Chapter 443
"Thank you for your advice. I will use my own eyes to make the judgment."
Mei didn't comment on Kosma's words. Her decision wouldn't be changed by a few words from others. Mei had her own way of doing things.
"Rin... Mei Mei! The typewriter is fixed, I brought it with me... Oh dear, did we come at a bad time?"
The atmosphere here became tense. Elysia and the Fairy Administrator ran over from afar. As soon as they arrived, Elysia sensed something was wrong. Were they arguing? If so, their timing was indeed a bit off.
"Silly Elysia, what are you talking about? Fairies as radiant and beloved as us can only arrive at the perfect time."
The Fairy Elysia, flying in the air beside them, proudly corrected Elysia's mistake while holding her staff with both hands. Even Elysia couldn't stand her confident demeanor. She was so confident that even her original self was speechless.
"Um... maybe?"
Elysia was speechless; she was really arrogant.
"It's really strange that you would actually make that kind of expression. I think I understand what your nemesis is now."
Elysia's arrival immediately eased the atmosphere. Mei looked at Elysia with slight surprise. It was really rare to see such an embarrassed and confused expression on her face. Finding her weakness was truly worth the trip.
"Ah... my nemesis is, of course, a beautiful girl like Mei. No matter what you ask for, I can't refuse."
Elysia recovered quickly and looked at Mei with a smile. Her nemesis was undoubtedly the pretty girl.
Chapter 149 Kosma's Memories
Really? She couldn't refuse his request, so could he let Elysia climb...? This thought rushed into Mei's mind uncontrollably. The girl quickly shook her head to clear such thoughts away. She wasn't Shen Gonglin, how could she possibly order a girl to do such a thing?
Even Shen Gonglin never did that; at most, he would just make himself kneel down... cough cough.
Elysia is not good at dealing with people who are even more powerful than herself.
"Seeing your ever-energetic smile, Elysia... is so reassuring."
Mei was lost in thought, not knowing what she was thinking. Aponia picked up the conversation. After seeing Elysia appear, the sharp feeling on her body disappeared without her noticing. She stepped forward and greeted Elysia gently. Every time she saw Elysia's smile, she would unconsciously relax a lot.
"Yeah, me too, Aponia! I'm always so happy to see you!"
Elysia got along well with everyone and happily greeted Aponia. It was only then that Griseo, who had been talking to Shen Gonglin, noticed Elysia's arrival. The little painter looked over, her eyes filled with surprise. This wasn't...
"There are two little sisters named Elysia."
The way she addresses everyone is still so strange. Aponia "Mom" but calls Elysia" Little Sister." Only Griseo could come up with such odd generational names. They've probably gotten used to it by now.
"Elysia is a fairy from the Melody Country, and also the Fairy Administrator of the archives! If there's anything you want to know, just ask me!"
This Fairy Administrator, modeled after Elysia, possesses a socially adept personality that rivals Elysia's. Standing in the air, she stands with her hands on her hips, striking a smug pose. It's unclear what she's so proud of, but even Elysia finds it hard to bear; this feeling is so embarrassing.
"Oh, Fairy Elysia... is that a typewriter you're holding? Or something for printing?"
Having readily accepted the identity of the Fairy Elysia, Griseo's attention was quickly drawn to the typewriter floating beside her. Come to think of it, did Elysia slip up when she ran over earlier? What, no paper? It must have been broken before but has been fixed now.
"Hehe, Griseo is interested too, isn't she? How about giving it a try?"
Elysia encouraged her with great interest, and the Fairy Elysia introduced herself to Griseo. She was always so generous in showing off everything about herself.
"Simply place your hand on the character plate, and it will automatically select a memory related to you from the database and print it out! Come on, give it a try."
The Fairy Elysia held the typewriter up to Griseo. Griseo, without suspicion, placed her hand on the typewriter. After a series of machine clicks, a piece of paper was printed out. It really was printed!
The typewriter printed out a picture, just like the file about Griseo that Mei had seen before, but this time the person in the picture... seems to be Kosma?
Everyone crowded around to look at the figures on the drawing. Aponia rested her chin on her hand, carefully observing the creature in the drawing, and finally she nodded.
