Chapter 263

Chapter 263: Disaster Debris, Forget-Me-Not, Chu Yuanqing’s Preparations

Eight in the morning.

Chu Yuanqing sat next to the coffee table on the top floor, looking out the window at the bright blue sky. Her dark eyes, hidden beneath a lamp, reflected the beautiful buildings and mountains as if remembering the lovely scenery she saw.

A blue tit flapped its wings, following the wind’s path, and chirped as it landed in front of the Pure White Witch. Its small feet rested on the table, and its round body looked cute as it moved.

This little creature tilted its head slightly, its shiny black eyes staring at Honey Qing’s face. Suddenly, it fluttered up to her head and gently pecked at her silky hair, as if showing affection.

"Okay, don’t forget me. Please tell Charlotte that I will come down soon."

Chu Yuanqing held the little creature in her palm and poked its soft wings. The blue tit cleverly nodded its head and turned into a flash of light, sparkling away from her hand.

—Don’t forget me.

This name, which is the same as Flower of the Soul, naturally refers to Miss Saintess’s Lantern Elf. It entered a state of growth after Charlotte officially "Fully Blooming" and rapidly grew with the repeated magical restoration from the Pure White Witch, arriving early into the world.

Since it was just born, it was not as clever or chatty as Violet.

According to records in the Countermeasures Bureau, the Lantern Elf randomly reads information from the magical girl’s soul fragments and amplifies or twists it to create a unique personality and habits.

Hmm, this step is a bit like prenatal education.

Of course, it can also be corrected through later education—ideas taught by the owner, what they see and hear, looking at different materials, and even by professional teachers entrusted to the Countermeasures Bureau.

"The plan Charlotte chose was to let things take their course; she declared about Chu Yuanqing: ‘How can I bear to limit a newborn’s freedom? I hope it can fully enjoy every choice it makes!’"

As for the real reason, it’s likely because she had just reunited with her partner and daughter, pouring all her heart into her family, so she had no time to care for the clueless Lantern Elf.

Of course, Charlotte wasn’t completely indifferent; at least she put a lot of thought into the appearance of the Forget-Me-Not. Although this little one looks like a blue tit at first glance, a closer look reveals that all its patterns are actually those of the Forget-Me-Not.

On the other hand, Miss Saintess also downloaded a specialized early education app for the Lantern Elf on her phone, with the hardworking and multifaceted Dream Weaver Miss serving as the teacher.

In a way, this has also become a norm in the Countermeasures Bureau.

After all, the Magical Girls are all very young; how can they properly guide new life? Most of them choose to let Dream Weaver Rabbit handle the early education classes, and that’s why Violet calls her Teacher Dream Weaver.

"It will surely have a hard time in the future."

The sound of Dream Weaver echoed from the phone’s speaker, while the illusory data flowed uncertainly in the natural light. Accompanied by the weaving of magical ribbons, Miss Bunny Girl, with silver hair and red eyes, appeared in the air and sat across from Chu Yuanqing.

Esther glanced at the direction where Forget-Me-Not had left and calmly said in a cool, objective tone:

"According to the big data calculation of the personality model, Charlotte has a 90% chance of making Forget-Me-Not take on a workload over ten times that of Violet."

Chu Yuanqing felt a bit guilty and asked in return:

"What about the remaining possibility?"

In Esther’s lifeless red eyes, a rare hint of human compassion appeared, and she simply replied softly:

"Worse than that."

For a moment, Chu Yuanqing didn’t know whether to complain about Violet’s workload or to criticize Dream Weaver Rabbit’s deep understanding of Charlotte. After thinking it over, she decided to change the subject and spoke directly about the main matter:

"You said that without affecting the survival of civilization and without endangering personal safety, the [Lighthouse] has the power to use [Dream Weaver] to mobilize any number of strategic resources, right?"

Esther looked up in surprise. She picked up the imaginary coffee cup, pretended to take a sip, and softly replied:

"To be precise, after meeting those conditions, I can promise you any request on behalf of the united alliance of humanity."

"This is the authority you rightfully deserve."

As the super AI said this, she became curious about what Chu Yuanqing might ask for. She just hoped it wouldn’t be like some Holy Maiden who every day asked for strange and amusing wishes that were easy to grant but odd.

