The brightest star in the night sky—
—was the explosion.
Groggy moments ago, Vela jolted wide awake, sitting upright and staring out her floor-to-ceiling window.
Parts of the city had lost power, plunging into darkness. The sky was dyed red by fire. Falling armored AVs trailed sparks and lightning. Gunfire tore through the industrial zone. Guided missiles spiraled into the...
2025-05-26 16:07:41 +0000 UTC View Post"Such bold words, my lord. Wanting to learn more about me... even though I'm just a spy. Truly, you are a remarkable man, Lord Elias."
"Heh, the term 'female spy' already sounds super cool—and pairing it with 'maid'? Even better. I really do want to get to know you more, Rita. Consider it a fair trade. I let you get close to me all this time—now it's my turn."
Elias had finished...
2025-05-26 16:07:39 +0000 UTC View PostBoom!
A thunderous explosion echoed through the sky. The sharp sword energy streaked out like lightning, devastating everything in its path like a hurricane. Rocks and walls were cleanly split in two, the cut surfaces smooth as mirrors.
Zoro gasped for air, drenched in sweat as if he'd just been pulled from water.
His intense battle with Kaguya had already drained muc...
2025-05-26 16:07:37 +0000 UTC View PostAkina Izumi tossed aside the broom handle and wiped the sweat from her forehead. Some mothers, instead of gaining weight after childbirth, ended up with even better figures than before—likely because their kids were just too much to handle. As the saying goes, go three days without disciplining them and they'll be tearing the roof off the house.
Over time, Akina had come to realize that...
2025-05-26 16:07:36 +0000 UTC View PostClunk—Clunk—
With each step forward, the sensation of crushed stone and scattered shrapnel passed into the torn soil. As the great fairy magician cast aside his staff and raised both hands—
...
On the Avalon battlefield, the air fell silent. All that remained were the heavy footsteps of steel boots, the cocking of guns, the spinning of chainsaw teeth, and the cr...
2025-05-26 16:07:34 +0000 UTC View PostSeeing Nemesis greet them so cheerfully, Sairenji Akiho and the others instinctively let go of the golden strands in their hands. After exchanging glances, they stood up and responded a bit awkwardly.
None of them noticed that Nemesis, who was lying on Eriri's back, was actually floating slightly above the ground. It seemed she was deliberately avoiding stepping on Eriri's hair that was s...
2025-05-26 16:07:32 +0000 UTC View PostNoah Diaz.
A middle-aged man from Brooklyn, just another ordinary citizen of the Eagle Union.
His life was in shambles: unemployed, with a younger brother suffering from a serious illness that required frequent hospital visits, and a mountain of medical bills.
At dusk, Noah once again walked out of the hospital with his head down.
He slumped onto a planter, dejected, hol...
2025-05-26 16:07:30 +0000 UTC View PostNoah let out a helpless sigh after receiving a message from Phanes.
"She's really so impatient… a complete workaholic. It's like she thinks she's just another cog in the machine of the universe—zero interest in enjoyment. Even when she plays games with me, it's like she's carrying out a mission."
Honestly, Phanes was too lawful. She conducted herself like a walking protocol, det...
2025-05-26 16:07:29 +0000 UTC View PostOutskirts of Tokyo, Arasaka Family Compound.
Tick-tock...
Footsteps echoed softly against the waxed hardwood floor, reflecting a gentle sheen. Arasaka Security Director Shintaro Takayama moved quietly around the corridor's corner, arriving at the observation deck overlooking a natural hilltop pond. He bowed deeply behind a solitary figure.
It was Saburo Arasaka.
Squeak—!
Thud! Thud-thud!
The mouse slammed harder and harder, its flesh torn and bloodied, resembling a crimson rat. The inside of the glass chamber was now covered in gore. Through the shattered skull of the bio-mouse, Vela's excellent vision could see its pulsing cerebellum, gray-black neural strands crawling across it.
Clatter.
Looking aw...
2025-05-25 16:25:07 +0000 UTC View PostHalf a month had passed since the girls from House of the Hearth joined St. Freya Academy.
