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Mei: "...Aren't you Yingjie? Just take care of it."
Paddo was on the verge of tears: "I told you, I'm not good at fighting!"
……
See? See? Still hiding your shortcomings.
You little kitten, you're getting addicted to pretending, huh?
【Mei, don't believe her! That little kitten is definitely not a kind soul!】
……
The chat was buzzing with activity, but Kiana had no time to pay attention.
After defeating these monsters, another dialog box popped up in the game.
"...I'm sorry, Paddo, I didn't expect...you really..."
"...Mei-nee, you don't think...I'm hiding my strength, do you..." Pado was panting heavily, clearly having expended a lot of energy while fleeing around.
Mei nodded silently.
Pado: "..."
Upon seeing this, both Kiana and the viewers in the live stream were somewhat uncertain.
Even if a fusion warrior is weak, it's impossible for them to be unable to defeat a few small monsters, right?
Otherwise, what merit or ability would she have to preserve her memory in Paradise and be called one of the "Thirteen Heroes" along with Kevin and others?
Hmm... now that I think about it, everything seems to make sense.
Pado is still pretending!! She's definitely faking it!
……
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Just as the players were discussing, the game screen suddenly changed.
A lovely girl with blue hair and bare feet, wearing a white dress, appears in the picture.
She held a paintbrush and a palette in her hand, and turned her head to look at me.
The game's music also shifted at this point to a tune that was... somewhat childlike, yet also revealed a hint of loneliness.
"Sister Pado...and..."
Padre gave an awkward laugh: "Haha...long time no see, little Greta~"
Kiana was also seeing Gretchen's character in the game for the first time, and her curiosity was overflowing.
"Hey~ Greta is here~"
……
In the game, Gretchen looks to be only eleven or twelve years old, delicate and frail, and doesn't seem to have any fighting ability at all.
At this moment, the barrage of comments surged wildly.
【hoooo~~】
So cute!! I really want to pick her up and pat her head QAQ
I really want a little girl's feet to step on my face!
[The upstairs turtle houses a barbershop!]
[But to be fair, did our previous civilization really stoop so low as to send such young girls to the battlefield?]
[Speaking of which... is it possible that... fusion warriors aren't necessarily very strong?]
Isn't Gretchen adorable? And isn't the snake adorable too? How about a man-made collapse?
Originally, many players were about to dispel their doubts about Pado's combat strength, but after seeing [Man-made Collapse] and [Snake], they immediately became doubtful again.
……
With Pado's introduction, Mei finally realized that the blue-haired little girl in front of her was actually the heroine known as [Gresh]!
This is way too small...
"Although I had anticipated that this [Gresh] would be quite young, but... is such a young child really going to the battlefield?"
Thinking this, Mei's gaze towards Gretchen softened considerably.
She paused for a moment before speaking softly, "...Hello, Gretchen, my name is Raiden Mei."
Gretchen stared blankly at Mei, then blurted out something completely nonsensical: "My favorite color..."
Meiyi: "?"
"Are you... asking about my favorite colors? Let me think... it should be orange, and red too."
At this moment, Mei's aura had almost completely subsided, and she no longer had the domineering attitude she had when facing others.
When she's with Gretchen, she seems to transform back into the gentle, child-friendly, and cook-loving Mei she used to be.
But before Mei and Gretchen could chat for long, Kosmo noticed the commotion.
"Who is there?"
"Ahhhhhh! What a coincidence, haha... You... you're here for a walk too?"
Upon hearing Kosmo's voice, Pado was startled and stammered, clearly terrified.
Mei, however, remained calm and nodded to Kosmo indifferently: "Hello, Kosmo."
Kosmo: "..."
He just quietly looked at Mei, then turned to look at Pado, his expression changing slightly from time to time.
Mei waited for him to speak, but Kosmo remained silent for a long time.
Meiyi: "..."
Pado: "..."
The group looked at each other in silence for a long time.
In the end, Mei had no choice but to look at Paddo helplessly: "Paddo, can you do me a favor?"
She meant for Pado to translate the hidden meaning behind Kosmo's subtle facial expression.
"Oh...right, I almost forgot..."
Pado cleared her throat and, mimicking Kosmo's tone, said in a serious voice, "Raiden Mei...? Why is she here... Oh, it's Pado."
Mei was astonished to see Pado translating for her in such a serious manner.
Is Alicia's book, "One Hundred Questions for Silent Boys," really useful?
Kosmo: "..."
His expression changed slightly.
Then, Pado translated in Kosmo's tone: "...I can't say anything in front of Gretsch, so I'll just turn a blind eye for now, but..."
At this moment, Gretchen spoke to Kosmo, "Come with me to the main hall, Kosmo. I think... I've had some new inspiration."
"So, I want to go back once, and Kosmo will come with me."
Kosmo's expression changed: "..."
Paddy quickly translated, "Gresh... she actually said that? What just happened..."
……
[Hahaha...Paddo...]
[So... so "One Hundred Questions About the Mask of a Thousand Calamities" and "One Hundred Questions About the Silent Boy" are actually useful?]
Could it be... that Pado just translated it wrong?
[But the plot is actually quite funny, haha...]
There are hardly any normal people in this paradise (facepalm)
……
At this moment, Kosmo's gaze fell on Mei again.
Unlike before, this time the voice in the game is actually Kosmo's own inner thoughts, not translated by Pado.
(Raiden Mei... She's been searching for a way to enter the deepest depths. What's her purpose? Aponia?)
(Should I remind her that she's been targeted for a while now?)
(But if all of this is within Aponia's "view", then the warning is meaningless.)
(If we don't do anything unnecessary and just let her be, she might give up on her own... That would be better for her.)
(...)
(Never mind, let's just not say anything.)
Pado: "..."