About the voice Kiana kept asking about, of course Levi knew who was causing trouble.
It was the other consciousness inside Kiana.
The one who cut Siegfried's arm off years ago.
The Second Herrscher, Sirrin.
The Herrscher born in the Second Eruption that broke out in Siberia.
The Herrscher of the Void.
She possessed the ability to control the Imaginary Space.
And afterward, on the far side of the moon, she obtained four Herrscher cores, plus one Herrscher of Reason core that some kind person gave her.
Thus, she became the first Herrscher in history to have six Herrscher cores.
A Herrscher with such a setup, if she had appeared in the Second Eruption of the Previous Era, there wouldn't have been anything afterward at all.
After all, humans of that time simply didn't have the strength to handle a six-core Herrscher.
When thinking about this, Levi couldn't help but complain.
Six Herrscher cores.
A whole six Herrscher cores.
Even in the late stages of the Honkai era, that's a god-tier opening hand.
The Honkai faction would be popping champagne already, yet even with such a busted opening, Sirrin still managed to lose.
As always...
"Even my eighty-year-old grandma could handle that!"
"You're into eighty-year-old grandmas???"
Right then, Qingque pushed open the door and immediately heard Levi's complaint.
Her eyes went wide as she stared at him in disbelief.
"Since when did your tastes become… Wait, let me ask first, this 'eighty-year-old grandma' you're into, what race is she?"
Qingque suddenly remembered that there were many long-lived races in the Luofu.
Like the fox-folk.
Like the Xianzhou people.
Their bodies held abundant life force, and their lifespans were far longer than other races.
And after reaching adulthood, even if they were hundreds of years old, their appearances barely changed from when they were young.
So Levi being into an "eighty-year-old grandma" wasn't necessarily some kind of medical problem.
Of course, if it were one of the people outside civilization, then yes, that would be an illness.
Suggestion, go have Little Dragon Girl zap him and see if it can still be cured.
"I don't know if I'm sick, but you definitely have a serious illness."
Levi was too tired to comment on Qingque's hearing problems anymore.
"Eh? You think so too?"
Instead of denying it, Qingque brightened up and said, "I always felt like I might be sick, but the Alchemy Commission keeps insisting I'm in perfect health and won't make me a medical record, so I can't even request leave."
Seeing Qingque's expression, Levi's eyes were calm. "Do you feel a splitting headache every time you walk into the Divination Commission, but the moment you walk out, you're completely cured?"
"!!!"
"When did you learn medicine?!"
Qingque lit up with excitement. "Quick, tell me what illness I have. I'll go request sick leave first thing tomorrow!"
"This illness has no name. For now, I've decided to name it after you."
"We'll call it Qingque Syndrome."
"..."
The two stared at each other with big eyes for a long time.
"Are you kidding me?"
Naming it after her, wouldn't that make it a terminal illness?
"You're the one kidding."
Levi rolled his eyes.
As a Xianzhou person whose body contained abundant life force, it was difficult for Qingque to get sick even if she wanted to.
With so much life force, bacteria wouldn't grow strong.
Instead, they would die rapidly.
Simply put, it's like being over-nourished. They get fed to death.
The reason Qingque feels headaches all over her body is purely because she doesn't want to go to work.
"Family of the patient, please come pay the medical bill!"
"..."
Pointing at his leg, Levi grinned as he watched Qingque leave the room again.
At the same time, Kiana asked in the group chat again.
[Kiana: Hurry up and tell me! I'm about to eat dinner!]
You could clearly tell, she was serious while eating; she never chatted in the group then.
Originally, he didn't want Kiana to know the truth behind everything. But after thinking for a bit,
Levi finally decided to explain things properly to her.
Better that than having her get bullied by Sirrin without even knowing why.
[Levi: Have you heard of a Herrscher consciousness?]
Seeing Levi's message, Kiana's eyes widened.
[Isn't that something I made up just to fool Raiden Mei?]
"Kiana, did you call me?"
Raiden Mei poked her head out from the kitchen and asked.
'Aren't I chatting with Levi? How did Mei hear that?'
Seeing Mei poke her head out, Kiana quickly replied, "So hungry~ Mei, is dinner not ready yet?"
"It'll be done soon. If you're starving, you can eat some fruit first."
After settling things with Raiden Mei, Kiana focused on the chat again.
She thought it was a word she made up to hide Levi's true background from Raiden Mei.
But now Levi was asking her directly if she knew about Herrscher consciousness.
'Could Herrscher consciousness be real?!'
'It wasn't a term she made up?!'
'No way! I need to come up with a new term!'
'I'll call it… Herrscher no Ishiki!'
"Going full East-Asia weeb now, huh?"
After quietly roasting her, Levi began explaining the origin of the voice.
But while explaining, Levi inserted a bit of personal bias.
For example, he constantly fed Kiana one concept,
Sirrin was a puffed-up pufferfish who inflated the moment she had power, then instantly knelt like greased lightning.
Even during the Second Eruption, despite having six cores, she still knelt at lightspeed.
In short, nothing to worry about.
'Insect, you think just because you've learned the correct way to use this body, you can compare yourself to its true master?'
Sirrin's mocking voice echoed in Kiana's ears.
The two were both masters of this body.
You could even say they were the same person. Even though Sirrin wasn't in the chat group, she could still see the messages through Kiana's field of vision.
Hearing the voice, Kiana no longer reacted like she did the first time.
After Levi's explanation, she now looked at Sirrin like she was looking at an idiot.
[Levi, she just cursed you. It was so nasty I didn't even want to listen.]
[Next time I ask you for help, remember to teach her a good lesson while you're at it.]
[Miss Kiana's command, I will carve it into my heart!]
'Cursing me?'
'I'll send her to Siberia to dig potatoes later!'
["Human, you're the same kind of scheming little villain!"]
She didn't have the ability to deal with Kiana herself, so she got a man to help.
["Is he your lover or something?! Why beg him like that!"]
Against Sirrin's insults, Kiana felt zero damage.
With Sirrin's kindergarten-level insults, she couldn't even scratch Kiana's first line of defense.
Instead, Kiana looked curious. "So, during the Second Eruption, you really had six Herrscher cores?"
["Of course! Human, my power is beyond your imagination!"]
Hearing Sirrin's proud tone, Kiana twitched her mouth and continued, "Then how did you lose? According to Levi, with six Herrscher cores, my grandma could win without even using her hands or feet."
["..."]
"Hey hey hey? Why aren't you talking?"
"Hey?"
Seeing Sirrin go silent, the corner of Kiana's mouth, which had been twitching, couldn't help but curl upward.
He really was right, she was exactly as dumb and easy to bully as he said.
"Kiana! Dinner's ready!"
"Starving tiger pounces on food!"
"Kiana! Careful, don't spill it!"
———
[Meanwhile, On The Luofu Xianzhou]
After solving Kiana's issue, Levi left the Alchemy Commission with Qingque, who was counting money as she walked.
He had to admit, the Alchemy Commission's medical skills were incredible.
The wound on Levi's leg healed quickly under the medicine's effects, becoming just like normal.
Even the scars couldn't be seen anymore.
On the way, Qingque counted on her fingers, "You currently… owe me 114,514 credits!"
"???"
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