Nothing particularly noteworthy had occurred.
Schicksal, Anti-Entropy, and World Serpent—the three major factions—each quietly remained in their own territories, maintaining a fragile peace.
To Elias, however, it felt like the calm before a storm. And what he had to do was prepare—...
2025-05-25 16:25:05 +0000 UTC View Post"W-Wait, let me explain!" said Doflamingo, bloodied and bruised, lying on the ground.
"What is there to explain?" Kaguya said coldly. "Isn't it obvious? You couldn't even handle a group of nobodies. How can someone like you ever accomplish anything worthwhile?"
Doflamingo's expression shifted.
"Now then, it's time to clean up the trash." Kaguya's sharp, clear gaze turned icy.<...
2025-05-25 16:25:02 +0000 UTC View PostKotomi Izumi originally planned to take out both Iroha Isshiki's and Yui Yuigahama's gloves at the same time, but decided it would be too chaotic to explain them all at once. So she introduced them one by one.
"Mom, Dad, these are gifts from Iroha. Just a small token from her. I heard she came over for lunch a few days ago?"
As she spoke, Kotomi placed the two glove gift boxes on th...
2025-05-25 16:25:00 +0000 UTC View PostGurgle gurgle~
A fluid so pure it seemed divine echoed throughout the endless void. The surging tide of "mass," "record," and "existence" poured forth like tidal waves, rushing into Selene's ears with a sound that was crystal clear.
For an ordinary magus—be they one of the Twelve Lords, one of the Five True Magicians, even the Magecraft King Solomon, or the vast majo...
2025-05-25 16:24:59 +0000 UTC View Post"Hi hi hi, my name is Sairenji Akiho! You can just call me Akiho, big sister!" Sairenji Akiho raised her small hand excitedly.
Then she reached out and pulled her sister, Sairenji Haruna, to her side and proudly said, "Eriri-nee, this is my little sister, her name is Haruna! Isn't she just as cute as I am?!"
"What are you saying, onee-chan... Cute and all that..."
Being pulled...
2025-05-25 16:24:57 +0000 UTC View PostA week later.
Outside the capital city, in the wide plaza, Setsuna stood with his expedition team.
Most of them were shipgirls, led by Enterprise, dressed in her white naval uniform and officer's cap. Behind her stood Guam, Essex, Belfast, Formidable, and others.
Gudako stood excitedly beside Setsuna. Unlike him, she didn't have the ability to store her Gundam at will, so she ...
2025-05-25 16:24:56 +0000 UTC View PostZhongli's golden eyes narrowed sharply. That level of decisiveness—he's serious! Even his stone-crafted heart skipped a beat.
Indra smiled. "Brother Zhong, do you find my offer fair?"
The Geo Archon of the Liyue Pantheon—first among Primary Gods in the rankings. Some even claimed he already had one foot in the realm of Supreme Gods. A few more conquests of major worlds might be ...
2025-05-25 16:24:54 +0000 UTC View PostBoom!
The shockwave from the mountain blasting spread out instantly. Dust and debris flew in all directions. When the smoke cleared, what once looked like a solid wind-eroded cliff face began to collapse on a large scale. 500 meters away at the designated safety perimeter, where the Arasaka convoy was parked, Vela stood with arms crossed, fingers tapping absentmindedly.
"Ke...
2025-05-24 17:14:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe desolate African wilderness…
Ptui!
Hot winds howled, whimpering as they swept over the bare, sparsely vegetated hills. Several figures dressed in heat-insulated bodysuits and desert-camouflage combat uniforms dusted off the sand clinging to their ear covers and scarves, peeking out from their hiding spot.
"How many ruins is this now?"
One of them lowered a...
2025-05-24 17:13:57 +0000 UTC View Post"Since there's no downside, then there's no problem."
After giving it serious thought, Elias realized that having the girls of House of the Hearth become Valkyries was actually an excellent choice. He had been overthinking it at first.
He'd instinctively associated becoming a Valkyrie with inevitably facing brutal battles—but that was a misconception.
In a world plagued by H...
