"What's wrong, Kiana?"
After finishing her chat with Elysia, i turned and asked Kiana.
"N-Nothing."
Kiana kept tapping through the ga screen.
"I will always be here, lighting the path ahead for you."
Right after Elysia said this line, the Signet selection screen popped up in-ga.
The Signet of 「■■」.
Kiana casually selected one of the effects, and Elysia's voice ca through again.
"Have you heard the saying—'Only choices under pressure reveal a person's true self'? They also determine who she will ultimately beco."
"This is my Signet —the imprint of Elysia's soul—the proof of who I am."
In the ga, Elysia's words felt vague. Like she said a lot, and yet... nothing at all.
As if one were listening to a speech, and all they got was a speech.
Kiana paused while watching the story and pondered aloud:
"What is Elysia's Signet, really?"
"I'm curious about that too," Elysia chid in beside her.
"You don't know?" Kiana was surprised.
"Nope."
Elysia sounded visibly troubled.
"No matter how much I begged Mr. Otto, he never let slip a single detail."
"Dare I ask... what exactly do you an by begged...?"
"Well, I told him that if Elysia's curiosity didn't get satisfied, I'd turn from Miss Pink Elf into Miss Faded Elf. And even that didn't make him flinch!"
Elysia sighed dramatically:
"Sigh~~ Mr. Otto truly is a man with a heart of stone~~"
"..."
Just turning pink into faded... how is that even a big deal?
Kiana didn't get it at all. She imdiately regretted asking and changed the subject.
"By the way, why is Boss hiding Elysia's Signet? Is he planning sothing major?"
"Who knows."
Plenty of viewers were analyzing the sa thing.
They increasingly felt like there was sothing off about Elysia.
Kiana and Elysia discussed for a while but reached no conclusion, so they moved on.
"In ti, you'll understand. There's no way you'd bear to miss out on ."
In-ga, Elysia said a bunch of cute yet mystifying lines to i.
At this point, players were totally unable to grasp the deeper aning of what Elysia said.
Only after finishing the Elysian Realm story and looking back at these lines—
Would those lively and sweet quotes beco daggers stabbing their hearts.
And then...
They'd regret ever doubting her.
After the dialogue, Kiana entered a new gate.
Cleared a wave of enemies, and suddenly—
A dialogue box popped up.
The character on screen—
"Squad leader!" Kiana whispered.
Though she had expected this, the sudden appearance still surprised her.
Fu Hua's calm voice slowly flowed in:
"Nice to et you, successor. My na is Hua. This is the Signet of [Vicissitude]... I will help you understand it."
The look she gave i was completely that of a stranger.
Which made sense—
This was Hua from fifty thousand years ago.
"...Squad leader?" i murmured.
Since the battle with Schicksal—since Kiana awakened as the Herrscher of the Void—
i hadn't seen Fu Hua again.
Now, seeing that familiar face again...
She was reminded of the days at St. Freya.
Those were truly light and happy tis.
She even used to worry about Kiana's grades...
Hua: "Hmm?"
i: "..."
"It's nothing. I should have known. Thank you for your help.
We... will probably et again, right?"
She ant seeing the Fu Hua of reality again.
Even the viewers watching this felt a pang in their hearts.
"i, I don't know when you and Kiana will be able to reunite again..."
Kiana whispered with emotion.
But the Hua in the Elysian Realm misunderstood her aning.
"At the very least, you must survive until that day.
This place is far more dangerous than you think—
You must not let your guard down."
Though the two were talking past each other, their words oddly aligned.
The next mont—
The Signet of [Vicissitude] appeared.
Kiana skimd it and picked an all-damage bonus right away.
Just as she finished selecting Hua's Signet, Elysia's voice returned.
"So? Compared to everyone else's Signet..."
She glanced toward the direction Hua had left and lowered her voice:
"...Don't you think mine's better?"
Seeing Elysia act like that, i stayed frosty:
"...You don't have to keep following ."
With that, i resud clearing the map—
Like a player eager to skip the tutorial after mastering the chanics.
Later, i encountered Kevin, Sakura, and [Phyllis' Shop].
