Elysia's Journey, and Her Bonds with the Flame-Chasers. (Continued)

The camera returns to Mei, who, with Eden's sacrifice, has reached the deepest part of her memory, the end point woven from four Crystal Flower, a replay of that past night.

Elysia was waiting for her in the auditorium at the end of the park.

Guided by the Fairy Elysia, Mei's current task is to use more of Elysia's memories to dress herself up and attend the banquet in her most beautiful form.

And so, the fairy's magic unfolds once more, Mei is about to take on the responsibility of another person's life.

My earliest memory is of a small border town where a hardworking gardener found a little girl with pink hair under the tallest tree and brought her back to town, taking her to an orphanage next to the church.

The girl was like a gift from the forest. No one knew where she came from, but everyone accepted her. Her innocent smile always touched the softest part of people's hearts.

It's a pity that she doesn't have a name. Everyone wanted to give her the best-sounding name, but they never found the perfect one.

A year later, on the day she was brought back to town, the orphanage owner gave her a book along with the cake.

It was a fairy tale adapted from an ancient legend, a story about a person who embarked on a journey in search of paradise.

The girl finished reading the entire fairy tale under the moonlight. She felt happy when she saw more and more people agree with the story and join the protagonist on their journey. Her eyes widened when she saw people reach the end, find the paradise, and shout its name.

"This is it...! A flawless paradise... an eternal Elysian Realm, um... um! The name... the name..."

The girl's undisguised joy reached everyone's ears.

"My name is— Elysia!!!"

Eden suddenly felt a dampness and quickly covered his nose with his hand. He then quickly pulled out several tissues, the crimson staining the snow-white.

When little Elysia appeared, Eden's eyes never left the big screen.

Little Elysia's cuteness is the kind of cuteness that can heal the heart. Even the darkest person would probably be unable to help but smile when they see Little Elysia.

"So cute~"

Little Knowledge's eyes were shining with golden light.

"Mmm-hmm."

Sakura smiled knowingly as she recalled what Rin looked like when she was a child.

"So cute~ I really want to have one~"

When Ling heard Sakura's words, she puffed up her cheeks in anger.

"Hey-hey..."

Elysia scratched her head subconsciously, her face flushed, she spat inwardly, and looked at Sakura with a smile.

"Sakura~, it's unlikely that Little Elysia will be available, so how about you raise Big Elysia?"

Elysia teases Sakura once again.

Since Sakura awakened her Oni talent, she has become someone Elysia can no longer control.

"OK!"

Sakura smiled, stood up and sat down next to Elysia, put her arm around Elysia's shoulder, and lifted Elysia's chin with her other hand.

As the stunningly beautiful face drew ever closer, Elysia was momentarily stunned. She was the epitome of a woman who attacked from above and defended from below, and her face turned as red as a steam engine.

"No... no no no..."

Elysia was at a loss, her delicate body seemingly frozen.

Eden comically stuffed a piece of paper into his nose and quickly separated the two.

Ling felt jealous and puffed up her cheeks like a pufferfish.

As everyone watched this farce unfold, they were surprised by Sakura's audacity and couldn't help but wonder if Sakura's taste, which had been distorted since she hadn't found a boyfriend, was about to fall into Xu's arms.

"I'm even a little envious..."

Aponia muttered to herself.

Pardo's eyes widened in surprise.

Aponia realized what she had just said, and her face flushed slightly.

She was passive; she never refused Elysia's advances, nor did she ever initiate any physical contact with Elysia.

Elysia's charm is undeniable.

After watching this memory about Elysia's childhood, Mei couldn't help but sigh, finding it hard to imagine that she too had such a pure and innocent time.

According to information I had seen before, the town where Elysia lived was once sealed off by the Moth Chasing Fire, and her subsequent memories were related to this.

The Moth Chasing Fire to investigate sparked Elysia's curiosity about the world outside the town, so she wanted to leave the town and explore the outside world, like the protagonist in the picture book, to find the paradise at the end of the world.

So, little Elysia packed her bags and embarked on her journey amidst everyone's blessings.

When she climbed to the highest peak outside the town, the sight before her amazed her: thousands of lights gathered together to form a magnificent picture.

She had thought that the whole world's small town was just an ordinary little spot of light.

"Wow... [Beautiful]!"

The flawless maiden finally found the right words of praise, and now it was time to go find her paradise.

Fairy tale.

Aside from fairy tales, they simply couldn't explain such a plot: how could the orphanage nanny let such a young child travel alone, and how could little Elysia actually leave the town?

"It seems... Sister Elysia and Kiana's experiences are really similar..."

Pardo couldn't help but sigh.

Kiana embarked on a journey from Siberia to the Far East because of her father's disappearance, while Sister Elysia left her small town to search for paradise out of curiosity about the world...

