Xia Ling: I'm counting on you, future me!

At this moment, she didn't feel anything about Xia Ling's excuse to slip away, thinking that Xia Ling simply had something to do and was leaving for a while.

Until she saw the specific details of the Ending 5.

As Little E looked at the script, the light in her eyes gradually faded.

With a creaking sound, Little E slowly turned her head and looked at Ling, who was already drenched in sweat.

"Ling-chan... is this my shining moment?"

"Ah..." Recalling the script she had just read, at least up to the part that Ling was reading now, Little E's record had reached the level of "five consecutive kills, annihilating heaven and earth".

"Little E, don't panic!"

Seeing that Little E was almost turning evil, Ling quickly comforted her, "Let me finish watching first... maybe things will get better later?"

Then...

If I could, please let me die in more agony.

Do everything you can to make me feel despair, regret, and utter helplessness...

Only then can I realize how incompetent I truly was... and only then can I understand how I ultimately upheld my pride as an older sister.

"Little E".

Bell's eyes also lost their luster.

"I agree with you. I think we should give Sister Xia Ling a little punishment."

"They should have all finished reading the script by now..."

Near the storage area for the meat pigeons in the Elysian Realm Pigeon Farm, Xia Ling peeked furtively inside.

Feeling guilty, she secretly ran away after handing the script to Little E.

Unfortunately, Little E probably heard some inside information, or rather, it was taken out of context, which led to some subtle misunderstandings about the plot.

When Little E first received the script, she asked Xia Ling what her highlight moment was.

How could Xia Ling possibly answer that? Should she tell her that her highlight moment was Elysian Realm Ice Cream?

Therefore, Xia Ling decisively chose to leave as the best option, and placed high hopes on Ling, who had spread the news of the mole.

"It sounds quiet inside. Ling should have calmed Little E down by now... Hmm, after all, she has much more experience than Little E, so she should be able to understand the rationale behind this Ending 5."

"Then I'll... wait a minute??!"

Before she could react, Xia Ling was bound by a series of tentacles made of Corrosion Power and hung upside down from the ceiling.

"W-what's going on? Did I go to the wrong place?"

Completely bewildered, Xia Ling thought she had stumbled into some kind of simulated RPG experience center.

"You didn't go to the wrong place, Sister Xia Ling ~"

The bell, its face hidden in the shadows, slowly coalesced from the void. She pouted, looking unhappy.

"So, Sister Xia Ling, can you tell me now why you wrote your storyline the way it was?"

Xia Ling: Huh?

Buhou!

Upon hearing Ling's words, Xia Ling felt a chill run through her.

She suddenly realized that she seemed to have overlooked how Rin would react to the scene with Sakura.

Even if she wrote an Alternate History about Sakura turning into a pink fox, Rin would probably just laugh it off. But the problem is, what's in this script isn't Alternate History either.

It is often things that are as real as they seem that have the greatest destructive power, which is why Rin's defenses were immediately broken.

Because Sakura truly endured 50,000 years of torment.

Thus, Ling, who was stunned by the knife, seemed to have formed a united front with Little E.

"Wait, don't attack! I surrender! Give me a chance to explain!"

Xia Ling decisively admitted defeat.

"Explanations are useless!" Ling directly rejected Xia Ling's appeal.

"Because I've already shown this part of the story to my sister."

"Sakura doesn't agree either?"

"No, my sister said that's exactly how she would react, and that it's very well written. She told me not to argue with you." Ling said with a resentful look, "That wretched Sister Xia Ling, why did you write it so realistically? I don't even know how to find fault with it!"

"So, then I'm safe now...?"

"Dream on. Although my sister forbade me from punishing you, she didn't say Little E couldn't punish you..."

Ling chuckled and her body slowly disappeared.

"Hmph, Sister Xia Ling, you'd better prepare to pay the price for your treachery!"

With the departure of the bell, the creator of this trap, the Faded Miss Fairy, finally appeared before Xia Ling.

"Xia Ling ~"

Little E's voice sounded unusually aggrieved.

"So, in your heart, I'm really that kind of terrible person...?"

Chapter Sixty-Two: Xia Ling: Please, future me!

Oh no, Little E is really angry, and it's the kind of angry feeling that comes from feeling wronged.

Xia Ling immediately felt a pang of guilt.

After all, Little E hadn't caused any trouble these past few days. He was not only obedient to her, but also very well-behaved.

Sometimes I would secretly look at her with a strange gaze.

