Aponia Issues an Important Directive / Snake: Will You Die If You Don't Bring Up Tsunderes?

After the system activated its negative status removal effect, Xia Ling successfully broke free from Aponia's hypnosis.

"Hmm... unfamiliar..."

Xia Ling had wanted to say, unfamiliar ceiling, but what lay before her eyes was soft white fabric, along with something ample enough to block her vision.

Xia Ling immediately recognized where she was. After all, she had enjoyed Elysia's lap pillow service countless times back in the Elysian Realm trial.

"E-Elysia?"

"Mhm~ Cute Little Xia Ling, why not sleep a little longer? Is Sister Elysia's embrace not warm enough?"

Looking at the utterly bewildered Xia Ling, Elysia smiled and poked her cheek.

"Of course not! It's just that I have more important things to do... By the way, where is this?"

"This is, of course, the Deepest Place." Aponia's ethereal voice rang out from nearby. "I was the one who picked you up."

"For some reason, you ran headfirst straight into the Deepest Place's mental barrier and were immediately hypnotized. Elysia happened to be here with me at the time, so I went out and brought you back."

"That unreliable system is so useless I don't even know what to say..." Xia Ling's mouth twitched. "And what do you mean, picked me up...? You make me sound like some little animal."

"But just now, Miss Xia Ling really did resemble a clingy little cat." A third voice spoke up, and only then did Xia Ling realize Eden was here too.

Noticing Xia Ling's astonished gaze, Eden smiled slightly. "It is a pleasure to meet you, Miss Xia Ling. I have heard Elysia mention you many times before. Now that I see you in person, you truly are very adorable."

"Incidentally, Elysia was the one who said you looked like a kitty."

"Eden, how could you betray me!" Elysia complained coyly.