A beautiful cherry blossom forest, scattered cherry blossom petals, a neat round table…
The mellow golden liquor had taken on an extra romantic hue from the pink of the cherry blossoms. A beautiful and lovely girl had been waiting here for her best friend for a long time.
"Aponia, you're late this time ♪" The pink-haired beauty raised her glass, then let the sweet liquor wet her pink lips.
Sitting behind the table, Elysia wore the pure white veil that Eden had designed for her. Aside from an unnaturally flushed, exquisite face, she was no different from the Aponia in her memory.
To her right, the elegant artist Eden sat with dignity, her lower body hidden beneath the table.
Around the round table, adorned only with a bouquet of flowers and a few wine glasses, three benches were neatly arranged, sprinkled with scattered petals.
Undoubtedly, these seats were prepared for Aponia, Mobius, and Vill-V.
To meet her good friends again, Elysia had been waiting here with her dear Eden for a long time.
As for that terrifying Inner World Protagonist… Aponia felt he probably wasn't under the table right now.
"Sorry, Eli, for making you wait."
The holy nun was poised and graceful. She pulled out a chair and sat down, forming a triangle with the other two beauties.
Perhaps in Elysia and Eden's plan, Mobius and Vill-V were never meant to appear here at all.
And that was indeed the case.
Aponia raised her glass: "Come, let's toast to our reunion."
*Clink—!*
The crystal glasses chimed lightly, kicking off the girls' wonderful gathering.
Fifty-five thousand years in the Elysian Realm—not short, but very long.
Even married couples have the seven-year itch. It was normal for members of the Elysian Realm not to see each other for centuries.
Of course, social butterflies like Elysia were an exception. Besides flirting with the beautiful girls of the outside world, her favorite thing to do was to visit others in the Realm and maintain relationships.
Elysia: "That's right, our last gathering was already ten years ago ♪"
"Time flies so fast. In the blink of an eye, I'm about to become a haggard old woman."
The pink-haired beauty sighed. Despite her stunning appearance, her delicate face full of collagen and without a single wrinkle at the corners of her eyes, she was lamenting her age.
Eden put down her wine glass, her expression gentle: "Eli, you're so cute, why do you need to worry about your age?"
"And even if your age keeps increasing, there will always be handsome boys who like you."
The artist's demeanor was elegant, and she looked at Elysia with eyes full of gentleness.
But it made Elysia pout coquettishly: "Eden, you're the one. You're so gentle, generous, beautiful, and elegant. There must be boys who would drool over your body."
The wine-red-haired woman's eyes rippled like water, and a blush like clouds and mist began to rise on her exquisite face: "Maybe there's a little pervert holding me right now, up to some little tricks."
As if joking, the elegant and dignified artist said something quite remarkable.
In a girls-only setting, the topics of conversation are generally more open, and even their jokes are often tinged with color.
In the past, Eden would often share with them some strange anecdotes from the Previous Era's entertainment circle.
A famous actress sleeping with the entire crew, a well-known singer writhing on stage with a little toy, a certain male star being versatile…
The list goes on and on.
Even making jokes about herself like this happened from time to time.
But today, with an Inner World Protagonist having entered the Elysian Realm, the meaning was completely different.
She, Aponia, had the ability to prophesize, and little Griseo's paintings were not without it either.
The holy nun interjected: "With Eden's beauty, that's only to be expected, isn't it?"
As she spoke, Aponia performed a maneuver difficult for a man, crossing her legs and squeezing the smooth, beautiful flesh into layers of waves.
Elysia: "That's right, our dear Eden is so beautiful and elegant, and exudes an air of wealth."
"If I were a boy, I would have already picked Eden up and kissed her fiercely."
As she spoke, the girl's delicate face took on a blush similar to Eden's, for reasons unknown.
The Elysian Realm's benefactor's eyes were hazy, like a rich woman who had just been serenaded about wealth and forbearance by a young idol: "If it's Eli's little boyfriend, I might consider it."
"After all, Eli is so cute. A boy who can charm you must possess extraordinary power."
