I really don't want to date a girl addicted to the internet!

"What is it?" Nagasaki Asuna also took Ye Shuang's arm, her gaze sweeping through the crowd as she tilted her head.

"Won't you be jealous if Cheng Fei and Shen Xi go on a date like this?" Zhou Han asked curiously.

"Jealous?" Nagasaki Asuna paused for a moment, then pondered, "Well... it's alright? Thinking about it, it's nothing."

"You really are magnanimous." Zhou Han opened her mouth, but felt speechless.

"Actually, I'm not very forgiving. I often cry and make a scene in front of Cheng Fei." Nagasaki Asuna's lips curled into a smile.

"Nana is just too nice, that's why that scumbag got his way," Ye Shuang said, pouting as if she were standing up for her friend.

"A scumbag, a scumbag?" Zhou Han hesitated, "Actually, I think Cheng Fei is pretty good..."

"He's a total jerk, you all better keep your distance from him," the obedient girl said with certainty.

"Hey, Shuangshuang, why do you look like you've suffered so much? Is there a story behind it? Why don't you tell everyone?" Nagasaki Asuna's eyes darted around, her fingertip lightly tapping her chin, her smile teasing.

"Oh right, Ye Shuang, how come you seem to know Cheng Fei quite well?" Zhou Han blinked her round eyes and looked over suspiciously.

Of course, she and Ruan Jingyi were unaware of the current relationship between someone and Ye Shuang.

“I often see him with Miss, so…” The obedient girl froze as if pricked by a needle, her eyes became unfocused, and her fingers twisted together.

"So, speaking of which, I've been wanting to ask this before: you know about Cheng Fei, Asuna, and Shen Xi, aren't you going to tell Lin Xuanqi?" Zhou Han continued curiously.

Nagasaki Asuna smiled without saying a word.

"My mission is to protect Miss's safety, and since they are all my friends, I won't get involved in this kind of thing..." The obedient girl's eyes became even more unfocused, and her voice became softer.

"Well, it seems like you're caught in the middle and it must be tough for you. Don't put too much pressure on yourself." Zhou Han nodded as if she understood, then looked at her with a smile. If they weren't so familiar with each other, she probably would have reached out and patted her head like she would with someone else.

Ye Shuang and Zhou Han's eyes met but quickly looked away. Ye Shuang pressed her chest down, lowered her head, and gently bit her lip, feeling a pang of sadness spreading in her heart. "Um... thank you."

Asuna Nagasaki looked at the two of them from the left and right, about to say something, when she suddenly sensed something and turned to scan the surrounding crowd, narrowing her eyes warily. "Um, everyone be careful, someone is watching us."

As soon as the words were spoken, the group stopped their casual conversation and became wary.

After taking only a few steps forward, Nagasaki Asuna lowered her voice and warned, "They're getting closer, behind us!"

Leia and Ye Shuang immediately tensed up, while Zhou Han and Ruan Jingyi also hurriedly reached for their weapons.

The sharp sound of wind breaking through the air could be clearly heard even in the bustling street.

The next second, a figure as fast as lightning pierced through the crowd and landed in front of them, releasing an invisible sense of pressure and creating a vacuum zone in place.

“Eh, an elf?” Nagasaki Asuna hesitated.

Before them appeared a group of striking women with pointed ears, dressed in uniform, their arrogant expressions standing out from the humans around them.

Without hesitation, Leia stepped between the two, frowning. "Eve, I said I won't go back."

“Your Highness, we would like to speak with you privately.” The silver-haired elf at the head of the group bowed his head.

"Leya, are they your guards?" Nagasaki Asuna asked, having only learned about the incident from Cheng Fei.

Leia nodded slightly, then looked around, a strong sense of unease welling up inside her. "There's nothing to talk about. Don't follow me."

With Cheng Fei gone, she had no chance of dealing with a few Pokémon. As for Ye Shuang, although she was strong, she wasn't enough to solve the problem...

"Your Highness, please come with us, or your friend will get hurt." Eve said in a deep voice, exchanged a glance with her companion, and surrounded the group.

"Shuangshuang, be careful, elves are very powerful." Nagasaki Asuna stepped back next to Ye Shuang and lowered her voice.

Ye Shuang nodded and clenched her fist. Although she didn't quite understand what was going on, she knew from the other party's posture that they didn't intend to give Leia a chance to refuse, and it was obvious that they were going to fight.

The air in the area suddenly became tense, and passersby instinctively avoided the two opposing groups, peering out curiously.

Leia gritted her teeth and remained motionless, locked in a stare-down with Eve.

