Chapter 578 - The Stranger In A Nutsh.e.l.l
"You girls from earlier, huh... What do you want?" Elysia sighed and asked in her disguised voice.
"That, I just want to apologize once again for what just happened. We didn"t mean that to..." Erina fiddled with her fingers and looked at the person in front of her with a sincere apology.
Elysia checked the status screens of the two girls just to be sure. "I don"t understand their empty cla.s.s. Everyone"s status screen is like that too. Why is that?"
"That"s probably because we are in different worlds. The use of power cla.s.ses on Earth applies a different system to Vrelenia. But, who knows because I"m just guessing." Elena raised her hands to the side with her shoulders raised. "So, what are you going to do, Ely? Forgive them or do you have a plan for them?"
"We don"t have much time to play around. We need to get to the Arctic Region as soon as possible. I"m worried about Sylvia and Vann now. Let"s just forgive them. It"s not that big of a deal, right?" Elysia persuaded Elena gently as she didn"t want her guardian angel to go violent.
"If you will forgive them, then I have no problem whatsoever. Do that and let"s get out of here." Elena didn"t mind it because her anger had subsided, but it just wasn"t that simple.
"Hum, I"ve forgave you even though you didn"t ask for it. With that being said, that"s all from me. Farewell." Elysia raised her hand in farewell and walked away.
Elysia went to the hotel lobby, and she saw that it was already late at night. She couldn"t take care of bank matters and so many more.
Because of that, she decided to find a place to stay. The one where anyone could book a room without requiring an ID card or anything like that.
However, she had just stepped out of the hotel, but she felt like she was being followed by two stalkers.
"What do the two girls want now? Did they think I wouldn"t notice if they sneakily followed from twenty meters behind?" Elysia raised her eyebrows as she no longer understood the purpose of the two girls.
She went to the side of the hotel to avoid the many witnesses. She leaned against the wall just after the turn and hid her presence.
"Mio, that mysterious girl just went this way, right?" Erina looked left and right in confusion.
"Looks like we lost track of her, milady." Mio shook her head as her milady looked at her for a clue.
"It"s a crime to follow someone with bad intentions. What do you want now? Why are you following me?" Elysia asked from the building"s shadow hiding.
*Gasp!*
Erina and Mio gasped in surprise. They looked in the direction of the blind spot, which was obscured by the shadow of the building. The person they were following was there!?
"Ah-uh. Un, we were just curious about you a bit. We didn"t come with any bad intentions, really. We thought you were going by car, or maybe someone would pick you up. But, you went on foot, and it was getting very late." Erina made a steeple of her fingers with a bit of nervousness.
"You don"t know me and I don"t know you either. We"re nothing but strangers. Why do you look so concerned?" Elysia became a bit cold because she didn"t feel safe right now.
"Could it be, you don"t have a place to stay yet? How about coming with us to our room as a form of our apology? But, you no longer need to wear that disguise of yours, right? Here, please take this, and we"ll be waiting for you." Erina handed the mysterious girl a blue card with the room number printed. After that, she and her bodyguard went back to the hotel.
Elysia looked at the card in her hand with a complicated and confused look. She couldn"t predict what the girl in a dark brown suit was planning.
"She may be a precious daughter of a prominent family in this country. Apparently, she wants to build a good relationship with you for some unknown reason. Or maybe she"s smitten just because of your lovely charm, Ely? Fufu, I know that." Elena chuckled at making a small joke.
"Uhm, I think she is someone who is quite cunning. She came to a conclusion, and gave this before leaving without hearing my response. Did she think I was going to her room to be trapped in a honey trap? Who knows if I will be interrogated there or not." Elysia snorted softly with dissatisfaction.
"But, you"re still going to go there without too much disguise, right? You"ve recovered over nine thousand EPs, and with our imagination magic, we can still run away if something bad happens. And again, I"m sure you won"t be able to sleep until you reveal the true intentions of that girl named Erina." Elena laid out something that Elysia couldn"t deny in the slightest.
