Yunduo took a sip of cola, a large question mark appearing over her head.
With this tone and those golden eyes, it was the Herrscher of the Void, right?
Had she been beaten stupid? Why would she ask such a strange question?
"Answer my question, human!"
Seeing Yunduo's look as if she were looking at an idiot, the Herrscher of the Void was very dissatisfied. She approached her and said with emphasis.
"It's not me. I know you all definitely won't like me, and you might even want to kill me."
"I'm talking about... this little girl named Kiana. Do you like her? I could feel that emotion at the moment you swung your sword that day."
The moonlight shone upon her lips, reflecting soft light between her tender pink lips and teeth.
Since it was Kiana's body, the Herrscher of the Void had likely used some unknown method to temporarily emerge.
Her mature and tsundere aura, paired with such a youthful and immature body, created a particularly cute sense of contrast.
She wore a clean, white dress; her pajamas were so thin they seemed like a cicada's wing. Her fair arms and calves were brushed by the wind, and under the hazy moonlight, her skin appeared even whiter, like warm milk.
At this moment, the once high-and-mighty Queen waited unwillingly for Yunduo's answer. Yunduo took a sip of cola and spoke to the Queen, who was hiding in the corner and remaining silent.
There was no answer; she didn't even move an inch.
Seeing this, Yunduo didn't bother to pay her any more attention.
After a moment, the Queen couldn't help herself and asked, "You—human! How can you transform into so many people, and every single one... every single one of them is so strong!"
Just now, Yunduo had transformed into Crimson Knight, Skyfire Wanderer, and finally the Herrscher of Flamescion, beating her up with each form in succession.
Ten minutes for each; three characters made exactly thirty minutes!
Although the beating didn't hurt much, the overwhelming and completely irresistible display had forced the Queen into a state of total withdrawal.
An SSS-Rank Valkyrie equipped with a full set of Stigmata and PRI-ARM weapons was indeed a bit like bullying.
"You want to know? Why should I tell you?"
Yunduo rubbed his nose and asked with an air of indifference.
"Hmph~ don't you want to know why I suddenly came out?" The Queen blinked, trying her best to lure Yunduo into the trap; she desperately wanted to know this secret.
"Not really. Kiana must have done something, otherwise, with your current power, you wouldn't be able to actively control her body."
"...How about I tell you why, and in exchange, you tell me how you can transform into so many forms?"
"I'm hungry."
"What do you mean?"
"Go get me something to eat."
Hearing this, the Queen immediately became dissatisfied, puffing out her cheeks like a little hamster whose pine nuts had been snatched away: "I am a Herrscher! Do you understand, human? You're asking a Herrscher to fetch things for you?"
"Is that not allowed? I can be a Herrscher too."
Yunduo snorted and countered.
"Shameless human! Don't think that just because you can defeat me, you can enslave me. As the incarnation of Honkai, for you to do this... you, you, you're bullying me, humiliating me! This is very immoral behavior!"
"I never had any morals to begin with," Yunduo said as he crushed the cola can and stuffed it into the aggrieved Queen's hand. "Hurry up and throw the trash away for me, then get something from the fridge to eat. Remember to sort the recycling, or I'll beat you up again later!"
"..."
The Queen walked away step by step, wishing she could tear Yunduo into a thousand pieces, but she couldn't win. She looked like a child whose red envelope had been snatched by a parent during New Year—angry, mixed with a hint of grievance.
A moment later, she threw the cola can into the trash bin, then took a bowl of instant noodles from the fridge and handed it to Yunduo.
Seeing the unopened Homu instant noodles, Yunduo frowned: "You want me to eat this?"
The instant noodles weren't even unpacked; how was he supposed to eat them?
"Why can't you eat it? I see Kiana eating them dry all the time!"
"No, prepare it for me," Yunduo refused.
"Don't go too far! Human!"
The Queen couldn't take it anymore. Fuming with rage, she grabbed the noodles and slammed them onto the ground.
Slam!
The poor Homu instant noodles were thrown into the corner, rolling three times.
