Bronya thought to herself.
In truth, there were two real reasons why she decided to follow them.
The first was to continue carrying out Cocolia's mission, to monitor Raiden Mei's condition and find an opportunity to capture her and bring her back to Anti-Entropy.
The second was because Levi had, whether intentionally or not, mentioned Seele's name earlier.
Bronya was certain, there was no such person as Levi in the orphanage she remembered.
In fact, as far as she could recall, there wasn't even a single white-haired girl in Cocolia's orphanage.
So how could Levi possibly know Seele's name?
The answer was obvious, he had seen her there.
And since Seele had sunk into the Quantum Sea because of the X-10 experiment, if Levi had met her, that meant he had been in the Quantum Sea as well.
And had seen Seele there.
That was Bronya's main reason for following them… or at least, one of them.
If she could learn how he had entered the Quantum Sea and where exactly he had encountered Seele, then maybe there would be a way to rescue Seele from it.
Gazing at the white clouds far away, Bronya's eyes gradually hardened with determination.
"Seele, wait for me."
———
[Ding! Mission complete!]
[Ding! Mission complete!]
The two notification sounds startled Levi awake. Opening his eyes and looking around, he found that he had already exited the possession state.
He was back in his little room in Luofu.
Seeing the two holographic screens in front of him, Levi broke into a grin.
'One mission, two rewards!'
Across the entire chat group, he was probably the only one who ever got that kind of treatment.
[Elysia: Ah~ what a lovely nap! Sleeping next to a cute girl really is the best!]
[Lumine: Ugh~ my back hurts, my waist aches… it feels like I got run over by a tank while I was sleeping!]
Elysia's cheerful smile froze.
'Oh, great, Lumine, she calls you a cute girl, and you call her a tank!'
Seeing their exchange, Levi couldn't help but join in.
[Levi: That's just how the pink fatty is.]
———
"P–Pink fatty?!"
Elysia, who had been about to crawl back into bed for another nap, shot up from the mattress like a spring.
She ran to the full-length mirror and spun around a few times.
"Where am I fat?!"
In the mirror, the pink-haired girl looked like an elf, puffing her cheeks in irritation, adorably angry.
She couldn't believe that one day, she would ever be associated with the word "fatty"!
[Elysia: Tell me, where exactly am I fat?!]
[Levi: Someone's mad!]
[Elysia: %&...￥#￥@&*!]
Having never experienced the abstract chaos of the internet age, Elysia knew nothing of the "Six Great Techniques", Classic, Filial, Mad, Happy, Clam, Win.
So how could she possibly be a match for Levi?
After a few rounds of verbal sparring, she surrendered on her own.
[Lumine: Forget the pink fatty already!]
[Elysia: You said it again! ￥%&%&￥&!]
[Lumine: I'm sorry, I'm sorry! Anyway, check how many points you all got… I got exactly 6,000!]
Forty thousand total points, getting 6,000 out of that was already plenty for Lumine, who had only taken down a few Titans.
Seeing Lumine share her reward, Elysia quickly opened her personal panel to check her own.
[Elysia: Yay! I got 2,000 points!]
When she saw that number, Elysia wasn't upset at all. In fact, she was quite pleased.
After all, she'd mostly just tagged along for headcount, she hadn't actually done anything useful, and yet she still got 2,000 points.
In her mind, those 2,000 points were pure, effortless profit.
Meanwhile, Kiana looked at the group chat and opened her own panel.
"Ah?! I only got 1,000 points?!"
[Lumine: You only got 1,000?]
[Elysia: You only got 1,000?]
[Levi: You only got 1,000?]
Unlike Levi, who was just teasing, Lumine and Elysia were genuinely surprised.
Even though Levi had done all the fighting, he had done it using Kiana's body.
So how could that possibly be worth only 1,000 points?
Elysia, who'd basically gone sightseeing, had earned 2,000.
By all logic, Kiana shouldn't have gotten less than that.
'Weird.'
After a moment of confusion, they started to wonder about Levi's points.
Lumine: 6,000. Elysia: 2,000. Kiana: 1,000.
That added up to 9,000.
Which meant....
[Levi: Humbly speaking, I received only 31,000 points.]
Reading Levi's message, Kiana could practically see his smug grin through the screen.
And then she realized something, "Wait… don't tell me my 1,000 points got transferred to him by the chat group?!"
The more she thought about it, the more it made sense.
But Kiana still had her pride, she couldn't just come out and ask him about it.
Fortunately, Levi also noticed that the group's point distribution seemed off.
There was no way Elysia, who hadn't lifted a finger, would get 2,000 while Kiana only got 1,000.
It was probably because he had possessed Kiana's body, which caused the system to miscalculate.
So Levi privately messaged Kiana and transferred her missing 1,000 points back.
[Ding! 5% handling fee deducted! Account credited: 950]
When Kiana received the compensation, her face instantly lit up with joy.
[Kiana: @Levi, from now on, I've got your back!]
She might not be able to match him in strength, but she sure wasn't going to lose in attitude!
[Levi: Then I'll thank Kiana-chan in advance!]
To any observer, it was obvious the two had just done some kind of shady "deal" behind the scenes.
———
Elysia lay on her large, pink, cat-print bed, glanced at the chat, and shook her head.
"For this kind of transaction, we should collectively resist!"
Why should Kiana be the only one to get a bonus?
Everyone who saw it should get a share.
Kicking off her shoes, she closed her eyes and slowly drifted back into sleep.
Miss Pink Fairy always keeps her word, if she says she's going back to sleep, she's going back to sleep.
———
Meanwhile, in Teyvat, Lumine also shook her head after reading Kiana's message.
"This person as our group leader is such an embarrassment…"
Resting her chin on her hand, Lumine muttered, "Should I propose making Levi the new group leader?"
That way, they could hold the first-ever Chat Group Leadership Election.
Then she could request some campaign funds from him and distribute them to everyone except Kiana,
a bit to Elysia, a bit to herself, a bit to Xing, a bit more to herself again.
She'd have the votes in the bag.
And if Kiana refused, she'd just impeach her.
"…Forget it. If I do that, she'll probably cry," Lumine sighed, deciding to stash the plan away in her mental draft folder.
"Lumine! There you are!"
A small figure floated in front of her. "Where have you been all this time? Don't tell me you went sneaking around for food again!"
Lumine patted Paimon's head and teased, "What food could possibly taste better than you, Paimon?"
Watching Paimon's shocked expression, Lumine burst out laughing, then glanced back at the now-silent chat group.
"No joke, I was out saving the world just now."
———
Seeing everyone go quiet again, Levi exited the chat group.
His gaze moved from the group panel, which every member had, to his own exclusive system interface.
A bright red line of text appeared in the center.
[Ding! Commission mission complete!]
"Heh, I know it's complete. What I want to know now is, what ability did I get from Kiana?"
Rubbing his hands together, Levi clicked the "Claim Reward" button on the screen.
"…"
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