Chapter 195: It's All For Seele!
Large-scale spatial equipment similar to the Serenitea Pot could naturally be made by Herta, but Caelus and Stelle wanting to customize its appearance and internal environment would require a bit of time.
Given Herta's aversion to trouble, she certainly wouldn't handle the entire process herself; she would most likely just secure the customized appearance and internal space.
As for the environmental arrangement, she would probably hand it over to the versatile space station steward, Sister Asta, letting the little rich lady dabble with it. This step would take time.
Herta had existing medium-sized foldable spatial equipment, so Caelus and Stelle temporarily used those.
They were ring-shaped, with an internal space of about several dozen cubic meters.
Sister Asta's return gifts to the two were "a bit" much. Due to time constraints, she had purchased the highest-end "Super Gift Pack for Friends." These were just small tokens; the true return gifts still needed careful preparation.
The nearly one hundred cubic meters of storage space combined from the two spatial rings couldn't hold everything.
Fortunately, after the gifts filled the space, most of them were packed. The remaining small amount wasn't worth teleporting back for, so Caelus came up with a good idea.
He assembled the Herta puppets into a "combined mini-mecha," hanging the gifts on their limbs, allowing them all to be teleported back at once!
After hearing Caelus and Stelle's explanation, Himeko, Old Yang, and Dan Heng finally understood the whole story, but seeing the two's grotesque and utterly meme-worthy appearance, they were still somewhat speechless.
"Hehe~ What are March 7th, Seele, and Bronya doing? I've prepared gifts for them too."
The hanging puppet limbs clinked and clanked with Stelle's steps.
Himeko couldn't help but laugh: "Little March 7th should be in her room, right?"
"The Company's renovation team is quite efficient, especially with the 'Supreme Package.' A few days should be enough to complete the construction; all of your rooms are being completely renovated... By the way, didn't you yourselves choose the renovation plans?"
"I chose it myself, but I still haven't seen the finished product, so I'm a little excited."
Stelle giggled, her bright eyes gently curving upwards.
While Caelus was testing for Herta, her own astonishing wisdom had devised a brilliant plan capable of bringing peace to the world!
She made slight modifications to the plans provided by the Company's designers, adding a subtle and perfectly ingenious design~
Now, she refused to believe Caelus could still secretly "stick together" with Bronya behind her back!
"Let's go distribute the gifts first, come on, Caelus."
Caelus and Stelle, wearing their Herta puppet exoskeletons, walked through the Observation Car under the trio's subtle gazes and knocked on March 7th's door.
"March 7th, open the door quickly, there's a surprise!"
"Caelus? You're back~!"
With a hint of playful lilt in her lively voice, the "Stellar Jade spirit" then bounced to open the door and appeared before them, her cheerful expression instantly turning into one of shock, as if seeing a ghost.
"You two, what is this now?"
The exoskeleton made of several Herta puppets was truly grotesque.
"These are the new Herta puppets we got!" Stelle said, her face full of pride.
"Here, these are the gifts prepared for you."
Caelus took gifts from the ring's spatial inventory and placed them on the floor, then looked around March 7th's room.
The overall style of the room was still light and lively, with various cute pillows and plush toys piled up around the bed and lounge area.
The photo wall, covered with memories, was as before, and a guitar given by Serval leaned by the rocking chair, with a note hanging on its strings that read, "Must practice tomorrow!"
"Thank you... why so many?" March 7th instinctively responded politely, then her eyes widened in surprise upon seeing the pile of gifts.
"That's not important. By the way, didn't you say you also wanted an e-sports room? Where is it?"
Caelus unfastened the Herta puppet joints wrapped around his body.
"Hehe, my hidden design, you wouldn't understand this, would you?" March 7th clenched her slender white fingers and wiggled them, looking smug.
"I can't wait for my new room!"
Stelle also disassembled her Herta exoskeleton, twisting and contorting it back into four Herta puppets. She turned, intending to go to her room, but suddenly noticed that all the Herta puppets had empty eyes.
"Oh no, how do I turn them on?"
Looking at the Herta puppets with their heads drooping powerlessly, Stelle scratched her head, somewhat at a loss.
When the two assembled the 'Herta Mecha,' they faced severe protests and escape attempts from the puppets. To make them quiet, Caelus and Stelle used their owner's authority to shut the puppets down.
After a moment of thoughtful head-tilting, and to March 7th's slightly horrified expression, Stelle immediately began undressing Herta.
"Wait! Stelle, what are you doing!?"
March 7th cried out, quickly trotted over, and hammered Stelle's arm with her fist, like a righteous heroine stopping a criminal.
"I'm looking for the power button."
Stelle responded as a matter of course, then seriously speculated: "Given the perfection of Herta's puppet designs, I suspect the power button, much like your bathroom, is a hidden design, possibly under the skirt."
"Ah? This..." March 7th's mouth hung open, speechless.
If there were a power button, it would indeed likely be a hidden design.
"I've already looked; it's not there." Caelus shook his head.
"Then, inside?"
Stelle placed a finger to her lips, continuing her speculation, while Caelus simply shook his head again.
"No, I have to confirm it myself! What if our models are different?"
Stelle's face was completely dedicated to "practice makes true knowledge."
"Stop it!"
