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

Tohka froze, her purple eyes wide open as if she were seeing a new world.

Her chewing became slow and devout, and a blush of utter bliss and happiness appeared on her face.

"What...what exactly is this powder...?"

She murmured to herself, her voice trembling slightly, her eyes becoming deep and "dangerous".

"This intense addictiveness...what a wonderful feeling..."

She suddenly raised her head and looked at Shido with an unusually "serious" expression, as if she were stating a major discovery concerning the survival of the world.

"If we let it exist in this world unchecked, it will cause a huge problem! People will definitely develop forbidden symptoms and tremble with fear, and start wars to fight for more... soybean flour!"

"Pfft-cough cough cough!"

Shido, who was drinking water, choked and looked at Tohka, who was seriously delivering her "soybean powder threat theory," with a mixture of amusement and exasperation. He quickly waved his hand.

"No...no way! It's delicious, but not to that extent..."

Watching Tohka completely immersed in the ultimate happiness brought by the soybean flour bread, and even begin to worry about the future of human society, Shido felt helpless, but at the same time, a warm feeling and a sense of accomplishment welled up in his heart.

To see her with such a carefree smile and experience such simple joy, it seems... it's all worth it.

Chiin smirked smugly and nudged Hiroto beside him with his elbow: "Oh my, did you hear that? 'Causing big problems,' 'Starting a war'! See? That's true love! I won! You owe me two chicken hotpots, don't even think about getting away with it!"

Hongren, looking unwilling, protested in a low voice: "Tie! You bastard! Didn't you just say you were betting five cents?! How did you suddenly raise the price to two chicken hot pots?!"

Qianyuan replied matter-of-factly: "The stakes escalate as the situation worsens! Didn't you hear me? It's about to trigger a world war! Two chicken hotpots to quell a potential war? You're getting a bargain!"

"You are blackmailing!"

"This is the price you pay for your lack of insight!"

The two became engrossed in a quiet argument, their body language unconsciously becoming more exaggerated, completely unaware that a "maid" radiating a low-pressure aura had quietly approached their table.

"Um...two guests?"

Kotori still wore a professional smile, but her eyes had turned cold, and her voice carried an undeniable sense of pressure.

"If there's nothing else you need, could you... please not disturb the other guests while they are dining?"

(What Ms. Kotori means is, you two are so noisy, get out of here!)

When Hiroto Tonomachi looked up, he finally saw the maid's face clearly and exclaimed in surprise.

"Isn't this Shido's little sister, Kotori?! What are you doing here? Are you working?"

Kotori's heart skipped a beat, but she maintained her composure on the surface, responding awkwardly yet politely with the prepared words:

"Yes, yes, Hiroto-nii. I've been helping out here on weekends lately..." (Kotori-san's meaning is, shut up and disappear!)

Chiin immediately switched into her dramatic persona, pretending to have just recognized her, and clapped her hands exaggeratedly:

Wow! It really is Kotori! I didn't even notice!

He looked Kotori up and down in her maid outfit, whistled twice in a flirtatious tone, and said in an exaggerated manner:

"Kotori looks so pretty in her maid outfit today! It suits you so well!"

A small frown appeared on Kotori's forehead, but she had to suppress it to avoid giving herself away. She immediately crossed her arms, adopting the posture of a pitiful girl being harassed, her eyes brimming with tears, her voice trembling with grievance:

"Chiin-nii...you pervert! You...you even have these kinds of thoughts about middle school students? That's terrifying..."

Her acting skills were worthy of an award-winning actress.

Wow, Commander, your reaction was incredibly quick!

Chiin immediately cooperated by raising his hands in a gesture of surrender, looking completely innocent.

"Just kidding! Don't be angry, Kotori, we're leaving now, we're leaving now!"

Hiroto realized they might have disturbed Kotori's "work," and quickly stood up with an embarrassed smile: "Right, right, we're finished eating, we're leaving now! Good luck with your part-time job, Kotori-chan!"

Under Kotori's "kind" gaze, Chiin and Hiroto quickly paid the bill (mainly for the two glasses of water) and slunk away from the dessert shop.

As they walked out of the store, the two could still hear Kotori's sweet voice saying to the other customers behind them, "Sorry to bother you all~".

Hiroto wiped away his cold sweat: "Kotori can be quite scary when she gets angry."

Chiin glanced back at Shido and Tohka, who were enjoying themselves in the shop, and Kotori, who had returned to her "perfect maid" posture, and chuckled inwardly.

"Yes... well, the mission is half complete. The rest is up to Shido himself."

