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Kokolia was the vanguard general of the Star Core, but the Star Core's inability to control the overall situation had caused Kokolia to doubt it and her control had loosened. Kong thought that if he could make the vanguard general realize his mistake or even turn against him, he would be able to catch the Star Core off guard.
“But before that, we also need a scene that can touch Cocolia. The shock of the spiritual world is caused by many aspects. Sometimes it is love, sometimes it is fear. We can combine them.”
"Love and fear..." Bronya was confused by Sora's abstract statement.
"What I mean is that, in addition to a sufficient number of opposition troops to cause her mental shock, you must be present to wake up your mother - no, you must be there, let me think about who else..."
Sora snapped his fingers. "Oh, and there are the two from the Landau family. Jeppard is the most loyal warrior to Bay City, and Shiluwa is her college classmate. If they both oppose Cocolia, it will provide a strong mental shock. If you stand against her together, it will help her build a mental defense against the star core."
"Wake up mother..."
The light in Bronya's eyes grew brighter, but then she thought of more than just asking Cocolia to expel the star core from her mind - there were also follow-up measures, including political considerations:
"But if I wake my mother up in front of the Iron Guards and let everyone know that she was controlled... I'm afraid her fate will be..."
"Whether to extend her political career is a matter for us after we win, Bronya. It's too early to consider this. You can settle for the next best thing and think about how to protect her basic life safety."
"Well, if it was my mother before... she would definitely know how to make the choice to give Belloberg hope again. As long as she doesn't continue to act on her own, I should be able to..."
Banya didn't finish his words. He saluted Kong gently, his eyes showing a bit of earnestness: "Thank you for telling me this, Kong. The first batch of recruited Iron Guards has begun training and is expected to be ready for battle in about three weeks. But will it cause any trouble to you? I remember you said you wanted to restart the route as soon as possible..."
"It's okay. I have the Crimson King to skip time."
"Eh?"
"Kidding."
Under the strange gazes of the two students behind him, Sora didn't intend to continue making jokes that they couldn't understand.
"When I'm not needed to lead the training, I won't be idle. First, I'll survey Yalilo's topography and climate to see if they can return to normal after dealing with the rift and the star core... Then I'll complete some system tasks and conduct some combat tests."
Read as battle test, written as brush relic...ah, relic.
At least everyone should have a set, and then we can talk about the four relics.
During the conversation, Ying took Sanyueqi to distribute all the weapons that Kong brought.
"Ah, I'm so tired. If I had known that these things would be distributed eventually, I wouldn't have gone to the warehouse with Pam yesterday."
"Thank you for your hard work, Xiao Sanyue. You have finished most of the things you need to do. I can continue playing online games at night."
When he said this, Kong glanced at Ying frantically, even with a hint of warning in his eyes, and finally got a disappointed nod from the latter.
Not only was she an omnipresent lackey - she wanted to demand it from Sora seven or sometimes eight times a day, which was really unbearable for Sora. If she continued like this, all the time for the Light Origin Casting's transformation would have to be allocated to her alone.
"Okay, then let's go to my room tonight... By the way, Kong, I wanted to ask you this morning - have you grown a little taller?" Sanyue, whose arms were sore, stretched hard, not caring whether the buttons on the front of his shirt could be tightened or not -
The perfection of the shape made Banya and Ying unable to help but take a few more glances.
"Hmm? Taller?"
"Yeah, you used to be about two centimeters shorter than me - but now..."
Sanyue stood on tiptoe and gestured in front of Kong's forehead: "No, you haven't grown a little bit, you are almost catching up with Danheng now-"
"It's probably because of the Primaris... Haha, now your plan to use me as a puppet is going to fail—"
Unlike Kong some time ago, Kong now has become more confident. It is hard to tell whether it is because the cards in his hand are getting better and better, or because he tied with Ying last night.
Acting pitiful is certainly a good way to win the favor of women, but being taller sometimes means taking the initiative and having extra resistance -
Why do I suddenly feel a little sad?
