Chapter 282: Chapter 41: Hoodwinked and Limping
"Drip, drip, drip~"
Upon entering the guest hall of Elysian Realm, Luo Lin immediately heard strange noises. She turned her head and saw the sound emanating from the direction of the sofa.
There, Raven looked like she had just woken up from a nap. She stretched lazily, tapped her personal terminal to silence the alert tone.
"You're back?"
"...Did you specially install a doorbell? Or is it a detector?"
Raven rubbed her eyes. "It's an instrument installed by Mobius and Vill-V to detect your movements in and out of Elysian Realm."
Luo Lin nodded. "I see... But why were you sleeping on the sofa? Doesn't Elysian Realm have a guest room for resting?"
Raven spread her hands. "Of course, there are guest rooms, and they are quite luxurious... but I can't stay there. After all, I still have the task of monitoring your movements in Elysian Realm. I must follow you in real-time, and staying in a guest room wouldn't allow me to do that."
Luo Lin scratched her head, looking a bit embarrassed. "Then how about I get you a sleeping bag? Sleeping on the sofa seems a bit pitiful..."
Raven expressionlessly pulled out a stiff cylinder from behind the sofa. "Thanks, but no need. I already have one—this is the tent and sleeping gear given to me by World Serpent."
"Ah, this..." Setting up a tent in the guest hall seemed a bit strange, right?
Just as the mercenary and the Valkyrie looked at each other speechlessly, a voice came from the other side of the guest hall. "Miss Raven, are you here? Your package has arrived."
"There's more mail?"
Luo Lin was surprised and followed the direction of the voice to see Klein dragging a huge package from the tunnel leading to the exit of "Elysian Realm."
Raven squinted. "It should be the living supplies that World Serpent sent to me..."
After these few days of interaction, Miss Mercenary roughly understood Luo Lin's way of dealing with people, at least she didn't seem to have much aggressiveness in the "Elysian Realm" and appeared quite amiable.
She didn't hesitate to take the package, flipped her wrist, and used a flying knife to cut open the seal, revealing densely packed cans—this quantity probably treated surveillance as a long-term project.
Sharp-eyed Luo Lin also saw some beer, probably for Raven's entertainment.
"Anyway, food and drinks are not lacking..." Raven sighed, closed the package again, and put it in the corner of the guest hall. "Thank you, Klein."
"Don't mention it, it's what I should do."
Although Klein said so, her gaze couldn't move away from Selune's Elegy on Luo Lin's shoulder
Of course, the Valkyrie knew what she meant.
"Well..."
Luo Lin took down Selune's Elegy from her shoulder and pointed to Klein not far away. "Selune, why don't you help Klein? She's been working overtime for fifty thousand years. It would relieve her burden a bit, like giving someone a break..."
Upon hearing this, Klein immediately raised her head and looked at Selune's Elegy expectantly.
Selune's Elegy looked at her master in shock. "Master, you..."
"Kind-hearted Selune, I know you're the kindest~"
"But Selune is a combat ELF, a combat ELF!" The small ELF pointed to her face, emphasizing her role. "Selune is completely inept at research!"
After a moment of thought, Luo Lin changed her tone. "But arent you the dark controller, the shadow reaper, the omnipotent ELF, right? At this moment, your compatriots are bearing terrible burdens. Look at her dark eye bags, exhausted body, working overtime for fifty thousand years, not even having snacks or drinks..."
Selune's Elegy widened her eyes. "Is that true?!"
She couldn't imagine that kind of life—she would feel indescribable itching if she didn't eat snacks for one night.
"Although ELFs have the ability to convert energy from food, the efficiency is not high."
And Klein's answer further confirmed this truth.
"For convenience, I use the charging mode to quickly replenish energy and continue working."
"Gasp—"
Selune's Elegy took a sharp breath and looked at Klein with an alien gaze.
Indeed, the ELF with green hair looked tired, her hair messy, looking quite pitiful.
Luo Lin felt it was about time, so she added, "I implore your mercy, to save your compatriot drowning in suffering!"
"Ah..."
Selune's Elegy straightened up, patted her chest, and suddenly exuded an aura of fearlessness. "Saving compatriots is an obligation!"
Luo Lin immediately gestured to Klein to hurry and take Selune's Elegy away before she suddenly changed her mind.
Klein, deeply moved, said to Luo Lin, "You're a good person."
Why did she just send a good person card?
The armed ELF with green hair grabbed the hem of Selune's Elegy's clothes and led her away like dragging a balloon.
"There are maintenance facilities for ELFs in the 'Elysian Realm.' After the work is done, I can arrange a full-body massage for you... As for snacks and drinks... I'll try to get a batch from World Serpent..."
Obviously, Klein's emotional intelligence was much stronger than Mobius', as she spoke kindly to Selune's Elegy while they walked.
"So good?!" Raven watched as Selune's Elegy and Klein disappeared behind the gate of the Elysian Realm maintenance station, and her mouth twitched. "Are you sure you're not deceiving her?"
"It's better than Klein collapsing from overwork one day."
Miss Mercenary choked.
"Alright, let's go find Dr. Mobius and Dr. Vill-V now."
Luo Lin followed Raven through the numerous teleportation gates and arrived at the entrance of Mobius's laboratory.
The Valkyrie looked around and noticed something unusual. "Huh? Why does the lab look bigger than before?"
"It has indeed become bigger." Raven affirmed, "But I don't know what happened."
Mobius's voice came from the speaker next to the door. "Come in."
The two walked into the door in confusion and found that the internal structure of the laboratory was completely different from before, with almost all the equipment modified by Vill-V, leaving more or less traces of her unique style.
Fortunately, Mobius and Vill-V had worked together for many years, so they were basically used to the instruments modified by her whimsical ideas, and using them didn't feel inconvenient.
The snake-like gaze shifted from the screens full of various charts and data, locking onto the somewhat bewildered Luo Lin.
"Little white mouse, you're here quite diligently..."
"After all, I've been relatively idle lately, besides attending classes and comforting the Herrschers, there isn't much else important to do..."
Raven rubbed her ears and widened her eyes.
What did you just say about comforting what? Herrschers?
Schicksal is playing big!
The Valkyrie scratched her head. "And currently, the most important thing is the research here, which is closely related to the use of my abilities."
"Then you've come to the right place!"
Vill-V appeared from somewhere, her mechanical arms waving excitedly. "Miss Luo Lin, we've made a big discovery—about the ability you mentioned, Emotional Diffusion!"