T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 153, Section 152: Liking Needs No Reason

Jiang Heyi's heart rate is approaching that of the physical fitness test.

Kesha pressed down on him, shaking incessantly, its tail twitching wildly with the rhythm of its body. The sea serpent-like tail was so agile; it had already curled up onto his thighs and was showing signs of wrapping around his waist.

Jiang Heyi swore he wanted to push it away, but without the Glutton's power to suppress it, the siren's true form, Kesha, was surging with powerful water elemental power, making it difficult for him to even exert any force.

The tough scales that help the siren resist physical and magical attacks are as smooth as silk and feel cool to the touch. Where his skin comes into contact with Ksha's, it feels like water flowing over it.

A warm sensation occasionally pierced through the "water flow" and reached his skin.

A wonderful experience.

Fries couldn't stand it anymore and reminded Kesha, "Everyone's watching."

Kesha raised his head and looked around.

The boundary between the virtual and real worlds was already prepared for Kesha's initiative and enthusiasm, leaving the magicians and nobles of Anna completely dumbfounded.

Sirens are generally perceived as optimists by the people of the Anna coast.

However, in inland areas with a strong academic and political atmosphere, they are more likely to be seen as a group of people with deep-seated cunning and hidden advantages.

The better one's talent, the stronger one's strength, and the higher one's rank, the more reserved one becomes. This has been proven among many terrestrial species, and the siren should be no exception.

Can……

Pounce on someone the moment you meet them?
Wherein lies the reserve and arrogance of the dominant species?
Jiang Heyi took the opportunity to free his hand from Ke Xia's grasp.

Jiang Heyi thought that Kexia would stop after realizing she was being watched so intensely, but to his surprise, she only glanced at him before nuzzling against his cheek like a cat.

"A body temperature different from a siren's, so comfortable~~~~"

"She smells like seaweed." Jiang Heyi vaguely identified the type of scent.

The person in bed pondered: "So the game only prohibits players from harassing NPCs, but doesn't it trigger a warning if the NPCs initiate the harassment?"

The jailer beat his chest in frustration: "If I had known it would turn out like this, I should have cultivated good relationships with those nuns in Fengjia City."

French Fries covered his face: "Don't you guys think we should move things forward a bit? Are we going to keep watching Potato and Kshasa like this for so long?"

Zhong Zemo: "I have no objection, I can watch for a while longer."

"..."

Jiang Heyi vaguely saw the light pink seashell hanging on Kexia's collar light up. Kexia listened intently, pouted, and finally chose to get up from the ground.

She wrapped her nimble tail around Jiang Heyi's wrist and gently pulled him up. The plump tip of her tail slipped into his palm along his wrist and trembled.

What are you arguing about?

Jiang Heyi was somewhat surprised. He looked at Kexia and found that Kexia was urging him to speak quickly with her big, expressive eyes.

She did it on purpose.

"Oh, someone insulted my mother... friend."

I almost blurted out "Mint Mom".

If you don't change your tune, there will be a big misunderstanding, right?
"How was it insulted?" Ksha asked again.

“They said that Mint and we were liars, that I was ‘beginning to take human form’ and that it was impossible for me to have one…” Jiang Heyi realized the problem.

Kesha was clearly trying to trick her into revealing information; she had overheard the entire conversation!
Kesha's long, curled eyelashes trembled incessantly, as if saying, "Say it! Say it!"

Jiang Heyi glanced at everyone at the boundary between reality and illusion and saw that they had mischievous smiles and expectant looks on their faces—these guys had also realized Ke Xia's trick and were now waiting for the fun to begin.

Mint, fries, and orange tea were exceptions; they seemed somewhat bewildered.

The chubby tail scratched Jiang Heyi's palm.

Kesha is in a hurry!
"call……"

Jiang Heyi took a deep breath: "They said that it was impossible for me to have a fiancée from the Fallen Star Royal Court... They believed that we had tainted the Lord's Mansion with lies, and they also regarded us as arrogant and rude inferiors, dirty adventurers who could only make a living by taking on commissions."

Kesha smiled radiantly, completely satisfied.

She turned around, and the smile on her face quickly faded.

Just like before at Narum mansion, she held her head high with pride.

"Is it you who used foul language?" She looked at the people from the Star Speakers Academy.

"Or is it you again?" She then looked at Giza and the other nobles who had appeared out of nowhere.

For a moment, no one dared to answer.

"You come from the Fallen Star Royal Court?" the young man named Giza suddenly asked. "With your superior race, why would you choose this kind of person?"

She countered, "Why did I choose that? Because I like it."

Kesha tilted her head: "Does liking something need a reason?"

Giza was stunned and speechless.

