No matter what Miss Elysia thought, Miss Serpent undoubtedly had all the milk she could drink during this period.
Especially when the former was present, the feeling of openly stealing the milk in front of someone made Mobius feel especially delicious. This exhilarating feeling was like wearing new underwear to welcome the morning of the New Year!
Even losing verbal battles to the former didn't seem so infuriating. After all, even if she lost a battle of words, she could win back from another mouth. Don't ask, just know she was winning all around.
As for Miss Qingque...
Amidst the attention of the crowd, she forced a smile and accepted the seal representing the position of Xianzhou Marshal from Hua's hand. How should she put it? She was smiling, but for some reason, it looked like she was crying.
Look, this seal is so big and beautiful, just like the endless, mountainous pile of work that comes with being the successor Marshal of the Xianzhou.
"Omedeto (Congratulations)."
Qingque's entourage very appropriately offered their applause to the Marshal, and her parents were moved to tears, wiping their eyes while feeling incredibly excited.
Their daughter had always been hopeless and lacked ambition, which annoyed them to no end, yet they couldn't do anything with this lazy bum. But never did they imagine that one day, their lazy daughter would become the new Marshal commanding the Cloud Knights.
"Qing, we misunderstood you."
Sob, I wish you had continued to misunderstand me.
Even accepting the undeniable reality of the Marshal position, Miss Qingque's heart was still bleeding.
However, there didn't seem to be any good news.
"Because the Xianzhou Alliance has become a vassal of Glamoth, although various considerations mean the Xianzhou will not largely transform into a 'hive' polity like Glamoth, the duties of the Cloud Knights are highly synergistic with Glamoth. To account for the connection with Glamoth's Iron Cavalry, the Xianzhou Marshal's control over the Cloud Knights will be greatly reduced. I guess you wouldn't mind that too much?"
Firefly, as the Empress, notified Qingque of this.
The latter was stunned for a moment, then instantly overjoyed.
I don't mind! How could I mind?
As a seasoned master of slacking, even upon becoming the Xianzhou Marshal, Qingque naturally didn't forget her original intention. It's just that the hectic nature of this position would make her path to a slacking career incredibly difficult. But if Glamoth was willing to share her workload... Although this was essentially diluting the power of the Xianzhou Marshal—of course, Glamoth wasn't doing this out of checks and balances or to defend against something. It was simply because Glamoth's system was like this.
To this, Qingque's response was: You're doing a great job!
She even really wanted to suggest that Firefly abolish the position of Xianzhou Marshal and directly incorporate the Cloud Knights into Glamoth's military system. That way, she could directly escape this troublesome job as Xianzhou Marshal.
Faced with Qingque's hints in this regard, Miss Firefly fell into thought.
"Qingque said that. What do you think?"
Regarding this question, she directly sought Silver Wolf's opinion.
After all, although the Glamoth Empress had the highest authority in Glamoth, Silver Wolf, the Iron Cavalry Commander, was mainly responsible for military affairs.
"I have a better idea."
Miss Silver Wolf, chewing bubblegum, responded with a bright smile.
The next day.
Qingque, who had taken office, went to work.
She fully felt the weight of the Xianzhou Marshal's position. This could be understood simply by looking at the mountainous pile of official documents.
Although each Xianzhou ship was mainly led by a general, their work would eventually be submitted to the Marshal for review and approval.
"...Why are there Glamoth Iron Cavalry documents too?!"
While working to the point of exhaustion, Qingque suddenly discovered a problem.
She realized that her job seemed to only involve the Cloud Knights, but also a lot of content regarding Glamoth's Iron Cavalry.
"It's like this. After considering your proposal, Her Majesty ultimately made a decision."
"Out of the need for the connection between the commanders of the Cloud Knights and Glamoth's Iron Cavalry, if they were handled separately, there would still be various problems. Therefore, Commander Silver Wolf gave up her position as commander and recommended Marshal Qingque to be the new commander of Glamoth's Iron Cavalry. So, you are now also the Commander of Glamoth's Iron Cavalry."
