No matter what Miss Elysia thought, Miss Serpent undoubtedly had all the milk she could drink during this period.
Especially when the former was present, the feeling of openly stealing the milk in front of someone made Mobius feel especially delicious. This exhilarating feeling was like wearing new underwear to welcome the morning of the New Year!
Even losing verbal battles to the former didn't seem so infuriating. After all, even if she lost a battle of words, she could win back from another mouth. Don't ask, just know she was winning all around.
As for Miss Qingque...
Amidst the attention of the crowd, she forced a smile and accepted the seal representing the position of Xianzhou Marshal from Hua's hand. How should she put it? She was smiling, but for some reason, it looked like she was crying.
Look, this seal is so big and beautiful, just like the endless, mountainous pile of work that comes with being the successor Marshal of the Xianzhou.
"Omedeto (Congratulations)."
Qingque's entourage very appropriately offered their applause to the Marshal, and her parents were moved to tears, wiping their eyes while feeling incredibly excited.
Their daughter had always been hopeless and lacked ambition, which annoyed them to no end, yet they couldn't do anything with this lazy bum. But never did they imagine that one day, their lazy daughter would become the new Marshal commanding the Cloud Knights.
"Qing, we misunderstood you."
Sob, I wish you had continued to misunderstand me.
Even accepting the undeniable reality of the Marshal position, Miss Qingque's heart was still bleeding.
However, there didn't seem to be any good news.
"Because the Xianzhou Alliance has become a vassal of Glamoth, although various considerations mean the Xianzhou will not largely transform into a 'hive' polity like Glamoth, the duties of the Cloud Knights are highly synergistic with Glamoth. To account for the connection with Glamoth's Iron Cavalry, the Xianzhou Marshal's control over the Cloud Knights will be greatly reduced. I guess you wouldn't mind that too much?"
Firefly, as the Empress, notified Qingque of this.
The latter was stunned for a moment, then instantly overjoyed.
I don't mind! How could I mind?
As a seasoned master of slacking, even upon becoming the Xianzhou Marshal, Qingque naturally didn't forget her original intention. It's just that the hectic nature of this position would make her path to a slacking career incredibly difficult. But if Glamoth was willing to share her workload... Although this was essentially diluting the power of the Xianzhou Marshal—of course, Glamoth wasn't doing this out of checks and balances or to defend against something. It was simply because Glamoth's system was like this.
To this, Qingque's response was: You're doing a great job!
She even really wanted to suggest that Firefly abolish the position of Xianzhou Marshal and directly incorporate the Cloud Knights into Glamoth's military system. That way, she could directly escape this troublesome job as Xianzhou Marshal.
Faced with Qingque's hints in this regard, Miss Firefly fell into thought.
"Qingque said that. What do you think?"
Regarding this question, she directly sought Silver Wolf's opinion.
After all, although the Glamoth Empress had the highest authority in Glamoth, Silver Wolf, the Iron Cavalry Commander, was mainly responsible for military affairs.
"I have a better idea."
Miss Silver Wolf, chewing bubblegum, responded with a bright smile.
The next day.
Qingque, who had taken office, went to work.
She fully felt the weight of the Xianzhou Marshal's position. This could be understood simply by looking at the mountainous pile of official documents.
Although each Xianzhou ship was mainly led by a general, their work would eventually be submitted to the Marshal for review and approval.
"...Why are there Glamoth Iron Cavalry documents too?!"
While working to the point of exhaustion, Qingque suddenly discovered a problem.
She realized that her job seemed to only involve the Cloud Knights, but also a lot of content regarding Glamoth's Iron Cavalry.
"It's like this. After considering your proposal, Her Majesty ultimately made a decision."
"Out of the need for the connection between the commanders of the Cloud Knights and Glamoth's Iron Cavalry, if they were handled separately, there would still be various problems. Therefore, Commander Silver Wolf gave up her position as commander and recommended Marshal Qingque to be the new commander of Glamoth's Iron Cavalry. So, you are now also the Commander of Glamoth's Iron Cavalry."
