Laying Low / Not Proper at All!

Eden paused, glancing at Vil-V: "... Then, including me, that's all there are in our department."

"Huh? The prestigious superstar company EML only has four people, including me?"

"Do you think our 'Superstar Company' has a second star?"

Eden said quietly that it wasn't that she didn't want to support others, but Pardo was stage-frightened, Sakura was overly nervous, Vil-V... well, that girl's mind was already messed up enough, there was no need to create another "celebrity" personality.

Looking at it this way, with Liu Bai and the three protectors all revolving around Eden, it's definitely enough. As for concert security and such, the Moth Chasers to Fire is eager to do it. Eden is such a big source of happiness for the people, Moth Chasers to Fire would ignore it.

It was precisely this organization, devoid of any irrelevant individuals, that reassured them and made the Moth Chasers to Fire feel at ease.

Especially after the Honkai Impact 3rd, Eden's importance increased dramatically.

Wait, so does that mean Elysia was sent here as a bodyguard?

Eden didn't react, but Liu Bai next to him had a vague guess—although it couldn't be denied that the Moth Chasers to Fire wanted to artificially create a "source of happiness," of course, the two things were not actually contradictory.

"It seems there really isn't..."

Elysia for a moment, then had to nod in agreement, before reaching into her small handbag and pulling out a few albums.

"Miss Eden, could you please sign these albums? A bunch of friends asked me to get an autograph from you before I left... Of course, if it's inconvenient, just pretend I didn't say anything."

"A signature? No problem."

Eden immediately recognized it as his own collector's edition album; Elysia's friends might have worked as security guards at her concerts before.

Eden took the album, pulled a pen from his pocket, and began signing it smoothly and naturally.

"By the way, Miss Eden, do you have a boyfriend?"

"..." Elysia's sudden question almost made Eden's pen fly to the sky, "... No, if I had a boyfriend, the world's suicide rate would rise."

Eden answered the question with a lame joke.

"Haha... that's quite realistic..." Elysia couldn't help but chuckle when she heard this answer. "Sorry, I was just a little curious."

"It's alright, there aren't any male creatures in ELM right now anyway." Eden calmly returned the signed album to Elysia. "Miss Elysia, do you have a boyfriend?"

"Yes... no, I guess? Hmm, I guess you could say no." Elysia hesitated for a moment, then shook her head.

"Generally speaking, a negation expressed in such an ambiguous tone is an affirmation."

"Okay, yes, he does, but he..."

"What about him?" Eden glanced at Liu Bai instinctively, not knowing why.

"I'd say I have a lot of luck with women? I'm surrounded by girls..." Elysia looked slightly troubled. "Of course, I don't dislike pretty girls, it's just that, how should I put it..."

"Like here?"

"Well... it doesn't seem quite right." Elysia scratched her face, revealing a somewhat embarrassed expression. "Although I thought he might be here before, he's very good at attracting beautiful girls with strange personalities, while everyone in ELM is a very proper person... Besides, don't we not have any male creatures here?"

"Yes, that's true."

Eden nodded, then glanced at Liu Bai for no apparent reason. At the same time, Vil-V, who was under Elysia's arm, slowly woke up.

"Ugh... Damn it, I tripped on the way downstairs... My head hurts so much. Eden, where am I? Where is that bastard? Why does my perspective feel a bit strange?" Vil-V, whose consciousness was somewhat confused, tried to lift her head.

"..." Elysia looked at the girl she was holding under her arm, then looked at Eden, and suddenly realized something.

How could someone who's truly unemployed be dressed so neatly?

"Ahem, this is the technical director, Vil-V." Eden coughed awkwardly twice.

"Not a social outcast?"

"...no."

Elysia: "..."

Everyone here is a very serious person... serious?

Chapter 349 Avoiding the Storm

Eden used to think ELM's art style was pretty serious, but now...

"I'm so sorry, Miss Vil-V, are you alright?"

Elysia didn't have time to worry about whether it was proper or not. She quickly put Vil-V down from under her arm and helped her steady herself.

"... Do I look like I'm alright?"

Vil-V was in a bad mood, but she was too embarrassed to get angry.

After all, she had tripped over herself on her way to cause trouble and then been knocked unconscious and tucked under someone's arm. Even though Vil-V considered herself to be fairly thick-skinned, she was finding it hard to bear.

"Miss Vil-V, you were so careless going downstairs. The wrench flew off when you fell."

As Elysia spoke, she handed the wrench to Vil-V.

Vil-V: "..."

Vil-V really wanted to curse, but she couldn't bring herself to do it in this situation. The only thing she was thankful for was that the pink-haired guy in front of her didn't know that she had come downstairs to cause trouble for her, so she could at least save some of her face.

"Alright, you guys chat over there, I'm leaving."

Vil-V shook her head, not wanting to stay there any longer; she was too ashamed to remain.

Liu Bai followed behind Vil-V and silently went out.

"...?" Vil-V looked at Liu Bai beside her with great surprise.

No, the guests are here, why are you running away? Shouldn't you, as the minister, be helping Eden deal with the spies sent by the Moth Chasers to Fire?

However, with Elysia, who was unaware of the situation, standing nearby, Vil-V could only suppress her questions.

"Miss Vil-V, what are you looking at?" Elysia asked, puzzled, as Vil-V stared blankly to the side.

"Look out the window, the bird is pooping."

"... Huh?"

"Miss Elysia, from the bird's defecation behavior..."

"Ugh! We really don't need to bring up such a terrible topic!"

