"Benares is so cool… I wish I had a mount to fly me around freely too…"
Mei watched with envy as Benares carried Kiana flying around in the sky.
It wasn't just Mei. The sound of Benares flying at high speed, cutting through the air, and Kiana's happy laughter made all the students present very envious.
"My Purple Flame Mystic Phoenix isn't bad either… Should I call it over to take you for a spin?"
Mei shot Ryn an annoyed look. "How dare you mention Little Zi! Look at how cool and majestic Little Zi was when it first arrived… now it's turned into a big fat chicken! Its little wings flap for ages and it can't even fly higher than Nana can jump!"
"It's not my fault… Who knew Fu Hua would dote on Little Zi more than her own grandmother…" Ryn rubbed his nose awkwardly.
Originally, the Purple Flame Mystic Phoenix was only a little plump, you could call it robust, but after Fu Hua took it away for a while…
Ryn didn't even dare to tell outsiders that this fat chicken was a phoenix…
Although Little Zi cried every day that it couldn't eat anymore, Fu Hua didn't care. Honkai Beasts wouldn't eat themselves to death. Eating more would only make them stronger, and besides, being chubby was cute!
Forget it, let's not talk about that fat chicken, Little Zi. It's better to take Nana out than Little Zi…
Speaking of which, the most handsome one among his retainers seemed to be Kukulkan, right?
Kukulkan's appearance was much cooler than Benares's. Not only was its body larger than Benares's, but its white mecha-like armor was far more imposing than Benares's exoskeleton armor.
"Should I have Kukulkan come back? Hey… speaking of which, the Kukulkan clan is still part of your retinue, Mei!"
"The Kukulkan clan is my retinue?"
Mei's eyes lit up instantly. Although she had only seen Kukulkan's dragon form once or twice, with it being in human form the rest of the time…
From the very first glance, Mei had found that Kukulkan's appearance perfectly matched the dragon-form retainer of her fantasies.
"But I never saw it in Nagazora City…"
"Hehe, that's a story from another world~" Ryn chuckled, then began to call for Kukulkan, telling it to hurry over.
"Another world?" Mei's eyes narrowed, sensing that something was amiss.
Come to think of it, Ryn had told them that he had fallen into another world very similar to this one, and met people who were very similar to them.
"Then… did Ryn fall for the other me?" Mei touched the tachi at her waist, her hand resting on the hilt.
Being jealous of herself might have sounded incredible in the past, but after learning about the Honkai, about the prime world and bubble universes, it didn't seem so incomprehensible anymore.
"Ah, this… how could that be! I recognized at a glance that that person was not the Mei I love and kept a strict distance from her!" Ryn swore solemnly.
That Mei from the Fire Moth, with her "we're all going to die sooner or later, might as well let everyone die early" attitude, Ryn wouldn't dare to get close to her. Besides, she and God Kiana were in a love-hate relationship. If he tried to be affectionate with her, he'd probably get himself chopped up.
"Hmph, you'd better hope so." Mei snorted coldly and poked Ryn's side with her finger. "If I find out… hmph hmph!"
"ROAR—"
A dragon's roar, even louder and more majestic than Benares's, echoed through the air.
Then, the sky instantly darkened. Space twisted into a bizarre and motley illusion.
A phantom giant dragon with wings that blotted out the sun and a serpentine tail passed through the spatial ripples, appearing out of thin air.
Kukulkan's cold compound eyes swept over the dense mass of Honkai Beasts on the ground. Its immense presence and pressure forced them to bow their heads, all of them prostrating on the ground.
It was the first time the St. Freya students had seen Kukulkan's dragon form. Its natural authority, suppressing tens of thousands of Honkai Beasts in Siberia with just a glance, left a deep impression on each of them.
However, the next scene directly shattered the image of the domineering king they had in their minds.
Kukulkan glanced over the situation on the ground. When it saw Mei, a trace of surprise flashed in its eyes, which then turned to calmness.
But when it saw Ryn, anyone could see the sycophantic humility of a simp in Kukulkan's cold compound eyes.
Kukulkan rapidly descended from the sky, shrinking in size as it fell. As it neared the ground, it transformed into a tall, green-haired woman.
Her toes tapped lightly on the ground. Kukulkan, wearing a long dress chosen by Maheśvara, spun a graceful circle in front of Ryn, then curtsied, holding the hem of her skirt, and saluted him.
"I have come in response to your summons, my master."
"Change back."
"Huh?" Kukulkan was taken aback. She was dressed so beautifully in her human form, shouldn't he praise her first? Why change back? Was the dragon form that good-looking?
"I said, change back."
Ryn pointed to Benares and Kiana flying over in the distance, then gestured for Kukulkan to look at Mei.
"See Benares and Kiana over there? Mei is very envious and wants to ride a dragon and fly freely in the sky too. You're sort of her retainer, so take her for a ride."
"But… but…" Kukulkan stammered, at a loss for words.
Although it was also called Kukulkan, it wasn't actually from the Kukulkan clan. It was just registered under God Mei's name, but it didn't actually take orders from Mei…
"If you can't, then forget it. It's just a small fantasy, it's no big deal." Mei saw that Kukulkan didn't seem very willing and spoke up to help it out.
Mei didn't like forcing others for her own desires.
Ryn took Kukulkan by the arm and led her aside, speaking to her with a friendly expression:
"If you're not willing, then find a way to get me another dragon-form Honkai Beast. If you can't, then go and mate with Maheśvara and give birth to one for me."
"Boss, you can't force a dragon to give birth like this… Maheśvara and I don't have that kind of relationship, we haven't reached that stage yet!"
"You've already taken her on a trip around the world, and you're telling me you don't have that kind of relationship?"
Kukulkan's eyes were fixed on its nose, its nose on its heart, playing dumb on the spot. Anyway, it wouldn't admit it.
Ryn put one hand on his hip and tugged on Kukulkan's ear with the other. "I don't care. Either you go and carry Mei, be her mount. Or you get me a dragon-form Honkai Beast."
Kukulkan looked at Ryn with a wronged expression. If it had known, it wouldn't have listened to Ryn's summons and would have just hidden.
Where was it supposed to get a dragon-form Honkai Beast? It couldn't really have one with Maheśvara, could it?
A pink version of itself, the thought was just too weird…
No, it and Maheśvara didn't have that kind of relationship!