Praising a girl for being impressive was no better than simply calling her cute.
Elysia was exactly the kind of girl who carried cuteness through to the very end.
Take the little dress she was wearing... Shi Hen seriously suspected that she had used the Flame-Chaser privileges to cheat. Otherwise, there was no reason for his Honkai Energy constructs to have been completely destroyed while her dress remained spotless, without even a speck of dust on it.
"Really? Then do you like me a little more now?"
Leaning forward slightly, Elysia asked with a smile.
"No." Glancing at the sinful fullness before the girl's chest, Shi Hen looked away and said coldly, "I already like Elysia very much. It can't increase any further."
For the sake of the dance they had shared, he would say something against his heart... no, something sincere.
Elysia really was very likable.
"Thank you, I'm very happy." Hearing the youth's words, Elysia immediately laughed happily. "But you mustn't casually say things like that to other girls."
The youth was cute too, and very easy to like.
But not every girl had such an all-powerful maiden's heart as hers.
Or, simply put, thick skin.
"..."
Looking at a certain someone who had recklessly played the Sea King in the Previous Civilization, Shi Hen pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Being with you really makes me happy." With light steps, Elysia came before the youth. Looking directly into the boy's deep, dark eyes, a trace of loss appeared on her face. "But in the end, you still have to leave, don't you?"
She belonged to an unchangeable past, while the youth would continue to carve out the future.
"This world is still waiting for me to save it."
Tilting his head up slightly, Shi Hen spoke with