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[HSRGSS] Chapter 76: Reunion of Two Sisters and the Death of Caenis
🕑 Added 2025-08-04 00:35:52 +0000 UTCJust as Aglaea was troubled by Tribbie's question, Castorice suddenly opened her eyes.
"I... Lady... Aglaea? Lady Tribbie?"
Castorice muttered in a daze as she gazed at Aglaea, then at Tribbie, but her eyes quickly sharpened, revealing a certain determination.
"I... I dreamed about Lucian... but I feel like it wasn't just a dream... It must have really happened somewhere I don't know about..."
Because she had seen Tribbie's example before, Castorice found it easy to accept what was happening to her.
Truthfully, the new memories felt as if they had just happened, and she could even feel the lingering warmth in her lower abdomen from her time 'bonding' with Lucian.
Castorice instinctively touched her lower abdomen and, sure enough, she felt a flicker of familiar power there, which surprisingly began to resonate with Tribbie.
"Cas, Teacher, your abdomens are glowing..."
Aglaea was completely baffled as she saw the two's lower abdomens start to glow with a greenish light.
She looked at her own abdomen, but there was no glow, so she was certain Lucian must have also granted Castorice the so-called blessing of Abundance.
Indeed, her guess was not wrong.
As for how the blessing was bestowed, she didn't think much about it.
"Cas, could it be that you also..."
Tribbie's big eyes looked innocent and pure, but the meaning behind her words was hard to say aloud.
Seeing Tribbie's little abdomen glowing as well, Castorice instantly blushed and nodded shyly, admitting it.
If it had been in the past, she certainly wouldn't have understood any of this, but things were different now. After her younger sister and Lucian had taught her about the world of adults, she immediately understood what Tribbie meant.
"In any case, this is a good thing."
Seeing Castorice's bashful reaction, Aglaea gently stepped forward, patted her on the shoulder, and comforted her.
"With Mr. Lucian's blessing, the future Flame-Chase Journey will be much easier. Honestly, I want one myself, but I can't even get it."
Upon hearing this, Castorice's cheeks turned even redder.
It couldn't be helped.
Whenever she thought about how she had been blessed, her heart would race as she remembered the various wild and embarrassing postures she had done when 'bonding' with Lucian.
Moreover, Aglaea actually said she wanted it as well?
If Aglaea knew how the blessing was given, would she still want it?
"Agy, that's enough, let Cas take it in for a bit."
Tribbie naturally understood why Castorice was so embarrassed, so she quickly tried to smooth things over.
"Yes, that's as it should be." Aglaea nodded lightly with a smile, then suddenly added, "If only Phainon could be blessed by Mr. Lucian too... If his abdomen glowed, he'd really look like the true Deliverer."
""NO!""
At Aglaea's words, both Tribbie and Castorice instinctively cried out at the same time.
Absolutely not!
They would never let Lucian bless Phainon.
They had no objection to a normal blessing, but letting Phainon's abdomen glow?
Absolutely not!
Just imagining Lucian doing 'that' to Phainon, both of them couldn't help but shudder.
"Uh..."
Aglaea was completely puzzled.
Why were these two reacting so strongly?
Could it be some kind of taboo?
Seeing the two's agitated expressions, Aglaea decided not to ask any further.
Thud!
Thud!
Suddenly, a burst of commotion broke out.
Two people came sprinting down the corridor, and in the blink of an eye, they arrived in front of the three.
Speak of the devil, and he shall appear.
It was Phainon and Mydei returning from their mission, though they seemed to be racing each other.
Of course, since neither would let the other win, in the end, Phainon won by lunging forward at the last second.
"Deliverer, that little trick is the only thing you're good at!" Mydei said with disdain, looking annoyed as he gazed at the white-haired man beside him.
"Heh, that's called being clever." Phainon lay face down on the ground, his face covered in dust, but still grinned. "Ah, I get it, there's no word for 'clever' in your Kremnoan dictionary, huh?"
"You bastard!" Mydei gritted his teeth.
"You two are as lively as ever." Castorice chimed in with a smile as she watched their familiar antics.
