Xingyue, is Xiaokai also considered Kai?

"Ah, this, no..."

Ilya seemed a little awkward because she wasn't prepared for the title, but the number two in the Great Black Heaven just smiled and led Ilya there, introducing each room as they drove through the winding roads.

"These are the various clothes and rooms that the lady who looks exactly like you asked us to make."

What kind of clothing?

"Hmm... In human terms, it's erotic clothing, but it's just placed there and never worn."

"Xiao Hei really is..."

Ilya's lips twitched; she didn't know how to describe Chloe.

Soon after, Ilya, who had reached the door, pushed it open without hesitation. The scene that appeared before her was basically the same as before, though it could also be said that the three of them were stuck together.

However, Chloe and Miyu didn't seem surprised by Illya's sudden arrival. They simply greeted her with "You're here, Illya" and "You've finally come, Illya," giving Illya the illusion that the three of them had made a pinky promise last night.

You two broke the agreement first, so how can you be so calm when you see me keeping the agreement?

Even so, Ilya still walked up to Ivia, about to say something, but Ivia spoke first.

"Thank you, Ilya."

Why are you thanking me all of a sudden?

"I'm so happy because you came."

Immediately, Ilya blushed and muttered, "It's not a big deal."

"But now that you're all here, there's something I should talk about, something about Miyu."

Ivia stood up, breaking free from their contact. "She is actually a vessel for the Holy Grail from another world, the same being as Ilya in the past. And in that world, it was Ainsworth who replaced Einzbern."

"As for Ainsworth's goal, it was to use Miyu's identity to achieve human salvation, because that world had already fallen into irreversible collapse."

In fact, chronologically speaking, after the great battle last night, Angelica from the Ainsworth family should have crossed the world to capture Miyu, who was trying to leave by wishing, because the Ea sword created a rift in the world. However, that was in the context of fighting against Young Gilgamesh.

After all, last night was practically a night of life and death for the world. Angelica was probably blocked by the Cancer of the Moon or the Heavenly Wheels, and thus failed to arrive. But even if she had arrived, she probably wouldn't have been able to do anything.

"is that so……"

Miyu murmured to herself that she had never known why the Ainsworth family had been trying to capture her until now, when she realized it was for the continuation of the world.

"Yes, that sounds like a very noble reason, doesn't it?"

Ivia paused, her tone softening, "But it's not glorious to glorify a glorious image by praising the tragedy of selfless dedication. What's truly glorious is what was done, so Miyu, you don't need to be swayed by this."

"But why did the world fall into irreversible destruction..."

"Because Pandora's box, which the Greek gods created to ensure the continuation of the planet, was not opened successfully, Pandora, as the one who opened it, could not open the box, and thus the great source of the world gradually dried up."

Miyu, reflected in Ivia's eyes, appeared utterly bewildered, because—

“Miyu, you don’t know the legend of Pandora, do you? Because the box was never opened in that world, the legend didn’t exist, so you naturally haven’t heard of it. But in this world, the legend truly exists.”

Ilya and Chloe both nodded in agreement with Ivia's statement.

Pandora, in Greek mythology, is the first woman on earth created from clay by Hephaestus, the god of fire, at Zeus's command. She was given to humankind as punishment for Prometheus's theft of fire. According to the myth, she would eventually open a box out of curiosity, releasing all the evils of the world, such as greed, hypocrisy, slander, jealousy, pain, and war. In the end, only 'hope' would remain in the closed box.

However, in Type-Moon, Pandora's Box is filled with the 'Corrective Molecular Regeneration Device' that gives the world countless possibilities, effectively washing away the stains on Zeus in mythology. However, Pandora in the Miyu world is unable to open it, which leads to the depletion of the Great Source in the Miyu world.

"But the destruction of the world, that kind of thing..."

Miyu murmured. As a former child of the gods, she actually had a strong sense of responsibility, perhaps stemming from the instinct of the Sakutsuki family. The first child of the Sakutsuki family was born during an unprecedented famine. Unconsciously accepting people's wishes, she died at the age of two. In a sense, the child of the Sakutsuki family loved 'humans'.

Seeing Miyu's conflicted state, Ivia naturally understood that she hadn't taken to heart what he had just said: "It's not glorious to glorify a glorious image by using the tragic sentiment of fearless dedication." This was because Ainsworth's plan to save the world could not succeed, because his "natural" selfishness was present.

However, that concerns Pandora, the creation of the Greek gods, so let's explain it when we see Pandora.

Therefore, Ivia placed her hand on Miyu's shoulder, so that Miyu was in front of her, and looked directly into Miyu's eyes.

“I am a member of the Sakuyue family, so you don’t need to think like that. The reason I’m saying this is just to let you know the truth, not to make you think, ‘If I give up living, the world will be saved.’ Besides, I’m here now, aren’t I?”

