Chat Group: Starting by Swapping Bodies with Elysia?

 "Sister Bronya…"

Although Seele had witnessed how [Bronya] had defeated the 'First Herrscher,' to a girl, the spectacle of the First Herrscher was clearly not as terrifying as the Tlaloc blocking their path home.

The tentacles that shot into the sky from the ground, the deafening roars, even after experiencing many world bubbles before being found, Seele couldn't help but feel fear towards such a huge creature.

She instinctively hugged [Bronya]'s' waist tightly—and the latter simply chuckled:

"Don't worry, Seele."

"Then—"

The silver-haired girl's lips curled into a smile, and she slowly raised an arm—the characters zero and one transformed into pink crystals. Those streams of light gathered in her hand as she raised her arm, forming an extremely bright pink sphere of light.

A large amount of Honkai energy surged into it, and in the instant it bloomed—a huge portrait appeared in this Sea of Quanta.

And the moment the portrait took shape, Su, who had been watching and ready to take action at any moment, suddenly opened his eyes.

Because the portrait was undoubtedly of a pink-haired, elegantly dressed girl, a goddess-like figure. The sun and stars surrounded her. Although there wasn't a clear face, Su recognized the protagonist in the painting at a glance.

Their former companion—Elysia.

However, the portrait was just the prelude to this move.

As the light sphere in [Bronya]s' hand floated up—the huge portrait began to break apart from a single point. And what emerged from it was a huge pink figure.

As if it had come out from the painting just now.

The 'Big White Elysia,' which Su found nostalgic, slowly raised her arm. The light sphere in her hand transformed into an arrow—and its target was Tlaloc.

Without a doubt, this arrow contained enough power to be lethal.

The Tlaloc, possessing a primal instinct, could sense the danger within, and let out a roar between snarls, attempting to resist it—at the same time, its survival instinct made it spread its tentacles, a method of self-preservation.

However, it was as if it was influenced by something. After pausing for a moment, Tlaloc gave up its attempt to dodge or flee and just stared at 'Big White Elysia,' which was aiming at it.

"Fire!"

The light arrow in Big White Elysia's hand was released and struck the Tlaloc, which was standing motionless, at lightning speed.

There was no explosion. The arrow spread out the instant it hit. Then—the huge Tlaloc paused for a moment, then vanished like burnt paper, leaving behind only scattered Honkai energy particles.

—[Elysia]'s 666 on Kevin.

Although it was just a 'virtual insurance measure' that existed in the Elysian Realm.

It was still a 'possibility' of human technology.

As long as it was adjusted accordingly, it wouldn't be a problem to use it to deal with physical enemies.

However, limited by the difference between the virtual and the real, this 666 on Kevin wasn't like the one that Vill-V had created in the Elysian Realm, which could 'delete' everything in an instant.

Of course, this didn't necessarily mean that it was much weaker than the one in the Elysian Realm.

At least when applied to individual targets, this weapon could achieve the effects of the Elysian Realm version to some extent—treating the target as an individual and then 'burning' them.

It was particularly effective when dealing with opponents such as Chi You or those that were difficult to deal with and had strong vitality.

But at the moment—

The damage it caused was clearly not limited to burning Kevin's familiar Tlaloc on a physical level.

"…"

In the depths of the Sea of Quanta, in the world bubble that was used to seal Kevin, Kevin, who sensed that his familiar had been eliminated, didn't reveal much emotion. His cold appearance didn't show any joy or sorrow.

His mind was still reflecting the portrait that he saw through Tlaloc's perspective.

Standing under the huge cherry tree, the man's mind was in turmoil.

He sighed lightly:

"Elysia…"

Afterward, there were no more obstacles.

The only problem was probably—

"Eh—?"

Looking at the portal to the Sea of Quanta Gate, which was only one step away, yet somehow, she couldn't pass through, or even if she did, she would fall back into a quantum state again, Seele was somewhat stunned.

"Idiot, didn't I tell you before? Because of that experiment, although you gained an incredible compatibility with the Sea of Quanta, you also lost the 'sine number' that maintained your existence."

"If you don't replenish this existence, even Onee-chan wouldn't be able to take you out of here." Black Seele's somewhat helpless voice sounded in her mind—the reason why she later chose to comply with Kevin's request was because only he could help them escape.

After all, the reason they were able to walk in the Sea of Quanta and escape the small black room was all because Kevin had lent them a part of his power.

"A lack of sine numbers?"

Through the authority of reason analyzed by the Herrscher of Reason, [Bronya] also seemed to understand.

