Volume 4, Chapter 36 – Is Master Back?

The sun in the sky slowly rose, and as always, a new day arrived without any hindrance.

Ever since the Ninth Faction Dawn surfaced and defeated the former Stronghold, the Ninth Faction Dawn’s status had gradually been acknowledged by many powers.

Because of the Graveyard invasion earlier, most of the territories in the Main World had been turned into ruins, and the NPCs who had originally still been living on those ruins became homeless refugees after their homes were destroyed.

The powers of the Main World had indeed defeated the Graveyard, but it was a pyrrhic victory. Leaving aside the Stronghold, which was now Stronghold in name only, even the Kingdom, Academy, Nature and other factions had almost all failed to recover from the heavy damage inflicted by the Graveyard invasion.

So those homeless refugees were ruthlessly abandoned by the native powers. Although some player lords belonging to the major factions wisely chose to take in these refugees, the number that these player lords could shelter was just a drop in the bucket.

At that point, the Ninth Faction Dawn stepped forward.

Ignoring racial distinctions, it took in an uncountable number of NPC refugees. When those NPC refugees were homeless and felt they had no future, the Ninth Faction Dawn… became the sacred land in the hearts of those displaced people.

Every day, countless refugees joined the Ninth Faction. As more and more refugees arrived, Dawn simply went with the flow. Relying on Xingyu Muxi’s enormous financial resources, they forcibly built one newborn city after another within the faction’s sphere of influence.

With this kind of development, the NPC population of the Ninth Faction Dawn increased at a geometric rate. By now, Dawn’s newborn cities had already reached into the double digits, and the number of NPCs under its jurisdiction had reached a staggering nine digits.

Without anyone quite realizing it, the Dawn that had once had only a few hundred people had already become one of the top colossi in the Main World under Xingyu Muxi’s leadership.

The weather was fine today.

But it was also another exceptionally busy day.

Under Sister Xiaomu’s arrangements, Eden’s governing institutions had become neat and orderly.

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That said, even though Dawn’s strength seemed to be developing at an incredible pace and it looked like a colossus no one could afford to provoke, in reality there were still many hidden dangers inside Dawn.

Because Dawn now contained humans, Beastmen, Half-beasts, elves and various other small-numbered races all together, the internal racial conflicts within Dawn had grown more and more intense as time went on.

Leaving that aside, resources were also a huge issue. For now, Dawn could rely on Xingyu Muxi’s powerful finances to keep operating, and the System’s resource exchange rates were also extraordinarily cheap. But because Dawn’s population was now too large, even Xingyu Muxi’s vast wealth was starting to feel the strain.

Not to mention that the newborn Dawn, because the tallest trees catch the most wind, had all kinds of secret “plants” and “dark lines” with ill intentions that had been secretly arranged by the various factions and player powers, all of which needed to be investigated and cleaned out.

So for Xingyu Muxi, this period of time was without question the busiest period she had ever had.

Xingyu Muxi logged in as soon as dawn broke and began handling Dawn’s governmental affairs. And it was worth mentioning that after Tianyin’s disciple Xiaomengyao very earnestly went to Xingyu Muxi and said “I want to help Master too”, she also began consciously helping Xingyu Muxi share the load of Dawn’s affairs.

Of course…

She was doing this mainly because Xiaomengyao missed Tianyin, who had been gone for so long, terribly. Because she missed her too much, she could only try to use “work” to dampen her longing for Tianyin.

Mm, that’s right… this little one had completely, subconsciously ignored her big brother who was still in the Graveyard Plane.

“Uu… it’s already the eleventh day… Master, Master, why hasn’t she come back yet…”

After properly handling some affairs under Sister Xiaomu’s guidance, Xiaomengyao used a break in the work to run to the room where Tianyin always used to sleep.

As she pushed the door open and muttered to herself, she saw in her field of view the emotionless loli with long icy blue hair.

“Ah… Xiaobingxue, you’re lazing around in Master’s bed again! Careful, when Master comes back and sees you she’ll complain about you again!”

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Even though she saw Xiaobingxue run into her Master’s bed, Xiaomengyao was clearly already used to Xiaobingxue’s behavior. The way she spoke gave people the feeling that this was perfectly normal.

“Suu… here… sleeping… feels safe.”

Xiaobingxue looked at Xiaomengyao with a blank face, showing no sign at all that she intended to get up from Tianyin’s bed.

“Do whatever you want… but I’ve noticed that besides Master, you’re not interested in anything at all… that’s not really a good thing, you know?”

Xiaomengyao was just stating facts, but honestly it was mostly just a complaint.

“Suu…”

In the face of Xiaomengyao’s complaint, Xiaobingxue’s expression was still completely unchanged.

“Xiaoyin… I like… Xiaoyin.”

“Yes yes… I know, you like Master.”

Xiaomengyao rolled her eyes, then walked over to Tianyin’s bed. After that, she sat down on Tianyin’s mattress and started taking off her…

Shoes.

Her slim, fair little legs, with not a bit of extra flesh on them, were wrapped in sheer white knee socks as thin as cicada wings. Xiaomengyao kicked her little legs a few times, then flopped forward onto the bed, falling down right beside Xiaobingxue.

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Just like that, the two lolis snuggled tightly against each other.

“Xiaobingxue… Can you move over a little to your side? I’m about to fall off!”

“… Only Xiaoyin… I won’t give way.”

“But this is just Master’s bed! Share some space with me!”

The black-haired loli puffed out her cheeks in anger.

The blue-haired emotionless loli, on the other hand, looked completely calm.

“The bed… letting you lie on it… is already… special treatment.”

The black-haired loli started grinding her teeth in a huff.

“When did Master’s bed ever become yours alone? That way of saying it is way too sneaky! Master isn’t just yours, Master is mine too! Mine!”

“Xiaoyin… is mine.”

The emotionless loli looked at the very angry black-haired loli, her tone utterly flat.

“You! arrgghh…”

Just as Xiaomengyao was trying to decide which part of Xiaobingxue she should bite next to show her how tough she was, Xiaobingxue, who had been lying on Tianyin’s bed the whole time… suddenly sat up.

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A powerful aura burst out of her all at once, and not only that, the aura Xiaobingxue released seemed abnormally chaotic.

“W-W-W-What’s wrong…”

Thinking that Xiaobingxue was mad, Xiaomengyao looked completely confused.

However, Xiaobingxue did not seem to be angry at Xiaomengyao.

Instead it was…

“Xiaoyin… Xiaoyin’s… scent Xiaoyin… is back…”

“Eh? Eh, eh, eh, eh?”

Hearing what Xiaobingxue suddenly said, the expression on Xiaomengyao’s face turned to joy as well.

“Master… Master, Master, she? She’s back? Really really really?”

“It’s Xiaoyin’s… aura… she’s back…”

Xiaobingxue was absolutely certain.