"This is Her Majesty's appointment letter and the Iron Cavalry Commander's order submitted by Commander Silver Wolf."
Brunhilde calmly placed a token made of an unknown material and a gold-embossed letter of appointment on Qingque's desk, saying earnestly, "Please do not betray the trust of Her Majesty and the people of Glamoth."
"..."
At this moment, Qingque looked at the letter of appointment, and the sky was falling.
Good news: some of the Xianzhou Marshal's work was shared. Bad news: she was also taking on the position of Glamoth's Iron Cavalry Commander.
Looking at the mountainous pile of official duties, Qingque's eyes gradually lost their luster.
As long as the Iron Cavalry Commander and the Xianzhou Marshal were the same person, the conflicts could be easily resolved, right?
Having been somewhat mentally and physically exhausted by the work of the Iron Cavalry Commander, Silver Wolf's face was filled with ease and joy after getting rid of that terrible position.
"Finally, someone is helping me take over."
Although Miss Silver Wolf initially liked the position of Iron Cavalry Commander when Glamoth was first established, after she actually started working, the easygoing her instantly regretted it.
But clearly, such a position couldn't be abandoned at will. After Glamoth was born, everything had rules and regulations, and the somewhat responsible her couldn't just abandon the position and run away.
As Glamoth's expansion continued, this pain intensified.
Until this day.
Finally, she found an opportunity.
By reasonably and compliantly shifting the job of Iron Cavalry Commander to Qingque, even Firefly couldn't find any issues.
"I'm free!"
Thus spoke the Great Love Wolf Venerable.
"Hello, Director Silver Wolf."
"Hmm? What did you call me?"
"Director."
"When did I become a director?"
"Just now. After you stepped down as Cloud Knight Commander, Her Majesty, moved by your integrity and also believing that the empire could not lack someone as important as you, appointed you as Glamoth's Director of Security, responsible for managing the empire's internal security."
Miss Silver Wolf's smile disappeared.
Freedom had run away!
At the Hall of Progeny, the hardworking Empress was very satisfied with handling fewer official duties.
Great, there was one more person who could handle government affairs, making it easier for her to directly pass down the work at hand.
Of course, there were also things that made Her Majesty the Queen unhappy.
That was probably that her auxiliary work and recreational equipment had entered a state of inactivity.
The answer was also simple.
Invited by the Family, and because the Astral Express crew had the same goal, plus Elysia was also interested in exploration, she boarded the train. And the result...
"It's a Little Stellaron Hunter."
The gray-haired girl examined her appearance.
[Stelle], with his smooth driving experience, was quite calm about this.
For him, who had extensive driving experience, no matter what kind of machine it was, it was no longer so surprising to him.
Although this body was special because it had a Stellaron, something regarded as the "cancer of all worlds" by the world, to him, it was just another thing.
Of course, there seemed to be another person who was adapting extremely quickly.
In the welcoming room, Miss Stelle, initially a little uncomfortable, quickly understood what had happened with her rapid adaptation speed. She looked at the face in the mirror, and her expression became excited.
Her gaze slowly moved down. After a while, she walked out of the room with a flushed face and a relaxed expression.
Then she bumped into [Stelle].
The moment she saw the real person, Miss Stelle, who had done some indescribable things out of physiological curiosity, blushed instantly.
She quickly said:
"I didn't do anything."
"But I didn't ask anything."
"!!!"
"...Because I was a little curious, I just... took a look, just took a look!"
"How did it feel?"
"Great!"
"...I also touched it a little, just touched it!"
"Really?"
"Really, really."
The gray-haired girl didn't speak, just stared at the former with a death stare.
The former held her head high, but quickly deflated.
As if giving up, or as if comparing something:
"Alright... At worst, I'll let you touch me back. I guarantee my feel is definitely better than yours! I'm bigger! Bigger than March!"
