"Once the Azure Cloud Sect's kill order is issued, it will not stop until the target is dead."

Hearing Susan's final explanation, Keke fell silent, just sitting at the table and examining the document in her hand.

In an instant, everything became clear.

Why did big brother suddenly say he wanted to leave home and for her to be independent.

Because he was involved with the Witch Association, his identity as Simo Tu was exposed, and he didn't want to implicate her!

Why did Teacher Shion break up with big brother so cleanly and decisively, yet not tell her the reason.

Those who walk different paths cannot work together; no matter how much love there was, the fact that big brother was a member of the Witch Association was something Teacher Shion absolutely would not tolerate!

Love turning to hate, making her even harsher towards big brother, which was why she issued the kill order...

The more she thought about it, the more it made sense, the more flawless it seemed. Keke couldn't help but say solemnly, "There must be a misunderstanding."

Big brother couldn't possibly do anything bad. Having lived with him for so long, how could she not know his character and way of doing things?

He was just a bit short-tempered, a bit fierce, a bit unwilling to listen to others, a bit overly reliant on brute force, sometimes a bit unreasonable, and occasionally resorted to physical violence...

Thinking about it, even Keke herself began to waver.

Big brother really did seem a bit like the evil of the Witch Association...

But she quickly shook her head. "Let's find big brother first, before Azure Cloud does!"

She had to calm down.

After all, she still didn't know what big brother's current situation actually was. Throwing a tantrum was childish behavior.

She was already twelve this year, not a child anymore. If she skipped a grade, she could enter high school immediately, an age where she could learn calculus and geometry.

This was the mark of an adult.

As an adult, she had to maturely and reliably find a way to solve the trouble at hand, not cry and beg others for help.

This time, it was her turn to help big brother!

However, the several girls present all fell silent.

Keke wasn't sad or angry—well, maybe a little, but only a tiny bit.

After all, everyone at the Disaster Control Bureau was in a difficult position. In this matter, the Central Bureau was already tied to the Azure Cloud Sect. Helping her would indeed be somewhat inconvenient.

"If you're not willing to stand on my side, I'll go by myself..."

But Silver Lotus beside her hugged her arm. "Don't rush, Keke."

"Even if the whole world doesn't stand by you, I will stand by you and Jiang Si."

Hearing her friend's words, Keke sniffled hard, nodded vigorously, and said nothing, nor did she cry.

"But, Keke, I suspect this is still just a little lovers' quarrel between Jiang Si and Shion."

Still 'little lovers', still 'little lovers' quarrel'!

They've already broken up, and you're still calling it a lovers' quarrel!

From any angle, this situation looks like it's about to become a matter of life and death, right?

Susan and An Shiyu were both somewhat speechless, but they quickly let it go. It was understandable for Li Yi to think this way.

Because, Silver Lotus, the Magical Girl captain of the Beihai Disaster Control Bureau,

probably had no idea that Jiang Si was Shion!

"If you rush in to interfere now, you might make the situation worse."

Li Yi said softly, "The biggest taboo when a couple quarrels is others interfering. It can easily escalate, turning a small conflict that could have been resolved in a day into a real major conflict because of outside interference."

Hearing this, Keke immediately hesitated.

Because back then on the bed at home, she saw that Teacher Shion didn't seem very angry, and she said the breakup very calmly.

It didn't seem like she truly hated big brother to the bone.

"You know a lot about this," Susan sneered from the side.

Silver Lotus also smiled. "My older sister was like this when she dated."

Susan was stunned. "Wait, when did your sister date?"

"In high school, I guess."

"Your sister liked Magical Girls, and there were idolization activities for Magical Girls before, right? Dating was forbidden then."

"Who knew she only became a Magical Girl after she died? It doesn't matter anymore..."

"No wonder she never got a seed," Susan snorted.

An Shiyu cautiously raised her hand. "It's unrelated to dating, right?"

Li Yi didn't speak further. Seeing Keke gradually calm down and no longer shouting about going out to find big brother, she subtly sighed in relief, relaxed, and smiled. "It's fine. Wait for the two of them to calm down, then everyone can sit down together and have a good talk. Keke, you can also properly ask your brother and Teacher Shion why they quarreled..."