Ksha had no intention of ending the conversation there; water elements were condensing in the air.

What are you planning to do?!

The students of the Star Speakers Academy, being the best among their peers, immediately realized what Kesha was doing.

"He offended my lover, I have to do something, otherwise wouldn't I be too incompetent?"

"Gunnar forbids private fights!"

Giza and the noble youths behind him panicked and quickly invoked the laws of the Anna Empire.

"Then let Lord Gunnar lead his guards to the royal court to arrest me," Kesha said nonchalantly.

Just as the water elemental was about to take form, a gentle force suddenly pierced through, dissipating most of Ksha's magical output.

The aftershocks rippled in the air, and the invisible tides crashed against the nobles, making them dizzy and causing them to vomit violently, disregarding their image.

Their ugly, tearful appearance was no different from the inferior people they mocked.

"Ksha, you should follow the rules."

At the door that had been breached by Kesha, a group of sirens swung their long, thin tails and, using water as a medium, slid into the reception room, splashing through the water.

Strangely, not a single drop of water was left on the ground.

"They are, after all, guests of the royal court," the leading siren emphasized.

Lord Gunnar, who was following closely behind, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Fortunately, most of the Fallen Star Sirens are reasonable, otherwise he would have been in a difficult situation today.

These nobles are no pushovers; they'd rather die anywhere than have their blood spilled on them.

“Luna…” Ksha complained.

The siren called Luna has an exaggerated head of red hair that, even when she comes ashore, still looks as if it is scattered in the water, flowing freely and flamboyantly.

Are all the superior varieties that have been passed down to this day so good-looking?

No wonder the people of Anna can't forget it.

"You... sigh." Luna didn't seem to want to teach Ksha a lesson at all; she hadn't even bothered to observe the nobles' behavior after coming in.

Her gaze fell on Jiang Heyi.

"I heard from Ksha that you possess a very strange power, but... I haven't sensed it. Is it hidden?"

Kesha quickly said, "I pushed him down just now, and he kept trying to break free, but he couldn't activate his ability. Luna, Potato is really gentle!"

"Enough... This is outside the royal court, let's be a little more serious."

Kesha scoffed, "Anyway, you won't be acting for long."

After being glared at by Luna, Kesha immediately turned into a good boy and clung to Jiang Heyi's side.

Siren... is quite interesting.

Only then did the boundary between the virtual and real worlds learn that Giza and his companions had actually been granted permission to travel to the royal court for exchanges.

A deceased high priest of the Fallen Star Royal Court had a close relationship with a high-ranking mage in the current Anar Mage Tower, and the two worked together to establish a channel of communication between the Empire and the Royal Court.

The exchange takes place every five years, and this year happens to be the year the Empire travels to the Royal Court.

but……

“It won’t be able to continue soon.” Kesha wrapped her tail around Jiang Heyi’s waist, pulling them closer. “Why?” Jiang Heyi was trying to adapt to her enthusiasm.

"The sage of the Mage Tower has also passed away." Ksha sighed. "He was a very good person... His original intention was to let the younger generation of the Royal Court and the Empire learn from each other, but in the last thirty years, the people sent by the Empire have been somewhat... well, it's hard to explain."

"What about the people from the Star Speakers Academy?"

"Pharmacists need to identify materials that grow in the deep sea to learn. The little sea monsters were taken care of when they came ashore to learn, so they reciprocated."

The understanding Kexia released Jiang Heyi at the right time, allowing him to rejoin the team.

The jailer was the first to break down. He stepped forward, eager to ask, "What does a siren's tail taste like?"

"What, aren't you a prison guard fetishist? You're interested in tails now?"

"After thinking about it carefully, I realized that a tail isn't entirely out of the question... It combines the characteristics of a snake and a fish, and a tail would be cute!"

This man is hopeless.

Zhong Zemo sighed, "Even if Du Jingwen were half as clingy as her, I wouldn't get a divorce."

"Then you should find one too. I'll ask Ksha for you?"

"it is good."

"what?"

Squid Bro, are you serious?

The part that's missing in reality, you make up for in the game, right?

Their thoughts were much simpler when they were having orange tea in bed.

There's nothing else to it, I just want to be wrapped in a fat tail.

They were really curious about what it felt like!
French Fries crossed his arms and kindly reminded, "This is a game. Don't get too emotionally involved, or the contrast with reality will make you uncomfortable."

"But haven't we already invested a lot of emotion in Mint?" Jiang Heyi shrugged. "Don't worry, I can tell the difference. Since it's a game, we should enjoy it."

French fries seemed to want to say something but hesitated.

"what ever."

Perhaps the Ana Empire also knew that the channels of communication were about to be cut off, so this year's "students" were unusually large, numbering more than two hundred, making them a mixed bag.