2025-05-24 17:13:56 +0000 UTC View PostAt first, Pudding thought Kaguya was just joking. But she never imagined those two damn women would really make her do chores—cleaning, laundry, cooking. Having been raised in luxury, Pudding had never done such tasks in her life.
Not even during the most difficult times after Big Mom's death had she experienced anything like this.
Every time Pudding saw Kaguya and Bonney, her tee...
2025-05-24 17:13:54 +0000 UTC View PostAfter hearing what Chihiro Sengoku had to say, Hibiki Naegi couldn't help but furrow her brows, her expression a mix of helplessness and worry. She knew that the current misunderstanding between her and Seiko Kirigiri was affecting not just their relationship, but also their daily lives.
Hibiki had mentally prepared herself. Even if Seiko's attitude had grown worse lately, she didn't plan...
2025-05-24 17:13:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe shattered universe was pitch-black, but there was no need for starlight—for their presence alone shone like the most radiant supernovae in the cosmos.
Perhaps they were the cosmos itself.
Crack!
With the fall of the primordial universe, Ashtart lost her home ground and was gravely wounded. The Swirl of the Root, fused with her and amplifying her power, now suffe...
2025-05-24 17:13:51 +0000 UTC View PostIn the park beside the street, a blonde twin-drill young girl playing suddenly looked up as if sensing something, her gaze falling on Eriri and the others who were passing by with laughter. A spark of curiosity instantly lit up in her eyes.
Especially when her gaze landed on Eriri, an unfamiliar flutter suddenly arose in her young heart.
"Lady Saki, what's wrong?"
Noticing her...
2025-05-24 17:13:50 +0000 UTC View PostAfter gaining a rough understanding of the Transformers world, Setsuna began recruiting members for the expedition team.
Anyone who wanted to join could go. Even if they didn't get a chance to fight, they could still shop and sightsee in another world.
After arriving in the target universe, a teleport anchor would be placed immediately, allowing free travel between the capital and t...
2025-05-24 17:13:48 +0000 UTC View Post"Husband, if you're feeling... tempted, why don't we head back to the courtyard? Everyone would be happy to... accommodate you," Buer whispered into Noah's ear, a rosy blush coloring her flawless cheeks.
Noah sighed and shook his head in disappointment. "My dear wife, to call the appreciation of feminine beauty 'desire'—you've truly let me down. I'm very disappointed."
Buer panick...
2025-05-24 17:13:47 +0000 UTC View PostAfrica—a magical and ancient land.
Mention it, and for reasons unknown, the impressions that immediately arise in people's minds tend to include words like primitive, chaotic, war-torn, starving, refugee-filled, beautiful scenery, abundant wildlife, economically underdeveloped, and so on.
But today, dun-dun—
2075/5/26, Cape Town, South Africa (UTC+2). In the early...
2025-05-23 17:39:38 +0000 UTC View PostOutskirts of Tokyo.
A massive estate spanning over twenty acres towered silently on the verdant horizon. Heavily armed drones and hovercars patrolled its perimeter without a single blind spot.
The main gate lay hidden within a dense bamboo grove. In Japan, where land was scarce and greenery a luxury, owning such a secluded retreat within Tokyo was the ultimate symbol of power and we...
2025-05-23 17:39:36 +0000 UTC View PostAfter Bronya returned to her flat-loli form, she was finally accepted back by the other girls.
"That's more like it! How were we supposed to play with you when you looked like that? So huge, you didn't fit in at all. Flat really suits you better."
The girls patted Bronya's now-flat chest with smiles of satisfaction.
"Bronya feels your malice. Is this the distortion of human na...
2025-05-23 17:39:34 +0000 UTC View PostBonney turned around and asked curiously, "What is it? Do you need something from us?"
"Um..." Pudding's eyes quickly filled with tears. "My mother is in Dressrosa. She's very sick. I need to return as soon as possible, but the next ship isn't for several days. So I was hoping..."
Keep acting. Just keep acting.
Your mother? Sick?
She was turned into a puppet by Edo Tense...
2025-05-23 17:39:32 +0000 UTC View Post