Thanks for the invitation, I am in the state of collapse, brushing attribute upgrade

"Good boy, don't be anxious..."

Behind Kiana, a graceful figure quietly hugged her body, which looked extremely thin and haggard at the moment.

As if she was under a spell of immobilization, Kiana, whose long hair was about to float behind her, no longer moved at all, allowing the person behind her to hug her gently.

"..."

Feeling the girl's stiff body in her arms and her emotions surging like waves, Mistletoe glared at Gwyn with resentment and let out a silent sigh.

"mom, Mom, Mom?"

Listening to the voice that had never appeared in her memory but was so gentle that it seemed to cut her apart, Kiana called out uncontrollably.

"..."

When Misterlin heard this name, her body stiffened, but she still suppressed the urge to agree, and just hugged the girl in her arms even tighter.

Not knowing whether she noticed something from Mistylin's actions or her emotions were already agitated to the extreme, Kiana finally couldn't control the tears in her eyes. She leaned in Mistylin's arms and burst into tears, as if she had finally found her mother.

Although Misterline was a little unnatural at first, she quickly learned the skills of coaxing children without any instruction. Her peaceful face was filled with a gentle smile that radiated maternal love.

With one hand, she gently patted Kiana's back to help the crying girl to breathe smoothly. With the other hand, Mistylin helped Kiana to tidy up her hair which was a little messy due to the previous action, and covered up the spring light that was faintly exposed.

Looking at the scene before him that looked like a mother-daughter reunion, Gwen did not say anything to spoil the mood, but just smiled.

Kiana cried for who knows how long, her voice already hoarse and unable to squeeze out even a tear. Finally, she left this warm and gentle embrace. She raised her little face, which had turned into a little cat, and looked up. She met Mistellin's eyes full of pity. Her nose felt sore again, but at this moment, the girl no longer had any tears to shed...

"Do you feel better after crying?"

Mistylin asked softly as she raised her hand to gently tidy up the hair that had stuck to Kiana's forehead.

She had never coaxed a child before, but this voice so gentle that it could melt people's hearts came out of her mouth so naturally.

"Um……"

Kiana sniffed hard, her voice becoming nasal, but her tear-soaked blue eyes stared at Mistletoe without blinking.

"you……"

"As for me... you can call me Misterine. As for my identity...

Just think of me as her shadow——

A lone...shadow wandering the world."

Mistletoe originally wanted to say "ghost", but when she caught a glimpse of Gwyn on the side, she retracted the name.

"Well...thank you..."

Looking at that pretty face that also revealed a hint of loneliness and sadness, Kiana hesitated for a moment, and finally did not call out "Mom" again. It took a lot of effort to call out her name with a hoarse voice.

"...Misterine..."

444

Chapter 444 Someone is anxious.

Looking at the gentle smile on that gentle face that she had only seen in textbooks and photos at Anna's house, and could only imagine in dreams, Kiana felt as if a huge stone was pressing down on her heart.

The smile in front of her was almost identical to the one Kiana had seen in her dream.

But... she is not her, and she is not her...

Thinking of this, Kiana's blue eyes dimmed a little. After crying so hard, her heart, which had been quite relaxed, suddenly felt a little heavy.

"Ugh……"

In front of Kiana, Misterlin easily noticed Kiana's emotional changes. She sighed almost subconsciously, and her eyes unconsciously drifted to Gwyn beside her.

"..."

Gwen nodded slightly, indicating that Mistletoe could proceed directly according to the previous plan.

"Good boy, would you like to hear me tell you a story?"

Sitting next to Kiana, hugging her like a mother hugging her daughter, Mistellin gently wiped the tears from Kiana's little face and asked softly.

"Ok?"

Kiana blinked upon hearing that, met those dreamy eyes that seemed to hold endless tenderness, and nodded vigorously.

"Um……"

"Siberia more than a decade ago..."

In a gentle tone, as if telling a story to a child, Mistellin slowly recounted to Kiana the events of more than a decade ago on the devastated Siberian battlefield, an ending unknown to anyone except the deceased Cecilia and Silin...

"So, even if you're not that child, you can still call her mom..."

Seeing the trance on Kiana's tear-stained, haggard face, Mistellin chuckled softly, and a touch of parental tenderness and doting appeared between her originally cold brows.

“If you really can’t help it, you can temporarily treat me as her.

I don’t mind lending my arms to a good kid like Kiana..."

"..."

Listening to Mistellin's words, Kiana raised her haggard, pale face, her lips still stained with blood, and finally she called out that name -

"Mother……"

"Well, Kiana, be good..."

When Mistellin heard that name, she unconsciously and subconsciously hugged Kiana tightly.

Although she could sense Cecilia's love for her daughter, Misterine was not Cecilia after all.

In Misterine's arms, Kiana seemed to have forgotten the sad past and immersed herself in the tenderness that she had imagined in countless nights.

Gradually, Kiana's breathing became steady and she fell into a deep sleep.

But Mistellin did not let go of the idea of Kiana, and continued to coax the girl to sleep, as if she was also immersed in it.

