["...Alright, alright, I'll stop teasing you."
"After all, once Mei gets her answers, she'll be leaving. I want to create [memories] with you too."
Elysia tightly hugged the megaphone in her hands, but her gaze drifted into the distance—toward an island shrouded in mystical mist on the sea, sitting at the very endpoint of her vision. "But... this is strange"
Elysia looked somewhat puzzled: "I should have already made all the preparations, so why is it still covered by [mist]?"
Mei followed Elysia's gaze and suddenly understood: "That island... so that's the [endpoint]?"
"Mhm, everything Mei wants to know about that [banquet] is stored there."
"I'm quite curious myself about what exactly happened there."
"You don't know yourself?" "Forgotten?"
Elysia placed her hands on her hips and said matter-of-factly: "I'm just a memory entity. I only know [what I want to do], not [what actually happened]."
Afterward, Elysia and Mei strolled together toward the center. Here, Elysia asked Mei what [they] truly meant. "We can only exist here—unable to touch the reality you inhabit, unable to accompany you into the future."
"After you leave this place and return to your normal, real life... you know very well that everything that happened here is just a story, a [virtual] story."
"Probably before long, you'll forget these events, forget these words, forget... our existence."
"You'll meet people better than me, or perhaps you already have. Ultimately, you have your own life to live, your own tomorrow to embrace."
"In that case, do our emotions, our thoughts, our will, our actions... truly still have meaning?"
"To you, to anyone... what do [we] mean?"
The girl looked at Mei, still smiling.]
[Kiana]: "This, this—of course I wouldn't forget you all!"
[Jing Yuan]: "Your existence here as the Flame-Chasers is the inheritance of civilization. How could the inheritance of collective will be meaningless?"
[Black Swan]: "Though I cannot witness it personally, Elysia, the memories of you Flame-Chasers are already preserved in the Garden of Recollection. We will remember forever."
[Mobius]: "Never thought Elysia could ask such a question."
[Elysia]: "What? Surprised, Dr. Mobius? I can do many things~♪"
[Pardofelis]: "Sis Elysia is amazing!!"
[Faced with this question, Mei fell into deep thought. She didn't want to casually brush off Elysia's question and prepared to seriously contemplate for a while before answering.
Elysia naturally agreed. By the time they finished this topic, it was already evening. The sky gradually darkened, but the thick mist over the island still hadn't dissipated. Thus, Elysia and Mei agreed to meet again the next morning. By then, Elysia would clear the mist so they could witness the birth and end of the 13th Herrscher together.
Some time later, Mei and Elysia parted ways, but Mei continued wandering through the Elysian Realm. She knew that by tomorrow, she would finally learn the truth she had been anticipating for so long. But after that, Mei would also have to leave the Elysian Realm, leaving her with a sense of melancholy.
From entering the Realm with extreme caution toward the Flame-Chasers to now feeling reluctant to leave thanks to Elysia's guidance—it had only been a few short days. Wanting to experience more of Elysia's memories, Mei wandered through the vast Elysian Realm and eventually encountered a familiar Flame-Chaser—Hua. During their casual conversation, Mei mentioned the formation of the Flame-Chasers, and Hua supplemented some details Elysia hadn't told Mei:
At that time, the higher-ups only approved five Flame-Chasers: Elysia, Hua, Kevin, Vill-V, and Su.
Those like Kalpas, Aponia, and others couldn't join for various reasons... As for Pardo—
Higher-ups: Pardo? Who's that? But to Elysia, the Flame-Chasers could only be called such when all thirteen members were present. So of course Elysia didn't agree.]
[Raven]: "My intuition tells me there's something completely wrong with that thick mist over the island."
[March 7th]: "Since we know the Herrscher of Corruption is hiding in the Elysian Realm, this is very likely its doing."
[Theresa]: "But... if it's the Corruption, why would it seal off the island? What's the purpose?"
[Raiden Mei]: "The secret of the 13th Herrscher—is there something 'I' shouldn't know?"
[Vill-V]: "Or perhaps the Corruption is actually targeting Elysia herself—the Kevin Kaslana Divine Key #666, the device in the Elysian Realm that could perish together with the Corruption."
[Pardofelis]: "Oh no! If that's the case, Sis Elysia is in danger!"
[In the nearby archives room, Sakura silently watched the typewriter-produced documents under moonlight, saying nothing. ......
The next day, when the appointed time with Elysia arrived, distant laughter and cheerful voices reminded Mei of Elysia.
But strangely, Mei waited for a long time without Elysia appearing—something very unusual. Even monsters had spawned in the garden.
After eliminating all the Honkai beasts as a warm-up, Mei was finally approached by a little Elf Elysia. The little Elf told Mei that Elysia had prepared many gifts on that island to properly say goodbye to Mei. Faced with the little Elf's question about whether she was willing to leave, Mei fell silent.
The current Mei had genuinely developed some reluctance to part with both Elysia and this Realm. The reason the little Elf came here was because she had locked herself out—she couldn't even enter the Elysian Realm's archives room herself despite being its administrator. Though surprised, Mei didn't probe further.
After bidding farewell to the little Elf, Mei continued waiting in the garden until even she sensed something was wrong—Elysia still hadn't returned. When Elysia never appeared, Mei began searching throughout the Realm, but in this not-so-large space, there was no trace of Elysia—not even any other Flame-Chasers could be found.
When Mei reached the marketplace, she saw Kevin and all the other Flame-Chasers gathered there with grim expressions.]
[Pardofelis]: "This isn't right—Sis Elysia isn't the type to break promises."
[March 7th]: "Something bad must have happened in the archives room too."
[Herrscher of Sentience]: "Damn Herrscher of Corruption!!"
[Su]: "I'm afraid... Elysia may have already met with misfortune."
[Stelle]: "Corruption Herrscher you **** damn bastard!!"
[Qingque]: "No... it can't be that bad, right?"
[Silver Wolf]: "With things having reached this point, what other possibility could there be? I think the video will confirm it soon."
Heh heh heh heh heh
I can't wait any longer!!