Inside the shop, after getting rid of the two "noise sources," Kotori secretly breathed a sigh of relief and continued to play her role as a maid, while reporting the progress of the date to Fraxinus through a secret communicator.

Chapter 148 The Hunter and the "Script"

After Hiroto and Watonachi "tearfully" put down the bags of ingredients they had hoped to exchange for a delicious dinner at Shido's doorstep, the two looked at each other in silence, only able to sigh.

"Sigh, it seems my plan to freeload dinner tonight is completely ruined."

Hongren slumped his shoulders, looking utterly dejected.

"That Shido guy will probably be out with that 'princess' until very late."

"There's nothing we can do; our 'good brother' is at a crucial moment in his life."

Chiin patted Hiroto on the back, his tone tinged with a hint of mocking sadness.

"Prioritizing romance over friendship, that's the stark reality. Let's each sort things out today, everyone disperse."

Although the plan was in place, it's a bit of a loss that the food didn't even get into my mouth.

With a dejected look of being "abandoned," the two parted ways in the afterglow of the setting sun, feeling the "misery of being single."

After turning a few street corners, the disappointment on Chiin's face vanished instantly, replaced by a calmness that suggested he had everything under control.

He discerned the direction and then silently made his way towards the edge of the city, to the terrace that was under development.

Just as he expected, it was even more secluded than the park. The construction machinery that had been bustling during the day now lay like sleeping steel behemoths, quietly prostrate in the deepening twilight.

Piles of abandoned building materials cast peculiar shadows, and the uncultivated land lay bare, possessing a desolate beauty. The air was filled with the scent of dust and wild grass, a world apart from the neon lights of the distant city.

It is here.

According to the "script," this is where Shido will rescue the damsel in distress, and it will also be the place where he first faces the threat of death.

Chiin found a spot with a good view and perfect concealment, leaning against an unfinished section of cement pipe, like a patient hunter, waiting for the protagonists to appear.

He concealed all his aura, suppressing the power of the Heavenly Judgment Core deep within his body, as if merging with the surrounding shadows.

I remember that the sniper in AST was Origami Tobiichi. In order to "protect" Shido from being "harmed" by the Spirits, she ended up giving him a fatal blow herself... How ironic.

However, based on the "greasy" warning I gave Shido last time, Fraxinus and his gang probably really think I'm like a perverted stalker, watching Shido all the time.

So this time I'm going to break that impression. I didn't show up when Shido was being sniped and was about to die. Instead, it was Tohka's berserk Reiha that attracted me.

Thinking of this, a cold smile curled at the corner of Qianyuan's lips.

Then, the subsequent developments proceeded naturally—

When Shido bravely pushed Tohka away to protect her, he was struck by a sniper bullet from AST and fell into a pool of blood.

...Witnessing all this, Tohka's immense anger and sorrow will cause her spiritual power to go completely berserk. That soaring spiritual wave is the perfect signal for my appearance!

He had already mentally rehearsed what was to come:

She would appear from the shadows like a ghost at the peak of Tohka's spiritual power, her [Heavenly Judge] Herrscher form carrying suppressed anger and... "sadness"?

She would first look at Tohka, whose spiritual power was out of control and who was in despair, and say in a sorrowful and mission-laden tone: "Do you see that? Tohka! This is humanity's 'protection'! This is how they treat outsiders! They can't protect anything!" Then, her gaze would "just happen" fall on Shido, who was lying on the ground, his chest covered in blood.

What must her expression have been like at that moment? Was it one of disbelief and shock? A dazed feeling as if all her strength had been drained? Or... a numbness born of the loss of her lover and utter despair?

No, she had to feign a moment of disbelief and shock.

She staggered to Shido's "corpse," slowly squatted down, reached out her hand, but dared not touch it.

She was about to raise her golden eyes, the arrogance and aloofness within them shattering completely, replaced by a bottomless sorrow, emptiness, and... a maddening, utter despair and resolute disillusionment with the world.

Dialogue... Dialogue needs to be concise and impactful!

For example, speaking in a calm tone as if one has lost everything and is heartbroken, to the rampaging Tohka, as well as to Fraxinus who may be monitoring and the AST who are about to arrive.

"Ha...is this the answer you humans have given?"

"Protecting? Understanding? In the end... it was all just empty talk."

"Since the world he cherishes cannot contain him... then the right and wrong of this world are meaningless to me."

"Tohka, come with me. This world doesn't deserve him, nor does it deserve us."

Yes, that's the feeling! The way of the scholar is dead; I have no heart to argue about right and wrong... The end has come!

Qianyuan almost applauded his own "acting skills".

