My Notoriety Spreads Throughout the World-Chapter 364 - 317: Since Things Have Come to This, Let’s Draw Cards Again
The beginning of spring, the harsh winter has ended, and spring returns to the earth. All things come back to life, and even in this icy world, temperatures begin to rise. Although the chill lingers, the breath of spring can be felt through the burgeoning vitality outside the window.
The insects start to stir, young birds chirp, and pink flowers blossom on the branches outside the window. New sprouts break through the firmly frozen soil, embodying the warmth of spring sunshine melting snow and freeing the ice of millennia-old worries.
The curtain was pulled open, and the long-awaited warm sunlight was let into the narrow and dark room. The dawn's light pierced through the mist, dispelling the gloom and heavy atmosphere of recent days, cascading unobstructed onto the face of a blonde girl, forming a sheen on the varnished rings of the wooden table.
"How long do you intend to wallow?" Angelina frowned tightly, looking at the disheveled blonde girl on the bed, still wearing her coat, reeking of alcohol, and in disarray.
Xu Xiaoyou squinted against the sunlight piercing her eyes, her eyelids lazily lifted, then slowly closed again.
Seeing this, Angelina impatiently went to undress Xu Xiaoyou, and as soon as she pulled the quilt, the latter silently reached out, covering herself and pulling it back toward her, with heavy dark circles and dead fish eyes, as if defending some kind of sovereignty and dignity.
After a silent standoff,
Angelina pinched Xu Xiaoyou's collar, lifting her directly from the bed.
"Sigh." Xu Xiaoyou sighed. "You don't have to worry about me, Angelina. You're free, go wherever you want."
Hearing the girl's weary tone, Angelina's eyes turned dark and frightening, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, as she fiercely pinned Xu Xiaoyou against the wall, glaring into those calm amber eyes.
"It was you who tied your fate to mine. Now the whole world knows that the 'Abyssal White Flower' is a loyal follower of the 'Dark Gold Rose'. Calling you a follower is putting it nicely; saying it harshly, it's like telling the world I'm your lapdog."
"And now what? The whole association is focused on me, are you planning to kick me aside now that you're done with me?"
"Just a joke, Anya." Xu Xiaoyou raised her hand in weak surrender, "Don't be so worked up."
Angelina's sense of smell was much sharper than most, and she could no longer tolerate the stench of alcohol on Xu Xiaoyou, so she tossed her onto the bed with a cold stare:
"I even thought you had grand ambitions, and yet a little setback leads to such self-indulgence. Sooner or later you'll waste away in this den of flowers."
She would not forget the excuses the other always gave before visiting the flower shop, claiming it was unavoidable sacrifice. Ever since the 'Starry Singer' incident, this person hardly bothered to act anymore, nearly drowning in scents and allure for almost a week, numbing herself with alcohol every day.
"Alright, don't be so angry, Anya." Xu Xiaoyou leaned against the bed, took the teacup from the redwood table, used a tea whisk to clean the residue, then scooped some tea powder to brew herself a hot tea to sober up.
"With such a big event happening, everyone's eyes are on us. It's only because of the 'Dark Gold Rose's' deterrence that the association hasn't acted against you. If they ever find out the 'Dark Gold Rose's' true nature, they would have razed this place to the ground long ago."
"I may have been a bit indulgent these days, but I haven't done nothing. Haven't you noticed no one has come to disturb the peace here?"
She said, watching the ripples and rising steam in her teacup, her eyes filled with swirling thoughts.
She knew very clearly that Tang Xin was not dead.
She couldn't quite describe the state the other was in right now. The perfect clearance condition for the 'Girl Falling from the Starry Garden' was achieved, and they had awakened from the 'Stage Star' to become the 'Starry Singer'.
Breaking through the attribute lock and genetic restrictions, they unlocked the progressive resonance: Star Blessing, gaining their unique weapon 'Sound of the Void'; the instrument known as 'Popeya's Coronation'.
