The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

"I——" Li Shubai hesitated to speak.

The topic kept going around in circles and finally returned to the point where he couldn't answer it.

He opened his mouth, took a deep breath, and asked in the calmest voice possible: "So you just take advantage of my preference for you and do whatever you want, right?"

It was beyond Li Shubai's expectation.

Facing his almost exasperated questioning, Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] nodded her head extremely quickly with a very righteous gesture.

"Yes! That's right, that's it!"

This was probably the happiest "hmm" Li Shubai had ever heard.

"I……"

With nothing to say, Li Shubai rolled his eyes and continued to be in seclusion.

"..."

I'm eating a mouthful of dog food... Oh, no, I have a wife too, so I can't be considered a single guy.

In short, after watching the interaction between Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] and the boy, Kevin, who inexplicably developed an extremely strong sense of fullness, suddenly had the illusion that he had become a big light bulb.

Counting from the day when several heroes who suddenly appeared in this era completely mastered the World Serpent, Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] has been in the World Serpent headquarters for about two days. Therefore, Kevin, who has basically adapted to the situation, does not have any unnecessary emotional fluctuations just because he sees Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] still alive and well.

But he did not expect that he would actually see the day when the daughter of gods who loved humanity as a whole would fall into the mortal world because of a single human being.

Kevin has no intention of interfering in the personal love life of Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy], and he is willing to offer his blessings to help Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] find a suitable partner.

It's just... looking at the boy who was held in the arms of Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy], sulking silently but being completely unable to do anything about her, even someone as cold-hearted as Kevin couldn't help but mutter to himself.

Alicia... So this is the type you like?

Should I give her some advice?

Just when everyone in the hall was thinking about their own plans, suddenly——

"Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah!"

Click, click, accompanied by a continuous shutter sound, several sharp and dazzling white lights suddenly flashed in the dim hall of the paradise of the past.

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and they all turned their eyes towards the direction where the lights were on.

I saw Alicia who appeared behind the rest area at some point - of course, it was one of the memories of the paradise of the past, holding a simple camera high up. After seeing Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] and the boy in her arms looking at her, her eyes were as bright as a tall flash light, and she rushed behind another self at lightning speed.

"So the kid who appeared in the hall was the reason why you left suddenly?" Alysia's pink eyes flashed with strong curiosity and excitement, like a reporter who smelled big news. "He's so cute! I was saying, if there wasn't another more attractive person, how could you turn around and leave the girls' tea party without saying a word? You know, Aponya was sad for a long time because you suddenly rejected her!"

Looking at the curious and excited gaze of her other self, Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] felt her heart tighten, and she suddenly had an extremely strong sense of déjà vu.

If she remembered correctly, the last time she faced the Herrscher of Corrosion, her own memory in that world... seemed to be...

Thinking of the setback she had suffered at the hands of another memory, Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] calmly turned around the stool, using her body to block her memory's view of the captain, and asked expressionlessly, "What do you want to do?"

"Why do you have to cover it up!" Alicia pouted her lips in dissatisfaction, looking very cute, "Let me take a closer look! It's just a glance, it won't make the child lose a piece of meat!"

After saying that, she started moving, trying to avoid her own body.

But as the same person, Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] doesn't fall for Alicia's cute offensive that never fails.

"If there's anything you want to know, just ask me directly. There's no need to go through all that trouble."

Chapter 4: Ai Lishiya: Ai Lishiya!!! (k)

A lovely girl's heart is omnipotent—Alicia, the Thirteenth Hero of Chasing Fire.

This sentence is not only Miss Fairy's catchphrase, but also one of her life mottos.

Alicia is a good child who has the courage to face difficulties.

No matter how difficult the difficulties were, how difficult the enemies were to defeat, or how hopeless the ending was, she could always face it with a smile, with an elegant, sunny and hopeful attitude.

If one were to stand in the shoes of Kevin and his companions, who are also members of the Thirteen Heroes, they would all be grateful from the bottom of their hearts that they have such a solid, reliable and humane companion in their team. Everyone is willing to trust Alicia. After all, as long as Alicia stands by their side, no matter how desperate the situation is, this beautiful girl like a flower seems to be able to ease the extremely depressing atmosphere in various ways and inject hope for the future into those who are in despair.

Although her style of doing things was a bit eccentric, there was no doubt that everyone recognized that Alicia was an extremely good team leader.

Therefore, even if they would express objections to Alicia's various whims in daily life, most of the heroes would not feel disgust or opposition from the bottom of their hearts for her pure and transcendent character.

——Except for this moment.

"It's so meaningless to ask you directly. You're unwilling to sync your latest memories with me. Oh, are you worried that the child will be overwhelmed by Alicia's beauty?"

