Man is infinite, and his ambition is to slay the dragon

"Besides, even without the key, the door should be able to be opened - the lack of magic power can be made up with more mana... probably."

(perhaps?!)

Looking at Griffith who said something irresponsible, Sieg sighed helplessly: "... Then Miss Brunhilde, before you start researching the magic that will bring me back, could you please start working on a method that will open the Eclipse Gate without collecting all 12 keys?"

"If it's really like Griffith said, it only requires consuming a large amount of magic power, then it will be easy."

[I understand, Master Sieg, I will try to give you the results within two weeks]

"Well, thank you for your hard work. I'll think about how to open the Eclipse Gate later..."

Sieg said as he fell into deep thought.

Looking at Sieg who was lost in thought, Stella pursed her lips and her eyes gradually became firm.

67. Fight! (Close-up of licking lips)

The meeting ended after only a short while.

After assigning their current tasks, Sieggang planned to return to Crocus with Daohua to reunite with their friends from Fairy Tail.

"Zig, wait for me for a moment."

Before Sieg could leave the meeting room, Stella called him.

"What's wrong?" Zig looked at her, "You don't really want to practice with me, do you?"

"......After hearing what you said, I really want to go to the training room and rub your face on the floor, but not now." Stella looked at Sieg seriously, "I have something to tell you, can you come to my room?"

Stella invites Sieg to her room?

This sudden development made everyone look at the two of them.

Griffith and Em immediately understood something, and looked at Stella with some encouragement and appreciation.

"Of course I can... But it's really rare. This seems to be the first time you let me go to your room, right?"

Although they had lived together on the Climbheed for several years and their rooms were adjacent to each other, Sieg and his companions never visited each other's rooms - at least Sieg had never been to other people's rooms. On the one hand, there was no need, and on the other hand, he had never thought about it.

After all, if you have something to say, you can just communicate via telepathy. There is no need to go to other people's rooms.

"Is there anything you can't say outside?"

"Well, I just want to talk to you about this, okay?"

"That's fine, shall we leave now?"

"Well, let's go."

After nodding, Stella walked out of the meeting room first, and Sieg followed her.

After watching the two people leave and the door of the conference room was closed, Xijing Ningyin slapped her thigh suddenly!

"Damn it! Is Stella really planning to take action today? Em, Griffith, are you two ready?"

"If I must say, the general structure has been completed, and the only thing left is some subsequent decoration work." Griffith activated his space magic and called up the alien space blueprint that he and Em prepared together. "However, those decorations are actually just to add some interest, they are dispensable."

"That is to say..."

Xijing Ningyin swallowed dryly.

Dao Hua clenched his hands slightly: "Stella is really going to take action..."

"I can only say that she is worthy of being called little Stella~~~ She is really decisive in her actions~~~"

Em sighed.

The conversation between the listeners seemed to be a bit unclear, and Setsuna and Karula looked at each other in confusion - what were they talking about?

"Snapped!"

Suddenly, Xijing Ningyin slapped his thigh again and jumped up from the chair: "If that's the case, then what we are going to do next is very clear! Right, Daohua?"

"Eh? Clear? What do you mean clear?" Dao Hua frowned, "Teacher Ning Yin, what do you want to do?"

"To eavesdrop, of course!"

Ning Yin said confidently.

"Even I haven't really eaten meat once, and now that little girl Stella is planning to overtake me... I have to go and see how she does it. Then I can follow her example and lure that boy to my room to play with him for a few days and nights—"

"No! I can't bear it anymore just thinking about it, I'll go first!"

Having said that, Xijing Ningyin floated out of the meeting room.

Looking at her leaving in a hurry, Dao Hua stood up and chased after her after a little hesitation.

Xue Cai touched the back of her head and said, "Um... where are Lady Ningyin and Senior Daohua going?"

"I'm just trying to improve my participation rate." Griffith said with a smile, "More than that, Ms. Himeragi, could you please prepare some more water? I think it will be useful later."

"Eh? Yeah, okay... I get it."

(Or... maybe I should ask Mr. Edelweiss later?)

Xue Cai couldn't help but think.

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on the other hand.

After leaving the conference room, it didn't take long for Sieg and Stella to arrive at Stella's room. A few years had passed, and except for Sieg's room which had not changed at all, the rooms of others had more or less changed positions. After all, living in one place for several years would get a bit boring, and there were too many empty rooms on the Crest.

And now, standing in front of the door of Stella's room, which was separated from Sieg's room by an Edwards room, Sieg followed Stella in after she opened the door.

What comes into view is a bedroom that can be said to be ordinary.

"...Unexpectedly, there's nothing arranged?"

Sieg said as he glanced at Stella's bedroom which had almost no girly touches.

Stella closed the door and said, "I'm not the kind of person who likes to decorate my room in a fancy way. A room is just a place to rest. If it's too fancy, wouldn't it be putting the cart before the horse?"

"Yes, the layout of my room is the same as the beginning. I never touched it again after Miss Brunhilde helped me to arrange it. So, you brought me to your room to tell me something that is inconvenient for others to hear?"

