"Huff... thank goodness, this time we're meeting in Elysia's memory sector..."
After getting the location from Klein, Lynelle let out a sigh of relief.
It wasn't that the snake's lab area was bad, but if she had to go there...
So far, Lynelle had already fallen into the snake's pit traps at least a dozen times.
Seriously, it was like she had some kind of Lynelle-capture device set up specifically for her. And every time she fell in, the snake would just tease her a little before letting her go, almost as if she did it just to see the girl's flustered, blushing face.
Elysia's place was much better. After all, Elysia only ever openly held Lynelle in her arms to "play" with her...
Passing through a large, chaotic memory zone that resembled crystals, Lynelle soon reached her destination—the spot where Elysia usually held her tea parties.
Unless she was doing large-scale combat training, Elysia would always be waiting here for Lynelle.
"Little pink mouse, you're too slow."
No sooner had she peeked through the doorway than a tentacle made of dark, murky green sludge wrapped around Lynelle's waist and pulled her straight to the table.
On the pink-themed round table, the desserts had visibly been depleted by one round.
No need to ask—Elysia was most likely the culprit.
Whenever Lynelle chatted with Elysia, she'd often suddenly realize the desserts on the table had been refreshed, and when she looked up, she'd see a certain pink fairy lady's cheeks puffed out, munching away.
Truly, a pink fatty!
On the other side of the table, the snake was resting her cheek in her hand, looking utterly listless.
It seemed that while Lynelle was away, Elysia must have teased her quite thoroughly.
"You knew full well I don't get along with this woman, yet you made us wait so long together... Little pink mouse, how do you plan to compensate me for my wasted time?"
Mobius reached out and gently pinched Lynelle's soft, round cheek.
"What are you talking about...? Mobius, you seemed pretty happy just a moment ago—"
"Which eye of yours saw me happy, Elysia!"
"Mhm~" Elysia, who knew Mobius's temperament all too well, understood the meaning of stopping while ahead.
She didn't press further to tease the adorable snake, instead affectionately forking a piece of cake and bringing it to Lynelle's lips.
"Lynelle, how does it feel entering the Elysian Realm in your real body?"
"Ah—mmph!" Lynelle swallowed the cake in one bite, cheeks bulging as she spoke.
"To be honest, it doesn't feel as clear as when I enter with my data form... In some ways, my control over the Realm has even decreased quite a bit..."
"After all, the abilities within you are too jumbled. Purely in terms of the Authority of Corruption, using your data form is definitely more convenient for wielding your power."
The snake drifted lightly to Lynelle's side, her gloved fingertip slowly pressing against Lynelle's chest.
"Perfect timing. Let me personally give you a physical examination..."
"Mmm..." A moment later, a bewildered Lynelle looked at the snake with some confusion.
"Doctor, why does it feel like... your power is wandering all over my body?"
"Silly!" Mobius gently tapped Lynelle's head. "A physical exam goes from the outside in, of course... I need to confirm the state of your bodily changes first before I can delve deeper into your core and the state of your Signets."
"But..."
"But what?" Elysia also leaned in curiously.
"But, I can't help but feel..." Mobius's expression turned strange. "Lynelle, haven't you... 'grown' a bit recently?"
"Eh?!"
"Really? Let me see~"
At some point, Elysia had already slipped behind Lynelle.
Then, amid the girl's startled cry, Elysia hugged her affectionately from behind, her hands cupping a certain softness that seemed to swallow her fingers whole, giving a gentle squeeze.
"It really does feel a bit bigger!"
"Elysia! What are you doing?!" The snake beside them let out a sharp screech. "Get your hands off Lynelle this instant!"
"Does Mobius want to check if she's grown too?"
"Where did you hear me say anything like that!"
Amid the familiar clamor, the snake and Elysia launched into their usual bickering.
Unfortunately for the snake, before Lynelle came to the Realm, she could always stubbornly retort after being teased to a certain point and then make a quick escape. But after Lynelle arrived... the poor snake hadn't managed to flee even once.
After all, what if she ran off, and something strange happened between Lynelle and Elysia?
Anyway, a few minutes later, the two tacitly returned to their seats as if nothing had happened—except Lynelle's cheeks were now burning bright red.
"So, based on this fairy's hands-on experiment..." Elysia nodded with an air of importance.
"It does seem Lynelle has grown a tiny bit compared to before. Now that you mention it, I've also been feeling a bit tight in the chest lately..."
"Elysia, don't try to lump yourself together with Lynelle. You've just gained weight," the snake retorted mercilessly.
"However, the phenomenon with Lynelle's body can indeed be considered abnormal. Based on my previous examinations, her body should be fixed at age sixteen, just like Hua. Theoretically, even after fifty thousand years, she might not grow at all."
"Yet now, even though the growth is extremely slow, perhaps in another few tens of thousands of years, she might reach your level... Could it be that some force is stimulating her growth?"
"Uh..."
Lynelle's expression suddenly turned a bit strange.
Of course, it wasn't that she thought her nightly forced roleplay as a fountain had caused her to "grow."
She just realized that if it was related to growth, it was hard not to think of that power inside her—Abundance.
After all, back when she was inside the Ambrosial Arbor, the Arbor had showered her with Abundance's blessings nonstop.
Under that kind of stimulation, growing just a little bit seemed pretty normal.
As for why Mobius couldn't detect it, the reason was simple: while Lynelle was on the Honkai side, as long as she didn't use her character cards, those two types of power left no trace in her body.
"Never mind. It could also be that you've been sticking too close to Elysia and were influenced by her Origin powers."
After a moment of contemplation, the snake, unable to find the cause, decisively pinned it on the all-purpose Origin power.
"So I'm telling you, spend less time clinging to her and come to the lab more often to do some proper work..."
As she spoke, Mobius placed her hand on Lynelle again, ready to continue with the next part of the examination.
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