What? I'm Actually the Elation's Emanator?! (4k)

Oh no!

Seeing the acceptance letter, Xu Ziling instantly could not sit still.

He should have thought of this... He should have thought of this sooner. In the original story, Klein had been recommended to Mobius by Blanca, so there was no way Mobius would have been the one to receive her directly. He did not know whether Serpent would use legitimate methods, but his mother-in-law would definitely have informed Klein beforehand.

But now it seemed... he had intercepted Klein before Blanca could send this acceptance letter?

But if this acceptance letter existed, why had he gone through so much trouble last night, tricking Klein in every possible way?

Oh no. This time, I've become Aha.

"So... Little Ziling, weren't the methods you used on that Klein student a little... too violent?"

Elysia blinked and shifted the stool beneath her a little closer to Little Ziling as she said,

"Why don't you apologize to Klein later? I think she at least has the right to know the whole truth."

"...We'll see."

Xu Ziling currently felt as if his head had grown twice as large. After all the things he had done last night, it turned out to be less useful than an acceptance letter Elysia had found while cleaning the house. It felt like... a dying patient suddenly sitting up in bed, only to realize the clown was...

Sigh, forget it... He would just consider himself a passing Masked Rider who had completed a quest by killing a Simulated Herrscher.

"Mm-hmm, Little Ziling, think it over carefully. I'll go call that Klein student to eat with us."

Elysia reached out and pinched the smooth cheek beneath Xu Ziling's golden hair. She quickly withdrew her hand, smiling as she left.

She left Xu Ziling alone to worry.

After thinking it over, he could only wait until they became more familiar before telling Klein the full truth about what had happened yesterday. After all, time was the best nourishment. Hadn't Otto spent half his life raising Durandal? In the end, Durandal could not bear to attack him either?

The same logic applied here. If they were unmarried, then the price of revealing everything would be becoming strangers; if they were married, the price would be one huge argument; if they were married and had children running all over the place, then after telling her the truth, the worst that could happen would be his wife treating him coldly while holding their children for a few days. Before long, they would surely reconcile.

Reversing that logic, without the passage of time, designing an escape yesterday and confessing everything to her face-to-face today... Xu Ziling could only say that the whole operation was truly quite elating. Perhaps the moment he finished confessing everything to Klein, Aha would choose him as an Emanator of Elation.

But speaking of which... why had Senior Blanca, who had always been cautious and thorough, left an invitation meant for someone else lying around at home? Was it because she had left too suddenly? Even so, she should at least have mentioned the acceptance letter to Mobius before leaving, instead of leaving it behind in her room. If Elysia had not found it while cleaning, who knew how long it would have remained forgotten?

Blazer, the primitive man, was receiving his due at a time like this. As a super-ancient life-form who had crossed over, Xu Ziling did not even have a phone. If he wanted to contact Blanca, who had already left by plane, he would have to wait until Serpent woke up and ask her for Blanca's contact information.

But that was a matter for later.

"Ta-da~ Student, I'm here to introduce you to the place. This is the dining room where we usually eat~"

During the brief moment Xu Ziling had been thinking, Elysia had already pulled the still somewhat flattered Klein into the kitchen and cheerfully explained,

"I heard that people in Shenzhou eat in the living room... But Little Klein, you don't look like you're from Shenzhou either. Since the Doctor, Little Ziling, and I aren't from there either, let's continue following the habits we had in Mu~ Hmm?~ What do you think, Klein?"

Faced with the lesbian ringleader's—no, Elysia's—enthusiastic invitation, it did not matter whether she was the current high-school student Klein or the future Mahayana-stage Klein who would become Serpent's capable aide. Either way, she would be wrapped in a layer of panic and confusion. There was no helping it. The warmth radiated by the flame known as "Elysia" was simply too good at reaching people's hearts. Everyone needed an adjustment period.

"Ah... I... I'm only staying here for a few days. You don't need to pay too much attention to me..."

Klein hurriedly waved her hands, then looked around and asked,

"Um... Professor Serpent hasn't woken up yet?"

