This is not the date I wanted.

(This should... also be considered a form of caring.)

Artemisia sighed bitterly and quickened her pace to catch up.

In less than thirty seconds, the distance of four floors was closed. After being carefully placed on the ground by Wu Lian, Alan coughed dryly and said in a pretentious and majestic manner,

"Ahem - thank you for your hard work. Considering that you have just started working here, I will not question your mistake this time. Remember to always be strict with yourself during future training, understand?"

"learn."

After teaching the newcomer, Alan exhaled, straightened his clothes, and knocked on the door.

"—Please come in."

"excuse me."

After getting the response, Alan pushed the door and walked into the office.

In the middle of the office, a man was sitting in an office chair.

Gray hair that was as sharp as a blade, dim eyes that made it impossible to read emotions - this was the ruler of DEM, Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott himself.

"Ah, I've been waiting for you for a long time. Alan, Ashcroft, Ai... You're sweating a lot, what did you do?"

"…Nothing. Rather than that, is there anything urgent you need from us?"

Alan replied vaguely.

But obviously, Westcott had no intention of investigating further. He waved his hand and opened the dark book titled "Divine Eclipse Volume" in front of them.

"As I told you before, the search for the Divine Eclipse Volume was disrupted a few days ago."

"Interference... does it mean that the 'sister' has taken action?"

Alan's brows furrowed slightly.

"Yes. This will greatly reduce my omniscience. But fortunately, I have retrieved most of the information I need."

"Oh?"

Hearing Westcott's words, everyone couldn't help but widen their eyes in curiosity.

Of course, they knew what Westcott's next goal would be after obtaining the Divine Eclipse Volume.

"Boss, do you already know the hiding place of the new elf?"

"Ah."

In response to Wu Lian's question, Weiscott nodded, pointed his finger at the sky with a meaningful smile on his face.

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Let’s go back a few days to January 1st.

At noon, Nia called Shidou, Kotori, and Mengyue to her apartment and said that she wanted to explain to them the information she knew.

"All elves are transformed from humans!"

"..."

"..."

"..."

"... huh?"

Looking at the three people who not only did not show any surprise at the shocking news, but instead remained silent with a subtle look on their faces, Erya couldn't help but a drop of embarrassed sweat on his forehead.

"Could it be that... you already know?"

Shidou and the others nodded silently.

"Ah ah ah..."

Slowly leaning back in his chair, Erya seemed to have been hit hard, and muttered to himself absentmindedly,

"Strange... too strange. According to the normal development, shouldn't I reveal the shocking secret that the protagonists have not been aware of? If I explore the truth without waiting for the plot to be revealed, then what is the meaning of my existence..." "Ahem... well, I know it, but we are only at the speculation stage about it." After a light cough, Kotori straightened her face and asked seriously, "Niya, please tell us all the information you know."

"I see……"

With a melancholy sigh, Erya began to explain the information he knew.

Just like Miku, Kotori, and Origami, Niya also met the unidentified elf "Phantom" one day, obtained the spirit crystal from her hands and became an elf.

However, unlike them, Nia did not know her identity at first. Like Tohka and the others, she descended into the present world with a space shock without any memory.

Then, using the power of her angel, the Whispering Book, she discovered that she was once a human.

"It was then that I realized that my memory was sealed by that unknown entity, or what you call the 'phantom'."

"Didn't you use the Whispering Book to try to detect the true identity of the Phantom?"

Kotori asked.

"Of course there is... but what's the problem? Is it disconnected? Or can't get in? It should be blocked by some kind of angelic power. The search was blocked, and the Whispering Volume couldn't find any information. For example, in the comics, if the enemy's combat power is too high, wouldn't the combat power measuring instrument explode?"

"Um……"

Qin Li crossed her arms with an embarrassed look on her face. Although she understood what Erya said, it seemed like she was one step closer to the truth, but she was still confused. This feeling like something stuck in her throat made her feel uncomfortable.

"That's all I know. Sorry I couldn't help you, little sister."

Niya scratched her cheek and said apologetically. In response, Kotori shook her head.

"That's not the case. Thanks to your intelligence, we can be sure that our guess is correct. Thank you for telling me this, that's all."

"Kotori is right, Niya, you've been a great help. Thank you."

"Well... Having said that, I still want to provide a little more useful help."

Seemingly a little dissatisfied with himself, Erya put his hands on his waist and pondered for a moment, then turned his gaze to Mengyue who had remained silent just now.

"Bili-chan, can I now summon limited spirit equipment and angels like Tohka?"

"Hmm... maybe it can be done."

Meng Yue thought for a moment and nodded.

"Although most of your spiritual power has been taken away, the nature of my spiritual power is very similar to yours. Since you have established a spiritual power channel with Shidou, and there is a little power in your body that originally belonged to the 'Whispering Chapter', you should be able to use my spiritual power as a substitute to summon angels."

"Oh."

Upon hearing the news, Erya couldn't help but open his eyes wide in surprise.

"Really? Then how do you summon the angel when it's sealed?"

