He is a pure-blooded dragon in the miniature garden.

Chapter 329 Halloween Queen: Do you want my heart, not my body?

A garden filled with flowers in all four seasons.

On a small island in the center of a huge lake.

Scáthach, dressed in her butler's uniform, stared expressionlessly at the queen in front of her, who was propping her head up and secretly observing Kuon Asuka through a water mirror.

Beside her, clad in a bright silver skirt armor, with a face similar to Kuon Asuka but with silver-white hair, knight Fies Reis looked at his spiritual 'sister' with a subtle expression.

At this moment, the Halloween Queen, who was watching Kuon Asuka learn from Almatia how to collect concepts and weave authority, was holding her cheeks with a troubled expression.

"Faith Reiss."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Upon hearing the call, Fies Reis immediately responded, then looked at the Halloween Queen with a puzzled expression.

The Halloween Queen picked up her black tea, took a small sip, and then asked with a smile.

How does it feel to see your sisters?

"..."

Upon hearing this, Fies turned to look at the concept of the sun in the water mirror, which was constantly gathering and gradually condensing into the ancient bird of power. He revealed a hint of hatred on his face.

"I feel a bit resentful."

"After studying with Scáthach for so long, I've learned her honesty."

The Halloween Queen was not surprised by Fies Reis's remarks, but instead smiled in response.

"But the fact is, she is indeed your sister."

Upon hearing the Halloween Queen's reply, Fies Reis looked completely bewildered.

She gazed at the distant birds reflected in the water mirror, questioning her own heart, and then asked in surprise.

"But why do I feel some resentment towards her...aren't I her sister?"

In terms of blood relations, shouldn't a normal person feel a sense of intimacy when they see their blood-related sisters?
Even if there's no blood ties involved, there shouldn't be any resentment, right? This is completely different from the knowledge she's gained.

Even if they were unrelated people, it wouldn't be enough to generate such hatred that stems from a spiritual connection, would it?
"Yes."

The Halloween Queen spoke softly, with a touch of kindness in her voice.

“You and she are indeed sisters; this is an indisputable fact stemming from a spiritual connection.”

"Why then?"

Fies Reis was confused at this point. If they were sisters and had a spiritual connection, why would they harbor hatred?

In response to Fies's question, the Halloween Queen explained with a smile.

"This is the origin of your being."

"In fact, in essence, you and Kudo Asuka were both born as 'natural gods and Buddhas' in the island nation during a critical period of historical transition, and it was destined that only one of you would survive."

The Halloween Queen made no attempt to conceal the cruel future of sisterly conflict and calmly explained it.

"This is the destiny of the new generation of Amaterasu after Amaterasu's death. The reason for this is that the development of the times has made it impossible for new gods to be born naturally."

The Kuon family were one of the original members of Arcadia. After Arcadia was destroyed, they were exiled to the outside world and established their own family.

And like the other losers, this family is also striving for their dream of returning to the Little Garden and rebuilding the Grand Alliance of the Arcadia Class Dominators.

The result of their efforts was the birth of a miraculous child—the 'candidate for the nameless god king'—who was born amidst the emptiness in the hearts of the island nation's people after World War II, combined with their own blessings and the tacit approval of the Halloween Queen, all within a confluence of favorable circumstances.

These are Kuon Asuka and Kuon Ayatsuki, now known as the sisters Fies Reis.

However, as the price for this miracle, a backlash had already occurred before the twins were even born. The two twins devoured each other, and in the end, only Kudo Asuka was born.

Meanwhile, the identical sister bird, Kuon-sai-tori, died in utero.

His soul, after death, was summoned to the Garden of Flowers by the Halloween Queen and became her knight, the Faceless One, Fies Reis.

“You, who symbolize the physical body of gods and Buddhas, and the ancient bird that symbolizes the spirituality of gods and Buddhas, each of you occupies half of the spirituality.”

"Between the two of you, it is destined that one of you will devour the other in order to complete the true second-generation Amaterasu's spiritual status."

The Halloween Queen, with a smile on her face, revealed the cruel truth.

"After all, in essence, you are different aspects of the same god."