"That absolutely won't do!"

!!

Susan was the first to object, slamming her hands on the table. The loud noise even startled Keke.

Even An Shiyu kept nodding, clearly expressing her disagreement with Silver Lotus's suggestion.

"Absolutely cannot let them sit together, and letting Keke mediate would definitely cause huge problems!"

This idiot Li Yi, how can she be as brainless as her sister.

Although she understood in her heart that this Magical Girl captain of the Beihai Disaster Control Bureau definitely didn't know that her Sect Master was Jiang Si, seeing Li Yi actually wanting to expose the Sect Master's identity in front of Keke...

This absolutely cannot be allowed!

The Sect Master didn't let Keke know his identity, which was naturally a well-considered part of a grand plan. She couldn't let this little girl ruin it.

Susan still fantasized about the day the Sect Master's plan was completed, and she and Keke could both transfer back to Azure Cloud as disciples!

"You said it yourself, the two of them quarreled. What if they really have a falling out? Sitting together, Jiang Si would be in danger." Susan held the kill order, tapping the document with the back of her hand as she spoke solemnly. "Keke, you can go to the Azure Cloud Sect first, find Winter or the true-transmissions, discuss your brother's matter. Going to the Azure Cloud Sect would also be safer, to avoid someone taking action against you because of your brother..."

This flawless reasoning made Susan somewhat admire her own ability to think on her feet.

However—

"That won't do!"

An Shiyu beside her actually spoke up to refute!

Silver Lotus also nodded repeatedly.

If Keke went to the Azure Cloud Sect and accidentally exposed Jiang Si's identity, what then?

Too dangerous. Absolutely cannot let Keke go to the Azure Cloud Sect.

This foolish Senior Susan, who clearly hates Azure Cloud so much, actually came up with such a bad plan. Though An Shiyu also understood.

She couldn't explain it to Senior Susan, this captain of the Beihai Disaster Control Bureau security team who had no contact with the Azure Cloud Sect.

She doesn't know Jiang Si's identity!

Can't really blame her.

In An Shiyu's view, Jiang Si didn't want Keke to touch the profound darkness of the Magical Girls, wanting to shoulder everything alone. Such a great character and action—she couldn't let others destroy the dream of the person she liked!

"We don't know if the Azure Cloud Sect might imprison Keke because of Jiang Si. Going to the Azure Cloud Sect like this is too dangerous."

After An Shiyu finished speaking, Mùjǐn immediately said, "We can use my spatial power to hide Jiang Si. Once we find Jiang Si, hide him and then let him explain clearly..."

"I object!"

"Absolutely not!"

This time it was Silver Lotus and Susan objecting together!

Both wore expressions of displeasure and indignation as they looked at An Shiyu.

We thought you were an ally, but you turned out to be the most dangerous one!

Although both knew that An Shiyu, as a newly arrived Magical Girl at the Beihai Disaster Control Bureau, had little seniority.

She definitely didn't know Jiang Si was Shion!

But to suggest such an idea was practically forcing Jiang Si to expose himself in front of Keke.

Completely unacceptable!

"This kind of imprisonment is too dangerous, things can easily go wrong. Putting aside whether private imprisonment would anger Jiang Si, leading to a mutually destructive outcome, the Azure Cloud Sect would probably also blame the Disaster Control Bureau, possibly causing opposition between the two organizations!"

What a mess. What freedom does the current Disaster Control Bureau have? Opposition? Do you even have the capital to oppose my Azure Cloud?

Susan sneered disdainfully in her heart.

But on the surface, she still nodded expressionlessly.

After a round of arguments, the three negated each other, negated each other's negations, all sharing the same thought in their hearts:

In the Disaster Control Bureau, only I know Jiang Si's true identity. Only I can protect Keke and prevent her from finding out about this!

Why are the other two always causing trouble? Why are they so bad!

Just as Silver Lotus was considering whether to pull out her captain's badge to make everyone listen to her first.

She heard Keke say, "No matter what, let's bring big brother to the Disaster Control Bureau first, to avoid the Azure Cloud Sect's pursuit..."

"No!"

The three spoke in unison, rejecting Keke's suggestion.

