Chapter 9: I Didn’t Know You Had That Kind of Interest, Elysia
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Indeed, Elysia wanted to save Nagazora City.
But she also wanted to save Raiden Mei.
“Whether it’s Nagazora City or Mei, I want to save both of them. Although it might sound greedy, this is truly what I’m thinking right now.”
“So, Mei, would you like to save this city together with me?”
At this moment, Elysia appeared incredibly radiant in Raiden Mei’s eyes. Looking at the hand extended toward her, she felt somewhat dazed.
It was as if someone in the depths of darkness had suddenly seen light.
The girl couldn’t help but wonder, even someone like herself, did she still have value worth saving? Would there still be people willing to extend their hand to her?
This must be a dream, right?
The sudden change in circumstances made Raiden Mei feel this way.
Perhaps everything was just a dream, Father hadn’t been imprisoned, she was still living a happy, ordinary life, and there was no person named Jiang Qiao.
But right now, he was there.
This wasn’t a dream!
Raiden Mei shouted this in her heart.
“…Even if you say that, there’s nothing I can help you with.”
For some reason, she suddenly found that handsome face incredibly attractive, and Raiden Mei’s cheeks turned slightly red with embarrassment.
They called her the 3rd Herrscher candidate or something, but right now she was just an ordinary girl, at most, she was a bit stronger than regular people.
She really didn’t know what she could do to help save this city.
How useless.
“I can’t do anything.”
The girl mocked herself.
Even knowing that Father had been framed and wrongfully accused, she had no power to resist.
At this moment, Raiden Mei suddenly felt some hatred toward her past self who had lived in comfort.
Why, why couldn’t she have become stronger?
“Mm— Mei can’t be so self-deprecating. In my eyes, Mei isn’t someone who can’t do anything.”
Elysia shook her head and smiled cheerfully. “Look, didn’t you make me, who was starving, stand here full of energy right now?”
“Besides, what’s wrong with being ordinary? I’m ordinary too! There’s no rule that says ordinary people can’t save others, right?”
Mei felt moved, then said with some difficulty: “I understand the logic, but could you… let go of my hand?”
The girl’s voice was as quiet as a mosquito’s buzz, and looking closely, even her ears had turned red.
The cooking girl, still an innocent young woman, couldn’t withstand Elysia’s offensive at all. What made it worse was that this Pink Elf was using Jiang Qiao’s body right now, and being approached by someone in a male form was especially devastating to a traditional Far Eastern woman like Raiden Mei.
“Hmm~ Is Mei feeling shy?”
Elysia politely but awkwardly released her grip on Mei’s hand. While secretly thinking that Mei’s skin felt really nice, she didn’t forget to continue teasing her.
“That’s not it at all!”
Raiden Mei’s face flushed red as she protested indignantly, “It’s just too hot, and you were standing too close to me, that’s all!”
This reaction immediately delighted the costumed elf, who said with a grin:
“It seems like Mei is the type of girl who isn’t very honest. Girls should be more honest to be cute.”
“But that’s okay, I really like this side of Mei too♪”
Fire Moth Base
“Achoo—”
The pink-haired girl sneezed, rubbing her reddened nose. Jiang Qiao inside was confused:
“Strange, can a Herrscher’s body catch a cold?”
He didn’t know why he kept sneezing.
“Wait, could it be that Elysia is doing something bad with my body?”
Jiang Qiao suddenly became alert.
He didn’t know if Herrschers could catch colds, but he felt that with his body in the hands of that Pink Elf, she would definitely cause some trouble.
Worried, he directly opened the chat group.
Jiang Qiao: “Are you there? How’s the progress?”
Hu Tao: “No spies here, the deal continues!”
Kyoko: “What spies?”
Yunyun: “What deal?”
Elysia: “Hmm? Did something happen while I was away?”
Looking at the chat group, Elysia was confused. She thought the others had been chatting about something and specifically checked the previous records.
Elysia: “There’s nothing here at all! You couldn’t have secretly created a small group without me, could you?”
The somewhat paranoid Miss Elf immediately thought of a relationship chart she’d seen online — how 4 college roommates in one dorm create 16 different chat groups.
Oh no, am I being excluded?
Miss Elf, who had been quite happy after winning over the cooking girl, was suddenly alarmed.
Elysia: “If you do that kind of thing, I’ll cry!”
Jiang Qiao: “There’s no such thing. I was asking about Raiden Mei’s situation. Everyone else, stop making random jokes!”
Looking at the chat group, Jiang Qiao was speechless.
How did this woman come up with so many wild ideas from just a few words?
Could this be a woman’s talent? But that’s not right!
Jiang Qiao subconsciously touched a certain part of his body, thinking that he should count as one now too, so why hadn’t he discovered this hidden skill?
And those others too, Sakura Kyoko was one thing, but her world was modern anyway. How did someone from a fantasy world and someone from a 2D game world become so skilled at chatting nonsense right after joining the group?
Jiang Qiao’s mind was full of question marks.
Elysia: “Hmm, it’s all taken care of! Mei has been convinced by me, and we’re going to save Nagazora City together!”
Elysia: “Beautiful girls teaming up to save the city, that kind of plot. Oh my, should I think of a team name?”
Sakura Kyoko: “The Bandit Duo?”
Yunyun: “Yellow Bean” (holding back laughter)
Hu Tao: “Yellow Bean” (holding back laughter)
Originally excited about thinking of a team name, Elysia puffed out her cheeks after seeing this message, looking annoyed. If she were in her original body, it would probably be cute, but in Jiang Qiao’s body…
“Mei said: I’m fine now!”
Jiang Qiao was also holding back laughter, but at the same time he was thinking about Elysia and the others’ next steps.
Whether Elysia or Raiden Mei, they were just ordinary people. Fighting alone, they might be able to handle some small fry, but against Cocolia…
Not to mention Cocolia’s Titan troops, Cocolia herself wasn’t someone two ordinary people could defeat. That crazy woman wasn’t helpless!
So, first they needed to increase their side’s combat power?
Bronya…
Jiang Qiao first thought of Cocolia’s subordinate, who had high combat ability and status, and he also knew how to turn that shorty to their side.
“No good.”
He immediately rejected this idea.
Indeed, Bronya was quite easy to turn.
Just a simple “You want to save Seele too, don’t you?” would be enough to win her over.
But Bronya at this time was an unstable time bomb.
She had Cocolia’s chip in her brain, and her every move was under that crazy woman’s control.
Turning her would be like adding a listening device to their side. Not only would it be walking into a trap, but at a critical moment, Cocolia could press a button and Ducky would turn dark. Elysia and the others would have to fight a Dark Ducky on top of everything else.
It seemed they needed to capture that tuna instead.
Just as he was establishing this new goal, he heard a teasing voice nearby:
“I never knew you had an interest in doing such things in public places. This is news to me, Elysia?”
Jiang Qiao looked over to see a green-haired woman with snake-like sharp eyes.
Her gaze fell directly on his chest. where his hand was unconsciously positioned… in a rather inappropriate gesture.
Ah, this…