At that moment, Yunduo asked sluggishly, "Don't you want to know why I can transform anymore?"
"If I prepare them for you, you'll tell me?"
"Definitely!"
Hearing this, the Queen glanced at Yunduo. Seeing his sincere expression, she had no choice but to temporarily trust this cunning and shameless human. Swallowing her pride, she moved her feet reluctantly and picked up the noodles she had thrown on the floor.
Only ten seconds had passed between her throwing them and picking them up.
Ten minutes later, the noodles were ready.
The Queen used a band-aid to wrap her thumb, which had been scalded by boiling water, and carried the steaming noodles to the table on the balcony.
"What's this? The dignified Queen actually got her finger scalded by boiling water?"
Yunduo marveled at the sight, a faint smile appearing in his exquisite eyes.
"How should I know? This body is so weak it actually got burned by boiling water!"
The Queen complained, her fingertip stinging, the grievance in her eyes deepening.
This was the first time she had ever cooked for someone... even if it was just instant noodles, there was a faint, hidden expectation in her heart.
It would be nice to be praised.
"Let me taste how the instant noodles personally prepared by the incarnation of Honkai, the legendary Queen, turn out."
Yunduo opened the paper lid and leaned over to eat the noodles.
"Hurry up and eat. Once you're done, you have to tell me. We had a deal."
To the Queen's surprise, while she was watching Yunduo expectantly, he took only one bite before putting them down.
"Wh—What's wrong?"
"Where's the seasoning packet? Did you just use plain water?"
Yunduo was speechless. The noodles were completely bland and tasteless; she clearly hadn't added the seasoning.
"Seasoning packet? I—I thought it was extra trash, so I threw it away with the rest!"
The Queen was shocked and spoke the truth.
"Throw it away; it's completely inedible." Yunduo pushed the noodles aside, wiped his mouth with a tissue, and then turned to speak.
"You're just not going to eat it?"
The Queen couldn't believe it, her golden eyes filled with disbelief.
"Throw it away. It's not good."
"Give it to me! I'll eat it myself!"
The Queen picked up the bowl and started slurping the noodles.
But to be honest...
The noodles were bland, flavorless, and had become bloated from the water, making them very difficult to swallow.
"What's wrong? Can't finish it?"
Yunduo glanced at the Queen, whose cheeks were stuffed with noodles she couldn't seem to swallow.
"You might not know this, but in cities destroyed by the Honkai, the survivors would be grateful for even unseasoned instant noodles. Even if they fell into the mud, they would pick them up and eat them."
He spoke softly, his gentle voice flowing into the Queen's ears under the moonlight.
"Living on a tiny cracker a day, or leaving food for family while silently starving to death—such things are common occurrences."
"They just want to live, so their hearts are always full of hope. Having anything to eat is the greatest happiness for them."
"Actually, it's not that Herrschers can't control themselves. For example, the First Herrscher chose humanity. It's just that most Herrschers, under the lure of the Honkai, lean toward destruction and ruin."
"Every time a Herrscher causes destruction, there are more people among humanity who can't even afford instant noodles. Do you understand what I'm saying?"
After speaking, while the Queen was still in a daze, Yunduo took a tissue and gently wiped the smudge from the corner of her lips.
Yunduo's calm yet warm gesture was like a ray of moonlight breaking through the clouds, shining into the Queen's heart.
She had rarely been treated with such tenderness, and for a moment, her mind short-circuited.
Finally, Yunduo finished cleaning the Queen's face. Seeing her cheeks gradually turn red, he couldn't resist pinching her chubby little cheek with his fingertip.
"Human, you, you, you—"
The Queen finally snapped out of it.
Instantly, it felt as if all the blood in her body had rushed to her face. It was burning hot, almost scalding to the touch. Her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her cheeks burned with a vivid blush, as if she were about to faint.
Before she could finish her sentence, a golden light flickered, and Kiana's eyes returned to their deep blue color as she collapsed into Yunduo's arms.
A certain Queen, feeling overcome with shame, had secretly retreated.
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