"Hmm? If it's limited to spirit suits and angels, can't we summon them if we want?"

As she spoke, Meng Yue snapped her fingers, and the lightning immediately turned into a dark blue mechanical bow in her hand.

Erya was suddenly confused.

“Cannot be used as a reference…”

Finally, relying on the spiritual power backflow brought about by the painful memory of the deadline day, Erya finally summoned the "Whispering Volume".

Then, Erya played with the long-lost angel, and after pondering for a while, he picked up a feather pen and scribbled all over the blank pages of the book.

According to Erya, "The Whispering Volume" and "The Divine Eclipse Volume" are essentially two different terminals that open the same web page, but the spiritual power they possess - that is, the permissions - are different, and the network resources they can call upon are also different.

Although the spiritual power of the Dawn Sage can serve as a substitute to form the skeleton of the "Whispering Volumes", it cannot realize the same power.

However, relying on the little spiritual power left in his body, Erya still successfully blocked the ability of the "Divine Eclipse Volume" regarding "records of the future" and messed up the search function.

This is undoubtedly a great achievement for Shidao and his men.

"Sister-chan, could you please take that comic book for me?"

"Well, this one, right?"

"That's right. And boy, give me a shoulder massage."

"Oh, oh...how strong is this?"

"Ah~ Very good, very good. Bili-chan, is my tea not ready yet?" While leisurely reading the comics and enjoying Shidou's massage, Niya said with a smug look on her face, "I have recalled the psychological trauma in order to seal the Divine Eclipse volume. I am so tired~ Please be sure to reward and heal me."

"..."

Holding the freshly brewed instant black tea, Meng Yue's mouth twitched slightly.

"Shidou, I really want to pour black tea directly on this guy's head."

"Ha ha……"

In response, Shidou could only smile bitterly.

PS: I have slightly tampered with the settings of the original work here. To be more precise, I have added a little of my own understanding to the angel of Erya.

03 I can’t think of a transition chapter with a title~~

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After serving the delicate (self-proclaimed) Nia, Shidou and the others returned to their house.

"call……"

After finishing dinner and his daily chores, Shidou returned to his room, threw himself into the sheets, looked at the ceiling, and let out a long breath.

"It's still early."

He glanced at the alarm clock beside the bed. It was not yet eight o'clock in the evening. It was a little early to go to bed now. But having said that, Shido Gokawa had no idea how to spend this rare free time.

"Or maybe just finish the homework first... or forget it."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Shidao shook his head with a wry smile. This might be the strong backlash caused by staying up late for several days in a row to finish the manuscript. Now he doesn't want to touch those things at all.

(Please find a book to read.)

Thinking of this, Shidao got up from the bed and walked to his bookcase.

"What should I look at?"

Shidou searched for reading materials in his bookcase. Since he was not very interested in reading, there were not many books in the bookcase. There were only a few uncompleted light novel volumes, a few monthly comic magazines, photo albums of himself and Kotori Tohka, and some cookbooks. There were almost no interesting books.

"Hmm... Have I ever bought a book like this?"

"Let's clean up your mind!" - Looking at the book in his hand that looked like a book for educating children, Shidao frowned. If I remember correctly, he bought this by mistake when he was doing housework a long time ago.

"But it's New Year's Day already. It's a good opportunity to clean up the house."

I will do a thorough cleaning of the house tomorrow. After arranging tomorrow's tasks in his mind, Shidao put the book back into the bookshelf and took out a light novel that he had read so many times that he was ready to read it again.

——Ring ring ring!

Just when he was halfway through the novel, the phone in his pocket suddenly rang. Staring at the content of the novel in his hand, Shidao picked up the phone and pressed the call button.

"Hello, who are you?"

[Good evening, brother! I am your younger sister, Mana! ]

Hearing the powerful voice on the other end of the phone, Shidou knew that the caller was his biological sister, Takamiya Mana, who had come to meet him not long ago.

Closing the book in his hand, Shidou started chatting with Mana with a bit of surprise and joy.

"Long time no see. How have you been lately?"

[Yeah! Thanks to my brother, I am still full of energy! ]

Hearing the energetic voice on the other end of the phone, Shidou felt as if he was infected by her energy, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At first, when the other party addressed him as "brother", he was stunned and didn't know how to face this biological sister who suddenly appeared.

However, after experiencing many events, Shidao also realized that the other party was a good boy who was honest and frank.

Although he had no memories of living with Mana, he did not feel any discomfort or resistance to the fact that she was his sister.

"Come to think of it, I haven't thanked you for what happened last month. I heard from Kotori and the others that you helped me a lot when I went berserk."

[It's okay. Helping my brother when he's in trouble is what a younger sister should do.]

"It's New Year's Day, why don't you come over to our place and play? I'm sure everyone will welcome you."

[Um... I'm sorry, Brother. I'm very happy about your kindness, but I have other things to do, so it's not convenient for me to go there. ]

Mana's slightly troubled voice came from the other end of the line.

"It's okay. I just brought it up too suddenly. Just tell me when you have time."