Chu Yuanqing had no habit of keeping secrets. She spoke frankly:

"The Countermeasures Bureau should have kept many remains of disaster beasts, right? I would like to see a list of those and choose some materials from it."

The silver-haired, red-eyed Miss Bunny Girl set down her coffee cup. Her fingers moved, and the data streams roared like waves, instantly forming an envelope that crashed like splashes on the phone on the table, adding a shopping mall to the app with the icon of Dream Weaver Rabbit.

Esther was very efficient. She explained:

"There are indeed many remains of disaster beasts, but most of them have been tested and judged to lack value, so they were treated as waste to prevent the secondary spread of disaster aura."

"As for those that have certain value or are special remnants, the Countermeasures Bureau refers to them as Disaster Debris and collects them for study. Some of them are in the laboratory, and it takes time to retrieve them."

"Including these, all information about Disaster Debris has been placed in the app, adding an extra shopping module for you. Besides these, there are also other items from the Countermeasures Bureau available for selection."

Chu Yuanqing lowered her gaze at the shop and, after completing various filters, seemed to be deep in thought.

Hmm, as she expected, even though [Pure White] suppressed the Disaster, her health had been getting worse in recent years, and attacks by disaster beasts were gradually appearing worldwide, even forming disaster aura whirlwinds.

The former would steadily produce some useful Disaster Debris.

This was also the material used by the shrine maiden, revered as the Saiō King, to forge weapons back in the day.

The latter would pollute the environment; if not purified in time, even in uninhabited areas or the sea, it could lead to thousands of tons of dead fish washing up on the shore.

Chu Yuanqing needed these things.

One was for Charlotte’s birthday gift, and the other was for a small return gift for Little Sakura.

The Pure White Witch glanced slightly and said softly:

"Tears of the Rose Dragon, Thorns Crown, Gray Crystal Core, Withered Poem, Immortal Silver Bone, and all the Shadowblades in stock."

After Chu Yuanqing finished speaking, she lowered her eyes to look through the inventory. She compared the remaining memories and impressions to assess the value of the Disaster Debris, listing many high-value Disaster Debris that made Esther feel sorry for the Research Department.

Well, there’s no help for it; for a savior who has defeated thirteen Calamity Gods, most of this Disaster Debris stock is just low-level junk. Naturally, what meets the requirements are only high-quality items obtained by sheer chance.

Among them was also the Disaster Debris dropped from the Nightmare’s death last time.

Although this disaster beast was rated Grade B and died in Sea City, its main body was in a small country of the Donghong Federation, thousands of miles away from Daxia. Therefore, the Disaster Debris was also generated there and retrieved through the huge information network of the Dream Weaver.

After Esther confirmed the supply list submitted by Chu Yuanqing, she suddenly felt a little nostalgic for a certain wicked Miss Saintess. She looked at Chu Yuanqing and sighed:

"I will send these items to the castle as soon as possible."

"But because many of the items you selected are very special, we need to urgently coordinate with the Research Department of the Countermeasures Bureau and prepare dozens of different containment methods. Furthermore, we need to have a witch responsible for the dispatch, so it will take at least two weeks."

Chu Yuanqing heard this and thought for a moment. She looked serious and kindly suggested:

"Is it really so slow? No need to call in other witches; I can go get it myself."

Miss Bunny Girl was silent for a while and said softly:

"It can be rushed; it will arrive in a week, but you must focus on your training and not wander around."

No matter how precious these Disaster Debris are, they are merely for making magical tools and assisting Ether Tech research, which is nothing compared to the safety of the Lighthouse.

As for the needed manpower and resources…

Ah, I remember Little Yu wanted to take a leave recently to meet her sister, and Xie Qingxuan just happens to be next to the Lighthouse. Why not let her take the task and cancel her leave?

The conscience of the dream weaver felt a pang for a second but then happily decided on the choice of courier.

There is no choice; high-grade Disaster Debris like Grade B and Grade A can cause severe secondary pollution if not handled carefully. If they fall into the hands of the Church of the Gods or disaster beasts, they become valuable materials and high-level experience. Therefore, the caretaker must choose a powerful and trustworthy witch.

Furthermore, this task also involves the **lighthouse**.

