"Project E.L.F, huh..."
Mu Continent.
Dr. Einstein gave a slight nod. "It seems this line of thinking is indeed viable."
She tilted her head back slightly, then glanced at the students around her, all frantically taking notes. She couldn't help but fall into thought.
"Although I don't know why the Swarm Project came to be, I can still sense some of the intentions of my future self..."
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[Official History Records.]
[Aside from the very first batch of Divine Keys, all subsequent Divine Keys utilized artificial Herrscher Cores.]
--+--
On the screen.
The hostess, Miss Yuzu, was playing historical records.
--+--
[However, unofficial histories also have records concerning this matter.]
[They say that for a long time, it was the Young Lady who supplied Vill-V-sama with the pseudo-cores. Even for Quasi-Herrscher Cores used to construct lower-tier Divine Keys, it was the Young Lady who provided them.]
[Hard to say if it's true or not.]
--+--
Seeing this, the chibi version of Klee raised her little hand.
--+--
[It's true, you know~]
[Sometimes when Big Sister tells Klee stories, she mentions this.]
[Is that so?]
Miss Yuzu seemed surprised, then very interested.
[Little Klee, who is this 'big sister' you mentioned?]
[It's Mama Vill-V.]
--+--
Seeing the confused look on the two-headed-height UP hostess's face, Klee explained seriously.
--+--
[Big Sister is one of the Mama Vill-Vs.]
[She turned into a big sister specifically to play with Klee.]
--+--
Miss Yuzu understood, and became even more astonished.
Could it be a previously unknown personality? This was a huge discovery!
From this, one could also see just how much Vill-V doted on Klee.
So envious~
--+--
[Speaking of Ego Awakening... Klee is really amazing. As far as I know, even among Divine Keys, less than one in ten thousand achieve Ego Awakening.]
[I did get a Divine Key from my ancestor as a first birthday gift, but she barely pays me any mind even now, no reaction at all.]
--+--
"???"
"Is she even hearing herself?"
"Damn!"
In the real world.
Many people across the globe were green with envy.
After all, everyone knew by now that our Sister Yuzu was also a little rich girl, and from a line that had been wealthy for who knows how many generations?
Even her family background and connections, glimpsed from this small example, were extraordinary.
'Wealthy' probably wasn't even sufficient to describe it.
Giving a Divine Key as a child's first birthday gift? Just how ridiculously rich was that?
Back on screen.
"Kevin, not bad. You sure dote on this little girl of yours," Su teased, looking at Kevin.
Kevin wore a proud expression but pretended to be modest. "Stop it. We're not even sure if she's really my descendant, what are you laughing at?"
However, both he, and Su, and Mei knew perfectly well.
All signs indicated that this VTuber really could be a descendant of Kevin and Mei.
Kiana even said, 'Unless your family produced an Aeon, where would you get that kind of laid-back attitude?'
What a coincidence, right?
Didn't the Sky Screen videos say Kevin would become the Aeon of Salvation in the future?
"Alright, you two, stop bickering."
Mei pinched Kevin's waist, and he immediately quieted down.
Just then.
The VTuber continued her introduction.
--+--
[The key to triggering a Divine Key's Ego Awakening, according to the official statement, has always been: 'As long as you cherish her with all your heart, she will respond to you.']
[I believe that's what you've all heard too, right?]
--+--
"No! I haven't heard that! Explain in more detail!"
"What's the point of more detail? Do you even have a Divine Key?"
"Having one is useless anyway, the Ego Awakening tech doesn't exist yet."
--+--
[But I, Yuzu, have to say, as expected of walking closest to the path of Elation, Aha, when it comes to Ego Awakening, Vill-V-sama is just messing with people!]
[You don't really expect our Divine Keys to awaken based on their mood, do you?]
[Based on their own moods?]
--+--
It was clear.
Miss Yuzu was grumbling, wildly inserting her personal grievances.
Not that her streams were ever short on those.
--+--
[Big Sister Alilah...]
--+--
The chibi Klee spoke up.
She was immediately pounced on by the chibi Yuzu, who covered her mouth.
"Oho~ A stage accident!"
"True Name released? Hooray!"
"Alilah? What a nice name! Such a beautiful name surely belongs to a beauty."
Viewers worldwide unanimously agreed it didn't seem acted.
Good job, little Klee!
--+--
[Sister Yuzu~]
--+--
The chibi Klee seemed to realize she'd misspoken.
She called out softly.
--+--
[Mhm.]
--+--
The chibi Yuzu gave her a reproachful look and sat back down.
Pretending nothing had happened.
Klee continued.
--+--
[Mama Vill-V told Klee that as long as Klee holds Dodoco every night when sleeping, cleans Dodoco, and takes Dodoco everywhere no matter what, then Dodoco can play with Klee.]
[Is that... very difficult?]
[Science Fiction!]
--+--
Miss Yuzu almost lost her composure.
--+--
[I've practically enshrined my family's esteemed ancestor, and she hasn't given me a single reaction!]
--+--
"Mhm mhm! That's so me!"
The Grand Magician Vill-V popped out, figured out the context, and couldn't help but put her hands on her hips proudly.
This was the only way to make it a proper surprise!
Before the trap is triggered, who knows how it's triggered? Or what kind of trap it even is?
"It can't really be up to the Divine Key's mood, can it?" Sakura found it hard to imagine.
But seeing Vill-V like this, she knew it was probably true.
Mobius, watching the continuing Sky Screen, crossed her arms over her chest. "Perhaps it's just like humans having all sorts of personalities and preferences. The Ego Awakening conditions differ for each Divine Key."
She rather wished her own MANTIS Project and the subsequent God-Making Project would get more mentions on the Sky Screen.
That way, she could learn more.
However, even if they didn't, she wasn't overly concerned.
Because she could more or less guess the general outline.
No big deal.
Meanwhile.
Miss Yuzu, having poured out her woes, finally calmed down.
It was about time.
She finally released Vill-V's dynamic illustration.
--+--
[As the symbol of the Path of Helix.]
[Vill-V is devoted to using life itself to perform the magic she holds most dear.]
[Gears turn, drawing open the stage's curtains.]
[Steam clamors, offering ceaseless cheers and applause.]
[A slightly eccentric engineer, perhaps she is more than just an engineer.]
[Forging the spiral of common sense and its opposite.]
[The praise and criticism she receives are as starkly opposed as the colors of her hair.]
--+--
The chibi Yuzu stood up, as if delivering a recitation.
Then she returned to normal, smiling cheerfully as she continued.
--+--
[So then, let's use her own words here.]
--+--
As if on a whim, she imitated Vill-V's tone.
And said.
--+--
[That's right, it's me!]
[The one and only master of the Spiral Atelier, the inventor of the Anti-Equilibrium Arms, the true developer behind everything from Divine Keys to Ego Awakening, the Great Magician King, She Who Gazes Upon the Myriad Stars...]
[And—Vill-V, who loves creating 'little genius junk'!]
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