A gentle breeze from nowhere stirred the beautiful girl's pink hair. Elysia's charming eyes were filled with reproach: "Eden, I treat you so well, yet you wanted to conspire with Mobius and the others to frame me."
"Could you bear to see a beautiful girl like me become tainted at the hands of those two evil people?"
"Eden, you're so cruel ♪" After the reproachful expression came the appearance of being on the verge of tears, which would evoke pity in anyone.
A beautiful girl like Elysia had a charm that was lethal to both men and women. Even a worldly-wise star like Eden found it hard to resist.
No wonder even a proud genius like Mobius would fall for Elysia's charms.
However…
"Eli, wasn't it you who wanted to be with me forever, so you held my hands, giving your boyfriend the opportunity to take liberties with me?"
The artist's tone held a hint of blame.
Indeed, if Elysia hadn't taken the initiative to restrain Eden's resistance, the Elysian Realm's benefactor would not have been so easily taken by the Inner World Protagonist.
It should be known that among The Thirteen Flame-Chasers, the one who seemed the craziest was Kalpas, but Eden in battle was no less crazed than Kalpas.
Elegance and beauty were just one of Eden's facets; passion and madness were her suppressed nature.
But on this point, Elysia felt no guilt.
The girl's tone suddenly became tinged with a bit of resentment.
Elysia tugged at the pure white gauze dress on her body, which seemed ordinary but was actually no different from a tentacle suit. Her exquisite face was filled with a blush from an unknown source.
"If it weren't for this dress you gave me, Eden, I wouldn't have been taken by that bad guy."
"My dear Eden, I thought you were my best friend for life, but it turns out you're the woman who wants to be my mother."
"You're so bad!"
Indeed, if it weren't for Eden's assistance, which synchronized Elysia's senses with Vill-V's, Elysia would absolutely not have ended up in this state.
Although she wasn't confident she could escape from Jizo Mitama's grasp, she could at least use her green-tea-bitch words to manipulate the Inner World Protagonist, who still had a bottom line.
But she didn't expect the effect of this dress to be so outstanding, directly making Elysia lose all face, leaving her with no choice but to let it all go.
The idea of getting revenge on Eden also arose from this.
Upon hearing this, Eden's face was filled with apology: "Eli, I'm sorry about this."
"I thought Mobius and Vill-V would pull some tricks, but I didn't expect them to go this far."
She couldn't help it. She didn't know about Vill-V and Mobius's previous encounter, and she couldn't detect the tricks the two genius scientists had played.
The four people who had gathered together at that time all had their own ulterior motives, only finding common ground in their target, Elysia. The two genius scientists even communicated using a large amount of coded language.
Even Aponia only learned that Vill-V and Mobius carried little toys with them after Mobius became a thousand-fold strong, which was a real eye-opener for the pure nun.
Aponia interjected: "This matter is my fault. If I hadn't wanted to protect Griseo's safety, none of this would have happened."
The designated scapegoat of the Elysian Realm played her part, but Elysia was still not very satisfied.
"Aponia, you're so biased~~"
The pink-haired beauty was about to continue scolding her best friend when a trembling sensation suddenly ran through her body, making Elysia's eyes glaze over.
Was it that Vill-V who had activated the function of this dress again, or was it that innately evil Inner World Protagonist at work…
Elysia didn't know, but she had to endure!
If she made a fool of herself in front of her best friends, today's events would become one of the things they would use to laugh at her.
Even if everyone knew, she had to endure!
Hot air escaped from her pink lips. Elysia forced herself to calm down, with only a slight, imperceptible tremor in her voice: "Griseo is our treasure. How could I let you monopolize little Griseo?"
"No, it's the now grown-up Griseo."
The uninformed Eden was a little surprised, the wet feeling not hindering her thoughts: "Is it the Griseo who is with Kevin and the others?"
She still didn't know about Griseo's experience.
"Mmm."
The nun's expression was a little worried. "Griseo accepted the mission to carry out Project ARK. She intended to preserve a spark of hope for this era, but unexpectedly, she encountered an enemy in the depths of the starry sky."