This is the reason.

as well as.

"All things in the world suffer, and I shall bear it myself; no one can take my place."

The Infinite Life Sutra states: "One must bear the consequences oneself, for no one can take one's place." This means that in life, one must bear all responsibilities oneself, and no one can take one's place.

So Ivia's words mean that all living things in the world will come to an end, and he will bear this 'calamity', without the need for the rest of the world to bear it.

"In a few days, I will take Miyu to the original world to deal with all this. If Ilya and Kuro want to come then, they can come too."

Ivia paused briefly, lowered her hand, and looked at the three girls in her line of sight again.

Just then, a gust of wind blew outside, and the cherry blossoms on the cherry trees standing on the street fluttered like countless butterflies, their pink petals standing out against the dazzling, scorching sunlight.

"Actually, what I said last night meant that, not just that the scenery was beautiful."

...Ah, so he really confessed to all three of us at once! Seriously?! Shouldn't there only be one winner in this kind of development?

Ilya's brain short-circuited for a moment, and she answered in a flustered manner.

"Wait, wait! But I remember that Buddhists aren't allowed to marry!"

The air seemed to freeze for a moment, but Ivia maintained her gentle smile and stared intently at Ilya.

"I am not a Buddhist, nor am I a Buddhist."

This is the truth. Although Ivia has the identities of Dipankara and Maitreya, just as he, as the first pope, did not believe in God, even though he had a spiritual position, and the Buddhist community was founded by Gautama, he was just a member and did not participate in any rituals.

"But Ivia, you call yourself Maitreya, and Maitreya is Buddha, right? It's strange that you're not a big fat boy, but isn't it true that Buddhism doesn't allow people to have wives? I'm just stating the facts, after all, that's how it is normally. I'm not being unreasonable, it's just the truth, that's how it is, even magical girls don't have this kind of development..."

Although she wanted to speak fluently, Ilya was completely unable to do so. She could only keep her lips slightly parted with a nervous look in her eyes, as if she were pleading with the person she was speaking to.

At this moment, the silver-haired girl's eyes darted around violently, her right hand gripped her left shoulder several times, her heel kicked the floor, and her cheeks burned like fire. In the end, it was just that her brain short-circuited due to being too nervous, or perhaps she wanted an excuse to convince herself, an excuse to shut her mouth.

Seeing Ilya so nervous that she was incoherent, Ivia understood that sometimes just talking might not be very effective for a young girl... So no matter what, let's do it. It might not be the best thing to do right now.

Therefore, Ivia, who walked quickly to Ilya, exuded an aura that Ilya dared not look directly at, which frightened the silver-haired girl into closing her eyes timidly.

"Don't get so close, Ivia. Although you are indeed very capable, what I said makes sense. This kind of thing is a bit..."

Ilya felt a slight touch on her left cheek, as if she had suddenly been touched by something soft.

It was probably not junk, because the place that was touched was extremely hot, so it was most likely a hand.

Even if you are like this—

From Chloe and Miyu's perspective, the girl's volume suddenly decreased, followed by a pitiful, soft breathing sound, and her resistance turned into a barely perceptible welcome.

Just like in the comic book... my tongue... this tastes a little sweet...

Ilya and Ivia kissed for the first time.

This is normal, after all, Ivia said, "I shall take it upon myself, and no one can take my place," so it is not surprising.

Chapter 412 Gaia: Brother, help!

“Luce is my daughter in a sense.”

Shortly after Ivia successfully silenced Ilya with her 'natural' actions, leaving Ilya in a dazed and flushed state, Ivia, having already discerned Luce's identity, explained this to the three of them, since Luce had also been brought up by the Dakotas.

As for Gilgamesh, according to Luce, he dissipated after exhausting all his strength with the help of others. Ivia regretted that she didn't have time to express her gratitude, since it was the Golden King who appeared, not the tyrant of Babylon, which was indeed a miracle.

"Huh? No? Daughter? Then who is her mother?"

The first person they questioned was Chloe. Although she knew that Luce had helped them last night, it was still strange that she was Ivia's daughter. Just by looking at her appearance, Luce was obviously older than Ivia. It couldn't be that Ivia was actually much older than Ivia, even though she looked young.

Luce, who was in a great mood after being acknowledged by Ivia, hugged Kuro and took Miyu's hand in the process.

"Of course it's the three of you, because my father's lover is my mother. I don't care at all, and neither do the gods. Well, that's how it is. Even if I did care, there's nothing I could do, since it's my father's business."

Although Luce felt a strange sense of shame about having three girls who looked younger than her as her mothers, she thought of another mother of about the same age—a silver-haired girl who literally engaged in cannibalistic acts with her father—and felt that these three girls couldn't possibly be that bad, so it wasn't impossible.

