Chapter 201
["I understand the situation roughly, but there's still one most crucial question—who are you?"
Elysia looked somewhat puzzled, then said with a playful tone: "Are you joking?
I introduced myself just a few minutes ago."
"Really now... Are you deliberately teasing me? How could you do such a thing to a girl you just met?"
"You have such a cute face, yet your mind is unexpectedly mischievous."
After receiving Elysia's explanation, Mei began her first exploration within the Elysian Realm. Following a battle, Mei followed the guidance and arrived at a magnificent, golden hall. On the nearby sofa, the pure and adorable Elysia smiled and greeted
Mei: "Hi~ I'm over here."
"Welcome back. Are you alright?"
Mei held her head. This being her first exploration, her memories were somewhat chaotic now, but with Elysia's help, Mei quickly sorted out her thoughts. "...Being stared at like this, I might get shy too."
"...My apologies."
Mei quickly averted her gaze from Elysia. "It's fine, I forgive you. Feeling better now?"
"Pretty much."
"Then, do you remember who I am?"]
[Kiana]: "Elysia and Mei really need some boundaries!"
[Stelle]: "Let me tell you a joke: Elysia gets shy when stared at by a beautiful girl~"
[March 7th]: "Who knows, maybe Elysia is all offense and no defense?"
[Einstein]: "In Mei's memories, at this point in time, they've already defeated the Herrscher of Dominance. That means only Corruption, Binding, and finally the Final Herrscher remain."
[Honkai·Welt]: "None of them are easy opponents. I'll be learning about the Previous Era's knowledge from World Serpent with Dr. Mobius and Dr. Vill-V next."
[Herrscher of Sentience]: "Those two... You're not going to be learning on an experiment table, are you? Welt, good luck to you."
[Mei looked at the beautiful girl on the sofa, and somehow the title "Miss Pink Elf♪" slipped out. "That's not it!"
Hearing this address, Elysia looked somewhat surprised at the seemingly honest Mei, as if meeting her for the first time: "What's that, a nickname you gave me?
So you're actually that kind of frivolous person?"
Mei realized she had misspoken and quickly explained: "...Sorry, it really isn't. For some reason, a voice in my head made me say it."
"That's dangerous, you know. That might very well be your true feelings."
"Although I don't dislike naughty girls, this joke is too sudden. Next time, read the room, okay?"]
[Elysia]: "My, my, I never expected Mei to be the type to give nicknames to someone she just met♪"
[Raiden Mei]: "I... I'm not."
[March 7th]: "Why do I get absolutely zero sense that Elysia dislikes this nickname?"
[Stelle]: "Elysia's behavior in the video is completely different from how she acts freely in the group chat. She's definitely teasing Mei, right?"
[Kiana]: "Mei~~~ If you're going to the Elysian Realm, Bronya and I will go with you!!"
[Sparkle]: "Isn't this just delivering yourselves to Elysia on a platter? Be careful or you might both end up falling into Elysia's hands too~"
[Sparkle]: "Beware of bad women~~"
["Alright then, let me introduce myself one more time."
"This time you better remember properly, okay? If you forget again, I might get a little upset."
"My name is Elysia.
As you can see, I'm a beautiful girl who lives up to my name."
"In the common language of Mu, Elysia carries the meaning of [Paradise, Elysian Realm]." "My friends call me Eli. You can use that too—it sounds cute, just like me."
Afterwards, Elysia carefully explained to Mei the existence form of the Flame-Chasers here—that this Elysian Realm is a world of memories.]
[Stelle]: "My name is Stelle, I'm an Aeon-spawn who lives up to my name!"
[Raven]: "Why is Elysia so exaggeratedly affectionate towards Raiden Mei? I never saw her when I went to the Elysian Realm."
[Black Swan]: "The Elysian Realm is a world of memories. The only truly living being inside is Miss Mei. So if a memory construct wanted to come to reality..."
[Kiana]: "Huh!?"
[Mobius]: "Heh, with just Elysia's capabilities, could she pull off such precise operations?"
[March 7th]: "So does that mean you could do it?"
[Mei wandered around the building called the Golden Courtyard, resting while also paying attention to events of the Previous Era. After resting for a while, on Elysia's suggestion, Raiden Mei began her exploration of the Elysian Realm once more.
This time, before starting, Elysia gave her own Signet to Mei. "This is..."
Raiden Mei looked somewhat confused. "Have you heard this saying before—the choices one makes under pressure reveal their true self and will ultimately determine what kind of person they become."
"Throughout my life so far, I've made choice after choice."
"They are like segmented nodes, forever engraved into my brilliant life, shining radiantly."
"This is my [Signet], the engraving of Elysia's soul, the proof of why I am me." "But having said that... showing one's true self to others can't help but make one feel a bit shy."
But Miss Mei, who didn't trust her yet, wasn't buying any of it: "If I remember correctly, you said there are memories left behind by thirteen MANTISes here. In that case, I can also go witness the choices made by others."
"That way you won't have to be shy anymore, right?"
Hearing this, Elysia's expression became pitiful: "Mei, is your way of comforting a girl to make her even sadder?"]
[Stelle]: "Someone get a Memokeeper! Record Elysia's first time being thwarted by Mei!!"
[Silver Wolf]: "Understood. Next up is witnessing with our own eyes—how Elysia slowly opens Mei's heart, how she gets gradually charmed by Elysia. @Kiana, watch closely and learn."
[March 7th]: "But, Mr. Yang, what does Miss Elysia actually want to do? Right now I can't really sense much sincerity in her tone."
[Elysia]: "I never thought March 7th would think of me like that. Doing this will make me cry, you know? Really cry♪"
[Honkai: Star Rail·Welt]: "This... I don't know everything either. What exactly happened between Mei and the Flame-Chasers in the Elysian Realm isn't very clear to me either."
[Honkai: Star Rail·Welt]: "But according to Schicksal's database records, the Elysian Realm's destruction came from the Herrscher of Corruption. As for when exactly it invaded the Realm, I'm not too sure either."
[Vill-V]: "If Corruption never left the Elysian Realm, it seems Kevin's Divine Key did its job."
Almost forgot—before the main story of the Eternal Elysium, there were still three more chapters in the Elysian Realm.