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Because Padofelis's fusion warrior characteristics resembled those of a cat, and because she owned a cat named "Canned Food," Anila became quite close to Padofelis and often stayed in Padofelis's room to rest.

Even the canned food became Anila's follower, running around Academy City with Anila every day.

As a result, Padofelis often misses Canned Food and Anila, and can only feed the stray cats in Academy City to alleviate her inner sense of loss.

In the quiet of Yingjie's room, a pretty figure tiptoed to the door of Mebius's room, followed by a sneaky little figure.

"Knock knock!"

The figure gently knocked on Möbius's door and then patiently waited for Möbius to respond.

However, there was no response for a long time.

Seeing this, the little figure beside him couldn't help but question, "Am I, the grown-up Dr. Möbius, really in the room?"

"There's no laboratory for Möbius in Academy City, so where else could she be besides her room?"

Alice smiled and asked the fairy Alice a question, which made the fairy Alice look troubled, clearly realizing that she had made a foolish mistake.

As the voices of the fairies Airi and Alicia began to communicate, there was finally a response from inside the room.

"Alicia, why are you here so late? Is there something you need?"

Mebius slowly opened the door, smiling as he watched Alicia and the fairy Alicia.

Alicia smiled back and said, "Oh dear, Mebius, can't I come over and chat with you if there's nothing wrong? You're going to make me cry."

"Hehe... I don't mind recording you crying your eyes out; it might make great collectible material."

Mebius, seemingly mocking or teasing, turned and walked into the room as his voice faded, letting Alicia and the fairy Alicia enter.

The fairy Ellie was somewhat afraid of Mebius, and couldn't help but hide behind Ellie, only daring to steal glances at Mebius, and not daring to expose herself directly to Mebius's gaze.

"Alright, don't be afraid, Mebius won't hurt you."

"Ugh... Of course I know, but don't you really think Mebius is scary now that I'm all grown up?"

Before the fairy Ellie could receive a reply from Eliseia, she received a response from Mebius first.

"Hmph~ Little guy, you're talking badly about me in front of my face. Do you want to become my 'guinea pig'?"

"Don't don't!"

The fairy Ellie quickly shook her head, no longer daring to communicate with Mebius.

Mebius chuckled mischievously, then stopped teasing the fairy Ellie. He lazily sat on his transportation kit, moving towards the desk as he asked, "So—Ellie, what brings you to me so late?"

"Mebius, are you interested in magical girls?"

"Of course, I'm very interested in the magical girl power system."

"I knew you'd be interested in magical girls, so I specifically asked Sirin for a 'contract'—would you like to give it a try?"

"contract?"

Möbius suddenly had a bad feeling, and the smile on his lips gradually disappeared.

Chapter 385 Returning to Mist Sea Manor

Judging from Alicia's words, this was clearly not a good thing.

"As the name suggests, this is a 'contract' that can turn a girl into a magical girl."

"Alice, while I am very interested in the magical girl power system, it doesn't mean I want to become a magical girl."

"Wouldn't it be more convenient for you to study this power system after you become a magical girl yourself, rather than studying other magical girls?"

Alicia smiled and tried to persuade Mebius.

In fact, she didn't think that the magical girl power system was particularly suitable for Mebius; she simply wanted to see what Mebius would look like as a magical girl.

Mebius was completely unaware of this matter. His beast-like vertical pupils gleamed with an eerie light as he stared silently at Alicia.

Alicia, showing no sign of weakness, smiled and looked directly into Mebius's eyes.

After a moment, Mebius seemed to give in and extended his right hand toward Alicia.

"Give me the contract."

"Oh my~ Mebius, you're willing to become a magical girl?"

"Alicia, my acceptance of the contract doesn't mean I'll choose to become a magical girl. Maybe it's just for research purposes."

Mebius looked at Alicia and gave an ambiguous answer.

Alicia paid no attention to Mebius's reply. She slowly opened her right hand, and a contract appeared, emitting a faint glow.

Mebius examined it curiously for a moment, then laid it out on the desk and weighed it down with a book.

"Besides this, is there anything else?"

"We're about to leave Academy City, and we may not have the chance to return. Aren't you really going out for a stroll?"

"No need. When are we going to Fogsea Manor?"

Rather than going out for a stroll, Mebius was more interested in the "Stigmata Terminal".

Compared to previous civilizations, the current civilization enjoys far superior conditions, allowing Möbius to conduct his research at will.

“Eden told me that as long as Gana and Wendy are discharged from the hospital, we can go to Fogsea Manor.”

Alicia seemed to remember something and added with great interest, "St. Freya Academy is about to start, and we might be able to become 'teachers'~ I heard that all the students at St. Freya Academy are cute and beautiful girls, I'm really looking forward to it."

"I'm not interested in playing house with you guys. After all, there are still many projects that need to be researched."

Mebius shook his arm, ruthlessly rejecting Alicia's suggestion.

