Travel through Kivotos and become Kamen Rider Saber

Taking a deep breath and preparing himself mentally, Lin Qiusheng swallowed the saliva secreted from his mouth due to nervousness and took a step forward.

"That's right. Well, then, I'll appreciate your kindness... Sorry for bothering you!"

Closing the half-open door behind him, Lin Qiusheng walked into the room where Mingxing Riju temporarily lived in the fortress city of Eridu.

As if taking her mobility issues into consideration, the entrance, which was originally one step up, was changed to a 30-degree slope, with waist-high metal handrails installed on both sides.

Continuing forward along the passage in front of him, what appeared before him was a rectangular room with a similar layout to the room he lived in at Millennium Institute of Technology, but it seemed to be about twice as large as usual.

"It's very spacious, but a little empty."

Looking around the girl's room, there was no other decoration except for the daily necessities. There were several huge suitcases piled in the corner at the end of the room, as if she was living in a hotel.

This dampened Lin Qiusheng's excitement at entering a girl's room for the first time, and he felt that it was just the way it was.

A cool breeze blew from the central air-conditioning vent above his head. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that the fan of the computer on the desk directly opposite the end of the bed was slowly turning and making a "buzzing" sound. The keyboard and mouse were flanked by arm-high documents, and the teacup on the desk was still emitting white steam.

"..."

Lin Qiusheng stood there for a moment, lowered his head, and sat obediently on the cushion beside the coffee table. He silently confessed the strange thoughts that had just occurred to him when Mingxing Riju invited him into her room. An unknown sense of guilt arose spontaneously.

The tip of his nose tingled slightly, and a very sweet chocolate smell quickly filled the room. He stared at the decorative patterns on the surface of the coffee table in front of him, and his slender hand placed the white teacup in front of Lin Qiusheng.

"Please, sense, warm yourself up with some hot cocoa."

"Okay, and then, I'm very sorry."

"do not worry about it."

He raised his hand and threw the warm hot cocoa into his hand. White marshmallows floated on the surface of the dark and thick chocolate. He took a sip and felt a slight bitterness in the slightly sweet taste, which made his originally drowsy mind a little clearer.

Lin Qiusheng raised his eyebrows with a look of relief, looked at the girl beside him and praised:

"Delicious... Wait, wait!? Himari, why are you standing up!!!"

"Hmm? Sensei, why do you think I can't stand up?"

A playful expression flashed across Mingxing Riju's delicate and fair face. With a smile on her face, she slowly walked towards the wardrobe on the right side of the desk, near the balcony, opened the sliding door, took out the Millennium Institute of Technology uniform from the mezzanine inside, and walked towards the bathroom near the entrance.

"Eh!? Isn't that what you usually say? The one who calls herself the sickly genius beauty of Millennium Institute of Technology..."

After repeating this basis again, Lin Qiusheng discovered the blind spot.

“…Ah, I see.”

"Sensei, it seems you have remembered my name." Mingxing Riju smiled sweetly, and seemed very happy that Lin Qiusheng could remember her name. She raised her hand, opened the door of the bathroom and walked in.

A faint, sometimes distant, sometimes near, sound came from behind Lin Qiusheng.

"That's right, I'm just weak and I usually use a wheelchair to get around, so everyone thinks it's because I have difficulty walking. Please don't mind it."

Along with the sound of conversation, a barely perceptible rustling sound of clothes rubbing against each other came from not far away. Lin Qiusheng coughed lightly to calm himself down, picked up the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and offered his own connection.

"I see, is there something wrong with your body? If possible, after retrieving 'Giraffe Returns' and 'Jack and the Beanstalk' from Wang Jian, how about using the Fantasy Drive Book to try to heal it?"

"Hehehe, sensei, there's no need to trouble you like this. There's nothing special about my body that requires treatment. I'm just a little more fragile than the average person."

"Rather, what's going on with your physique? I heard from Xiao that she used twice the usual amount of medicine to complete the task of dealing with the sewer maggots."

"Even though our seminar injected you with drugs to break down the effects of sleep, you woke up much earlier than normal."

"Ahahaha, this one."

