副题: The ‘Lightbulb’ in the Sky is So Big! Should We Shoot it Down?
“Have you noticed any flaws in this world?”
William Turner shook his head blankly.
Qiweiya, exasperated, grabbed a handful of his collar. “Of course, it’s that giant lightbulb! I suspect it’s the reason I haven’t found a companion for so long!”
William Turner squinted up, a weary question escaping him: “And then?”
Seeing the ‘block of wood’ finally react, Qiweiya beamed with delight. “Of course, we’re going to shoot it down~ to forge an otherworldly legend of shooting down the sun!”
William Turner was taken aback. “What?! You want to shoot down the sun?”
Qiweiya nodded enthusiastically. “Exactly! Isn’t it incredibly awesome?”
William Turner was on the verge of tears. “My Lady! I beg you, my Lady! Must you always stir up such a huge commotion? Can’t you just be a little more peaceful?”
“I’ve never heard of an Origin God ever smashing their own home!”
Qiweiya merely chuckled. “And what of it? A little destruction now and then is good for your health~ it helps with cardiovascular circulation.”
William Turner opened his mouth to speak, but in his haste, he bit his tongue. “Ouch! Lady Qiweiya~ I’m not criticizing, but if you do something like this, heroes are definitely going to come and challenge you!”
Qiweiya shivered. “Heroes! *Cough, cough, cough*. Perhaps I should stick to fighting the Void race then.”
“It’s far more entertaining for me to suppress those Voids who can’t get to me, rather than being suppressed by heroes!”
William Turner let out a sigh of relief. “As long as you understand.”
Suddenly, a thought struck Qiweiya. “Oh! Where are Kiana and the others? The Void front isn’t as tense now, is it? Why haven’t they come back to be with me? Did something go wrong at the Void front again?”
William Turner pondered for a moment. “It seems something happened again in the mortal realm, and they were summoned to help.”
“What?! They summoned my Valkyries but not me?”
A nerve in Qiweiya seemed to misfire, causing her to erupt over such a trivial matter.
“Unacceptable! For the safety of my Valkyries, I must descend to the mortal realm and act with them!”
“Here~”
Qiweiya took the dragon-parchment William Turner handed her, a bewildered expression on her face. “What is this?”
William Turner covered his face. “Your Valkyries already knew you’d come looking for them~ They said you, even if you just blinked, would definitely be thinking about women…”
*Boom!* Qiweiya’s face instantly flushed crimson. “You, you, you! Did they tell you all this?”
William Turner chuckled playfully. “Don’t you get it yet? Do you want me to repeat myself?”
Qiweiya raised her right hand, clenching it into a fist to cover her mouth. “Cough, cough~ No need. More than that, I’m more concerned about why the humans summoned the Valkyries without praying to me first.”
“Based on their past behavior, they always prayed before summoning… but this time, they directly summoned the Valkyries? It feels a little off.”
William Turner twirled the feathered hat in his hand. “Apparently, the demons of the Demon Realm have made a new move~ It’s nothing good, in any case.”
Qiweiya frowned. “The Demon Realm? Aileika’s movements are that swift? It seems the mysterious organization’s actions really had a significant impact on the Demon Realm… William Turner!”
William Turner was a little dazed by the sudden call. “Ah! Huh? What?”
“You’re coming down to the mortal realm with me.”
William Turner nearly leaped out of his skin. “Holy crap! My Lady, don’t you know my opinion of humans? And now you want me to go with you to see humans? Can’t you not do this?”
Qiweiya glanced at William Turner strangely. “You talk as if you weren’t human before? You were clearly a super powerful human back then~ and now you’ve grown to detest humans? How amusing.”
William Turner patted his hat and put it on. “The past is the past! People change, and so do gods~ I detest the fickle nature of human hearts.”
Qiweiya opened her mouth, but said nothing, only sighing. “Fine! I won’t bother with your petty grievances. You’re coming down to the mortal realm with me, that’s final.”
William Turner was on the verge of tears again. “I really don’t want to go down! Lady Qiweiya, please spare me~ I’ll give you five thousand divine crystals right now! You can go alone, I still have duties in the Divine Realm.”
Qiweiya’s eyes momentarily brightened at the mention of “five thousand divine crystals,” but quickly regained their resolve. “Your monetary assault is useless against me~ If I wanted to, creating a million wouldn’t be a problem! Just come here, now~”
“Holy crap, holy crap! No! You actually activated a binding teleportation array! Do you have to be so extreme?! I…”
After the teleportation array vanished, tranquility returned to the area.
****
At the Royal Divine Altar.
“It is truly humanity’s greatest fortune that the three Valkyrie Ladies could spare time from their busy schedules to grace us with their presence!”
Mei, her hand resting on the hilt of the Electro-Soul—a practical, four-star golden scimitar that pulsed with electrical light at her hip—spoke. “Emperor of Humanity, spare us your flattery. You have already wasted six seconds of our time, and we originally only intended to listen for ten minutes, so you had best make haste!”
Standing below the divine altar, the valiant middle-aged man in imperial robes offered a wry smile. “Very well, since the Valkyrie Ladies remain unreceptive, I shall get straight to the point now…”
A brilliant, ice-blue light burst forth from the center of the divine altar, illuminating the sacred hall.
“This… this could it be!”
Kiana covered her face weakly. “Yes, it’s exactly what you’re thinking… I never imagined Lady Qiweiya would adjust spacetime and jump directly to this point.”
Under the gaze of the onlookers, whose attitudes varied wildly, Qiweiya struck a pose like a ‘saintly b*tch’ as she appeared on the altar. “Oh, mortal child~ Do you see? I hold a golden stick and a silver stick in my hands, but one of them has an odor and one does not! Which one did you lose?”
