After coming up with the idea, Griseo dipped her brush in the color of the Black Snake and began to paint.
Why not dye herself with the color of the Black Snake to finish faster, you ask?
Don't even think about it. Griseo would never allow herself to be dyed with that dark, abnormal color. What if it turns her bad?
So, to progress in unlocking the Ourobouros, the little Lolita stayed up late, working diligently.
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In Kashchey's Dream...
"How could this be possible..."
Kashchey, who had just lost the game, was listening to his subordinates report the news in shock, his eyes full of disbelief.
"Ursus... How could it be destroyed by a group of rabble! This is impossible!"
"Bang—"
At that moment, the door of the mansion was kicked open from the outside, and as the door opened, scorching flames swept in with terrifying temperatures.
"Nothing is impossible, Kashchey... It's time for us to have an ending."
As she spoke, Talulah walked in through the door. Each step she took melted the ground a little...
"End? Hahaha, you can't kill me, Talulah... my good daughter."
Initially, Kashchey was in disbelief, but upon seeing Talulah, he relaxed and laughed.
"I may have lost this game, but if you can't kill me, I still have a chance to make a comeback!"
"Really?"
Hearing Kashchey's words, the mature dragon girl's expression remained unchanged. She simply tightened her grip on the sword in her hand and stared at her prey with sharp eyes.
The next moment, a terrifying flame erupted, like a red dragon on the hunt, fierce and hot.
"It's just a body... What! Ahhhh!"
Facing Talulah's most terrifying flame, Kashchey did not show any tension... until he was engulfed by the flames. Both his body and will were burned in intense pain, eventually turning into a pile of dirty ashes.
...
"...What just happened?"
Kashchey came back to his senses, standing in his mansion, recalling his recent disorientation.
...
"How could it be... How could the powerful Ursus be split... How dare these ants!"
...
"I will come back again, snakes cannot be killed... Ah, how is it possible! Ah, ah, ah!"
...
"What just happened?"
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"Ah~"
After yawning, Griseo blinked her wet eyes and stopped the brush in her hand.
It took nearly the entire night, almost until dawn, but she finally finished the second painting, creating a perfect closed loop for the Black Snake.
Tonight, in addition to accidentally starting to unlock Mobius, she also managed to deal with the troublesome Black Snake.
Just as Griseo was about to raise her hand to rub her tired eyes and take a break, the azure knight suddenly appeared beside her silently.
"...?"
After appearing, Mr. Knight gently grasped Griseo's slender wrist, stopping her from rubbing her eyes. Then, he produced a basin of water and a towel from nowhere and gently wiped the little Lolita's hands.
It was then that Griseo noticed the paint on her hands.
"Thank you, Mr. Knight..."
After wiping the paint off Griseo's hands, the azure knight disappeared again, hiding himself.
After rubbing her eyes with her clean hands, Griseo took down the painting she had just finished from the easel, jumped off the stool, and walked towards the bed.
Although she had closed the nightmare loop for the Black Snake, there was still a task left to complete.
After walking to the bed, Griseo placed the painting next to Talulah, who was still surrounded by black mist, and then held her brush again.
As the colored brush gently touched the painting, brilliant colors exploded, the surface of the painting began to distort, and it absorbed the black mist from Talulah's body bit by bit.
When the last trace of black mist entered the painting, Talulah, who had been entangled by the Black Snake, curled up with its eyes closed as if in a nightmare had come to end.
"Woo... So sleepy."
Now, Griseo was in a strange state of being very happy but very sleepy.
But this time, she could be completely relieved. The Black Snake was now sealed in the painting. If she wanted to kill it, she just needed to tear up the painting.
Of course, Griseo hadn't planned to do that yet because her Grandma Mobius was not fully unlocked.
Once unlocked, she planned to give the painting that contained the Black Snake to Talulah as a second gift.
After blinking her half-open eyes, Griseo glanced at Talulah, who was lying on the bed, and suddenly had a bold idea.
With new ideas in mind, she started to act again.
Griseo first put away the painting in front of her, then carefully climbed onto the bed and slowly moved towards the dragon girl.
Finally, she raised her smooth, white bare feet and sat on Talulah's waist.
With an expressionless face but a smile in her eyes, Griseo raised the brush in her hand...
After finishing her task, Griseo finally lay down on the bed again. Although not sleeping for a night had no effect on her as a MANTIS, she was truly sleepy now.
If Griseo were in the Honkai World now, with her sleep schedule, she might have been "kindly" persuaded by Aponia to go to bed.
"Huh..."
Griseo gently turned over, stretched out her little hand, hugged Talulah's slender, warm dragon tail, and slowly closed her big eyes.
"Good morning... Tarurua..."