Chapter 323: The Buried Flllyen

【“Elf Mage” has joined the group chat】

“A curse? When…?”

A phantom screen appeared on her retinas, displaying text the girl had never encountered, yet she somehow understood its meaning.

The tenth seat to join the Mirrors of All Things is a young elf named Flllyen.

She is both a disciple of Vlam, the founder of human magic, and a great mage who has lived over a thousand years; seventy years ago, she joined the Hero’s party and destroyed the Demon King, becoming one of the saviors of the world.

Her hobby is collecting various magics.

Her favorite flower is the Ice Column Cherry, which blooms in winter.

But because she is profoundly insensitive to the passage of time, she is equally insensitive to emotions.

After her companion, the Hero Himel, died… for the first time, Flllyen, as an immortal race, felt how fleeting human life is; to better understand humanity and collect more magic, she set out on her journey once more.

Originally wandering among the southern nations, she calculated and predicted that Heta, the goddess monk from her former party, would soon die, so she decided to visit her old comrade outside the Holy Capital Stral in the central nations.

Yet before reaching her destination, Flllyen, one of the top-ranked magic users on the continent, suddenly noticed an unprecedented and unheard-of anomaly on her person.

Who could have created this strange “curse” without her noticing at all?

She quickly dismissed her initial suspicion—no matter what method she tried, no matter how many skilled monks she consulted, even if she had Heta examine it, none could do anything about this chat box that looked like someone’s prank.

Moreover, only she could see this thing.

The elf mage, naturally driven by intense curiosity, decided to uncover what this was—

At that moment, Jia Qi, having just returned from the sacred realm of the Other Dimension, felt a sudden pang in his soul; a strong sensation accompanied by hazy images flooded his consciousness, making him realize his hometown’s giant shit pit was about to explode—he had to return immediately.

After speed-drawing his cards and finishing all necessary preparations, Jia Qi didn’t bother exchanging pleasantries with the new member and rushed back to Beidou to transform and launch his Explosive Fist.

Only after resolving the crisis and finally handling all the miscellaneous matters could he find time to investigate what exactly was going on.

Only when he saw “Furong Wang” did Jia Qi finally exhale in relief.

The old mage is still reliable—she and the Hero Himel basically cleared the whole world themselves; whether he was there or not didn’t seem to matter much, right?

So Jia Qi wasn’t in a hurry; unless this time he was directly sent back to the era when the Demon King’s general Bazalrt attacked Flllyen’s homeland, given Flllyen’s tranquil, plant-like lifestyle, nothing major could happen.

But after learning the details, Jia Qi still frowned.

XX years after the Hero Himel’s death, the world was engulfed in nuclear flames… oh, no—it was the mage Flllyen embarking on a journey to reclaim love.

【Forever Seventeen: So… that Hero Himel liked you, but you only realized after he died?】

【Elf Mage: …Is that… true?】

【Great God of Cuteness: Oh my god, the lifespan theory… If you’d joined the group earlier, I could’ve used my vast galgame knowledge to teach you how to reverse-engineer Himel…】

【Xia Na: What’s lifespan theory?】

【Forever Seventeen: What’s lifespan theory?】

【Angel After Death: Is lifespan theory tasty?】

【Yin-Yang Eye Girl: Shut up! You lot who don’t have to worry about lifespan ( Yi ｀д)】

【Great God of Cuteness: Don’t worry—I’ll outlive Yagumo Shiki, inherit her fox girl, and then treat you all to some fun】

【Snow Woman: Does love between different races always end in tragedy…?】

【Great God of Cuteness: No, haven’t you heard the doctrine of the Bifeng Sect?—True love endures beyond boundaries of kingdom, order, family, genus, species!】

【Lan Yuan Yanzhu: That… actually makes sense】

【Forever Seventeen: How do you even date someone of the same race?】

【Ice Queen: How do you even date someone of a different race?】

…

Still, despite his willingness to help and love of fighting monsters, Jia Qi couldn’t figure out how to assist Flllyen.

Fight for her?

No need—he’d already killed nearly all the demonkind she faced.

Revive Himel?

Though his mind held methods: Realm Monster Resurrection Flow, Soul-Substitution Sacrifice Flow, Infinite Love Flow, Magnetic Field Madman Command Flow, Haruhi Suzumiya Rape-the-World Flow, Information Synthesis Thought Entity Clone Flow… and more—he could offer Flllyen to try, but these would break the world’s fundamental logic.

Even if resurrection were possible, would the goddess allow it? And in his view, Flllyen’s journey to find Himel mattered as much as the outcome.

【Great God of Cuteness: Uh… if you have time later, go see the northernmost edge of the continent】

In Flllyen’s world, the great mage Vlam once reached the northernmost edge of the continent, where lies the “Land of Soul Sleep,” known to humans as Heaven, a place to commune with the departed.

First, just check if that Heaven exists—or if anyone’s there. If not, then decide what to do next.

To get there, you must pass through the former Demon King’s Castle (Erd), a place teeming with danger: demons, dragons, and great demons of the Seven Collapse Sages’ rank—though Flllyen should handle them, accidents still happen often.

Considering this, Jia Qi decided to first strengthen the elf mage.

【Great God of Cuteness: Flllyen… let me teach you spell canceling, technique looping, and left-hand casting!】

【Elf Mage: If I understand correctly, I’ve already learned these techniques…】

【Great God of Cuteness: Nani?!】

Then again, after fighting demons for so long, how could Flllyen not know these practical tricks? Every competent mage masters them through countless PvP battles.

So Jia Qi decided to try another approach.

【Great God of Cuteness: Then… are you interested in new magic?】

This struck right at Flllyen’s weakness.

“Philen, Heta… I’m going to a place more perilous than the End. If I don’t return, bury me beside Himel…”

The silver-haired elf whispered to a purple-haired girl and an old man lying on a bed, then began her first journey to another world.

Then… she stepped into a gym and immediately broke into a sweat.

What kind of world had she entered?

If Heta were here, he’d probably cover his mouth and say, “So disgusting.”

(End of Chapter)