Honkai Impact 3rd, Paradise Typewriter isn't for making this kind of game.

The only piece of good news is that this rescue mission has been assigned to the strongest Valkyrie in Schicksal. Durandal, who is currently vacationing in Hawaii, is rushing to this village in Shenzhou and is expected to arrive in a few days.

Xia Yuan hung up the phone and returned to the cafeteria.

[You and Alicia push aside the curtains and return to the dining hall from its depths. You find that Mebius, Qianjie, and Kevin, who were in the dining hall before, are all gone. In their place is a petite, short, and adorable figure in azure blue: Little Gretchen.]

She sat in a cafeteria seat holding a glass of milk, but a white cloth was pasted on her face, on which there seemed to be a graffiti resembling the Thousand Calamities Mask.

"Hey kid over there... what are you looking at?"

Little Gretchen forced out the fiercest words at Xia Yuan in her childish voice.

It goes without saying that Alicia was responsible for staining little Gretchen with the colors of a thousand tribulations. Xia Yuan turned his head to look at Alicia, who turned her head to the side, whistling and not daring to look Xia Yuan in the eye.

Little Gretchen's breakfast consisted of a glass of milk and a serving of rice with an egg, which Aponia had clearly prepared carefully for her.

"Hey... Brother Xia Yuan, Greta is asking you a question!"

Seeing that Xia Yuan ignored her, Little Greta put her hands on her hips and questioned Xia Yuan aggressively.

"Uh... little Gretchen, would you believe me if I said I didn't look at you on purpose?"

Xia Yuan comforted little Gretchen, who was stained with the colors of a thousand tribulations.

"Huh? Brother Xia Yuan, are you underestimating Gretsch? Don't think that just because you're a little taller than Gretsch, you can look down on her. Gretsch is an adult now."

As little Greta gestured with her hands, she also stood barefoot on the cafeteria table.

Seeing that she was taller than Xia Yuan, little Gretchen nodded in satisfaction, then put one hand on her hip and pointed at Xia Yuan, who was about to slip away.

"Brother Xia Yuan, don't even think about running away! Get Gretie here right now!"

Little Gretsch said in her childish voice.

Just as Xia Yuan was at a loss, Aponia came over and picked up little Gretchen from the table.

"Mommy Aponia, put Gretchen down! I want Brother Xia Yuan! The drawing of the nude model from last time isn't finished yet!"

Little Gretchen, adorned with the annihilation pattern, displayed a very assertive demeanor.

Two little hands kept tugging at Aponia's back, expressing their dissatisfaction and protest.

It wasn't until Xia Yuan silently approached Little Gresh and Aponia and quickly removed the white cloth with the annihilation pattern from Little Gresh's face that the minor incident was resolved.

"She's...she's back to being an adult. Gretchen is no longer an adult."

After peeling off the obliterated pattern, Little Gretsch reverted to her original personality, burying her head limply in Aponia's arms, not daring to look at Xia Yuan or the others present.

"I'm sorry, Ellie... Mr. Xia Yuan has made you all laugh."

While comforting little Gretchen in her arms, Aponia expressed her apologies to Xia Yuan and Alicia.

"By the way, Sister, did you see Mebius, Kevin, and Thousand Calamities who were here just now?"

"Ah... Mr. Xia Yuan, I think they probably went to retrieve your heavy-duty bunny that fell off the cliff. As for Mebius... I think he probably went to join the fun with the two of them."

You were about to join them in the search for the Heavy Bunny, but Alicia stopped you. After Alicia explained, you understood that the village wasn't very welcoming to outsiders; guests had to follow guest rules and not cross boundaries—a custom seemingly passed down from long ago.

"So, Ellie... where should I wait for them?"

"Why don't we go to my house first?"

Alicia replied in this way.

[You seem to understand why Alicia would say that, but why don't we wait here while we have some tea? Is there something wrong with the food? But little Greta was eating very well just now, wasn't she?]

On the way back, Alicia told you a few more things.

[The villagers have been on edge lately, and besides you, there are four other outsiders.]

Infer from the details of the conversation.

Alicia found a girl with amnesia who could only meow yesterday morning on that shallow beach.

Including Aunt Mei, who is imprisoned in the village's basement, Bronya, a folklore magazine reporter who came here to gather information, and Kiana, who is disguised as "Mr. Houm," plus myself, there are exactly five of us.

The village seems to have assigned a maid to take care of the girl, as the girl who appeared on the shallows yesterday and could only meow was considered very unlucky according to local customs and traditions.

Xia Yuan understood that there must be many things here that needed to be kept secret from outsiders.

At this point...

Alicia finished her introduction, but at the same time, it piqued Xia Yuan's curiosity.

Around noon, Qianjie carried the heavy rabbit, weighing over 200 kilograms, back home.

During this time, the apartment door remained open. He and Alicia had not done anything shameful. Xia Yuan deliberately kept the door open to prevent Ai Yin from suddenly barging in.

