[Rivet Town in the Lower District of Belobog]
Several people were gathered together, collecting useful supplies in this town that had been overrun by Fragmentum creatures.
Right now, because the entire Lower District was under lockdown, all kinds of supplies were extremely scarce, especially medical supplies.
In the entire Underworld, there was only one well-known clinic, and that was the one run by Natasha, the orphanage director, Natasha of the Raven, a split raven from another world.
Workers who labored for a living often fell ill because of the harsh environment.
Illnesses that could normally be cured by taking a few pills now took several days to recover.
But under these conditions of severe shortages, the workers needed to work themselves to the bone just to support their families, and simply didn't have that much time to wait for their illnesses to heal.
So they could only drag their injured and weakened bodies back to work.
And working like that carried a very high risk of accidents.
"So I came here to see if I could find some things to treat illnesses."
Seele weighed the supplies in her hands. The answer was obvious, she had found what she needed.
If these things were handed over to Natasha, they should be able to temporarily ease the clinic's urgent needs.
"Then why don't you ask the Supreme Guardian for help?"
Seele shot a glance at Bronya, who had just said something so naïve.
She twitched the corner of her mouth, looking at her with a somewhat disgusted expression. "Heh, why don't you guess who caused the situation we're in right now?"
If it weren't for that Supreme Guardian ordering the roads connecting the Lower District to the Upper District to be cut off, how could they have ended up like this?
'Heh… in the eyes of that Supreme Guardian, and in the eyes of those people in the Upper District…'
"We in the Lower District don't even count as human."
"..."
Stelle couldn't help but whisper to Kiana beside her, "If those two start fighting later, should we sneak in and kick them a couple of times?"
"That wouldn't be very nice."
But it would be a kind of beauty born from a lack of morality.
Kiana withdrew her gaze from Bronya. At that moment, Stelle also noticed something.
She seemed to have been staring at that person called Bronya the whole way.
Faced with this phenomenon, Stelle's almond-sized brain began spinning at high speed, faint white smoke rising from her head.
This was a sign of brain overload.
A moment later, Stelle slammed her right fist into her left palm, showing a sudden look of realization.
Combining this with the fact that Kiana was famously… well... copper, there was only one possibility.
Stelle teased her, her eyebrows bouncing up and down, the expression on her face very strange.
"If you like her, then go chase her! I raise both my hands and feet in support of your marriage!"
Kiana had fallen in love with Bronya at first sight.
That made sense.
The girl she'd liked before, named Raiden Mei, clearly didn't have much feeling for her. Instead, she had a lot of affection for her "second personality," Levi.
If this went on, it would probably end up benefiting Levi.
So breaking up early was the correct choice.
And at the same time, it would ruin Levi's good thing.
It couldn't feel better.
"If you're sick, go get treatment!"
Kiana rolled her eyes at Stelle.
'I'm devoted to Raiden Mei, don't even think about ruining my pure heart!'
Stelle hadn't taken part in the Nagazora City mission and hadn't seen Bronya before, so naturally she didn't understand Kiana's feelings.
Being able to run into someone who looked similar to people around her on only her second visit to this world, that kind of luck was really something else.
"But that shorty probably won't ever grow into this…"
Sizing up the Bronya in front of her, Kiana mocked Bronya Zaychik in her heart.
Bronya was about the same age as her, but her figure was just so full of… lingering regret.
And she was also staying up late every day playing games.
With a schedule like that, she probably wouldn't grow any taller in this lifetime.
[Ding!]
[Levi: @Stelle @Kiana, how are things on your side? Do you need me to come help?]
[Stelle: Kiana doesn't want to talk to you, so she told me to reply… we need help! Remember to bring more supplies, food, clothes, daily necessities, none of it can be missing! And bring some commonly used medicine too!]
[Levi: You're treating me like a pack mule now?]
'Asking me to bring so much stuff all at once, what are you thinking…'
[Levi: Fine, fine. But you'll have to wait a bit longer. I need to go back to Exalting Sanctum and the Alchemy Commission to restock first.]
Already having arrived at Cloudford, Levi made a sudden hard brake with his Star skiff, and cries of alarm came from behind him.
Turning around, he saw a Vidyadhara piloting a Star Skiff that had almost crashed into him.
"Flying that close, are you trying to get yourself killed?!"
Star Skiffs are things that can be used as weapons in wartime. Driving too close without strong piloting skills can easily cause fatal accidents.
Looking at the other person, Levi suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
Like… very "hot"?
Thinking about it, and combining it with the other party's somewhat feminine appearance, Levi felt a chill run down his spine.
'Nie Mama! Why would I even have thoughts like that?! That's copyright infringement!'
Without saying anything more, he directly turned his Star Skiff around and flew toward Exalting Sanctum.
He opened his chat window with Elysia and chose to look at a few beautiful pictures to relax his mind.
That Vidyadhara just watched Levi leave, then also turned his Star Skiff around and quietly followed Levi's skiff.
Only this time, he had changed his face.
It was the face of an ordinary Xianzhou native.
———
Following Kiana's instructions, after restocking in Exalting Sanctum, Levi went to the Alchemy Commission.
In the story, this place would later become the final stronghold of the Disciples of Sanctus Medicus.
But things hadn't developed to that point yet, and the Alchemy Commission hadn't rebelled.
Relying on his relationship with Bailu, Levi once again easily bought some basic medicines from the Alchemy Commission.
Although the Alchemy Commission, which symbolized Abundance, had declined on the Luofu, the things here, when taken into the wider universe, especially into underdeveloped civilizations, were like panaceas that could cure anything.
Inside the Alchemy Commission, Dan Shu stood by the window, quietly watching Levi's Star Skiff leave.
She already knew what had happened in the Divination Commission.
The Seedbearers sent there hadn't completed the mission very well, and the Matrix of Prescience hadn't suffered any real damage.
The plan had been ruined by a man and a woman.
The man was naturally the Levi before her eyes, the newly joined diviner of the Divination Commission.
"No wonder that Diviner went out of her way to give him special treatment…"
Someone who could turn the tide in a moment of crisis, such talent, anywhere, as long as those in power weren't foolish, would be given special privileges.
As for the other woman, it wasn't clear who she was. All the Seedbearers who had seen her were dead.
Pulling her scattered thoughts back, Dan Shu raised her head and looked at the Star Skiff following not too far behind Levi's, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly.
"So even an Emanator of Destruction feels threatened enough to act personally…"
'Aesthetics of Destruction?'
'Somewhat laughable.'
"In any case, I hope she didn't lie to me, reviving the Ambrosial Arbor and obtaining true immortality…"
———
[Elsewhere]
[Levi: Everything's ready! (photo of the goods)]
[Kiana: Then hurry up]
[Stelle: Ahem, then hurry up and deliver it! (Kiana's exact words)]
Stelle glanced at Kiana beside her, who was putting on an act of being angry, and couldn't help but doubt whether Kiana's s*xual orientation was really as she claimed.
Only liking girls.
At the same time, she couldn't help wanting to complain, "Am I also part of your play?"
[Levi: Don't rush. The Stelle system you're in isn't far from the Luofu. It'll only take two jumps to get there.]
[Levi: But since I'm riding a Star skiff, even though it's equipped with a jump system, it's still lightweight. For safety reasons, it needs some time to charge.]
[Levi: So you'll have to wait a bit longer.]