Chapter 177

The correct answer is D, a purely physical repair method.

Bronya: "Pure physical repair method? What kind of repair method is that? Is it very effective?"

Elysia: "Don't ask me, if it wasn't fixed through skillful operation, it definitely wasn't me who taught it."

Kiana: "Actually, we realized a long time ago that the doll was unreliable."

Although the doll is modeled after Elysia, its personality and abilities are quite different from Elysia's.

[Elysia receives a punishment: shrinking.]

[Description: The effect comes from the Shrinking Pill, still the work of that sheep-catching scientist; the effect lasts for one day.]

Elysia: "There really are Shrinking Pill?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Elysia realized that her body was shrinking rapidly. The garden, the walls, and even the grass by the roadside were growing larger in her vision at an alarming rate.

Pardofelis: "Sister Elysia, Sister Elysia, where did you go, Sister Elysia?!"

The Shrinking Pill are particularly effective.

At least in those few short seconds, when Pardofelis arrived at the place where Elysia had been, she was nowhere to be found.

Elysia: "I'm here, Pardofelis. You can see me if you look down."

Pardofelis: "Sister Elysia, I still can't see it. Is my eyesight not good?"

The cat rubbed its eyes and then lay down on the ground, searching for a while before finally finding the person who was smaller than a fingernail.

She even reached out and touched Elysia's head.

Chapter 288 Super Small Elysia

Elysia: "Pardo, stop trying, it really is me."

Pardofelis: "Sorry, Sister Elysia, it's just that I'm seeing you like this for the first time, and I'm just a little curious."

Elysia: "Hmm, there are no abnormal reactions in my body, and the Honkai Energy is decreasing exponentially. Hmm... to look on the bright side, it's not all bad."

Elysia lowered her head in deep thought, seemingly considering the benefits she had mentioned.

Raiden Mei: "What do you mean by 'not all bad'?"

Elysia: "Like taking a bath in Eden's goblet, or eating delicious food that I could finish in one bite, now I can eat it all day... Hey, Pardo, what are you doing?"

Suddenly, Pardofelis produced a glass jar from somewhere, covered Elysia inside, and then turned it around to put her inside the jar.

The dizzying sensation caused Elysia to fall flat on her backside.

Elysia: "Pardofelis, you're not planning a rebellion, are you?"

Pardofelis: "No way, Sister Elysia, you're joking! I'm just afraid I won't be able to find you again."

Pardofelis: "Besides, there are bound to be bugs and bees in the garden, and maybe even unseen monsters. I'm just thinking about your safety, aren't I?"

Elysia: "Yeah, that's true."

You're not entirely heartless, at least, Sister Elysia Pardo n't been spoiling you for nothing.

Pardofelis: "But Sister Elysia, we're just running a small business after all. You should think about the money in the jars..."

Elysia: "It's on me."

Pardofelis: "Thank you for your patronage, boss. Sister Elysia, why don't you ask Sister Snake for an Enlarging Pill? That way you can recover."

Elysia: "No, it's such a rare opportunity to shrink this small, it would be a shame not to take advantage of it."

Sitting inside the jar, squinting her eyes, Elysia was already thinking about what she could do with the smaller body.

In the scene, Raiden Mei and Elysia are in the archives of the Previous Era Elysian Realm, next to the typewriter.

"Alright, what's Mei's next question? Let me think... I have a few suitable topics."

Elysia typed the clues she wanted to find into the typewriter, but the typewriter did not respond at all.

"Huh? Why didn't it print out?"

"Listen, it sounds like there's a clicking sound. Is something stuck inside?"

Raiden Mei walked up to the typewriter, and the voice became clearer.

"Uh, wait a minute, let me see."

As the main person in charge of the archives, Fairy Elysia bears an important mission, and naturally, she bravely stepped forward at this time.

Unfortunately, she didn't see anything wrong with it at all.

"That's strange. Did it break down because it hasn't been used for too long? Let me see the repair manual."

Fairy Elysia's gaze swept across the manual, reading ten lines at a glance, making Raiden Mei seriously doubt whether she had actually absorbed anything.

"You said it had to be like this, but if you keep doing it like this... um... never mind! Watch me!"

After reading the manual for no more than three seconds, Fairy Elysia decisively picked up her staff and slammed it down.

Bang...

With a crisp click, the typewriter stopped working, clearly indicated by the Fairy Elysia's skillful and experienced operation.

This time, she stopped working altogether.

Raiden Mei offered a reminder, but Fairy Elysia shook her head, seemingly not understanding the situation.

"Strange, why isn't it fixed yet?"

"No, you just hit her hard with your staff, that doesn't really count as discipline, does it?"

"But based on past experience, this is the most efficient way to repair it."

Fairy Elysia put her hands on her hips and said confidently.

Raiden Mei and Elysia remained silent, silently feeling sorry for the typewriter for a second.

Kiana: "Pfft~ Hahaha, this is what they call a purely physical repair method. Now I know why the typewriter broke down."