"Indeed. Although it's somewhat abstract, this figure... is definitely Kosma."
Kosma remained silent as always, refusing to comment, letting them say whatever they wanted.
"Ah... I remember this. Kosma said he learned to play the harmonica, and Sister Dessidobia asked him to perform for everyone... After Kosma finished performing, Sister Dessidobia laughed so hard she fell off her chair."
Griseo happily recounted the beautiful memories associated with the painting, while Kosma maintained a blank face as if he hadn't heard a thing. "Don't be angry, don't be angry," he thought, "It's Griseo after all, I won't be angry..."
"Thank you, Fairy Administrator. Griseo recalled some very happy memories."
Pressing the drawing paper tightly to her chest, Griseo thanked the fairy. "As expected of the Fairy Elysia, she's truly amazing."
"Yes, thank you for your patronage! Little human, don't underestimate the power of fairies!"
"Fairy Elysia said arrogantly. Seeing how arrogant she was, Mei couldn't help but have some mischievous thoughts. Whenever she was with Elysia, she couldn't help but relax. Now she wanted to tease her a little."
"Oh... Fairy powers are so convenient. And it seems like they don't even need any blank paper."
Mei said meaningfully, "Elysia hasn't done anything yet, but the Fairy Administrator is already panicking. How can the fairy admit that she broke the typewriter before and that she was able to fix it thanks to Elysia's help? This lovely human, how could she do such an unlovable thing? She actually wants to force the fairy!"
"Uh... because the fairy's power has also been upgraded! If you don't believe me, try it again!"
Fairy Elysia tried desperately to change the subject, but thankfully Mei wasn't one to hold grudges. The girl just smiled and didn't say anything; those who understood, understood. That was enough.
"That... Shen Gonglin."
Griseo hesitated for a moment before targeting Shen Gonglin, but Mei quickly stopped her. Putting aside whether Shen Gonglin's information could be printed out in the Elysian Realm Archives, what if they printed out something they shouldn't see... It's fun to see others get angry, but it would be terrible if you got angry yourself. Mei knew that there were many things in Shen Gonglin's memories that made her angry.
"No, let's forget about it... Let's look at other people first."
They pulled back the eager Shen Gonglin. This guy was also a corporate slave; he wasn't afraid of being afraid, but he was.
"Hmm...then Kosma."
"Don't."
Griseo chose the next person, and this time Kosma gave a crisp and decisive response, so resolute and firm that it was almost unlike him.
"Wow, that's a very straightforward answer. But Kosma, Griseo has already said so, if you refuse again, wouldn't that be a bit unromantic? Hehe... Shen Gonglin, now's the time!"
Fearing the world wasn't chaotic enough, Elysia gave Shen Gonglin a look, and having understood her meaning, Shen Gonglin rushed out from behind and placed Kosma's hand on the typewriter. Then, with a roar, the typewriter produced another piece of paper. Let them see what Kosma's memories are on this paper.
Chapter 150 Handsome
The printed information was quite magical. As long as you saw the paper, you would be pulled into the memories of the paper's owner from a third-person perspective. It wasn't just a dry display of text. Shen Gonglin was also interested this time. Seeing how resistant Kosma was, she couldn't not take a look.
But this memory... seems to be of the Class President?
Everyone gathered around the paper printed by the typewriter and looked at it together. In a large hall, Kosma passed by and suddenly noticed Elysia and Hua over there. The boy stopped and looked over. What were the two of them talking about?
"Hua, let me demonstrate it again. This movement is very important, so you must learn it carefully."
In the eyes of the memory Kosma, Elysia was talking to Hua, seemingly teaching her some special skill. The girl clenched one fist and raised the other hand high, then Elysia struck a pose in front of Hua that resembled a Kamen Rider transformation. This pose looked pretty cool in tokusatsu shows, but if a person actually did it...
Everyone couldn't help but look at Elysia, but the girl didn't seem embarrassed at all; instead, she seemed eager to try. So this was the fragment of Kosma's memory. It really proved the saying that if you're not embarrassed, then it's others who are embarrassed. Elysia didn't seem embarrassed at all, but everyone else started to feel embarrassed for her.