He didn't mind it.

Although it was indeed a problem for ordinary people, [Bronya] at this moment was a true Herrscher of Reason!

Undoubtedly, a sine number was a type of 'reason.'

He could use 'truth' to construct human 'possibilities', and likewise, he could also use it to prove Seele's 'possibility.'

Gently touching the girl's cheek—truth slowly unleashed its power, injecting something into Seele's body.

The latter squinted her eyes, her little face flushed, like a cat being petted.

Bronya-onee's hand was so warm.

Unfortunately, this warmth came and went quickly.

Before Blue Wendy could continue to indulge in this 'warmth,' [Bronya] had already lowered his hand.

Then, he reached his hand towards her—

It was as if he was inviting her. Looking at the silver-haired girl's smiling face, Seele felt somewhat intoxicated… but after being teased by her other self in her head, she came back to her senses and quickly grabbed his hand.

The two girls held hands and stepped through the portal of the Eye of the deep.

Returning to the manifest world.

Eye of the deep wasn't worth staying in—at least those ice sculptures that Jiang Qiao had left behind… Although they were quite artistic, they probably weren't suitable for admiring. And neither the body nor the girl beside it had good impressions of the words 'under the sea.'

But returning to the surface of the sea, the fresh sea breeze, mixed with the smell of seawater, made Seele extremely excited.

Although the sea had led to her separation from her Onee-chan, Seele always loved the vast and boundless sea.

"Sister Bronya, do you remember our promise?"

"To watch the sea together?" Facing this question, [Bronya] tilted her head slightly.

He remembered the story of the Azure Sea Arc relatively clearly.

"As expected—sister Bronya hasn't forgotten."

"Then, can you keep Seele company while we watch the sea for a bit?"

Looking at the girl who was leaning against him, hugging his arm, so close that he could feel each other's warmth, the silver-haired girl hesitated briefly.

"Hmm…"

It seemed that this should be done by the body's owner, Duckie herself, who was more suited to it.

After all, this was a promise that the two of them had made.

However, Jiang Qiao thought for a moment—Duckie was probably still working hard in the Elysian Realm. Since that was the case, simply fulfilling Seele's desire to watch the sea together didn't seem like a problem. After all, this body was indeed Bronya's.

Since he had borrowed Bronya's body, he might as well do a good deed to the end!

Somewhat helpless, Jiang Qiao sighed inwardly—his business was really all-encompassing… he had to fish Blue Wendy out of the Sea of Quanta and also stand in for Duckie to accompany her and watch the sea.

Oh well, who told him to have such a good heart?

"Achoo~!"

Bronya suddenly sneezed, put down her game console, and scratched her head in confusion.

It was strange, how did she start sneezing so frequently after getting to the Elysian Realm…

Hmm… Could it be that Seele was thinking about Bronya again?

After that thought flashed through her mind, Duckie's gaze became a bit more focused—continue playing the game!

People couldn't always immerse themselves in training, like Elysia in the Elysian Realm said: even with training, you have to learn to balance it with rest.

Bronya thought there was a lot of sense in that statement—and put it into practice.

In order to train better, Duckie, she had to seriously, seriously, and seriously play her games, putting in a hundred percent of her spirit!

Seele, wait for me, Bronya will come and save you soon!

—At the moment, Miss Duckie was immersed… no, focused on clearing a two-word game called "Link", which was very famous in the Previous Era. It was clear that she was putting in a lot of effort.

Likewise, the other companions in the Elysian Realm were also working hard.

As the saying goes—if you want to do a good job, you must first sharpen your tools. The first skill that Sakura taught Mei was a specialty from her home in the Far East of the Previous Era—"Sakura Rice Balls."

But after a moment of carelessness, looking at the rice ball in Mei's hand, which was the size of a soccer ball, Sakura couldn't help but comment:

"Isn't that rice ball... a little too big?"

"Uh… it does seem so?" Mei wasn't sure—after a moment of carelessness, the rice ball just kept getting bigger…

She glanced at the rice ball in her hand. If it was this big, he probably wouldn't be able to eat it, right?... Never mind, she'd feed it to Kiana. She should like it.

—It could be seen that Miss Electro Dragon had also improved quite a bit in the Elysian Realm.

For example, her culinary skills had improved.

As her teacher, Sakura felt relieved about this.

Unlike a certain acquaintance of the past—although they had very similar characteristics, Mei's culinary talent was definitely better than that acquaintance by tenfold.

At this rate, it wouldn't take long before she would surpass her and become more skilled than her.

