"If you miss them, you can go in and visit."
Arlecchino had been intently watching the orphanage from afar when a voice sounded behind her.
She immediately recognized the voice as belonging to her close friend Clervie, but she turned around anyway.
Upon turning, however, she froze momentarily.
Standing behind her was no longer the Oceanid or the innocent young girl she r...
2025-01-08 15:06:46 +0000 UTC View PostTap-tap-tap-tap!
Aimi's knife sliced through vegetables with lightning speed. Cabbage, potatoes, beef—she cut everything in a blur of motion.
Even while chopping onions, Aimi moved so fast that the onions seemed unable to fight back, leaving her eyes completely unbothered by their stinging effects.
"Mom, I'm done! I'm heading back upstairs!"
After finishing th...
2025-01-08 15:06:43 +0000 UTC View Post"Join you? My ass!"
Senti's arrogance flared as she shouted, but then she quickly averted her gaze, muttering softly under her breath, "If you sincerely invite me... this immortal might reluctantly agree... it's not entirely impossible..."
Such insincerity! Why did this feel so much like dealing with a bratty kid at home?
"In that case, I won't force you."
Fu Hua, unwill...
2025-01-08 15:06:41 +0000 UTC View Post"Risa, I transferred one million points to you. You can try the lottery! I just got so many good things," Kaede Honjou said cheerfully to Risa Shiramine through the video call.
"I've received the notification for the red envelope, but you should keep these points for yourself. I'll figure out a way to earn points on my own," Risa replied earnestly, declining Kaede's generous transfer.
... 2025-01-08 15:06:38 +0000 UTC View Post"It can project a person into any world, to any point in its historical timeline?"
The gathered shipgirls, there to watch the spectacle, were utterly stunned.
Chaldea's Spiritron Calculation Engine could only be used to alter the history of its own world, like eliminating the seven Singularities to restore proper Human Order.
Using Chaldea's device to project someone into anot...
2025-01-08 15:06:36 +0000 UTC View PostNoah grinned and stretched out his hand. "Come."
The Void Realm Force System, freed from Phanes's seal, slowly descended from midair in the temple into Noah's palm. As soon as his hand touched the system, countless black and purple runic chains emerged from the orb of light, threading their way into his body.
These chains, composed of runic text, represented the Chains of Abyss Orde...
2025-01-08 15:06:32 +0000 UTC View PostSaeko Busujima's breathing quickened, her cheeks flushed, and her eyes were filled with anticipation as she gazed at the "divine being" before her. She seemed like a devout saint awaiting the holy words of the god she served.
At that moment, when she had seen the colossal form of the Aeon of Trailblaze, her innermost desires and her body's deepest cravings were completely laid bare—and ...
2025-01-07 15:01:38 +0000 UTC View Post"The CCG headquarters has declared all of the 20th Ward a special alert zone and will be enforcing a complete lockdown. Citizens are advised to remain indoors and avoid going outside."
Touka Kirishima glanced back at the sleeping Hinami in bed, then turned around and headed toward the door. As she opened it, she was confronted by a tall, white-haired man—Renji Yomo.
"Where are you...
2025-01-07 15:01:35 +0000 UTC View PostAs expected, it didn't take long for the Fatui to send someone for negotiations.
The envoy for this meeting was none other than Arlecchino, the Knave, a Harbinger who was well-acquainted with Fontaine and had dealt with Focalors several times before.
"Long time no see, Lady Furina."
In the office, Arlecchino sat with her legs crossed, her expression calm.
"I presume you ...
2025-01-07 15:01:30 +0000 UTC View Post"Megumi, you're back!" Kotomi's delicate and beautiful face lit up with delight at the sight of Kato Megumi.
Kotomi was overjoyed to see Megumi return, but Aimi was clearly upset. Stammering in disbelief, she said, "Y-you weren't supposed to be back from Hokkaido yet?!"
Aimi's reaction was understandable. Earlier, Kotomi had only mentioned that Megumi was going to Hokkaido but didn'...
2025-01-07 15:01:28 +0000 UTC View Post"Ahhh!!"
