This is not the date I wanted.

Meng Yue could feel that the other party did not show any special regard for her because she was an elf. He was just expressing concern as a colleague or a bystander.

"Well, I admire Miss Mengyue's love for Shidao for sneaking into the enemy camp. I remember that she followed her boyfriend 24 hours a day to protect him from being approached by a strange woman..."

"...Haha." Seeing Minowa begin to sink into her own memories, Mengyue gave an awkward smile and changed the subject, "Speaking of which, Miss Minowa, is Kotori-chan available now?"

"Commander, I'm currently reviewing the data of the events that happened a few days ago in the command room. You should be able to see it if you go over there."

"Well, thanks."

After thanking Minowa, Mengyue said goodbye to Minowa who was still working and walked towards the command room.

"Hey, Mengyue-san, you've worked hard. The last operation was really hard."

"That's right. The accurate analysis of the battle situation, the clear and decisive way of action, and the calm and unparalleled ability to act on the battlefield. I am convinced."

"Meng Yuetan, are you interested in becoming an idol? I would like to be your first fan!"

Along the way, Mengyue met "Bad Marriage" Kawagoe, "President" Mikimoto, "Dimonsion Breaker" Nakagawazu and other people who can often be seen in Shidao's elf strategy. They all greeted Mengyue with great admiration.

In Miku's strategy, Mengyue's actions won the admiration of Fraxinus and other staff members.

...No one expressed any dissatisfaction with the fact that they were elves.

Seeing this scene, Mengyue showed a slight smile on her face.

"Hey! Sister Mengyue, have you recovered?"

Then, a surprised voice sounded from the front. Mengyue looked over and saw a girl with a ponytail, a beauty mole under the corner of her eye, and who looked somewhat like Shidao, running towards her with a happy face.

"Yes! As you can see, completely resurrected!"

Mengyue struck a bodybuilding pose to show that she was in good shape, and Mana shouted in admiration.

"Oh, you are worthy of being Sister Mengyue. I really want to learn from you!"

Seeing Shidou's energetic sister, Mengyue chuckled and then asked.

"Well, how are things going lately? Are you getting used to living in Fraxinus?"

"However, in order to deal with the magic treatment that DEM had done to me before, I have to undergo regular treatment every once in a while. But this is a completely minor problem!"

"Hey, that's really amazing."

Mengyue smiled and touched Mana's head, encouragingly.

"Well, please don't treat Mana like a child, okay!"

Mana puffed up her cheeks in dissatisfaction, but did not break free from Mengyue's hand that was touching her head.

"Sister Mengyue... I really have to thank you. If it weren't for you, I would probably still be being used by DEM without knowing it."

Mana bent down towards Mengyue with a slightly solemn look and expressed her gratitude solemnly.

His body had been subjected to various magical treatments beyond the limits by DEM. Although this had enabled Mana to gain a strength that was almost comparable to that of an elf, the price he paid was that his life span had been compressed to only a dozen years.

Recalling the Jessica I met in the DEM base a few days ago, due to the extremely crazy magical processing done to her brain, not only was her mental state almost collapsed, but all her life was squeezed into one day. In the end, I had to give her "relief".

If I'm not careful, I'll end up on the same path as her.

"Ah, don't thank them so solemnly, it feels weird." Meng Yue said with a helpless smile, "Besides, Kotori and Reine are more concerned about your situation. If you want to thank someone, you should thank them."

"Well, of course Mana has already thanked them, but Mana wants to say something more to Mengyuejie. Thank you and Mana for saying 'I want to become Mana and Shidou's family, I will protect you!'"

Moreover, Mengyue has already proved her determination to fulfill the promise with her actions.

"Ah... that." Meng Yue scratched her cheek in embarrassment, "Although we are becoming a family, it's not because Shidao and I want to have a special relationship. That, I just mean an ordinary family relationship..."

"Well, Mana, actually, either one is fine." Mana looked at Mengyue, whose cheeks were red as she tried to defend herself, and a smile appeared in her eyes. Then, she said helplessly, "Yeah, Mengyue sister is the same, and Origami sister is the same. Brother-sama is really a man with many sins~"

"Really? That's it~ You're really brave to tease me~"

The veins on Mengyue's forehead bulged slightly, her face was smiling, and she pinched Mana's cheeks with both hands and pulled them to the sides.

"It hurts! Jenna's forgetfulness is too much! (I'm so sorry for being so complacent!)"