Time ticked by, and the elven saintess first clenched her fists, then her eyes flickered, and after a long silence, she lowered her head in dejection, "I'll go with you."

“Leah, you…” Nagasaki Asuna paused, realizing something.

"Asuna." The elven saintess interrupted her, gave her a barely perceptible shake of her head, and walked forward.

Eve and her companion exchanged a glance, and Eve breathed a barely perceptible sigh of relief.

"But……!"

Before Nagasaki Asuna could say anything more, Leia, surrounded by several elves, lightly touched the ground with her toes and easily leaped onto the rooftop by the roadside.

The elven saintess exchanged a final glance with Nagasaki Asuna, then turned and disappeared into the night along with several other elves.

"No, they just left like that?" Zhou Han stared blankly, looking up.

"What does this mean? What do we do?" Ye Shuang still looked bewildered.

"Oh no, oh no! Shuangshuang, hurry and chase after them! We have to tell Cheng Fei what happened. We absolutely cannot let them take Leia away!" Nagasaki Asuna grabbed her hair, looking panicked.

"I understand. What about you guys?" Ye Shuang nodded, then became worried again as she thought of something.

"Let's go find Cheng Fei, we'll contact you later!" Nagasaki Asuna patted her on the back, then hurriedly took out her walkie-talkie and adjusted the channel.

"Alright, I'm off then?" Ye Shuang took a deep breath, activated Time Zero, and then jumped onto the roof, chasing after the direction the elves had left in.

In the darkness of the Upper East Side, the girl's nimble figure flashed between the eaves.

……

Shen Xi stood there expressionless, letting Cheng Fei pin the glowing light magic crystal hair ornament to her temple.

"Alright, perfect. As expected of the cutest girl in the multiverse." The boy clapped his hands, admiring the cool, silver-haired girl in front of him.

Suddenly, the walkie-talkie in his arms started buzzing, followed by a familiar voice, "Cheng Fei, something terrible has happened!"

699. The elves collided with the Imperial fleet.

In a quiet alley in the upper district, Cheng Fei listened to the voice coming from the walkie-talkie, pressed the talk button, and said, "Understood. Leave it to me. Be careful."

"What's going on?" Shen Xi frowned slightly as she looked at him.

"Tsk, Leia was taken away by the guards, I have to go find her." The boy put down the walkie-talkie, clicked his tongue, and said with a hint of helplessness.

"I understand." The girl lowered her eyes.

"Hurry up and we might still make it to see the fireworks?" The boy leaned forward, observing the pretty yet cold face with a smile.

Adorned with blue glowing hair accessories, the girl's flawless appearance became even more striking.

"Nobody here wants to watch fireworks with you. Hurry up and get this done so we can go find fuel." Shen Xi's face showed displeasure, and she kicked him.

"Yes, yes, it was all wishful thinking on my part." The boy nodded perfunctorily, lowered his center of gravity by adopting a horse stance, clapped his hands to signal to the girl, "Then please, Your Highness."

The girl paused for a second, then understood and leaned against the boy, letting him support her back and the back of her legs, before wrapping her arms around his neck in a princess carry.

The two instantly left the ground and landed on a nearby rooftop. Cheng Fei checked the direction, then carried Shen Xi and disappeared from the spot.

……

Above the bustling street, several dark figures flashed by.

Listening to the whistling wind in her ears, Eve raised her hand to signal everyone to stop and turned to look behind her.

A strange human with striking champagne-gold twin tails, resembling a half-elf, stopped and stared at them from across a rooftop.

"Your Highness, please send your friend back, or we will really not be polite." Eve stared intently at Ye Shuang with a hostile expression.

The elves beside them chanted softly, and bright blue runes appeared one after another, surrounding them with a tangible aura.

Leia's expression tightened, and she quickly looked at Ye Shuang and shook her head.

The girl with pigtails silently observed the situation.

These elves were almost as fast as her, and they knew magic, so their combat strength was definitely not weak. She could try to fight one or two, but there were five of them...

Ye Shuang hesitated for a moment, then took a step back.

Eve stared at her, then raised her hand to signal her companion, "Let's go!"

As soon as she finished speaking, the elves surrounded Leia and quickly left. Eve waited briefly before turning around and following them, leaving Ye Shuang behind.

After running a distance, Leia looked back and saw Ye Shuang still standing there watching them go, and she secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Not wanting to burden her companions on the Miriam, she pretended to cooperate first and then looked for an opportunity to escape.

Led by Eve, Leia and the elves left the upper city and arrived at the dock below the continent, where an inconspicuous small sailboat was moored.

