Chapter 770

"First, Bai Bai is naturally number one. By the way, let's add our Signet names as prefixes too."

"Hmm, good idea, let's do that."

With the start of the Stigmata Project, the Moth of the Fire successfully researched 【Stigmata】 and has already begun trying to apply them, but not everyone can withstand the power of a Stigmata.

And naturally, the Flame-Chasers can withstand it.

At Bai Ge's suggestion, Dr. MEI and Mobius recorded everyone's power in the form of 【Signets】.

But rather than a record of power, it was more like a record of their lives up to this point.

"Elysia, you got your Signet too, right?"

"Yes, I did, and I like it very much."

"As long as you like it, then let's set it like that."

"Hmm, the first Flame-Chaser, Bai Ge of the 【Deliverance】 Signet. Oh my, that sounds so cool! And then I am the second Flame-Chaser, Elysia of the 【Ego】 Signet~"

Elysia put her hands on her hips and announced her Signet and ranking. It was only natural for her to be in this position.

After all, as mentioned before, the ranking isn't based on strength or status, and... Miss Pink Elf, of course, has to be ranked next to the white-haired boy.

"Good, then let's give the third spot to Kevin. The third Flame-Chaser, Kevin of the 【Deliverance】 Signet. I think he'll like it."

"Hmm, then let's give the fourth spot to MEI. I remember her Signet is 【Intelligentsia】; it's a Signet that suits her very well."

Bai Ge and Elysia discussed it with great enthusiasm.

But in reality, except for Kevin becoming the third and the fact that the addition of MEI pushed everyone else's ranking back by two spots compared to the original story, there were no changes in the order.

Bai Ge looked at the final result of the discussion, and his own name and the 【Deliverance】 Signet at the very front, and couldn't help but feel moved.

He didn't expect that in this timeline, he would become the 【Deliverance】 Flame-Chaser, but... this could be said to be well-deserved.

After all, Bai Mou is the world-recognized Savior, and basically all the Herrschers that appeared in the Pre-Civilization were dealt with by him.

Therefore, Bai Ge can be said to be worthy of the name 【Deliverance】, more so than anyone else.

Moreover, even if he wanted to give this Signet to Kevin now, even if that white-haired husky had ten thousand times more courage, he definitely wouldn't dare to accept the 【Deliverance】 Signet.

(Kevin: "Holy crap! Although the 【Deliverance】 Signet sounds cool, wouldn't giving it to me be harming me? Bai Ge, take it back; I don't want to be mocked by billions of people!")

However, Bai Ge doesn't know yet that the 【Deliverance】 Signet can only represent a small part of him, and in the future, he will obtain a second Signet with 【XX】 as the inscription.

Although 【Deliverance】 represents saving the world.

And 【XX】 represents saving one person.

But this doesn't mean the latter is easier than the former.

After all, sometimes... wanting to save one person is more difficult than saving a world.

"Eden gave me this 【Golden Courtyard】 a few days ago. I've already asked Vill-V to come and renovate it. When the time comes, we'll turn this into an ark for everyone to reach the current civilization."

"Hmm, then I have to design the style carefully. But since it's an ark to the next era, 【Golden Courtyard】 doesn't sound very appropriate. I have to change the name. Let me think... Got it! Let's call it the 【Elysian Realm】!"

Elysia clenched her right fist and tapped it against her left palm.

She knew what Bai Ge meant by "ark to the current civilization"—a large cryo-sleep chamber~

Due to Bai Ge's request, Vill-V has recently started using the power of the Fifth Herrscher, the Herrscher of Ice core, to research cryo-sleep chambers that can run independently for tens of thousands of years without breaking.

When the time comes, they will be installed in this 【Elysian Realm】, and everyone will lie inside, close their eyes, and when they wake up, they will arrive in Bai Ge's era.

And as long as the timing is controlled well, they won't even need to wait a year or several years like Bronya and Sirin did in the past to see Bai Ge again.

(Bai Ge: This is easy to handle. Just set the sleep time a bit longer. When I finish my time travel and return to the current civilization, I'll just wake everyone up manually. This way, although tens of thousands of years have passed in between, the actual feeling will be no more than a nap.)

"Hmm, as expected of Elysia's taste. Elysian Realm, good name, really a good name..."

Upon hearing the name 【Elysian Realm】, Bai Ge's gaze toward Elysia became complex, like a detective who had finally found the decisive evidence.

(Elysia, you really aren't just some nameless character. To be able to come up with the name Elysian Realm, you must be a key figure in the Pre-Civilization story, right?)

Bai Ge raised his hand and rubbed the pink elf's cheek.

