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After a playful moment, Alicia hugged Mo Li's arm again.
It's worth mentioning that the position to Mo Li's left was originally occupied by Himeko.
But as soon as Alicia arrived, Himeko voluntarily gave up her seat to her.
"Boss~ Do you like little Airi too?"
Mo Li paused for a moment, then chuckled and nodded, "So cute, who wouldn't love them?"
"So...do you like little Ellie more, or do you like the grown-up Ellie more?"
If the old Mo Li were to answer this question, he might find it difficult.
But now, under Himeko's tutelage, he hardly needs to think about such questions anymore.
I like the real-life Alicia a little more.
"Oh my~" Upon hearing this, Alicia sat up straight in surprise, cupping her face and blushing shyly.
"That's... a really unfair comment~"
"So that's why the boss is so popular with girls!"
"Luckily I wrote this down~" As she spoke, Alicia pulled out her phone from behind her back, which showed a 20-second recording.
Mo Li: "..."
"I'll have to learn a lot from the boss from now on," Alicia said with a playful smile.
Mo Li chuckled and shook her head: "As expected of you, Alicia."
"Hmm~?" Alicia blinked her eyes, looking very cute.
Mo Li was stunned for a moment before she realized what she meant: "...Miss Pink Fairy"
Upon hearing this address, Alicia's face regained its bright smile.
……
In the game, Mei also watched this story about Alicia's childhood.
"Was she already a Herrscher at this point?"
She looks exactly like an ordinary human girl.
"【The Herald of Humanity】...this name also intrigues me."
Suddenly, Mei remembered a record she had seen in the Paradise Archives before:
"By the way, I remember that [Vostok-51] was once blocked by the Fire Moths. Could that be related to Alicia's identity?"
"Then we'll have to look around the area. Maybe we'll find some memories of the incident?" With that, Fairy Airi led Mei the way again.
Mei suddenly froze on the spot.
Seeing this, the fairy Ellie tilted her head in confusion: "What's wrong, cute human?"
"It's nothing..." Mei shook her head, then chuckled softly, "I just wanted to remark that [Alicia]... is indeed a very fitting name for her."
"Right, right, I think it's a great name too~" Fairy Airi laughed happily: "Second only to... [Fairy Airi]~"
Mei was somewhat speechless: "...Isn't that name also derived from [Alicia]?"
"Huh? Is that so? Oh no... because it was too perfect, I didn't even consider where it came from..."
Looking at the adorable fairy Airi, Mei couldn't help but chuckle, her eyes filled with deep affection...
They're absolutely adorable.
She's on par with Ellie.
……
Soon, the fairy Airi forgot about the origin of her name and continued to lead Mei in search of the "Crystal Flower" that was worth remembering.
Soon, Mei saw the memories related to that [file].
Indeed, the Fire Moth did investigate [Vostok-51].
But in the end, nothing was found out.
However, the perceptive little Ellie seemed to have noticed something.
One day, she found the woman who ran the orphanage and told her that she wanted to leave.
Perhaps, by this time, little Ellie had already realized that she was different from others, and guessed that the group of soldiers might be looking for her.
Little Ellie wanted to leave so as not to disrupt the lives of other residents in the town.
She didn't tell the orphanage's owner about her concerns, but instead made up an excuse—
She said she wanted to see the outside world and, like the protagonist in the picture book, to find the paradise at the end of the world.
"..."
The orphanage owner remained silent for a long time after hearing Xiao Aili's request, but finally smiled and agreed.
Perhaps she also noticed that little Ellie was different?
After all, the orphanage owner in the story only showed love and care for the children.
If she hadn't noticed Ellie's difference, how could she have felt comfortable letting such a young girl go on a "trip" alone?
Finally, with the gentle reminders of the orphanage's owner and amidst everyone's farewells and blessings, little Ellie shouldered her bag and embarked on her journey.
Birds sang for her, flowers bloomed for her, and even the stream and the breeze played beautiful melodies.
She took her first step toward the rising sun, climbing the highest hill in town...
Here, for the first time, she saw the city at night.
And marvel at this beautiful world.
"Wow……"
"So many lights...so many houses...so many...so many..."
She once thought that the whole world consisted of that small town.
Only now does she realize that the small town is merely a tiny speck of light in this grand picture.
Before my eyes, the lights of thousands of homes converge under the night sky, forming a magnificent picture.
"So...beautiful!"
Finally, she found the word "beautiful" among the vocabulary she had learned.
This was a heartfelt exclamation from her. The world was so beautiful that she couldn't help but be captivated by it.
She was born loving this world.
Whether it's the lush green forest you see at first glance, or the town that adopted her.
The same is true for the world before us... and so on...
"Now... it's time to go find my [Paradise]!"
……
[The picture shows little Airi.]
Chapter 378 Alicia is the embodiment of paradise
"Therefore, the anomaly detected by the Flame-Chasing Moth was not a false alarm; a Herrscher has indeed been born in [Vostok]."
"They even conducted more than one investigation, but in the end, they still couldn't detect her presence."
"And Alicia herself sensed that something was wrong, which is why she chose to leave..."
"She must have been very reluctant to leave this place, otherwise she would have left without saying goodbye during the first search."
After reading this memory, Mei felt a mix of emotions and curiosity.
I am curious about Alicia's powers.
"The first Herrscher..."
"An existence born even before the First Herrscher... Yet her actions contradicted those of all the Herrschers of that era?"
"What are her powers? And why did the [Honkai] give birth to such a special Herrscher..."
No matter how she tried to guess, she still couldn't figure it out at all, and in the end she could only laugh and shake her head.
"I always feel that anything related to Alicia is tinged with a hazy, romantic hue."
"Just like a fairy tale"
The fairy Ellie said rather smugly, "Why use 'like'? My life is, of course, a fairy tale book!"
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Upon hearing Ellie's words, Mei's lips curled into a barely perceptible smile: "Your life?"
"Aren't you some kind of fairy from the Kingdom of Celestial Music?"
Fairy Airi: "Oh dear... why are you calculating so precisely at a time like this!"
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