The information about the **lighthouse** is very close to being classified.

Although Xie Qing Yu is one of the few captain-level **witches**, her knowledge of Charlotte’s identity comes down to luck, as she wanted to bless her hometown and needed a protector and a magical power source.

Since one task shouldn’t bother two leaders, it is indeed very fitting for Little Yu to take care of it.

Well, there are indeed too few **witches**, which is a reason why new talents haven’t emerged.

Chu Yuanqing felt like she was being treated like a child, but she could probably understand her status in Weaving Dream’s eyes. Unlike Charlotte, she didn’t throw a tantrum or create trouble. Instead, she agreed readily and appeared quite obedient.

Seeing this, Esther felt somewhat relieved and didn’t ask Chu Yuanqing what she needed these for. She trusted that Chu Yuanqing had good judgment and believed that Charlotte wouldn’t let her little girlfriend get hurt. After reminding her to stay safe, she returned to the base as the data flow dispersed.

Chu Yuanqing watched Weaving Dream leave, turned off the app, and silently murmured in surprise:

"It seems the **lighthouse** holds a higher status than I imagined."

To be honest, she did not think it would go so smoothly before asking, and she thought the Dream Weaver Rabbit would at most agree to give her some disaster debris with a lower danger level.

But the result was that she almost emptied the highest level of disaster debris in the inventory, and the other side showed no complaints or doubts, strictly following the duties of the "wishing machine."

This was quite strange.

It is important to know that, unlike the blue-green modifier in the app, money is just a string of numbers for those in power, no matter how the "Lighthouse" uses it, but disaster debris, which is almost a non-renewable strategic resource, is a completely different matter.

Of course, this unconditional trust and support is surely not bad news.

After all, if we compare this world to a mobile game, The Last Diva is like an overwhelmingly powerful SSR, while Pure White Witch is like an epic character that cannot be drawn from the background, a great hero who can never be summoned and lives forever in legends.

For the Human Alliance to summon these two just before the end, treating them as "Lighthouse," is a miracle among miracles, and piling up experience books is just a reasonable decision; the cost of this disaster debris is nothing compared to that.

Chu Yuanqing feels strange because she still has a layer of disguise and does not think the officials regard her so highly.

"Hmm, I wonder if Miyuki can use this level of disaster debris now; the ‘Tempering of the Heart’ should not have grown to that level yet."

Chu Yuanqing walked toward the hall where the small idols were, trying to remember the steps for forging the first playthrough shrine maiden. She dimly recalled that high-level Disaster Debris was used as a material and needed to be blessed before forging, or it would easily create twisted monsters.

Thinking of this made her feel a bit regretful; it was a pity that she couldn’t use Levatin now. Otherwise, with a little leftover fire, she could quickly purify it and skip the blessing step.

Well, for now, I’ll give some low-level materials and see if Miyuki can use them. We’ll find out if there’s any danger later.

Chu Yuanqing cleared her mind and walked into the hall on the first floor. She looked at the small idols who were chatting happily about Xiaoxiao. She quickened her steps to join them, showing a warm and gentle smile as she greeted everyone.

Charlotte was the first to approach her. In front of her adorable daughter’s shocked gaze, she openly lifted Chu Yuanqing’s collar and, like a curious kitten or puppy, sniffed at the white, delicate collarbone before saying with satisfaction:

"Hmm, Little Qing is very honest; I don’t smell any other girls."

Kirimi Miyuki felt that, as a little wife, she should speak fairly for Honey Qing. She explained seriously:

"There are only us in this castle; Little Qing can’t find any other girls to be unfaithful with."

Xie Qingxuan thought for a moment and said earnestly:

"The magical girl has endless possibilities."

"Charlotte can send Liuli to your room in just one second, and Little Qing can also commit a big crime using the same method."

Chu Wang Shu did not understand the Golden Retriever’s harsh words at first. She felt confused for a moment, then suddenly remembered the green-eyed cat she saw a few days ago on Sister Miyuki’s bed. After a three-second delay, something clicked in her mind.

Huh? It shouldn’t be… what I imagined, right?