Seeing that the topic had returned to himself, Lin Qiusheng knew that it was time for her to ask this question, so he shook the teacup in his hand slightly, watching the white mist of hot cocoa ripple slightly, and explained:

"Perhaps the reason for waking up so early is related to my previous life. During that time, I ate a lot of poisonous things in order to survive."

Whenever Lin Qiusheng thought of his previous training in the secret realm of the Sword of Truth Base, he felt ashamed.

Immediately afterwards, specific guesses about the identities of his master and Wang Jian appeared in his mind, and his thoughts were instantly filled with doubts and confusion. He quickly shook his head violently from side to side to put these out of his mind.

"By the way, regarding the current situation of Millennium Institute of Technology, Himari, can you tell us what's going on there with the current technology?"

"I'm a little concerned about whether I should use the Book Gate to investigate there first."

"That's a good suggestion. However, based on the invertebrate's idea, I'm afraid you won't gain much by going to the Millennium Tower."

"She will definitely be quietly carrying out her plan somewhere beyond the reach of the Millennium Institute of Technology."

The voice coming from behind paused slightly, and with the sound of the door opening, Mingxing Riju, wearing the usual Millennium Institute of Technology uniform, walked slowly out of the bathroom and sat back in the wheelchair under Lin Qiusheng's gaze.

"That really is a dead end."

"Well, sensei, I'm ready. It's time to go to the seminar office and discuss matters concerning Alice with everyone."

Mingxing Riju raised his hand and picked up the empty teacup on the coffee table in front of Lin Qiusheng, then maneuvered the wheelchair under him towards the kitchen compartment, placed the teacup in the sink and moved towards the door.

Seeing that the owner of the room was about to leave, Lin Qiusheng didn't want to stay in the room any longer. He stood up with his left hand and trotted after the girl's departing back.

As the internal buckle of the door lock fell into the door frame, a crisp sound rang in his ears. Lin Qiusheng followed Mingxing Riju to the narrow passage and walked towards the control tower in the center of the fortress city of Eridu.

"Speaking of which, Himari, you seemed to have just mentioned making an antidote for the drug that Xiao gave us. So, when will Yuuka and the others wake up?"

"According to our estimation, in about an hour, those students who have fallen into a coma should be able to temporarily wake up from their deep sleep."

"However, depending on each person's physical condition, this time may be delayed or advanced, just like your body."

"I see..." Lin Qiusheng nodded slightly with an expression of "I see" and chatted with the celebrity Riju about the current situation of the fortress city.

Due to the opening of the Secret Realm of Avalon, the residents of Kivotos who evacuated urgently only took some important items with them, and most of their daily necessities remained in their original rooms.

The Millennium Institute of Technology has now been reduced to ruins in the battle between Megiddo and the Swordsman. Many merchants and individual residents have begun to crowd under the control tower in the center of the fortress city, hoping that the seminar will provide a solution.

The Millennium Seminar is currently short-staffed. On the one hand, it has to deal with the original residents of the Millennium Institute of Technology in the fortress city, on the other hand, it has to negotiate with the agents of the major colleges on the issue of disaster compensation, and on the other hand, it has to solve the problem of the current president of the seminar inside the Millennium Institute of Technology, Tiaoyue Liyin, and [Unknown Princess of the Gods - ALIS].

"Representatives from other colleges? I don't really want to meet them. I'm a bit socially anxious..."

Lin Qiusheng curled his lips very willingly, and the figure that was originally walking side by side with Mingxing Riju quietly hid behind her, holding her wheelchair with both hands and pushing it slowly.

"Hahaha, sensei, I didn't expect you to have such a side to you. Even the most difficult and cold computer users in the academy and the very exclusive Abydos Strategy Committee are so friendly with you."

"Um... there were some very complicated circumstances. When I was having a heart-to-heart talk with Hoshino, she was pointing a gun at my head."

“If I had taken one wrong step, I probably wouldn’t be standing here right now.”

Now when I think back to what I did back then, and think of how Hoshino Takanashi is now, being as obedient and clingy as a cat, I can't help but say in my heart that all the pain back then was worth it.

After a journey of more than ten minutes, Lin Qiusheng and Mingxing Riju arrived at the floor where the seminar office was located again, and the scene at this moment was completely different from what it was just an hour ago.