After listening to the Halloween Queen's explanation, Fies Reis paused for a moment, looked at Kuon Asuka on the screen, and asked in a low voice.

"So... this is the source of hatred?"

"Yes."

The Halloween Queen gave an affirmative answer and showed a very interested expression.

"The desire to fulfill oneself, the hatred of being deprived of the right to be born... this is the manifestation of your current feelings."

"So I was planning to play a game of grace with you."

"If you can defeat Kuon Asuka and take her life, you will be qualified to become my successor. Otherwise, you will be sent to the outside world with your personality stripped away, and you will be reincarnated through my spirit to help me trigger a period of historical transition."

The Halloween Queen waved the photo of Su Nian, which she had covered with scribbles, and said somewhat dejectedly.

The game they had been preparing for for years, which they were looking forward to watching with amusement, was disrupted by Su Nian.

"The original plan?"

Fies Reis, or rather, Kuon Ayator, couldn't help but frown.

"That's right, that was my original plan. After all, a scene of sisters killing each other can be quite interesting."

The Halloween Queen makes no secret of her wicked nature and her desire to toy with the fates of the Kuon sisters for her own amusement.

After all, she was such a wicked woman.

You should know that even Canary only dares to call herself the Little Halloween Queen. A large part of Canary's terrible personality was learned from her.

But at this point, the Halloween Queen became somewhat annoyed.

"However, now, because of some jerk's meddling, I have to cancel this game."

Upon hearing this, Fies Reis breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she harbors an unspeakable hatred for Kudo Asuka and holds extraordinary reverence for the Halloween Queen who gave her life again, she is truly at a loss when her fate becomes a plaything in the hands of the Halloween Queen.

She was definitely not happy about it.

But she will indeed faithfully carry out the Halloween Queen's orders, even if it's just for her amusement.

Loyalty was deeply ingrained in her instincts; everything she possessed was bestowed upon her by the Halloween Queen.

However, it would be good if we could avoid playing this game.

Ignoring what Fies Reis was thinking, the Halloween Queen continued talking to herself.

"That bastard Su Nian even planned to hand over the [Sun] that originally belonged to me to Kuon Asuka to inherit, so that she could be promoted to become a true two-digit Amaterasu Omikami."

"Wow, that's really generous of him, giving away a two-digit position so easily." "No wonder Athena, Argol, and White Yaksha are all so infatuated with him."

Everyone here is smart; who can't see through the riddle? If Su Nian really finishes completing the [Sun], who else can she give it to besides her?

For White Yaksha? Would White Yaksha, a noble celestial spirit of the primordial star, want this? The Sun originally split off from the primordial star.

Give it to Athena? Athena already has double-digit numbers of solar power, and she doesn't have much need for solar sovereignty anymore.

As for Apollo? Forget about it, unless Su Nian likes fencing.

That leaves only Asuka Kudo, the little girl whose heart Su Nian had already captured long ago.

A Celestial Spirit can only become a Celestial Spirit after it has acquired Celestial Sovereignty, rather than being assigned Celestial Sovereignty after becoming a Celestial Spirit. Besides White Demon, who else in the Little Garden has such good fortune?

Protoss can be created in the Little Garden. Back then, Venus became a Venus Protoss after he obtained the Venus sovereignty that was broken off from Argol.

Of course, now that they're trying to maintain their sovereignty over Venus, it's unclear what price that old man paid; the Heavenly Court must have suffered a huge loss.

With a real [Sun], why worry about not becoming a Sun Spirit?
At this moment, upon hearing the words of the Halloween Queen, Su Nian planned to train Kudo Asuka to become a true Amaterasu, and Scáthach couldn't help but show a worried expression.

Does this mean that Kuon Asuka needs to devour Fies Reis's spirit to complete herself?

At this moment, the Halloween Queen glanced at Scáthach, gave a helpless smile, and rested her chin on her hand.

"Do you really think Su Nian is such a despicable person?"

"At most, he just lusts after our bodies; he wouldn't stoop to such a vile act. There are many ways to replenish our spiritual essence; there's no need for sisters to kill each other."

