Ark Heroine Development Plan

"The story of me and my sister."

Chapter 128——Me and Her①

That story should start from when I was seven years old, when I first met my elder sister.

How should I put it... This is a pretty clichéd beginning. To put it simply, I encountered a terrorist attack when I was out playing, and my sister hacked all the terrorists to death and saved my life.

"and many more."

Chen couldn't help but complain: "You are too simple."

"But that's the truth." Xingxiong spread his hands. "Do you want me to describe in detail how my sister hacked the terrorist to death? That would be too difficult for a seven-year-old like me. How can you expect a little girl to see this clearly?"

"...Okay, you continue."

What happened next was the luckiest thing that ever happened to me in my life.

My sister said she liked the look in my eyes. At that time... I must have been looking at her with admiration. My sister is like that, very easily satisfied.

But later I found out that my sister said that a normal child would be scared to tears or faint if they saw her walking out of the fire with a two-meter-long wild sword. She didn't like me looking at her with admiration, but was happy that I didn't react like a normal child.

"It's really her style..."

And because I am also a ghost... Ghosts are actually not common in the East Country. How should I put it, our situation is a bit similar to that of the Sarkaz, but it is much better than theirs.

My sister is a very independent person. She likes me very much, so she took me with her. Of course, the main reason was that I also wanted to follow her, otherwise my sister would not have taken me away.

"Take him away?" Chen couldn't help but ask, "Where are your family members?"

"Xiao, Chen, just listen to the story carefully." Xingxiong hit Chen's head, "How can I tell you a story if you're like this?"

Ajie just took me to her temporary residence. In her own words, she was actually a traveler, looking for interesting places, doing interesting things, and meeting interesting people on the continent of Terra.

In my elder sister’s eyes, I seemed to have become that interesting person—although I still haven’t figured out why my elder sister thought the seven-year-old me was so interesting.

Chen couldn't help but think in her heart that she still didn't understand why Guan Yueli chose her alone. Even if Guan Yueli gave a "reason" that day, there should always be something else before the reason to make Guan Yueli "confirm" her.

But of course Chen couldn't say it. Apart from her current status as a listener, there were many other factors that prevented her from saying this to Xingxiong.

"Xiao Chen, Xiao Chen?" Xingxiong shook Chen's shoulder, then swung the wine bottle and hit Chen on the head.

"【Longmen Curse】What are you doing!"

"You were distracted just now. Is this how you listen to a story?"

Xingxiong raised an eyebrow: "Be serious, or I won't talk anymore."

After seeing Chen Laoshi come down, Xingxiong continued:

After that, I kept in touch with Sister and did a lot of things with her. She was always there for me. She really loved children. When I think about it now, the things I did back then were either stupid or annoying, and I couldn't really accept them myself, but Sister was having so much fun.

In fact, if this continues, the fate between my sister and I will end when she leaves this city. After all, my sister is traveling and she will not stay in one city forever.

Chen was stunned.

Xingxiong continued to speak on his own:

"But fate... is truly amazing."

"Xiao Chen, do you know what my shield is called?"

Chen quickly came to his senses and gave the answer after just a moment's thought:

“Prajna.”

This name is very special. It is easy for people from Yan country to remember, and it is also easy for people from Dong country to remember. After all, too much culture in Dong country has been influenced by Yan country.

"What's the name of Sister's wild sword?"

"...Mingwang?"

Xingxiong smiled and nodded: "Do you think there is a little similarity?"

Prajna, the King of Wisdom...

Chen murmured the names of the shield and sword and nodded.

If we talk about cultural implications alone, they are indeed quite similar.

"Wait..." Chen's expression became extremely interesting, "You don't mean to say... Guan Yueli is your ancestor!"

"What are you thinking!" Xingxiong slapped Chen on the shoulder, not knowing whether to laugh or cry. "What kind of train of thought is this?"

Chen was a little annoyed: "Otherwise, what do you want me to think about?"

"Hannya's 'father', the Forger, is an old acquaintance of my father," Xingxiong explained. "Does this make things clearer?"

"Forger..." Chen thought for a moment, "You mean, the one who forged the Ming King..."

Xingxiong nodded.

"The forger of [Ming Wang] is the ancestor of the Prajna forgers, the most outstanding and renowned forger in the entire history of the Eastern Kingdom, and even in the entire Terra continent."

Chen's eyelids twitched twice: "How come I haven't heard of his name if he's so powerful?"

"This has nothing to do with fame." Xingxiong shook his head and said to Chen with a smile:

"Because he forged a weapon that was recognized by Sister and has been used to this day. Isn't that enough?"

Chen was silent.

That’s right, for someone as powerful as Guan Yueli, it doesn’t matter whether he has weapons or not.

And this just proves how great the weapon that can bear her power to sever the heavens and earth is.

Speaking of weapons, though...

"Xingxiong, doesn't Guanyue have two knives?" Chen asked with some confusion.

If Guan Yueli goes out with a sword, he will definitely bring two swords, one is the pitch-black Myōo, and the other is the gorgeous cherry-colored tachi.

Chen had never seen the knife unsheathed.

"Why does she only use that nodachi? What about the other sword? What's the name of that sword?"

"That knife... I'll tell you about it later." Xingxiong replied calmly.

Looking at Xingxiong's expression, Chen knew it was inconvenient to ask further questions, so he gave up.

In short, thanks to Prajna and Mingwang, my father's old acquaintance knew my elder sister's identity, and naturally, my father also knew my elder sister's identity.

In his heart, he naturally wanted me to follow my elder sister, even though I was only seven years old at the time.