"Please, can you two stop discussing such topics so nonchalantly in front of me?"
Their unrestrained words made March 7th's pretty face flush crimson.
"Wuwuwu, I feel like my pure maiden's room has been defiled by you two."
"Alright, let's ignore these puppets for now and go see our rooms!"
Caelus restored the puppets' joints to normal. He wasn't worried about them breaking; anyway, he'd call Silver Wolf later to modify their intelligent AI, so turning them off and on didn't matter.
"Oh oh oh! Let's go!"
Watching the two "gray-hairs" excitedly rush out, and then looking at the rows of neatly arranged Herta puppets in the room, March 7th still chose to follow them.
"Sister Stelle, Brother Caelus!"
Seele—"White Seele"—attracted by the trio's noise, walked over to greet them.
Caelus took out large and small bags and handed them to the navy-blue haired girl.
"Eh, so many? And they all look so exquisite!"
Just by looking, White Seele could feel an expensive aura, and a hint of shock appeared on her small face: "Such valuable gifts, can I really accept them?"
"No big deal, just take them."
Caelus didn't know the total value of these gifts; the "sweetness of being a kept man" was enough anyway!
Later, he could just go to Herta City, pick out some other types of Herta puppets, and give them to Sister Asta!
"Thank you, Brother Caelus~!"
After several unsuccessful attempts to refuse, and after consulting with "Seele from the parallel world," White Seele accepted the dazzling array of gifts, her young face beaming with joy.
"Oh, by the way, Seele, can you help me deliver this portion of the gifts to Bronya? Oh, among them are the gifts you asked me to buy last time."
Caelus again took out a pile of gifts from the ring's spatial inventory.
"I asked Brother Caelus to buy them?" White Seele tilted her head in confusion.
[It was me.] Seele promptly "pulled the hat over" and put it on in the mental channel.
[Oh, oh.] White Seele had no doubt.
"Of course. But, why isn't Brother Caelus delivering them to Sister Bronya himself?"
The navy-blue haired girl's voice was soft and pleasant.
Given the relationship between Brother Caelus and Sister Bronya, wouldn't it be better for him to deliver the gifts himself rather than having her pass them on?
"I'm going to check out the new room first." Caelus smiled as he watched Little Seele.
This was both the reason and the excuse.
"Okay."
White Seele, carrying the gifts, walked towards Bronya's room and gently knocked on the door.
"Is Sister Bronya there?"
"Seele!"
After hearing the girl's soft and sweet voice, footsteps inside the room became hurried, and the door was opened almost immediately.
A surprised face flashed with a hint of bewilderment. "Bronya" looked at the gifts in Seele's hands.
"These are gifts from Seele and Brother Caelus for Sister Bronya."
Seele briefly regained control of her body and handed the gifts to the gray-haired beauty.
"Gifts for Bronya..."
From the softly whispered self-address, it could be discerned that it was Li Sushang using Silver Wing's body at that moment.
Since completely confirming Seele's identity, Bronya's trips between the two worlds became increasingly frequent, and her consciousness remained in the Star Rail world for longer periods.
And as Li Sushang stayed here for longer, she needed to play the role of Silver Wing for extended periods.
This included, under Silver Wing's guidance, using a sweet and alluring voice to "boil phone porridge" (chat intimately) with Caelus, or the proactive farewell kiss before Caelus and Stelle departed for Herta Space Station.
According to Silver Wing, this was all to hone her acting skills!
So that she could better impersonate the other in this world and 'repair' her relationship with Seele, Bronya was initially hesitant.
Could kissing Caelus, whom Seele liked, goodbye in front of Seele truly repair their relationship, rather than further damaging 'Bronya's' relationship with Seele?
Under Silver Wing's confident assurances, Bronya gritted her teeth and followed her advice, and it actually yielded good results.
From then on, Bronya realized the gap between her and Silver Wing in understanding a maiden's heart!
The rest, as they say, is history.
Just as Caelus helped Silver Wolf flirt with 'herself,' Silver Wing helped Li Sushang repair her relationship with 'herself.' Rather than saying it was as easy as pie, it was more like the concept of difficulty simply didn't exist.
The current 'Li Sushang,' much like the Silver Wolf who declared "My righteous father, loyal as a brother," wholeheartedly believed in Silver Wing's ideas for mending relationships, following every word and diligently executing every piece of advice from the "big shot."
Li Sushang could clearly feel her relationship with 'Seele' easing and warming up. The only problem was that she seemed to have gradually grown accustomed to the identity of Caelus's fiancée.
Now, secretly imitating Silver Wing by calling Caelus "darling," "husband," and similar pet names no longer caused much ripple in Bronya's heart.
This, this was all to mend her relationship with Seele!
Yes, it was all for Seele!
And now, Seele had given her a gift, clearly signifying a further repair in their relationship. Bronya mentally gave Silver Wing another thumbs-up.
As expected of the future Bronya!
Silver Wing, in the body's background, subtly waved her hand, indicating it was all "basic operations," and the corner of her mouth involuntarily curved into a joyful arc.
However, a hint of strangeness quickly mixed with the joy.
It wasn't related to Bronya; it was on Caelus's side. Who would have thought the Stellaron Spirit would perform such an operation?
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