The lovely daughter’s pretty face turned bright red. She couldn’t help but take a few steps back, patting her own cheeks with her hand, trying hard not to think wildly. But thoughts like "Honey Qing, won’t playing 4 be tiring?" suddenly popped into her head, and her mind started racing again.

The shy cat decided to defend her beloved Honey Qing, saying:

"That’s silly! We don’t even have time to sleep, how can we go looking outside?"

At that moment, the clever daughter’s mind was forced to complete the last piece of the puzzle. She looked at Chu Yuanqing in shock, wondering how Honey Qing, who seemed so soft and perfect for being a pillow princess, could actually be a 1?

Wait, something is wrong!

Now is not the time to worry about this detail!

The key point is, did everyone really sleep with Little Qing and have a party together?

Chu Wang Shu felt a sense of isolation, she began to doubt that these few people would invite her to play board games during the New Year, because afterward they would have a wild party and do many adult things that were very inappropriate.

The lovely daughter didn’t know whether to feel blue or to join in.

But she didn’t have those strange thoughts about everyone; at most, she thought that Sister Charlotte and Little Qing would be great stepmoms. If she really joined in, she couldn’t picture the other little seniors as stepmoms too, right? That would be too weird!

Chu Yuanqing didn’t notice her daughter’s complicated feelings; with a serious little face, she reached out her hand and gently pinched Charlotte’s cheek, saying:

"No more pranks! Remember, these days should not affect my training with everyone, or how will we be ready for your birthday celebration? Charlotte wouldn’t want to go home all alone, right?"

The Last Diva puffed out her cheeks, feeling that Honey Qing was very sly. This was clearly a different topic, yet she dared to threaten her with it. In a moment of "revenge," she kissed her back and happily ran off to play with her lovely daughter.

The blue tit flapped its wings and landed on Miss Saintess’s head. Its eyes spun around, looking innocently and curiously at the little idols around, and finally locked eyes with the green-eyed cat, tilting its head in confusion and chirping at it.

Tang Liuli raised her bright green eyes. She reached out her small hand to touch its head and smiled as she explained:

"We didn’t have a fight; everyone is getting along well."

"Do you think it’s hard for me to understand humans? That’s okay; humans sometimes don’t understand themselves. Just remember what you see in your heart, and you’ll understand it slowly later."

Kirimi Miyuki watched as the shy cat and the Forget-Me-Not talked smoothly. It felt a bit magical, and she whispered to the golden retriever beside her:

"Little Xuan, does Liuli really understand what little animals say?"

Xie Qingxuan replied seriously:

"I think Little Qing understands too, but she and Liuli probably understand in different ways."

Chu Yuanqing thought the cat talking seriously with the Lantern Elf was very cute. She smiled and explained:

"The Lantern Elf is a magical creature. If you understand magic, you can understand its thoughts and guess what it means."

"Liuli must rely on her gift of empathy; she can understand the emotions of humans, which are such complex beings. It is very easy for her to understand a newly born Lantern Elf, like a blank sheet of paper."

After all, last night Liuli transformed into an exploding cat to prove the limits of her talent. Even though both of them were not prepared for her, the connection between The Last Diva and the savior in terms of senses, and even souls, was already quite extraordinary.

Chu Yuanqing believes that, even though Liuli’s performance may not be as outrageous as Little Sakura and Honey Xuan because of the blessing she received, the flowers and fruits she produces through the magical girl system will definitely stand out.

Pure White Witch looked at that girl’s smile and suddenly remembered a broken memory, a cold and thin shell like a cicada’s molt. Her emotions were complicated, and she whispered to herself,

"Liuli, I hope your magic is neither like the late spring’s tulips nor as sorrowful as that blessing."

Whether it’s the Blood of Sighs, which connects death and regret as anchors for time travel, or The Wall of Sighs, where the cost of building a high wall comes from sacrificing flesh and even souls, both are far too selfless and cruel.

So, this time, she hopes that the power the other person holds is not such a burden, but something more ‘selfish’ that can protect themselves, without needing to be so brave with their magic.

And this wish, whether for the blessed Liuli, Charlotte, or for Miyuki and Little Xuan who still hold their blessing, carries a consistent blessing.

After all, since everything has been reset and everyone has become magical girls who should be light and airy, the future should also match this light and airy style, ensuring that peace and beauty prevail.