For a moment, Mai Sakurajima had no idea what Eden was thinking.
Was this love? Perhaps it was, perhaps it was not. It was probably trust and support that transcended both friendship and romance.
In the previous chapters, Kalpas had said that he never entrusted his back to anyone. But if it were Eden, then even if she completely placed her back in Elysia's hands, she would have no reservations at all.
Previously, Mai Sakurajima had thought that Eden and Elysia merely had a superficial relationship—the kind between a flirt and a singer devoted to art, free of worldly desires.
After all, a carefree "bad woman" like Elysia might forget all about Eden the moment she started talking to another pretty girl.
Now, though, that did not seem to be the case...
Mai Sakurajima set down her phone and took a sip of water.
Then she returned to where she had been and kept reading. She realized that this chapter seemed far longer than usual. It probably contained about as much material as three normal chapters.
But that was obviously a good thing, so Mai Sakurajima did not dwell on it.
When she tapped to the next page, Mai Sakurajima discovered... that the entire page was nothing but an illustration of Elysia!
Looking at Elysia in the manga, Mai Sakurajima had to admit... Elysia truly was beautiful.
This pink elf lady had naturally wavy pink hair, neat side-swept bangs, and a ponytail tied behind her head.
She was stunning, with a pair of elven ears as well, though those were the result of integrating the genes of the End-class Honkai Beast, Mahesvara.
Because the technology had not been mature at the time, the procedures often came with obvious side effects.
Elysia's side effect was abnormal metabolism. No matter how much