After the picnic, Kouro and Mei's relationship became even more intimate and romantic.
Indeed, Theresa and the others felt like want to hitting someone after seeing how Kouro and Mei committed acts of romance that were too wholesome.
On the other hand, Wendy's relationship with the others also became intimate and after that Mei taught her how to control Herrscher's power.
...
On a vast green plain, Mei was seen explaining how to control Herrscher's power to Wendy while accompanied by Kouro and Ayame.
"Mei-senpai, Wendy's Herrscher core is on her leg different from ours, does that mean she has to use a special technique to control her Herrscher power? " Ayame asked.
That is a good question, but actually Wendy did not need to use certain techniques to control her Herrscher power because the Herrscher core was the source of energy to use Herrscher power.
So the point is that the placement of the Herrscher core has no effect on how to control Herrscher's power.
As Kouro mentioned earlier, Wendy is currently a Pseudo-Herrscher even though she has the Gem of Desire, because she does not absorb large amounts of Honkai energy.
Actually the case is almost the same as Mei who Kouro awakening back into a Herrscher after absorbing the Honkai energy he channeled to her.
Unfortunately now Kouro couldn't do that anymore because his energy source now was [Shadow] instead of Honkai.
Kouro did not know what would happen when he awakening a Pseudo-Herrscher into a Herrscher using [Shadow]'s energy, but he was not going to satisfy his curiosity and experiment on his friends.
"There is no need to use certain techniques. Herrscher's power is actually not too different from the Honkai energy we control with the Stigmata, I think as a veteran Valkyrie, Wendy-san can control Herrscher's power well even without being taught by us."
Mei was not wrong, the reason Wendy did not use Herrscher's power was because she still had her morality and humanity so she never tried to use her Herrscher's power.
Wendy felt that once she used her Herrscher powers... She would become a world destroyer drowning in hatred and she did not like that.
Mei then exemplified it with how she could create lightning flashes in her hands and control the shape of the lightning as she wished.
Kouro who heard her explanation was seen rubbing his chin while wearing a thinking expression and muttering.
"Hm... This reminds me of the martial arts that Fu Hua uses... "
Fu Hua had a background where her father was a martial artist so Fu Hua also practiced to an advanced level in using the Taixuan martial art to be able to control the energy called 'Ki'.
Unfortunately, because in the previous era of human civilization, technology had developed to a high level, something like martial arts had been abandoned by many people.
Kouro did not know if 'Ki' was different from Honkai energy which was technically superior because it came from a higher dimension.
As he was lost in thought, he saw that Wendy had tried to use her Herrscher power.
With the strong gusting wind moving the grass on the ground, Wendy's clothes also fluttered slightly and for a moment Kouro saw Wendy's plain white panties.
Kouro then naturally turned his head to hide his gaze.
"I-I can fly!" said Wendy in a happy voice.
She didn't realize that Kouro had seen her panties, the joy of being able to fly made her momentarily forget how her clothes were slightly exposed.
"Wendy-san! Your clothes!" shouted Ayame after realizing that Wendy's panties were visible.
"My clothes? A-aah!" Wendy immediately covered her bottom with a blush before landing to the ground slowly, she looked at Kouro with a flushed face and asked weakly.
"...Did you see it? "
"No." Kouro said without hesitation and without changing his expression.
"Hmm... Indeed Wendy-san's clothes are a bit problematic. Wendy-san, do you have any other clothes?" Asked Mei.
Wendy looked embarrassed at her question before answering weakly, "...I don't have any other clothes... "
"Wait, so you wore the same clothes for less than two years without washing? Hmm... I wonder what the smell is like..." Kouro said with a serious expression.
Wendy's expression completely flushed like a tomato at his words and tried to hide her face by lowering her head slightly.
"Kouro..." said Ayame and Mei while looking at him with an expression of disbelief.
"No! I didn't mean it like that!"
Fortunately Kouro was able to quickly clear up their misunderstanding.
After that Wendy practiced her control over her Herrscher's power which became more and more proficient every time.
More time passed until the evening came with the sun beginning to rise.
Kouro was seen sitting on the ground and drinking a carton of banana-flavored milk while watching Wendy who was practicing becoming more and more proficient alone.
Mei and the others were currently preparing dinner in a sizable uninhabited house.
Kouro could see that Wendy was now slightly stronger than Wendy in the original plot.
Well... This is not surprising, although the Honkai energy that Wendy had in the original plot was greater but she did not have the time to train her abilities in contrast to now.
Kouro finished drinking a carton of banana-flavored milk before finally asking.
"So, Wendy-san, after this what are you going to do?"
Wendy who was practicing seemed to stop, she was silent for a long time before turning to look at Kouro with her green eyes shining brightly.
Her personality suddenly changed from shy to aggressive.
As they looked at each other, the atmosphere momentarily became tense.
"...What do you think I'll do?"
"Revenge? " Kouro guessed while resting her face on her hands without changing her expression.
"Maybe... Do you think it's wrong?" said Wendy with a pensive expression while staring at her hands.
Seeing that Wendy's hatred had lessened towards Schicksal, Kouro was slightly relieved before saying.
