"How come you two guys left so—"
Kalpas, just about to let out some insults, came face to face with a familiar, yet not-so-familiar figure...
"Wait a minute—are you Hua?"
"Huh? So you're the Kalpas from that old antique's memories—true to your reputation indeed."
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"Can you two idiots who've found common ground move from the doorway already??!"
Miss Snow, blocked by Senti and Kalpas from entering the room, felt a vein throb on her forehead.
"Ah... Oh oh oh... Mr. Angry Man, let's go chat to the side..."
"How did these two suddenly hit it off...?"
The girl muttered, glancing at the pink-haired fox lady holding the "body" beside her...
"Miss Sakura, right?"
"Big sister, I finally see you! Do you know how I've spent these fifty thousand years..."
Before Snow could even finish her sentence or Sakura could reply, seeing her long-lost dear sister, Rin instantly transformed into a berserk nonsense-generator.
This reunion, which completely differed from her own memories, made the MANTIS glance weirdly at the similarly distorted face of Snow...
That expression seemed to be questioning the blonde girl in front of her: Where is my perfectly normal little sister? What is this motor-mouthed gibberish generator!
"Ah... Bottled up for fifty thousand years, without anyone to talk to... You know what I mean, right?"
Thinking it over, Sakura understood immediately, showing a somewhat heartbroken expression.
"Alright... Stop blabbing inside this broken sword. Do you want to go back yourself, or do I need to help you?"
The blonde girl, holding Jizo Mitama, looked at the physical body of Rin from fifty thousand years ago lying on the bed in the room, tapped the blade of the katana, and asked for her opinion.
"Ah... How am I supposed to go back???"
Miss Rin, too excited to see her big sister, asked a question that nearly made Snow choke.
"Master, what kind of Herrscher are you?"
Watching the little airhead being doted on by her older sister, and then thinking about the huge compensation bill she'd be paying later, the blonde girl seemed to find a little more patience, gently reminding the little idiot about her identity as a Herrscher.
"The Herrscher of Corruption... What's wrong? Didn't you already know?"
"Huuu... Then what is the Herrscher of Corruption's ability for???"
Snow Apocalypse took a deep breath, trying to keep her blood pressure from spiking as she looked at the airhead... no, idiot in front of her.
"Erosion, obviously... Oh, I get it now! Big sister, put me back in my body! I'm going to possess my own corpse!"
Finally figuring it out, Rin shouted at Sakura, who was still hesitating beside her.
"Is this really Rin...?"
However, at the final moment, Sakura, the older sister, hesitated as she looked at her little sister, who was practically throwing herself onto her face to get closer if her main body wasn't a sword.
"...Huh? Big sister, what kind of nonsense are you saying? If I'm not your sister, then am I that blonde one's sister?!"
"Of course she's your sister. It's just that, as you can see, fifty thousand years brings different changes to different people. Because of her importance in the subsequent course of history, unlike you, who was brought to the modern era by me transcending time, this child has truly lived through fifty thousand years..."
"To you, she is just a sister you were separated from not long ago, but to her, you are a sister she has been apart from for a full fifty thousand years. There's no need to worry about the so-called Herrscher Persona. That thing actually dared to speak trash to me... I already smashed it to pieces with two big slaps."
Looking at Sakura's gaze, which was seeking confirmation from others, the blonde girl nodded in response.
"Sister, hurry up! I can't stand being in this sword for another minute!"
"Ah... okay."
Having received the assurance of this girl, who was somewhat mysterious to Sakura, the MANTIS placed the divine key in front of her onto the pink-haired girl who shared a similar face to her own.
Then, under her expectant gaze, the divine key began to dissipate and merge into the pink-haired girl's body, and the wounds that had originally existed on her body also slowly healed. Finally, the girl opened her eyes...
"Rin..."
Sakura looked excitedly at her sister, who had already opened her eyes, and seemed to want to give her a big hug... However, the reaction of the awakened girl surpassed the comprehension of everyone present:
"Hahaha! This old man's finally out! These are my legs! These are my hands! And my hair!"
Miss Rin, having broke free of Sakura's hug, hopped to the center of the room, pinching and twisting her hands and thighs, while constantly cheering.
Under everyone's gazes, which seemed to suggest this child had gone mad, Rin shot out of the room with a shout—
Immediately, all eyes turned toward the Young Mistress Apocalypse, whose expression was starting to twist violently...
"What are you looking at me for?! Go catch her!!"
"Are you sure that kid's head is still normal?"
Even Kallen, who was beside them, looking at the girl who had just sat up from her sickbed, nudged her own daughter with her elbow and asked in a low voice:
"Is that girl okay? Just a moment ago she was only talkative... now she's gone completely mad..."
"Not a big problem..."
The blonde girl's hand trembled slightly as she pushed up a pair of non-existent glasses in the air.
"She's probably just gone crazy from being cooped up for so long... Just have Uncle Kalpas beat her up a bit—"
"Hey, God! What do you take me for!?"
Hearing this, Kalpas immediately became unhappy, and shouted at Snow, expressing his dissatisfaction...
"I'm telling you, hurry up and chase her... That kid has been running for almost a minute now. If you don't find her, she'll end up being sent to a psychiatric hospital..."
Nuwa and Cangxuan, who had witnessed everything, stood at the doorway and watched the others still arguing.
"Hmph, I'll settle the score with you when we get back!"
The hot-tempered man took the lead and chased after her, leaving the others behind. Sakura, acting as Rin's guardian, followed closely behind.
"Miss God, are you sure that child is just... um, crazy from being cooped up? And who is that person who looks exactly like Hua but has the complete opposite personality?"
Cangxuan and Nuwa, who came out last with Snow and the others, threw out all their questions at once.
"Um... Primarily, she's definitely crazy from being cooped up. Secondarily, there might be something wrong with her brain. I don't know how it was in your last era... but a large portion of Herrschers in this era are a bit silly at the beginning."
"Does becoming a Herrscher affect intelligence?"
Cangxuan nodded thoughtfully, planning to record this as a reference for future research.
"As for the one who looks like Hua, that's this era's Herrscher of Sentience... You can just think of her as Hua's daughter. Specifically, the rebellious phase kind. She's currently running away from home and was picked up by me."