After clearing the stage, she returned to the Elysian Realm.
And the story returned to the tutorial segnt.
Naturally, the guide was still the adorable and charming Elysia.
She led i in exploring the Elysian Realm.
Right now, both for players and i, the Elysian Realm was like a fog-shrouded mystery.
Step by step, this exploration gradually cleared the fog—
As they discovered new, intriguing systems, players beca more and more drawn to the Elysian Realm.
At last—
No matter what mood you had going in—
Talking to Elysia always brought a smile.
After the tutorial, i set off once more.
Kiana was having a blast controlling her Signet-enhanced Herrscher of Thunder.
This roguelike mode really had great replay value.
It was easy to imagine many players getting hooked on the Elysian Realm.
Before she knew it, Kiana had cleared the stage again.
The story resud.
During the run, i obtained sothing strange—
A glass-like stone on fire.
She brought it to Elysia in the lounge.
Through Elysia's explanation, the [Rembrance Vessel] was unlocked.
With the [Rembrance Vessel], players could have additional dialogue with the Fla-Chasers,
And learn about their pasts... and the pain they carry.
Of course, perhaps to throw players off—
The stories introduced via the [Rembrance Vessel] often started out lighthearted.
For example, Kevin's [Rumor: Deep Chill]
Was about how he suddenly becos super popular every sumr.
You'd just be laughing at that...
And the next story would catch you off guard with a gut-wrenching twist.
But Kiana, unaware of this setup, had already been captivated by the Fla-Chasers' stories.
After unlocking a few using accumulated Flas, she was determined to keep grinding the Elysian Realm.
Just as she exited the ga interface—
The device for accessing the Elysian Realm began to act up.
Fierce, blazing flas surged—
Trying to chase after her, dragging her back into the world of mories.
i and Elysia both noticed.
After another signature quip from Elysia—
The sunny, fiery boy Kalpas appeared.
His first line?
"I have no interest in rembering the nas of the soon-to-die!"
And in battle, he kept taunting i:
"Herrscher, is this all your power amounts to?"
"Show your true strength—prove you're even worth being beaten!"
...
A classic case of a berserker who drank the wrong dicine.
Anyone eting Kalpas for the first ti would probably think he's completely insane.
Let's be honest—
There's likely no one who cos away from first contact thinking Kalpas is nice.
In the end, after a fierce battle, Kalpas exited dramatically with a cringey one-liner.
i returned to Elysia.
There, Elysia revealed sothing shocking:
In the Previous Era, there had never been a Herrscher like i—
One who retained human emotions.
Hearing that, the livestream's "Honkai scholars" perked up.
Elysia's words seed to confirm a long-standing theory—
That Herrschers with humanity only began appearing in the current era.
So the question was—why?
Could the answer lie within the Elysian Realm?
While the Honkai scholars pondered deeply, Kiana and most viewers kept watching the story intently.
To help i get along with Kalpas, Elysia gave her a book:
"...『100 Questions on the Kalpas Mask: From Beginner to Master』... author: Elysia?"
"A friendly guide to help anyone bond with Kalpas, even from zero knowledge!
Easy to follow, instantly usable.
In Fla-Chasers HQ, it's a must-read alongside the Survival Guide!"
"With this, you can confidently strike up conversation!
If you fail... don't worry, I also offer after-sales service."
[It should be called 『100 Questions on the Kalpas Mask: From Beginner to Burial』]
[Survival Guide? Sounds more like Mortality Manual.]
[Truly, the depth of Flower Language never ceases to amaze.]
[Honestly... if this were real, I'd actually want to read it. It is about Kalpas, after all.]
...
Elysia blinked as she read the comnts.
Truth was—she had written that book.
If Kalpas didn't mind, maybe she could ask Hokuto to release it as official rch.
As Elysia plotted in secret, Kiana, still playing the Elysian Realm, curiously unlocked "Rembrance of the Mad King."
Let's just say—she wasn't annoyed by these extra stories at all.
Quite the opposite—she was fascinated.
Because every Fla-Chaser...
Had such distinct personalities.
You couldn't help but want to know more.
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