No wonder Raiden Mei's typewriter always malfunctions; it seems Fairy Elysia has to give it a good whack every now and then.

Therefore, the typewriter was on the verge of breaking down from the very beginning.

Was that blow from the Fairy Elysia the last straw that broke the camel's back?

Elysia: "Generally speaking, at least before Mei came to the archives, Fairy Elysia had always fixed typewriters this way, and with remarkable results?"

Theresa: "That's simply because hardly anyone goes in."

In the Previous Era Elysian Realm, there are already few people; new people only join when the World Serpent elects its officers.

The Elysian Realm is hidden the Deep Apponia, and apart from Raiden Mei, it's unlikely that many people have actually used it in the past Fifty Thousand Years.

Raven: "I have reason to suspect that the typewriter wasn't destroyed by the murderer to cover up the crime, but rather that the Fairy Elysia broke it herself."

Gray Serpent: "Raven, according to the information we have, Fairy Elysia was not in the archives that night."

Raven: "I mean, the typewriter was destroyed before that."

Gray Serpent: "..."

It sounds absurd, but considering what the Fairy Elysia did to the typewriter, Gray Serpent really couldn't find a reason to refute it.

[In the scene, the typewriter is broken, and Raiden Mei is looking at Fairy Elysia, wondering if she will hit the typewriter again in order to fix it.]

I don't know where she learned her typewriter repair skills.

"Let's see what to do with this typewriter you smashed first."

"I didn't break it!"

"Fairy Elysia shouted."

"That's right! We're out of paper. How can we print documents without paper? Right?"

"But isn't this the memory space? And when the typewriter was working normally just now, it didn't seem like there was any paper being fed, did it?"

Raiden Mei glanced at Fairy Elysia suspiciously.

She seriously doubted that the doll in front of her was talking nonsense, and that this typewriter didn't need to use paper at all.

"I... I'm the administrator of this archives! This human, as adorable as I am, must listen to the fairy administrator."

The Fairy Elysia crossed her arms, looking quite dignified.

"So, just now a blank sheet of paper was printed out..."

Raiden Mei took out a piece of white paper and placed it in front of Fairy Elysia.

"Well, that's already been used, it can't be used anymore!"

"..."

Raiden Mei remained silent for a second.

"I understand. I'll just find you some unused paper, okay?"

"That's right. Before that, I'll fix... cough cough, I mean, once you find real blank paper, this typewriter will work properly."

"Um."

Raiden Mei felt helpless, but with the typewriter destroyed, she had no other choice but to go outside and look for some blank paper.

The scene ends here.

Chapter 289 Who did Mei talk to all night on her last night?

Raiden Mei: "Elysia, when you're creating the doll, could you add some more realistic settings to her?"

For example, someone like Klein.

Although the Fairy Elysia is cute, her act of smashing the typewriter with her staff is really a headache.

Elysia: "Really? I think it's fine as it is."

She's not Mobius, so why would she add a plausible setting to her dolls? Just think of poor Klein, who worked overtime in the Elysian Realm for a full Fifty Thousand Years.

Fifty Thousand Years —do you know how Klein spent those Fifty Thousand Years?

Bronya: "This revelation didn't provide any information and seems to have nothing to do with Elysia's death."

Sakura: "No, at least we know that the typewriter had already broken down once before this happened, but it will most likely be repaired."

Sue: "Therefore, the murderer must have known about the typewriter's existence and its functions."

She also locked the archives room door, leaving the Fairy Elysia to sleep outside the archives room for the night.

Bronya: "So, the killer had a whole night to process the evidence."

By the end of the night, practically nothing was left in the archives.

The trail through the archives had almost gone cold, so we had to start from somewhere else.

Theresa: "Wait! I remember, Fairy Elysia mentioned that there was a cat sleeping with her outside the archives that night."

Kiana: "There probably won't be another cat in the Elysian Realm, right?"

Canned Food: "Meow."

Pardofelis: "Wait, you don't suspect me, do you? I'm the last in line of the Flame-Chasers, how could you possibly suspect me, right?"

"Damn it!" Pardo thought to herself. "How come they're suspecting her of plotting against Sister Elysia?"

Theoretically speaking, shouldn't she, as the true logistics personnel among the Thirteen Flame-Chasers, be the first suspect to be ruled out?

It's all the Canned Food's fault! What was it doing outside the archives room? It even became a pillow for the Fairy Elysia!

Elysia: "Of course Pardofelis is innocent! I love her so much, how could she possibly have ill intentions towards me?"

Pardofelis: "Waaah, Sister Elysia."

Pardo was almost moved to tears, and felt a little guilty for some reason. She had picked up the jar containing Elysia from Vill-V's workshop yesterday.

She shouldn't have sold it to Sister Elysia at such a high price.

Kiana: "Pardo, what are you thinking? We mean, the Canned Food were trying to go to the archives to get supplies, but the door was locked and they couldn't get in."

Theresa: "That's why the Fairy Elysia met her at night."