Aleph k etty to use his elemental sight, ohat could peer directly through the information dimension, to cateoing desserts i.

  Still, it brought him a weird sense of satisfauch like wheeased others.

  “Alright. I won’t tell others of this time… nor will the previous i happen again.”

  “So you are also a gentleman at times~”

  “As long as I feel like one.”

  Aleph walked behind Elysia. Her long pink hair swaying was addig to watch. There was a reason why everyone liked her.

  At some point, you will find some aspect of hers that you will like.

  “I feel your stare, mister gentleman.”

  Her soft voice rang with a joking tone.

  “It’s n to stare, no?”

  “Not when you already have many cute girls by your side.” She stopped walking and turned over to his side. “Or are you pnning to add another cute girl to the list~?”

  ‘...Why am I like this..?!’

  Numerous thoughts came to his mind. He was forced to activate Great Sage’s auxiliary skills.

  ‘I mean, there’s a reason why everyone liked her. Even iory I knew, she was the one whht everyoogether. The time after that is bleak…’

  The sed of the thirteen Fmechasers, Elysia.

  She, who was the sole Herrscher who had a human ego (in the Previous Era), was responsible for tying everyoogether. Her presen this era is signifit. Not only was she charismatic, she was also beautiful—extremely so.

  Aleph’s internal struggle was well-hidden. His expression remaihe same. After some thinking, he decided on his move.

  “What if I am?”

  “Then, I’ll tell Mei!”

  “...”

  He wore an expression of ‘You win this one’.

  In terms of rankings, the one he couldn’t tease the most was Mei, followed by Elysia. Vill-V is sitting at the bottom of this list. Even Hua is ranked higher than her sihe said middle schooler doesn’t react much to it.

  The list goes like:

  Mei>Elysia>Sakura>Hua>Mobius>Vill-V.

  With a sigh, Aleph decided to turn things around.

  “I brought a strawberry shortcake in the lounge. We might as well eat it.”

  “We?” Elysia asked as she emphasized that word.

  “sider that as my pensation from earlier.”

  The pink-haired elf turned away from him.

  “If you say so.”

  Elysia half-expected Aleph t out some jokes, but to her surprise, he did not choose to do so.

  They arrived in the lounge. Just like Mobius’ lounge, Mei has a lounge reserved for herself. It was but one of the privileges her position as the directht.

  Just then, they were surprised to see Mei standing on the ter.

  “Oh? I thought I was the only one awake.” She said as she g the two. “What brings you here?”

  “Strawberry shortcake.”Aleph replied. “Do you want one?”

  “Why not?”

  While Elysia was left to sit on the sofa, Mei stealthily went to his side. He was taking out the boxed cake when she suddenly grasped his left hand. She pyed around with his fingers for a while. Her pair of destructive ons touched his arm. It gave off a sensation simir to a pillow's, but better.

  Amidst everything, Aleph briefly froze. His gaze turned from the refrigerator to Mei’s eyes. Although she was wearing a pair of gsses, he could tell how she e.

  This was, in other terms, her first offensive.

  Aleph did not do anything else a her do as she pleased. She let go of him a mier, though the disturban his heart remained. Coupled with the thought of doing something while someone else was there…

  There’s a reason h died as a bachelor.

  By the time they sat down, even Elysia could sense something happened during the short time she left them alone.

  “Well… You two must’ve ied with Major Anna. How was it?”

  To break the silence, Aleph gave a topic to talk about.

  “Major Anna… There isn’t anything wrong with her. I didn’t think the first Herrscher I’d talk to would be normal.”

  Hearing Mei, Aleph gave a certain look at the Miss Pink Elf across them. The tter mistook it as her turn to speak.

  “Miss Anna has a lot of things on her mind. The things she unknowingly did y heavy on her shoulders.”

  “...Right.”

  Aleph recalled their battle. The only reason why he was urained was that there weren’t any other living people hem. Only the undeads and honkai beasts were the colterals to their fight.

  Moreover, there were also the effects of the other three pces struck by a major honkai eruption. It was several times worse thaold effects brought by Sirin’s sed awakening in the Current Era.

  The talks of abandoning cities were gaining more voices in Fire MOTH. If it wasn’t for the teological advas brought to the non-honkai batants, it would’ve been far worse. The equipment of soldiers with and without honkai resistance were pletely different. The strength of the tter was far worse than a soldier with a honkai on.

  “The Truth Arsenal will be officially unched several days from now. I will re-station trustworthy persoo preside over the pce.”

  Mei became serious as she expined her future pns. Their small midnight snack time was turned into a serious discussion.

  “I have a new prototype.” Aleph spoke as he looked at Elysia. “It’s simir to my suit but more pressed. You think of it as something simir to the skinsuit.”

  He introduced the model of the Valkyrie Battlesuits he created. Not only was it specialized to hold honkai energy, it also possesses the characteristics of the Current Era Battlesuits—a prototype of the Bnk Key of the Previous Era.

  With funs such as flight included, it’s far more vehan Aleph’s nuclear suits. It could withstand fights on the Emperor-css. Only specialized suits (i.e., Icarus) could mate of its features for now.

  “Before you say anything, there’s an automatic fittiure. I will also give you a manual to let you adjust it yourself.”

  “...”

  Seeing Aleph’s state simir to Mobius’ tration, the two girls couldn’t help but appreciate this side of him.

  “You know… you have a lot of simirities with Mobius.” Elysia ented.

  “Hm? That’s my first time hearing that.” Aleph replied with a bit of bewilderment.

  Just then, anaze pricked his neck.

  “That’s to be expected. They worked together for aire year. Isn’t that right, Aleph?”

  Just like that, Aleph was reminded why Mei sat oop of the hierarchy.

  *****

  A/N: A rather small fun fact. The big three of PE was Mei, Eden, and Aponia in terms of cup size (G to H if anyone wants to have an idea). The three of them got the height of 170+ timeters (which might expin them being the big three). Even Elysia or Mobius' mature version weren't a match against them. Vill-V gets a special mention since she's the fourth.

  All I say here is... the more you know.