Chapter 662: Leisure Time Before Ascension (3)
Chapter 662: Leisure Time Before Ascension (3)
At Elena's suggestion, Elysia invited Erina to go for a walk in the hustle and bustle of a nearby town while waiting for Erina's grandfather to arrive.
After all, Erina was just kidnapped and abused. This girl truly needed extra treatment to get rid of something like trauma.
"..." Sylvia pouted. She usually held Elysia's arm, but Erina took her spot. She couldn't just take Elysia's other arm because it would cause Elysia trouble.
However, this place was quite crowded, and she didn't want to be separated from Elysia. Thus, she immediately went to Elysia's side and tugged Elysia's dress.
"Hm?" Elysia glanced at Sylvia and received an innocent smile.
'Elysia, why are you wasting your time walking around here? Will it allow you to find a way to ascend to heaven to hunt down that Ruvoid God?' Xero couldn't understand what Elysia wanted to do now. He perched on a high place while observing Elysia's group from afar.
'We'll wait as night falls to find out how to ascend to heaven. I know who I can turn to for help with that.' Elysia reassured the impatient bird.
'Alright then. I'll be watching you from the sky. Beware of those pests and insects. Some of them have bad intentions because of lust and the like.' Xero reminded and flapped his wings to move to another spot.
'Thanks for the reminder.' Elysia glanced around briefly. Three beautiful girls were strolling in the downtown area. It was only natural for them to attract people's attention.
'Uh, those armed soldiers are quite far behind at Erina-san's request. Hopefully, no one comes to spoil Rina-san's mood. We're trying to keep her from clinging to me because we're leaving soon.' Elysia sighed in her mind.
At that moment, she saw a crowd in the central square area. Lots of incredible vehicles on display and sexy promotion girls on each car. Many visitors took photos of the cars and the sexy girls, of course.
"An auto show? Would you like to visit there, Elysia-san?" Erina looked in the direction where Elysia was looking.
"How about you, Erina-san? It's still afternoon... Uhm, want to go there before returning to the military base?" Elysia wanted to go there, but not before hearing Erina's opinion.
"Mm, let's go there." Erina nodded in agreement. To be honest, she just wanted to go wherever Elysia took her as she didn't want to go far from her friend.
With that being said, Elysia and her friends visited the auto show. They did nothing there but look around while having small talk. However, Elysia suddenly stopped her steps when they arrived at a heavy equipment section.
She looked at a large vehicle with the 'the tractor of the year' award label on it.
'Wow...' Elysia muttered in her mind. More than five years of experience in the agricultural world made her have a soft spot for agricultural equipment and vehicles.
'You ignore those luxury and sports cars but are fascinated by a tractor, Ely? Really, it's kinda cute and truly you, fufu...' Elena couldn't help but chuckle. She forgot that Elysia used to be an agriculture expert.
'Hehe, thank you. Few know that this tractor is worth more than BMW and Mercy. This machine is really fierce and powerful. Oh no! If we linger here any further, I might be compelled to buy this tractor sooner or later. Let's go...' Elysia shook her head and turned around.
"Hmm?" Erina could feel the interest in Elysia's eyes. She had noticed her friend's expression from the start, but only this big vehicle caught her friend's attention. It was a bit strange, but she didn't mind it.
*Snap* *Snap* *Snap*
At that moment, the sound of several camera shots along with the flashing lights surprised Elysia and her friends.
A cameraman nodded in satisfaction at the shot, but it wasn't perfect. He looked at the three gorgeous girls in front of him excitedly. No one would have thought that top-tier promotion ladies would be present at an automotive exhibition in a small town like this. "Excuse me, gorgeous promotion ladies. Can you pose and come a little closer to this tractor of the year?"
"Ano..." Erina wanted to explain their situation because there was clearly a misunderstanding.
However, their bodyguards came to take care of everything.
"Excuse me, gentlemen. Looks like you all mistook someone and took pictures of the wrong people. Can you delete the pictures you just took?" The team leader tapped one of the cameramen on the shoulder and gave a subtle threatening suggestion.
"!?" The cameramen were extremely surprised. They never thought in their wildest imagination that armed soldiers would reprimand them like that.
"These angelic, these angelic beauties are not promotion girls?" The closest cameraman stuttered slightly. He realized that he would be in trouble if he didn't comply with the requests of these military soldiers.
