Chapter 97: Bad - Jiang - Qiao!!!
Being able to return to her own body was originally something to be happy about.
But just after returning to her body, she was sent to the confinement room by the organization for "violating the higher-ups' orders"... Elysia was having a hard time accepting this.
Before swapping back, she was still sleeping with a beautiful girl!
Being inexplicably thrown into confinement, Elysia couldn't accept this reality.
Elysia: I was grounded as soon as I returned to my body. Jiang Qiao, do you have any clues?
Elysia: @Jiang Qiao @Jiang Qiao @Jiang Qiao!!!
Elysia: Don't pretend you didn't see it, I know you're watching!!!
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Jiang Qiao: Currently in Nagazora, enjoying a delicious breakfast.
Seeing this message, a certain string in Elysia's mind snapped.
Making her take the fall and go to confinement, while he enjoyed Rita's exquisite breakfast?!
Elysia's cheeks puffed up visibly, like a certain shoe-shining fish.
Elysia: Bad - Jiang - Qiao -!
These short words contained the resentment and anger of an innocent girl.
Elysia: Let's swap back!!
Although returning to her beautiful girl's body was very gratifying, paying the price of taking the blame for someone else—no way!
Elysia wished she could immediately fly to Jiang Qiao's side and snatch back "Jiang Qiao"!
In fact, she tried to do just that.
From the previous mission to save Nagazora City, she had earned quite a few points, more than enough to exchange for a travel voucher in the chat group.
However…
—The target world has refused your visit.
The use of travel vouchers had limitations. Besides time, it also required the consent of the group members in the target world, just like a certain two-character game.
Seeing the word "refused," Elysia's eyes widened.
R-Refused?!
Elysia: You actually refused me?! Bad Jiang Qiao!!!
Elysia: A beautiful girl like me offered to come to you, and you actually refused me, I'm really going to cry!
Although Elysia had been rejected before in her life, none of them hurt her more than this rejection from Jiang Qiao.
Using her body and then not even letting her see him—
Elysia: You cold and heartless person, I will never forgive you!!!
Jiang Qiao: It's useless even if you come. My ability malfunctioned, and I'm using Kiana's body now.
Elysia: Huh?!
Not only did he swap back, but he also took another girl's body?!
Elysia understood, she understood everything. This fickle man!
Jiang Qiao: Although I want to swap back quickly, Kiana isn't willing to use the fast method, so I can only wait until the ability activates again.
Seeing this message, although Elysia was still angry, she subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
But the next message in the group made her blood pressure spike again—
Jiang Qiao: Anyway, you just stay in confinement obediently.
So Elysia still had to serve time in jail?
The pouting Elysia's eyes were filled with resentment.
Just you wait! Just you wait! Bad Jiang Qiao! If Elysia ever gets your body again, you won't get away with this!
—With Jiang Qiao and MEI keeping it a secret, the Third Eruption, in the eyes of the Fire Moth higher-ups, hadn't ended yet.
To prevent Elysia from gaining more merit, the higher-ups tried to restrain her with the order—"Elysia needs to be on standby and conserve her energy to deal with more difficult enemies," preventing her from entering the battlefield.
And Jiang Qiao's previous dispatch was recorded at the Fire Moth camp, giving the higher-ups a reason to accuse Elysia of disobeying orders and acting without authorization.
Therefore, Elysia was confined.
But this wasn't a problem, as the Third Eruption had actually ended.
Elysia continuing to appear in public would only provoke the higher-ups.
To better conceal their actions, they chose to go along with those people's wishes, temporarily avoiding the limelight and exercising patience, which was also a good way to lull them into a false sense of security.
—Of course, although Elysia's imprisonment was within Jiang Qiao's expectations, and he did intend to serve the short sentence himself, he didn't expect his ability to activate so suddenly. The Elysia who was supposed to be in confinement became the real Elysia.
This was quite helpless—they could only make Elysia suffer for a while.
"Although I saved this city before, this is the first time I've properly looked at it."
Walking side-by-side with Mei, the white-haired girl, carrying Kiana's waist bag, looked at the city scenery and sighed.
Compared to the Nagazora City of the Previous Era he had seen 50,000 years ago, this international metropolis 50,000 years later was much more prosperous.
Mei naturally couldn't understand. After all, as a native of Nagazora City, having grown up here, she didn't find the city particularly noteworthy.
But looking at the relaxed and happy smile on the white-haired girl's face, she asked a question she had always been curious about:
"Where have you been before?"
Mei had also asked Elysia this question before, and with Elysia's personality, she naturally wouldn't hide too much.
But in reality, she didn't know much either.
All she could tell Mei was—she might be from another world, similar yet completely different from this one.
It wasn't difficult for Mei to understand, but she found it very interesting.
And now, she asked the original owner of the body she was attracted to this question. Her intuition told her that she might get a more definite answer from this Elysia… or rather, Jiang Qiao.
Facing this question, the white-haired girl glanced at her.
"Are you curious?"
Completely different from the Kiana she was gradually becoming familiar with, but also unlike the Elysia she had seen before, "Kiana" had a more unfamiliar air about her. But for some reason, Mei felt a sense of nostalgia and… attraction towards this "Kiana."
"Yes, I'm curious."
Raiden Mei didn't hesitate to express her feelings so boldly. After all, she was no longer timid.
The girl stopped walking, her gaze meeting Mei's. She didn't respond for a long time, until Mei, who had mustered up her courage, started to feel uneasy. Then, the white-haired girl suddenly chuckled, her previously aloof demeanor vanishing.
She heard the other party's chuckle:
"In the distant past."