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Chapter 140: Ruan Mei: ’It’s Ruan·Mei, Not ‘Soft Girl’!’ · Oct 08, 2026

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101 Chapter 101: A Battle of Gods… Turns Into a Family Dispute? 2026-10-08
102 Chapter 102: The Tsaritsa’s Shock 2026-10-08
103 Chapter 103: The Cryo Archon: ’Your Inazuma Has Ayaka? My Snezhnaya Has the Maiden!’ 2026-10-08
104 Chapter 104: The Lady and the Harbinger Who Got Played 2026-10-08
105 Chapter 105: The Tsaritsa: ’Baalzebul, You Don’t Want to Just Watch Him Leave… Do You?’ 2026-10-08
106 Chapter 106: Furina, the Blonde That Fell from the Sky?! 2026-10-08
107 Chapter 107: Living with Ningguang, and Giving Her a Ring 2026-10-08
108 Chapter 108: Ningguang Feels Powerless Before the Might of the Cosmos 2026-10-08
109 Chapter 109: Taking In the Rich Lady Ningguang 2026-10-08
110 Chapter 110: Let Ei Go Beat Up Scaramouche 2026-10-08
111 Chapter 111: Ningguang’s Hint: I’m Already His Woman 2026-10-08
112 Chapter 112: Eula’s Overwhelming Sense of Justice… and Decision to Sit Back and Watch 2026-10-08
113 Chapter 113: Lumine: ’I Happen to Be Friends with a Fatui Harbinger!’ 2026-10-08
114 Chapter 114: Keqing and Ningguang Are Terrified 2026-10-08
115 Chapter 115: Little Duck: ’If I Told You Who My Parents Are, You’d Die of Shock!’ 2026-10-08
116 Chapter 116: The Tsaritsa: ’Have I Been Blind All Along?’ 2026-10-08
117 Chapter 117: The Upright Keqing Can’t Stay Tough Anymore 2026-10-08
118 Chapter 118: Has the Ice Goddess Become the Jilted One? 2026-10-08
119 Chapter 119: Arlecchino Can’t Keep a Straight Face 2026-10-08
120 Chapter 120: Focalors: Let Me Bully You First! 2026-10-08
121 Chapter 121: The Fox Priest’s Sarcasm, and Ningguang’s Shock 2026-10-08
122 Chapter 122: The Suspicious Herta Puppet 2026-10-08
123 Chapter 123: Herta: Is He Out of His Mind? 2026-10-08
124 Chapter 124: Lumine’s Helplessness, and Yelan’s Glimmer of Hope 2026-10-08
125 Chapter 125: Kokomi: Why Haven’t They Let Me Out Yet? 2026-10-08
126 Chapter 126: The Traveler Arrives in Inazuma 2026-10-08
127 Chapter 127: Lumine Gets Wanted the Moment She Arrives in Inazuma 2026-10-08
128 Chapter 128: The Shogun’s Little Temper and Her Advice 2026-10-08
129 Chapter 129: Herta: ’Let Me Study You!’ 2026-10-08
130 Chapter 130: Failed Poaching, and Herta’s Shock 2026-10-08
131 Chapter 131: Staffer: ’Are you sure this isn’t Lady Herta?’ 2026-10-08
132 Chapter 132: Herta: ’Let’s get married!’ 2026-10-08
133 Chapter 133: Herta’s Shamelessness 2026-10-08
134 Chapter 134: Topaz: ’Is This Guy Insane?’ 2026-10-08
135 Chapter 135: Topaz’s Shock 2026-10-08
136 Chapter 136: Topaz: ’Is it still too late to get plastic surgery?’ 2026-10-08
137 Chapter 137: Ruan Mei’s Invitation 2026-10-08
138 Chapter 138: The Disliked Ruan Mei 2026-10-08
139 Chapter 139: Topaz Feels Like She Boarded a Pirate Ship 2026-10-08
140 Chapter 140: Ruan Mei: ’It’s Ruan·Mei, Not ‘Soft Girl’!’ 2026-10-08
141 Chapter 141: Topaz: ’What kind of nickname is ‘Ranking Queen’ supposed to be?’ 2026-10-08
142 Chapter 142: Ruan Mei’s Overflowing Curiosity 2026-10-08
143 Chapter 143: The Possibility of Becoming the Next Swarm Aeon & Topaz Being Angrily Amused 2026-10-08
144 Chapter 144: Herta Can’t Bear to Let Him Leave 2026-10-08
145 Chapter 145: Herta: ’I’m a Real Mature Onee-san, Okay?!’ 2026-10-08
146 Chapter 146: Lumine: ’You’re damnable, you know that?!’ 2026-10-08
147 Chapter 147: Raiden Ei: ’You’re not allowed to think about other girls!’ 2026-10-08
148 Chapter 148: Yae Miko: ’Of course—don’t let benefits flow to outsiders.’ 2026-10-08
149 Chapter 149: Raiden Ei: ’You want me to socially die… in front of Makoto?!’ 2026-10-08
150 Chapter 150: Ningguang Wants to Be the Madam Boss 2026-10-08

Chapter 140: Chapter 140: Ruan Mei: “It’s Ruan·Mei, Not ‘Soft Girl’!”

