With her hands in front of her and her eyes tightly closed, Ellen didn't feel the imagined impact. Instead, she felt as if she was being held, and she slowly opened her eyes with some hesitation.
Probably due to height, Inaba Tsukiyo's delicate and lovely face appeared before her. Her long twin pigtails, swayed by the wind, brushed against Ellen's face, feeling a little ticklish.
After an initial moment of daze, Ellen finally realized that this was a princess carry, and she was being held by her Lord of Life.
Along with the joy, a shy emotion tinged Ellen's face with pink, and her hands, clasped in front of her chest, tightened even more.
"Th-that, Divine Lord."
"Although I know you call me that out of respect, I don't have Sirin's queen complex. So you can just call me Tsukuyo, Ellen."
"H-how can I! Doing so would diminish the Divine Lord's prestige! As your messenger, this is absolutely unacceptable!"
Ellen refused without any hesitation. As the most loyal believer of Honkai, how could Ellen allow such a thing to happen?
Feeling Ellen's determination, Inaba Tsukiyo didn't know what to say. Why did it feel like Ellen had become her Kurumi?
"Oh my~ Oh my~ Although I don't want to interrupt your conversation, aren't you tired of maintaining this posture while talking?"
Yoshinon couldn't bear it anymore and couldn't help but remind them.
There was no other way; even Yoshinon found the scene before her a bit unbearable.
Inaba Tsukiyo, who was only 1.38 meters tall, was holding Ellen, who was 1.6 meters tall. No matter how you looked at it, it felt very awkward.
And how long were they going to maintain that posture? Didn't they feel embarrassed? There were other people here.
At Yoshinon's reminder, Ellen finally realized she was still in Inaba Tsukiyo's embrace. She quickly jumped out of Inaba Tsukiyo's arms and knelt on one knee before Inaba Tsukiyo.
"I am very sorry, Divine Lord. I already possess the power you bestowed upon me, yet I couldn't even defeat a vanquished foe."
Ellen's words instantly enraged Nia: "Who are you calling a vanquished foe?!"
"I'm calling you a vanquished foe! A forty-five-year-old shut-in woman!"
"You!!!"
Seeing that the two were about to start fighting again, Inaba Tsukiyo chopped each of them on the hand.
Ignoring Nia's words like, "Tsukiyo-chan, you have a new love and forgot your old one," and "You actually like an old woman in her fifties; I didn't expect you to have such peculiar tastes," she patted Ellen's hand.
"You have just acquired this power, Ellen. To truly control it, you still need to learn."
The power of a Herrscher is to make the impossible possible. As long as Ellen fully masters the power of the First Herrscher, there will be nothing in this world that Ellen cannot replicate.
"Yes! Divine Lord."
Feeling Inaba Tsukiyo's trust, Ellen nodded seriously, almost swearing that she wouldn't disappoint Inaba Tsukiyo.
Just like that, Ellen officially joined Inaba Tsukiyo's team, adding a major general.
However... Ellen and Nia didn't get along well. Every time she wasn't present, Ellen would argue with Nia.
They would even fight when the arguments reached a certain point, but both knew that doing so would anger Inaba Tsukiyo, so they didn't engage in very serious battles, just ordinary exchanges.
For example... during meals, under the table where Inaba Tsukiyo wasn't paying attention, they would furiously exchange their views with their legs, or add something to the other's drink or food.
To be honest, Ellen's natural clumsiness really wasn't suited for such things.
This person was the type who would walk on a main road and even step into a simple trap covered with a layer of leaves.
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