The black-haired girl looked frustrated, unable to come up with any reason to argue back. In the end, she could only say helplessly, "…Yes, this is indeed a gift prepared for Senior Sister."

"Pfft."

Serei directly jumped over the office desk and hugged Siflin forcefully, rubbing against her as if trying to absorb her into her body, laughing playfully, "Junior Sister, you're too cute. I really want to eat you up, eat you up, eat you up!"

Siflin didn't feel any flirtatiousness, instead her whole body stiffened, like an insect caught by a venomous spider.

Her Senior Sister was quite famous within the Blood Saint Clan. After all, it was already 1668, and the Blood Saint Clan was even preparing to abandon traditional blood drinking, choosing to eat blood pudding and the like. Only her Senior Sister was a devout foodie and joined the Favorite Church to learn from the ancient Moon Shadow Clan how to better eat people.

"I won't tease you anymore, but I won't give this Technique Spirit to you, only to its real master." Serei poked Siflin's cheek, "Call your assistant here."

Siflin's face changed color, and just as she raised her hand, Serei grabbed her wrist fiercely. The latter extended a nearly ten-centimeter long blood-red tongue, gently licking the Junior Sister's cheek, "Don't worry, I don't like Meiwa, eating them is like eating cotton candy, what I like the most is... only our fellow clan."

Siflin was silent for a moment, then pressed a button on the desktop. Soon Meiwa rushed in through the door: "That crazy Senior Sister of yours is gone... Hello, Deputy Director Blood Tears."

"It's the first time Meiwa called me a crazy girl." Serei chuckled, tossing the box over, "This is a gift from Junior Sister to congratulate you on being promoted to Holy Sanctuary Mage."

"Thank you!" Freyja opened it and her eyebrows immediately formed a joyful expression, sweetly thanking.

But she quickly reacted, "How did you know I was promoted to Holy Sanctuary?"

Meiwa closed the box, glanced between Serei and Siflin, and asked cautiously, "Siflin, you weren't threatened by her, were you? Like 'Junior Sister, you wouldn't want Freyja's power to be exposed,' or something like that..."

"Oh, I didn't realize that was an option." Serei suddenly woke up, rubbing the face that had just been licked by Siflin, "Junior Sister, you wouldn't want Freyja's power to be exposed, right?"

"Serei." Siflin neither resisted nor went along, just calmly asked, "What exactly do you want?"

The blood-eyed nun narrowed her eyes, "Angry Junior Sister is also cute... but don't blame me, this was the teacher's idea. She wants me to give you and your little girlfriend a bit of a lesson, hoping you'll pay attention to your influence."

"Although it's not impossible to protect you, the situation has been a bit strange lately. If you were to be made an example of and attracted attention from higher up, it wouldn't be easy."

Siflin's eyes widened—because their teacher was from the top tier of the Blood Saint Clan in the Kingdom of Blood Moon. Even if the ancient revived Blood Emperor could barely match her teacher, but for 'higher ups' that even the teacher feared, it seemed there were only…

"You can be all flamboyant as you wish, but your little girlfriend must remain low-key." Serei said, "There are too many eyes watching you."

Siflin was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded, "I understand, thank you, Senior Sister. But I must clarify, Freyja is not my girlfriend."

"Exactly, exactly!"

Meiwa walked over with big strides, pulled Siflin out of Serei's embrace, and turned her around to hold her in her own arms, "Little Sif is my girlfriend!"

Siflin's face was expressionless as she gave Meiwa's round butt a fierce pinch. Meiwa gave her a wistful glance, as if saying "I helped you escape from the crazy Senior Sister, yet you pinched me"?

"Eh? Even cotton candy bites?"

Serei laughed, "I thought Freyja you were the loyal dog type, once liking someone, you would never regret it, no matter how far you would have to chase after them... Seems I misunderstood?"

No, you got it exactly right, thought the small bat and Meiwa.

"But in that case, I won't disturb you anymore. This chair's quality isn't great, you might want to switch to one you can lie down on." The blood-eyed nun stood up, "I'm going to visit some old friends."

"Senior Sister."

Siflin suddenly asked, "Why did the teacher choose you to warn us instead of doing it herself?"

"Teacher is strict with us, but she's gentle only with you, you're not unaware of this. She doesn't want to be the bad guy." Serei shrugged, "Another reason is... she almost died not too long ago and is recuperating."

"What!?"

Siflin couldn't care less about how disgusting Senior Sister was, rushed over, and grabbed Serei's shoulders anxiously asking, "Is the teacher alright?"

"She's fine. You're aware of our Blood Saint Clan's healing ability, so you can still experiment with some relatively thrilling techniques." Serei replied, "She just got caught in a space turbulence and barely kept one arm. She'll be able to video chat with you in a few days."

"Compared with this, have you heard that Director Mica almost died in the Void Realm?" The blood-eyed nun laughed as she thought of this, "Clearly, he didn't have to be part of the task this time, but he ended up being the most severely injured."

Siflin: "Task, what task?"

"I don't know the specifics, it's just sending Legendary Mages through the Sky Gate to handle affairs in other realms. For this, both the headquarters and the Church have dug up some old antiques, but not many succeeded in passing through the Sky Gate." Serei spread her hands, "Our research on the Sky Gate is still too limited. Only those mages who have elevated the Space Faction to the Holy Sanctuary Level have the chance to utilize the Sky Gate for directional transcendence."

Serei had taken two steps but suddenly turned back, "Though it's unlikely, I still need to remind you two—don't ascend to legendary status anytime soon."

Siflin and Freyja exchanged a glance, neither promising, but instead asking, "Why?"

"Your attitude makes me think you really might quickly surpass Senior Sister..." Serei muttered, then said, "Actually, it's nothing, it's just that Ruby Mountain has been sealed."

But this explanation left Meiwa and the little bat more confused, "Sealed... what does that mean?"

"It means, you can't get in." Serei said, "Teacher said now, Ruby Mountain is completely shrouded by the Starry Sky Barrier outside, and most realms' mages can't connect with Ruby Mountain."

A whole layer of the Void Realm, sealed?

And moreover, the pinnacle of mortals, the mages' Holy Land, Ruby Mountain!?

This isn't just some closed zone or private property, but a boundless Void Realm jointly explored by countless mages over millions of years!

The level of absurdity of such claims is like someone saying they can monopolize knowledge, can forbid curiosity, can halt learning, it's all nonsense.

The two young Holy Sanctuary Mages were shocked, but Meiwa noticed one thing: "Most realms... does that mean there are realms that can enter Ruby Mountain?"

"Although the teacher didn't say, it's easy to guess." Serei replied, "Surely it's the realm which the teacher and other Legendary Mages want to crossover to—"

"Kingdom of Stars."

...

...

"Welcome!"

In a barbecue restaurant in the Kingdom of Allstars, Ash was struck by a grand welcome just as he stepped in.

A black-skinned, curly-haired barbecue chef was busy flipping skewers, showing his flashy white teeth, and greeted Ash with a bright and loud voice. His apron was spotless, and the aroma of spices radiated from him.

"Welcome, Lord Heath. This restaurant is honored by your gift. Your reservation is in the front row of the barbecue section, and the chef will deliver the freshly roasted skewers right to your seat!" The dark-skinned chef pointed to the seat in front of his barbecue stove, "Please enjoy the barbeque feast for the next hour!"

"Wait, wait..." Ash held his head, "You're making me confused, I just want to ask one question..."

He pointed at the skewers in front of Chef Harvey and asked, "What kind of meat are you roasting?"

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