Changing One's Tune

As Gwen tapped on the door with his fingers, Misterine had also sensed something amiss, flashed to Gwen's side.

A flash of light appeared in her hand, revealing a long weapon. With a forceful pull, Misterine pierced through the two large doors as easily as a hot knife through butter, stopping Gwen's fall.

However, even with Gwen holding her, Misterine still felt immense pressure, and her arms trembled slightly.

"Thank you, leave it to me."

Gwen gave a casual thank you and gestured for Misterine to let go of his hand.

Knowing Gwen's strength, Misterine chose to trust him, readily disarming him and letting Gwen handle the two doors alone.

"It's quite heavy..."

Feeling the terrifying weight of the two doors in his hands—weight far exceeding that of iron doors and even surpassing his own Corona Sword — Gwen chuckled.

The next moment, Gwen's arms suddenly bulged, tearing his sleeves, and with a chilling power, he forcefully lifted the two seemingly infinitely heavy doors.

With a loud crash, the two large doors smashed through the roof of the Tenshukaku, allowing sunlight to shine into the eerie scene and illuminate the pink hair of the trembling figure inside the room.

"Alright, it's alright now, little sister."

Brushing the dust off his hands, Gwen looked at the pink hair that was almost identical to Yae Sakura's and confirmed his guess.

"Ah?"

Upon hearing Gwen's voice, the girl, who had been trembling in the center of the room, finally raised her head and looked at the figure casting two shadows in the suddenly appearing bright sunlight.

In this eerily strange room, which seemed to be a strange combination of the ancient Tenshukaku and modern high-strength materials, just like the outside, a pink-haired girl wearing a white uniform top and a short skirt that revealed her smooth calves held a katana that was half her height in her hands, looking at Gwen and the other person with eyes like a small animal.

"Ah!"

However, upon seeing Gwen, the girl recoiled as if she had seen a man-eating tiger, dropping her katana to the ground.

"It seems the child is terrified. Misterine, you should comfort him."

Looking at the katana that was about 80% similar to the Kusanagi -Mitama in his memory, Gwen's eyebrows twitched. He bent down to pick up the murder weapon, and instead of trying to get the girl to accept him, he simply said to Misterine.

"I have absolutely no experience in comforting children..."

Upon hearing this, Misterine sighed, but still took two steps forward to separate Gwen from the girl.

"Alright, I'll give it a try. This child seems a little afraid of you. You should go out and hide for a while."

"Good."

Gwen readily agreed and left the eerie room, moving to a place out of the girl's sight.

Gwen casually wiped the katana in his hand, feeling the power within it, and confirmed that it was indeed the Key of Corruption before putting it away.

Listening to Misterine's gentle voice, which seemed to have come naturally to comfort the girl, and thinking of the girl's petite figure, somewhere between middle school and high school age, Gwen was certain that this was not the original Flying Fish Ball... or at least it was different.

As for his true identity...

While pondering this, Gwen's spirit, following the method taught by Misterine along the way, left the Stigmata Space and awakened Elysia, who was recovering at full speed.

"Wake up, Elysia, wake up, there might be someone you know here."

"Um?

My old friend?

Could it be that my good Eden has awakened?

Upon hearing Gwen's words, Elysia had just been awakened, instantly perked up.

"Not Eden, but someone else you wouldn't expect."

Hearing the girl's usual energetic voice, Gwen smiled and denied her guess.

"Could it be Velvie?"

Or Aponia?

Although Gwen said he was someone she hadn't expected, Elysia still kept guessing.

"Neither."

Gwen smiled and denied it again.

"Come on, follow my lead, and you'll see what I mean when you come here."

With that, Gwen guided Elysia's mental energy toward the Stigmata Space.

The next moment, a beautiful girl with long pink hair quietly appeared next to Gwen in the Stigmata Space.

"Huh?"

Is this... a real body?

Ignoring the eerie scenery around her that could be used as a horror movie set, Elysia looked at her fair and delicate hands in surprise.

When Elysia appeared in front of Misterine before, she relied on the experience she had borrowed from the Void Archives and her superb Honkai Energy manipulation skills.

But now, Elysia has done nothing yet, and she already has a body that can feel the flow of blood, which surprises her.

"At least it's real here."

Seeing the surprised expression on the girl 'Gwen Elysia and nodded in affirmation.

"What a wonderful gift!"

Feeling alive again, even though she sensed from Gwen's words that this wasn't a true resurrection, Elysia still gave Gwen a bright smile—

"I really like it~"

"If you like, you can come here often."

Looking at that radiant smile that seemed to warm even the eerie Tenshukaku, Gwen smiled and nodded.

However, although he longed to admire the girl's beautiful smile a little longer, Gwen steered the conversation back on track—

"But for now, let's see if this person is someone you used to know."

"Hmm? Is it a child?"

Don't worry, I'm really good at making friends with kids!

