Miss Witch doesn't want to be a diva!.

Chapter 581: Hope of the Seven Virtues

Cuiyue Star Region, Academy City.

Blanche sat quietly in the room. The arched window in front of her was half-closed. Some delicate vines were crawling on the glass, and a little bit of light came in through the window. The whole room was a little dark, and only this window was brighter.

It has been a month since she returned to school, but she still feels particularly cold and lonely.

In the past, she, Shui Yanqing, Tilan, and Orlais, the four of them attended classes together every day. Later, Pulin and Audney would often join in. How happy they were at that time, how lonely she felt now that she was alone.

They've all left, and now I'm the only one left.

Sitting in the room, Blanche thought for a while, then sat down in front of the piano, put her fingers on it, tried to press it lightly, slowly getting familiar with it, then looked at the music score and slowly started to play.

She doesn't know many musical instruments, and piano is the only one she's learned well. Thanks to Ewen Qilin's meticulous and patient teaching, she has laid a very good foundation. This is one of the few subjects in which she feels satisfied and confident.

The fingertips danced slowly on the piano keys, and the soothing music flowed quietly, telling Blanche's inner thoughts.

Time passed slowly as she played this familiar song, repeating the simple melody over and over again.

Her fingers seemed to have formed muscle memory, and slowly, she no longer had to remember every beat and key, but could play it completely just by following inertia.

The originally careful playing became easier and easier, and this simple tune became more and more lively. She could even make the tune more to her liking and add personal characteristics through subtle finger movements.

Over and over again, the sound of the piano continued, ding-dong-dong, crisp and echoing.

The sky gradually darkened, the world outside the window was at dusk, and the room gradually became darker. Blanche still did not get up. She closed her eyes and played the song over and over again.

The chirping of insects began outside the window at some point, and the room was already pitch black. In this world without any figures or lights, Blanche was still playing the only song, recalling in her mind the details of what Evangeline had taught her, every movement and expression, as well as the faint aura that emanated from it.

Gradually, the chirping of insects outside the window stopped, the sky outside the window became darker, and time slowly came to midnight.

After playing again, Blanche's fingers finally stopped trembling, and she slowly lay down on the keys.

She didn't cry, but there was some warm liquid in the corner of her eyes that slowly wet her sleeves.

Her fingers were sore, her head was tired, and her whole body was uncomfortable, but Blanche felt a sense of relief.

This way, I can fall asleep.

Dragging her tired body, she returned to the bedroom, fell directly on the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.

In the following days, Blanche was in a bad mental state. She would occasionally be in a daze while reading in the library. She didn't want to see anyone and often stayed in her room alone.

Such a poor condition naturally caused concern among others. After the cluster members who were paying attention to her reported, the school arranged for Ores, who was working in the central star field, to comfort her.

"What's wrong with you lately, Blanche?" Ores came to the house where Blanche lived carrying a paper bag containing gifts.

"Nothing." Blanche sat on the sofa opposite, looking at the table with a slightly dim gaze, not meeting Orles's eyes.

Seeing that Blanche didn't want to talk, Orès didn't have any good ideas for the moment. She seldom comforted others. Although she was familiar with Blanche, they were not close, and she didn't know how to proceed.

"Really? If you're in a bad mood, come with me to the Shuangshu Star Region. The environment there is great." Ores suggested.

"The Twin Trees?" Blanche closed her eyes. For some reason, she suddenly remembered the scene she saw in the Gravel Star Region. The people there worked extremely hard, but there were very few trees in the surrounding environment. The land stretched for thousands of kilometers with bare rocks, dry soil, flying dust, etc.

When she unconsciously compared the huge gap between the two scenes, she no longer had the desire to travel, but only felt the disparity of the world.

Seeing that Blanche had no intention, Orestes talked to her for a long time, but unfortunately they had too little in common and the communication was always cold.

"Thank you, Orles, for coming to see me, but I really can't muster up the energy today." Blanche comforted Orles, and then they parted ways.

……

Blanche became increasingly depressed, and Tilan also encountered new difficulties in the Ziqiu star field. That is, when the length of the dragon vein construction increased, it was not as smooth as before, and a certain degree of disorder began to appear.

"In other words, we also have to consider the role of the secret realm in storing and regulating the dragon vein, right?"

Just as the name suggests, dragon veins and secret realms must be used together. Now the problem of building the dragon veins has been preliminarily solved, but the problem of building the subspace secret realm is placed before everyone.

For example, the 'blessed land' of the ancient East, the 'paradise' where the angel legions sleep, and the 'dimensional gaps' where some extraordinary creatures hide can all be considered subspaces. Many scholars in the Federation have studied this, but there are still many problems in how to open up such spaces.

Space-related abilities and technologies have always been extremely difficult. In the past, humans had to rely on the power of the crown to maintain those large subspaces. If they wanted to open them up on their own, the space was often narrow and could only be used to store personal belongings.