In short, she no longer harbored any ill will towards Little E. Seeing Little E so aggrieved, Xia Ling herself felt guilty.

"I'm sorry, Little E, it was just a script. I didn't mean to dislike you..."

Xia Ling twisted her body, trying to make her apology more sincere, but the only effect was to make the tentacles' restraints more alluring, and also to make it look ridiculous.

"But I've read that script too..."

Little E's gaze shifted somewhat. "If that really happened, if it wasn't Xia Ling who picked me up in the first place, but someone else... I have a strange feeling that I might really become like that."

"So..."

Little E repeated her question once again.

"Xia Ling, am I really... a bad child?"

No, that's not true.

Xia Ling answered without hesitation.

"Since you've already figured it out Little E ... then there's no need for me to hide it from you anymore. This script, to some extent, is indeed real. In a parallel world, the story in this script did actually happen."

"But... so what?"

"Do you remember what Elysia and Eden repeatedly emphasized to you when they were educating you? Just stick to your own heart."

"Little E, you've misunderstood one thing. The thing that the Faded Miss Fairy in the script and Little E in front of me now have in common is not the desire to survive."

"What you have in common is your unwavering commitment to your true selves, even the kind of unwavering commitment to going down a path to the bitter end."

"The Faded Miss Fairy in the script wanted to live, she wanted to live no matter what, and this belief ran through her throughout the whole story. Even when she was destroyed along with the Elysian Realm, she did not give up on this idea."

"And you, Little E, what is your true nature?"

Xia Ling looked tenderly at Little E in thought.

"Although I haven't been back in the Elysian Realm for long, I can tell that you are not a bad person at heart. Otherwise, Elysia and Eden wouldn't have repeatedly emphasized to you to stick to your principles."

"If you're sure, then Little E, you don't need to doubt yourself... In our eyes, you are Little E, not the Herrscher of Corruption. The you in the script is just a character."

"My... true self?"

Little E muttered to herself, looking down at her hands.

"What were my thoughts at the very beginning of my existence...?"

As the Herrscher of Corruption, the Corrosion Power within her body operated automatically, immediately providing the answer to her question.

That was the first feeling she experienced from the first few people she met—liking.

"Elysia... likes Xia Ling... likes her, wants to possess Xia Ling more, wants to bully her more..."

"Little E?"

Little E Xia Ling didn't hear Xiao Shi's mutterings, but judging from Little E's increasingly bright eyes, she seemed to have figured something out.

That's good. It's great that any problems can be resolved as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be bad if it developed into something like the neighbor's Sirin in the original work.

Luckily, I'm not a blockhead, hehe.

Xia Ling couldn't help but feel a little smug.

"Xia Ling..."

"Um?"

"If I said I've found my true self..." Little E's eyes sparkled, "Would you support me?"

"Of course!" (This last part is a nonsensical string of characters and doesn't translate directly.)

Xia Ling answered without hesitation, "You're my favorite Little E, how could I not support you?"

It can only be said that the Two generations of Origin do have some things in common, at least they have a lot of favorite people.

However, if Xia Ling knew how many explicit scenarios flashed through Little E's mind because of her words, she would probably regret agreeing so quickly.

"Okay... Xia Ling, you can't go back on your word from now on."

Little E said seriously.

"Of course, I support all of Little E's decisions one hundred percent!"

If Xia Ling weren't still hanging by tentacles, she would definitely raise both hands in agreement right now.

"So... is there any compensation for this script?"

Now that she had determined her true intentions, Little E naturally wanted to seize every opportunity to lay the groundwork for the future.

Although I really wanted to seduce Xia Ling right here and see her make all sorts of cute faces, this isn't a no-man's land after all.

Her best friend, Ling, was secretly watching from the side.

"That's easy, Little E, what kind of compensation do you want?"

"Hmm... I haven't thought about it yet. How about we talk about it later? Consider it a favor Xia Ling owes me?"

"Okay, don't worry, as long as I can do it, I will definitely meet your conditions."

Xia Ling betrayed her future self without hesitation.

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However, whether Xia Ling will regret her boast when she is sandwiched between two Miss Fairy of different colors someday remains to be seen.

"Alright... shall we let Xia Ling off this time?"

Having received the promise she wanted and resolved the knot in her heart that had been troubling her all afternoon, Little E finally cheered up again.

"By the way, Little E."

Xia Ling, who was flexing her wrists, suddenly asked.