However, before Gwen could bask in this warm scene for long, Kiana, whose spirit and breathing had gradually calmed down, suddenly changed her aura. Her tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, and her golden pupils fell into the eyes of Gwen and Misterine as "Kiana" suddenly stood up.

"It's you?"

Seeing those golden eyes, Gwen had already judged Kiana's identity from her aura -

"You're rushing out like this now. Aren't you really afraid that this sleep will last until the end of the world?"

Facing the Herrscher of the Void who had seized control of Kiana's body, Gwyn remained quite calm, calmly gazing into those golden eyes.

Having met Kiana once before in her spiritual world, Gwyn prided himself on knowing her situation very well.

Now, by forcibly seizing control of the body, the Herrscher of the Void, the queen Gwyn was familiar with, is completely drinking poison to quench thirst and will consume the hope of future success.

As for the reason, Gwen could guess it -

It's nothing but Misterine and the past she talked about.

"Just to see her shadow..."

Facing Gwyn's ridicule, the Queen remained unmoved, still using that arrogant and condescending tone, as if it was not she who had been defeated by Gwyn in the spiritual world in an almost humiliating way before—

"How could you tell such a ridiculous lie?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his molten golden pupils were staring at Misterine, as if to pierce through Misterine's heart.

However, facing the Queen's question, Mistellin's expression remained unchanged, and she only looked at the Queen carefully -

Even for her, a Herrscher in this special state was extremely rare.

On the other side, after thinking for a while, Gwen said something that attracted the Queen's attention back -

"Are you in a hurry?"

"you!"

The molten golden pupils became brighter and brighter, as if they were going to melt Gwyn.

But the queen's exasperation could not shake Gwyn in the slightest—

But Gwen rubbed his chin with one hand, a thoughtful look on his face.

“And from what you said, it seems like you have no recollection of the end of that year.

So... you are not Xilin, but a consciousness born from her unwillingness, grief, and loneliness. It is only because you embraced the remaining evil thoughts earlier that you think of yourself as the true Ruler of the Void.

But in reality, you're just akin to Kiana, not the real Sirin either. You might even denounce the resolution back then as a lie."

"What nonsense!"

Flames almost spewed out of her molten golden pupils. The queen flashed in front of Gwyn. Her right hand, with its fingers like claws, tore through the space and grabbed Gwyn's neck. She twisted it without hesitation, trying to break Gwyn's neck.

However, even though the queen was trying her best to activate this body, she still could not make any impact on Gwyn.

"So, you're anxious..."

After looking into the molten golden eyes for a moment, until those burning angry eyes revealed a bit of panic, Gwen sighed and said softly.

"you!"

The Queen was about to retort, but was interrupted by Gwyn—

"You've always claimed to be the real Xilin, but now you discover that even your memories are fragmented. It seems that, just as you desperately denied before, you're just a newborn consciousness, a pitiful creature clinging to a painful illusion...

So, you panicked..."

"you……"

Listening to Gwyn's heart-wrenching words, the queen's chest heaved, and even her loose bathrobe could not conceal the earth-shaking trembling.

But before the queen could say anything, the molten golden eyes rolled up and she fainted.

"?"

Subconsciously catching Kiana, Misterine blinked at Kiana who was being supported by her, and couldn't help but look at Gwyn in confusion.

"Drinking poison to quench thirst has reached its limit."

Gwen waved his hand gently, indicating that Misterine didn't need to worry about it.

445

Chapter 445 Youlan Daier: What are you doing!

"In other words... you don't plan to help Kiana get rid of this Herrscher consciousness like you did with Anna and Himeko before?"

Looking at Gwyn gently tidying up Kiana's messy hair, Mistletoe understood what Gwyn meant, and her two thin willow-shaped eyebrows couldn't help but frown slightly.

"Um,"

Hearing this, Gwen nodded calmly, his hands still moving, but his eyes had already raised and fell on Mistellin's face, and he chuckled softly and said -

"What, are you feeling distressed?"

"...

A little bit.

Being stared at by Gwyn, Mistletoe felt a little uncomfortable, but after hesitating for a moment, she told the truth.

Before this, Mistellin had not met Kiana formally, and she only occasionally observed Kiana based on the perspective shared by Gwyn, so she did not have much feeling.

But when she really heard Kiana call "Mom" and burst into tears while being hugged by the girl, Mistylin felt as if a switch in her body was triggered, and many emotions she had never experienced before suddenly surged in her heart.

"As expected, you still need to interact with more people to help you grow."

After receiving this answer which he had guessed long ago, Gwen smiled slightly and sighed.

"I……"

Misterlin was about to say something, but was interrupted by Gwyn -

After expressing his emotion, Gwen's expression suddenly became serious. He stared into those dreamy purple eyes. The seriousness on his face surprised Misterin.

"Misterlin, I don't believe you really don't feel anything at all."

Looking into that puzzled gaze, Gwen sighed softly, withdrew his hand from tidying up Kiana's hair, and said slowly.

"..."

Hearing this, Mistellin remained silent, but her dreamy purple eyes quietly lowered and fell on Kiana's little face, who was frowning in her sleep, as if she had dreamed of something bad.