"Oh! So this is the part. Just you wait and see, Hua will make it look really cool... Look, look!"
In the memory fragments revealed on the paper, Hua watched intently as Elysia in front of her completed the action. This serious girl did not doubt Elysia's intentions at all. After watching attentively, she even expressed her own thoughts.
"Indeed... a very imposing move. Is it to manipulate the flow of Honkai energy?"
Hua looked a little confused, thinking that Elysia was teaching her some special technique. Judging from the movements, they were indeed very impressive. Elysia was showing her these movements, so she must be trying to teach her something.
"I guess it's... some kind of ritual for the mind? How about it, Hua, why don't you give it a try?"
Kosma remembered Elysia as always being mischievous. This action had nothing to do with manipulating the flow of Honkai energy, but it could train one's skin and mindset. So he wasn't wrong. Elysia looked at Hua expectantly. A girl as cool as her would be more suitable to do such an action.
"Okay, I understand."
Honest Hua nodded seriously, then imitated Elysia's movements and did the same. Elysia's reaction to Hua's movements was somewhat subtle. Hmm, she was indeed very cool, but why did it feel a little strange? Could it be because Hua was carrying a murderous aura when she made the movements?
"The movements are exactly the same, but something just feels off."
Elysia nodded, somewhat confused, while Fu Hua in front of her slowly returned to her normal standing posture. The girl's face showed obvious confusion. This feeling was so strange.
"... Did I misunderstand something? I feel like my condition hasn't changed at all. And... I'm a little embarrassed."
A blush crept onto Hua's serious and stern little face. Was something wrong with him? Why did he feel this way? A sense of shame welled up in the honest boy's heart. He vowed never to do that again; it was so embarrassing.
"Really? That shouldn't be the case... It seems this isn't suitable for everyone. How strange, I was quite satisfied, and Eden even gave me a lot of suggestions on positions... Hua, don't worry about it, I will definitely design a set of special movements for you."
In her memory Elysia patted Hua on the shoulder, comforting Elysia who thought the problem was with her. Meanwhile Kosma, who had witnessed everything, truthfully expressed his thoughts. The document printed by the typewriter could even directly print out his innermost thoughts; it was truly amazing.
[...handsome.]
Upon seeing the last word on the paper, which was Kosma's thought at the time, the memory fragment abruptly ended. Everyone in Elysia Garden fell silent, and all eyes were subtly fixed on Kosma. This made the autistic boy feel as if he were being publicly executed, which was why he didn't want to print out his memories.
This is absolutely detrimental to her public image.
"Kosma ...you..."
Mei opened her mouth but hesitated, unsure how to comment at this moment. So this was the change in Flame-Chasers's heart that had been so silent all along? Wasn't that just like Elysia fooling Mei Class President when she was a good kid? Mei almost cried seeing how she was treated, but Kosma actually thought it was cool just now. Is there something wrong with this guy?
"Is this the move? It's really cool!"
Kosma didn't want to communicate with anyone, not even with eye contact. At that moment, Shen Gonglin made the gesture that Professor Elysia had given to the Class President in the previous scene with great presence. Kosma was right, it was indeed very imposing.
Right? He really is cool, even Shen Gonglin said so, and to do something like that in front of so many people... this guy and Elysia must be the same kind of person.
Looking at Shen Gonglin, who was still holding that pose, Kosma's eyes were filled with gratitude this time. He wasn't the only one who felt this way; Kosmo felt it too.
"Wow... that's definitely Elysia's style."
Seeing Shen Gonglin's posture, Aponia raised her hand to cover her face to hide her chuckle. She shook her head. This was indeed something Elysia could do. So Hua had experienced something like this before? How pitiful.
"Move your hand up a little higher... um, like that. And, Kosma, how can you peek at girls?"
After correcting Shen Gonglin's movements, Elysia put her hands on her hips and reprimanded Kosma with great force. However, given his evaluation of her designed movements, Elysia felt she could forgive him, as this incident also reminded her of many things from the past.