Facing the memory of [herself] holding up her face, with pink pupils flashing with teasing intent, Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] has never felt as much as she does now how troublesome and annoying [her] personality is.

The corner of Alicia's [Pink Fairy Lady] mouth twitched. She silently moved her steps, blocking the captain's body behind her: "Why don't I remember using such a boring provocation? You are Alicia, am I not Alicia? It is natural that the captain would be impressed by Alicia's beauty. Why should I worry about this?"

"Then why are you so resistant to me?" Alicia blinked her eyes. "Are you worried that I will snatch the child away from you? As Alicia, don't you have the confidence that your charm will never make the person you love have second thoughts? Could it be that... although the face looks so cute, this child is unexpectedly the type who likes to play with girls' emotions?"

"Hey, hey, hey, you two can quarrel if you want, but can you please not point your guns at innocent people?" Li Shubai said dissatisfiedly, "What do you mean by playing with a girl's feelings? I haven't done anything that will send me to hell!"

As he was talking, thinking back to the looks and behaviors of these girls who called themselves Valkyries and wanted to eat him, Li Shubai's tone suddenly became uncertain: "Uh... I guess you haven't done it, right?"

"It's hard to say~" Alicia suddenly stretched her head to the side and poked her head out from over the shoulder of Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy]. "Although I haven't synchronized the latest memories from the other me, I am Alicia after all. The boy I like should be a boy who is very good at pleasing girls! What do you think, is that right? The other me?"

As soon as Alicia finished speaking, everyone in the hall focused their eyes on Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy].

"Hmm... That's the only thing I can't excuse for the captain."

"Please give me some excuses!"

"But, the captain is indeed such a boy." Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] turned around and looked at Li Shubai's face a little embarrassedly, "A boy who will unintentionally please girls and likes to play with girls' emotions."

"...So I am such a disgusting image in your eyes?" Li Shubai sighed, "Think about it carefully...If I didn't like to play with girls' emotions, I wouldn't be entangled by so many girls, uh...Although I am very reluctant to admit this fact, am I the kind of person who has the potential to become a scumbag?"

Halfway through his speech, Li Shubai was suddenly surrounded by a dark cloud of low pressure: "Hahaha, it seems that after losing my memory, I was toyed with by them like this, which is probably entirely my own fault? Great... It really makes me happy... Just kidding."

"Um, Captain?" Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] called out a little anxiously, "Are you okay?"

"What can happen to me? Of course I'm fine, you fairy lady whose feelings have been toyed with." Li Shubai raised his head with melancholy, staring blankly at the dim light of the ceiling lamp, "It's just that I have made some mental preparations for the fact that I will become a scumbag."

"Um, did you misunderstand something?" Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy].

"That's what I mean." Perhaps because she knew that she was the main reason for Li Shubai's depression, even Alicia stopped making jokes and shook her slender fingers seriously, saying righteously, "Whether it's me or the other me, I never said you were a scumbag, right?"

“I’m very happy that you two are willing to comfort me… However, from the perspective of universal values, no matter what one thinks subjectively, as long as he objectively plays with the emotions of multiple girls, then this person can be defined as a scumbag.” Li Shubai let out a long breath, forced a smile, his voice trembling, “Scumbag… Scumbags… There’s nothing wrong with that. The fact that I can become a scumbag just proves that I have a very high ability to calculate and deceive…”

"Hey!"

Snapped!

"it hurts!"

A merciless knife strike.

"Really? I won't let you think less of yourself like this!"

Keeping one side of her hand immersed in Li Shubai's short hair, Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] put on a very dissatisfied expression for the first time in a long time: "Captain! As someone we all like, you should be more confident! How can you say that you are a scumbag? Are you trying to say that we all like a bad person?"

"Yes, yes!" Alicia nodded hastily, "If you continue to belittle Miss Fairy, even I will be angry!"

The Herrscher of Consciousness rolled his eyes and said nothing.

Suddenly, Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy]'s expression changed.

"How come they are here?" She turned her gaze towards the door of the hall and muttered to herself.

"You just realized it now?" The Herrscher of Knowledge sneered. "The captain escaped from their hands after all. You should have guessed that the Valkyries would come to you a long time ago."

"I thought they would come looking for us, but I didn't expect them to come so quickly." Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] bit her thumb uneasily.

"What are you talking about?" Li Shubai asked, "Has any enemy invaded this underground base?"

"They are not really enemies." The Herrscher of Knowledge shrugged indifferently, "It's just that Kiana and Yulandel rushed in."

"Uh..." Li Shubai's expression froze.

It’s not that he was afraid... Well, he had to admit that after experiencing everything last night, Li Shubai almost instinctively developed an emotion similar to fear towards Kiana and Yulandel.

Even though they listened to me very much and had no intention of harming me, but... they really wanted to eat me and took actual action to do so!

