” Warm-colored light drifted down from the arched floor-to-ceiling windows on the second floor, mixing with the warm lighting from the first floor and illuminating the enormous yet empty Golden Courtyard.
And in the resting area at the very heart of this castle, a petite and adorable blue-haired girl was curled up on a sofa beside the bar counter, her bare toes unconsciously rubbing against the brown couch beneath her.
If a fellow transmigrator happened to see this scene, they would immediately recognize both the blue-haired girl on the sofa and this place.
“It’s you!
Little Griseo and the Elysian Realm!” But unfortunately, that situation would never happen, because the only transmigrator here right now was the little loli curled up on the sofa, wearing an expressionless face while inwardly feeling completely hopeless about life.
“꒪꒫꒪)…” As for why a transmigrator would feel so hopeless, it wasn’t because she had ended up somewhere dangerous.
She simply hadn’t fully accepted reality yet.
First of all, the place Griseo had transmigrated to wasn’t Honkai Impact 3rd.
The place she was currently in wasn’t the real Elysian Realm either, but rather an imitation created by her System—or more accurately, a massive special space.
And aside from this System-provided space, the world she had actually transmigrated to was Terra from Arknights next door.
With such a vast and highly flexible space provided by the System, along with its ability to let her perform Gacha Pulling and transform into female characters from Honkai Impact 3rd and Star Rail, the little loli wasn’t worried about her safety at all.
But…
Why did she have to start as Griseo?
Looking at her delicate little hands, now much smaller than before, as well as her bare feet, a trace of frustration flashed through her beautiful violet eyes.
Because the initial transformation character was selected randomly, she had no way to change it.
When she first woke up, she was already in Griseo’s form…
And she had also inherited Griseo’s memories, with her personality being influenced to some extent as well.
“꒪꒫꒪)…
There’s definitely something shady going on!
I want to be an older sister!” Thinking about her System, which had already been thoroughly marinated in Elysia’s influence, Griseo couldn’t help but complain inwardly.
Right now, forget the powerful older sisters from either game—even Adult Griseo required her to complete Missions and save up Supply Cards before she could draw her.
As if sensing the little loli’s complaints, a petite pink figure suddenly appeared before her.
At the same time, a cheerful voice shattered the castle’s silence.
[Oh my, Little Griseo still hasn’t accepted reality?
But you’re so adorable like this~] As the cheerful voice fell, Fairy Ely—or rather, the System wearing Fairy Ely’s appearance—placed the magic staff she had been carrying to one side and smilingly pinched the little loli’s cheeks.
[Cute girls should smile more often~] “You’ve completely been dyed in little sister Elysia’s colors…” Griseo complained helplessly as she looked at the Fairy Ely-shaped System before her.
[Oh my, isn’t that a good thing?
I’m obviously this adorable~] [Though if you really can’t get used to it, I can load another ELF template instead~ How about Book of Fuxi?] Hearing Griseo’s words, the System, loaded with Fairy Ely’s personality, paid no attention to the complaint and instead smiled even more brightly.
“…No thanks ꒪꒫꒪).” After a moment of thought, Griseo gently shook her head.
Strictly speaking, the little loli didn’t dislike Fairy Ely’s personality.
She just wasn’t used to all the enthusiasm and constant chatter.
As for Book of Fuxi…
It didn’t feel like a good match for her current situation.
Better to wait until she drew Fu Hua in the future.
“That sounds more like it.
Little Griseo clearly likes me very much~” After hearing the little loli’s refusal, Fairy Ely’s smile grew even brighter.
“Alright, alright.
Shouldn’t we go outside and take a look now?
Ever since the first Anchor Point was established, we still haven’t had our grand opening~” “Mm…
alright.
We really should go out and have a look.” After considering the current situation, Griseo agreed with the System’s suggestion.
Speaking of Anchor Points, this was another thing that left the little loli somewhat depressed besides her starting identity.
Though this one was entirely due to her own terrible luck, so she couldn’t really complain.
As for what an Anchor Point was, that required explaining the nature of Griseo’s System.
The System that looked and acted like Fairy Ely was actually a Desire System.
As long as the host fulfilled other people’s wishes or accepted and completed commissions, they would receive Supply Cards for drawing characters, along with System currency that could be used to purchase items in the shop.
Anchor Points, meanwhile, existed on Terra independently of the System Space while remaining connected to it.
They were fixed shops…
or perhaps buildings.
Their primary purpose was to attract customers and provide a location through which Terra’s inhabitants could contact her.
The System had gifted Griseo one Anchor Point at the start, though its location had to be randomly selected somewhere on the continent of Terra.
And with that one draw, the little loli had somehow landed herself in Trimounts, the capital of Columbia…
It wasn’t that the place was bad.
It was simply unfamiliar.
If possible, she would have preferred her first Anchor Point—or storefront—to be somewhere like Lungmen, a place that was both familiar and full of conflicts.
But since she had rolled the location herself, Griseo could only accept it.
What else was she supposed to do?
Pick up the building and move it?
Since arriving here, the little loli had been busy exploring the Elysian Realm Space and hadn’t gone outside even once.
So when Fairy Ely proposed it, she had no intention of refusing.
Having made her decision, Griseo wasted no time.
After stretching lazily while sitting on the sofa, she hopped down and walked barefoot toward the exit of the Golden Courtyard with her snow-white feet.
Fairy Ely naturally didn’t fall behind.
Grabbing her magic staff in one motion, she floated through the air and quickly followed after Griseo.
[Little Griseo, don’t walk so fast!
Wait for me~] Although the convenience of the System Space meant that Griseo could travel to any location on the continent as long as she knew its exact position, she didn’t do so.
Instead, she first used a portal to arrive at her first Anchor Point in this world—or rather, her little shop.
“꒪꒫꒪)…” Looking at the spacious little shop before her, decorated in a somewhat cute style, Griseo couldn’t help blinking her beautiful eyes.
Before she could say anything, however, Fairy Ely floating beside her spoke first, smiling as she said: [Although I feel this style suits adorable me perfectly, if Little Griseo doesn’t like it, we can redecorate it~] “Mm…
there’s no need to go through that trouble.” Griseo gently shook her head, rejecting Fairy Ely’s proposal.
She didn’t dislike the shop’s decoration.
Since her System liked it, there was no reason to change it.
Besides, compared to the cute décor, Griseo was actually more curious about the name of her shop from the outside.
Surely it wasn’t simply called Moth Who Chases the Flames, right?
Her curiosity piqued, the little loli withdrew her gaze from the interior and slowly walked toward the entrance, intending to push open the door and see what things looked like outside.
★ ★ ★ T/N: This series previously got deleted due to being scrubbed off the face of planet earth, but it made a comeback out of nowhere.
Here we go again, I suppose.