All ghosts are like this, they obey and respect the strong from the bottom of their hearts. Sister is the strongest ghost in the world and the king of all ghosts. It is the supreme honor for any ghost to follow such a sister.

Because she is the leader of all ghosts in the eight wastelands.

Some people call themselves lords, some call themselves kings, and some call themselves emperors of a country... But throughout the long history, there are very few monarchs who are recognized by all members of a race or a race.

A large part of the reason these races choose their monarchs is because of external crises or oppression - they need a strong leader to unite their race, so they need a "common leader", such as the Sarkaz, or their royal court.

“But my sister is different.”

Xingxiong's tone was filled with unwavering pride: "The ghost tribe is constantly fighting among themselves. No one cares about their own survival. Ghosts are born to die in struggle. We don't need a leader at all."

"Even so, Sister still became the king of the ghost tribe, a king without a throne, without royal power, without a royal court, a king with nothing."

"But we all respected her. No one disrespected her. You know, Xiao Chen, when I was looking at Sister, I thought my admiration came from the fact that she had taken care of all those thugs. I admired her only after witnessing her strength, but that's not the case."

The woman stroked her chest and chuckled:

"My blood is filled with the same fanaticism and awe I have for her as I have for the sole leader of the ghost tribe for thousands of years."

"At only seven years old, I didn't understand what it meant to follow. I only knew that I wanted to be by her side, wherever she went, I would go. Her will... was everything."

This is the beginning of my story with my sister.

A story that proves how lucky I am.

Chapter 129 - Me and Her ②

After finishing the first story, Xingxiong finished her cigarette. She handed the bottle of wine to Chen and stretched.

Chen hesitated for a moment, but still bit open the bottle cap, took a sip, and returned it to Xingxiong.

"Your encounter with her sounded a bit..."

She seemed to be thinking about how to phrase it, and after a long pause she said, "It feels like a story."

The girl and the mysterious man are destined to meet, and there is a long-standing bond between them... It really sounds like the plot of a royal story.

"You think so too?" Xingxiong couldn't help laughing. "Actually, I've been thinking this way since I was a little older—around fifteen or sixteen. I even thought I was the protagonist of this story."

Chen didn't think much of it; she thought it was perfectly normal. "Because you like comics and stuff like that. Xingxiong, you're quite fond of these kinds of stories, right?"

Xingxiong just smiled and said, "I like it at that age."

Chen didn't say anything. She used to like Yan Country's martial arts novels very much, but since when, she basically hasn't read a story that she likes.

She no longer had the interest or time to appreciate such stories.

Xingxiong looked up at the moon, took a big gulp of wine, and a comfortable hum came from his throat:

"Then it's time for the second part of the story. Um... I'll tell you both parts today, Xiao Chen."

Chen was immediately displeased when he heard this: "What do you mean by breaking the chapter?"

"Not the right time, not the right time." Xingxiong smiled and waved his hand, "I'll tell you when I have time."

I left the city where I lived and followed my elder sister on a long journey. For the past seven or eight years, I have been traveling around the East. After all, my elder sister has a very low sense of time. For her, even if it is just a passing through, it is normal for her to stay for a year or two.

But even so, my elder sister took me to many places that I could not imagine. She taught me many things but never thought of interfering with my thoughts. If my elder sister wanted to mix some of her subjective ideas into the things she taught me, I would not be able to tell the difference at all, but she did not. If she had, I would not be who I am today.

"That is to say..."

Chen asked in disbelief, his voice a little off-key:

"Xingxiong, was your current personality developed under Guanyue's guidance?"

"It's incredible, isn't it?" Xingxiong couldn't help laughing. "I find it incredible too. Every time I think about the past, I still don't know why I became this person."

"Ajie said that it's normal not to know why you are who you are now, just like you don't know why you were so stupid before."

The woman looked up at the stars, smiling gently:

"She said young people shouldn't dwell on these trivial matters. If you really want to think about life, then just ask one question: Do you have any regrets after getting to this point?"

After pouring a mouthful of fine wine down his throat, Xingxiong laughed heartily and said:

"I can honestly tell you, Sister: I have never regretted anything."

The starlight and moonlight fell on her emerald hair. The bright glow was so inconsistent with the unruly laughter of the ghost woman, yet it matched so well.

After all, she is also a first-class beauty.

I followed my sister's teachings and insisted on the path I believed in. At that time, I felt that I could do anything, and the idea that I was the "protagonist of the story" reached its peak.

"Let's talk about me back then... Xiao Chen, if you met me during that period, you would definitely be furious."

"...When I was your age, I was probably still in kindergarten." Chen's eyelids twitched. "What happened to you back then? Were you not a good person? Considering Guan Yueli's existence, I can understand."

"Not a good person?" Xingxiong raised his eyebrows. "I think I was the best version of myself during that period, but you just didn't like me."

Chen grabbed the bottle and took a sip, glaring at her: "Stop playing dumb."

"Didn't you say you like reading martial arts novels?"

Xingxiong rested his hand on the side of his face and asked with a smile, "What's the most frequently appearing line in martial arts novels?"

Chen burped lightly, pondered for a moment, tilted his head and said:

"Sir, spare my life?"

"You've had too much to drink." Xingxiong laughed at Chen loudly and snatched the bottle back. "You're a hero who breaks the law with force!"

The girl looked unhappy: "Can't I just joke? What do you think I am? I only drank two sips of this kind of wine, how could I possibly be drunk!"

Xingxiong glanced at Chen and couldn't help laughing again: "Okay, then I'll continue. Don't fall asleep suddenly. There are no empty beds at my house. If you want to sleep, I can only let you sleep on the sofa."