Elysia had absolutely no interest in topics like bird droppings.

"Well, it seems you don't quite understand the mysteries of science, Miss Elysia." Vil-V shrugged, looking unconcerned.

"I don't think this kind of thing has anything to do with the 'mysteries of science' at all, right?"

Elysia was once again certain that the people here really weren't exactly "serious".

After seeing that Elysia was no longer curious, Vil-V calmly walked downstairs.

Eden watched all of this silently from beside Elysia.

"Miss Vil-V is quite peculiar..." Elysia watched Vil-V leave—although she used very polite words, Elysia already had some doubts about this place.

"Miss Eden? Miss Eden?" Elysia noticed that Eden was lost in thought. "Are you also pondering the 'mysteries of science' that Miss Vil-V spoke of?"

"... It's nothing, I just feel that some people's character is indeed unreliable."

Eden withdrew his gaze with a cold smile.

"Liu Bai, are you having an affair with the new guy?" Vil-V ran all the way down to the first floor, and after making sure that the pink-haired guy wasn't following her, she suddenly asked Liu Bai.

"Her name is Elysia."

Liu Bai gave an irrelevant answer.

Vil-V's lips twitched immediately. "Really? Then why don't you bring her in? Do you have the same concerns as Mobius?"

"It's still a little different... a little."

Actually, this point in time doesn't conflict with Elysia's simulation anymore. Although the simulation mission excludes Elysia, there's no rule against Elysia.

Liu Bai just felt that this time was a little inappropriate.

"I feel sorry for Eden now— Eden's really been wronged to be with you. If it weren't for you, Eden could pick and choose any man he wanted." Vil-V pouted. "Speaking of which, you're following me here because you're feeling guilty. Actually, I think if you had stayed there and kept pretending to be invisible, you might have actually managed to fool Eden."

"If I really wanted to lie to Eden, would I need to go to all this trouble?" Liu Bai glanced at Vil-V. "If I really wanted to lie, I could have just said so."

"Huh? Eden isn't stupid."

"But her emotions will lean towards me—even if Eden's reason has discovered the truth, as long as I don't admit it, Eden's emotions will make her deceive herself."

"Ah..." This wasn't hard for Vil-V to understand, and that's why Vil-V had such a strange expression on her face. "You haven't had it easy these past few years either."

"Right, even so, I can still stick to my principles and not be a scumbag."

"Ah, I mean the fact that you still have a conscience—in my opinion, you've been a scumbag for a long time."

"In my opinion, your research funding for next month should also be adjusted."

"Cough, just kidding." Vil-V immediately backed down, "But I really think you and Eden, Mobius are having a tough time."

"Are you tired?"

"Ah, it's that kind of thing... I don't know how to describe it, should I call it a tug-of-war in a relationship? At least it's tiring to watch."

Vil-V scratched her head. Although she was a genius, even a polymath, she was still a complete novice when it came to love.

"But on the other hand, you all seem to be enjoying it quite a bit? I can't understand it..."

"There's nothing incomprehensible about it; it's just the positive feedback that mutual giving brings to both parties—that's actually the normal way to get along."

"Mutual contribution... that's true, but then again, this involves more than three parties."

Liu Bai felt somewhat embarrassed.

However, Vil-V clearly wasn't going to dwell on this topic and instead asked another question, "So you're not going to care about the people upstairs? Aren't you afraid Eden will expose your past to that pink-haired girl?"

"If I continue, people will expose my secrets. Now that I'm feeling guilty, I'm running away. Even if Eden is unhappy, he'll cover for me—for details, refer to Eden's attitude towards Mobius."

"So you're still manipulating Eden?"

"Cough cough cough cough! How can you talk like that!" Liu Bai had experienced more embarrassing moments today than in the past month. "Mainly, when Elysia was speaking, Eden gave me several inexplicable glances. A woman's intuition is such a troublesome thing..."

"Hey! Is it really okay to be so direct with me?"

"You? You don't count. I've always wanted to see you cut a 'male Vil-V's off yourself."

"It's the lack of clear division of labor and designations that makes it so troublesome to categorize these kinds of personalities."

Vil-V raised an eyebrow, surprisingly not taking Liu Bai's statement that she didn't count to heart.

"So how long are you planning to hide? Until that pink-haired guy leaves?"

"Well... let's just hide for now."

"I see."

Vil-V nodded, then smiled and extended her hand to Liu Bai: "Hey, Liu Bai, you don't want everyone to know that you're running away from reality, do you?"

Bad news: I fell asleep.

Good news: I didn't oversleep.

Chapter 350 is totally indecent!

"By the way, Miss Elysia, what's your opinion on the current situation where your boyfriend is surrounded by a group of women?"

Eden pulled up two stools and casually asked Elysia beside him.

Just as Liu Bai and Vil-V said, Liu Bai ran away out of guilt, which confirmed Eden's intuition, but Eden no longer had any intention of causing trouble - after all, Liu Bai had neither Elysia nor made a clean getaway.

Therefore, Elysia is completely harmless now, and there is no need for me to cause trouble and waste my intelligence advantage.

"Hmm... Is it alright?" Elysia for a moment before answering somewhat uncertainly.

"Alright? This kind of thing can't be considered good, can it?"

"Huh? Being surrounded by beautiful girls is a good thing, isn't it?"

"Is it because you're a beautiful girl that you feel a bit insecure?" Eden pressed. "What if your boyfriend falls for someone else?"

"Falling in love with someone else... that's impossible~" Elysia waved her hand, looking indifferent. "He's not that desperate~"