Letting Elysia soothe the cook's mental state was, of course, a piece of cake. That's what she was good at!
But doing it with his body, which had a slight case of "brain wiggles," was a bit of a torture.
So, Jiang Qiao studied the chat group in his mind and found a useful feature.
—Red Envelopes.
By spending a single point, you could send all sorts of things, like items, to other group members.
There were two ways to get points: a daily check-in that gave one point, and a special panel called "Dimensional Commissions."
It was a quest board, and completing the tasks that appeared on it would also award a certain number of points.
Jiang Qiao: Online now, folks, does anyone have any fast-acting medicine or something to cure brain wiggles?
Jiang Qiao decided to ask his all-powerful group members for help.
However, the chat fell silent for a moment.
On second thought, it made sense.
Considering the members who had shown up so far—
The red-haired girl from Madoka Magica, yes, the magical girl system was quite versatile, they had all sorts of abilities, but you still had to choose the right person for a healer! Pink and blue haired girls could do it, but asking a red-haired illusionist for healing was just deliberately picking a fight, wasn't it?
LMAO, no heals here. Can't squeeze out a single drop!
As for Director Hu... her business was funerals. Asking her for medicine was less appropriate than pre-ordering a coffin and a burial service. And as for relying on the food from that gacha game to act as medicine in reality? You'd better wake up!
As for Jiang Qiao himself, he was on the Previous Era side. And in that era the tech tree hadn't been fully unlocked. Even if he asked Mobius, she wouldn't be able to do anything.
Hu Tao: Hey, uh, how about I go to Bubu Pharmacy and get a prescription from Dr. Baizhu for you?
Baizhu could definitely treat brain wiggles, but hoping he'd give you something that worked right away was just wishful thinking. It would definitely take a while for the medicine to take effect.
Elysia: Oh, no need to worry~ It's a little uncomfortable, but I can still move around just fine~
She was, after all, a soldier of Fire Moth. Even if it wasn't her body, just a slight case of brain wiggles wouldn't be a problem.
Future Chieftain of the Crimson Demons: Um, I have some medicine here, but I don't know if it will work.
The new message caught Jiang Qiao's attention. Only then did he notice this group member who hadn't made much of an impression.
That ID... Crimson Demon Clan, Megumin? No, wait, it must be Yunyun!
Jiang Qiao made a snap judgment.
The world of KonoSuba did indeed have plenty of magical items.
Jiang Qiao: Wanna give it a try?
Yunyun: O-Okay!
—Yunyun sent you a red envelope.
Seeing a pouch of potions appear before him, Jiang Qiao almost fainted.
I'm not the one who's hurt! What's the point of sending it to me?!
Jiang Qiao: Dummy, not to me, to Elysia!
Yunyun: Ah! I'm so sorry... I'll resend it!
Yunyun: Uh... I'm out of points.
Currently, everyone's only source of points was the single point from the daily check-in. Having sent one to Jiang Qiao, Yunyun was now broke.
"Such Konosuba-esque behavior,"
Jiang Qiao was speechless, but he couldn't say anything.
After all, he hadn't specified clearly, and she had meant well.
Fortunately, he also had one point, so he could resend the medicine to Elysia.
Amazing. The chat group is the biggest winner here, earning points twice from a single pouch of medicine!
Elysia: I received it, I received it~
On the other end of the chat, Elysia had received the secondhand potion from the mix-up.
The kind-hearted Yunyun was clearly concerned about the outcome and quickly asked:
How do you feel?
Elysia: Mhmm~ What a wonderful feeling. I feel much better now. I'll be sure to send you a gift in return, okay~? Yunyun~
Looking at this message, Jiang Qiao muttered:
"Magic is so unreasonable."
Didn't matter if it was an internal or external injury; one swig of a red potion and you're good as new.
"Alright, now I have to take care of things on my end."
The pink-haired girl stood up, shed her pajamas, and opened the wardrobe in the corner.
As a soldier of Fire MOTH, Elysia couldn't afford to let Jiang Qiao just laze around in his room.
While Elysia was off trying to win over Raiden Mei and save Nagazora, he had to manage Elysia's life here.
Elysia, who had joined Fire Moth not too long ago, didn't have a closet as full as Jiang Qiao would have imagined. Instead it was quite simple. A Fire Moth soldier's uniform, a set of casual clothes, and a maid outfit. That was it.
"Seriously, miHoYo was really cutting corners on the budget."
Jiang Qiao looked at the soldier's uniform and, recalling Elysia from the game's story, couldn't help but complain.
It was completely different!
But that was to be expected. After all, Elysia's most iconic Herrscher battlesuit was meticulously designed by the great artist, Eden. It would be who-knows-how-many years before Eden even joined Fire MOTH. How could there be a Herrscher suit for Jiang Qiao to wear?
In its early days, Fire MOTH did pay some attention to the aesthetic appearance of its soldiers, but at the end of the day, Elysia was still just a soldier, and a new recruit at that. Her uniform naturally wouldn't be anything too fancy.
Just as Elysia was proud of her figure in the story, her perfect girlish physique made slipping into the clothes a breeze. In fact, while dressing, Jiang Qiao even had a moment to admire his new form.
Not too big, not too small. Like unripe apples and cherries. Just right.
"I'm so beautiful."
Feeling refreshed, Jiang Qiao looked at his graceful figure in the vanity mirror and couldn't help but sigh with admiration. He quickly patted his cheeks.
Calm down, calm down, this is Elysia's body. He was a real man, a seven-foot-tall man!
With that self-reprimand, Jiang Qiao adjusted his smile to more closely resemble the Elysia he remembered, then walked out of the room.
His task for the day was to head to the training grounds.
Jiang Qiao was a little worried about this, since he was an imposter Elysia.
Training? He had no clue what to do!
But he soon discovered an even more severe problem.
—Where were the training grounds?
This was a very troubling question for Jiang Qiao.
As an organization funded by various countries to combat the Honkai, Fire MOTH's base was quite large, even in its early days.
And he, the fake fatty, had to find the training grounds in this enormous, completely unfamiliar base.
"Morning, Elysia!"
As Jiang Qiao stood frozen on the spot, at a complete loss, a familiar-sounding, jaunty greeting came from the side.
He looked over and saw a young man with aqua-blue hair, dressed in a soldier's uniform, waving at him with a cheerful smile.
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