Illustrious dismissed Little Yellow Chick's words, saying, "I don't need you to worry about that. I'm not the same person I was without a gnosis. Now, I feel my whole body is overflowing with power, as if I'm omnipotent."
"Punching Barbatos and kicking Morax is child's play. With this power, I'll bring all the beauties of this world into my harem, hee hee hee."
Watching Illustrious sink into her daydream, Little Yellow Chick looked at her with pure disdain. Time was on its side; it wanted to see the pitiful state Illustrious would be in when she finally tripped up.
"Don't try to change the subject. Where's my five-star weapon? Give it to me, hurry up," Illustrious said, snapping out of her daydream.
"Tsk! Did she notice? What a difficult person. I have to use what little power I have left again. Dammit, at this rate, when will I ever be able to transform from a chicken into a phoenix?" Little Yellow Chick muttered softly.
"What are you chirping about? Hurry up and give it to me!" Illustrious urged impatiently.
"Fine, fine! Here it is!" Little Yellow Chick said helplessly, unable to stand her nagging.
Little Yellow Chick raised its right wing, and a small golden light began to condense. As time passed, the tiny light instantly transformed into a longsword emitting a golden glow.
Once the golden light faded, Illustrious grabbed the longsword, and information about the sword appeared in her mind.
Weapon: skyward blade
Level: 1
Type: Sword
Rarity: Five Stars
Base ATK: 46
Energy Recharge
Description: A knightly sword that symbolizes the honor of the Wind Dragon, now restored. The blessing of the God of Wind rests on the blade, containing the power of the sky and the wind.
"Hey! Little Yellow Chick, there's something wrong with this sword!" Illustrious said, looking at the weapon.
"What's wrong with it? Isn't this the five-star weapon you wanted?" Little Yellow Chick said weakly, exhausted from condensing the weapon.
"I mean, why is this five-star weapon only level 1? You don't expect me to level it up myself, do you? Leveling up takes a huge amount of materials and gold! If that's the case, you're really screwing me over!" Illustrious said, swinging the sword to test its weight.
Little Yellow Chick hated people like Illustrious who got a bargain and still complained. It said dissatisfiedly, "Of course you have to level it up yourself. If you think I'm screwing you, then give it back to me."
"Give it back? Don't even think about it! Once something is mine, don't dream of getting it back." Illustrious hid the skyward blade behind her back.
Seeing that Illustrious had no intention of returning the skyward blade despite complaining about the grind, Little Yellow Chick didn't bother arguing further. It said indifferently, "Now that you've arrived in this world, I've slightly warped reality to create an identity for you. You'd better play the part well. I won't say much more; just make sure you complete the mission."
"Creating an identity out of thin air? Can you be any more impressive? It sounds pretty amazing. Speaking of which, what do I get for completing the mission?" Illustrious asked curiously.
"There are benefits, of course! And big ones at that. As long as you complete the mission, not only can you return to the Azure World, but you can also obtain 100 Red Crystals," Little Yellow Chick replied.
"What are those Red Crystals for?" Illustrious asked.
"Once I have 1,000 Red Crystals, I can upgrade and transform from a chicken into a phoenix. After becoming a Golden Phoenix, you can travel to any world you've visited whenever you want. In other words, after finishing the mission in this world, you just need to complete nine more world missions to have 1,000 Red Crystals," Little Yellow Chick explained.
"Traveling whenever I want? That's great! Alright then! For those 1,000 Red Crystals, I'll make sure to complete the world missions." Illustrious patted her chest and promised.
"Aha~ To prevent further power consumption, I must go into a deep sleep. I won't appear before you for a while. Once you complete the mission, I'll show up again." After saying this, Little Yellow Chick dove into Illustrious's consciousness and fell asleep.
Seeing Little Yellow Chick disappear, Illustrious looked at the blue sky and began to walk toward a bright tomorrow. But after taking only a few steps, a group of servants suddenly came running toward her.
"We've found Illustrious! Catch her quickly!"
"So she ran here; she certainly gave us a hard time finding her!"
"Hurry up and catch her! Otherwise, Master will be absolutely furious!"
"Hey! Who are you people! What do you want! Help! Kidnapping a girl in broad daylight!" Seeing these servants getting handsy and hearing they wanted to take her somewhere, Illustrious immediately began shouting.
No matter how much Illustrious shouted, it was useless. The servants directly seized her and took her away. Originally, Illustrious wanted to use the power of the gnosis within her body, but she was afraid she couldn't control the output; it would be bad if she accidentally used too much power and blasted these servants to death!
Illustrious thought about it and decided to find time later to master the power of the gnosis. For now, she would wait and see where these servants wanted to take her. If there was any life-threatening danger, she would use her power immediately, regardless of whether it was too much.
Illustrious was taken by the group of servants to a large mansion called the Ke Estate. The mansion was decorated with lanterns and streamers, filled with wedding decorations. After the servants handed Illustrious over to a group of maidservants, they withdrew to attend to other matters.
Without a word, the maidservants stripped Illustrious of her clothes, changed her into a bridegroom's attire, and then began applying makeup on her.
While getting her makeup done, Illustrious managed to gather some information from the maidservants. It turned out that the grandfathers of her own Guang Family and the Ke Family were life-and-death friends. When they saw their daughters-in-law were pregnant at the same time, they decided that if the children were born, they would be joined in marriage, and thus an engagement was set.
Unfortunately, after the children were born, they were both girls. However, the grandfathers of the Guang and Ke families insisted that even if they were both girls, they must marry. This was because they had used the Paper of the Geo Archon to make the contract; if the contract was broken, every member of both families would suffer the Punishment of Rock-Eating!
In other words, today was Illustrious's big wedding day, yet Illustrious didn't even know the name of her spouse. So, she asked the maidservant who was drawing her eyebrows, "What is the name of the person I am marrying?"
The maidservant gave Illustrious a strange look, wondering why she would ask such a thing, but she still told her: "It's our eldest young lady, Keqing! You couldn't have forgotten, right? Stop playing dumb, as if you don't know our young lady—you're the one who harasses her all day long!"
Illustrious was shocked internally: What! I harass her all day? Little Yellow Chick! Just what kind of personality and identity did you arrange for me in this world!
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