Topaz finally realized how serious things were.

Herta, Su Ran, and that third unknown genius were all using Herta puppets.

Even if something went wrong, they’d just lose a puppet.

The space station had over two hundred of those.

But she and Estelle?

They were real people.

If something happened, they would actually die.

”Scared of what?

With two Erudition Emanators here, how exactly would you die?”

Su Ran casually patted Topaz on the back.

”If something dangerous pops up, just throw me out there.

Maybe I’ll buy you some time.

This body isn’t mine anyway.”

That... actually did calm them down a little.

”Two Erudition Emanators?

You’re one as well?”

Topaz was stunned.

A genius was one thing.

But an Erudition Emanator?

That was a whole other level of untouchable.

Anyone could join the Genius Society if they were brilliant enough— but becoming a Stellaron Hunter-level Emanator of an Aeon?

That wasn’t something mortals could chase.

No wonder the IPC brass had told her ”under no circumstances provoke him.”

”No wonder you’re so confident,” Herta said.

”So you’re an Emanator too.”

She wasn’t shocked.

Anyone who could get that much from Nous being an Emanator was... almost expected.

That left the third ”genius puppet.”

Was that one...?

Ruan Mei stiffened.

She wasn’t an Emanator.

And suddenly she felt like she had become the weakest one in the group.

The least powerful.

The least social.

The least intimidating.

Great.

She had somehow become the odd one out in less than half an hour.

”So this one...”

Topaz glanced at the quiet puppet behind Su Ran.

”Don’t bother,” Su Ran said.

”She’s not an Emanator.

She’s just a ruan-mei — a soft girl.”

”Please,” Ruan Mei said, deadpan.

”Pause properly between my given name.

It’s Ruan·Mei.”

”I said soft girl, not Ruan—”

Su Ran paused for an excessively long time.

”—Mei.”

”...You don’t have to pause for that long.”

Ruan Mei sighed deeply.

This man was harder to communicate with than Herta.

At least Herta would obey when necessary.

This person?

Dealing with him only gave her headaches.

”So you’re Dr. Ruan Mei?”

Topaz finally reacted.

Ruan Mei nodded slightly.

”Yes. Hello...”

And immediately stopped talking.

As expected of her— cold, distant, and utterly disinterested in socializing.

Topaz scratched her cheek awkwardly.

Compared to dealing with Su Ran’s insults, this pure emotional cold front was somehow worse.

There was simply no conversation to be had.

”Don’t bother trying to chat with someone that self-centered.”

Su Ran leaned toward Topaz.

”She doesn’t care about you.

Unless your body is... unique enough to study.”

”...If I used Amber’s power, maybe she’d—”

”She would,” Su Ran nodded seriously.

”She’d absolutely want to dissect you.”

”...Okay I take it back.”

Topaz shivered.

She’d heard stories about Ruan Mei’s ”curiosity.”

Being treated like a test subject?

Absolutely not.

Ruan Mei glanced at Su Ran, surprised.

He seemed to actually understand her quite well.

And he was right— unless something truly unique caught her attention, she didn’t bother with people.

They reached the restricted zone.

Even knowing the two Emanators were present, Estelle and Topaz tensed immediately.

The shadows here seemed alive.

Invisible bugs skittered between the walls.

If not for the two Emanators, they would’ve turned around immediately.

”Muniu~”

A soft, adorable sound echoed from the dark.

Estelle’s eyes lit up.

”Wha... they’re so cute!”

Small, round ”cat-cake” creatures peeked from behind containers.

Topaz tried to warn her to be careful— but then she saw Su Ran squat down and scoop one up without hesitation.

...Okay, maybe they really were safe.

She cautiously reached out to pet one.

Instantly charmed.

Seeing that, Ruan Mei finally walked over to Su Ran and attempted conversation.

”You like them?”

She had created them long ago, but they were of no practical use, so she left them here.

”At least compared to you?

Yeah, I like them way more.”

Su Ran buried his face in the cat-cake creature.

”Muniu~”

”If you don’t want to stay here, you can come live in my space station later,” he told the creatures.

”I’ll gladly adopt you all.”

But the cat-cakes refused.

If they left, they feared Ruan Mei wouldn’t find them again.

Ruan Mei’s face didn’t change at all.

”Pity,” Su Ran said.

He could forcefully take them, but didn’t want to.

”Soft Girl, Herta—let’s go.”

”...Please call me Ruan·Mei.

Not soft girl.”

”Sure.

Ruan—”

A ridiculously long pause.

”—Mei.

Herta, let’s go.”

”...You really don’t need to pause that long...”

Ruan Mei felt utterly defeated.

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