Then Keke sighed. Before the other three could speak, she softly chanted:

"Mental Landscape Expansion."

A vast land of raging flames rapidly swallowed the entire Disaster Control Bureau!

Keke casually pinched a cluster of fire, which quickly formed into a fire lotus.

Mental Landscape, Endless Fire Domain.

More than ten different types of magical flames burned.

Not only did it greatly enhance magical power and fire effects, it also possessed the same 'certain hit' property as Thousand-Pinweed's Mental Landscape.

Keke raised the four-colored Buddha's Fury Lotus.

"I must bring big brother back. No matter what he did, I only trust the witch trial of the Disaster Control Bureau to give big brother a clean slate..."

Just as Keke was about to steel her heart and knock everyone out.

A four-leaf clover suddenly drifted past her face. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Followed by a six-leaf clover.

Then, she saw two cute girls standing in front of her, giggling, treating her Mental Landscape as if it were nothing.

The two Azure Cloud true-transmissions who had used her back at the Central Bureau...

"Big Sister Keke, long time no see."

"Shake hands, shake hands."

The two little girls each took one of her hands. Soon, Keke's expression became somewhat dazed.

Four Leaf and Six Leaf smiled sweetly. However, immediately after, the drifting four-leaf and six-leaf clovers were all burned to ashes. Blue, illusory flames ignited on the two true-transmissions' bodies, gradually causing them to disappear.

"I won't fall for the same trick a second time."

Continuing to hold that cluster of fire lotus, Keke took a deep breath and was about to throw it when...

A purple finger grabbed her wrist. Keke's movements froze as she turned her head to look.

A purple-haired Magical Girl was now looking at her coldly:

"Stop messing around, Keke."

"Teacher Shion..."

Old World, Mirror Kingdom

"Do you know how many people die in the Old World every day now?"

"Five hundred thousand! The dead can't even be shoveled away by bulldozers, dumped into spatial turbulence like trash every day! And she's afraid we'll make things worse? Go tell your Mirror Queen, now is not the time for silence, now is the time to run!"

"Don't think running is shameful. I have a book here, 'Playing it Too Safe in the Chaotic Beihai' by the famous eunuch author Bai Chaoji from the New World. Although the book isn't finished, the protagonist's cautious spirit is worth learning from!"

"Back in the disaster-human realm, Shion was willing to save us on a whim, which means she had no intention of actively exterminating us. We just need to hide, keep hiding until Shion disappears! Magical Girls have a time limit. Wait until her miracle fades, then we can make a comeback as kings!"

"The way to defeat an opponent isn't only to face their edge head-on! There's also avoiding their edge!"

"Make the Old World great again!"

The Prince watched the recording of the Old World leader who was now spreading delusions, just shook her head, and casually tossed it into the trash.

"The way to defeat an opponent isn't only to face their sharp edge head-on! There's also avoiding their sharp edge!"

The high-tech mirror-projected screen constantly changed with the Prince's manipulation.

She sat on her throne, propping her chin with one hand. "Even if Azure Cloud really has no interest in them, do they think the Witch Association and the Magic Kingdom are easy organizations to deal with?"

"It's so pathetic it makes me feel a bit sorry for them. Let them drown quietly in their own fantasies."

As she closed the screen, the system beside her popped up.

Because the Prince's authority was getting higher, the system now appeared in the form of a small bird.

[Your Majesty speaks truly. Should we eliminate these deserters?]

"No need. The situation is already turbulent. If we have internal strife now, the remaining people will inevitably panic. Losing these talents will also hinder the Full Bloom plan."

The Prince looked at the quiet Mirror Kingdom. All system operations were silent, only emitting a faint humming sound.

Orderly, silent, powerful, beautiful.

This was her Mirror Kingdom. The Alices had already spread throughout the entire world, continuously being produced and starting to be transported to the outside.

The New World, the Old World, including worlds beyond this world.

Constantly exploring.

Feeling everything was under her control, the Prince's crimson pupils shifted. She exerted a little force, almost crushing the Miracle Seed in her hand.

They had also managed to mass-produce Full Bloom Miracle Seeds like Iris.

The remaining issue was the source of magical power.

Enough magical power to support four to five Full Blooms...