Klein felt that both people beside her, whether Xu Ziling or Elysia, gave her the impression that she was being watched. It made her rather uncomfortable. Remembering the wisdom Professor Serpent had displayed while lecturing the previous night, Klein felt that in this place of trouble, only following that Doctor would truly put her at ease.

This was a typical effect of human thinking. Sending Klein directly to Serpent might not have worked so well, but if a super-ancient life-form like Xu Ziling and a lesbian ringleader like Elysia were placed beside her, Klein would cling desperately to Serpent without anyone needing to say a thing.

"Mm~ Since Klein will also be staying here for a while, don't keep calling her Professor Serpent. She has her own name too, you know?"

Elysia reached out and tapped Klein on the forehead, smiling as she said,

"Next time, call her Doctor Mobius, okay?~ You have to remember that, Klein~"

"Doctor Mobius..."

Klein felt that the name sounded familiar. She seemed to have seen it somewhere before, but she could not remember exactly where.

"I'll go call her."

Xu Ziling waved at Elysia and suggested it.

"Hmm?~"

As he walked past Klein, Xu Ziling suddenly remembered something. After coughing awkwardly twice, he said,

"Ahem... Klein, we barely knew each other before, so I had no obligation to explain certain things to you or anyone else. But now... well, I don't think you should keep looking at me with that sort of gaze reserved for a wanton woman. Although my current appearance is indeed somewhat outstanding in terms of looks, I... am definitely a man. There's no question about that. Please don't let yourself be misled by a few things Elysia said."

"?"

Klein slowly formed a question mark.

"Would anyone here look down on someone because of their gender? Besides, what's wrong with men? Men... Wait, what did you just say????"

Klein:

After Xu Ziling left.

Klein remained stunned for a long time by the revelation that Assistant Xu, who possessed the looks of the National Goddess, was actually a boy.

Elysia, meanwhile, smiled and patted Klein on the shoulder before saying,

"Klein, don't find it strange. After all, anyone capable of controlling Honkai is bound to be good-looking. Little Ziling is naturally one of the best among them~"

"Honkai...?"

Klein listened in confusion. As a student, she usually did not think about such things. Hearing Elysia mention it now, she assumed it was some newly released beauty product.

"Hmm?~ There aren't enough people here yet, so it wouldn't be good to whisper about it privately, would it?"

At this critical moment, Elysia began keeping Klein in suspense. She smiled and rubbed Klein's hair as she said,

"Let's wait until Doctor Mobius comes out, then have Little Ziling explain everything to everyone himself. Hmm?~"

"Um, ma'am, I understand the logic, but why does your tone sound... as if you're certain that Professor Serpent... no, Doctor Mobius, will definitely wake up?"

As someone who believed herself to have been victimized at the same time as Mobius, Klein still felt groggy whenever she touched the back of her head.

If she put herself in Mobius's position, Klein believed she would never be able to wake up the next day as if nothing had happened after being attacked while drunk.

"Oh my~ Don't worry about so many details, Klein. If you insist on an explanation, just call it... a fairy's intuition~"

As Elysia spoke, she seemed to remember something and added with a smile,

"Oh, right, Klein, I haven't introduced myself yet, have I? Don't worry, don't worry. Why don't we get to know each other while Little Ziling is away looking for the Doctor?

"My name is Elysia. As you can see, I'm a girl as beautiful as flowers dancing in the wind~"

Meanwhile.

Just as Elysia had said, when Xu Ziling arrived at Mobius's room, Mobius had already woken up. She was sitting at the head of the bed with one hand supporting her head, still groggy and apparently not fully awake.

"Who... Little Mouse?"

Noticing the figure with brilliant golden hair in her field of vision, an unnatural look flashed across Mobius's face. Rubbing her temples, she said,

"Little Mouse... I seem to remember that yesterday I... Tsk, did I mess up our plan yesterday? Forget it... At worst, I'll talk to their dean later and directly bring Klein over. We can consider this an early opportunity to assess Klein's character."

"Uh..."

Xu Ziling's expression also became unnatural.

Mobius naturally did not miss his tiny change in expression. She furrowed her brows and pressed him,

"What is it? Little Mouse, don't tell me I didn't ruin our plan yesterday? It sounds strange, but I'm certain that after drinking the bottle of wine you gave me, I passed out immediately. Did Klein somehow stumble upon me after I collapsed?

