Chapter 274

This action of his was also equivalent to completely severing the means of returning to the Eigenworld through any method other than Bai Ge.

"We will do it. No, I should say there is a fool who will do it. Anyway, thank you."

"……Hmm?!"

Kevin was stunned for a moment before realizing things were not that simple.

Seeing Bai Ge open a portal and place the beacon into the portion of Imaginary Space he controlled, he immediately utilized his quantumization ability to put himself into a state Kevin could not touch.

It was as if he were afraid that Kevin would go back on his word and try to snatch the beacon back.

"You, you schemed against me again?"

Kevin's eye twitched, and his face darkened.

"Can't exactly say that, fifty-fifty."

Bai Ge scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed.

"Passing the Herrscher of Binding without casualties is a lie?"

"No, Kevin Kaslana, I didn't lie, it's just... we have a troublesome opponent on our side. If he were to obtain this beacon, he might even be capable of opening the Sea of Quanta to send you back to the Eigenworld. I had to nip that possibility in the bud."

Bai Ge raised his hand to make a pistol gesture, fired a fake shot at Kevin, and said. How could a kind person like him lie?

It was just that he hadn't said the whole truth. (See image)

Kevin's lips twitched wildly, feeling that he hadn't been this frustrated in thousands of years.

Oh wait, the last time he was this frustrated was when he was looking forward to noodles, only to find there were no seasoning packets.

Damn! Isn't this all because of this kid!

Are the young people of the current civilization all this treacherous? I treat you with sincerity, and you end up digging a pit for me to fall into.

Bai Ge, you just wait. If I, Kevin, ever believe your ghost stories again, I'm a (ice) pig!

"Alright, goal achieved~ It's about time for me to go home. I've spent a very meaningful time today, with a bountiful harvest. See you next time, my friend~"

"Bai Ge, get lost."

"Haha~ Bye-bye."

Bai Ge laughed while his figure gradually disappeared.

He was returning to the Eigenworld by completely quantumizing himself, without needing to open a passage.

It's just that he could not have foreseen that the next time the two of them would meet, it would be in the era fifty thousand years ago.

……………………

Eigenworld. On the deck of the Anti-Entropy battleship.

Ever since Bai Ge left, Mei had been standing there gazing at the place where the youth had departed, waiting for the moment of his return. It could only be said that at such a young age, she was already a qualified "Waiting-for-Husband Stone."

In her hand, she tightly clutched Bai Ge's two cores.

Anyone who approached within a fifty-meter radius of her would be treated by Mei with the utmost vigilance as a hypothetical enemy... even Raiden Ryoma, as her biological father, was no exception.

"Ahem, Mei, it's been a long time since we, father and daughter, have met. How about we go grab a meal together and have a good chat?"

"No, Dad. I'm waiting for Bai Ge to come back."

"Is, is that so... Damn it, just how much love potion did that kid feed my daughter!" (The latter half was whispered extremely softly)

It was clearly a reunion after a long separation, but he found that his daughter had already found a boyfriend and didn't want him anymore.

Ryoma's heart was filled with hatred.

But what he hated even more was that this bastard son-in-law's strength was too strong and heaven-defying, capable of incinerating even a Judgement-class Honkai Beast with a single slash.

He couldn't even find a way to die together with him if he wanted to.

Raiden Ryoma: "I can't find anything!"

Watching Mei stare at him with a vigilant expression, as if afraid he would snatch the cores in her hands, this old father was on the verge of tears, thinking to himself that this is what they mean by "a daughter grown up is hard to keep."

At the same time, Ryoma also felt a bit subtle. Looking at the two identical Meis before him, even though he knew one of them was a Herrscher personality, he still felt it was strange.

"What are you looking at?"

"Uh, nothing, nothing..."

The aura of the Herrscher of Thunder Mei was too strong, and despite having the same face as his daughter, she looked at him as if looking at a bug. Raiden Ryoma's mood was complicated, to say the least.

"Ahem, that, old Ma, could you please ask your daughter how my Kiana is doing lately?"

