Honkai sickness was almost incurable for this era… Of course, according to the original development, Su did survive, but that was only after extracting serum from thousands of lives to finally save him.
But at this time, there was no such thing yet.
Even for Dr. Mobius, who had some research on Honkai, it was very difficult to handle this situation.
These patients staying in the same tent as Kosma were basically given a death sentence.
“How could this be…”
Elysia covered the corner of her mouth. With her personality, it was hard to accept such a situation.
She instinctively looked at the girl beside her and spoke:
“…Jiang Qiao.”
Even the “bad” that she had angrily assigned disappeared at this moment. Faced with such a situation, Elysia only felt helpless, but she felt that perhaps Jiang Qiao might have some solution.
Although it was excessive, she always had such expectations of him.
In moments of powerlessness, it seemed only Jiang Qiao could bring her a sense of reassurance.
— This time, he still smiled comfortingly and said:
“It’s fine.”
Simple words, yet they conveyed an irreplaceable sense of trust.
And as a matter of fact, for Jiang Qiao — this really wasn’t anything difficult.
— It was just Honkai sickness.
Even without the authority of the Herrscher of Death and Rebirth, if it was just this level of ‘terminal illness,’ his portion of the Origin authority alone was sufficient to solve this problem.
After all, so-called Honkai sickness was simply because patients had been excessively invaded by Honkai energy.
With the Herrscher of Origin’s ultimate ability to manipulate Honkai, he only needed to extract the Honkai energy to make this condition no longer so deadly.
The only flaw was that this power wasn’t so remarkable in terms of healing — that was the domain of the Death and Life authority.
Pink light scattered with 【Wendy】’s raised palm, flowing into the bodies of those patients on the beds who were struggling with Honkai sickness.
Immediately after, dots of purple starlight dispersed.
The shocking purple lines on those patients gradually faded away.
And under Blanca’s astonished gaze, those starlight condensed in mid-air into a brilliant crystal flower, slowly floating into the girl’s delicate palm.
“This crystal flower can absorb the Honkai energy from patients with Honkai sickness, but it needs to periodically release the Honkai energy within it. I think you should understand how to do this, Elysia.”
Placing the crystal flower in Elysia’s hand, Jiang Qiao spoke softly.
Although Elysia couldn’t do what he did with her abilities, Miss Fatty could still handle just giving the crystal flower a little “discharge.”
“I know.”
Although she was happy, looking at the crystal flower in her hand, Elysia still couldn’t help puffing her cheeks, showing some displeasure.
Damn it, making crystal flowers is clearly Elysia’s specialty skill, and even bad Jiang Qiao’s crystal flower-making technique was taught by her, so why is this bad Jiang Qiao now better at it than me, the teacher?!
The ones he makes even come with various fancy functions, multifunctional crystal flowers… Hmph, there’s no helping it, it must be because of bad Jiang Qiao’s buggy Origin power!
Blaming the difference between herself and bad Jiang Qiao on the Origin power, Miss Elysia angrily thought:
Origin power is really a bad thing!
After Blanca left, Jiang Qiao spoke:
“I’ll leave this place to you from now on. If there are any problems, you can ask Dr. MEI and the others, or you can ask me directly.”
“…Are you going back?”
Elysia felt somewhat reluctant.
“Yes.”
“…How about we switch?”
Getting the answer, Miss Elf hesitated for a moment before speaking softly.
“What?”
“I said let’s switch!”
Elysia, with slightly red cheeks, glared at Jiang Qiao with some displeasure. This bad guy was definitely doing it on purpose! Really is bad Jiang Qiao!
“?”
“Why are you looking at me with that expression… Fine, although I’m very unwilling, it seems… this world needs you more.”
Walking out of the tent with Jiang Qiao and sitting down in a secluded place, Elysia felt that strange gaze and spoke with some exasperation, then sighed and said softly.
Although he’s a bad guy, bad Jiang Qiao is really amazing.
In the short time she was away, he had done so many things.
Even now, Elysia still only had a vague understanding of what Jiang Qiao had done, completely clueless.
Dr. MEI and the others hadn’t said anything, nor had they ever expressed any dissatisfaction with her, but Elysia could feel that they actually expected… or rather needed the appearance of 【Elysia】 more.
She would feel somewhat lonely and unwilling, but after understanding their personalities, Elysia knew — this was a necessity born from the current situation.
Like a game, what Dr. MEI and the others needed now was a teammate of the same rank who could coordinate perfectly with them, not someone to carry… Of course, it wasn’t that extreme either. With Elysia’s abilities, she couldn’t be called someone who needed carrying.
But she also knew that she really wasn’t as amazing as 【Elysia】.
No matter how hard she tried, this gap would be difficult to change.
After all, there were many things — that Elysia could never do no matter what.
— Even as the creator of the Flame-Chasers, she could only take second place, just as someone had said: she wasn’t suited to lead others.
Reality was ultimately too cruel. If they were to let the ‘fairy’ who lived in stories, yearning for beauty and fantasizing about the future, do such things, this would not only be cruel to Elysia, but also irresponsible to everyone.
Although she didn’t want to admit such a thing, it was almost like saying Elysia had lost to 【Elysia】, Elysia couldn’t let her companions suffer unnecessary hardships because of this stubbornness.
However, making such a decision was equally a torment for her heart.
Having Elysia do what 【Elysia】 should do was irresponsible to everyone in the Previous Era.
But having 【Elysia】 do what Elysia should do — wasn’t this also irresponsible to Jiang Qiao?
Entrusting the responsibility that should have been hers to others, although this was helplessness brought about by insufficient ability… no matter what, it couldn’t become a reason to shirk responsibility. At least — Elysia couldn’t feel at ease with such a reason.
Seeing the conflict in the girl’s heart before him, Jiang Qiao just smiled and said:
“You don’t need to think about these things. Just go and do what you think is right.”
All cause and effect were already predetermined.
Whether it was 【Elysia】 or Elysia.
For him, it didn’t matter.
However—
…For the upcoming itinerary, using the identity of ‘Elysia’ did seem to be more appropriate.
After all, he was going to find that person.
…