If Kurumi Tokisaki had previously given people the impression of being pure yet somewhat alluring, then now, she felt innocent and sacred.
It was a feeling difficult to describe with words, like a treasure condensed from the essence of Heaven and Earth—utterly pure and dazzling.
What Su Yunqing noticed most were Kurumi's eyes. Bright as stars, they contained a clarity untouched by the mortal world.
When her gaze lightly swept over something, it seemed able to perceive the truest form of all things. There was not a trace of worldly impurity within it, only endless curiosity about the world and gentle goodwill.
That gaze was absolutely not one Kurumi should possess—or rather, not one the Kurumi they remembered should have possessed.
Someone with such eyes should have been the Primal Elf, Mio Takamiya!
There was a vast difference between the flow of time in Kurumi Tokisaki's timeline and theirs. Not long after their own story had passed, it seemed as though everything in her world had already come to an end.
No one knew what Kurumi Tokisaki had done, what kind of world hers had become, or what had happened between her and the Primal Elf.
But when Kurumi appeared before everyone once more, what they saw was a Kurumi Tokisaki both familiar and unfamiliar.
"Everything's all right now, isn't it?"
"Has everything really been resolved?"
Su Yunqing looked at Kurumi Tokisaki and asked seriously.
"Mm, it's all over."
"No more Elves will appear on Earth."
Hearing Su Yunqing's words, Kurumi Tokisaki revealed a faint smile. Like a spring breeze brushing through flowers, it made everything around her shine because of that smile.
"Is that so? That's wonderful."
Su Yunqing smiled as well.
She did not know what Kurumi Tokisaki had done after joining the Chat Group and watching the