I, Herta's Fiancé, the Universe's Number One Male Fist

"Are you... going to keep being a tsundere?"

Ruan Mei's voice seemed to strike directly at her soul.

Herta could no longer fool her way through it.

However, facing this friend who was like a bestie, she had no intention of hiding anything:

"You're wrong, Ruan Mei. I'm really not a tsundere."

"I just... my feelings for him are a bit complicated."

Ruan Mei blinked gently.

Mhm, the smell of big gossip.

So she brought out a plate of plum blossom pastries and brewed a cup of clear tea, seeming to be preparing for some gossip-eating.

And the young woman with the pointy hat, her expression was also rarely hesitant:

"As you can see, if I really had no feelings for Chu Ze, I wouldn't have given him so many favors."

"Let alone letting him rub against me, he wouldn't even be able to enter this office."

Ruan Mei nodded slightly.

This was a fact.

Ever since Herta officially embarked on the path of Erudition and severed her emotional ties, her emotions and humanity had slowly disappeared.

Although she seemed cute and tsundere in front of her acquaintances, in reality, her indifference to the lives of ordinary people had reached a level where she almost placed them on the same level as ants.

Even the reason for protecting the space station researchers earlier was just to pretend to still have some humanity in front of Chu Ze to avoid being disliked by him.

If Chu Ze wasn't there...

Even if everyone in the entire space station died, Herta would not have any emotional fluctuations.

"Then why are you hiding your feelings for him?"

Ruan Mei dutifully played the role of the straight man:

"You, Herta, have never been inferior to anyone in your life, and you've always acted without reservation."

"Besides, the man is willing, and the woman is interested. Isn't this a perfect match?"

Mhm, a talkative version of Ruan Mei was also a rare sight.

Currently, she had only shown this state in front of Herta.

"I understand all the principles, it's just..."

"I have a very, very heavy [sense of guilt] towards Chu Ze."

Herta paused, and finally said what was on her mind:

"When I learned of his identity and re-established contact with him,"

"My heart was immediately enveloped by a [strong sense of guilt], and I wanted to use all my resources to compensate him."

"In fact, I do have romantic desires for him—this is not a topic worth being shy about."

"However, every time I realize this, the guilt that wells up in my heart immediately makes me subconsciously draw a line with him."

Herta concluded:

"In my heart, I feel that I am [not worthy] of him."

"...Oh?"

This time it was Ruan Mei's turn to be surprised.

Herta is not worthy of someone else?

And it's a feeling she herself has?

What kind of universal-level cold joke is this?

"Why do you feel guilty towards him?"

Ruan Mei continued to ask: "Did you do something heinous when you were a child?"

Herta glanced at her:

"How could I! I, Herta, have solved everything perfectly from childhood to adulthood!"

"I just..."

"..."

"...Eh?"

The young woman suddenly froze.

She blinked, and then her perfect eyebrows furrowed.

Her amethyst-like pupils flickered slightly, as if she were contemplating some difficult puzzle.

After a long time, her tone suddenly became low:

"I don't remember."

"?"

Great, the second universal-level cold joke I've heard today.

The dignified Emanator of Erudition has forgotten what happened in her childhood.

"I really don't remember. Strange... why?"

Herta's expression gradually became serious:

"To be able to affect my memory without me knowing?"

"An Emanator of Remembrance? That shouldn't be."

"And even if it really was an Emanator, it's impossible for me not to have noticed at all..."

"It can't be that Fuli personally made a move, right?"

Herta muttered to herself and directly activated the authority of an Emanator of Erudition.

She began to analyze her own brain, conducting an objective and comprehensive review of her id and ego.

Ruan Mei had also put down her teacup.

Her eyes were fixed on Herta, also supporting her friend and observing her aura from another perspective.

—If Herta wasn't playing a prank, then this problem was really big.

It seems that they had unknowingly provoked a very incredible existence.

"Memories... childhood events..."

"My memory... childhood... Azure Star..."

Broken words floated from Herta's mouth.

The profound power of her authority materialized a faint purple light around her.

Until at a certain moment, as if a traveler wandering in the desert had seen a sudden fountain, Herta's eyes suddenly opened.

"No, Ruan Mei!"

Her usual composure was gone, replaced by a very rare look of astonishment:

"Something is wrong! Chu Ze's mother, she..."

...

...

"Hmm?"

Ruan Mei raised an eyebrow in puzzlement:

"What's wrong with my pastry? Do you want some too?"

Herta looked at the exquisite plate.

Then she snorted and turned her head away:

"Not interested. Unless you change it to a purple lily shape, then I might try it."

"...Not obsessed with the flavor, but fixated on the shape."

Ruan Mei smiled faintly and picked up the pastry by her hand again:

"Okay, I'll try to change its shape next time."

Herta expressed her complete disbelief:

"You've said that several times, but every time you bring it over, it's still a plum blossom pastry."

"By the way, what are you still doing here? Isn't the tea party supposed to start tomorrow?"

Ruan Mei thought for a moment:

"Perhaps it was a sudden whim. I wanted to go to the closed cabin to do some experiments."

"After all, you also said that those dark places are all for me to manage."

"Oh, then you go be busy."

Herta turned sideways:

"I have to get busy too."

"I just got a new artificially cultivated Stellaron-infused one. Now I have two experimental materials in my hands."

Ruan Mei tilted her head and tentatively asked:

"Can you handle it? Do you want to share a material with me?"

"If you're more interested in the new Stellaron, then why not... lend me Chu Ze to use?"

Herta didn't hesitate at all:

"No, goodbye."

"Heh, as expected..."

She was rejected without any surprise.

Ruan Mei slowly stood up and walked out of the office with graceful steps.

However, as a genius who also held a seat in the Genius Society, she also had her own pride.

She would not easily give up on the things she wanted to get.

"An Emanator of Erudition's white moonlight, an unusual affinity for others, a Stellaron personally stuffed into him by the Aeon of Destruction, and his soul energy is extremely vast..."

"I still want to study him thoroughly."

"On the premise of not endangering his life, I'll just do some [interesting] experiments."

"After all, we're friends. You wouldn't mind, right, Herta..."

As if she had made up her mind, an imperceptible voice disappeared into the empty corridor...

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