatural gap and signs of reconstruction."

She raised her head, looked directly into Shido's eyes, and uttered the chilling speculation word by word: "...Chika...just went 'home'."

"She...used the power of construction on Chiin-san."

"Then... she is deleting all records about 'Hououin Chika' from the internet."

"We speculate... that she may have... erased all of Chiin's memories of her."

"Varied……?!"

Shido was struck dumb, and he suddenly stood up from the sofa. His phone slipped from his limp hand and fell to the carpet with a dull thud.

Every word felt like a heavy stone; the phone slammed onto the living room floor, but the words struck Shido's heart.

Upon hearing this, Shido seemed to have all his strength drained away instantly. He staggered back a step and bumped into the back of the sofa.

His phone slipped from his hand and fell onto the carpet, the screen still lit up with the two-word text message.

(Erase memory...Delete existing...)

(Is this... what you meant by 'goodbye'?)

(To completely sever ties with this world? To prevent anyone... especially us... from finding you?)

(Even your only brother who remembers you... you want him to forget you?)

A tremendous, suffocating sense of sadness and loss overwhelmed Shido.

He had clung to a sliver of hope that perhaps one day he would see her again, or perhaps he could find out everything. But now, that hope was utterly crushed.

The girl who blushed at him, played water guns with him, cried in front of him, and confessed her love to him... leaving such a deep mark, just like that... erased the proof of her existence in another individual's life with her own hands?

Is it to completely sever ties with the past? Or is it to protect Chiin, who is an "ordinary person"?

Or is this yet another resolute ritual as she embarks on that "lonely path"?

This was no ordinary farewell.

This is a cold, thorough, and resolute reckoning of the traces of one's existence in the world.

It is a severing of all ties with the past, and a complete closure of the future.

In her view, this might be protection, atonement, or the necessary price to pay for bearing a mission.

But in Shido and Kotori's eyes, this was nothing short of a ritual of self-destruction, a complete farewell to "life".

The living room fell silent again, heavier and colder than before.

On television, news anchors continued to use a lighthearted tone to cover up the truth, while the real storm was already brewing silently.

To erase, little by little, yet with incredible speed, all proof of a girl's existence from this world.

All that's left for them is that cold text message, a brother about to lose all memories of his sister, and a future filled with unsolved mysteries and heavy worries.

Phoenix Inu no Chika, in the most resolute way, etched a scar on their hearts that was far deeper than any battle.

Seeing Shido's distraught state, Kotori walked over, picked up his phone, and the words "Goodbye" on the screen were still glaringly obvious.

She shoved the phone back into Shido's hand, her voice low:

"At least she left you with a 'goodbye'." Whether this statement is a consolation or a deeper wound remains to be seen.

Shido gripped his phone tightly, as if trying to grasp that departing figure through the cold screen.

He knew that from this moment on, the name "Hououin Chika" might truly become a forgotten part of history, a phantom that never existed, for the vast majority of people in this world.

But for him, that memory, that emotion, and that heavy weight—a mixture of love, worry, and countless mysteries—will forever be imprinted deep within his soul, indelible.

As night deepened, only the innocuous commercials on the television and a heavy, suffocating silence remained in the Wuhe family's living room.

Chapter 119 A Grand Finale

Just as Qianxia, ​​exhausted and feeling as if her soul had been emptied, was temporarily hiding in an inconspicuous corner of her home, that familiar and cheerful notification sound rang in her mind.

[Ding dong! Today's 'pleasure' settlement begins~?]

[Evaluating today's entertainment contribution value... Calculating... Calculating... Click! The calculator has exceeded the limit! Aha, I had so much fun today!]

The background of the interface features a funny smiling face of Aha, which is frantically throwing confetti and ribbons, and there are even a few small fireworks exploding.

[Aha's Pleasure Gift System - Grand Closing Report]

Users: Phoenix Inu Senin (Soul Bound) | Phoenix Inu Chika (Spirit Form - Active)

Repair conditions: Accumulate "Pleasure" energy; Repair progress: 100% (↑54%! Complete purification complete!)

[Status Update]: The [Herrscher of Reason Core - Chaos] status has been cleared! The forced binding between the spirit form [Houin Chika] and the main body [Houin Chika] has been released! The host can freely choose whether to display the spirit form!

[Core Permissions]

• Bound Cores: Herrscher Core of Reason | Thunder & Void Amalgam Core

• Permission Level: Lv.2 (65.0%) (↑53.0%! The depth of understanding of the Law of Reason is greatly increased due to intense emotional fluctuations and high-intensity use!)

• Current effects: Construction strength↑↑ | Understanding feedback↑↑ | Consumption reduction↓ | Energy bodies can be created | Construction of 【Anti-Entropy Weapon - Basic Model】 unlocked!

• Note: Use the power of reason to construct the most irrational stage! Use the power of understanding to compose the most frenzied symphony! Art! This is the art that Aha wants!

• Tianchai Core Permission Level: Lv.Max

• Core Fusion Level of Celestial Judgment: 15% (Initial Fusion)

• Current effects: 【Spatial Mastery - Beginner】 (Short-range teleportation, spatial stairs, small spatial gate) | 【Thunder Domination - Beginner】 (Lightning acceleration, basic lightning strike) | 【Herrscher Form - Judgment】 (Limited-time release)

• Special Status: 【Pufferfish Erosion】 (When using the core power of Heavenly Strike, one will be affected to varying degrees by "Pufferfish of the Sky" and "Lack of Humility of Thunder", resulting in a tendency towards coldness, confidence, arrogance, and an increased desire for dominance.)

• Note: I picked up this new toy really quickly! Although there are still some stumbles along the way, the enthusiasm is already there! Remember, pride is the source of happiness! Humility is the grave of fun!

Energy reserves

• Echoing Energy of Fate: 245% (Surging → Overloaded!) (↑77%)

• Pleasure Level: Lv.4 (82%) (↑47%) | Pleasure Experience +47%

• [A textbook example of tsundere denial and the White Album] (Perfectly triggers the "threesome" event, laying the foundation for subsequent chaos) --> Pleasure Experience +8%, Echoes of Fate +10%

• [The Berserker Herrscher Blooming Amidst Ruins] (Successfully enacted the trilogy of "Shattered Awakening - Tragic Farewell - Destruction Descends," inflicting a massive psychological blow on the main target, Shido) -> Pleasure Experience +15%, Echoes of Fate +25%

• 【Dance of the World - The Queen Descends】 (A solo dance with the power of "divine judgment," annihilating the DEM army and greatly shocking all observers) --> Pleasure Experience +18%, Echoes of Fate +35%

• 【The Final Ritual of Existence Erasure】 (In the eyes of the observer, one personally erases their own social existence, wipes away the memories of loved ones, completes the ultimate shaping of the "fallen white moonlight," leaving behind endless suspense and sorrow) --> Pleasure Experience +6%, Echoes of Fate +7%

[Ding! Congratulations on unlocking a new achievement! The reward has been sent to your inventory!]

• [Achievement: A love that could topple a nation... no, it's a tragedy that could bring ruin to a nation!]