"Did our plan succeed? Then why haven't I seen Klein?"

"Uh..."

Xu Ziling mulled it over for a long time before saying,

"Doctor, how should I put this... Our plan was ruined yesterday... but not completely ruined..."

"?"

Mobius slowly formed a question mark, then asked,

"What does 'ruined but not completely ruined' mean? Could it be... that you did something outrageous after I passed out?"

As she spoke, Mobius took a special look at her own body. It was hard to tell whether she was disappointed or relieved. Her clothes were perfectly intact, with barely any wrinkles. Clearly, no one had done anything to her while she was unconscious.

"This... Sigh, forget it."

After thinking for a moment, Xu Ziling helplessly shook his head and said,

"I'll start from the beginning, Doctor. This is what happened..."

Xu Ziling immediately told Mobius everything that had happened the previous night, including how Mobius's unconsciousness had caused the plan to go awry, how Klein had accidentally become part of it, how Kevin had wanted to play the hero, how Su had tried his luck, and finally the Simulated Herrscher Honkai Beast.

As expected, after hearing Xu Ziling's account, Mobius's expression visibly darkened.

Xu Ziling was helpless as well. According to his original plan, he had sacrificed a nonexistent persona to build up Mobius's persona. It was shameless, but effective, and the plan had proceeded flawlessly. Who could have expected Elysia to find an acceptance letter that had not yet been sent in Blanca's room the next day, causing Xu Ziling to be chosen by Elation?

"...Little Mouse, come closer."

Mobius said this with a gloomy expression.

Xu Ziling did not understand, but he complied.

"Bang!"

Mobius clenched her right hand and slammed a fist into Xu Ziling's chest. Under the Pillar Men's powerful physique, Xu Ziling felt nothing. Instead, Mobius's hand throbbed painfully from the impact.

"Hiss~! [Serpent profanity]"

After cursing, Mobius grabbed Xu Ziling around the neck, climbed onto him, and pinned him beneath her on the bed. She snarled,

"Little Mouse, do you think you're an idiot? Hmm? Such a precious Honkai Beast sample... You **just handed it over to someone else?! Do you know how badly I **want to study that thing right now?!!"

"I'm sorry, Doctor. This really was my... Huh?"

Xu Ziling was about to apologize first, but his mind suddenly jolted. Looking at Mobius pressing down on him, he instinctively said,

"No... Doctor, aren't you concerned that I used someone else's identity to abduct Klein?"

"Abduction? That counts for nothing!"

Mobius waved her hand and punched Xu Ziling in the chest again before saying,

"Yes... Little Mouse, I was indeed furious that you lowered your own reputation to improve Klein's opinion of me. But you did it for my sake, so it wasn't something I couldn't accept.

"But... but! Little Mouse, you know about Honkai, but you have no idea how rare Honkai is in our era! If you had brought me an actual Honkai Beast sample, I wouldn't just abduct someone. This Serpent would take a train to Mu that very night and slaughter those bastards from Fire Moth! And yesterday, you... you're telling me that last night a Honkai Beast practically appeared right in front of your face, and then you... you handed it over to someone else?!?! Huh?!"

It was clear that Mobius was genuinely furious. The hot air she exhaled struck Xu Ziling's face. Her brilliant golden hair and emerald-green hair tangled together in a disordered mess, and combined with the extremely dangerous position she had mounted him in... Even Xu Ziling developed a certain physical reaction.

Pulling his right hand out from beneath Serpent's thigh, Xu Ziling awkwardly scratched his cheek and said,

"Um, Doctor, actually, I think... instead of spending your time studying a Honkai Beast, you should focus on studying me. I can defeat it with my physical body. Doesn't that prove that my research value is definitely higher than that of a mere Honkai Beast or Simulated Herrscher?"

Mobius froze, apparently thinking that Xu Ziling had a point. But she quickly escaped that line of thought, leaned over him, and sneered,

"Good... Very good. So the thing I could have had everything from has now become just one thing, is that it? Then, Little Mouse, you'd better show me that your body is stronger than a Honkai Beast, because Serpent... is taking the initiative now!"