Chapter 269

As thorns close in on their wings, the caged birds become increasingly vulnerable, and their dazzling yet impractical gold will eventually be stained with blood.

Oh, the False Canary, where will you go from here?!

[Q&A begins.]

[Raiden Mei opens the door to her memories, recreating her memories with Elysia. When is the first memory that appears?]

[A: First meeting with Elysia.]

[B: The moment of battle with Elysia.]

[C: Memories of being touched on the corner by Elysia.]

[D: Days spent happily with Elysia in the Previous Era Elysian Realm.]

Elysia: "Oh my! I didn't even know that happened. I never expected Mei to be such a bold girl. I'm blushing."

Sweet and cheerful moments, laughter and all that— Elysia had never done that with any of the other Flame-Chasers.

I never expected Raiden Mei to seize the initiative; you can never truly know a person's heart just by looking at their face.

Kiana: "No! Nonsense! I don't have that memory at all!"

Unsurprisingly, Kiana lost her temper.

Such intimate things, even she hadn't done them with Raiden Mei, how could it have happened to that Pink Fox Spirit?!

It's fake, it must be fake!

Even in the Previous Era Elysian Realm, Raiden Mei and Elysia were already quite familiar with each other, and were even getting closer step by step, but they could definitely not be called intimate!

Mei, with her chuunibyou (middle Mei, is always cold and aloof; how could she possibly be close to other girls?!

At most, we might just hold hands or something...

--Click.

Even so, Kiana was still furious. Elysia and Mei holding hands and being all Mei made her angrier. Where did they put her?!

Kiana grabbed a Humo from the sofa, and Bangbang punched it twice.

Theresa: "Wait, Kiana, if you're jealous, don't take it out on Humo!"

Bronya: "You idiot Kiana, you've broken Bronya's Humo!"

The once pristine Humo burst apart under Kiana's monstrous strength, the threads at the joints snapped, and the cotton inside was exposed—a truly pitiful sight.

Theresa and Bronya couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

Kiana: "Fake is fake! The last answer is absolutely made up; it never happened!"

Chapter 437 Another First Encounter with Elysia

The only one who can truly connect with Mei is herself!

Kiana held the Humo doll high, asserting her dominance and vowing to slay the wretched Pink Fairy.

Himeko Murata: "That's true. Mei is a shy girl; she definitely wouldn't openly get close to other people."

Students these days are so strange, so open-minded.

Teacher Himeko argued with herself for a long time, but in the end, she still couldn't bring herself to say the words "stick together".

However, no one objected to Raiden Mei's shyness, after all, she is the eldest daughter of the Raiden Family and a well-bred lady of ME Corp.

Fu Hua: "I agree. We can eliminate the last answer. That leaves three answers that actually happened."

Everyone witnessed Raiden Mei's encounter with Elysia, their battle, and the incident where she had her horn touched.

Pardofelis: "I'm so envious of Sister Mei, she actually got to spar with Sister Elysia, which is practically the same as sparring with Boss Kevin!"

Raiden Mei: "I've always doubted whether that was really a fight. But your last sentence is right."

There is still no definitive conclusion regarding Elysia's strength.

It's because Elysia keeps saying that she's second best, that her fighting strength is inferior to Kevin's, and that she's a little weaker than Kevin.

Furthermore, Kevin has remained silent on the matter, offering no opinion whatsoever, so Elysia's full-power level remains a mystery to this day.

Elysia: "Mei, how could you doubt me? I'm only second. Kevin is the strongest, as we all know."

Elysia said she couldn't win; she was just a weak and beautiful girl and didn't have the strength of the other Flame-Chasers.

Theresa: "Don't think we don't know, you were originally number one! Flame-Chasers's first and second place rankings weren't determined by strength at all."

Perhaps the rankings of other Flame-Chasers are more or less related to their strength.

However, Kevin's first place was purely a joke by Elysia, and it has no reference value whatsoever.

Elysia: "Everyone, let's not worry about such trivial things. Let's see what we should choose."

Raiden Mei: "Hmm... the order in which memories appear, there's no basis for judging that, is there?"

Bronya: "No, Sister Mei, when humans recall the past, they often do so in chronological order or according to importance."

If we go by time, the first thing Raiden Mei would recall is definitely her first encounter with Elysia.

However, it is more likely that the judgment will be based on the order of importance.

For example, right now, when Raiden Mei thinks of Elysia, she immediately pictured herself being touched on the horn, and she felt so ashamed that she wanted to disappear into the ground.

Raiden Mei: "I'm very reluctant to admit it... but I guess I should choose C."

[Incorrect answer.]

The correct answer is A.

Raiden Mei: "Wrong?"

I was slightly unconvinced.

The scene of touching the corner is the most vivid in her mind, and it still replays in her brain.

[Raiden Mei receives punishment: Clean the entire St. Freya Academy.]

Raiden Mei: "Cleaning again?"

