The two arrived at the apartment. After walking into the entrance, Van took out a pair of unopened slippers from the shoe cabinet and handed them to Mobius casually.
"These were bought before, no one has worn them yet. You can change into them first."
Mobius raised the corners of her mouth and naturally took the slippers. "Oh~? Bought specially?"
Van touched the tip of his nose and laughed dryly, "I thought maybe guests would come, so I prepared a few pairs."
Mobius didn't say much, naturally changed into the slippers.
Just as she finished changing slippers and was about to walk into the room, she instinctively glanced at the shoe cabinet, and her gaze instantly became sharp.
Because she saw that, aside from a few pairs of men's shoes, there were also three pairs of women's slippers neatly placed.
One pair had a red kite bird pattern on it, obviously Hua's. Another pair was pure red without any pattern, no need to guess, that must be Himeko's.
As for the last pair, which had a little yellow duck pattern, the style was lively, looking like it belonged to a young girl...
Thinking of this, Mobius turned to look at Van, who had already changed his slippers, and teased, "Van, I didn't expect your place to be quite lively."
Van followed her gaze and instantly felt his scalp go numb. He quickly explained, "These are all backup slippers, for when friends come over."
"Is that so~?" Mobius raised her eyebrows, her smile growing deeper.
"Then this pair with the red kite bird must be Hua's? The fiery red one must be Himeko's. As for this pair with the little yellow duck..."
Saying this, Mobius paused and looked at Van with amusement.
"Whose is it~?"
Although Mobius wore a smile on her face, Van couldn't sense a trace of actual mirth.
If he didn't give a proper explanation, he'd probably be packed up and dragged to the lab by Mobius tonight.
So, Van could only bite the bullet and explain, "That pair is Ji Xuanyuan's..."
"Ji Xuanyuan?" Mobius narrowed her eyes. "That girl? The one compatible with the Xuanyuan Sword?"
Van nodded. "Back when Hua and I were carrying out the Fire Seed Plan in Shenzhou, we met the little girl…"
After Van explained, Mobius subconsciously let out a sigh of relief in her heart. Since it was just a young girl who hadn't awakened her memories, she probably wouldn't stir up much trouble.
As long as it's not that pink fat lady, everything is fine.
After entering the living room, Mobius went straight to the center of the sofa and sat down, not treating herself as an outsider at all.
Van, on the other hand, lowered the curtain and cast the video from his phone onto the screen.
As the familiar melody began, the video started playing.
———
Guinaifen also started the stream right away to watch the latest video with the viewers.
However, what surprised Guinaifen was that this new Honkai 3rd video didn't continue from the last episode's story, it was a side story.
[???]
[Wait, I've been waiting for days, and you're telling me it's a side story?]
[I want the main story!]
[My Duck Duck, my Seele!!]
[Mihoyo, right now, immediately, hurry up and give me the next main story episode! Don't force me to beg you!]
[Is it that I can't hold a knife anymore, or has Mihoyo gotten too arrogant? Now they're using side stories to fool us?]
Faced with the flood of complaints from the viewers toward Mihoyo in the livestream chat, the streamer, Guinaifen, not only didn't calm them down, she even joined the barrage.
"Honkai Chronicles, Elysium Episode? What kind of side story is this! Where's my Van! You just suddenly took away such a big husband of mine like that?"
Saying that, Guinaifen even gestured a big circle with her hands. And this move from Guinaifen instantly stunned the stream moderator.
It was exactly the kind of "Viewers, stop setting the tone, the streamer will do it herself!"
After the video title, a familiar male voice began the narration.
[This is the story of us creating Elysium together in the past...]
After hearing that voice, Guinaifen's livestream suddenly exploded with the viral marmot screech from the internet.
"Ahhhhh! This voice! I'm not hearing it wrong, it's definitely my husband!"
Guinaifen excitedly pounded the table. Even when her water cup got knocked over, she didn't care at all.
[Holy crap! My husband!]
[It really is Van's voice]
[Writer-sama, I admit I was loud just now. There aren't many people here now, I'm kneeling for you]
[By the way, the previous side story told a story from the past, so is this "Elysium Chapter" also a past story?]
After wiping the water on the table and her chest, Guinaifen looked at the chat and nodded quickly.
"Okay okay okay, I can't wait to learn about my husband's past life and present life. After all, we've been married so long and I still don't know his past~"
[???]
[You married him by yourself huh?]
[Delusional girl, steamed shrimp head!]
[Guinaifen is my wife, Van is my husband, so what's our relationship?]
[What else could it be? Jail system!]
———
[At the Same Time, in Van's Apartment.]
Just as the video's opening finished, Mobius turned her head and looked at Van. After a while, she asked, "Is this our story?"
Van's tone carried some nostalgia. He softly said, "Yes, this belongs to you all..."
However, before Van could finish, he was interrupted by Mobius.
"Correction, not you all... but us..."
Mobius looked at Van, eyes sparkling. "It's the story that the fourteen of us created together."
Van was stunned for a moment, then revealed a heartfelt smile and nodded, "Yes, it's our story..."
———
[Back to the video.]
After the narration ended, the video began from Van's first-person point of view.
On screen, Van was tidying his clothes in front of a mirror.
From his monologue, we learn that he was preparing to attend a school graduation ceremony.
However, the writer seemed to deliberately go against the viewers' wishes and never gave a clear frontal shot of Van's face.
Even when it occasionally appeared, it was either blurred or censored with holy light.
———
This scene made Guinaifen, who was watching the video, grind her teeth in anger.
"Damn it, who invited the holy knight?! Kick them out already!!!"
[That's Mihoyo being pervy. He clearly could let you see, but just refuses to. Makes you wait until you're desperate before showing you]
[By the way, this part of the plot doesn't look like a world eroded by Honkai]
[Could it be a pre-Honkai corruption story?]
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