"I think it's your own choice, I won't say you're wrong for choosing revenge, because basically hatred doesn't disappear that easily. "
"But I will just say, is it worth it to spend your whole life and throw away your future for that revenge that you might regret later on?" he continued.
Kouro then smiled confidently then pointed at Wendy.
"I think the best revenge is to make yourself happy. "
Wendy's eyes widened at his words, she had never thought about the consequences of taking revenge because of the hatred in her heart.
"It's a waste of your time trying to destroy Schicksal, better use that time for yourself. "
After Kouro said that, he puffed out his chest while mentally giving a thumbs up to 'Leon Bartfort' for his meaningful words.
"...Right, thank you Kouro-kun. I think... I already have a new goal that I want to achieve. " said Wendy while smiling with her eyes shining full of light.
She then turned to look at Kouro.
"Great! Uhm-?"
Wendy was seen walking towards Kouro with each step creating a stronger and stronger wind followed by her clothes gradually changing into a white dress with green ribbon accessories and a short skirt, then a white bandage into a long floating shawl.
With his hair and clothes fluttering, Kouro raised his eyebrows and remained calm as he saw Wendy approaching him, no, it was too close.
This time Kouro's expression changed slightly and tried to back away but his collar was immediately pulled by Wendy letting the two of their faces become very close close enough to be able to hear each other's breathing.
"You think... What new purpose do I have?" Wendy with bright shining eyes asked the same thing again in a slow but firm tone.
Kouro saw Wendy panting as she looked at him from a very close distance, from her eyes Kouro saw only lust and aroused.
"... Miss Wendy... It's good that you have new goals... But I already have a girlfriend, so I hope you understand.... If you continue to force me.... I will make you regret it." Kouro said in a calm voice but his eyes were focused on her.
Wendy, instead of stopping, grinned widely at his words.
Wendy seemed to have a netori fetish of other people's boyfriends.
"...I had expected you to say that. But it's useless, with my Herrscher ability I can sense the existence of Mei and the others with just a puff of air, not only that I can block all their attacks including yours, Kouro. "
Wendy is completely confident in her Herrscher ability of manipulating ideal fluids, she can indeed block Mei's lightning using her wind ability and can cut Ayame's plants.
She could also block Kouro's [Vapor of Serenity] attack with a strong gust of wind.
"You can't escape. " Wendy said with a wide grin and licked her lips.
Although it looked like he was going to be 'eaten' by Wendy, Kouro's expression didn't change at all, after all he had a lot of experience in dealing with this.
Kouro sighed helplessly before holding Wendy's hand that was holding his collar before his eyes changed color to a bright prism.
Activate [Herrscher form: Herrscher of Salvation]!
Wendy felt Kouro's aura suddenly change and gave her an invisible heavy pressure.
"Let.Go." Kouro said in a calm but firm and stressful voice.
"Hmph! I don't know what you're doing, but it won't do any good!"
Kouro looked at her one last time before saying, "You'll regret this."
Activate the [Judgment of Authority] ability!
With this ability Kouro was able to seal the authority of a Herrscher, something he had also applied to the Herrscher of the End.
"What?! My power!? " Wendy felt her Herrscher power disappear, no, her connection with the Gem of desire had been blocked by a strange energy!
"[Bloodlust]." Kouro muttered with his hand still holding Wendy's hand tightly.
*FWOSH!! *
Wendy's eyes that were frightened by the loss of her Herrscher power suddenly saw from behind Kouro's back a boundless darkness that then engulfed her.
...
What Wendy saw was only darkness, all her senses did not function in this boundless darkness, unable to hear, unable to see, unable to feel, unable to speak.
There was only empty silence.
Wendy's fear was magnified infinitely inside this endless darkness.
She wanted to scream, she wanted to cry, she wanted to move, but could not.
There was only silence.
Silence.
And silence.
Even for Wendy now time seemed to pass by in a very long time, long enough to make her stop thinking and become one with the silence itself.
If not for-
"Wendy."
Wendy suddenly blinked with her mouth open, her legs then felt helpless making her fall on her butt, she looked down at her hands tremblingly, tears escaping from her eyes.
"Ah-ahh..." Wendy opened her mouth trembling at the sound of her own voice which felt familiar and unfamiliar at the same time.
She realized that the boundless darkness was just an illusion but it felt very real, real enough to make clear liquid ooze out from Wendy's bottom... It seemed like she had wet herself due to the [Bloodlust] effect.
Kouro then patted Wendy's shoulder before whispering in her ear, "...Do you regret what you did?"
Wendy quickly nodded her head like a pecking chicken not caring about her face full of snot and tears.
"Good. I hope you haven't forgotten. " Kouro said calmly before putting his hands in his pockets and heading back for dinner.
On the way, Kouro then turned to look at her and said, "Mei will be angry to me if you don't come to dinner together... Do you understand?"
Wendy nodded her head again quickly before saying stammeringly, "I-I understand! I'll be right there!"
"Good."
After saying that, Kouro then left without turning around again.
Wendy was breathing heavily, she didn't think breathing was something she was truly grateful for.
"Kouro! Who is he... No, what is he exactly? "
Starting from today, she vowed not to make Kouro upset let alone angry.