In comparison, the Star Whisperer's pharmacist study group of less than thirty people is a veritable gathering of elites.

Despite their mutual dislike, Mint still showered her classmates with praise.

However, she always adds at the end of the sentence, "Compared to me, they are far inferior."

At the seaside, Luna and the other sirens snapped their fingers, and an invisible magic enveloped everyone behind them.

The boundary between the real and virtual worlds was personally overseen by Ksha.

"This is the rhythm of the water element, which we have blessed, so that you can breathe easily even when you are deep in the ocean."

"I know, but could you loosen your tail a bit? I'm not going to run away, why do you have to wrap it around my waist?" Jiang Heyi asked.

Kesha said in a serious tone, "I'll carry you while we swim to save energy. If you want, I can even carry you while we swim!"

"No thanks, I want to be with everyone in the guild."

Kesha didn't insist. She jumped into the water first, splashing up white foam on the azure sea, swaying her body like a sea serpent.

"Come on, jump down!"

For the first time since entering the game, the boundary between the virtual and real worlds has been breached, reaching the vast ocean.

Even the mint was a first for them.

With a leap, water rushed into their nasal cavities, and the intense discomfort in their ears made everyone feel dizzy.

"Open your eyes, open your eyes!"

Urged on by Kesha, everyone slowly opened their eyes.

In the boundless deep blue, Kesha nimbly twisted and turned in front of everyone.

She opened her arms wide: "Welcome everyone to my home!"

"Woo~~~"

She shot out like a rocket, leaving a long trail of white water, before quickly turning back.

Is he showing off his explosive power?
Don't try to figure out why sirens do this; they're always acting strangely.

A wondrous rhythm resonates with the sea, blurring the boundaries between reality and illusion; everyone feels their body merge with the vast ocean.

The clumsy body can easily follow the ocean current without exerting any effort.

Kesha, who was leading the way, seemed to have discovered something and darted out quickly. A moment later, she returned with a lively little fish in her mouth.

"Cima (Eat?)~~~Gulp~~~Here you go~~"

Ke Xia's mouth and Jiang Heyi's mouth were only a fish's width apart.

The fierce sea fish struggled violently, its tail lashing out at Jiang Heyi.

"Ok?"

Kesha frowned sharply, made a "crunch" sound, and bit off the small fish.

The woman in bed seemed to be deep in thought: "I remembered something funny. Orcas sometimes bring strange prey to feed humans, like seals and sunfish."

The Primordial One laughed: "An eighth-tier sea monster, indeed befitting the status of orcas in the ocean."

To avoid being disturbed by strange "things," the Fallen Star Kingdom used the magic of sea monsters to create dangerous underwater turbulence.

On the water, fog and whirlpools formed a barrier.

The formidable obstacle suddenly appeared, and with a flash of light from the demonic scales on Ksha's chest, a conspicuous channel made of foam suddenly formed, extending all the way into the depths of the turbulent currents.

After traversing the area ravaged by the siren's magic, the ocean currents gradually calmed down.

The endless coral reefs stretched as far as the eye could see, and schools of fish filled every corner of the view.

The fisherman was overjoyed.

If you can fish here, you won't come home empty-handed even without bait!
The outline of the building came into view in the distance.

Those caught between reality and illusion couldn't help but rub their eyes.

palace?

No, a palace complex!
The habitat of the Fallen Star Siren is a complex of buildings and palaces built from various crystals, minerals, and fine sand, undulating across the vast seabed.

Here, you can see the architectural styles of various terrestrial races.

The Elf's Treehouse and Tree Castle.

Xue Ling's ice crystal-like, oval-shaped "sleeping bag" closely resembles a cicada pupa.

The rugged caves of flying dragons and giant dragons.

The Blood Temple of the Vampire Clan.

Architectural aesthetics throughout human history.

……

Rippling water, amidst the azure sea, Jiang Heyi and the others stood on the fine sand, raising their heads to gaze at the spectacle standing on the seabed, unable to help but tremble.

The profound shock gave him goosebumps.

This is not only the habitat of sea monsters, but also a scroll that records thousands of years of culture of terrestrial species!
And this is merely the edge of the Fallen Star Royal Court, a tiny corner of the history they have silently recorded and replicated over thousands of years.

Imagine a race that walks through the river of time, recording the changes of various land tribes in the form of architecture on the seabed.

All the dynasties since the beginning of written records, the splendor that is only briefly mentioned in historical books, are contained here, and exist only here.

"Is it beautiful?" Kesha asked with exceptional pride.

The boundary between reality and illusion is now only a matter of nodding.

The word "good-looking" is utterly inadequate here.

It reflects the epic history of civilization.

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