Having already heard Misterine's voice from next door, Elysia grinned and gave Gwen a strange-looking military salute.

Then, with a flick of her pink ponytail, Elysia turned around and strode forward with her long legs, eager to see the old friend Gwen had mentioned.

However, after taking two steps, Elysia stopped abruptly when she saw the figure in front of Misterine. The bright smile on her pretty face froze, and her eyes reflected the figure that broke her heart.

However, while Elysia was stunned, it didn't mean everyone else was stunned—

The pink-haired girl, who had stopped crying under Misterine's gentle comfort, lit up when she saw the figure appear at the door and called out loudly—

"Sister Elysia!"

"..."

Upon hearing that familiar voice, Elysia trembled involuntarily. The word "Sister Elysia" struck the elfin girl like a bolt of lightning.

"Shouldn't we give an old friend a warm hug when we meet again?"

Gwen had come to the girl's side, noticed her unusual behavior and asked with a smile.

"Um..."

Reminded by Gwen Elysia nodded gently, a tender smile spreading across her beautiful face. She walked gracefully to the girl on the ground and opened her arms to embrace her.

"Long time no see, Ling."

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Chapter 329: Changing one's tune.

Standing outside the door, Gwen looked at the two pink figures huddled together inside the room, listening to Rin's cries filled with fear and dependence, and Elysia's loving comfort, and a faint sense of accomplishment rose in his heart.

Although the principle and cause are unclear, it now seems that Gwen has indeed brought Rin, who had become the Erosion Herrscher 50,000 years ago, back to life... to live in this Stigmata Space—

With a soul and consciousness, all that's missing to be resurrected is a physical body.

At that moment, Misterine quietly got up, left the room and came to Gwen's side, leaving the space to Elysia and the obviously still shaken Rin.

Seeing the puzzled look and hesitant expression on Misterine's pretty face, Gwen put his index finger to his lips, shook his head gently, indicating that she should not ask questions here, and then turned and left the top floor of the Tenshukaku.

Seeing this, Misterine Gwen left the top floor.

Back in the secluded courtyard, Gwen leaned against the railing and asked Misterine, who was mimicking him,—

What do you want to know?

I will try my best to answer.

Because this might involve some past experiences that the child might not want to accept, let's talk about it downstairs.

"Um..."

Misterine responded softly, her dreamy purple eyes narrowing slightly, her voice unusually impatient—

"Could you tell me the story of that child?"

I can sense that there seems to be some kind of connection between that child and the knife you took away.

"Um...

This is not a very happy story—

Gwen sighed and slowly began to tell Misterine the tragedy he knew from fifty thousand years ago.

Because Gwen had limited information, he spoke quite quickly, but he managed to get Misterine understand what had happened to Lin.

"But... she seems to have reverted to her original form now?"

After listening to Gwen's story, Misterine remained silent for a moment before turning to look at Gwen, her dreamy eyes reflecting Gwen profile.

"It seems so at the moment."

Gwen nodded, recalling once more that sword strike from that day—

"Previously, due to the leakage of the Honkai Energy generating device set up by Cocolia, the awakening of the Hiyori of Erosion Herrscher had been transformed into Himeko, was accelerated because the seal was broken due to the earthquake."

In order to break free from the restraints as soon as possible, Hiyori pulled me, who was nearby, into a fantasy world modeled after this village.

In that illusion, which could be considered her domain, I completely dealt with that guy.

In retrospect, by sheer chance, they also managed to save Rin.

From this perspective, the situation of the Herrscher from the Previous Era seems to differ slightly from my original understanding.

"But regardless of the state of the Herrscher in the Previous Civilization, you have undeniably changed one Herrscher, turning Herrscher back into human beings..."

Upon hearing Gwen's explanation, Misterine sighed softly, a strange emotion welling up inside her, and said in a low voice.

That's not wrong.

Gwen smiled and nodded, then turned to look at Misterine beside him, meeting her dreamy purple eyes.

Everything in this world is in constant flux.

I simply happen to have a greater force, enabling me to push change in the direction I desire.

In other words, if you find the right direction and apply enough force, then everything can change.

"..."

After a brief eye contact with Gwen, Misterine finally gave in, turning her head away and refusing to look at Gwen again.

Although Gwen admitted that he knew a lot about her, Misterine still felt somewhat uncomfortable that Gwen had so clearly pointed out something she cared about deeply.

Just then, Elysia's voice came from upstairs—

"Oh, you guys are here~?"

"Finished talking?"

Upon hearing Elysia's voice, Gwen stopped pressing Misterine and turned to look upstairs, only to see pink hair flying everywhere. Elysia had actually jumped down from the building with Mistylin in her arms.

"Ah!

"Sister Elysia, be careful!"

Caught off guard by Elysia's actions, Rin instinctively hugged Elysia's waist tightly and let out a gasp.

"Don't worry, this height won't be a problem for me at all~?"