"Hey, do you remember what I mentioned casually... Unfortunately, you look more manly now, and you can't be hugged easily - is that the way to put it?"
March's face was flushed, but her words were as direct and powerful as ever.
"I'm more curious about what image I had in your eyes before..."
"I took the picture - you looked so cute then, but time flies."
"No, this is not the March I know. How come her cultural level is so high... Never mind. We should always look forward."
"You just don't want to face the fact that you were manipulated by girls in the past!"
"No way!"
"Can the teacher become smaller? I think a small teacher is really cute - so cool!" Asuna also joined the siege on the air.
"I'm afraid not. I can only transform it into string form and original form at present..."
"I prefer the teacher's muscular appearance, senpai." Hua Lin disagreed.
It was a pity that she didn't get to eat a bite of Sora yesterday, but after hearing that Sora could transform into Primaris to increase muscle mass, she longed to be pressed against the wall by the teacher - she had had similar fantasies before she went to college.
Kong was bickering more and more with the girls, and the atmosphere was getting better and better. Banya, who thought he was getting along very well with Kong, pursed his lips slightly and sighed that he still couldn't let go.
"...If you can't take the initiative to attack, the fighter planes will not lean towards you, Commander Bronya."
Ying suddenly gave Banya a reminder from behind, which scared her.
"Ms. Shadow...I..."
"The wind particles on your body are fluttering, telling you that you desire a love that transcends the fate and identity of a guardian."
Ying analyzed all of Banya's motives as a person who had experienced it: "You long for freedom, but your will is as hard as ice. If it were us, the Queen of Winter or the Poet of Mondstadt might look upon you and favor you, but here - if you find other desires besides preservation, then go for it boldly, it does not conflict with preservation."
"It doesn't conflict with the desire to preserve it...?"
It is a taboo to talk about deep things with someone you just met, but through Ying's overly self-conscious and somewhat weird advice, Banya seems to have figured out what he wants more.
She decided to obey her deepest desire. This was not a betrayal of Klipper's beliefs - if it really came to her, the Great Guardian would no longer have to be a strong woman - or even a non-woman to control Beloberg. Would it mean that she would have a chance... a better chance to stand beside Sora?
...Compared to the frustration of not being able to monopolize a person, giving up contact for the sake of so-called self-esteem and face is indeed more unacceptable.
"Mother, if it were you in the past, what would you do...?"
Banya unconsciously moved closer to Kong, and at one point he was closer to Kong than Sanyue. It was not until Sanyue realized that Banya's chest was faintly pressing against Kong's arm that she was a little surprised.
When did this child fall?
"What are your plans after the training? Do you want to have a meal together in the camp? The mining team has sent three more rock lizards, which is just enough for everyone in the train group to enjoy—"
……
"What are you looking at? I've been busy all morning, okay? What's wrong with eating your meal?"
"No, I mean, Xier, why don't you put your legs down from the table first..."
Be careful of fire, theft and best friends - Banya thought she had been very careful not to involve Sanyue and Kong's students, but the appearance of Xier suddenly disrupted her plans with impure motives.
He had finally managed to add some personal motives to his job of commanding the Iron Guards, but when Seele showed up, it seemed like his chance to get in close contact with Sora was gone.
She had mixed feelings about Xier's intervention...but she couldn't just drive away her few good friends, right?
"Oh, sorry, I'm used to it."
Banya had doubts as to whether Xier's arrogant sitting posture was meant to show off her long legs, and as for showing the beauty of a girl through certain actions... she was not very good at it.
Isn't this a dead end? She has a friend who is even more arrogant and doesn't care about the distance between men and women... The most unsubtle thing she can do now is to touch the air vaguely.
One on the left and one on the right - Kong was about to call Ying over before sitting down, but Lord Ogosho just stared at Kong, and finally shook his head slightly, leaving the gap that was supposed to be guarded without any gap to Xier and Banya.
When it comes to collecting vows—Ying is serious!