He could be certain now that before coming to this timeline, he already knew Elysia's name, and there must have been a lot of story about her in the game.

After all...

Elysia is simply too special!

A girl with such special abilities and such brilliance could not possibly be absent from the Pre-Civilization story; she is definitely not a character that popped out of nowhere. At the very least, Bai Ge should not have had zero impression of her.

(Now that I think about it, there are many holes in my memory so far. For example, although I know there are 13 Flame-Chasers, I only remember the names of 12 of them, and I don't remember who was supposed to have founded the Flame-Chaser group.)

Bai Ge couldn't possibly have no memory of such an important thing.

But he was completely confused, and had no impression of Elysia at all.

Bai Ge was very certain that he hadn't been subjected to any memory-manipulation abilities in the current civilization. After all, the Herrscher of Sentience hadn't descended yet, and Fu Hua couldn't possibly have used the Fenghuang Down on him.

But he just didn't remember Elysia.

Didn't remember this girl as brilliant as flying flowers.

When all impossibilities are excluded, the remaining answer, no matter how incredible, must be the truth.

(Alright, it seems the one who made me forget Elysia wasn't anyone else, but myself...)

Bai Ge narrowed his eyes and concluded with certainty.

Even if he was "very weak" before coming to the Pre-Civilization—at least in the eyes of the current Bai Ge, he was weak—he wasn't someone anyone could just manipulate.

Manipulating or modifying his memories or anything like that.

Even Otto Apocalypse couldn't do it.

If anything, the only one who could do that was Bai Ge himself.

(I'm afraid that before traveling to the Pre-Civilization, I had the System seal my memories regarding Elysia.)

Bai Ge tapped his head with his finger and thought.

As for the reason for forgetting Elysia...

That was very easy to guess.

(First, it's impossible that I sealed my memories of her because I disliked her. Hmm, absolutely impossible; not even a one-in-a-billion chance exists.)

Bai Ge thought with great certainty.

Bai Mou was incredibly sure that he must have loved Elysia deeply before he lost his memory. If anything, there is no one in this world who could dislike Elysia.

Even the Snake who said she disliked the pink piglet on the outside treated Elysia as a companion in her heart.

And since he liked her, why would he choose to seal his memories of Elysia?

(There is only one answer. I probably wanted to have a pure and flawless romance with Elysia, and wanted to try to see if I could fall in love with her without knowing her story...)

The corners of Bai Ge's mouth curled up, convinced that this was the answer.

His past self must have thought exactly that: not to get to know Elysia through the god's-eye view of a game, but to start from zero and accumulate memories about her bit by bit.

To eventually understand everything about Elysia completely.

He gave a thumbs up to this decision of his.

His past self did well. His love story with Miss Pink Elf should be like this: without any impurities, it must be a pure, transparent, and flawless thing.

(After all, since I obtained the 【Reincarnation】 trait that allows for infinite trial and error and constant restarts, with my personality, I would definitely want to play around with some flashy, ahem, interesting operations.)

(However, the memory seal definitely isn't permanent. I'm a person who knows his limits, so probably... I'll recover my memories the first time I activate 【Reincarnation】.)

Bai Ge speculated on his own thoughts with perfect accuracy. At this moment, the System inside him even revealed an expression of astonishment.

"Bai Bai? What's wrong?"

Elysia was stunned for a moment. She suddenly felt the white-haired boy's actions toward her become even gentler.

Looking up at the boy's golden eyes, the pink elf saw the overflowing love for her, and suddenly her heart began to race with embarrassment, wondering what she had done again.

(Oh my, I really am a sinful elf, to have made Bai Bai so infatuated.

Although I don't know what's going on, I feel like Bai Bai's favorability toward me has skyrocketed again. Uh, no, this won't do!)

Elysia shook her head and clenched her small hands.

(I can concede on anything, but on this point, there's no room for negotiation. It absolutely has to be that I like Bai Bai more; I will never let you surpass my favorability toward you!)

For a pink elf in love, her brain circuits and values would become somewhat special.

"Bai Bai, what were you just thinking about?"

(Come on, say something to make me swoon!)

Elysia deactivated her protective shield, ready to meet the attack with her weakness, and then be thoroughly defeated.

And Bai Mou didn't let her down; he immediately dealt this Miss Pink Elf a super critical hit.

"Nothing, I was just thinking that I might not have come to this timeline to save this civilization."

"Eh? Then why?"

"Well, maybe it was to have a sweet romance with a certain pink elf~ Saving the world and all that was just a side quest I did along the way."

Bai Ge said with a straight face. He felt that this possibility was actually quite high. He understood the grand principles of saving the world, but how could saving the world be more important than having a romance with Miss Pink Elf!