Students in Millennium Institute of Technology uniforms were running quickly in the corridor. Sometimes they were carrying documents as high as their arms and walking slowly, and sometimes they were carrying various foods and running to the end of the corridor.

However, at this moment, their faces were full of fatigue and haggardness. It was obvious that the short rest time last night was not very sufficient.

But even so, they are still working hard to complete the work at hand and contribute to the resumption of the seminar as soon as possible.

"It's not easy for everyone, so we have to work harder!"

Lin Qiusheng looked at the busy figures of the seminar members and was inspired by their actions. He was ready to roll up his sleeves and work hard to deal with the piled up documents.

However, when an unfamiliar voice sounded in his heroic and proud posture, he instantly froze in place like a puppet, silently returning his wrinkled long sleeves to their original state, and the corners of his mouth that were raised quickly drooped.

"Hey, good morning, Minister Himari! What happened? Why are you waking us up at this hour? Lack of sleep can cause acne..."

Lin Qiusheng turned his head to look in the direction where the voice came from. A ray of dawn poured into the corridor from the floor-to-ceiling window on the right, and bubbles reflecting colorful light lingered around the girl.

Her long pink hair, like a waterfall, was stained with a dim glow by the setting sun. Her orange-yellow eyes were tightly closed with a crystal teardrop appearing in the corner of her eyes. Her fair and delicate face, like a doll, showed a hint of fatigue. She raised her hands to cover her face and sighed softly.

The edges of her white, fluffy dress were engraved with golden patterns, and the embroidered lace edge danced with her every movement.

More importantly, a pair of wings half an arm long stretched out from behind the pink girl, and the fluffy white wings fluttered slightly with her emotional fluctuations.

“…She’s like a princess straight out of a story.”

Unconsciously, Lin Qiusheng blurted out what was in his mind, and the wings behind the girl fluttered gently again. The smile on her face froze instantly, and she raised her hand awkwardly and gently scratched her very elastic cheek.

"I'm actually a little embarrassed to be praised like this by someone I've met for the first time, ahahaha..."

Millennium Technology Academy: Chapter 223: Heroism Part 16: Cool Cat

Damn, I spoke my mind...

Lin Qiusheng suddenly felt something was wrong. She must be extremely disgusted with his impolite behavior when someone made an unauthorized evaluation of someone he had just met and expressed his true feelings.

He quickly raised his eyes to look at the gorgeously dressed girl in front of him. The pink girl was a little overwhelmed at first, blinking her eyes quickly and laughing dryly for a moment. After coughing lightly a few times, she regained her expression with a faint smile.

"Thank you for your words. Nice to meet you, Xialai. I'm a third-year student at Trinity College, a member of the tea party and a leader of the Patel group."

"My name is Shengyuan Mika, please give me your guidance."

Shengyuan Weihua didn't seem to mind Lin Qiusheng's comments on her. She extended her right hand to greet him. After hesitating for a moment, Lin Qiusheng quickly raised his right hand and shook hands with hers, introducing her in the same way:

"...Hello, nice to meet you, Seizono-san. Thank you for your guidance."

"Ms. Mika, please go to the inner room and ask Chief Utahara for details. Sensei and I have something to discuss."

"OK☆, no problem, I won't bother you guys anymore~"

After Shengyuan Weihua briefly greeted the two of them, she walked behind them. When she passed by Lin Qiusheng, she deliberately glanced at him, and then walked into the seminar office.

After briefly greeting the girl, Lin Qiusheng timidly retreated behind Mingxing Riju. He raised his hand to cover his mouth and asked doubtfully:

"Himari, what was that long list of nouns before Seizono Mika's self-introduction? I have no idea what it was."

"Hehe, sensei, it seems you don't quite understand the faction classifications within the various colleges of Kivotos."

During this short period of time, Mingxing Riju and Lin Qiusheng came to the floor-to-ceiling window on the right. While waiting for the meeting participants to arrive, they looked at the rising sun outside the window and taught him important knowledge.

Trinty Generral School is located in the western part of Kivotos. It is a powerful college in Kivotos, on par with Gehenna College and Millennium Institute of Technology.