"…The teacher is so popular…"
Hua Lin saw that there was no way to take advantage of the situation and could only sigh.
"It's okay, Hanarin-chan. Think about it. Although we can't get close to each other now, we can have close contact with the teacher at night. Isn't your mood suddenly lifted?"
"Please don't make comments like this that could easily lead to the social death of the teacher in any place other than private channels."
“…Hey, Asuna…So you and Sora have already—”
"We are adults now! We are really adults now!"
"The point isn't whether I'm an adult or not! Well, it seems like Sora has never asked me for anything like that. It's safe, but it's a little too safe. I feel like I'm the only one who hasn't suffered from it all..."
"...Please don't feel this strange sense of loss... Miss March Seven, after all, we have been with our teacher for more than three years——"
The content of the conversation between his student and the train pet was already annoying enough for Kong, but Xier stabbed the rock lizard in front of him into strips of white meat with a knife, and used the knife to directly put it to his mouth. His casual but irresistible look made Kong even more confused.
"Here, I've prepared the slices. You seem to be hungry - do you want to eat or not?" Xier's pupils showed signs of glowing red, as if she was angry at Yu Kong's hesitation.
"Eat, eat, eat..."
Why do you treat feeding a meal as if you are collecting debts?
Using his teeth to tear the rock lizard flesh off the tip of the knife - Sora's hungry body was satisfied, but at the same time his mind became increasingly unstable.
"Please try this cold red fish!"
On the other side, Bronya also overcame her shame, and with the courage of going to war, she picked up her special portion of fish meat and brought it to Sora.
On the surface, her way of feeding was a bit too bold - but on the one hand, authentic cold cuts should be eaten with the hands, even the Great Guardian Alina did not make the exception, and on the other hand, Banya had just cleaned his hands five times, and wanted to take this opportunity to put his slender fingers to Sora's mouth, maybe he could even feel the warmth of his lips and even the tip of his tongue -
Of course, the most important thing was to increase the chance that Sora would accidentally lick her fingers, which would create a rather ambiguous atmosphere, and she was aiming for this unexpected event.
She may be a little dull and pretentious, but when it comes to designing "coincidences", she still shows her super high IQ and talent.
As expected, something unexpected happened. Banya deliberately pushed his knuckles in completely after Sora opened his mouth in embarrassment. The cold stimulation made Sora shiver, and of course, it also gave Bronya a sense of stimulating warmth.
In an instant, both guys had strange blushes on their faces, which made Xier's teeth itch.
242. Only the cow died of exhaustion
"...Xi'er, don't you still have an escort mission to travel back and forth between the surface and underground?"
"I've already handed it over to Joshua. It's because the Iron Guards lack qualified instructors, so I have to take over."
"After three days of simple training, these soldiers will be handed over to Lord Jeppard for further training. The Earth Fire has its own tactics and methods, and the Iron Guard has its own methods and tactics. Large-scale military operations are not as simple as gang fights. I don't deny your ability, Xier, but I'm afraid you can't help the soldiers get enough training."
"I only taught them fighting skills. I didn't ask them to carry sickles like me and go to the front line. I don't plan to command them. That's your job."
The invisible confrontation has begun and the atmosphere has become restless.
After each of them fed the other in the air, the tacit understanding that Xier and Banya had barely maintained began to collapse.
Although they had not degenerated into sisters in name only, neither of them wanted to let go, and as they unconsciously moved closer, the battlefield shifted to an area in front of Sora, with the serious faces of both sides less than half a meter apart.
Kong, who was in the center of the vortex, was sweating profusely. He leaned back and tried to avoid the confronting faces of the two women, but Xier's legs behind his chair pressed against the stool, leaving him no chance of escape.
And Ying, who witnessed the changes in the two girls' expressions, smelled a sour smell mixed with wishes.
It was familiar, too familiar. When Xiao Gong and Ling Hua took Kong shopping before, the same smell permeated between them, like intersecting thunders, intersecting and entangled with each other on the battlefield called love, and no one was willing to let go.