"I’ve never seen a father like this!"
After that, Walnut and Kurumi found an inn to stay in, while during this time, Katie could only keep crying. To this, Walnut had no better solution and could only helplessly complain to Kurumi.
"How could there be such a person? He doesn’t even know how much Katie has suffered. If it were someone else, they probably wouldn’t have lasted this long! Even though Katie came back safely, no matter how much he dislikes her, it shouldn’t be this way...!!"
"No, it’s all my fault... I don’t blame Father..."
Hearing Walnut’s complaints, Katie wiped her red and swollen eyes and shook her head.
"Father... he hates me, I know... he hates that I took Mother away..."
"Is there such a thing?"
"Yes... Mother passed away when she gave birth to me... so Father has never liked me..."
Katie bit her lip and lowered her head.
"Father hasn’t liked me since I was a child... it’s all my fault... but even though Father doesn’t like me, he still kept me here... and that is already enough..."
"But... even if your mother passed away giving birth to you, he shouldn’t treat you like this..."
"Walnut..."
At this moment, Kurumi, who was standing beside them, suddenly interrupted Walnut’s complaints. She looked at Katie and asked softly.
"So... Katie? What do you plan to do next?"
"I... I don’t know."
Faced with Kurumi’s inquiry, Katie felt quite lost.
"Once Father cools down, I’ll go find him again. Although I don’t know what I did wrong, I think as long as I go back and sincerely apologize to Father, he should forgive me..."
"And then? You can’t keep going like this, can you..."
"....."
Katie had no words. As Walnut said, she couldn’t continue like this, but... aside from home, where else could she go?
"That’s it!"
At this moment, Walnut clapped her hands in excitement.
"Why don’t you join us and become a mercenary together!"
"Huh?"
Hearing Walnut’s invitation, Katie looked up in surprise, while Walnut smiled at her proudly.
"Look, you stay at home being unhappy all day, why not come out and be a mercenary? Of course, it might be a bit dangerous... no, I think it’s at least not much more dangerous than before, but it’s free, and your stealth skills are truly remarkable... I’ve worked with some mercenaries, but I’ve never seen anyone with stealth skills as strong as yours, it’s almost like you completely vanish..."
Speaking of which, Walnut sincerely praised her.
Because of her physique, Walnut was now half-human, half-zombie. In addition to using her five senses to search and sense the outside world like a human, she also had zombie-like infrared life sensing abilities. Therefore, most scouts and thieves could not escape her eyes. After all, no matter how powerful your Eye Covering Technique was, it was difficult to hide your life signs. Even if you were fast, Walnut could sense the temperature traces you left behind.
But Katie was different. When she said she disappeared, she really did completely disappear, almost like she had entirely vanished from the detector. Not even sound waves, temperature, infrared, ultraviolet, or radar could detect her, which astonished Walnut greatly.
"Ugh..."
Hearing Walnut’s persuasion, Katie was somewhat tempted. Just as Walnut said, Katie was completely unhappy at home. From what she had seen earlier, it was clear that no one in the entire household was willing to approach her, not even finding a friend. Everyone treated her as a harbinger of disaster, avoiding her at all costs.
In fact, what neither Kurumi nor Walnut knew was that every time Katie ate at home, the servants would leave the food outside her door, and then Katie would take it, eat it, and put it back for the servants to clean up.
In some ways, this wasn’t much different from prisoners under house arrest.
No, perhaps even prisoners had it better than Katie. At least, whether it was during a break or training, prisoners could somewhat find someone to talk to. But Katie at home... had never communicated with anyone.
This was also why her social skills were so weak.
A little girl, nearly under house arrest for over a decade, and having never spoken to anyone, if she could possess silver-tongued social skills—it could only be through time travel.
"But... is it okay?"
"No problem!!"
Hearing Katie’s hesitation, Walnut immediately pounded her chest.
"I don’t oppose it, and Sister Kurumi doesn’t oppose it either. We’ll let Fang... our leader know, and I guess he won’t oppose it either, and Little Hong... where’s Little Hong?"
"Little Hong is off doing what she needs to do."
At this time, Kurumi answered Walnut’s question.
"She was only with us until Silver City."
"Oh... what a pity, Little Hong’s skills aren’t bad. If only she would stay..."
Hearing this, Walnut sighed helplessly.
Fang Zheng didn’t know that Walnut was thinking of using her as a "chef," as she was busy attending to her own matters.
"The eighth one..."
Fang Zheng stretched out her hand, picked up a pen, and drew a few mysterious runes on the Star Spirit Detector in front of her, then tested it to ensure there were no issues, and finally reached out to pat the little cutie in front of her.
"Go on, set the location."
"Beep beep...!"
Hearing Fang Zheng’s words, the Star Spirit Detector wobbled twice, then quickly cloaked itself and vanished into the air. Fang Zheng then opened her personal terminal, confirmed that the Star Spirit Detector had reached the designated location, and breathed a sigh of relief. Then, she activated the messaging interface and sent a message to Nymph.
[Transfer the Ship of Inheritance to the designated coordinates, notify Black Katie to prepare for battle, and await my command]
Soon after sending this message, Nymph quickly replied.
[Understood, Master]
"Very good."
Seeing the reply, Fang Zheng nodded in satisfaction and then rubbed her hands, standing up to summon the Dimensional Codex.
Next, it was time for a ten-draw!
To be safe and to sweep the enemy away completely, Fang Zheng had made all the necessary preparations. Although their individual strength was much weaker than her own, they had numbers, and they were high-ranking members of Doomsday. To be safe, Fang Zheng naturally wanted to eliminate all potential threats. And now, what she had to do was... ten-draw to guarantee her strength boost!
With the Soulstones in her hand, to deal with an organization like the Council of Destruction, the Queen of Blades was of no use, Arthas was slightly lacking, the Master of the Stars was overkill, and while Malthael was the best choice... to be safe, Fang Zheng decided to draw a ten-draw to see.
Of course, this time she did a ten-draw, it wasn’t just a simple "this time I’ll win," but backed by theoretical grounds!
First, she had to deal with the high-ranking members of Doomsday—that leads to Katie’s father being one of them—Katie’s father was currently suffering from the backlash of Misfortune—Katie’s father’s luck would become extremely poor—therefore, as Katie’s father’s enemy, her luck would become extraordinarily good—resulting in a guaranteed Five Stars from a ten-draw!
The entire logic was sound and flawless!
Moreover, now that she had transformed into a Magical Girl, and it’s widely known Magical Girls are Luck Emperors, there had to be a luck enhancement!
The time for a ten-draw to get rich had come!
With that thought, Fang Zheng excitedly raised her hand, and with her motion, the Dimensional Codex opened once more, followed by a burst of light beams, transforming into ten light orbs that slowly rotated and dispersed!
Then an explosion occurred!
"Bang!"
Energy Stone, next.
"Bang!"
Reinforcement Stone, next.
"Bang bang bang!!"
Useless blueprints, a bottle of happiness for the otaku... Solidar. Fury of the Stars?
Ugh! It’s not even a Two-Handed Sword, what use is it!
I haven’t been a Hunter for many years!
"Bang!!!"
Another light orb exploded, shining with a brilliant array of light.
It’s...!!
Sure enough, two wrongs make a right!
Now then, let’s go!
Fang Zheng reached out and picked up the Soulstone suspended in front of her.

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