Chapter 205: Vivian Hits the Nail on the Head

Fairy Nation Britain?

Royal Capital Londinium?

It sounds like exactly that kind of thing, it's really... awesome!!

Haruhi Suzumiya first held her breath, but in the next second, her eyes shone brightly, her expression a mix of surprise and joy. She felt an incomparably real, incomparably vivid world, a magical world that could literally breathe, rushing toward her!

Yes, this was absolutely the feeling she wanted!

However, in this exciting moment, she suddenly realized a problem.

"Wait, wait, what do you mean by 'welcome to your world'?" she asked breathlessly, looking at Xia Zhi with eyes full of doubt and inquiry.

"Because I came from here to your world over there, otherwise why would I know right away that this is Fairy Nation Britain, and that city is Royal Capital Londinium?" Xia Zhi laughed it off; at this point there was no need to keep hiding it anymore.

"Huh? You came from this world?"

A flash of astonishment crossed Haruhi Suzumiya's eyes. "Wait, you're not a Time Traveler?"

To this, he explained briefly: "I do have the ability of Time Travel, but that doesn't mean I'm just a Time Traveler."

"......"

"......"

"Oh, I see, you mean——"

The girl stared at him fixedly for a moment, as if lost in brief thought, then suddenly had a flash of insight, her expression of sudden realization appearing on her face: "——You're actually an Otherworlder, right?"

"In a sense... yes, that's right." Xia Zhi nodded and admitted it readily.

"I knew it! I knew it!"

Haruhi Suzumiya instantly became excited; it was clear she had no trouble accepting this at all, instead immediately adjusting her worldview, and her thoughts diverged as she drew inferences:

"Then couldn't there also be Time Travelers, Aliens, and Espers? Since Otherworlders really appeared, then these should also be possible to exist, right?"

——Why is she still obsessed with this?

——Is she obsessed with gathering the Four Great Kings of Time Travelers, Aliens, Otherworlders, and Espers?

Xia Zhi thoughtfully examined Team Leader, harboring some guesses and doubts in his heart, but still casually answered the question: "About Time Travelers, haven't you already seen one?"

"When? I'm not talking about the Time Traveler we met during Time Travel, but whether there are Time Travelers around us." Team Leader shook her head repeatedly, emphasizing.

"Then... Mikuru Asahina?"

"What does Mikuru Asahina have to do with this?" she asked with a puzzled face.

"What about Itsuki and Ryouko?" Xia Zhi blinked, continuing to leak information.

"Aren't Itsuki and the others Material Information Mages? That's what you confessed to me before." Team Leader understood even less; how did this involve Itsuki and the others? It couldn't be that the people around her were Time Travelers, Aliens, Espers, right?

But before Xia Zhi could say anything else, she seemed to suddenly react, looking around nervously.

Then her whole face fell: "Oh no! We seem to have forgotten Ilya... did we leave her alone over there?"

"......"

"......"

Xia Zhi looked at her strangely, not speaking.

"It's over, it's over... she's so young, left alone over there."

Haruhi Suzumiya bit her lips, her expression grave; she felt the situation was terrible, inexplicably feeling guilty, and said in a guilty small voice.

"But, Itsuki should, should take care of her, right."

She had roughly figured out the complex relationship, having nothing to do with any bloody original family, purely just something used before to deal with her own lack of understanding. Itsuki probably reached out a hand and offered help when this person drifted to her world; and Ilya seemed to be closely connected to him for some reason, relying on him to find her mother.

Now the situation was clear as day: if this fellow was an Otherworlder, then this world was his world——

then Younger Sister Ilya's target should also be in this world, right?

——However, the current situation was very bad.

——Because she herself came over with Xia Zhi, but left Ilya over there.

This accomplished sneaking away naturally made Miss Haruhi feel extremely guilty... uh, no no, what do you mean sneaking away, what was she thinking, she quickly shook her head hard, driving away the strange thoughts that had inexplicably surfaced in her mind just now.

