freenovelworld Chapter 78: Wherever there's a romantic atmosphere, there's Alicia!
Chapter 78: Wherever there's a romantic atmosphere, there's Alicia!
……
a few days ago.
"Waaah, I really want to attend the social gathering, but I'm busy with other things and just can't get away..."
Alicia complained to Mebius in a fake crying voice.
The cold-blooded giant snake rolled its eyes: "Stop pretending! I didn't invite you here!"
Alicia panicked immediately: "Huh? Dear Mebius, shouldn't you be comforting me gently and expressing your strong desire for me to participate?"
Why don't you play by the rules?
Mebius scoffed, "You're too self-important, always assuming everyone else is like you. But let me tell you, I'd be much happier if you didn't attend the social gathering!"
"Waaah~ Don't say that, hurting a girl's feelings is something only bad people do..."
Her voice sounded like she was really sad.
Möbius pursed his lips: "I once said something to someone else, and I'll say it to you now—I'm not a good person."
Actually, although that's what she said, it subtly hinted at changing the subject. Alicia keenly sensed a slight softening in Mebius's heart and immediately seized the opportunity—
"No! Mebius is so beautiful, of course she'd be a kind and gentle child like Alicia, right?"
"...(a disgusted tone)"
Möbius said, "Let's be frank. I promised Yun Fuyu that he would meet with you, and I thought you would come back for this social gathering, but you said you had something come up... Seriously, do you really have something to do? Aren't you out partying and having fun every day?"
Alicia gazed at the distant starry sky and said with a smile, "Of course it's true, Alicia would never lie to you."
Möbius: "Fine. I'll be blunt, I'm prepared to..."
Mebius set a trap, giving Seele and Yun Fuyu a perfect reason to get together. Whether they genuinely wanted to use the trap to have a date or work together to escape, the trap was an objective reality—who says only Yun Fuyu and Seele could be trapped?
What do you think of Alicia + Seele?
After listening to Mebius's plan to plant a vast grassland, Alicia turned her gaze away from the starry sky and stared blankly at her phone screen.
Mebius narrowed his eyes, his eerie green snake-like eyes looking extremely dangerous.
Don't judge her by normal standards; she's more insane than a lunatic. It's just that...lunatics aren't as rational as she is.
Alicia paused for a moment before arrogantly declaring, "I agree! I'll finish what I'm doing as soon as possible and make sure I see Seele before everyone else!"
"By the way, what are the conditions for triggering a trap?"
Mebius replied, "Honkai energy will do, but to prevent accidental activation, the threshold is relatively high."
Alicia: "It's settled then! Dear Mebius, I'll thank you later. I really have something urgent to attend to right now, so I'll have to go now, bye-bye~"
"Dudu..."
The call ended. Möbius, having completed his plan, paid no further attention to the matter. Alicia, meanwhile, stood alone, gazing at the starry sky.
"Something's wrong with this world..."
She could clearly feel it.
A chain appeared out of thin air and connected to everything in the world, attempting to pull the world back from the abyss.
A vast, swirling sea of stars, millions of years old; the ever-changing moon, waxing and waning; and the people repeatedly celebrated in stories…
Is it me?
Or... "He"?
……
……
Therefore, Alicia had already found Seele before Yun Fuyu arrived in Europe.
She openly visited Seele's destination—a research institute in Europe—and waited for Seele to arrive, then captured an adorable Seele cat on the spot!
Seele's few teammates were persuaded to leave by Alicia, who said she had something to discuss with Seele. Even without fairy ears, the pink fairy still possessed a fairy-like allure, successfully dissuading the irrelevant people from leaving, leaving herself and Seele alone in the room.
Seele was somewhat speechless: "Alicia... Sister, what's wrong now?"
Alicia closed the door, turned back to Seele and smiled gently: "I've come to save you!"
Her smile was so dazzling that Seele was even stunned for a moment until Alicia sat down next to her, at which point she came to her senses and asked, "What do you mean by 'salvation'?"
Alicia held Seele's small hand, their two blue eyes met, and her voice resonated in Seele's heart:
"Seele, can you tell me who you are?"
If Yun Fuyu were here, he might have said it outright. But Xier didn't know much. She pondered Alicia's identity, status, personality, and purpose... In the end, she just shook her head slightly and said directly, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Alicia spoke to Seele in a special way: "But the communication methods I'm using now are only effective against Herrschers."
Seele withdrew her hand in fear, her voice trembling: "Could it be... that you are a Herrscher?"
Alicia has a terrible headache.
She was almost 100% certain that Seele was one of their kind, but she wasn't sure about Seele's stance. Therefore, she dared not reveal her own identity, and consequently, she couldn't gain Seele's trust, preventing Seele from revealing her identity and stance. If Seele didn't reveal her identity and stance, Alicia wouldn't dare to reveal it to her… It was a vicious cycle.
The pink-haired girl looked at Seele with sincere eyes: "I won't hurt you. Every beautiful girl is a gift from heaven to the world. Seele, since you can step into human society and get along well with Yun Fuyu, I believe you are not an ordinary Herrscher, but a 'person' with self-awareness."
"I was abrupt just now, but please believe me, even if you really are a Herrscher, as long as you have never harmed others, I will never be your enemy."
Alicia gripped Seele's hand tightly: "That's true, but the damage the Sixth Herrscher caused in the southern border of Mu Continent still makes me uneasy. I don't know how to face the 'person' who caused all this."
This is also why Alicia is so close to Seele, yet she has never made a concerted effort to befriend her.
Otherwise, given Alicia's personality, even the most unfamiliar girl would be in the same bed with her within half a month at most! Don't underestimate her charming smile!
After finishing her serious talk, Alicia breathed a sigh of relief and put on her mischievous smile again.
"Seele, can I ask you something?"
Seele hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "...Okay."
Alicia asked, "What exactly is your relationship with that Yun Fuyu? -- Stop, don't say it's unrelated! If you two really have nothing to do with each other, I'll use every means to pursue you! I'm really smitten with a cute girl like Xiaoxi'er!"
Seele buried her head, her voice barely a whisper: "It's just... we like each other a little bit... just a tiny bit..."
(She's not telling the truth, she's just trying to avoid trouble! Absolutely!)
Because they've already made a vow never to separate. Even if that vow has a time limit of "before defeating the Honkai," but... who says a contract can't be renewed?
Hearing Seele's answer and seeing Seele's performance, Alicia couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
But she sincerely wishes everyone well, no matter who they are.
Besides, who says contracts can't be modified or that third parties can't be added? It's like how May and Kevin are a public couple, but Alicia can still bathe and sleep with May!
Hmph?~