"It's been a while, Liliya Lilith," Eucliwood added.
"Yeah... it has," Liliya replied. "Takumi... I'll go handle those things now. You guys go ahead and talk."
After briefly greeting Eucliwood, she quickly vanished. She wasn't comfortable chatting in front of others, so she made a retreat.
Takumi didn't say much about it.
After she left, Miori Shiba was quick to ask, "What did you do to her??"
She just couldn't help herself.
Takumi laughed lightly. "Something adorable."
Miori Shiba blinked in confusion.
Something adorable?
What did that mean?
"Forget it. Not going to pry," she muttered. "So how are you handling things over there? Velier is merged in now, and there are so many people."
Takumi clearly had no intention of elaborating, so she dropped it.
Saint Empress was completely stunned when she heard about the merger. Dozens of billions of people had suddenly appearedand they were all magical girls?
How should the two sides handle this?
"I've already got the robots issuing IDs and converting their currency to ours. The rest can wait."
Then Takumi looked at Miori Shiba.
"Oh, right. Want to become a magical girl?"
As he said this, he glanced at the fan in her hand and began crafting a new magical weapon.
In his hand, an identical fan materialized.
"Huh?" Miori Shiba looked puzzled.
A magical girl?
"Can I really become one? I don't think I have any magic power. And I'm an espercan espers even use magic?"
She had always thought magic was off-limits for someone like her.
Takumi's face was full of question marks.
"Who told you espers can't use magic? Did you read some weird setting or something?"
That made no sense to him.
"Uh... isn't that how it usually goes?" Miori Shiba scratched her head.
"If I say you can, then you can. Besides, you're already part of the chat group. Your body's been assimilated. Even if you couldn't use it before, now you can."
"Besides, there's no such restriction in the first place. Now go ontransform."
Takumi rolled his eyes and handed her the fan.
Taking it, Miori Shiba asked curiously, "So... what abilities does this have? And what's the chant?"
Every magical girl had special powers, right? And some sort of transformation phrase?
"It just boosts your abilities. What else do you want? It enhances your esper skills, turning you from weakling to pro."
"As for the chant? It's super simple: 'Henxin!! Mahou Shoujo~!'"
Takumi didn't bother making up anything complicated. The chant was just for ceremonyit didn't actually matter.
He could assign a weird chant if he wanted, but he didn't feel like it.
Miori Shiba twitched at the corners of her mouth.
What a lazy chant.
Was he just winging it?
Could she just transform without it?
"Can we skip the chant?"
It felt a little too embarrassing for her.
Just flick the fan open and transform, right?
"Nope!"
"You need the ceremony!"
"Now hurry up and try it."
Takumi was firm.
Once everything worked properly, he planned to equip his entire loli army with these.
Seeing he wouldn't budge, Miori Shiba sighed and dropped the issue.
She raised the fan and stood up.
Everyone's attention turned to her.
Takumi even pulled up the chat group to take a picture.
Miori Shiba didn't bother striking any odd poses. She casually opened the fan and muttered the chant, albeit reluctantly.
"Henxin! Mahou Shoujo~!"
As her words fell, her body lit up.
In the next instant, her outfit changed.
Takumi hadn't given her anything too crazyjust a standard magical girl outfit.
But it looked good on her.
After all, she was very cute.
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Miori Shiba marveled at her transformation. She was genuinely astonished.
"So strong... I feel like I could crush my old self with one hand."
Clicking her tongue, Miori was impressed. While the transformation didn't grant her any new special abilities, the sheer amplification was incredible.
"Feels great, right? If it does, give me your points. All your recent sign-in points, hand them over," Takumi said, grinning mischievously.
She rolled her eyes. "Not happening!"
"No points for you, and here's your item back!" she declared, canceling her magical transformation and thrusting the fan back at him.
She only had a small amount of points, hard-earned from signing in every day. No way she was giving those up.
Takumi looked at her with exasperation as she so casually gave it back.
"Fine, fine. Keep your points. Consider it a freebie. Just make sure you work hard."
"Hmph! Kaguya fell for your trickery, but not me," Miori smirked.
Kaguya-hime had been obsessed with buying games lately. She was completely hooked on every title Takumi uploaded.
"She's easy to bait. What can I say? She loves her games," Takumi shrugged. In truth, Kaguya's addiction was a boon to them all.
The group chatted for a while before Miori and Eucliwood left to tour the surroundings and later visit Velier.