"'Popeya's Coronation', huh...?" Xu Xiaoyou exhaled and took a sip of tea.
Sevia seemed to have entered some form of symbiotic state with 'the Artist', becoming the nascent world-grade Monster Tale 'Starry Singer', which was very similar to the relationship between Angelina and the 'Heart of Desire'.
Xu Xiaoyou's fingertips conjured up the character card of Sevia, the card face adorned with blue Iris petals appeared shattered, symbolizing the character had lost control, locking the shared attributes, preventing her from viewing the panel or status of the other.
Similarly, with the resonance bond formed with Sevia, she used that mysterious resonance property to pour a myriad of high-level Skill Cards into it as if they were free, using art training cards as auxiliary materials, exhausting her Spiritual Power to create the Monster Tale Card for 'the Artist'. This was one reason for her recent malaise.
[Monster Tale Card Artiste]
[Quality: Art (Gold)]
[Effect: Equipping this card grants parts of 'the Artist's' traits. Note: Monster Tale Card can be unequipped.]
Click to equip.
[Your understanding of the ███ field is deepening.]
[Your understanding of the art field is sufficiently profound.]
[Gain +20 agility, +20 physique, +40 intelligence.] 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
[Artist Resonance · Silent Hand has been unlocked.]
After doing all of this, Xu Xiaoyou collapsed on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, holding her forehead with a wry smile.
"This is tricky."
She just wanted to quietly nurture beautiful girls, encouraging each other on the path of growth, giving warmth and attention, calling upon the beautiful words of friendship and bonds to walk toward a radiant future together. Who would have thought they would end up as a world-class Monster Tale? It's really not her fault.
Could it be that every single role she cultivates ends up as a world-class Monster Tale, tainted and out of control in the plotlines of high affection?
Feeling a surge of hopelessness about her future, Xu Xiaoyou gathered strength anew. She planned to return to Chichu Heaven afterward to retrieve her reward from the Ghost left at the Northern Territory Bank, then return to Dragonfly Town to retire for a while. She didn't want to get involved in the Chichu Family's matters too soon, now that the mask of the 'Dark Gold Rose' had fallen, the splendor of the Light Prism Tier was too dazzling, always attracting too much attention wherever she went.
During this time, she would first head to the Oasis, at least try to figure out what happened to Bai Youyou.
If asked why.
Xu Xiaoyou glanced at the two card pools that opened after the high affection plot, her mouth twitching slightly.
[This Issue's Recruitment Pool—1: World-Ending Spectator]
[Increased probability of obtaining the 5-star character: Yishrael!]
[Single Gathering cost 160 Card Maker Points, tenfold Gathering costs 1600 Card Maker Points.]
[This Issue's Recruitment Pool—2: Thorn Poison Death Cultist]
[Increased probability of obtaining the 5-star character: Chichu Chun!]
[Single Gathering cost 160 Card Maker Points, tenfold Gathering costs 1600 Card Maker Points.]
Looking at the two familiar figures in the illustrations, Xu Xiaoyou's expression was rich and colorful.
How could someone offend all the 5-star characters completely before even drawing them?
Having reached this point, she might as well draw the cards first.
Xu Xiaoyou clicked to draw, she didn't bother to look at the extras, knowing she wouldn't get an art-grade Skill Card anyway. Although no probability was given, she estimated that the drop rate was probably less than 0.01%, so she wasn't banking on creating much splash with 180 pulls.
As expected, she only received some trivial training materials, along with that trashy Skill Card [Fireball Bombardment] that nobody wants.
Why is this junk skill card still polluting the card pool probabilities?
Xu Xiaoyou internally grumbled indignantly.
Two golden shooting stars burst forth with brilliant light.
[5-star Character, Holy Patrol Wings—Bai Youyou has been obtained.]
[5-star Character, Anger Gu Spider Fang—Mori has been obtained.]