"Historically, there were many colleges in the area of ​​Trinity College, but due to their different interpretations of the classics, there were long-term disputes between the colleges."

"Finally, after a tea party for peace, the various colleges united and merged into the present Holy Trinity with the convening of the First Ecumenical Council."

"Unlike the seminars held within Millennium Institute of Technology, the current internal affairs of Trinity College are jointly managed by a tea party consisting of three representatives from the three major organizations: Filius, Patel, and Sancutes. Filius' representative, Kirito Nagisa, is now the host of the tea party organized by the Student Union."

The series of introductions written in complex and tedious fonts, like a scripture, made Lin Qiusheng's originally clear mind become a little drowsy, and he muttered:

"I smell trouble. It's said that Trinity College is the sworn enemy of Gehenna College. I always feel like this college is facing internal and external troubles."

"Maybe one day they'll do something big and mess with the Federal Student Union..." Lin Qiusheng grinned in disgust, repeating these unfamiliar words in his mind. Suddenly, he clapped his hands as if he remembered something.

"Ah, I remember now. The teapot and tea leaves I drank before, which were so expensive that they could buy my life, seemed to be gifts from Trinity College to the Millennium Institute of Technology!"

"Snap, snap, snap, snap, snap."

Just as Lin Qiusheng and Mingxing Riju were talking to each other, a sound like wood hitting floor tiles slowly floated in from a distance, and it was obviously coming towards the seminar office as it got closer.

Lin Qiusheng looked back, but the short-haired girl in front of her made her stunned for a moment. A black cat with a proud expression and an air of "please don't talk to me" was walking towards him.

A dark blue cape with white floral prints on the edges was draped over the girl's shoulders. A sailor suit wrapped around her slender body. Her dark eyes were like the dead of night in winter, and even a glance at them would make one shiver unconsciously.

But Lin Qiusheng's focus was not here. His eyes were fixed on the animal ears standing high on her head and the two fluffy tails with a gradient dark blue color hanging behind her.

Unlike the SRT Special Academy Rabbit Team who had clearly shown hostility when they met before, this girl was like a cat they met while taking a walk, full of vigilance and disgust towards him.

Such feelings made Lin Qiusheng, who already preferred cats, want to stick to the girl like a plaster, but fortunately, reason finally pulled him over.

Finally, he coughed a few times, tugged at his collar, and straightened his appearance. Then he took the initiative to walk forward and greeted people like a street thug.

"I've never met a student before. Nice to meet you. I'm Sensei from Xia Lai. May I know your name?"

The girl with short black hair paused and stopped about ten steps away from Lin Qiusheng, staring at his face with her dark and cold eyes.

This look made him equate the girl in front of him with a cat in his mind.

"...Kiryu...Kikyou."

After saying this, Kiryu Kikyo frowned visibly, without trying to hide his disgust. He moved a few steps to the left and looked warily at Lin Qiusheng who was walking past him almost sticking to the wall beside him, heading towards the seminar office.

“…It’s really disgusting.”

No matter how small the complaining voice behind him was, it still reached Lin Qiusheng's ears. Seeing this, Mingxing Riju sighed helplessly and shook his head. He controlled the wheelchair under him and came to his side and patted his arm gently to comfort him.

"Sensei, that girl is the most troublesome among these academies, and she's the one who most shows dislike for others. It's not wise to approach her without permission."

However, at this moment, Lin Qiusheng's face was full of excitement. He waved his right hand nonchalantly and replied:

"It's okay. I wasn't hurt by her words. I was prepared to be disliked before I approached her."

"What's more, if you approach a wild cat without a cat strip, she won't approach you at all." Lin Qiusheng shook his head and bent down to kneel on one knee, holding Mingxing Riju's right hand that had just comforted him with both hands.

"Let's not talk about this for now, Himari, please tell me the identity of that girl just now. She shouldn't be a student of Millennium Institute of Technology, right?"

"Please tell me all her information. In exchange, I will do anything for you. Even if it's the same request as Iori, I can fulfill it!"

"Um, sen, sensei... You're holding my hand so passionately and yet you're still talking about other girls, you really are..."