What do you mean I've traveled to worlds geared towards children?

"Purification alone is not enough."

The mechanical songstress turned to look at the icy domain in the central sea and whispered to Mu Dongyin:

“We need to help Lord Ron, otherwise he alone will have no chance against the Demon God.”

"...We...are too weak..."

Mu Dongyin said in a low voice, "We... can't get into that kind of battle... and..."

Having defeated the demon god, their mission as phantom beast warriors comes to an end, and they may be sent back to the real world.

Mu Dongyin...doesn't want to go back.

So she only provided support to Ron from the sidelines, instead of fighting alongside him as before.

"Is that so..." The mechanical songstress gave a deep look at the silver-haired girl beside her.

But she said nothing, only looked up in the direction of the Four Seas Dragon God and whispered:

"...Then I'll go."

"!" Mu Dongyin's eyes widened upon hearing this. Seeing that the mechanical songstress was really about to enter the battlefield, Mu Dongyin quickly grabbed her:

"You'll die..."

“I know,” the mechanical songstress said calmly, “but I also know that if I don’t help Lord Ron destroy the demon god here, even if I survive now, I will definitely be influenced by darkness and become someone I don’t recognize, just like before.”

"I'd rather die here than become a puppet of the demon god!"

Unlike her previous infatuated state, the mechanical songstress, now free from the influence of darkness, is much more serious, perhaps influenced by the current atmosphere.

Her mechanical pupils gleamed with a purple light, a light that held firmness and determination, yet showed no sign of retreat.

"Back off, get away from the pirate crab king. Since we haven't chosen to fight, at least... we should save our own lives."

The mechanical songstress gave Mu Dongyin some instructions.

After speaking with Mu Dongyin, she leaped into the air and rushed towards the center of the battlefield.

Mu Dongyin stared at her back, then looked up at Ron, who was fighting the Four Seas Dragon Gods again, her eyes filled with confusion.

She didn't want to return to reality, but she also didn't want to see Ron and the cyborg get into trouble.

She doesn't know what to do now.

……

Mu Dongyin always felt that the real world was a terrible world.

You can't choose your birth, you can't choose your parents, and you can't decide... who you should be with.

Born into an ordinary family, her parents divorced when she was five years old.

Because her mother was unemployed and could not be contacted afterward, Mu Dongyin was naturally assigned to her father.

From then on, Mu Dongyin's world turned black and white. All the beautiful memories of the past disappeared, and what filled her black and white portrait-like memories was her alcoholic father and the beatings and scoldings that would fall on her head if she was not happy.

Actually, before her mother left, her father treated her quite well. Like most fathers, he would buy her the little dresses she liked and the things she liked to eat.

Mu Dongyin was very happy at that time.

But when her father and mother divorced and her mother disappeared, all the happiness of the past vanished, and all that remained in Mu Dongyin's memory was pain.

Every day, every year... it's the same.

At first, Mu Dongyin did consider asking for help, but perhaps her father was too good at disguising himself, or perhaps there were no other relatives besides her father who could adopt Mu Dongyin.

So she remained with her father.

Unable to escape or call for help, Mu Dongyin counted down the days.

until……

They were summoned to this world.

When she was summoned to the sky above this world, Mu Dongyin showed no emotion as she gazed at the approaching earth.

At that moment, she even felt a sense of relief, thinking that perhaps it would be good to just fall to her death like this, at least she had been a bird flying in the air before she died.

But... the demon god saved her.

…Did the Demon God really save her? Mu Dongyin didn't know. She only knew that the Demon God had indeed sent people to pick her up and take her to the Guardian Temple.

Then, Mu Dongyin became the Demon God's subordinate.

In fact, whether they were subordinates or servants, it didn't matter to Mu Dongyin at the time. Even when she was affected by the darkness, Mu Dongyin didn't react much.

As long as she doesn't return to the real world and face her father, she's fine no matter what.

Mu Dongyin had always thought this way until she met Ron.

When they first met Ron, he stole the Fantasy Crystal that Mu Dongyin had worked so hard to obtain.

The loss of the crystal, coupled with Ron's somewhat flippant tone, caused Mu Dongyin to feel a rare...anger towards Ron?

No, to be honest, I wasn't really that angry. If I had to say, I was actually afraid.

She was afraid that if she failed to complete the mission, she would be punished by the demon god when she returned, but the situation at the time was not enough for her to take back the Fantasy Crystal.

So Mu Dongyin remembered him, this slightly strange child who was two years younger than her.

The second time I met Ron was at the Temple of the Demon God's Guardian.

Mu Dongyin never expected that Ron, who was still acting with An Yan and the others when they last met, had now switched sides to the Demon God.

But at that time, Mu Dongyin didn't react much. Whether Ron betrayed her or had other purposes, it didn't matter much to her at the time.

Even after learning from Ron that the Demon God was actually plotting against her, and that her supposed rescue was just a show staged by the Demon God himself, Mu Dongyin didn't show any emotional fluctuation.

These things didn't matter to Mu Dongyin. As long as she didn't return to the real world, everything was fine.

But at that time, Mu Dongyin had already understood something.

The boy named Ron is trying to save her.

Saving her...it's a bit ironic.

Before she turned ten, Mu Dongyin had sent out distress signals to countless people, but no one came to her rescue. It was only after she had given up and entered another world that a child even younger than her tried to 'save' her.

What's the point of all this?

Give up... Mu Dongyin really wanted to say that.

But the silence she had cultivated over the years prevented Mu Dongyin from properly expressing her thoughts. She could only silently resist Ron and reject his kindness.

But Ron seemed to be completely oblivious.

He would take her with him on every mission, but the Demon God insisted that Mu Dongyin stay by his side. Helpless, Mu Dongyin could only go with Ron.

Then, during this time, Mu Dongyin unknowingly integrated into this peculiar 'team'.

This is the first time I've received a gift from someone (an air purifier).

For the first time, I felt a slight sense of anticipation for the future (learning magic)...

For the first time, I felt what it was like to have companions, to have friends...

Are I friends with Ron?

Earlier at the restaurant, when Ron asked her, Mu Dongyin had been wondering whether she and Ron were really friends.

Normally, yes, they should be. They've been through so much together and carried out so many missions together; they could definitely be called 'friends'.

But Mu Dongyin didn't dare to admit it, so she remained silent at the time.

Ron noticed this and said they were in a 'boss' and 'little brother' relationship...

He was trying to save her again.

Mu Dongyin could tell that Ron had never given up, but she had long forgotten how to ask for help or how to accept other people's kindness.

So she left in silence once again.

Until now...

Friends, comrades, 'boss'... are now fighting the demon right before my eyes. The child who has always tried to save me is now fighting for this world, for everyone.

But what am I doing now?

What should I do?

……

"Lord Ron!! I'll help too!!!" The pirate crab king's shout startled Mu Dongyin from her reverie.

The long period of contemplation seemed to happen in the blink of an eye. The mechanical songstress in front of him was still approaching the battlefield, while the pirate crab king behind him, after struggling, took short steps and ran towards the battlefield on the icy ground.

Perhaps the ground was too slippery, the Pirate Crab King started sliding as it ran, and then, like a bowling ball rolling on ice, it launched a 'spinning sprint' towards the battlefield.

This was accompanied by his classic, incomprehensible scream of "crab wah wah wah".

Mu Dongyin couldn't help but laugh when she saw the pirate crab king like that.

She just smiled, the upturn of her lips barely a few pixels, but she froze.

Silence followed immediately.

Then... a purple glow covered the body, and the mechanical rabbit's power armed the body.