William Turner, mortified, tugged at Qiweiya’s sleeve. “Um, Lady Qiweiya, wasn’t the plan different before?”
Qiweiya suddenly understood. “Right, right, right! Wrong script! Let’s restart~ *Ahem, ahem*.”
*Hummm~* Stardust sprinkled, her robes billowed, and with eyes full of tender affection, she delicately covered her cherry lips with her pale hand. “Oh, mortal child~ I know the private worries that trouble you! Two treasures now exist to resolve your plight!”
Two indescribable objects appeared in Qiweiya’s other hand. “These are two divine artifacts, one gold and one wood (wasn’t it copper and wood?), that have conquered countless women and absorbed their yin energy to achieve godhood! From this day forward, they shall ensure your nights are filled with endless revelry and boundless joy~”
Mei, her face dark with displeasure, appeared behind Qiweiya at some unknown moment.
*Thump, thump, thump, thump…*
“Wuwuwu~ Mei is bullying me! It hurts so much!”
Mei rubbed her temples. “Lady Qiweiya, I won’t even mention whether your unauthorized manipulation of spacetime will cause temporal distortions…”
“But to act so disrespectfully in front of the race you protect—I cannot simply ignore it! As a %#@*×&~”
“Ahhh! No need to say more! I know I was wrong~ Mei, please let me go! Look, the humans are practically pulling out popcorn!”
A cold glint flashed in Mei’s eyes as she looked at the innocent-faced King. “Out of respect for your position, I’ll let you off the hook this time. Of course, there will be a next time… *hehehe*.”
Qiweiya shivered. “Uh, I won’t dare again, truly I won’t!”
Kiana also stepped forward to plead for Qiweiya. “Exactly~ Look, Lady Qiweiya has already been thoroughly chastised and is practically in tears~ Mei, just let her off this once.”
Qiweiya cast a grateful glance at Kiana. ‘As expected of my good daughter! Your mother didn’t spoil you for nothing~’
Kiana, observing Qiweiya’s touched expression, offered a sly, foxy grin under Qiweiya’s gaze, which practically wished to flay her alive. “Of course, if she offends again, the punishment will be doubled~ no leniency! I have all the latest popular methods to try on her, like fancy beatings, super whirlwinds, and human salad~ I guarantee she won’t dare speak east instead of west, or venture north instead of south! And if that’s not enough, there’s her own ‘Nights of Revelry, Days of Debauchery’ chapter! *Hehehe~*”
“Kiana! Watch me flay you alive! Prepare to die! Yah, yah, yah!”
Kiana cleverly dodged behind Mei, then pointed at Qiweiya with a look of righteous indignation. “See? This kind of repentant attitude is truly terrible! Clearly not profound enough~ I strongly demand to give her another vivid lesson in physiological education!”
“Kiana! Mei can’t save you now! Calling your dad won’t help either!”
“I don’t even have a dad, okay~ *Pfft*.”
Mei, her head aching, held both of them down. “Alright, alright! Are we still going to deal with the human race’s affairs or not?”
“Hmph!” both Qiweiya and Kiana huffed.
Mei then looked apologetically at the dumbfounded Human Emperor. “I apologize, our Lady Qiweiya was a bit disrespectful, but we will still help you resolve your issues.”
The middle-aged man cleared his throat twice. “No, no worries~ I am indeed very shocked that Her Highness even knew about my personal life problems (King: Can I cry for a bit? Wuwuwu), but I believe the demon matters are more important!”
Qiweiya, too, finally grew serious. “I have some understanding of the matter you speak of. Some time ago, the demon race was attacked by your human superweapon…”
“Although I have already resolved the side effects this caused for the demon race, years of accumulated resentment between the two races run deep~ This war must be fought; the public’s anger needs an outlet!”
“Moreover, the new force instigating this war remains unknown. I am now treading carefully, like walking on thin ice, advancing step by step. I believe this organization’s ambitions are absolutely immense! We cannot be careless~”
Mei gave Qiweiya a surprised look, seeing her suddenly so serious and handsome.
She quickly regained her composure and addressed the King, who was lost in thought. “Lady Qiweiya is right. This war could very well be part of a shocking conspiracy this organization is preparing… and it’s highly likely to be world-altering. We cannot afford to be negligent!”
The middle-aged man slapped his forehead. “The Kavia that has plagued the royal family’s heart for years has yet to be uprooted, and now a new calamity has emerged!”
“I truly don’t understand how our human race incurred the malice of these people, or what they seek to gain? If they wanted something, they should target those truly powerful races, yet they insist on coming for us humans.”
Qiweiya was also extremely exasperated. “These scoundrels who only scheme in the shadows are indeed very annoying! But it’s undeniable that they possess the capital to warrant our attention.”
“After all, external enemies are less worrying~ what we fear most are internal enemies! Everything stems from internal causes!”
Kiana laughed wildly. “What’s there to be afraid of? When soldiers come, we’ll block them; when water comes, we’ll dam it! If we see it, we’ll deal with it!”
“Thinking about all this here is useless; it’s more comfortable to just take a nap~”
*Slap!* “Ouch!”
Mei slapped Kiana’s head. “Can’t you be a little more thoughtful? You’re so carefree all the time; you’re making us gods lose all our dignity!”
Kiana retorted, indignant. “What do you mean I’m dropping it all? Qiweiya is clearly the most outrageous, alright? Why are you only scolding me?”
William Turner, who had been silently acting like wallpaper nearby, awkwardly scratched his nose. ‘It seems none of this concerns me? Is my presence really that negligible? … *Sniffle*.’