"I guess so... Don't just stand there like an idiot. Come sit on the bed. It's a little inappropriate for you to stand there."

Stella came to sit on her bed while talking, and after thinking for a while, she said: "Today at noon... or in the morning? Daohua told you, right? She and I both like your things."

"Eh?"

Zigg was slightly stunned.

He didn't expect that this was what Stella wanted to discuss with him in private.

"Yes, I did say that. What's the matter? Could it be a misunderstanding?"

"No, it's not a misunderstanding. I'm almost 25 years old now, so I'm not afraid to face my feelings. After all, I boarded this ship because I like you." Stella sighed slightly, "Originally, I didn't plan to tell you about this. After all, you have no interest in this aspect. I also think that at my age now, it doesn't matter if I wait a few more years, and I'll just wait for things to come to fruition."

"However, after talking to Griffith, he reminded me that if I don't take the initiative to deal with someone like you, I can only wait for a lifetime."

Stella said this while casting a somewhat cold gaze towards Sieg.

"Sieg."

"Take off your pants."

Zig: "......Huh?"

68. The woman beat Sieg to his knees.

No matter how wild Sieg's way of thinking was, he never expected that Stella would say such a ridiculous thing to him at this time.

Take off your pants?

Is this something you can say to him!?

"Uh...Stella, are you awake now?"

"I'm very awake."

Stella lifted up her plump legs wrapped in black suspenders and stockings, showing her temperament as a "princess".

"I just figured it out."

"Figured it out? Figured out what?"

"How can I take you down?"

Stella said seriously, "Didn't you meet someone who confessed his love to you on the String God Island before? La Fulia, you shouldn't have forgotten it, right?"

Zig nodded.

Because she was somewhat similar to his teacher, he had a deep impression of her. In addition, Genshin Island was a place he had to return to, so he remembered everything related to it very clearly.

"It was only after that that we found out how you view love. To be honest, I think that's not bad. Some things really don't need to be said out loud. It's enough for us to know it in our hearts."

"It's just that when I was chatting with Griffith before, he mentioned some things about him and his wives. He said that he was the same as you back then. After all, the two of you are actually one person, so your thoughts in this regard are exactly the same."

"And the reason why he got married was because a witch close to him fed him a bottle of potion."

"..."

Zigg was a little speechless.

Griffith actually wanted to bring up the past as a topic of conversation?

"Then Stella, you are now..."

"Nothing, just imitating." Stella smiled slightly, "I originally planned to wait until the potion over there was prepared before taking action, but it seems that if I continue to wait, I will really have to wait until I am 30 or even 40 years old!"

"I fell in love with someone when I was 17, but I stayed with him until I was 40 and still nothing happened - I feel a little embarrassed to tell others about this!"

"so--!"

Stella, with a slightly red face, stood up from the bed with a resolute look in her eyes, and walked to Sieg and stared at him: "I don't plan to wait any longer. Even if we have always been compliant with you, spoiled you, and supported your decision, I don't plan to spoil you anymore now."

"Take off all your clothes and lie down on the bed! I'm going to make you mine today!"

As she said that, Stella grabbed Sieg's clothes.

Sieg was so frightened that he took a few steps back: "Stella, calm down first, my mind is still a little confused... Anyway, let me sort out the situation first!"

"Take a look? What else is there to take a look at?"

Stella went further: "I like you. I have liked you since I was 15 years old. Now I have waited for so long but I still can't get any response from you, so I want to force you to give me a response - it's that simple."

(Just give a response? Then——)

Sieg paused, and just as he was about to speak, Stella suddenly interrupted him: "By the way, if you think that you can solve this problem just by giving me a verbal response, then forget it. What I want to hear is not a perfunctory answer you give to get out of trouble, but your true feelings."

"Even if you don't like me, even if you really hate me, I hope you can at least tell me in person—"

"How could I possibly hate you?"

This time it was Sieg's turn to interrupt Stella: "Don't be silly. If I hated you, I wouldn't have lived with you for so many years, right? Although I did dislike you when we first met, I don't think so now - you, like everyone else on the ship, are my most important family and partner."

It's simply impossible to hate them.

Even Tina, Zieg now really regards her as his friend.

Looking at Sieg who said this with a serious look, Stella smiled slightly, but that smile looked a little strange.

Then, under Sieg's surprised eyes, Stella directly burst out with the arm strength of a dragon, threw him onto the bed and flew over his waist!

"——————!"

Sieg was immediately frightened.

Pressing Sieg under her, Stella put her hands on Sieg's ears, her face flushed with shame: "I knew you would say that, and I also know that you have always viewed all of us this way... If it was before, then I would think that this would be enough, even if I have to wait another ten years, or another two years, I would think it is fine."

“But now I don’t think so.”

"Sieg, I'm speaking from the bottom of my heart - I have never considered you as just a friend. Ever since I left my hometown with you, I have always considered you as my favorite person. Even though you've killed me twice, I still can't suppress the urge to like you!"

"Because you are the only one who conquered [the dragon (me)] with violence. You conquered me with the purest power, and the dragon in my heart was completely attracted to you."

"So, could you please take the responsibility of conquering me?"

Stella lowered her body slightly.