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

"So you chose to turn into ashes yourself?" Kotori interrupted him irritably, but her tone softened a little when she saw her brother's expression.

"Never mind, we'll talk about the details later." Kotori's tone was decisive and left no room for argument. "First, let's check your physical condition. Are you injured anywhere?"

"Uh...no, no..." Shido answered subconsciously, still trying to process the situation before him.

“Very good.” Kotori nodded, turning her gaze back to the main screen.

The screen is replaying the final moments of the battle, focusing on the figure in the suit issuing a declaration of war and disappearing after creating chaos.

"Alright, let's get down to business." Kotori pointed to "Walter" on the screen with her lollipop. "What are your thoughts on this newly appeared spirit?"

“My opinion…” Shido stared at the strangely shaped yet strangely reliable figure on the screen, his feelings a mix of emotions. “He… he’s amazing… and it seems like he’s protecting me and that girl? He also said a lot of strange things, about spacequakes, about thirty years and stuff…”

"To protect you? Perhaps that's part of the reason. But his actions have already caused even greater chaos and uncertainty."

Kotori calmly analyzed, "Moreover, his declaration of war against all those who 'cover up the truth' is an extremely dangerous stance. We must find a way to 'deal with' him before he causes even greater damage."

"Handle?" Shido's heart tightened. "What do you mean?"

Kotori didn't answer directly. Instead, she stood up from her commander's chair, walked to Shido, and looked at him with a serious expression.

"Shido, what I'm about to say is very important and closely related to you. Be prepared."

Shido was taken aback by his sister's unprecedentedly serious attitude and nodded involuntarily.

"First, the 'princess' you saw, and the 'Walter' you just saw, are called 'elves'. When they appear in the world, they cause spacequakes, which is the origin of the alarm."

"Secondly, our goal, Ratatoskr, is not to destroy the Elves by force like the AST. Our aim is to communicate with the Elves and resolve the spacequake problem peacefully."

“Dialogue…a peaceful way?” Shido seemed to see a glimmer of hope.

“That’s right,” Kotori affirmed, then changed the subject, “and the key to achieving this goal lies with you, Itsuka Shido.”

"Me?" Shido pointed to himself, completely bewildered as to what an ordinary high school student like himself could do.

“Our analysis has revealed that you possess a special power within you.” Kotori’s gaze seemed to pierce through him, “A power that can… ‘seal’ the power of spirits.”

"Seal...seal?" Shido was even more confused. "How do you seal it?"

"The specific principles are complex, but the method is very simple."

Kotori's tone was as calm as if she were saying how nice the weather was today. "You need to make the spirit like you, preferably... fall in love with you. Then, through a 'kiss,' you can seal the spirit power within her. Once sealed, the spirit will no longer be a disaster that causes spacequakes and can live in the world as an ordinary human."

"……………ha????!!!!!!"

Shido's mouth gaped open in an "O" shape, and his brain seemed to have been struck by lightning, completely shutting down.

(Kissing?! Sealing a spirit?! Me?!) (What... what kind of ability is this?! This isn't some light novel protagonist's setup?!)

Shido's face instantly turned bright red, and steam practically rose from his head! He wondered if there was something wrong with his ears!

"Make...make the spirit fall in love with me?! And...and kiss?! Seal my power?! How is this possible?! What kind of outrageous GalGame setting is this?! Kotori, are you kidding me?! Today isn't April Fool's Day!"

"This is the only proven and feasible peaceful means." Kotori ignored her brother's explosive embarrassment, her tone completely calm. "That elf 'princess' you contacted before was our first target. And now..."

Her gaze returned to the frozen image on the screen of "Walter" pushing up his glasses in profile (his suit looked even more striking on the high-definition screen), and her tone became somewhat subtle and... tricky.

"...We've encountered a second, extremely unique target. The temporary codename is... 'Reason' or... 'Anti-Entropy.' His danger and uncertainty far exceed 'Princess,' but his knowledge of the inside story and his proactive involvement suggest that dialogue might be possible."

Kotori turned around and gently tapped Shido's chest with her lollipop, her expression unusually serious and...with a hint of barely perceptible sympathy.

"So, brother, your next mission is to find a way to get close to this elf who calls himself 'Walter,' gain his favor, find out his purpose and the information he knows, and then, at the right time..."

Kotori paused, looking at Shido's petrified and fractured expression, before finally delivering the mission that was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for him:

"...by kissing, I sealed his power."