Really... Kotori is fine, Mana is fine. It's such a waste to have such a cute girl as Shidou's sister. Meng Yue thought with a look of regret.

(Shidou: "Haqiu!")

"Well, I have something to do next, so I'll go find Kotori-chan. Mana-chan, you should recuperate for a while. Although the people here have strange personalities, the people in Ratatoskr and Fraxinus can still be trusted."

"I understand!"

When saying goodbye to Mana, Mengyue added something secretly in her heart.

(However, there is only Fraxinus...)

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"Hello, Kotori-chan, I'm here to see you."

After entering the command room, Meng Yue greeted Qin Li and said.

"Hey, Sister Mengyue, congratulations on your recovery."

Putting down the document she was reading, Kotori, who was wearing a black headband and in commander mode, said to Meng Yue with a meaningful smile, "How about the gift I gave you yesterday?"

"GJ!"

In response, Mengyue gave Qinli a thumbs up and replied with a refreshing smile.

As expected of the commander of the entire airship, he knows how to win people's hearts. If capturing a Pokémon can give him this experience, Meng Yue will definitely capture all Pokémons...even Kurumi and Phantom, and will try to capture them in front of Shidao.

"Well... Mengyue, you came here... is there anything you want to know?"

At the side, Ling Yin, who seemed to have closed her eyes, suddenly interrupted in a daze.

"...That's true. I came here to ask something important."

Meng Yue didn't say any more words after Ling Yin pointed it out. She took a deep breath and looked at Qin Li with a serious look.

"What happened to Tohka at that time?"

Mengyue still can't forget the feeling at that time.

The black spiritual outfit that Tohka was equipped with, which gave off a dangerous aura as if it had faded from a photo, and the negative spiritual power called "Tyranny" that was filled with despair, made people feel cold... or should I say, a demon.

At that time, Tohka, both mentally and physically, exuded a very dangerous aura, just like a cruel tyrant. If Shidao had not successfully sealed it, the city of Tengu would have become a lifeless ruin.

"Ah... You asked a very sensitive question right from the start, Sister Mengyue..."

Kotori rubbed her temples with her fingers in distress, glanced at Reine, and when she saw that the other party did not shake his head, she spoke slowly.

"...Reversal, a state where the spirit power in the spirit body changes in a negative direction. It feels like a positive number turning into a negative number... It is also the most dangerous state among the disasters caused by the spirit's rampage, nothing else."

"Reversal..."

Meng Yue repeated the word again and couldn't help but recall what Westcott had said before.

[Haha… It seems that Hacker is the type who tends to calm down the more angry he gets. I was hoping to create a reversed version like Princess, but it seems that this sudden idea is impossible to realize.]

In other words, not only Tohka, Yoshino, Yamai, and Miku, but even myself, there is the possibility of a reversal.

Her palms were slightly sweaty. Meng Yue took a deep breath and calmed down. She asked, "So, what are the conditions for the elf to reverse?"

However, when asking this question, Meng Yue already had a vague idea.

"…It should be some kind of emotional outburst, probably a pretty serious one."

Lingyin nodded slightly at Mengyue's guess.

"Well, Mengyue, your guess... Although the reversal conditions of each elf are different, the complete reversal of spiritual power means that the elf's mental state is in the worst condition. In other words, it is despair."

As expected... in the prank photo that Westcott threw at her, the imprisoned Tohka helplessly watched Shidou being killed by Allen. For Tohka, who always regarded Shidou as the most important person in her life, her spirit must have collapsed at that time.

"Despair... it's really hard to laugh." Meng Yue exhaled slowly, as if thinking about something, and said to herself, "In that case, if one of Yui and Yakuya kills the other, there is an 80% chance that the situation will be reversed; as for Miku, if Shidou and I betray her directly and maliciously slander her, the possibility of a reversal is also very high. Yoshino... that child is too innocent. It may not be okay for one of us to be blamed for Shidou's death because of her."

Although these situations seem unlikely to happen, in fact, if you really want to, it is not impossible.

"Sister Mengyue!" After hearing Mengyue's words, Qinli couldn't help but stare at Mengyue with wide eyes and shouted angrily.

"...I am just objectively putting forward my opinion based on my understanding of everyone. It doesn't mean anything. Rather, this is something you should think about." Meng Yue said innocently.