Luce was probably thinking of Kama, who had eaten Ivia for two thousand years in some other world.

“...Well, even if you say that, Luce, this is still a question that Ivia needs to explain.”

"This is a very complicated matter..."

Upon hearing Chloe's words, Ivia rested her chin on her hand, making a gesture of slight contemplation, and then narrowed her eyes.

Luce was created from his broken left arm after his defeat in the battle against the One God in the first century. Compared to his daughters Hibiki and Mary, Luce was actually closer to them by blood, since he was truly his own flesh and blood.

And the reason it appeared was probably because of the One God, but the more Ivy thought about it, the more mysterious it felt, because this kind of thing had a strange sense of déjà vu. For example, Eve was created from Adam's rib... But Luce just felt that Ivy was his father, and had no other thoughts.

And Ivia felt the same way, so she adopted her as her daughter.

Of course, there's also Karen. Well, there should have been a Roman god appearing in Karen last night, but Longhua forcibly sent her away, so she didn't get to show anything.

"How complicated is it? Explain it to me clearly—"

"Luce, help me tie up Little Black."

"Roger that!"

Under Chloe's panicked gaze, Ivia continued in an incredibly clear voice.

"This is your punishment for mocking me earlier, Xiao Hei."

Immediately afterwards, Ivia used her finger to draw a small magic circle with a similar texture on Chloe's stomach, similar to the 'one-sided' curse that Rin Tohsaka originally placed on her and Illya.

Then, because Luce suddenly let go, Chloe had to pull her clothes up to expose her stomach. Looking at the red lines that were gradually appearing on her stomach, her face turned red with anger. So the pink-haired girl bit her lip tightly for the first time in a long time, and then directly covered Ivia's head with her clothes.

"Could you hug me more gently?"

Ivia's voice pierced through Chloe in an instant.

"Don't draw in front of so many people! Can't you do it in private?"

At that moment, the girl felt both a cool touch and a slightly hot breath on her stomach. Her hand rested on a certain part of her body, and their body temperatures seemed to merge instantly.

This feeling made Chloe tremble subconsciously, even somewhat dazed. She hugged herself tightly and bent over, unable to suppress the intense passion in her heart.

"I see. That way, you won't disappear, Xiao Hei. So that's what Father was thinking. I thought it was just a casual fling."

A few seconds later, Chloe released her grip on her clothes after Luce suddenly spoke.

"You bastards! How could you father and daughter do this!"

Chloe's face was still very red, her expression like sweet, melted cream. Although she understood from Luce's words that it was something protective, she still felt that her appearance was too embarrassing.

"Mingming, Xiaohei's mom, you kept saying things like itchy or feeling cold, which made Dad's hands stay on the table a little longer."

Luce smiled slightly, "But it's also possible that your sadistic tendencies are being suppressed, Little Black Mom."

"That's basically true."

Ivia agreed.

Whether it was an implicit agreement or not, Chloe took a breath and spoke slowly under the sun.

"Then, why isn't there any mention of what you did to Ilya just now..."

The action taken towards Ilya refers to kissing.

Ivia, who had anticipated Chloe's words, replied nonchalantly:

"Hey, Xiao Hei, you mean privately?"

This was probably a defeat Chloe would never forget; it was the ultimate failure, and she collapsed onto the sofa as if struck by a storm.

"How can you do this……"

After seeing that both Illya and Chloe had lost their fighting ability, Miyu, who had been silent for a long time, quietly spoke.

"Um, brother, how is Longhua doing now?"

"Yes, because you saved her, Miyu. Wanting to win doesn't mean wanting to kill..."

Ivia nodded gently. "I'm sorry, your previous extreme and biased attitude was also caused by your contact with Longhua."

Ryuka chose Miyu's appearance as the only human form, which naturally formed a subtle connection from a mysterious perspective. Because Ryuka's power far exceeded Miyu's, Miyu unknowingly became overly obsessed with Ivia, just like Ryuka... Of course, Miyu herself also had this feeling.

As for now, Longhua is still inside the Longhua Tree. His injuries have long since healed. The reason he didn't come out today might be because he's still a little embarrassed, or perhaps he's being strictly watched over by another Bodhi tree, the Nigrodha Tree.

After all, the tree that represents the salvation of all sentient beings, the Longhua, which can be said to represent the 'truth' of the Buddhist system, is actually a rebellious older sister who has betrayed the truth and chosen desires. Compared to the tree of Kayabhadra, which is shaped by human desires, the tree of Nigrodha is simply a rebellious older sister who needs to be reprimanded.

"I don't care about that at all."

With an indifferent expression, Miyu grabbed Ivia's hand as if she were snatching it, quickly bumping into the silver-haired boy with her shoulder, leaning against him as if using him as a pillar, and saying while looking up:

"But now, it's my turn."