He could almost see Origami Tobiichi's pupils suddenly contracting behind the sniper scope, and her Dao heart collapsing the instant she realized she had "killed" the person she wanted to protect.

And the expressions on the faces of all the AST members who witnessed this scene, a mixture of fear, shock, and incomprehension.

We need to put even more pressure on those god-like figures like Fraxinus!

Let them see for themselves what an elf might have been able to negotiate with.

How did they manage to deceive me into becoming a "monster" who exists solely for revenge, to save the elves, and to fight against the world, without any scruples?

(This is like Zhu Yuanzhang losing Empress Ma, Lieyang losing Fushi, and Kevin losing Mei! A powerful person turning to the dark side after losing their beloved is a timeless and classic storyline!)

(Ah, let's forget about the one who called for autumn. But this is enough to give those guys from Fraxinus a headache and make them reflect for a while!)

As for Shido... it's alright.

Chiin thought without any burden.

Anyway, Shido is incredibly resilient. With Kotori's "little sister's" spiritual power inside him, he's like an unkillable cockroach, able to regenerate on his own.

Let him lie on the ground a little longer, bleed a little, and experience the fear of death. This will be good for his future development, so that he won't always be indecisive.

Let him lie there for a while. It'll be perfect for my performance and let him experience the consequences of "saving a damsel in distress," so he'll learn his lesson and stop testing the limits of danger.

All I need to do is play the tragic role of someone heartbroken by the loss of their "beloved," utterly disillusioned with the world, and trying to "save" another fellow countryman.

It can strengthen the legitimacy of "anti-entropy", deliver a heavy mental blow to Fraxinus, and also allow us to observe Tohka's berserk state... Killing three birds with one stone, perfect!

As dusk deepened, a chilly breeze swept across the terrace. Chiin waited quietly, like a director who had already written the script, awaiting the actors' arrival and the inevitable gunshot that would pierce the night sky.

The afterglow of the setting sun bathed the plateau in a warm gold, but a sense of impending storm was already beginning to permeate the air.

Qianyuan calmed her mind, focused her consciousness into her body, and began to adjust the state of the Celestial Judgment Core to ensure that she could instantly switch to the majestic and sorrowful Herrscher form of Celestial Judgment when needed.

He was like a patient hunter, waiting for the crucial moment when the "male protagonist" was shot and fell to the ground, and the "female protagonist" went berserk.

Then, she will make a grand entrance as a tragic character who has "lost her beloved," offering the most stunning improvisational performance in this drama woven from misunderstandings, jealousy, and fate.

He could almost see it all. Soon, what would unfold here was blood, tears, rampaging spiritual power, desperate stares, and his meticulously prepared, incredibly realistic... Oscar-worthy performance.

This stage play, which he spearheaded and explores themes of "love and death," is about to begin. And he will be the most heartbreaking and terrifying "protagonist" on stage.

Chapter 149 The Maid's Sigh

Watching Senin and Hiroto finally disappear outside the shop, Kotori, in her maid form, let out a long, silent sigh of relief, feeling more exhausted than when she was commanding an encounter with an elf.

She rubbed her slightly stiff cheeks, put on a professional and sweet smile again, and gave a slight bow to the other customers in the store who had been distracted by the brief commotion, perfectly defusing the little incident.

"Seriously... those two troublesome guys are finally gone."

She muttered to herself, a hint of weariness in her voice.

Fortunately, she reacted quickly and successfully scared them away with the accusation of being "hentai." Otherwise, who knows what other trouble those two idiots would have caused and ruined the dating atmosphere that Shido had finally managed to stabilize.

"Those two idiots almost ruined things. But... it was a twist of fate that they brought Tohka here for Shido."

At this moment, Murasame Reine also came out from the kitchen area. She was still wearing that white coat, which was out of place with the sweet and lovely style of the store.

She walked over to Kotori and glanced at Tohka, who was not far away, basking in the ultimate bliss of her soybean flour bread and ice cream combo, occasionally flashing a bright smile at Shido.

And Shido, who seemed to be getting into the zone despite being flustered, pushed up his glasses.

"From what we've seen so far, Shi's response... is acceptable. Tohka's emotions are very stable, and she's shown a great deal of interest in 'dates' and 'food.' Initial contact achieved."

"It's stable for now," Kotori said in a low voice.

"Tohka has a severe lack of common sense about modern society, but she seems to have a strong learning ability and adaptability. She is currently in a very positive mood, especially towards the soybean flour bread... her reaction is a bit too enthusiastic."

She recalled Tohka's dangerous statement that could "start a war," and her lips twitched slightly.