Besides the "Stigmata Terminal", Mebius also needs to prioritize improving and optimizing the "Artificial Stigmata" and assist Maria in perfecting the path beyond S-rank Valkyrie.

After settling these three matters, Mebius will also begin researching the magical girl power system and try to study Delta's physique.

Thinking of this, Möbius belatedly recalled something—

"Alicia, is Delta not in Academy City?"

"That's right! Delta's physique is very special. She needs to constantly eat the corpses of Honkai Beasts to become stronger. Therefore, she chose to leave Academy City directly to deal with the Honkai incident and replenish her food reserves."

"……I see."

Mebius responded softly, then sat down at his desk and buried himself in the information on "artificial stigmata," clearly unwilling to continue the conversation.

Seeing this, the fairy Ellie breathed a sigh of relief and silently tugged at Alicia's clothes, signaling Alicia to leave Mebius's room as soon as possible.

Alicia didn't say anything to disturb Mebius, and slowly left Mebius's room.

After Alicia left, Mebius took out the contract and seemed to be thinking about something.

……

Time passes.

Janna and Wendy were discharged from the hospital shortly afterward and returned to their apartment building with their respective daughters.

Immediately, everyone returned to the Fogsea Manor as originally planned, leaving only Aurora, Agatha, and Galina to stay in Academy City.

Kevin returned to the World Serpent alone, wisely choosing not to take Feather Rabbit with him.

After everyone returned to Fogsea Manor, they split into two groups, one returning to Fogsea Manor to rest and the other going to St. Freya Academy.

Cecilia, Yuto, and Yae Sakura take the children back to St. Freya Academy to attend school, while Alicia, Senju, Su, Sakura, Kosmo, and Gretchen accompany them to St. Freya Academy to take up jobs within the academy.

Otto learned from Amber that Qiu Bi and the others had returned to Fog Sea Manor, so he dispatched Colorless Radiant Flame to escort the newly built floating island, which was expected to arrive safely at Fog Sea Manor in three days.

Considering that Lady Hilfaria's imaginary space also contains the "Stigmata Terminal", Otto reserved a space in the very center of the floating island to place the "Stigmata Terminal" when he designed the floating island.

No matter how strange the base of the "Stigmata Terminal" is, this floating island can automatically fit into the "Stigmata Terminal", thus evolving into a dedicated research floating island.

The return of everyone restored the lifeless Fog Sea Manor to its former vitality, making it even more lively than before.

With four newborn daughters, Fogsea Manor could never be deserted.

Considering that his four daughters needed their father's company, Qiu Bi decided to reduce the number of times he went out and leave everything related to the Honkai to the United People's Army, while he would only provide support when necessary.

As a result, Sirin had to temporarily put aside most of her plans to win over new mothers and instead set her sights on Aponia, who stayed at the Fogsea Manor to take care of the children, and Padofelis, who seemed like a lazy bum.

As for Mebius and Vervière...

Xilin felt that these two heroes were too difficult to conquer, so she decided to ignore them for the time being.

Especially for Velvi, who has multiple personalities, the difficulty of winning her over is frighteningly high.

Similarly, once Celine successfully wins over Velvi, it's like she'll have a whole bunch of mothers with different personalities all at once.

Although numerous Honkai events continue to occur around the world, there is no sign of the Herrscher descending. It is as if the "Honkai God" has begun to recuperate and has completely disappeared.

It is worth mentioning that, after discussions among the people, the final serial numbers of the "Herrscher of Domination" were set as the seventh and eighth Herrschers, which means that they occupy two Herrscher serial numbers by themselves.

Faced with the unknown Herrschers that will appear in the future, the Human Alliance has no specific countermeasures. They can only do their best to take countermeasures to avoid heavy losses like the last global Honkai event.

That global cataclysmic event reduced the human population by one-fifth, and the number of casualties was considerable.

Chapter 386 Floating Island

Mebius and Vervi waited patiently for three days before finally arriving at the floating island escorted by the colorless radiant fire.

This floating island is more than twice the size of Fog Sea Manor, but a large area in the middle is empty.

The floating island is equipped with three high-powered Honkai energy reactors, which can not only support all scientific research work, but also easily support the floating island to float in the sky.

However, if the people of Fog Sea Manor want to go to this floating island, they can either take a transport ship or go directly to the floating island through the purple hole.

"Qiu Bi, how should the 'Stigmata Terminal' be placed?"

“Sirin will assist Lady Silvaria in resolving this matter, so you don’t need to worry.”

As Qiu Bi spoke, his gaze remained fixed on the slowly moving floating island in the distance, without looking at Mebius and Vervière.

Mebius, as if thinking of something, suddenly asked, "Qiu Bi, may I disassemble the 'Stigmata Terminal' to examine it?"

"...I don't recommend you do that."

"why?"

"Jana values ​​the 'Stigmata Terminal' very much."