"Huh? I think I heard someone calling my name!"
March 7 popped out, poking her head in.
Seeing the close distance between the two, her cheeks turned slightly red.
"Uh... what are you guys doing?"
"A-Am I interrupting something?"
"No, you came at the right time! March, tell her, is my feel better than hers?"
"Misunderstanding? Feel..." March 7 was confused when she heard Jiang Qiao's words, and then... the next moment, she saw the latter directly grab it.
At that moment, the pink-haired girl's cheeks instantly turned as red as blood.
"Y-You, what are you doing!"
Because of the noise, the Astral Express crew was quickly attracted.
As a result, Miss Stelle, who was acting like a pervert, was almost kicked off the train.
In response, Miss Stelle, kneeling on the ground with a bump on her head, sincerely apologized to [Stelle] in the distance:
"I'm sorry! I was too sudden."
"Stelle, even if you're using someone else's body, you can't just do such abrupt things!" Pom-Pom tapped the former's head with a newspaper rolled into a tube, very dissatisfied.
"That's my body..."
"Yours is not allowed either!"
"That scared me... I thought there was something between you two." March 7 breathed a sigh of relief with lingering fear.
"So... can we switch back?"
Himeko rested her chin, somewhat concerned.
Because Welt was caught red-handed, he had been taken away by Dr. Tesla. Now she was the only elder left on the train.
"What? Switch back?"
When Stelle heard this, she revealed a hint of reluctance.
"Do we have to switch back?"
"What's the matter, listening to you, it sounds like you don't want to switch back?"
"Cough cough... How could that be!" Hearing March's words, Stelle coughed twice, quite seriously, "Of course, I want to switch back quickly."
--The truth was, she didn't really want to switch back immediately.
Although the physiological differences were a bit troubling, who was she? A Stellaron Hunter! The Honkai Star Rail Meme Queen! A mere gender couldn't affect her attitude at all. On the contrary, it could only make Stelle play even more happily and excitingly, like a novel toy!
And... for some reason, she always felt that this body was more comfortable to use than her own...
"Normally, it's a natural exchange. In case of emergency... it's through here." The gray-haired girl touched her lips with her index finger.
"Eh, if we switch back, do we have to do that kind of thing?!"
March widened her eyes.
"No, no! That's too..."
"Yeah, yeah! I can't accept it!"
Miss Stelle echoed, while staring at her lips and subconsciously licking the corners of her mouth.
How should she put it... she really couldn't accept it. She kind of wanted to try what it felt like to kiss herself, but if she switched back so quickly, she would feel very reluctant...
So, the result was -- wait for a natural exchange.
Yeah, it was a result that Stelle was also very satisfied with.
"I'm going to watch you every step of the way. Don't think about doing weird things to Stelle!" March 7 patted her small chest, looking very serious.
Although Miss March 7 would be a little conflicted about closely following Stelle, who was essentially [Jiang Qiao], she would stick to her beliefs of protecting Stelle's body. In addition, Elysia had asked her to help keep an eye on someone before this trip to Penacony. Of course, the very responsible Little March had to persevere to the end!
"Don't you think she'll be more proactive than I am?"
"Ah, this..."
Clearly, the image of a certain Stellaron Hunter was also very unreliable in March's heart, but the pink ball still believed in the bonds of friendship:
"Believe in your comrades! Don't try to get rid of me!"
"...Okay."
[Stelle] didn't care too much.
Anyway, the reason he came to Penacony was to respond to the invitation from the Family, and... there were many things in Penacony itself that he needed to handle on behalf of Glamoth.
Because of the Family's special nature, even Glamoth found it difficult to intervene in their affairs. Now was the best opportunity.
And March 7...
Looking at the innocent and lively girl in front of him, his insight and interaction with Fu Hua made him aware of the other party's special nature.
Thinking of the place where Elysia went, he really needed to slightly guide this pink ball before the Astral Express crew set off to that place.