"Siegfried, why are you crowding over here?"

"Can't I be concerned about my daughter too?"

"Then ask her yourself."

"I don't dare. Your Mei's aura is too strong. I always feel like if I get close, I'll be chopped in half by her."

Siegfried honestly admitted he was a coward; he truly had psychological trauma regarding the existence of Herrschers.

The first time he was beaten up by Bai Ge, the second time he had an arm cut off by the young Herrscher Kiana, and now Mei was in a "don't any of you come near me or I'll build you into the deck" mode.

"That's for sure, look at whose daughter she is."

"You're actually feeling proud in such a strange place. Even you can't get within ten meters of her, heh~ I think the only person in this world who can get close to your daughter now is Bai Ge."

"Siegfried, if you don't know how to talk, you can shut up."

"I wish you an early grandfatherhood."

"You TM——!"

Ryoma's face turned black immediately. He didn't want to see the face of a grandson or granddaughter so soon!

(Damn Cocolia, if you hadn't sent me to prison back then, how would things have developed into this state!)

On the other side, upon hearing Siegfried's blessing, a blush appeared on the cheeks of both Meis simultaneously. The Queen and the young girl fell into delusions at the same time, then both revealed silly smiles of longing.

Siegfried was also clever.

Taking advantage of the two girls' happiness, he hurriedly asked for news about the "grass shrimp."

After all, although he had been secretly following and protecting the grass shrimp until Changkong City, St. Freya Academy was a place that even he, a former S-rank Schicksal Knight, found difficult to infiltrate.

Moreover, Theresa was there.

Siegfried wasn't worried about the grass shrimp's safety,

but as a father, he still wanted to know how that girl had been doing lately, whether she was eating well, how her exam scores were, whether she had made new friends, and so on.

Perhaps these were just trivial matters, but it is precisely because they worry about such trivial matters that they are called parents.

However, the next sentence from the Herrscher of Thunder Mei.

Directly left Siegfried thunderstruck and charred.

"Kiana? Oh, you mean that pet raised by my Bai Ge? She's doing quite well, no need to worry."

"Doing well is fine, wait... pet? What does pet mean! Explain yourself clearly!"

"Hmm? Why are you suddenly in such a rush? I meant exactly what I said. Human, do you think I'm lying?"

The Herrscher of Thunder Mei revealed a look of displeasure.

She took out her phone, opened the album, and found a few photos, placing them in front of Siegfried—they were exactly the photos taken yesterday when Bai Ge was petting Kiana the cat.

In the photo, Kiana, with cat ears and a cat tail, was lying obediently on Bai Mou's lap, revealing an expression of enjoyment and happiness under the latter's superb petting technique.

Raiden Ryoma: "Oh ho~"

Siegfried: "F***!!!"

How great was the damage of this scene to an old father.

Siegfried almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.

Just a moment ago, he was mocking Raiden Ryoma for having his daughter stolen away, but now he found that his own situation was even more miserable.

Mei at least had the status of a girlfriend, while his own grass shrimp could only manage the status of a pet girl.

Raiden Ryoma: "I don't know why I suddenly feel a bit better. Siegfried, you're the one who's more miserable. Speaking of which, I knew that brat wasn't anything good! Oh wait, men aren't anything good. Good daughter, hurry up and break up with him."

Lei Luya: "Dad, I will absolutely not break up with Bai Ge! I, I am already his person."

Raiden Ryoma: "Pfft——!"

Alright, now neither of them should mock the other.

Siegfried and Raiden Ryoma looked at each other.

Only now did these two realize that they were teammates on the same front, and what they needed to do was join forces to deal with Bai Ge, who had stolen their daughters, rather than mocking each other and comparing their misery.

But they didn't know that they had been disarmed by Bai Mou without even realizing it.

The former's Shamash was gone.

The latter's Plasma Shadow was gone.

(Bai Ge: "This batch of fathers-in-law is really easy to deal with.")

Meanwhile, on the sea not far away.