"The Witch is the Gospel Empress in reality?" Sonia widened her eyes, looking incredulous.

"Am I a Lolicon?" Ash held his head, utterly unable to believe it.

"You're not!" Diya grabbed Ash's shoulders and shook him vigorously, blushing in her urgency: "I'm me, Liss is Liss, we're separate! You like the Witch Diya, you dote on your daughter Liss. The relationship between you and Liss is pure familial love, and between you and me, it's friendship and love!"

"Actually, I think Liss and I are also just friends," Ash said with a complicated expression. "I've always wanted Liss to start calling me big brother, or just by name, but she won't change... But isn't it weird for a daughter to say, 'Daddy, let's look at big boob anime girl pictures together'?"

"But outside of gaming, that's your only entertainment, and Liss just wants to get closer to you." Diya said, "Besides, we're also interested in seeing it. It's amazing you even found this feature in the Gospel System."

"Isn't that normal?" Ash said righteously. "Wouldn't you want to ask 'Gospel Gospel, who is the prettiest in the world'?"

"But would a normal person follow up with 'show me more pictures of her'?" Diya muttered, "Hanna would never have thought you'd spend points on this..."

"By the way," Ash suddenly remembered those friends who helped him turn the Kingdom of Gospel into a mess, "how are Hanna and Banjee doing?"

"They're all doing well, Banjee even calls Hanna 'Mom' now," Diya said. "Hanna is currently the first Witch of the new department, the Government Establishment Bureau, responsible for setting the boundaries of the Gospel System and adjusting social policies. We want to create our ideal realm through our own will, not just depend on the Gospel System."

She paused, "As for Yvalin, Anfeier, Aunt Nona, and Aunt Qinna... they're all well, and they've joined the Government Establishment Bureau too. Although they surely have their own agendas, at least they sincerely want to help me and Hanna."

"Sounds exhausting, you've chosen a tough path." Ash reached out and ruffled Diya's hair, chuckling softly: "Other Empress Yisu aren't as troubled as you, it's been hard on you."

"Other Empress Yisu don't even worry about this feature." Diya pouted: "I'm not Liss, don't treat me like a child who needs praise. Next time I bring Liss to the Void Realm, you can dote on her all you want."

Despite saying that, she didn't brush off Ash's hand.

"If Liss acted like her current adult self, I'd probably be too afraid to get close to her." Just the thought of an adult Liss pouncing on him and acting coy made Ash feel like he was sliding into a criminal Abyss: "Besides, how would I dare to treat the Empress like a child, the sky has but one sun, and in my heart there's only one Empress as the sun!"

"In Dazzling Star, we have three suns," Sonia suddenly said.

Ash and Diya were startled, realizing they had unknowingly ignored the Sword Maiden.

"Oh, don't mind me, continue your chat." Sonia stood straight with her hands behind her back, turning her head slightly, "After all, you haven't seen the Witch in a long time, and haven't seen Liss and Diya for a long time, so your reunion score is at least twice mine. It's normal for you to get lovey-dovey."

Ash blinked, "You're upset?"

"Why would I be upset? Upset that you finally reunite, or upset that you have a bond beyond friendship in reality, or upset over your precious shared memories?" Sonia turned away, "I'm not the petty type, why would I be upset?"

Among those we know, perhaps only Igula/Aunt Bojin is pettier than you...

Diya quickly clarified: "In reality, Ash and I aren't close! The one who needs Ash to brush her teeth, sleep with her, feed her, visit amusement parks with is Liss, not me. Liss's thing is hers, and the Witch has hers... In short, the relationship between the Sword Maiden and Ash is the same as mine with Ash!"

Sonia's mouth twitched, casting a strange look at Ash, "You sleep with little girls?"

"Don't look at me like that, she's really strong, several times I returned from the Void Realm to find myself kicked off the bed by her." Ash recalled painfully, "Once, her foot almost ended up in my mouth..."

"Don't worry, I don't sleep like that," Diya hugged Ash's arm, "Liss is just too mischievous."

Ash suddenly remembered, "Now that you're Empresses, Liss isn't neglecting her studies, right?"

"Of course not, though Liss would love that, the White Queen and Black Butler are always pushing her, though she studies five minutes and plays for an hour," Diya said. "We sisters share the same mind. She's not afraid of us older sisters, but you and Aunt Bojin can keep her in check... By the way, speaking of which, how are Aunt Bojin and Uncle Harvey?"

"Well, how to put it?"

Ash found a protruding ruby pile to sit on, crossing his legs, "If you ignore how Igula was almost torn like a doll and Harvey had all but one eye replaced, they're actually okay. In the past month, we've been through a lot in the Senluo Wasteland... Weiser died."

The sudden downturn news left Diya and Sonia stunned, they were wondering why Youlan Weiser wasn't there, was her soul gravely injured? Or did Ash prefer to reunite with them first, sidelining Youlan Weiser?

As Ash recounted his tale, they learned the quiet, gentle Truth Mage among them was in fact the Silver Lamp that had ravaged Senluo.

Moreover, in the month they were apart, Ash had faced repeated life-and-death crises, many times more perilous than the Ghost Trial. The world-ending ritual, the three gods of the Divine Era, and the Ghost Prophet Vishi appeared with fanfare. Without the birth of the Sky Gate Concept or Ash holding the key to the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes, everything would have been irreversibly tragic.

"The Heart's Desire Nexus should be in Tamasi's hands now, can't get it back for now," Ash said. "Though I believe if Tamasi can survive the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes, he will surely safeguard and return the Heart's Desire Nexus to me. But the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes is our shared property. I handed it over without your consent, sorry."

Diya shook her head, sitting next to Ash, "I have no issues, we can't utilize the Heavenly Kingdom of Thousand Wishes just yet anyway."

"I don't have any issues either." Sonia mused, "But so you're saying, Weiser planned from the start to conceal her identity and deceive you. After all, you intended to chase her down then, she learned your intel in the Void Realm and countered you in reality. Only in the end did she feel guilty and sacrifice herself, becoming the Silver Lamp to aid your Godslaying?"

"That's right."

"No, she didn't feel guilty, someone as resolute as her wouldn't regret her actions." Sonia lowered her eyelids, "You said before, the Silver Lamp kissed you during the Divine Fire Trial... She wasn't trying to protect her doomed country, she was just trying to protect you."

"I'd rather believe she wanted to protect the world," Ash said. "Even if she just wanted to save me, when you're willing to save someone, you're already saving the world."

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