Although he was timid, Li Shubai thought about it for a moment and stood up from his seat.

"Since they came to see me, let me go talk to them." He said a little embarrassedly, "No matter what, it is indeed my fault that I ran away without saying a word to them. I have caused trouble myself, so I should bear the consequences myself."

However, when Li Shubai had just taken two steps, his arm was suddenly grabbed by Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy].

"...?"

Li Shubai turned away with a confused look on his face.

"Well, this..." After struggling for a moment, Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] asked cautiously, "Captain, do you have to stay on the side of Destiny? Although the World Serpent is indeed preparing to do something not so glorious, under our leadership, it is slowly getting better!"

"Why are you saying this suddenly?" Li Shubai asked.

"That is to say..." Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] said hesitantly, "If the captain is willing, otherwise, you will stay in the World Serpent first?"

"Will it not cause trouble for you?" Li Shubai turned his gaze to the other fairy lady, "I don't really care where I stay next. Anyway, whether it's Kiana or you, you shouldn't do anything bad to me, right?"

"No! Of course not!" Before Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] could answer, her memory grabbed Li Shubai's other arm, "Oh, I finally got a chance to get in touch with you, Captain Shubai."

"Huh? You know my name?"

"It's just some tricks that belong to memory." Alicia playfully blinked her glasses, her beautiful and flawless face like a flower filled with a bright smile. "After all, the Paradise of the Past is a space of memory and cognition. As long as we enter the hall of the Paradise, we can certainly use our own methods to obtain some information about you."

"Of course, it is information that does not involve privacy~"

"?"

Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] slowly typed a question mark: "Didn't you say that you don't like to use this ability, but prefer to get to know the visitors through direct interaction?"

"That's true, but special cases require special treatment after all."

Alicia slowly slid her hand down Li Shubai's arm, finally holding his hand, and inserted her fingers, as soft and tender as green onion white jade, between his five fingers.

"The boy that my original self likes... encountering such a special and exciting situation, how can I suppress my curiosity?"

"...Um." Li Shubai pulled back his hand, "Miss Alicia...?"

“Oh my…oh my…”

I don't know what she felt, but Alicia's face, which had always been quite calm and composed, suddenly turned red with a beautiful blush.

"Is that so? No wonder my original body would..."

“Hey!” Alysia’s head sank, her face turned pale, “You…”

"Such a good child, of course I would want to monopolize him!"

While Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] was distracted by the sudden heaviness on her head, Alicia swiftly exerted force on Li Shubai's palm, snatched the still confused boy from her own hand, then gently lifted him up, used her clever strength to turn his body sideways in mid-air, and then placed him horizontally between her arms.

"?!"

"Then, I'll have to trouble the other me to deal with those invaders from outside the paradise." Alicia, who was holding Li Shubai horizontally, showed a proud and happy expression as if she had won. "After all, as memories, we can't freely enter and exit the world outside the paradise~~"

"I...wait! Where are you taking the Captain?!"

"Of course, we should go inside the paradise... and have a good long talk." While laughing, Alicia kicked her legs and quickly leaped towards the door of the paradise that was gradually opening in the air.

“Alisa!! You——!” The exasperated Alisa [Miss Pink Fairy] shouted out her own name in an angry tone for the first time in a long time.

But when she was about to chase after her other self, Kevin's body as hard as ice blocked her way silently.

"Sorry, this time, I agree with her."

Alicia [Miss Pink Fairy] was dumbfounded: "What did you agree to?!"

"First, I have no intention of interfering with your love life, nor do I have the right to make choices for you. But even so, I and other memories in the paradise of the past are very curious about what kind of person you chose as your other half."

Kevin said some extremely gossipy words with a cold face.

"Secondly, just as your memory said, among all the people present, only you and the Herrscher can leave the Paradise area to welcome the invaders who have invaded the World Serpent Base. This is also your responsibility as the Lord."

"So, go quickly and come back soon. Your memory and I will be waiting for you in our personal realm in Paradise."

Chapter 4: Riot at the Destiny Headquarters (k)

Yulandel felt her mind was in a mess.

Although ever since her destiny was taken away by those so-called "people from another world" using thundering means that they had no power to resist, her thinking has always maintained a state of confusion and chaos. As a result, not only did she lose her appetite for the three meals a day that Rita carefully prepared for her at mealtime, but even the high-intensity exercise plan that she had never missed even for a day since she became a Valkyrie was rarely put on hold.

There is no doubt that the blow brought to Yulandel by those "people from another world" was painful, but to be honest, the main reason why she was confused to the point of losing her appetite was not something very complicated, but simply because she was unwilling to admit defeat and was defeated so thoroughly by "Yulandel from another world".

Failure is heavy and frustrating, especially for Valkyries like them.