Although in her original memories, it had only been a few dozen minutes since she last saw them, in the new memories, she had not seen Mydei and Phainon for over twenty years, so this could be considered an old friends' reunion.
"Castorice, I'm so glad you're all right." Phainon said with a smile as he picked himself up and brushed the dust off his body.
"Looks like you're fine. Good." Mydei glanced at Castorice and nodded calmly.
"Mm." Castorice nodded with a smile, then continued, "By the way, everyone, I have some good news."
As she spoke, she pulled a Coreflame out from within herself—it was none other than the Coreflame of Death.
Seeing it, everyone's eyes instantly widened.
"Is that... a Coreflame?" Aglaea asked in disbelief, her eyes widening slightly. "Cas... how did you get that?"
"It was Lucian."
Castorice smiled knowingly as she answered.
"He not only revived my sister, but also restored the Death Titan's divine authority within me, allowing me to possess a Coreflame of Death. Because of that, now, there are two Death Titans and two Coreflames of Death."
"But more importantly, the fact that I can now use the Death Titan's power, and the existence of this Coreflame, proves that Lucian truly exists."
Upon hearing this, everyone felt a surge of excitement.
It was only natural.
Who could have imagined that after searching for so long and finding nothing about the Coreflame of Death, Castorice would just wake up with one?
And not only that—if what she said was true, there would now be two Coreflames of Death!
It was almost unbelievable.
No one could figure out how Lucian had managed it.
Could he re-create Coreflames or something?
"Wherever you are, Mr. Lucian, thank you for the gift." Phainon bowed his head at Castorice, giving his thanks to Lucian through her.
"Sister? Cas, what's this about your sister?" Aglaea, catching the key detail, asked again.
Castorice immediately told everyone about Polyxia.
"Thanatos, huh... I wonder if your younger twin sister is still alive..." Phainon muttered thoughtfully. "If she is, that would mean one more Titan on our side—enough to take on Nikador."
Just as these words fell, a purple portal connected to the River of Souls suddenly appeared before them.
"Sister, I thought you might want to see me, so I came without being invited."
As these gentle, soft words echoed from the portal, everyone's attention immediately shifted toward it.
In the next moment, a beautiful young woman with pale skin, bright lilac eyes, pointed ears, and short lavender hair stepped out barefoot. Even though she wore a mask that covered half her face, it was obvious she was beautiful, since her features almost perfectly resembled Castorice's.
As a result, without needing any explanation, they instantly knew the moment they saw her that this newcomer was none other than Castorice's younger twin sister, Polyxia—the Death Titan, Thanatos.
"Polyxia, I knew you'd be alive." Castorice said in a relieved tone, stepping forward to hug her sister.
Seeing this, everyone else glanced at each other, then sensibly stepped back to give the two sisters some space.
"Is Lucian already back?" Polyxia asked with a hopeful expression.
Originally, after she died in the mortal realm just after reviving Castorice, she awakened in the nether realm and encountered a broken fragment of her own consciousness there.
After reclaiming that fragment, she learned that after her death, the nether realm had plunged into chaos because of her deed.
In the end, since she couldn't step into the mortal realm anymore, she stayed alone by the sea of flowers in the nether realm, waiting to reunite with her elder sister.
However, the memories she now possessed only went back about a thousand years, to the moment she and Lucian parted.
Given that she had died early, her memories in this life—mostly gained from that consciousness fragment—were sadly scarce. Because of this, she ultimately treated her memories with Lucian as her main ones and those from the fragment as secondary.
"Not yet..." Castorice answered with a sigh, gently shaking her head. "Let's wait a little longer, okay?"
"I see..." Polyxia looked a bit sad, but quickly composed herself. "In that case, should Lucian's rules as the Nether King continue?"
Castorice thought for a moment, then shook her head again.
"Not for now. Unlike that time, Lady Aglaea is not in great condition now, so let's not trouble her any further."
Knowing Aglaea's condition was getting worse, Castorice would not let her judge the dead with her golden threads anymore.
As the two sisters were catching up—
"Lady Aglaea! Something terrible has happened!"
A man dressed like a scholar suddenly came running over, shouting as he ran.
"E-Elder Caenis was found dead!"