"After all, I am the most wicked queen of the Little Garden."

"With that, the Halloween Queen gave a self-deprecating laugh."

At this point, the Halloween Queen waved to Fies Reis.

"Come here, let me take a look."

Upon hearing this, Fies Reis approached the Halloween Queen with unease, stood respectfully before her, and blinked nervously.

Am I that scary to you?

The Halloween Queen chuckled as she looked at Fies Reisna's twitching eyelids and eyebrows.

"After all, I originally intended for you to be reincarnated using my spiritual essence; you were my chosen divine child."

As she spoke, the Halloween Queen pinched Fies Reis's delicate face, then gave a bored look.

"You're still too honest. Maybe I'd be happier if you were a little more willful?"

Upon hearing this, Fies Reis remained silent, letting the Halloween Queen touch and grope him as if he were a delicate doll.

Seeing this, the Halloween Queen sighed softly.

Am I that scary to you?

Scáthach and Fies Reis did not answer, but their attitude spoke volumes.

In the miniature garden, you may not believe in the Halloween Queen's mercy, but please believe in her majesty.

Under the Halloween Queen's command, only two types of people can survive: those like Canary, who possess exceptional intelligence and emotional intelligence and can genuinely amuse the Halloween Queen.

Another type is the absolutely loyal and honest like Scáthach and Fies Reiss. As for those with their own ulterior motives? They were all played to death by the Halloween Queen long ago.

The recent Avalon is the best example.

"Ugh."

Seeing the two people who showed no reaction, the Halloween Queen sighed softly.

"So, it's not just Su Nian, you all see me that way too?"

Suddenly, the Halloween Queen felt an overwhelming sense of loneliness.

She seemed to understand why Su Nian refused to cooperate with her: was it because she was too lonely and had almost no humanity?

Ah, what a pathetic reason.

Even when facing his former disciple and tool, Canary, Black Heaven gave Canary a dignified ending and a peaceful old age.

Otherwise, given what Canary did in the Little Garden—to defeat Azdakar—it completely wiped out the younger generation of the Little Garden, and countless community leaders were sent to their deaths under Canary's orders.

If Black Sky had wanted to, he could have used Canary to gain countless popular support, but even so, Canary found peace.

Moreover, Kurohime has a much better reputation in the Little Garden than she does. Although Kurohime is ruthless, she is absolutely qualified as a savior and also has enough kindness.

At least many demon lords who couldn't survive did so by living inside ouroboros.

As for herself? Her only redeeming quality might be her ability to clean up her own messes and take care of the aftermath.

At this moment, the Halloween Queen seemed to understand the meaning of Su Nian, Athena, and even the two goddesses.

"Do you want more than just my body; you want my heart too?"

What Su Nian and the others care about is not a community of shared interests, but a deeper community of shared emotions. What sustains their relationship is not interests, but feelings.

After all, even if you sold the Halloween Queen, it wouldn't be worth as much as the complete [Sun].

"Ha~"

The Halloween Queen couldn't help but chuckle.

Speaking of the people around Su Nian, Kurima is Su Nian's older sister by marriage, and she basically grants Su Nian's every request. Their relationship needs no further explanation.

Argel essentially sold himself to Su Nian, and Athena stood firmly on Su Nian's side, her stance couldn't be clearer.

Even the White Demon? He values ​​emotions more than interests.

These are relationships that cannot be shaken by any interests.

As for her? Even she couldn't guarantee how she would repay Su Nian's kindness after obtaining the [Sun].

Could they choose to betray Su Nian and the others for greater benefits or for something more interesting?

Even the canary seems so human compared to the Halloween Queen.

Therefore, Su Nian and the others need a stronger guarantee, an intimate relationship that goes far beyond a so-called contract.

That is, it originated from the true feelings of the Halloween Queen.

The problem now is that even the Halloween Queen herself doesn't think she has such a thing, let alone convince Su Nian and the others.

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I'm having writer's block. I'll update one chapter first, and see if I can manage to write the next one tonight.

　I'll update next time, depending on the situation.

　　Let's see if I can hold it in tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)