Kotori couldn't help but remain silent. Meng Yue's words made sense. The purpose of DEM this time was obviously to make the elves reverse, so it was not difficult to guarantee that there would be a second such situation in the future. So instead of avoiding this topic, it would be better to think about various possibilities based on this premise and take countermeasures in advance.

"Sorry... I understand. I will discuss relevant countermeasures with everyone later."

"Well... about the next thing." Meng Yue's face showed a complicated expression when she said this, "... Next, I will not only give up supporting Shidao's attack on the elves, but I will even stop him depending on the situation."

“……?!!!!”

If the previous words were understandable, then Mengyue's words really made Kotori and Reine feel confused.

Kotori slammed the table hard and shouted.

"Why, Sister Mengyue! As an elf, don't you know that we are..."

"Seal the power of the elves to prevent them from being hunted by magicians, so that the elves can live their daily lives like ordinary people."

Meng Yue finished what Kotori wanted to say first, and then looked at Kotori with a serious face, "Is this... really the belief of everyone in Ratatoskr?!"

"Well……"

Kotori was speechless for a moment. As the commander, she knew that in her organization, there were less than a quarter of people who truly wanted to stick to this ideal.

"But everyone in Fraxinus definitely thinks so."

Looking at Kotori who was trying her best to explain for her organization, Mengyue sighed with a wry smile.

"I know that everyone here is interesting and kind, and everyone here is worthy of being Kotori's subordinate. I don't regret entrusting my spiritual power to Shidou, and I trust Kotori 100%."

"So……"

“But I still refuse!”

"Why?!"

Kotori shouted incomprehensibly, to which Meng Yue scratched her head, looked at Kotori, then at Reine, before finally answering slowly.

"Although I really want to play JOJO's pinching game here...but it seems that the atmosphere does not allow it, so I will just say it directly. There are two reasons."

Mengyue raised two fingers towards Qinli.

"First, regarding the elves, although so far, all the elves, including me, have been saved by Shidou. But after meeting Miku, I began to think, do all the elves really need to be saved?"

"……What's the meaning?"

"For example, the reason why I am willing to be sealed is that it is very difficult for me to control the space shock, so I must seal my spiritual power to enter human society; and Mijiu, although she can control the space shock freely, has a distorted value system and escapes because of the psychological shadow of the past. So, if there is an elf who can control the space shock freely, has the common sense of a normal person, or is satisfied with her current life, what reason do we have to save her?"

When others help you without your help, it is just pure self-satisfaction.

Mengyue's words made Qinli stunned for a moment. To be honest, she had never thought about what to do if she really met an elf that did not need to be saved.

However, she quickly recovered and argued.

"...I don't deny that there may be such spirits, but you can see that spirits like Tohka and Shiono cannot live a normal life without their spiritual powers sealed..."

"So the second point is, have Tohka and the others really returned to their normal lives?"

"........."

"DEM is now eagerly awaiting the emergence of new Pokémons, and is constantly targeting the sealed Pokémons. In this situation, is this how we live? Is it how Tohka should live when a 'princess' who could split a mountain with one sword is imprisoned and then reversed?"

The sealing of the elves does not only represent the arrival of a peaceful daily life, nor does it only mean that Shidao Gokawa’s harem will increase by 1, but it also means that the elves are at their most vulnerable at this moment.

"No... I'm not."

Meng Yue's decisive tone made Qin Li answer in confusion.

"We handed the sharp blade to Shidou in the hope of avoiding those annoying fights, not to let the enemy take advantage of the opportunity to attack us with a fatal blow."

Speaking of this, Meng Yue took a deep breath. To be honest, although I kept saying "we" just now to make it more convincing, in fact, this is entirely Meng Yue's personal opinion.

There is no way, whether it is Tohka or Yamai, they don't care much about this aspect. But in fact, after the enemy DEM Club appeared, it is obvious that they can't seal the elves without any worries. If they weaken the power of the elves casually, they may harm the other party.

"So, although I don't oppose the elf capture, I also give up helping Shidou capture elves. Compared to these, I would rather think of some ways to better protect my current family."

Mengyue looked directly into Qinli's eyes and said solemnly.

After being in a trance for a long time, Kotori let out a breath and said apologetically.

"...I understand. Sister Mengyue, you also have your own ideas. Sorry...I got excited without listening to your explanation just now."

"It's okay, Kotori, as long as you understand."

"That's true... Now that we've confirmed the existence of the enemy, we do need to make some subtle adjustments to the previous plan."

Kotori touched her forehead and thought.