Aleph could not respond to her question. His mind was too bnk due to what happened just now.
‘She…’
{Result: Excessive shocks produced by external factors are detected. Entering procedures…}
The automatic activation of his thought acceleration and parallel minds allowed him to gain a brief soce.
‘...Mobius is really Mobius.’
The lethal look she directed to him made his heart skip. It was a mix of the two’s initiatives—Mei’s lethality and Kurumi’s boldness.
Dum.
Dum.
…
Only his heartbeat was heard in this nearly-stopped time. All sorts of chaotic thoughts—desires—popped up in his mind.
‘Fu…’
Fortunately, Aleph was able to maintain a firm trol of himself. He wasn’t lost in it, but some of these lingering feelings remained. It was akin to an it his heart.
Looking at Mobius’ snake-like eyes and her lips…
He took the initiative.
With the previous experience, Aleph’s nose did not bump into hers. Just like that, he retaliated with a kiss.
It was Mobius’ turn to be surprised. Her narrowed pupils widened. She loosened her grip on his colr as a result.
A few seds ter, Aleph distanced himself from her. He returo his seat, and so did Mobius.
An irreparable silence swept the two of them. Nobody wao speak first—rather, they could not.
‘I accepted this path. I don’t care anymore. If others call me a scum, then so be it!’
Aleph bnkly stared at the third red string that appeared in his pinky finger. If it was him prior to the fifth eruption, he wouldn’t have expected that so many things could happen in one day.
He wouldn’t have expected that he was strong enough to accept three girls in one go!
Ding-!
[Achievement Unlocked: Three Times the Charm]
[Achievement Unlocked: It was Me!]
[Achievement Unlocked: Listen…]
Three lines appeared in Aleph’s vision. The moment he read them, he had the sudden urge to deadpan.
[Three Times the Charm: Two weren’t enough. Make a successful fession to a third girl to be your romantic partner.]
[It was Me: Have your first kiss be stolen by anirl.]
[Listen…: Fall to a sudden attack for the first time.]
To prevent any more emotional fluctuations, Aleph closed them all. Seeing that Mobius did not want to break this awkward silence, he steeled himself and thought of a light joke.
“You were my first…”
“Oh?”
Mobius seemed ied when she heard how she stole Aleph’s first kiss. It further firmed how inexperienced Aleph was in this regard.
Seeihin smile, Aleph had a foreboding.
‘Why did she seem more… dangerous..?’
“Ahem. I ertaining to the details about the future I saw. I am pnning to expin this to others ter.”
With these words, the two finally removed the awkwardness betweehe topic shifted to Aleph’s future pns to deal with the Honkai.
Before he left, he said something to Mobius.
“I will tell them about us.”
“...If you say so.”
By the time the door closed, all that was left was a twenty-something year old “girl” dealing with emotional matters.
*****
A day had passed.
Mei’s MANTIS surgery went successfully. Aleph’s blood as well as the [Geabilizer] he got from numerous achievements allowed Mei to plete the surgery without any risks.
Mobius, who knew about his foreknowledge, did not question the ins of the [Geabilizer].
From Aleph, she khat there was a ‘w of honkai’ that made the civilization’s progress proportional to the honkai’s strength. The more they develop their strength, the strohe honkai beasts and Herrschers they would face.
Since he po release them in a trolled manner, Mobius did not stop him. They were also about to have a ‘plete meeting’ ter on.
“Hm…”
Aleph stared at the huge empty warehouse. It was the location he asked Mobius for something. He was currently in B10, the deepest level of the fifth institute. It used to be the storehouse of several tempr and emperor-css honkai beasts—a private colle of sorts.
After the pletion of Project Soldier, Mobius no longer o hide these spes, and as such, she moved them several levels higher.
[Red Strings of Fate (Upgrade)]
[Bnk Core]
[Perfeergy Box]
Aleph reviewed the rewards he got from his time with Mobius. The most direct improvement was his [Perfeergy Box].
[Cursed Energy (verted): 4106 → 4940]
It was as if his luck had bloomed. The moment he received it yesterday, Aleph almost could not ceal this kind of absurd increase. If it weren’t for his Sphere Boundary, he would’ve beeed by the sensors already.
The one was yet another “upgrade”.
[Red Strings of Fate (Upgrade): Increases inspiration and growth speed to the bound partners.]
‘This is… deliberately pushiowards the scumbag route.’
Aleph could not deny his luck. He didn’t even expect that he would get this many rewards just by manning up with the fessions. His one day of fession was enough to outweigh his months ress.
The rewards were too many to the point he couldn’t find the uses of some.
[Sanctuary Key (Level A Clearance)]
[Bnk Core]
‘The key… what should I get for it?’
The key was somethi days prior to his job in the eastern region. As for the Bnk Core, it was the reward attached to Mobius’ achievement.
[Bnk Core: A bnk herrscher core without any authority. It retains its link to the imaginary space.]
‘A reactor with infinite energy…’
There were too many uses for it. Aleph was troubled on how to use it effitly.
With a sigh, he cleared his head of these thoughts. He focused on the reason why he was here today.
[Random Box]
The same thing that appeared at the beginning of his journey. Due to his cautiousness, he hadn’t touched it. He was too wary regarding the possible ‘things’ it could spit out. If he summons something that shouldn’t be summoned, it’s over for him, or worse, the entire world.
With the impending threat of the hidden sixth Herrscher, however, he needed all sorts of cards to face her.
The moment he called out this reward, a golden box appeared atop his palm. There weren’t any designs in it whatsoever. It ure box made of shining gold.
Upon iion, he found a button on one of its sides.
Click.
The moment Aleph pressed it, the golden box began shining brightly.
‘What..?!’
Cracks started appearing around the empty warehouse. These cracks weren’t physical of nature, but the cracks of dimensions instead. It was the same thing as using Yamato to cut a pathway through the Sea of Quanta.
A while ter, the light died down.
What was left itch-bck cube with lines all over its body. These lines verge at one point, f a circur line.
As for its name…
“...[Evolution Cube]..?”
Another Space Wonder found itself in Aleph’s hands.
*****
A/N: If you have fotten, the Evolution Cube was from The Legendary Meibsp;Anyways, we’re going to the JJK arc soon (the instance). Uni was over, the grade sultation decides things, and the update schedule should return to normal. I'll try to make up for the two lost chapters within this week, if not week. There's also an uping Christmas Omake about them. I have an idea as to whie to write, though it's going to be something unserious (maybe).