"Onee-chan."

A girl's voice rang in her ears, and a hint of a smile appeared on Sakura's face—looking up, it was indeed the 'suspected to be nonexistent' green Seele—Wendy.

She looked very happy after seeing her.

—Because Wendy's personality was very 'sisterly,' plus her voice was highly similar to that of Rin, the green Seele was the most liked among the new arrivals by Sakura.

And the green Seele was also someone who craved love. So, the two of them hit it off and started calling each other sisters.

By the way—Wendy had recently started learning archery from Elysia in the Elysian Realm.

The reason was that she heard that archery was very cool and elegant.

Sakura thought it was very reasonable and planned to ask Vill-V to make a bow with the same attributes as her Frost Moon Dance, to give to Wendy as a gift.

Of course, there also seemed to be something to worry about—Elysia seemed very eager to turn Wendy into a pink Seele.

…Eh, that's not bad, either?

While Sakura was examining Wendy, thinking that pink would also look good—it would also be more coordinated with herself, she heard—

"Ouch—hot hot hot!!!"

She narrowly avoided a scorching slash. The white-haired dumpling was probably the most miserable one in the Elysian Realm.

Compared to everyone else's joy, Kevin seemed never to have understood what was called work-life balance—and therefore, Kiana was still being beaten up.

Especially after getting used to the rhythm of the baseball bat and volunteered to face the Fire Sword again, the number of Kiana's deaths so far was unknown—it was estimated that it could probably cover the entire Elysian Realm.

…

Kevin: I have some things to take care of at home, I can't go back for the time being. My cousin Kiana will be staying at my place for the time being, so I'll leave it to you to take care of her.

Su: Sure, I didn't know you had such a cute cousin.

Su: Also…

Kevin: Devil Face.jpg

Looking at the chat messages with his good brother in his phone's messaging app, the white-haired girl sent a devil-face emoji over, feeling displeased—you bastard, I treated you like a bro, but you had designs on me, huh?

She was very angry, but she also felt a hint of joy in her heart—although it was quite upsetting that her good bro had designs on the female version of her, wasn't it proof that she was very charming?

Kevin knew exactly what kind of person Su was.

Even Su was charmed by her… hehe… ah, spit! I'm a man!

Realizing her joy and pride for having charmed Su, Kevin slapped her cheeks—in terms of appearance, she was a white-haired beauty with her lips pouting in displeasure… Hmm…

Feeling wary and ashamed of this thought, she was quite firm in her conviction that she was a man.

But well…

She glanced at her sister, and the girl frowned again.

Look at this, this, and this. If you said you were a man, who would believe it?

She didn't even dare to be honest with Su—after all, a perfectly fine man, turning into a beautiful girl after taking a shower… were you telling a fantasy story?

The conflicted {Kiana} had been staring at her sister… What was originally just an unintentional touch, felt as if some switch had been turned on, her body feeling like it was being shocked, a wave of sensation hitting her cerebral cortex.

At this moment, it was as if she had opened the door to a new world.

But not too long ago, Kevin was quite reserved about being a man.

She quickly grabbed her own hand—no, absolutely not! If this continued, she might open some unimaginable door!

…It's okay, it's just a touch, right? What could happen with just a touch?

Besides, this was her sister—she had transformed from her brother. If she could touch her brother, couldn't she touch her sister?

—Or are you scared?

Many thoughts swirled in her head—in the end, 'Kiana' swallowed, her smooth, fair throat visibly showing the action of her swallowing.

Just one touch—just one touch, it should be fine!

Maybe with just one touch, she would turn back!

The next day—

"Knock knock knock~"

Gently knocking on the door of Kevin's house, Su was looking forward to it, but also felt somewhat uneasy.

Out of respect for women, he had even returned Kevin's key.

—Of course, even if he hadn't returned it, now that he knew Miss {Kiana} would be staying for the day, it was impossible for Su to enter without permission. After all, if something like that happened again… Su swallowed, suppressing the unforgettable memory in his heart.

Mainly to avoid causing a bad impression. If he were to be hated… That would never do!

Soon, the door opened.

"Who is it!"

What greeted him was the half of her snow-white shoulder that was exposed as the wide shirt couldn't fully cover it—Su subconsciously glanced at it, then chanted, 'do not look at what should not be looked at, do not look at what should not be looked at' in his heart to try his best to calm himself down.

Her voice seemed a little irritable… when Su clearly saw her face, he was instantly startled.

Whoa—she had such big panda eyes.

Did she go out to be a thief last night?