A piercing scream loud enough to shatter mountains erupted from Senti, her voice so sharp and grating that even Fu Hua, who was watching from the sidelines, fell silent.
"Get away! Don't touch me! You perverted freak! No—ahhh~"
"Oh my~~ Hmm? Let me see... Tsk, still not enough. Way too flat, really..."
Through the pitch-black barrier, Fu Hua watched as the "il...
2025-01-07 15:01:26 +0000 UTC View PostAfter finishing dinner in record time, Kaede Honjou hurried back to her room. She was brimming with excitement about the chat group, far surpassing her enthusiasm for her first encounter with NewWorld Online just days ago. She didn't want to waste another moment.
However, before continuing with the lottery, she decided to share the chat group's existence with her best friend.
She ha...
2025-01-07 15:01:24 +0000 UTC View PostBang! Bang! Bang!
The Heroic Spirits and Gudako, who had been idly observing from Setsuna's bridge, were utterly dumbfounded when over twenty shipgirls stormed aboard.
Gudako immediately raised her hand in a French military salute.
"I can't fight you. I surrender."
The Heroic Spirits made some token resistance.
"Are we seriously using boarding tactics from...
2025-01-07 15:01:22 +0000 UTC View PostNoah hurried back to Celestia.
Istaroth, still in her small sprite form, flew over and looked at the Void Realm Force orb and the three rings in Noah's hand with astonishment.
"Wow! Master, isn't this the Abyss Force core from that otherworldly traveler? And these three rings made from his body—are you planning to take control of the Void Realm system?"
As the intellect...
2025-01-07 15:01:20 +0000 UTC View PostBuzz—
A figure composed of light slowly appeared beside March 7th, the radiant silhouette gradually solidifying.
The figure's silver hair seemed woven from starlight, and its eyes were vast galaxies slowly rotating.
An indescribable aura enveloped everyone who beheld it, an overwhelming presence that struck directly into the hearts of those present.
In that mo...
2025-01-06 15:28:23 +0000 UTC View PostKoichi Shido's face twitched as he looked up at the pink-haired girl standing confidently on a "high-tech hoverboard."
How did she get here so fast?
He hadn't even started organizing the clueless students yet.
This won't do. This can't do at all.
He couldn't afford to miss such a golden opportunity to establish control and rise to power. But as his sche...
2025-01-06 15:28:21 +0000 UTC View Post"My dear, no need to be so hasty. Why not join me for a candlelit dinner?" Tsukiyama Shuu brushed back his hair, a gentle smile gracing his lips. "I promise, you'll love it."
"Sorry, I'm not into effeminate types," Kaguya replied coldly. "Also, you talk way too much."
Before he could respond, Kaguya lunged forward. With a flick of her wrist, the sharp sound of steel echoed, and a gl...
2025-01-06 15:28:19 +0000 UTC View PostIn the office.
"Felina, the development in the desert region has been progressing quite smoothly lately," Furina said. "With Fontaine's substantial assistance, the desert people have grown very favorable toward us. I think the time is ripe to incorporate the desert into Fontaine's territory, don't you agree?"
Felina smiled faintly. "Furina, you're becoming increasingly capable. I'm ...
2025-01-06 15:28:16 +0000 UTC View PostAfter consulting the high-ponytailed female doctor, they learned that Tetsunosuke Isshiki had to avoid seafood, spicy, and acidic foods for the time being. Instead, he was advised to eat light meals and fruits.
Iroha insisted on peeling an apple for her father, but Tetsunosuke Isshiki, worried about her inexperience with a fruit knife, anxiously urged her to be careful.
His concerns...
2025-01-06 15:28:14 +0000 UTC View PostA gentle breeze carrying the faint salty scent of seawater swept through the air, reflecting the cascading glow from the heavens. Wave after wave of surf blossomed across the ocean below the floating islands of the Schicksal headquarters.
Under the night sky, the dark sea surface rippled under the caress of the wind, sparkling as if stretching endlessly toward the horizon.
Suddenly,...