"No, I mean... at this time, shouldn't you be considering whether you can go back?" Xia Zhi coughed lightly, pulling Team Leader's attention back to reality from her delusions, and raised another question.

"What's there to be afraid of? Since you can go over there, then I definitely can go back too!"

Haruhi Suzumiya said righteously, then her eyes lit up: "Uh! Wait! You mean, we can go back anytime, so we don't need to worry?"

"...... not......"

He pulled the corner of his mouth: "The possibility does exist, but to say we can go back anytime isn't quite right; maybe we'll have to wait a long time before we can go back."

"Wait a long time? Then no problem!"

Team Leader thought for a moment and immediately nodded decisively, as if she not only didn't feel anxious because of this, but rather let out a long sigh of relief: "Anyway, we were like this before, right, just like that August Cycle."

Mentioning that intoxicating August Cycle, a flash of excitement appeared in the girl's eyes. It was a long and fun summer vacation, as if the whole summer was repeating that wonderful time.

Whenever she recalled those days, her eyes would flash with endless anticipation and excitement.

"......"

"......"

Looking at Team Leader's excited appearance, Xia Zhi couldn't help but slightly narrow his eyes; he suddenly had a faint feeling of realizing the truth.

Just like the first day after returning, she was not only late because of oversleeping, but her learning state all day seemed listless, showing obvious fatigue and sleepiness, which was undoubtedly a typical manifestation of Summer Vacation Syndrome.

——It also reflected Team Leader's resistance to returning to a boring daily life to some extent.

——So naturally she had a motive.

Xia Zhi couldn't help but have a guess in his heart: could it be that because of the resistance in her heart, Haruhi Suzumiya unconsciously had the impulse to escape? After all, although escaping can't solve problems, it's really useful.

"Don't worry, Ilya is fine." He sighed, and directly pointed this out: "I even brought Fu Fu, how could I miss her, no need to worry at all."

While speaking, he extended his left hand, his slender index finger lightly tapping.

At his fingertip burst dazzling radiance; a streak of flowing light shot up into the sky in the blink of an eye, nimbly drawing a long arc in mid-air, then howling down toward the ground.

At the moment it touched the ground, the light and shadow vanished without warning, and a cute White Fur Ball appeared on the clearing.

It sat there properly, gently wagging its tail, truly very cute.

"Huh!" Haruhi Suzumiya froze for a moment, somewhat surprised, "You actually brought it?"

"You can understand it as my Spirit Beast; I can summon it out in entity form at any time." Xia Zhi explained calmly, watching Fu Fu run over in a puff of smoke, agilely jump onto the girl's shoulder, then be skillfully picked up by her and held in her arms, like holding a pet puppy.

"I see... then what about Ilya?"

Haruhi Suzumiya nodded repeatedly, then asked again.

"Ilya isn't a Spirit Beast, so she can't be summoned for now." He said simply, while secretly complaining in his heart.

At this time—

The Illegal Loli Ilya had long since, as she wished, met her Illegal Mother Alice, and the mother and daughter reunited happily.

However, he had no intention of explaining this to Team Leader, mainly because after serious consideration, he felt perhaps he should change his approach and find another way to arrange for her, rather than taking her back directly.

At least he couldn't take her back right now...

Because although the Fairy Guo Du was currently on the right track, this right track didn't seem so righteous and glorious. The so-called Fairy Guo Du was not a "kingdom where Fairies live in peace," but a "kingdom that oppresses Fairies." Whether in life or death, Fairies were useful, like Consumables with planned uses.

Vivian didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and Xia Zhi didn't think there was anything wrong with it either.

—After all, these were originally what the Fairies deserved; no one could envy them.

—In other words, this was the Fairies' karmic reward.

However, not everyone would think so, just like Fujimaru Ritsuka's past misunderstanding, and just like Artoria's current doubts; after all, people are easily prejudiced. Therefore Xia Zhi felt it necessary to guard against this aspect, not letting Team Leader develop such a misunderstanding, otherwise his side might become the villain, and the Fairies would all be white lotuses.