That was the first thought that came to mind, but after {Kiana} weakly said 'come in,' Su somewhat nervously entered the room—he had known Kevin for so many years, and this was the first time he found it so difficult and stressful to visit his best friend's house.

The layout of the room wasn't big. The bed was a bit messy, and tissues crumpled into balls were scattered all over the floor. Seeing this mess, out of his good impression of Miss Kiana, Su frowned at once.

"Kevin, honestly, why can't you tidy up the room. It's so…"

Looking at the tissues scattered on the floor, although there wasn't a very obvious smell, he still subconsciously assumed that the terrible state of the room was the masterpiece of his best friend.

Su felt helpless—Kevin's cousin must be very embarrassed… To be living at her cousin's house, but the environment was so… unseemly.

He sighed inwardly, planning to help clean up the place when he had time, and also berate and educate his best friend on the chat app.

As for the mess being made by {Kiana}? Don't be ridiculous. She was so beautiful, it was obvious that she was a clean and tidy girl! (Definitely!)

"…"

After hearing that, {Kiana} was silent—and her cheeks turned a bit red.

This only made things more obvious for Su, and he felt even more motivated to berate his best friend.

To make such a cute cousin feel embarrassed! Kevin, oh Kevin!

Of course, the mess in the room wasn't what Su was most concerned about—and he didn't intend to talk about it too much. After all, he had to consider the feelings of the girl, plus, Kevin was her cousin.

The most frequent things she probably heard about Kevin were things like 'basketball star,' so she might have a sense of admiration for Kevin. If he revealed his best friend's shortcomings, she might be disillusioned. That wouldn't do.

Although he really wanted to criticize Kevin's habits, Su still instinctively wanted to maintain his best friend's possibly glorious image.

"Don't get me wrong, Kevin is usually very tidy—it's probably because he was in a hurry and rushed, which is why it's like this."

"Uh… yeah, probably."

Miss Kiana was stunned for a moment, then nodded with an embarrassed smile.

She couldn't say that it was her masterpiece, right?

—She should be thankful that this kid was a good friend.

Knowing Su's nature, the white-haired girl, who was convinced that Su was trying to 'clarify' things to her cousin, revealed a slightly satisfied look.

Although this guy lusted after her body, he was still a good brother.

"By the way, Miss Kiana, did you not sleep well last night?" Su finally asked the question that was bothering him. His gaze had been fixed on the panda eyes of 'Kiana'.

After being asked this, the white-haired girl was first shocked, then flustered. She hurriedly made a reasonable excuse for her dark circles:

"Ah...uh...um, yes...I've been...I've been...right, I've been having some insomnia lately!"

"Oh, is that so? Then that's perfect—I wonder if Kevin has told you that I happen to be a doctor, although I'm just an intern, I am quite capable in this field. If you don't mind, I can help you diagnose it."

Hearing that she had insomnia, Su's eyes lit up, and he proactively offered.

But this proposal immediately made the white-haired girl's eye twitch—what kind of skill did he have, she knew very well. If she let him diagnose her, who knows what he would diagnose her with, like 'kidney deficiency,' then wouldn't the reason for all the tissues be completely exposed?!

Kevin, who was best friends with Su, was very aware of his friend's skills in medicine. Not only was he studious in school, but he had also delved into the ancient Chinese methods of medicine—observing, listening, asking, and feeling the pulse.

Although he wasn't as good as the masters he had heard about, if he was touched…

No, absolutely no!!!

"Haha, no... no need... I can just take some sleeping pills. My cousin bought a lot."

Unexpectedly, Su frowned upon hearing that.

"Miss Kiana, it's better to avoid taking sleeping pills as much as possible."

Although his main focus was on modern medicine, he was a strong believer in the ancient Chinese theory that 'food supplements are better than medicine supplements'—after all, it was true that every medicine had its side effects.

The reason why Kevin was eating sleeping pills was that MEI had left after coming back. He was having psychological problems due to heartbreak, and he couldn't do anything about it other than suggest that he take sleeping pills.

But Kiana, his cousin, was talking about taking sleeping pills right away—even without having a good impression of her, as a doctor, caring for patients, and as someone who cared for Kevin's relatives, Su couldn't help but seriously correct her thinking.

"If you don't mind, please let me take a look."

"Ah… no need, really no need! I'm fine!"

"Miss Kiana, all patients say the same thing about themselves. Refusing treatment is not a good thing."

"Also, your cousin messaged me and asked me to take care of you while you're staying here."

At that moment, {Kiana} was dumbfounded.