"It's a memorable past. I originally planned to make this gesture a kind of etiquette for the Flame-Chasers and promote it throughout the entire Flame-Chasers organization. Unfortunately, the teaching plan didn't go as smoothly as I imagined. It took several months just to teach Pardofelis... It was really difficult."
Chapter 151
Elysia looked troubled. Pardofelis was so uncooperative. She had taught her seriously for a long time, but Phyllis just couldn't learn it. In the end, she had to put the matter aside.
"... Is it possible that she simply doesn't want to learn?"
Mei hesitated for a moment before revealing the truth: Pardofelis has excellent motor skills, and the move isn't too difficult. Hua even memorized it after just one look. There's only one possibility why Pardofelis couldn't learn it no matter what she tried: the child simply didn't want to learn. After all, not everyone is as talented as Elysia. If she learned that move and then had to show it off in front of others, it would be too embarrassing.
"How could that be? Mei, you heard what Kosma was thinking just now, right? Such a cool move, how could Pardofelis not want to learn it?"
Elysia flatly denied it; it was impossible. Kosma thought it was cool, so how could Pardofelis not want to learn it? She just hadn't mastered it yet. The topic was then shifted back to Kosma, and the withdrawn boy lowered his head once more. Having this embarrassing past displayed before others was truly agonizing.
"... Can we change the subject?"
The autistic boy really didn't want to talk about this anymore. It was so shameful for them to know about it. Couldn't he just let himself off the hook like this, which felt like public execution?
"Haha, this reminds me of children's games."
Aponia covered her mouth and chuckled. So Kosma had such a thing? This is really interesting.
"Would you like to experience the power of a fairy, sister? Please accept my gift~"
Very satisfied with everyone's reaction, the Fairy Elysia flew around in the air, and then she set her sights on Aponia. Everyone had a great time, and she liked the atmosphere, so she wanted Aponia to try it out too.
"Okay, sure. I do that all the time in real life too."
Aponia didn't refuse to place her hand on the typewriter, and the instant her fingertips touched the typepad, a fleeting look of surprise, unnoticed by others, crossed Aponia brow. That look vanished in an instant, and the typewriter slowly ejected a piece of paper. This time, Aponia didn't let anyone else see the contents of the paper.
"Mom Aponia, what's written in that file?"
Griseo her head and looked at Aponia curiously. The file on Amano was very interesting. She was really curious about what was written in Aponia's mother's file.
"Ah... how should I put it... hehe, it's really nostalgic, a... innocent past, but it's not suitable for children to see."
Aponia shook her head, but her words made Shen Gonglin's brows furrow. Her innocent past was not suitable for children to see... Could it be that Aponia was a will-o'-the-wisp girl before? These things seem to be Flame-Chasers's dark history. Damn it, I really want to see them.
"Oh, then... Kosma can't watch either."
Since Mother Aponia had said so, Griseo couldn't force her to do it. She could only emphasize that if she couldn't see it, then Kosma couldn't see it either.
"Hmm, okay... Griseo, would you like to try sketching somewhere else? I just found a really nice spot."
Aponia nodded, put the papers away, and then took Griseo away. Griseo was always very obedient when facing Aponia, although the girl was usually very obedient anyway.
"Okay, I'd like to take a walk too. Is Kosma coming?"
He extended an invitation to Kosma, but the boy, who had just been publicly executed, just wanted to find a secluded place to lick his wounds, so he decided not to go along this time.
"...Go ahead, be careful. There are some things I'd like to investigate."
After saying that, Kosma turned and left. Although he said he had something important to investigate, why did Shen Gonglin feel that he just wanted to find a secluded place to cry? Should she follow him? Anyway, Shen Gonglin was a heartless person, and he wasn't afraid of embarrassment.
"Oh, everyone's gone. Now that we've got the blank paper... Mei, and Rin, shall we go back too?"
Everyone left in a flash, and Elysia didn't pay much attention. Although a typewriter can print things anywhere, Elysia felt that the archives were more suitable. The printer had been repaired, and it was time for Mei to continue getting to know her.
"Well, let's go back then... But, that tense situation between Kosma and Aponia just now... is that their usual dynamic?"