[Inside the Archive Room of the Elysian Realm]
Elysia covered her own cheeks, her tone full of shyness, "Aiyaa, for Mei to see such a green and youthful memory of mine, I'm already blushing."
Raiden Mei looked at her, clearly enjoying herself, and couldn't help but complain, "Really? But I actually think you look like you're having a good time."
"Ah… what a bold statement." Elysia blinked as she spoke.
"But to say I wasn't happy, that would be a lie. After all, Mei said you wanted to know everything about me, wanted to develop a closer relationship with me, so of course I'll welcome that with open arms…"
"Wait." Raiden Mei interrupted, "I don't recall ever saying something like that?"
"Aiya, such a perfect girl like Mei, this is the only little flaw of yours."
Elysia shook her head in mock regret. "If you could be as straightforward as me, you'd definitely be even more popular~"
Raiden Mei, '...'
She decided to remain silent.
"Alright, alright~" Elysia, knowing when to stop, skillfully pulled the topic back on track.
"Let's put the focus back on 'Elysia,' shall we?"
"After knowing about my 'past,' what would Mei want to know next? Let me think… there are a few fitting themes…"
However, just as Elysia was eagerly about to pick the next memory theme. That old typewriter suddenly made an ominous ka-ta ka-ta jamming sound.
Elysia leaned in to take a look, "Huh… why didn't anything print out?"
Raiden Mei also leaned closer and said, "Judging from the sound, maybe something's stuck inside?"
The little fairy Ely saw this and hurriedly flew over, "Uh… wait, let me see! Strange, could it be it's broken because it hasn't been used for too long?"
She frantically pulled out a repair manual even bigger than herself.
"Let me see… says you have to do this here… then this…"
"Mm… ugh… forget it! Watch me!"
As soon as she said that, the fairy Ely pulled out a magic wand topped with a star from who knows where.
She waved it at the typewriter, then shouted "Hey!" and gave it a solid whack.
With a muffled 'boom', the typewriter spat out a puff of smoke, then went completely silent.
Raiden Mei looked at this scene, paused a moment, then said, "This time, I think it's completely stopped working."
Fairy Ely scratched her head, looking a bit guilty at the typewriter, "Uh… strange… why isn't it fixed yet?"
"No." Raiden Mei calmly pointed out, "You just used your wand to smack it hard. That doesn't count as repairing."
Fairy Ely tried to argue back, waving her little wand, "But based on past experience, this is the most efficient way to repair things!"
"As for where this so-called experience of yours comes from… I'll remain skeptical for now…"
At that, Raiden Mei helplessly glanced at Elysia, her meaning clear without words.
Elysia only smiled without answering, "Mm-hmm?"
[LOL]
[Fairy Ely: The typewriter broke? Don't worry, behold my "Grand Repair Spell"!]
[Typewriter: I swear I can't take this anymore]
[Raiden Mei: Just who did this fairy Ely learn her repair skills from?]
[Elysia: Don't look at me~]
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[Back to the Video]
In the end, Raiden Mei sighed and decided to face reality.
"Alright, setting that aside, we should first think about… what to do with this typewriter you smashed."
"I did not smash it!"
Fairy Ely immediately jumped in the air in protest.
Then her eyes darted around, as if she had found an excuse.
"It's… it's… right! It's out of paper! Without paper, how could it print out files, right?"
But Raiden Mei cut her off directly, "Isn't this a memory space? And when it was working normally just now, it didn't seem to need extra paper, did it?"
"I, I am the administrator of this archive room!"
Fairy Ely crossed her arms at her waist, trying to win with authority. "This human who's just as cute as me, you must listen to the fairy administrator!"
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[Little Ely is just too cute]
[Little Ely: unreasonable, but still loud!]
[Hahaha, others persuade with virtue, but Little Ely uses her title to pressure people]
[Then please, Little Ely, go pressure Word]
[Hilarious!]
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[Back to the Video]
Raiden Mei's eyes swept across the console and noticed a piece of paper nearby, "Right, earlier there happened to be one sheet printed out… a blank page."
"T-That still counts as used!" Fairy Ely quickly interrupted, snatching the blank page and hiding it behind her.
"It can't be reused!"
Looking at the fairy Ely who was clearly just being stubborn, Raiden Mei helplessly shook her head.
"Sigh, fine, I get it. If I bring you some 'unused' paper, that'll work, right?"
She decided not to argue with this little one.
"That's right!" Fairy Ely nodded vigorously like a pecking chicken.
"In the meantime I'll repair, uh, I mean, by the time you find some truly 'blank paper,' this typewriter will be working again!"
Although Raiden Mei knew very well that this was just an excuse Fairy Ely made to cover up her botched repair, she decided to go along with it anyway.
Besides… maybe she could also find some clue about that fellow who liked to lurk outside the window, secretly watching.
So, Raiden Mei and Elysia temporarily left the archive room and began strolling nearby.
One pretended to search for the nonexistent "blank paper."
The other had her own thoughts, searching for that tsundere creature who refused to show themselves but always paid attention to her.
After searching with no results, Elysia suddenly suggested,
"Aiya… Mei, I feel like this way is a bit inefficient. How about… we split up and look around?"
"I'll take this side, you take that side, okay? Or we can switch later if you'd like? "
"Got it."
Raiden Mei nodded, watching as Elysia lightly walked off in the other direction.
She guessed Elysia was most likely just looking for an excuse to head back and "help" (or cause more trouble) repairing the typewriter.
After that, Raiden Mei strolled alone down a little path blooming with strange and exotic flowers, thinking to herself, 'Forget it, 'since I'm already here, I may as well accept it'… let's give them a little more time.'
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