“What do you mean cry-baby Elysia? I’m Elysia!”
Not ignoring the prefix, Elysia widened her eyes to express her dissatisfaction.
Could it be that in Kiana’s eyes, the way to distinguish Elysia had already become cry-baby Elysia/very reliable Elysia?!
This was something I, Elysia, would absolutely never accept!
In this world, Elysia is unique!
“Kiana is so mean! But if it’s Mei, she’d definitely be able to tell the difference between me and bad Jiang Qiao at a glance, right?”
Elysia, who had been thoroughly annoyed by Kiana, looked at Mei with somewhat expectant eyes.
She could tell that Mei’s gaze had been different from Kiana’s wavering uncertainty from the beginning, it was very clear and certain.
Obviously! Mei had recognized at first glance that she was the real Elysia!
Faced with Elysia’s eager, expectant gaze, Mei hesitated for a moment before finally responding to her expectations and nodded.
Indeed, she had noticed the difference between Elysia and 【Elysia】 from the beginning.
“See, I knew Mei was the one who understood me best. I like Mei more than Kiana!”
Like a little girl throwing a tantrum, Elysia pointed her finger and puffed out her cheeks while glaring at the white-haired fluffball.
The latter scratched her head, clearly not quite understanding.
— She hadn’t expected Elysia to like her anyway.
This might sound somewhat rude.
Though Kiana also found Elysia very cute.
But to say something that goes against her ancestors, compared to this silly super beautiful girl Elysia in front of her, Kiana might be more attracted to that handsome, reliable, highly capable, and cute Jiang Qiao version of Elysia.
Though her preferences didn’t include males, if it were Jiang Qiao wearing Elysia’s skin, the white-haired fluffball thought that would be very acceptable!
As for the pink-haired girl who was extremely excited because she had recognized her, Mei also showed a few traces of a smile.
After the previous incident with the real and fake Elysia, she had already improved and could easily distinguish between the two.
Her method for judging Elysia was — the more genuine Jiang Qiao is Jiang Qiao, the more genuine Elysia is Jiang Qiao, while the more fake Jiang Qiao is Elysia.
In summary—
Fake Elysia = Real Elysia!
This was the inequality formula that Mei had painstakingly developed to distinguish between the two!
— Good thing she didn’t ask me exactly how I recognized her.
Bronya, watching the three who were obviously very happy communicating, looked completely bewildered.
No, who is this Elysia person?
Why do these three seem so familiar with her?
Inexplicably, Ducky felt like she was being left out.
It was like the feeling when 4 people were playing a game together, but only she wasn’t participating.
…Seele, I miss you.
Having been dealt a blow, Elysia temporarily gave up on her plan to conquer beautiful girls and instead asked:
“So, where exactly is this place?”
“We’re not sure either. After Mei and I encountered strange fog, we woke up here. Bronya arrived earlier than us.”
“…This seems to be some kind of memory space. After Bronya encountered enemies and discovered their unusual nature, she chose to feign defeat to understand the enemy’s details, which is how she ended up here.”
Bronya explained her judgment about this space and how she had come to this place without blushing or showing any embarrassment.
Hearing about “feigning defeat,” Elysia’s expression became somewhat strange.
— Your feigning defeat means even Project Bunny got taken away by them?
However, she didn’t expose Ducky’s lie and just smiled as she looked at her.
Feeling somewhat panicked and uncomfortable under the stare, the very guilty Ducky continued:
“After arriving here, Bronya met that shrine maiden named Yae Sakura, then followed her to rescue a drowning person named Kallen. Then, while helping her gather herbs, we encountered the idiot Kiana and Sister Mei.”
“And then we met you.”
Kiana picked up where Bronya left off, providing an ending to the sequence of events.
“I see.”
Hearing this content, Elysia showed some understanding.
She remembered that before coming in, Jiang Qiao had told her that this battle wasn’t over yet.
Memory space… meaning they still needed to defeat something.
So, what should they do next?
Hehe, this is when I, the brilliant strategist Elysia, should step forward!
Elysia, who had always dreamed of being a female Zhuge Liang, held her chin and put on a deliberately profound expression.
This reliable appearance made the three instantly serious, thinking she had a plan, and they hurriedly asked:
“Elysia, what should we do next?”
“Uh… how about we set the mountain on fire?”
Having racked her brain at high speed but coming up with absolutely no ideas, Elysia glanced at the mountain of Yae Village and instinctively proposed this solution.
“?!”
The gazes of the three instantly changed to skepticism.
Bronya was also somewhat speechless at this suggestion from the unfamiliar girl:
“Are you serious?”
Well.
This plan actually didn’t seem impossible — on the contrary, it was extremely feasible.
Since this was a memory space, if they destroyed the space, the mastermind behind it would have nowhere to hide, right?
But this method felt very familiar, really familiar.
Simple, crude, direct, and effective.
Someone would definitely give it a thumbs up if they saw it.
“Never mind.”
As the proposer of the plan, Elysia was the first to reject this operation.
She wanted to be a female Zhuge Liang, but she wanted to be the kind with brilliant strategies, not the kind who would set fires like the real “female Zhuge Liang.”
Even knowing that this world was merely a world of memories, seeing those vivid faces and that cute girl named Yae Sakura, Elysia really couldn’t bring herself to set the mountain on fire.
Sniffing her nose, Elysia frowned and asked with some confusion:
“Speaking of which, do you smell something strange?”
“Something strange?”
“There’s no strange smell… wait, there really is! I know this smell, it’s something burning! When my stinking old man used to cook with Judgment of Shamash, he’d make the house smell like this every day!”
“Wait, something burning…”
The few who had realized what was happening suddenly looked toward the direction from which the smell was coming, only to see thick smoke already rising above the small town.