"This is Her Majesty's appointment letter and the Iron Cavalry Commander's order submitted by Commander Silver Wolf."
Brunhilde calmly placed a token made of an unknown material and a gold-embossed letter of appointment on Qingque's desk, saying earnestly, "Please do not betray the trust of Her Majesty and the people of Glamoth."
"..."
At this moment, Qingque looked at the letter of appointment, and the sky was falling.
Good news: some of the Xianzhou Marshal's work was shared. Bad news: she was also taking on the position of Glamoth's Iron Cavalry Commander.
Looking at the mountainous pile of official duties, Qingque's eyes gradually lost their luster.
As long as the Iron Cavalry Commander and the Xianzhou Marshal were the same person, the conflicts could be easily resolved, right?
Having been somewhat mentally and physically exhausted by the work of the Iron Cavalry Commander, Silver Wolf's face was filled with ease and joy after getting rid of that terrible position.
"Finally, someone is helping me take over."
Although Miss Silver Wolf initially liked the position of Iron Cavalry Commander when Glamoth was first established, after she actually started working, the easygoing her instantly regretted it.
But clearly, such a position couldn't be abandoned at will. After Glamoth was born, everything had rules and regulations, and the somewhat responsible her couldn't just abandon the position and run away.
As Glamoth's expansion continued, this pain intensified.
Until this day.
Finally, she found an opportunity.
By reasonably and compliantly shifting the job of Iron Cavalry Commander to Qingque, even Firefly couldn't find any issues.
"I'm free!"
Thus spoke the Great Love Wolf Venerable.
"Hello, Director Silver Wolf."
"Hmm? What did you call me?"
"Director."
"When did I become a director?"
"Just now. After you stepped down as Cloud Knight Commander, Her Majesty, moved by your integrity and also believing that the empire could not lack someone as important as you, appointed you as Glamoth's Director of Security, responsible for managing the empire's internal security."
Miss Silver Wolf's smile disappeared.
Freedom had run away!
At the Hall of Offspring, the hardworking Empress was very satisfied with handling fewer official duties.
Great, there was one more person who could handle official duties, making it easier for her to directly pass the work on.
Of course, there were also things that the Empress was not very satisfied with.
That was probably the fact that her auxiliary work and recreational equipment had entered a state of inactivity.
And the answer was obvious.
Having received an invitation from the Family, the Astral Express Crew also had the same goal. In addition, Elysia was also interested in trailblazing, so they boarded the Express. As a result...
"It's a Stellaron Hunter."
The gray-haired girl examined her appearance.
With his skilled driving experience, Mr. Jiang Qiao was quite calm about this.
For him, with his skilled driving experience, no matter what kind of machine, it was no longer so surprising.
Although this machine had a rather special existence—a "Stellaron"—to him, something that the world saw as the "cancer of all worlds," was just that.
Of course, there seemed to be someone else who adapted extremely quickly as well.
In the welcoming room, Miss Stelle, who had been somewhat unaccustomed at first, quickly understood what had happened and looked at the face in the mirror. Her expression became excited.
Her gaze slowly moved down. After a long while, she walked out of the room with a red face and a satisfied expression.
Then she ran into Mr. Jiang Qiao.
Seeing the person in question, Stelle's face instantly turned red after having done some indescribable things out of physiological curiosity.
She quickly said:
"I didn't do anything."
"But I didn't ask anything."
"!!!"
"...Because I was a little curious, I just... looked, just looked!"
"How did it feel?"
"Very Cool!"
"...I also touched it a little, just a little!"
"Really?"
"Really, really."
The gray-haired girl didn't speak, just stared at the former with a death glare.
The former puffed out her chest, but quickly deflated.
As if giving up, or perhaps comparing something:
"Alright, alright... I'll let you touch me back, I promise my feeling is better than yours! I'm very big! Bigger than March!"