Chapter 11: You want me to seduce men?

His face flushed crimson instantly, and images began to flash uncontrollably through his mind:

And that purple-haired elf girl… and that… that "Walter" uncle in the suit, with a calm and reliable demeanor…

His mind began to flash uncontrollably with extremely terrifying and absurd images:

That "Walter" uncle in the suit, with his calm and reliable demeanor... I was forced to go on a date with him... He elegantly adjusted his glasses with his white-gloved hands, commenting on the coffee in his deep voice... And then... in the end, I had to stand on tiptoe... or he would lower his head... and then...

(Wait...wait! What am I thinking?!)

(And...and kissed that older man?!)

(Imagine scene A: The other party suddenly takes a step back, a suspicious blush appearing on their usually calm face, and says in a gruff voice, "You...you rude wretch! What kind of behavior is this!")

(Imagine scenario B (worse): The other party, instead, shows interest and takes the initiative: "Oh? An interesting proposal...")

"Pfft—!" Shido jerked his head away, feeling his rationality and something important shattering quietly.

Shido jerked his head away, trying to banish these extremely bizarre and terrifying images from his mind, his cheeks burning hot enough to fry an egg.

"You...you're kidding, right, Kotori?! How could this be?!"

Itsuka Shido stood there, as if he had become a statue.

His brain had completely shut down.

A scene flashed before my eyes: a tall, composed, and refined middle-aged man in a suit… Mr. Walter…

(Does he want me to... make him... fall in love with me?)

(And...kiss...him?!)

(And that... guy who looks like a university professor... who can conjure up an army of mechs out of thin air... and declare war on the whole world... an elf?!)

An extremely strong sense of absurdity and anguish that was hard to describe in words instantly swept over Shido's entire body!

This isn't just a matter of difficulty! This is the ultimate challenge to one's orientation and sexual preferences! It's the cruelest joke reality has ever played on this ordinary high school boy!

"I...I...I..." Shido's lips trembled, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time, finally squeezing out a near-collapsed groan from his throat:

"...This is impossible...absolutely impossible!!! I'll die! I'll die in every sense of the word!!!"

"Unfortunately, this is the only conclusion reached after multiple observations and analyses."

Lingyin confirmed in her characteristic monotone tone, as if she were talking about something perfectly ordinary.

"The fact that the elf codenamed 'Princess' has shown an unusually high level of affection for you in a short period of time, as well as the faint elf energy reaction detected in your body, proves this point."

Kotori watched her brother's worldview crumble, a mischievous smile playing on her lips, seemingly enjoying his current predicament. She licked her lollipop and dropped the final bombshell:

"So, my dear Onii-chan, your first mission objective is already very clear."

"Find a way to get close to that fourth elf who calls himself 'Walter' and comes from 'Anti-Entropy,' as well as that princess."

“Then—” “Use your ‘love’ and kisses to ‘persuade’ him to let them willingly have their powers sealed by you.”

Seeing her brother clutching his head in despair, Kotori, in her commander mode, maintained a serious expression, but a complex mix of helplessness, sympathy, and "this mission is just too damn inhuman" flickered deep in her eyes.

(Well, brother... what can you do when this newly appeared elf happens to be such a 'hardcore' character...)

Itsuka Shido froze on the spot once again.

(Go...go on a date with that...suit-clad, muscular man who can create mechs out of thin air, dares to declare war on the whole world, and can even fight the world's strongest magician to a standstill (though he's quite pathetic)...?! And make him blush?! And kiss him?!)

(I can't do it! Absolutely not!!! This is a million times harder than talking to that elf lady with the sword!!!)

Inside the bridge, Shido's desperate wails echoed, along with Kotori's mischievous chuckles.

"—Very good. According to the latest information, the Pokémon will not appear for at least another week. Let's not delay any longer and start training tomorrow."

"Huh...? Training...?"

Inside the bridge of the Fraxinus, Itsuka Shido's desperate cries echoed. From this moment on, his path to the battlefield seemed to have taken an incredibly rugged, dark, and suffocating turn.

Meanwhile, the real "Walter" himself, soaked to the bone, was in his apartment bathroom, staring silently at his mature and reliable body dressed in women's clothing in the mirror.

Chapter 12 Truth or Lie?

However, the gears of fate began to turn in a more chaotic and interesting direction.

Just now, not only AST, DEM, and Shido at the scene heard it.

