Chat Group: Starting by Swapping Bodies with Elysia?

Honkai, Herrschers—Elysia used simple and easy-to-understand terms to explain these hidden dark sides of the world to Raiden Mei, who, until an hour ago, was just an ordinary person.

In this regard, there wasn't much difference between the Previous Era and modern times.

But for Mei herself, who had just learned about this information, it was like a bolt of lightning out of the blue.

The world suddenly became so unfamiliar. Was this really how the world was?

Raiden Ryoma had truly taken good care of his precious daughter. Even though he was an executor of Anti-Entropy himself, Raiden Mei, as the daughter of an executor, was completely unaware of the truth of the world.

If it hadn't been for Cocolia's conspiracy and Elysia's appearance, this girl might have been able to live happily, like before, for a long time.

But the past was gone. The trajectory of fate had destined that the girl named Raiden Mei could not continue to live a normal, happy life.

"…"

At that moment, upon learning that she was the vessel for the Third Herrscher, Raiden Mei's face turned deathly pale.

Why did it have to be like this?

She had imagined that after losing her father and her life turning gray, she could become a warrior of a mysterious organization, like in manga and movies, and fight for justice or something else to find the meaning of her life.

But, this truth had shattered her illusions.

Not only could she not become the person she had dreamed of, but her very existence could become the cause of the city's destruction.

"If that's the case, then I should just die, right?"

The tearful girl picked up a pair of scissors from the side, and pointed the sharp blades towards her white throat.

This sudden turn of events caught Elysia, who had planned to give Mei some time to process the new information, completely off guard:

"Eh… eh?!"

In another world.

"Achoo—!"

Sakura Kyouko, rubbing her red nose, felt a little strange. Why was she feeling so uneasy?

Could it be that Mami was badmouthing her?

"Wait! Wait!"

The early version of the pink fatty, who had never expected things to develop like this, completely panicked. She frantically raised her hands and waved them, saying anxiously:

"Put down the scissors! Just put down the scissors!"

"If I die, then Nagazora City will be safe, right? Anyway, my life is already a mess! Wasn't that your intention for coming to find me?"

Raiden Mei, who had gone into an extremist state, was completely unwilling to listen to reason. She even mistook Elysia as a member of some mysterious organization that was trying to eliminate her to protect the city.

"Huh—?"

Elysia's eyes spun in circles. She was so stunned by this, it felt like her CPU was fried.

There was no other choice but to ask her group members for help!

Elysia: Help, help! Mei has given up and is trying to commit suicide!

Yunyun: S-Suicide?!

Yunyun, in the tavern, also started to feel dizzy the moment she saw this message.

Hu Tao: Taking one's own life is not good! Absolutely not!

The ever-smiling Hu Tao couldn't help but get serious. She was very concerned with life and death. Even if it was someone in another world that she didn't know, she wouldn't want them to do something so foolish.

Sakura Kyouko: Huh? Is she that stupid?

Casually biting into a delicious Taiyaki, the red-haired girl was speechless, she didn't know how to evaluate that person named Raiden Mei.

She hadn't even thought about taking her own life, despite her own miserable life!

Elysia: Stop with the nonsense! Just give me some advice!

Seeing that her group members didn't have anything useful to say, the fairy was close to tears.

Elysia: @Jiang Qiao Jiang, my dear Jiang Qiao, I know you must have a solution!

Jiang Qiao, who had just finished his lunch, also felt a bit defeated when he saw the message.

What in the world did you do?

How did someone he asked to find end up wanting to commit suicide by evening?

He didn't remember the pink fatty having this kind of attribute!

Even Detective Conan would take a step back.

He would have been better off doing it himself!

"Alright, you should do this…"

Although he was very confused, a life was at stake, and Jiang Qiao didn't want the cook to die prematurely.

If something really happened, the rest would be a mess.

If the cook was missing from the three main characters, the original storyline wouldn't happen. He didn't want to become a puddle of orange juice!

Elysia, who had been taught the method, was a bit skeptical as to whether it would work, but in the current situation, she had no other choice but to try it.

"Wait, Mei!"

After a moment of preparation, she suddenly spoke:

"You don't want anything to happen to your father, right?"

At that moment, the somewhat broken Raiden Mei stopped her actions.

Okay, you're just targeting Far Eastern women, huh?

You wait, I'll just die to show you. Far Eastern women don't get threatened—

"And even if you die, you won't be able to change anything."

A two-hit combo.

"Since Raiden Mei's actions were motivated by a loss of self-worth and a sense of responsibility for Nagazora City, we just need to give her a will to live and erase her desire to end it all!"

That was the method that Jiang Qiao told Elysia.

As for how she would convince Raiden Mei, that had nothing to do with him. That was something Elysia could do by instinct.

But, it was surprisingly effective.

Mei loosened her grip on the scissors, and a faint trace of blood could be seen on her white neck. Fortunately, no arteries had been damaged.

Elysia quickly snatched the scissors and breathed a sigh of relief.

That was close.

"What do you mean by that?"

Raiden Mei moved closer to Elysia, looking very agitated.

She had indeed thought of ending it all to make things easier.

But, the other person had mentioned her father and had also eliminated her desire to die. This had made Mei, who originally didn't want to die and had a strong desire to live, abandon her suicidal thoughts and instead feel a sense of urgency.

"Your father, Raiden Ryoma, was actually framed and plotted against."

Elysia didn't know the details, but Jiang Qiao had told her this, so she said it as it was.

"Framed?!"

"The person who plotted against your father is called Cocolia. She is your father's colleague."

"And her goal is to force you to become the Third Herrscher. For that reason, she plotted against Mr. Raiden Ryoma, making sure he was imprisoned so he wouldn't be able to look out for you."

"In that case..."

Although she was angry, Mei still had that thought of ending it all, since it would be so much easier.

If she died, she wouldn't have to worry about anything.

And if the person who had framed her father was targeting her, then if she died, the other person's plans would fail, right?

It was a kind of revenge, though incredibly weak.

Elysia saw through her thoughts and sighed:

"Mei, don't think about ending it all."

"Although you are the vessel for the Third Herrscher, even if you die, a new Third Herrscher will still be born in Nagazora City."

Cocolia had spread a large amount of Honkai energy throughout Nagazora City. When the Honkai energy reached the critical point, Raiden Mei, with the Gem of Conquest in her body, would be chosen as the Third Herrscher.

But even if she died beforehand, the Honkai energy wouldn't disappear.

"If you die, then the most likely scenario is that another person in Nagazora City, someone I don't even know, will become the Third Herrscher through the ritual. That would mean that this city would be completely finished."

"Please live on. Not even for yourself, but for the thousands of people in this city— although I really want to say that, I just can't bring myself to."

"Mei, live on, not for the residents of this city, but just for yourself, for those who care about you."

In Raiden Mei's confused gaze, the young man held her hand with the utmost sincerity and said seriously:

"Among those people, there is not only Mr. Raiden Ryoma fighting in prison, but also me right here, right now!"

At that moment, the girl was stunned.