Leia followed the elves onto the ship and watched as they skillfully untied the mooring ropes, preparing for the ship's departure.

The elven saintess slowly retreated, glancing back at the path she had come from.

“Your Highness,” Eve, who had her back to her, suddenly sighed, “Please stop being so willful.”

As soon as she finished speaking, several elves blocked Leia's path and surrounded her.

Eve frowned and stepped forward, gazing intently at her saintess, chanting obscure incantations in a low voice, while gripping her wrists tightly with both hands.

Leia's pupils contracted as she suddenly realized that this was an anti-magic spell that elves used to imprison sinners. She immediately began chanting the spell and struggling, but it was too late. Illusory shackles made of blue runes appeared on her wrists, severing her connection with magic and causing the runes that were about to appear in her hands to vanish without a trace.

"Eve, you?!"

"I apologize, Your Highness. I will untie you after we set sail." Eve lowered her head and gestured to her companion to take Leia to the other side.

After a while, the small sailboat slowly left the quiet dock, raised its sails, and headed towards the deep sea of ​​clouds in the night.

Eve stood on the aft deck, gripping the helm, watching the sailboat gradually move away from the mainland and into the vast, silent airspace. She breathed a slight sigh of relief, then turned to look at Rhea, only to find the other staring at her with resentment. She instinctively looked away. "Your Highness, please don't blame us. This is for your safety, and it's also the Grand Elder's order..."

"Stop talking." Leia stared at the anti-magic spell on her wrist and clenched her fist.

Eve opened her mouth, then lowered her head, her eyes flickering.

Just then, the elf who was looking through the telescope suddenly turned around and shouted, "Captain, there are many Imperial ships ahead!"

“Imperial ships? How many?” Eve looked up abruptly.

“Many, hundreds!” the elf said as he looked around.

"Hundreds?" Eve hesitated for a moment, then picked up her binoculars and looked in the direction her companion indicated, her pupils shrinking.

Above the dimly lit sea of ​​clouds, a large patch of eerie black dots appeared in a place that should have been empty.

When the clouds that had obscured the view dissipated, it became clear that it was a massive fleet. The giant warships with their gun barrels covering their sides resembled porcupines with quills, and the blue flag with a golden lion fluttered in the wind on the towering masts.

Eve's heart skipped a beat, a bad feeling rising within her. Riften was far from the Empire's borders; the Empire shouldn't be here. Could they be after them...?

She quickly turned the rudder handle sharply, shouting, "Let's get out of the way! Hard to port!"

The small sailboat veered rapidly, changing course.

"The Imperials have signaled for us to stop!" the lookout elf shouted again.

The Imperial fleet could be clearly seen emitting regular bright blue flashes in this direction.

"Don't stop, tighten the sails!" Eve continued to change course, turning the sailboat 180 degrees and heading at full speed toward the mainland, away from the other side.

They could move freely in front of ordinary humans, but it was different when facing the Imperials. The Demon Knights were beings capable of contending with elves, especially with such a large fleet. She couldn't even imagine the number of Demon Knights accompanying them...

During this process, the distance between the two sides rapidly closed. In the blink of an eye, the Imperial fleet, which was originally just a black dot, was now within arm's reach, with huge sails covering the sky and blue flags with golden lions fluttering in the wind.

On the flagship of the Imperial Second Special Operations Fleet, the Spear Falcon, the adjutant was observing the suspicious sailboat attempting to escape through binoculars.

"Sir, there seem to be elves up there," the advisor whispered to him.

"An elf..." The lieutenant slowly moved his gaze across the deck of the sailboat, finally locking onto a silver-haired elf with her hands bound by strange runic shackles on the aft deck. He hesitated for a moment, then suddenly realized something, "Don't let that ship get away!"

Eve looked back at the Imperial fleet getting closer and closer, and a sense of anxiety welled up in her heart.

Bright streams of particles could be clearly seen spewing from the stern of the fleet, a sign that the afterburning light magic engines were starting up. Their ships didn't have such engines at all, and they couldn't outrun them in terms of speed.

"The Imperials are sending a warning signal!" The lookout elf watched the regular flashes of light emitted by the Imperial fleet.

Eve gritted her teeth, her unease growing stronger.

As if in response to her premonition, without warning, a dazzling green beam of light flashed past the sailboat, leaving an indelible bright spot in her vision.

Eve's heart skipped a beat.

Then, a continuous stream of green beams of light shot towards them without mercy, making the small sailboat look like a tiny boat in a storm.