2025-01-06 15:28:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe adventurers and staff in the tavern subtly focused their attention on Eriri's table.
When they saw Riveria treating Eriri with such respect, they were shocked, sparking immense curiosity about Eriri's identity.
For Riveria, the strongest magic-user in Orario and known as the "Nine Hells," to act so deferentially, even other gods would struggle to command such treatment.
"L...
2025-01-06 15:28:10 +0000 UTC View PostSetsuna spent about a month in outer space, accompanied by a small team of shipgirls.
He trained with battleship shipgirls to master artillery strikes, with aircraft carriers to hone air combat using carrier-based planes, and with cruisers and destroyers to perfect torpedo and missile warfare.
Although he was not a natural-born shipgirl, his extraordinary mental strength and learnin...
2025-01-06 15:28:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe Divine Nail had not appeared in Teyvat for over two millennia.
Coincidentally, the last time it fell was in this very desert, long before the era of King Deshret, and when the Greater Lord Rukkhadevata had just been born.
Among the current Seven, only Venti, Buer, and Zhongli had personally witnessed the descent of the Divine Nail.
Outside of the Seven, the only other to h...
2025-01-06 15:28:05 +0000 UTC View Post"Gods?"
"That must be a god!"
The surviving students, having fled the building after a massive group of zombies were annihilated, gathered in the temporarily safe zone of the school field. Their worldviews were shattered by the spectacle before them.
Aside from the distant figure on a skyscraper wielding what looked like a crimson-black hole to obliterate the zombies, the near...
2025-01-05 15:09:42 +0000 UTC View Post"What… What is going on?" Akira gasped, her eyes wide with astonishment.
Just moments ago, she had clearly seen Kaguya being impaled through the chest, with blood spurting vividly. Her heart had sunk into despair. Yet now, at the last moment, the situation had reversed, leaving her to breathe a sigh of relief.
"That was close, way too close."
At that moment, a clear and slig...
2025-01-05 15:09:39 +0000 UTC View Post"Shogun, I'll leave Inazuma in your care while I'm away," Raiden Ei said to Yae Miko inside Tenshukaku.
With that, Raiden Ei departed from Inazuma to visit Fontaine.
The series of events orchestrated by Felina had left Raiden Ei deeply impressed with Felina's strategies. The appearance of Osial further placed Raiden Ei in Felina's debt. Coupled with her desire to witness Fontaine's ...
2025-01-05 15:09:34 +0000 UTC View PostOn the way to the hospital, they encountered a traffic jam. Fortunately, as the ambulance siren wailed, the initially congested traffic began to clear a path, allowing the ambulance to speed through towards the hospital.
However, Officer Hidari's car remained stuck in the slow-moving traffic, inching forward bit by bit.
"The ambulance has already gone ahead. Don't worry. Once we get...
2025-01-05 15:09:32 +0000 UTC View Post"... How should she be dealt with?"
This sentence echoed incessantly in Fu Hua's mind.
Regarding "Hua," the other self born from her own body, Fu Hua had a deeply complicated perception. However, overall, she did not wish to see "Hua" killed.
Fu Hua was uncertain about Selene's true intentions, which was one concern. More significantly, Fu Hua understood "Hua's" nature all too...
2025-01-05 15:09:30 +0000 UTC View PostEriri and Ais walked through the bustling streets, eventually arriving at a quieter square.
On the edge of the square, sitting on a stone bench, was a petite girl with twin tails, unusually generous curves, and a forlorn expression.
On the edge of the square, sitting on a stone bench, was a petite girl with twin tails, an unusually generous chest, and a forlorn expression.
<... 2025-01-05 15:09:28 +0000 UTC View PostMorning.
The Eternal Snowfall floated silently in the starry void.
Ever since the ship's refit was completed, Setsuna often enjoyed piloting his vessel beyond Earth's orbit, gazing at the vast expanse of stars.
Although faster-than-light travel remained out of reach and flight speed and range were limited, being in the cosmic expanse offered an entirely different sense of free...
2025-01-05 15:09:25 +0000 UTC View Post