After being stuck with technical issues, the project came to a standstill and there was no sign of a breakthrough.

"It seems that you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry." Tilan sighed while sitting in front of the mirror.

"Why don't you go find Gray Dust Crystal and the others and try? My innate ability is related to space." Another purple-eyed and black-haired girl in the mirror spoke.

"This is really hard to try." Tilan shook her head and looked out the window.

"There is no shortcut to space technology. Power can certainly reduce consumption, but the essence of creating a secondary space is to tear a new space in the original universe. In this process, the larger the subspace, the more terrifying the consumption."

"Historically, the 'Moon Crown' could only rise because of the energy provided by the 'Sun Crown'. Without the almost endless energy and power of the Sun Crown, the effectiveness of the Moon Crown would be greatly reduced." Speaking of this, Tilan remembered something.

"I haven't thought much about it. If the space power is only used to provide a trigger, as for the energy problem, it seems that it is feasible to let another third party provide it." Tilan paced back and forth in the room.

"Take it back to the 'Gray Dust Crystal' headquarters in the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Region for testing."

So, after the project progress stagnated, Tilan bid farewell to the Ziqiu Star Region and returned to the Siye Crystal Star Region again.

In June, Blanche received a special invitation in the Central Star Region. It was an invitation from a film and television production, hoping that she would play a character in the play. If it was an invitation from an ordinary film and television company, she would definitely refuse it directly, but this time the situation was different. In the invitation letter, Blanche saw a familiar trace.

Haven't they given up yet? Blanche thought, and after a little hesitation, she agreed.

The following month, she met the director and screenwriter at the filming location and fully understood the script.

"So, you want me to play the role of a saint who saves the world, right?" In the script, this saint is simply the incarnation of the goddess on earth. She possesses unparalleled beauty and ability. She overcomes all obstacles and defeats many evil forces.

"That's right. You don't need to worry about your acting skills. We have a professional team to assist and teach you, and we will definitely make your image in front of the camera close to perfect." The producer said firmly and confidently.

"Don't worry, you will definitely play a positive role in the script and will not bring any negative impact." The other party assured again.

Blanche didn't pay much attention to all this. She just noticed a young man with short black hair and a hat at the scene. This young man used a special method to have a brief spiritual conversation with her and told Blanche his identity.

It seems that the resistance forces in the northwest star regions have not given up on her, but have taken risks to chase her to the central star region, and this filming is a perfect excuse. "In that case, I'll do it reluctantly." Blanche agreed to the producer's proposal with a complex feeling of trepidation, tension, excitement, and relief.

In the following months, she stayed in the crew and received guidance from the instructors in the crew, which included all the knowledge required to play the role of a saint, including etiquette, movements, expressions, ways of speaking, and even teaming up with other "nuns" specially recruited from the crew to practice some large-scale ritual arrays.

Over the past few months, these 'nuns' have been cooperating better and better with Blanche. They trust Blanche absolutely and are completely open to her, which even gives Blanche the illusion that these 'nuns' are like her half body. She can vaguely sense their thoughts and even directly command their bodies.

Moreover, as they spent more time together, the temperaments of these 'nuns' became more and more unified, and their extraordinary abilities, movements, thoughts, and soul frequencies were getting closer and closer to Blanche's. This made it as easy as breathing for Blanche to perform certain large-scale ritual arrays, and hundreds of 'nuns' were like her fingers, which she could flexibly command and mobilize.

At this time, even though she was not very smart, she realized that something was wrong. No matter how realistic the movie was, it probably wouldn't require such skills. Rather than saying that these "nuns" were here to act, it would be more accurate to say that they were specially prepared for her.

With a vague sense of nervousness, the time for the official shooting is approaching day by day.

"Aren't we filming in the Cuiyue Star Region?" One day, Blanche received a notice from the director saying that filming could start.

"Yes, it's in the Xuelan Star Region not far from the Cuiyue Star Region. The environment there is beautiful, just right for the hometown of the heroine in the opening credits."

"We have chartered a special starship to transport props, costumes, and filming crews." The other party continued.

"I see." Blanche stood up and looked at the scenery outside the window. Everything in Academy City was still peaceful.

She had a vague feeling that after leaving this time, she might never come back.

"I understand. Give me two days to prepare, pack my things, and say goodbye." She replied to the staff in front of her.

"no problem."

In the next two days, Blanche bought a lot of things she liked, left them at the Golden Flame Academy, and asked the school to pass them on to several other friends. Then she boarded the transport starship for the filming of the movie.

As the starship slowly sailed away from the starport, Blanche sat in the room on the bridge and talked to a young man with short black hair opposite her.

"Now can you tell me where you are going?"

"Of course it's to perform a grand legend, Miss Blanche." The other party answered sincerely, and then took out the hidden tiny chip from the cochlea and inserted it into the projection player in front of him.