[Warning: This plan has a high probability of directly leading to the destruction of the Mirror Kingdom and the Old World.]

"There's only one chance."

The Prince said indifferently, "The chance to go beyond the world, to break through the barriers, there's only this one. Do you think I'll give up? Even if it's for Simo Tu, I must go see what's beyond the world!"

[Reminder: Simo Tu's real name is Jiang Si. You have no need to strive for him, nor do you need to keep looking for him. Until the very end when he disappeared, Jiang Si never treated you with sincerity, never proactively told you his identity. He was truly just using you.]

"Hah, who used who is still unknown."

The Prince took off her pretty little leather shoes, tucking her white-stockinged legs onto the dazzling throne.

On the throne that seemed as crystalline as diamond, the white stockings revealed the tender, flesh-colored skin beneath, bathed in the glow of the diamond jewels, making the somewhat plain white stockings appear extremely gorgeous.

Hugging her calves, she curled up on the throne, finally losing the cold, arrogant dominance from before.

"Until the very end, he was played in the palm of my hand, even to the point of losing his life. And he dares to say he used me? Don't deceive yourself! I'm looking for him not because I miss him, nor because I'm afraid he's dead, but because I haven't finished using him yet!"

The system, transformed into a small bird, perched on the Prince's shoulder, seeming speechless.

[...Then Your Majesty's posthumous marriage.]

"Naturally, it's to use even his corpse. Using the posthumous marriage with him to prove to the Old World that I, Itaen, keep my promises to allies. At the same time, it can also prevent those Old World members from attempting to marry me to steal the Mirror Kingdom's authority, saving a lot of trouble. Killing two birds with one stone."

[From the behavior of the Old World members, currently no member dares to express any intention of marriage with you...]

"Just because you don't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Simo Tu... Jiang Si is the same!"

The curled-up Prince, like a little girl, denied her own system.

[From the reply records, most of the time it was Prince Itaen who proactively contacted Mr. Jiang Si. Mr. Jiang Si hardly ever replied to your messages.]

"I checked. His zodiac sign is like that, doesn't like replying."

The Prince had just idly seen some online zodiac talk, checked it out for fun, and felt it made some sense.

So many people believe it, there can't be that many idiots, right?

[But he never mentioned his girlfriend Shion to you. He knew Shion earlier. Forgive my bluntness, Your Majesty, his relationship with Shion might be better. They are the real couple...]

"Nonsense. If he really liked Shion that much, how could he be willing to get engaged, even married, to me." The Prince stated with certainty. "His willingness to do this shows he doesn't care that much about Shion. On the contrary, he's afraid I'll run away. And do you know what 'later law takes precedence' means? Later law overrides earlier law, new regulations replace old ones. Love is the same... I came later, meaning Jiang Si likes me more than Shion, that's why he was willing to take so many risks..."

[The last place Jiang Si appeared was also where Shion appeared. Therefore, Jiang Si's disappearance is most likely related to Shion. Perhaps they have already returned to their little love nest, being all lovey-dovey, which is why there's been no news for so long.]

"Impossible."

After saying this, the Prince fell silent. Her silver-white hair flowed over the white stockings. She leaned slightly against her knees, as if unable to find a reason to refute.

[Please face reality, Prince. Forget that heartless scoundrel and change my voice back immediately...]

Before the system's earnest persuasion could finish, Alice Unit 10086 suddenly flew in from outside and immediately knelt in the hall.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Simo Tu has been found! His identity was exposed, he was dumped by the Magical Girl Shion, and is currently being hunted by the Azure Cloud Sect..."

"I knew it!"

Before she could finish, the Prince interrupted.

The Prince "whooshed" up from the crystalline throne, grabbed the bird on her shoulder, and showed a somewhat proud and confident smile to her system:

"See! He loves me! For me, he was even willing to risk his life and break with Shion! What more do you have to say?"

[...I have nothing more to say.]

After the initial excitement, the Prince immediately calmed down again, coughed lightly, adjusted her expression back to noble and aloof. "How pathetic, Magical Girl Shion, clinging desperately after being dumped."

"All Alices, enter combat mode! Prepare to depart and retrieve the Queen of your Mirror Kingdom!"