"Hmm? I think I heard someone calling my name!"
March 7th popped up, sticking her head out.
Seeing the close distance between the two, her cheeks flushed slightly.
"Uh... what are you doing?"
"I... I didn't disturb anything, did I?"
"No, you came at the right time! March, tell her, isn't my feeling better than hers!"
"Huh? Feeling..." March 7th was confused by Jiang Qiao's words, and then... the next moment, she saw the latter directly grab her.
At this moment, the pink-haired girl's face instantly turned as red as blood.
"Yo..you, you, what are you doing!"
Because of the noise, the Astral Express Crew was quickly attracted.
As a result, Miss Stelle, who had been behaving like a hooligan, was almost kicked off the train.
To this, Miss Stelle, with a bump on her head, kneeled on the ground and sincerely apologized to Stelle not far away:
"I'm sorry! I was too sudden."
"Passenger Stelle, even if you're using someone else's body, you can't just do such abrupt things!" Pom-Pom tapped the former's head with a rolled-up newspaper, very dissatisfied.
"That's my body..."
"Yours isn't okay either!"
"I was so scared... I thought there was really something going on between you two." March 7th breathed a sigh of relief.
"So... can we switch back?"
Himeko touched her chin, somewhat concerned.
Because Welt had been caught, he had been taken away by Tesla. Now, she was the only elder on the Express.
"What? Switch back?"
Hearing this, Stelle showed a hint of reluctance.
"Do we have to switch back?"
"What's that supposed to mean? You sound like you don't want to switch back?"
"Cough, cough... how could that be!" Hearing March's words, Stelle coughed a couple of times, acting very serious. "I definitely want to switch back as soon as possible."
—Truthfully, she didn't really want to switch back immediately.
Although the physiological differences were a bit troubling, who was she? (former) Stellaron Hunter! Honkai: Star Rail Meme Queen! The mere difference in gender couldn't affect her attitude. On the contrary, it only made Stelle play even more happily and excitingly, like a novel toy!
And... for some reason, she felt that this body was more comfortable to use than her own...
"Normally, it's a natural exchange. If there's an emergency need... it's through here." The gray-haired girl touched her lips with her index finger.
"Eh, to switch back, do we have to do that kind of thing?!"
March widened her eyes.
"No, no! That's too..."
"Yeah, yeah! I can't accept it!"
Miss Stelle echoed, while unconsciously licking her lips.
How should she put it... she really couldn't accept it. She wanted to try what it felt like to kiss herself, but if she switched back so quickly, she would feel reluctant.
Therefore, the result was—to wait for a natural exchange.
Hmm, it was a result that Stelle was very satisfied with.
"I'll keep a close eye on you. Don't think about doing anything weird to Stelle!" March 7th patted her small chest, acting very serious.
Although Miss March 7th might be conflicted about sticking closely to Stelle, who was essentially Jiang, she was determined to protect Stelle's body and, plus... before this journey to Penacony, Elysia had asked her to help keep an eye on a certain someone. The very responsible small March naturally had to stick to the end!
"Don't you think she'll be more proactive than me?"
"Ah, this..."
Clearly, the Stellaron Hunter's image in March's heart was also very unreliable, but the pink-haired gremlin still used the bonds of believing in her companion:
"You have to believe in your companion! Don't try to dismiss me!"
"...Alright."
Jiang Qiao didn't care too much.
Anyway, he had come to Penacony to accept an invitation from the Family, and... Penacony itself also had many things that needed to be handled on behalf of Glamoth.
Because of the Family's special nature, even Glamoth had difficulty interfering in their affairs. Now was the best opportunity.
And March 7th...
Looking at the innocent and lively girl before him, both his insight and his connection with Fuli made him clear about her specialness.
Thinking about the place Elysia was going to, he did indeed need to guide this pink-haired gremlin a little before the Astral Express Crew set off.