"No, Pardo, your view is too one-sided."

Vill-V shook her head.

"The reason why the Moth Chasing Fire sealed off the town was because it sensed the energy arc of the Herrscher. Although it couldn't detect it, Elysia must have guessed something, which is why she chose to leave the town."

"I agree with Vill-V's point of view."

Mei nodded.

"I imagine Elysia must have been extremely reluctant to leave, otherwise she would have left without saying goodbye during the first check-up instead of the third."

May and Vill-V's guess won the approval of most people.

Little Elysia is so sensible, it breaks my heart.

But in this sentimental atmosphere, someone insensitively interrupted.

"So, does that mean Elysia didn't even finish elementary school?"

Kevin suddenly felt himself standing up.

After all, many people online make fun of him by comparing his own lack of education to that of someone who didn't attend university or finish high school.

Kevin suddenly felt the atmosphere around him turn cold.

"Everyone... please don't look at me like that."

Kevin shuddered.

"Kevin, your perspective on problems is always so unique."

Sue patted Kevin on the shoulder.

"So, in the story, Sister Elysia is actually illiterate?!"

Pardo couldn't help but look at Elysia.

"No, that's not true!"

Elysia tried to prove herself, even without any evidence, since she had been traveling since she was a child and probably hadn't received much formal education.

Mei's thoughts were similar to everyone else's.

However, what puzzled her the most was that Elysia, as the first Herrscher, acted in a way that went against the will of all the Herrscher of that era.

She was curious about what exactly Elysia's powers were, and also Honkai why the Honkai would give birth to such a special Herrscher.

"I always feel that anything related to Elysia is shrouded in a hazy, romantic color, just like a fairy tale."

Mei couldn't help but sigh.

"Why use the word 'like'? My life is, of course, a fairy tale book!"

Fairy Elysia blurted it out without thinking.

"Your life? Aren't you some kind of fairy from the Xianle Kingdom?"

"Hey, why are you calculating so precisely at a time like this!"

Mei stared at the Fairy Elysia with a half-smile, and suddenly brought up a topic: how Elysia's childhood story was preserved, since she probably didn't know the other Flame-Chasers at that time.

The Fairy Elysia didn't choose to answer directly, but instead laughed it off.

"Could this Fairy Elysia be Sister Elysia?"

Anyone who isn't an idiot could probably tell that something was wrong with Fairy Elysia.

They just hadn't thought of that possibility before, since the Fairy Elysia and Elysia had appeared together.

But now there are too many doubts.

For example, Mei suspects that Elysia's memories are preserved. As a child living in a small town, she could not possibly have known other Flame-Chasers. So how did she preserve them?

"Could it be that Elysia mentioned it to Eden and the others before?"

Kevin asked.

"That possibility cannot be ruled out, but I think Fairy Elysia more likely to..."

Su squinted... his eyes seemed to be squinting the whole time.

The seeds of doubt have already been sown in the hearts of the audience. The Fairy Elysia's identity is definitely not simple. After this interlude, Mei will continue to watch Elysia's memories.

Elysia embarks on a journey, and in the time that follows, she travels through cities, mountains, villages, and wilderness...

She encountered many things and met many people.

She had met a kind old man in an abandoned church who gave her his last loaf of bread.

I once met a thin girl by a closed train station, and even though I was deceived, I still shared my candy with her.

I had heard beautiful music in a magnificent opera house and seen the vinyl records in the collection of a lively girl.

I once saw a boy crying in a rain-soaked alley, being bullied because of someone else's kindness.

I once saw someone tied to a pillar, with gruesome wounds being slashed repeatedly. I also met a talkative martial arts school owner and heard of a magician whose skills were legendary.

She was even mistaken for an assassin because of her pink hair.

Having visited the heart of the world, the romantic couple made a pact to go to a cannibalistic laboratory to serve as assistants.

The girl's footprints are all over the world. She has received kindness from strangers and suffered malice for no reason.

At that moment, she couldn't understand why such contradictory things could exist in human nature, but she believed that the glittering lights she saw must really exist.

They also discovered that the Earth is round, the world has no end, and the paradise at the end of the world described in the book does not exist.

"If that's the case... then if the amusement park doesn't exist, I'll just create one myself!"

The girl was not discouraged.

"It must be a really, really beautiful amusement park! And then, I'll name it after myself—"

The paradise named after Elysia is... Eternal Elysium.

"Ah?!"

Pardo was stunned for a moment.

She never imagined that Elysia had had intricate connections with other Flame-Chasers since she was very young.

Fate is something that can't always be explained.

"Pardo, aren't you the little girl who tricked Elysia out of the apple and the candy?"

Little Knowledge said with a half-smile.

Since the Previous Era couldn't possibly exist on its own, let's just go ahead and joke around.

"So what... so what? We still said thank you in the end, didn't we..."