He decided to first take the girl to tour Britain—

Let her see with her own eyes what kind of species the Fairies are.

Only in this way could Team Leader truly understand, understand the necessity of the Fairy Guo Du's existence, understand the logic of the Fairy Guo Du's operation.

"Let's go. This place has no village ahead and no shop behind; staying here you won't see anything." He reached out to call her, then pointed forward: "I can take you directly to King City, and you can get there in one go... but, do you want to go directly there, or do you want to walk around first and experience the local customs and culture of the Fairy Guo Du on the way?"

Asking such a question, seemingly giving the girl a choice at a slow pace.

However, in reality, he knew that according to her personality, she would definitely choose the latter.

As expected—

"Of course I want to walk around! What's the point of getting there in one go!"

Haruhi Suzumiya said decisively.

She looked at this magical Heaven and Earth with full anticipation, her gaze fixed on the huge tree outline at World End, and couldn't help but be lost in thought, slightly holding her breath, feeling her heart couldn't help but accelerate.

As if she couldn't wait to embrace this new map that filled her with interest and curiosity, and her desire to explore was completely maxed out.

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King City.

Londinium.

The faint afterglow of the Setting Sun shone through the ancient oak window lattice into King City's Great Library, immersing this ocean of Knowledge in a unique atmosphere that was both dim and warm.

But it was limited only to the area by the window; other places remained under dim light, the space appearing especially compact and deep, largely because of the rows of bookshelves tightly packed together, occupying almost all space.

There were tables by the window, stacked with piles of tall books.

In front of the table was a crescent-shaped seat, where a slender figure sat, surrounded by extremely tall bookshelves.

"She's gotten stronger again..."

Vivian sighed, put down the book in her hand, and looked up at the youth in front of the table.

She hesitated slightly, looked him over, and then asked: "How much have you improved now?" She found she seemed unable to tell; whether it was Aura, magic power, or anything else, the Magician before her was no different from her previous impression, not the slightest difference.

Unlike previous level-ups where the difference could be clearly seen.

However Vivian wouldn't therefore think that this time he hadn't improved much, that the extent of progress was very slight... She was more inclined to think this person's strength had completely entered another level; if he hadn't told her herself, she wouldn't have noticed at all.

"This is hard to say, and difficult to explain to you intuitively..."

Xia Zhi stroked his chin, seriously considering how to give a good comparison.

At the same time he was also sizing up Vivian opposite him, unable to help but sigh at this beautiful scene like a painting before his eyes.

This girl with a proper appearance, exquisite features, a head of shoulder-length Gold Box hair and emerald Pupils, like a doll, was pursing her Lips, and also gazing at him, her expression seeming surprised and puzzled.

At this time, the Library once again fell into its usual tranquility; through the Window, the scenery of the Outside World also seemed forever unchanged.

The Twilight outside the Window was quiet and gentle, dyeing the horizon a layer of faint purple, spread like a soft watercolor painting beneath the vast Sky.

Under a sky like Twilight, the huge World Tree stood tall.

This scene was like their first meeting, making Xia Zhi unable to help but feel his Inner Heart touched, and he couldn't help but sigh. Time really passed quickly; without realizing it, he had already grown to the point of being able to protect Vivian in return, but Vivian was still the same, still liking dim yet warm Libraries, still liking quiet and gentle stories...

"Alright, let's not talk about that first—"

Uh, Xia Zhi's reverie was interrupted by Vivian's calm voice.

He saw the girl before him sitting on the crescent-shaped chair, raising her Pupils to look straight at him.

Her gaze seemed to have some indescribable Danger, and her Tone was also flat without inflection: "Speak, this time, how many girls did you bring back... Xia Zhi."

"..."

"..."

Alright, perhaps I should take back what I said...

Xia Zhi pulled the Corner of Mouth, at this moment feeling Vivian's sharp directness.

(Chapter End)