In the vast Milky Way map, a small golden dot flickers continuously. It is located in the northwest region of the Federation.

"Today?" Blanche's eyes flickered.

"Yes, it's today." The other party answered in a steady voice.

"It's indeed urgent, but there won't be a better opportunity if we delay." As he opened his mouth, a bullet shot out from the side and pierced through the projector in front of him. Then several plainclothes officers from the tribunal emerged and pointed their guns at the young man.

"Raise your hands and squat! You have five seconds to complete the action. Countdown 5, 4, 3——"

Before the investigator could count to 2, a door on the side of the bridge suddenly opened, and fighters wearing black exoskeleton armor poured out. They aimed their charged rifles at the members of the Inquisition in the bridge and opened fire directly.

call out--

A slight buzzing sound was heard, and orange scorching rays appeared on the bridge from time to time, hitting the Inquisition members who were holding guns in the bridge. These fully charged ion jet guns pierced through the coats of the Inquisition members present, making small charred holes.

"Damn it!" Seeing more and more armed combatants gathering in the bridge, the members of the Inquisition on the scene knew that the situation had fallen into the most extremely dire situation.

The singer's rebellion is inevitable, and the northwest region of the federation will be in turmoil.

"Lady Blanche, is this the result you wanted?!" The leading patrol officer questioned Blanche. Blanche was now protected by armed men who had arrived, and three layers of solid blue barriers lit up in front of her.

"I'm sorry." Blanche closed her eyes. She knew she was sorry for the members of the Inquisition who had always protected her.

"But this is indeed my decision." Then the singing girl shook her head.

The battle broke out inside the starship. Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, the seven members of the Inquisition on the scene and those hiding in other areas of the starship still did not surrender, but fought with all their might. While using excellent equipment to resist the attacks, they kept looking for ways to break through, and even deliberately destroyed the starship's power system, perishing together with everyone on the ship.

In combat, more than twenty Sequence 4 armed personnel would often fall before one Inquisition member could be killed, which showed how powerful these elite troops were.

After another explosion, the investigator who broke through ran out of props. At this time, he had no companions around him. Not far away were more than 6 people in black exoskeleton armor who were chasing him. They were equipped with advanced scanning firepower systems, connected their rifles, quickly focused and shot, and cooperated with each other to continuously encircle and suppress this Sequence investigator.

Dozens of orange-red rays flashed in the darkness, and the investigator, who was running and dodging at high speed, had another charred hole on his body. The originally high-quality dark windbreaker was now in tatters, and many parts of it were stained red by the seeping blood.

Fortunately, during the battle, the investigator's personal rescue device automatically injected hemostatic and healing agents, so even if he was injured, he would not bleed profusely. However, his condition was not good at all, and defeat was only a matter of time.

"It's not healed yet? This damn thing. I should have asked them to replace it with a more powerful one." He felt a slight vibration in his chest, as if some mechanical equipment was running at full capacity.

The reason why the members of the Inquisition at the scene did not surrender was to protect him and keep the mechanical creation on his chest running. As soon as the time was up, the storage chip in the middle of the creation would tear through space, teleport to a designated location, and report the information to the Inquisition headquarters.

However, just as the investigator felt the instrument on his chest beating faster and faster and was about to be ejected, a figure in a white hooded cloak appeared at the end of the passage. The person had a slender figure, long legs, and two beautiful golden braids appeared under the hood.

When the investigator drew his lightsaber and prepared to make a final fight and buy time, the other party slowly took off his hood, revealing long golden hair and bright blue eyes.

"I'm sorry, Investigator." She appeared in front of the investigator as if in a flash, then reached into the investigator's body and directly pulled out the bloody buzzing instrument.

"you--"

The investigator felt a sharp pain in his chest, and all the strength in his body was drained away. He was unsteady on his feet, covered in blood as he hugged the other person. He slowly slid down and knelt on the ground with blurred vision.

The mechanical instrument that he had high hopes for was slowly crushed in the other person's hands and fell down as glittering powder. The scene before him made him despair and sorrow.

Why...why do you have to do this...hasn't the Federation been good to you...why do you have to do this?

Holding the dying investigator in her arms, the blonde with blue eyes spoke slowly.

"I'm sorry, you are all very good people, but unfortunately we are destined to stand on opposite sides. I am Laguier, the Hope of the Seven Virtues. If your soul enters the Sea of ​​Aegeka, please tell me about my sins there."

……

Soon after, the black armed men who were chasing arrived, watched the blonde woman slowly lay the body on the ground, and smoothed her angry eyes.

"Bury him with the other members of the Inquisition. I will advise Lady Blanche on this."

The soldiers looked at each other. Although they knew that the other party was a friendly force, they were not their superiors after all. They just nodded slightly to indicate that they would consider it.

Soon afterwards, the starship in the vast sea of ​​stars changed direction and disappeared into the dark space.

(End of this chapter)