Elysia: I Was Wrong, but I'll Do It Again Next Time~

So that was why Elysia had looked at him so flirtatiously just now... Had she really mistaken him for a European temptress...?

"Take a good look, will you? He isn't the beautiful girl you were looking for."

Mobius was quite pleased by the look of shock on Elysia's face. She waved a hand and said,

"Since that's the case, there shouldn't be anything else here worth your attention. Leave, Elysia. If you don't mind making things worse, you may as well go back and tell those old fools from Fire Moth that Mobius's comeback and revenge are coming soon... Blanca, why are you just standing there? See our guest out!"

Blanca: OMO

Hearing her Doctor Mobius's order, Blanca found herself in a difficult position. After tightly clutching the hem of her clothes, she found herself unable to decide whether to see Elysia out or not...

"Hmm~?"

By this point, Elysia had recovered from the shock of learning that Xu Ziling was actually a boy. Looking at the hesitant Blanca, she spoke with a soft laugh:

"A boy... But I never said that I hate boys, did I, Doctor Mobius?... And my dear Blanca~ are you really going to turn Miss Elf away? You probably wouldn't want your Hen..."

"Don't! ...Don't say it!"

Blanca hurriedly shook his head. After casting a guilty look at his Doctor Mobius, he simply kicked his legs out, closed his eyes, and sprawled across the laboratory table, pretending to faint.

"Blanca, you..."

This time, it was Mobius who wore a look of astonishment. She actually knew about the relationship between her assistant and that good-for-nothing brat in Fire Moth's army. She was merely surprised that Elysia knew even that much—and, judging by the situation, had already done some digging through Blanca.

"Hmm?~"

Elysia clasped her hands behind her back and smiled at Mobius.

"Besides, even if Little Ziling is a boy... Who says there aren't any beautiful girls here capable of catching my attention? Doctor Mo~bi~us~"

Under Elysia's lecherous gaze, Mobius felt wave after wave of chills.

So... so this woman hadn't actually realized that she had found a new experimental subject. She had simply taken a liking to her looks?!

That infuriated Mobius.

Elysia really did have something wrong with her head! If she ever got the chance, she would definitely take Elysia's head apart and see how those neural circuits of hers had grown!

A calm, composed, and even ruthless research doctor like her was naturally incompatible with a beautiful girl like Elysia, who was energetic, lively, and just a little risqué.

Yet Elysia happened to be extraordinarily interested in beautiful girls of the same sex.

And by an even greater coincidence, Mobius had been born with a face unrivaled among the scientists of Fire Moth.

Back when they were still on M Continent, Elysia had "harassed" Mobius time and again. She had even tricked Mobius out of her Fire Moth medal... After all those antics, Mobius had been thoroughly vexed, which was why she had tried to drive Elysia away the moment they met.

"Ahem."

At that moment, Xu Ziling coughed twice to make his presence known before speaking:

"You two, actually, I think..."

"Little Mouse! Don't say a word!"

Mobius reached out and shielded Xu Ziling behind her, eyeing Elysia warily.

"Little Mouse, you don't understand her. Elysia is extremely dangerous... Don't say anything! Be careful not to fall into this woman's trap. I'll drive her away!"

Right.

Xu Ziling helplessly shrugged. It seemed that he had chosen a very bad time to speak up.

After protecting her precious experimental subject behind her, Mobius stared at Elysia. After thinking for a moment, she said:

"Elysia, even if you don't say anything, I can guess that you... were sent by those old bastards from Fire Moth who don't get along with me, weren't you? You can go back and tell them this: I, Mobius, am claiming this experimental subject!

"He will be, and can only be, my Mobius's experimental subject! If they think they have the ability to take him away from me... Heh, as long as they aren't afraid of finding something extra in the food they eat tomorrow morning, they're welcome to try!"

Elysia selectively ignored Mobius's threats. She stared at Xu Ziling's slightly helpless expression for a while, then glanced at the wary Mobius, as if she had understood something. After smiling faintly, she spoke in her uniquely flirtatious yet slightly regretful tone:

"Oh my~... Who would have thought? I came first, yet I can't have any of Doctor Mobius's love~... Hehe~ But it's all right. As long as the Doctor and Little Ziling truly love each other, then even if Miss Elf came first, she'll still offer you both her most sincere blessings, won't she?~"

The moment Mobius heard those words from Elysia—

Her fist hardened.

Mobius's fist hardened!

Of all the reactions she had imagined Elysia might have, this one was the most infuriating!

So just because she couldn't have something, she had to slander it? Had Elysia really forgotten after being told countless times that Mobius had no interest in romance? Was she really going to keep harassing her again and again?!

Elysia, you utter dumbass (beep~)! I, Mobius, am going to fight you today!!

Seeing that Mobius was about to roll up her sleeves and throw down with Elysia, Xu Ziling revealed a smile he could barely suppress. In this era of the Previous Civilization, across the entire planet, Elysia was the only person capable of making Mobius lose her composure like this.

But even so, Xu Ziling certainly couldn't stand by and watch Mobius beat Elysia up. He hurried over, grabbed Mobius, and urged her:

"Doctor, please calm down. Doctor!"

"Calm down?! What do you expect me to use to calm down?!!"

Mobius's beautiful eyes were wide open. With her hands restrained by Xu Ziling, she raised a foot and kicked toward Elysia, raging:

"Little Mouse, you have no idea! Harassing me back on M Continent was bad enough, but I fled all the way to Changkong and she still managed to find me?!... Little Mouse, let go of me! If I don't teach her a lesson today, then I'm not Mobius!!!"

"Oh, don't be angry~?"

"Elysia, you ***** *****!!"

In the end, the matter concluded with Elysia offering a devout apology.

"You know you were wrong?"

Mobius looked at Elysia, who was kneeling before her and holding a sign that read "I was wrong." She nodded, extremely—indeed, nine-tenths—satisfied, then said:

"Will you come harass me again next time?"

The cowlick atop Elysia's head twitched. Then Elysia flipped over the sign in her hands. On the front, it had clearly read "I was wrong," but on the back were four bold characters:

"I'll do it again next time."

There was even a rather playful "?~" musical note drawn after the four characters!