Elysia felt that she couldn't keep listening any longer.
Otherwise, she feared she would never be able to look at the phrase "healthy and Uplifting" the same way again.
Better to just keep watching the story.
Now that Bianca's background had been clarified and she had gained new powers…
Next up… would be Theresa's situation outside.
And of course, the final climax where they beat up Otto.
All worth looking forward to.
In the game, after ending everything, Durandal put away the photo the giant HOMU had left for her and quickly composed herself.
After all, there was still an important battle waiting for her outside.
Just as she took out Genius and tried to locate Sumeru Mustard Seed, an incoming transmission came through.
After a brief exchange, Rita told Durandal everything that had happened outside.
Under her arrangement, Durandal waited for the right opportunity to return to reality.
And with that, this stage came to an end.
Elysia quickly clicked into the next stage, and the story perspective returned to Theresa.
Theresa had successfully broken Otto's control over the Authority of Binding and was now rapidly descending from the sky.
At this moment, her body had completely lost all sensation.
She could only vaguely feel a beam of incomparably warm white light shining down from the sky.
It reminded Theresa of an old friend—
Then, Durandal rushed out from the white light and caught her in a princess carry.
"Sorry, I was delayed a little earlier, Senior Theresa."
At this point, the audience all breathed a sigh of relief.
Theresa had been rescued by Durandal, so she should be safe now.
Since that was the case, they could start having fun with their memes.
[Rejoice! Theresa's free fall is finally coming to an end!]
[Suspect the one above is a fake fan—pretending to celebrate but taking the chance to meme.]
[Statement: Not a fake fan.]
[Don't call her 'senior'! Call her Auntie!]
[You won't even call me Auntie!]
At this time, just after landing with Theresa in her arms, Durandal activated the power of Black Abyss White Flower.
A long string of extremely chuunibyou-sounding release lines.
Apparently, this was a unique trait of Black Abyss White Flower.
"Black Abyss White Flower's release lines are really distinctive," Elysia commented.
"Probably because of its first wielder…" Hokuto speculated.
"The first wielder of Black Abyss White Flower?"
"Don't tell me you've forgotten?"
Elysia thought for a moment, then quickly recalled a scene from the Elysian Realm.
The first wielder of Black Abyss White Flower seemed to be… Elysia herself?
Then, because she thought Black Abyss White Flower wasn't cute enough, she voluntarily returned it to Fire Moth.
Before she could speak, the live chat had already started flooding the screen.
[The first wielder of Black Abyss White Flower was Elysia, but what does that have to do with these chuunibyou lines?]
"'Otto' probably means that I would think it's fun and intentionally do it that way," Elysia said thoughtfully, answering on Hokuto's behalf.
"Indeed, when you think about it, a cute and beautiful girl like Elysia appearing on the battlefield, seriously reciting such lines…
Everyone would definitely think… [Ah! Is that an angel? But why pink hair? And elf ears?] …That surprised look would be so fun to see, right?"
"And if the later wielders of Black Abyss White Flower—especially those serious girls—were to solemnly recite such chuunibyou lines… that would also be really fun~♪"
She couldn't help laughing as she said it.
And seeing Elysia's delighted expression, the audience also felt that it was perfectly reasonable for Black Abyss White Flower to have such chuunibyou release lines.
[Suddenly, everything makes sense.]
[Totally something the Fairy Lady would do.]
[Anything tied to the Fairy Lady instantly becomes joyful.]
[Yes, yes, it's great.]
In the story, Durandal used the Zero Output Level of Black Abyss White Flower to pull Theresa back from the brink of death.
Then, after a brief conversation with Seele, she split Black Abyss White Flower into two—giving the White Flower to Seele and keeping the Black Abyss for herself, preparing to head into the cathedral to stop Otto.
Kiana suddenly blocked her path.
"You came back without saying a word, and now you're planning to go fight Otto alone without saying anything again?"
Looking at Kiana in front of her…
After what happened in the Stigma Space, Durandal would always feel a strange emotion towards her.
In truth, for players, seeing the Insect Goose together on screen now was a completely different feeling from before.
First, the more they looked at the Bug and the Silly Goose, the more they thought they resembled sisters, wondering why they hadn't noticed it earlier.
Second, they now had a strong expectation: "If only the two could call each other sisters—how sweet would that be?"
Honestly, that really would be sweet.
Seeing Durandal remain silent, Kiana continued:
"Let's be clear, I still have a lot of scores to settle with that guy."
"Then you should also know what answer I'm expecting."
After a moment of silence, Durandal finally nodded in agreement.
Because she knew that even if she refused, the girl before her would still go to find Otto.
Just as the two 'sisters' reached an agreement, Black Seele suddenly jumped out and asked Durandal a rather 'serious' question—
Why did she suddenly reappear at the critical moment, and even go out of her way to change clothes?
As expected of Black Seele, who could make everyone colorblind—easily noticing something nobody else had.
[Official self-mockery.]
[As expected of Black Seele.]
[Silly Goose: Don't you also change clothes instantly all the time?]
Questioned like that, Durandal made the Kaslana family's trademark head-scratching gesture and carefully explained the whole situation to everyone.
However, to the players' disappointment, the Silly Goose didn't reveal that she herself was Kiana Kaslana.
They had been hoping to see a 'sister reunion' scene.
After hearing Durandal's explanation, Black Seele still wanted to press for more details.
But at that moment, Seele suddenly took back control of the account and apologized to Durandal.
This left Durandal completely dumbfounded.
Why did this 'Seele' in front of her seem like she had multiple personalities—acting one way at one moment, and another the next?
Goose brain overloaded.
The scene became rather chaotic.
But there was no helping it, because right now it was—
"Three bodies, four personalities, sharing two names."
Even the omniscient players couldn't help scratching their heads and saying—
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