Punishment is like opening a blind box; nobody knows whether it will be a pleasant surprise or a shock.

Cleaning is no difficult task; for Miss Raiden, whose domestic skills are top-notch, it's just a routine matter.

But for the entire St. Freya Academy, it seems there's some pressure.

Theresa: "It's alright, Mei, we'll help you."

The headmaster pondered that St. Freya Academy might consider a thorough cleaning.

Kiana: "Leave all the heavy lifting to me!"

Bronya: "Idiot Kiana, all you have left is your strength. Cleaning isn't about smashing down the academy walls."

Wendy: "I... I can help too."

A group of Herrscher marched in, full of bravado and high spirits, determined to thoroughly clean up St. Freya Academy from the inside out.

"Something feels Vill-V."

Pardofelis: "I understand. So, your St. Freya Academy has fallen to the point where it's comparable to the wreckage of a battlefield?"

The cat's rant voiced the doubts that many people have.

The last time the system issued a punishment was because Vill-V and Mobius caused too much trouble, leaving behind a mess of biological viruses and drone wreckage, which prompted Fu Hua to come and clean up the mess.

Has your St. Freya Academy really come to this?

Theresa: "Slander! She's slandering us! Our St. Freya Academy is known for its cleanliness!"

Slander, utter slander!

St. Freya Academy is cleaned every day; it's filled with birdsong and fragrant flowers, lush green grass and blue skies—how could it possibly look like a battlefield?!

The academy headmaster was unconvinced, but the events on the screen were quietly unfolding at that moment.

[In the scene, a pure white light unfolds, and Raiden Mei awakens from it. Tiny specks of light flicker around her, sometimes bright, sometimes dim, and constantly shifting.]

Like a drowning person struggling towards the light, the moment their head leaves the water.

Memories flooded her mind, Raiden Mei remembered why she had come here: she wanted to find every little detail about her and Elysia, to depict it with memories, and to piece it together with longing.

Until she could replicate Elysia's image in her mind.

Before Raiden Mei appeared a huge door, which had stood there for some time, waiting for someone to open it.

"Is behind this door the memory of her that I hold in my mind?"

Raiden Mei murmured.

Before I knew it, I had been in the Previous Era Elysian Realm for a long time, and many things had happened.

She placed her hand on the door and slowly opened it.

Light enveloped Raiden Mei's vision, and memories flooded her mind like a tide, taking Raiden Mei back to a certain moment in the past.

When she opened her eyes again, Elysia was lying on the sofa, and the girl, as beautiful as a falling flower, was looking at her.

"Do you remember who I am?" Elysia asked with a smile.

Raiden Mei paused for a moment, then jokingly uttered a nickname. "Pink Fairy Miss."

"What's that? A nickname you gave me? So Mei, you're such a frivolous person?"

"Judging from your subsequent performance, you really like this title, don't you?"

Raiden Mei countered with a question, then paused before speaking again.

"Just kidding, of course I remember. It's a name everyone mentions, a person you can't avoid in anything. No one could possibly forget that."

"Elysia, as I see her, is indeed a beautiful girl who lives up to her name."

Her heart is as pure as her name.

Her every move was as dazzling as falling blossoms, as agile as a poetic bird.

Chapter 438 A Girl Like Flying Flowers

[Having met Elysia, Raiden Mei also spoke her name, and this part of the memory came to an end.]

The door opened again, and with a whirlwind of movement, her consciousness arrived at another scene.

A pink torrent danced across the sky, the energy piercing the heavens revealing the powerful strength within the girl's body. Elysia held a longbow, gazing intently at Raiden Mei.

Hi, how do I look?

Elysia nocked the arrow, her face showing no malice.

"This must be the first time I've drawn a weapon in front of you, how about it? Doesn't the bow suit me well?"

"Looking back, you were the first Flame-Chasers to stand against me."

Raiden Mei stood still, looking up at the girl above her, and they smiled at each other.

"Looking back now, that fight really wasn't even a minor skirmish; it was probably just a date for you."

It has endured a long time in the Elysian Realm, witnessed Chakravartin raging tribulations, and drawn its blade against its master in the Deep.

Raiden Mei already had a deeper understanding of the situation here.

Although Flame-Chasers, who was originally in first place, is now in second, the change in ranking does not affect her incomprehensible power at all.

Longbow, flying petals, arrows... If Elysia had been even slightly more serious here, she probably wouldn't have been able to advance any further in the Elysian Realm.

"I didn't have time to answer then. The bow does suit you very well, but I'd also love to see you use other weapons."

If Elysia really comes back, then we'll have a chance to see her, right?

Raiden Mei was filled with anticipation.

"Oh dear, I'm a little embarrassed by your praise. But compared to Kevin, I'm probably, perhaps, still a little bit weaker."

Elysia put down her longbow, scratched her cheek, and said...

As for exactly how much she meant by "a little bit," only she knows.

Theresa: "Well, Elysia, you really were just fooling us!"