"The promotion girl for this tractor is over there." The team leader pointed to their opposite side, at the back of the tractor.
After another reminder, the cameramen immediately deleted the photo they had just taken and fled from there. They didn't want to offend the young ladies from renowned clans with armed soldiers as bodyguards.
"Wow, they immediately obeyed and ran away with just a friendly reminder from those soldiers. I was expecting a little drama, but those losers don't have the balls." Sylvia felt somewhat disappointed for some reason.
"Hehe, sadly, nothing happened." Elysia chuckled lightly. She then turned to Erina. "Let's go around one more time and come back. Do you want to know what happened to those bad guys, Erina-san?"
"No, I don't care what they will get after falling into the hands of the Japanese military, especially after angering my grandfather. However, I expect severe punishment for that traitor." Erina clenched her fists, but she didn't feel so angry and annoyed anymore. Maybe spending time with Elysia made her feel a lot calmer?
"Hm, maybe, 'Seppuku' punishment? Who knows, but aren't you curious?" Elysia continued on her way again.
"Not really." Erin shook her head.
"Good, you can move on from that incident and take a valuable lesson from it. You can assume those bad guys and that traitor never existed in the first place." Elysia breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Erina's statement.
"En." Erina replied with a meek nod.
"Ah, uhm, Elysia-san..." Erina suddenly muttered as they were walking back to their car.
"Hmm?" Elysia turned to Erina with a curious expression. She knew this girl had something to say, and it was necessary.
"I- can I... What can I do to gain protection from you? Is it possible for me? Please tell me whatever it is, I will fulfill it." Erina stood before Elysia and stated her request thoughtfully.
"Err..." Elysia was taken aback. Yet, she smiled faintly and gave Erina a head pat. "I don't know, but I know you'll be fine. I can't guarantee that, but I'll be happy to help you if you're in trouble. However, please remember that I'm still a human with limitations and imperfections."
"Here, I'm giving you this bracelet. It's your last one, and I won't forgive you if you lose it. This bracelet will protect you when you need it most, and you shouldn't take it off carelessly.
Don't put this in a pouch for an amulet, either. Wear this on your wrist." Elysia took out an aurora bracelet and attached it to Erina's wrist.
It was infused with her magic which would trigger a protective barrier when the user felt threatened by a certain level.
"Thank you very much, Elysia-san! I will take very good care of it and will not take off this bracelet. Please tell me if you need anything. I will be the first to help you." Erina was pleasantly surprised.
She felt guilty for losing Elysia's precious gift, but she didn't expect that she would get a second chance. On top of that, she was given another bracelet like that!
"Well, don't worry too much about it." Elysia heaved a subtle sigh. She had no idea what would happen after this, but she gave her final gift to Erina in case she couldn't return to Earth anytime soon.
When Elysia's group climbed into their humvee, a group of people had just arrived at the auto show. A girl with long black hair with blue eyes watched the military car leave in surprise.
She took off her sunglasses and asked her bodyguard. "Isn't that Erina, Minamoto Erina-sama? What is she doing in a small town like this? Mio is nowhere to be seen either... And, who are those two lovely girls with her?"
"My apologies, but I'm also completely clueless. Maybe, she was just taking a walk with her friends and with elite soldiers escort?" The bodyguard was also surprised, but Erina's group had already left the vicinity.
"No, I'm sure something happened. Erina-sama won't be allowed to leave without Mio by her side. Those elite soldiers are no better than Mio. Her grandfather can't possibly allow that. Above all, I feel curious about the two girls with Erina-sama. I want to clearly see what they are like and their relationship with Erina-sama. You know that Erina-sama doesn't have many friends, but just now, I can see she is so close to that black-haired girl..." The curious girl put her sunglasses back on and turned around.
She no longer wanted to visit this auto show because something big and exciting was happening somewhere.
"You no longer want to visit the auto show even after a long trip from Tokyo, Minako-sama?" The bodyguard facepalmed. She could smell that trouble was about to happen.
"No. There's something much more interesting going on, Yura. Hurry up, and we'll find out what that interesting thing is. We'll follow Erina-sama's car~" Minako got into her car, and they immediately left to catch up with the humvee, which had just left.