With everyone gone, Takumi was finally alone. He opened the chat group and typed:
Takumi: [I'm back again~!] [Selling magical girl transformation devices! Boost your power and never worry about being weak again.] [Message me if you're interested... You can even become a Mahou Shoujo!]
He was casually promoting his latest invention in the group.
Sagiri: [Mahou Shoujo?? ()]
She seemed intrigued.
Chika Fujiwara: [Done with your errands? Did Eucliwood arrive in your world already?]
Takumi had come back around dawn and hadn't yet updated the group. But from the way he was already selling transformation gear, Chika could guess things had gone well.
Takumi: [() ] [Everything's sorted. Velier has been integrated. My world now has several billion more people.]
That was what he considered a real worldone with a population.
Everyone in the group was stunned.
Chika Fujiwara: [Wait, what??? That many people? Already done? Aren't you supposed to be building houses or something?]
She assumed he'd bundled everyone together and dumped them into the world and would now be busy sorting out housing.
Takumi: [....] [I literally carried Velier over and embedded it into my world.] [@Zhongli, old man, the method was a complete success!]
Hadn't he mentioned in the group that he was planning to bring the entire city?
Zhongli: [Congratulations. That puts my mind at ease.]
If it worked for Takumi, then it was a valid method. Next time he needed to move Liyue, he'd have Takumi do it the same way.
Chika Fujiwara: [Embedded... wtf...]
Akeno: [That's... quite the feat. Such overwhelming power.]
Kaguya-hime: [Awesome!! So... can I get some points now?]
The rest of the group emerged, amazed by what Takumi had pulled off.
Takumi: [@Kaguya-hime, dream on. I'm uploading more game bundles from Eucliwood's world right now!]
He casually uploaded more titles he'd brought back.
Kaguya froze. Was he just out to drain her points?
Kaguya-hime: [Come to Gensokyo. I swear I'll beat you up!!]
She was livid.
Takumi: [You sure? .JPG]
Kaguya-hime: [(Д))
Takumi: [You know... you don't have to buy them.]
Kaguya-hime: [Easy for you to say! Those games are calling to me like little succubi!]
As a hardcore gamer, Takumi's uploads were too tempting. She loved the first batch. With more arriving, how could she resist?
Takumi: [Then report me to the gaming police or something.]
She really was addicted.
Chika Fujiwara: [Time Patrol? Kaguya-chan, stop playing already. Just ignore him~ ()]
Takumi: [Which "Kaguya-chan" are you talking to? The pretty idiot or the elegant gamer?]
['I can't do anything' has joined the chat.]
Just as he was joking around, a new member joined.
Everyone paused.
Chika Fujiwara: [Password accepted. Please choose your account!]
Sagiri: [Password accepted. Please choose your account!]
Kaguya-hime: [That name... is this from Sanbunko?]
Bronya: [Hm? A new member?]
Zhongli: [Welcome, newcomer.]
Miori Shiba: [Welcome, newcomer.]
Eucliwood: [Welcome, newcomer.]
Takumi: [This is the Herrscher Chat Group. I'm the Final Herrscher v50. I'll lend you my account.]
I Can't Do Anything: [What is this? A chat group from a novel?]
Seeing this sudden invite, she was stunned. And... Bronya?
She glanced at the twin-drill girl nearby in class.
Bronya was in this chat group too?
When did she join?
Puzzled, she quickly changed her display name.
Raiden Mei: [@Bronya, when did you get a golden finger?!]
Clearly, she misunderstood something.
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Raiden Mei.
When Takumi and the others saw this name, their expressions turned strange. Bronya blinked in confusion. Mei-neesan? No wait, this must be Mei from another world~. And what did she mean by "golden finger" (cheat power)? Something about this Mei felt... off.
Takumi: [Ah, it's the rice cooker wife.] [So you've become a Herrscher?] [By the way, this Bronya isn't the Bronya you knowshe's from a different world.] [Not the same Bronya as yours.] [Bronya has many interdimensional counterparts. There's even one in that railgun world next door.]
Takumi briefly explained things to Raiden Mei.
Mei frowned as she read Takumi's messages. Not the Bronya she knew?
Bronya: [I'm indeed not the Bronya from your world.] [I'm an adult already.] [And the Mei I know is a mature big sister.]
Bronya made it clear that she had no connection with this version of Mei. The Mei she knew was an older sister-type, not this shy version.