Elysia's trembling voice appeared again: "It seems Eden still doesn't know."
"Our beloved Griseo has grown into a reliable adult in this era, but unexpectedly, while helping Kevin and the others, she met a bad woman and is now imprisoned in the depths of the starry sky."
"If we want to free Griseo, we can only ask for help from that outsider."
Although she could learn about some situations through prophecy, she didn't have the ability to change the present.
To free Griseo from the clutches of the bad woman, only Brian, who was currently a Herrscher and knew the situation, could do it.
The light of righteousness shone on Aponia's face, the light of the Mark of Conquest shone on Eden's leg.
She hadn't expected that Elysia and Aponia's self-sacrifice would have such a sacred purpose.
She had thought it was just to protect the Griseo in the Elysian Realm from harm, but it turned out that the Griseo in the real world was also involved.
It was truly unexpected.
But, in this way, the Mark of Conquest on her inner thigh seemed even more valuable.
"Then what do you plan to do, Aponia? You also know that we are unable to help Griseo now."
This sentence seemed like an ordinary question, but to the three who were well aware of the situation, it was a clear hint.
Too shy to bring it up directly, Eden knew of only one way to help Griseo.
Data constructs cannot leave the Elysian Realm, and the Kevin of the real world doesn't know where the bad woman who trapped Griseo is.
The only way is to ask that Herrscher for help, to help the current Griseo.
As for whether he would make a move on the grown-up Griseo…
Wasn't that a matter of course?
She was already the mother of seven children, which just happened to satisfy that guy's desire to be a cuckolder.
Coupled with the sacrifices of the three of them, it would be enough to create an opportunity for Griseo to regain her freedom.
Aponia: "I am willing to give my all to ask for his help."
The tablecloth on Elysia's side swayed gently. The beautiful girl slid her voluptuous thigh into the darkness under the table, her eyes hazy.
"Since Aponia has already made a decision, then I, as her younger sister, certainly can't watch our little Griseo be bullied by a despicable bad woman. So count me in."
"After all, who made me your inseparable best sister for life?"
Elysia raised the glass in front of her. Pink crystals appeared out of thin air, holding Eden's treasured fine wine and filling the glasses for all three. "Come, let's toast to Griseo's future!"
*Clink—!*
With a light sound, the three beautiful girls of different styles drained the wine in their glasses, an alluring blush spreading across their exquisite faces.
The topic was now out in the open, and it carried a slightly heavy tone.
The three of them were well aware of each other's situations, and there was nothing to hide.
Elysia said, "Since we've all decided to save little Griseo, I think it's time for our male lead to make his entrance."
At these words, Aponia's gaze couldn't help but drift under the table.
The man who could both save her and plunge her into the abyss… could he really be hiding under this table?
The distracted nun came back to her senses to see a man had appeared between Elysia and Eden at some point.
His hands disappeared behind the two girls, causing Elysia and Eden to let out long nasal hums and shoot him a reproachful look.
To do such things to them in front of their best friend was truly too bold.
But since Aponia was already this guy's meal, and she already knew about Mobius and Vill-V's situation, there was nothing to hide.
"Miss Aponia, you should know what you will have to pay, right?"
The dignified nun clasped her hands in prayer, her voluptuous legs tightly closed under her habit that was slit to the waist.
Aponia prayed to the gods in the heavens: "God, forgive my sins!"
Then: "This is a necessary sacrifice to save Griseo!"
The light of righteousness shone on her face, the light of the Mark of Conquest shone on her body.
Young Brian looked at Elysia: "She betrayed you before. Have you thought of any punishment for her?"
Eden: "Death penalty! To be carried out immediately!"
Elysia: "No, to be carried out repeatedly!"
Elysia and Eden were already limp, and in the ambiguous atmosphere, Aponia couldn't help but breathe heavily.
Elysia wore a wedding dress that could empathize with Vill-V, Eden carried a little toy of unknown multiplier, and she herself was being played with by the Inner World Protagonist.
All three of them had a beautiful future!
"I… am guilty!"
God, forgive my impurity!
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