Inside the underground shelters of Tiangong City, citizens who were anxiously waiting for the spacequake alarm to be lifted were suddenly interrupted by a piercing noise from the loudspeakers above their heads, which were playing reassuring announcements and soft music on a loop!

Immediately afterwards, a deep, steady male voice, carrying a certain ancient authority (mixed with some static and background sounds of explosions), clearly reached everyone's ears through the shelter's public address system:

"If spacequakes are purely natural disasters, and spirits are naturally occurring catastrophes, then why have they only occurred frequently in recent decades throughout Earth's billions of years of history?"

"The display devices you possess... why did their core technologies, 'CR-Unit' and 'Freedom Realm,' only suddenly appear and be put into use thirty years ago, right after the 'Great Eurasian Air Disaster'?"

"DEM Corporation, which manufactured and provided you with this equipment and taught you that elves are calamity... have they truly explained to you the ultimate nature of all these powers?"

(Alan interrupts: "Shut up! Stop spreading rumors!")

(A loud explosion)

"...I am—Walter of Anti-Entropy!"

"We hereby declare war on all those who falsely accuse the innocent of disaster, cover up the truth, and abuse power!"

"...Look at us—the beings you call 'elves'—do we even deserve to live in this world!"

The broadcast abruptly stopped, and the evacuation notice resumed playing on a loop.

However, a deathly silence enveloped every shelter. Then came an uncontrollable uproar and murmur of discussion!

"What...what was that just now?!"

"Who's speaking? 'Walter'? Anti-Entropy?"

"What does he mean? A spacequake isn't a natural disaster?"

"DEM Company...is hiding the truth?"

"Are the elves... declaring war on us?!"

What he said... seems to make some sense...

Fear, doubt, curiosity, and deep skepticism about the official narrative spread rapidly through the population like a virus.

Chiin (Walter) has achieved half of his goal. He has successfully planted the seeds of doubt not only in the hearts of AST members, but also directly among the general public.

This eavesdropping transmitter, which was transformed from a button, was his real trump card in this "show."

The chaos and long-term impact it causes will far exceed the battle on the battlefield.

AST Unit, Tengu City, briefing room.

The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant mixed with the smell of engine oil, and the cold metal walls still retained the solemnity of the all-clear signal.

Origami Tobiichi stood before her direct superior, Ryoko Kusakabe, having removed her CR-Unit and changed into AST's standard military uniform.

But her posture remained as straight as a javelin, though a barely perceptible hint of confusion flickered in the depths of her usually cool eyes.

"This concludes the detailed report of this encounter."

The sound of origami is steady and calm, as if it were stating data that has nothing to do with the person in question.

"The target spirit 'Princess' has been confirmed to have 'Lost' and disappeared. A newly appeared unknown spirit, tentatively codenamed 'Reason,' possesses abilities manifested in large-scale material manipulation and high-speed mobility. After engaging our forces and DEM Corporation magician Alan M. Mathers, it disengaged in an unknown manner. Its last statement... was quite inflammatory."

She handed Ryoko an electronic report board, which clearly recorded the battle data and included a summary of "Walter's" declaration at the end.

Ryoko Kusakabe rubbed her temples, her face showing obvious fatigue and stress.

A battle, the appearance of two elves, one of whom attracted DEM's ace and a spectacular verbal battle, enough for her to write a long report and face questioning from her superiors.

"Large-scale material construction...yet another troublesome capability."

Liaozi quickly scanned the report, his gaze lingering on Walter's remarks for a long time.

"...Questioning the natural cause of spacequakes, implying that the manifestation device and the spirits share the same origin, and even claiming that DEM is concealing the truth... Hmph, standard divisive tactics and tricks to confuse the public. Origami, you won't be influenced by this nonsense, will you?"

She raised her head and looked at her most outstanding but also most worrying subordinate.

Origami paused for a moment, then instead of answering directly, asked another question: "Captain, how long has our history of fighting the elves been?"

"If we count from the Eurasian air disaster thirty years ago, and the practical application of the display device, it's been almost thirty years, hasn't it? What's wrong?"

"Thirty years. Before that, there were almost no clearly documented phenomena similar to spacequakes."

Origami gazed out the window at the gray sky, as if looking towards the distant past.

The elf said, 'Why has this been happening so frequently only in the last few decades, in Earth's billions of years of history?'

Liaozi was speechless for a moment. The question was too broad, and she had never thought about it before.