Reading the group messages, Mei was stunned. She scanned the group memberswait, was that Teacher Himeko in here too?
The others she didn't recognize, but... were there other versions of herself in different worlds? Or perhaps versions from alternate timelines?
Curious, Mei typed into the group chat: [Um... Teacher Himeko?]
Himeko: [I'm not the same either!] [The Himeko in your world is a great teacher.] [Check the group files, Miss Mei.] [There's background info on Honkai Impact 3rd. You'll understand after reading it.]
Judging by how uncertain this Mei was, it seemed like many events hadn't happened yet. Perhaps even Himeko hadn't died in her world?
A glimmer passed through Himeko's eyes as she thought about it.
Mei hesitated for a moment, then began reading the group files.
While Mei was reading, Chika Fujiwara popped up again.
Chika Fujiwara: [Good news, good news! New functions have been added to the group!] [Screenshot attached.]
She revealed what she'd discovered. A new task system had appeared. There was also a new intelligent group assistant.
Everyone was curious.
But when they tapped into the task tab, they were surprised to learn that it wasn't the group issuing tasksit was members submitting their own.
Then, the group would offer free transportation across worlds. Well, not entirely freea small fee (in points) would be charged.
Basically, the system now functioned like a brokerage platform.
Takumi examined the new interface and noticed that the lowest fee started at 1,000 points.
Interesting. If he wanted to go to another world, he could just have someone submit a task and get paid for helping. A way to earn points.
Chika Fujiwara: [OMG, this is totally a bug.] [They're still selling those World Travel Talismans?] [Just post a mission and goeasy.]
She ranted in the chat. After reviewing the functions, she felt like this was definitely broken. Who'd buy Travel Talismans now?
Want to go somewhere? Just work together with someone. So what if the group took a cut? It's fine.
Takumi agreed That did seem like an exploit. With a bit of teamwork, the members could cut travel costs significantly.
Takumi: [Maybe it's tied to some upcoming function?] [If missions can be submitted from outside worlds, maybe we can take quests from them too.]
Who knows, really? But for now, it was great news.
Everyone could save on travel points.
Zhongli: [Already asked.] [It seems connected to a future feature.] [Other functionalities in the group haven't been released yet.] [Screenshot attached.]
Zhongli's image showed a Q&A confirming it wasn't a bugjust a system meant for future expansion.
Takumi's curiosity piqued. What kind of features would come next?
This chat group was like a gacha gameit updated randomly. Now there were twelve members, and more features were gradually rolling out.
But the updates didn't follow a clear schedule. Sometimes it just added things without warning. At ten members, they got new items. At twelve, more tools. He'd assumed the next update would be at fifteen members, but noit came sooner than expected.
Definitely an eye-opener.
Totally unpredictable.
Takumi glanced at it for a bit, then lost interest. Unless someone submitted a task, he wasn't going anywhere.
Right now, nobody had the spare points to post missions. Takumi had the most, but everyone else was saving theirs or spending them on power-ups.
So no real action yet.
Despite all the new tools, nobody could use them.
Takumi turned his attention back to Mei. She was still browsing the lore documents.
The more she read, the more silent she became. Especially once she compared the current timeline.
Her heart grew heavier. Because the Valkyrie exam was approaching. Which meant... Sirin's awakening wasn't far off.
Seeing Himeko-sensei's final farewell scene hit her hard.
And Takumi felt it too. Just thinking about it made his chest ache.
Damn you, miHoYo. You keep stabbing us.
RLW refund please!
Once Mei saw the "Queen's Arrival" arc, she stopped reading.
She immediately asked in the group:
Raiden Mei: [/(o)/~~] [What should I do?] [The Valkyrie exams are right around the corner.]
Takumi smiled.
Takumi: [Don't panic when things go wrong~!] [Just call up Dull Goose and report it.] [Trust me, Dull Goose is invincible.] [Believe in the Saints!!]
Why panic? Summon Dull Goose already.
Chika Fujiwara: [Are you sure this will work?] [Otto won't just let her show up so easily.]
Takumi: [It's fine. Just flip the table.] [@Raiden Mei, go tell the short guy that you're a reincarnator, that Kiana is about to become the Herrscher of the Void, and that Himeko is going to die. Then tell him your real niece is Dull Goose or something.]
Takumi was clearly just giving Mei the worst suggestions.
Everyone in the group was speechless.
A reincarnator? Really? You're a transmigrator yourself! You think he'll believe that?