"Uuuh, let"s do this, and we"ll fly over to North America tomorrow. Err... Is that Greenland or Canada, which one is closest to the North Pole?" Elysia scratched her head.
"We need to buy a nice smartphone tomorrow too, Ely. One that can connect to the international internet network." Elena couldn"t be sure either because she didn"t remember the map of the Earth.
After that, Elysia went somewhere to change her disguise once again. She then reentered the hotel as a girl in a not-so-obtrusive white dress. A summer hat, sungla.s.ses, and a white mask adorned her head.
She caught the attention of many people in the lobby. Unfortunately, it wasn"t because of her somewhat suspicious appearance but because it was an unusual dressing for this late winter.
"Uuh, it"s cold. I"m going to freeze..." Elysia rubbed her arms.
"Fufu, you asked for it. That"s the most un.o.btrusive dress in our a.r.s.enal in your opinion, right? So, please bear with it~" Elena hummed as if she was a bit dissatisfied with Elysia"s current choice of dress.
"Excuse me, young miss... Do you need any help?" One of the hotel employees greeted the girl in the white dress in a friendly manner.
"No, thank you. I came here to visit an acquaintance of mine. I have received a notification from her, so you may return to your duties, sir." Elysia waved her hand once to refuse. She then got into the elevator, which happened to be empty.
"Room number seven seven. This is the correct number." Elysia checked the number on the door with the one on the room access card in her hand.
She stuck the card to the scanner next to the doork.n.o.b. The green light flashed, but she decided to knock on the door three times.
"Who?" A girl"s voice asked from behind the door.
"A random someone who was just asked to come without an invitation card." Elysia answered casually without hiding her voice.
"Mio, it"s her. She"s really coming! Quickly open the door."
Elysia could hear a faint voice from inside the room.
*Clack*
The door was opened from the inside. Elysia then returned the card to the girl in a formal black suit.
"Uhm, please come in." Mio received the card and stood aside.
"Then, please excuse me." Elysia went inside after making sure there were no traps in the room.
After the door was closed tightly, Elysia could see that this room was actually a VIP room with complete facilities, including a soundproof room if the second door was closed.
Elysia took off her shoes and entered the main room. By the time the second door closed, her conjecture had proved correct.
"Hi, nice to see you"re not in disguise anymore. Would you mind sitting with me here? Allow me to brew a cup of hot tea for you." Erina greeted with a warm smile. Her heart was happy, but she didn"t know why.
"I"m still in my disguise, though? The one you"re seeing right now isn"t even my real form." Elysia tilted her head slightly and went to the sofa. She observed these two girls about what they would do now.
"Ah, did we scare you? It"s probably partly my fault." Erina smiled wryly and went to the same sofa as the mysterious girl. "This may be a bit late, but introduce, my name is Minamoto Erina. And she is my bodyguard, Minamoto Mio."
"..." Erina waited enthusiastically for the mysterious girl"s response. She felt sure that anyone could recognize her very well just by her full name. At least, that is what she believes.
"Hum, nice to meet you. You can call me Miss E." Elysia nodded in understanding with such a flat response.
"Ah, uhm, why under a pseudonym too... Do you really not know who I am?" Erina asked once again with overflowing curiosity.
"Are you someone very important? Please forgive my ignorance for failing to identify your glory, but I only know your name and your appearance." Elysia apologized half-heartedly for this cliche situation.
"Ah, it seems that no matter how famous you are, there are still people who don"t know you at all." Erina shook her head with a subtle sigh. She then accidentally saw a bit of a bandage-like piece of cloth on the mysterious girl"s chest. "Eh? Are you hurt?"
"Why do you think so?" Elysia stared at the girl in front of her with astonishment. Yet, she didn"t take her eyes off the other girl either.
"That, you bandaged your chest, right?" Erina pointed her palm to the mysterious girl"s flat chest.