Looking at the muddy, heavily armored rabbit that seemed to have been soaking in the water for a long time, Xia Yuan couldn't help but feel a surge of emotions.

It rained heavily all night last night.

Although it was a counterfeit product bought from the unscrupulous merchant, the Herrscher of Knowledge, after spending several hours with it, it was inevitable that some feelings would develop.

After Qianjie put down the heavily armed bunny, he left without looking back before you could even thank him. Mebius, who was walking slowly towards you, seemed to want to help you fix your car, but you'd have to be her guinea pig for a day, which you promptly refused.

Chapter 277 The Little Mood of the Spring Fairy

So what do we do now?

Looking at the heavily armored rabbit covered in mud, Xia Yuan pondered.

Just then, Alicia suddenly appeared behind Xia Yuan and quietly patted him on the shoulder, saying...

"As long as you, Xia Yuan, say that Miss Pink Fairy is the most understanding and beautiful girl in the world, she might just fall from the sky and help you through this difficult time."

The pink fairy girl finally received praise from Xia Yuan, though it was forced upon her.

Then, led by Alicia, Xia Yuan arrived at a place where there was only one water tap in the whole village. Although he didn't know if the Heavy Bunny had any other internal injuries, the strange noise from the wheels disappeared after the mud around the tires was washed away.

Upon closer inspection, you notice that the Reloaded Bunny's tire is punctured.

Following Alicia's suggestion, you decide to head to the largest mansion in the village, the A-Quan Mansion, to find car repair tools.

After traversing a somewhat bumpy mountain road, Xia Yuan and Alicia finally arrived at the front of the Aquan Mansion.

The white exterior of the mansion was exquisitely decorated.

However, the interior seemed somewhat abandoned, with overgrown weeds in the courtyard and vines covering the exterior walls, just like the former student dormitories, exuding an ominous aura.

This feels like a cursed mansion. Could anyone really live here? Wait... the Aquan Mansion, could it be that Miss Sirin, the spirit of the spring, also participated in this game... and is living here?

With this question in mind, Xia Yuan rang the somewhat rusty doorbell.

Chiyuan Village is a very quiet place, so even we could hear the bells echoing from deep within the mansion.

A few minutes later... seeing no response, Xia Yuan prepared to press the button again.

Ding-dong—ding-dong—ding-dong.

"Human, stop pressing the button!"

Just then, Miss Spring Fairy, wrapped in a bath towel, walked out of the Imaginary Space... and their eyes met through the door.

Looking at Ms. Izumi's appearance after taking a bath and the towel wrapped around her body, Xia Yuan seemed to feel that he and Ai Li had come at the wrong time.

"Human, tell me honestly, who is that pink-haired woman next to you!"

Miss Spring Fairy, wrapped in a bath towel, stood through the door, pointing at Alicia and questioning Xia Yuan.

It's clear that Miss Spring Fairy has forgotten about Alicia's other form, Fairy Alicia, whom she met in [Honkai Adventure].

"I?"

Alicia seemed to have thought of something interesting, and immediately hugged Xia Yuan's arm, appearing extremely intimate.

"Still need it? Miss Pink Fairy is definitely Xia Yuan's old flame~"

Then... Alicia winked mischievously at the Spring Fairy, and Alicia's breathtaking actions made the Spring Fairy feel like she was being fed a dose of PDA even through the mansion's doors.

"Humans...you, all of you!"

Miss Spring Fairy silently clenched the bath towel wrapped around her body, trying her best not to let it fall off.

She now wished she could throw two subspace spears and twist the two people in front of her who were being intimate into pretzel shapes, then throw them into the imaginary space so she could see them and not be bothered.

"Hmph, human, you are untrustworthy and fickle..."

"You promised to submit to your queen, and you promised to buy me a hundred boxes of snacks and potato chips, but you didn't keep your promise. Instead, you brought this pink-haired, shady woman in front of me... in front of me..."

Miss Spring Fairy was so angry she couldn't speak, and she felt terrible.

"Miss Pink Fairy is not some kind of disreputable woman!"

Seeing that the two were about to escalate their impulsiveness, Xia Yuan quickly explained the whole story to Miss Spring Fairy.

"Ah Quan, I also want to leave here as soon as possible. If there are any motorcycle repair tools here, could you lend them to me?"

Xia Yuan stood between the two, shielding Ai Li behind him.

"Ha, humans, you only remember me when you need me, and neglect me when you don't. But who told me to be the understanding, omnipotent, and lovable spirit of the spring? Of course I have repair tools."

"Miss Spring Fairy boasted."

"Could the all-powerful spirit of the spring help me repair my heavily armed bunny? I'll definitely reward you with snacks afterward."

"Hmph, human, go fix it yourself. Don't think I don't know what you're up to. Once you've fixed it, you'll run away. You won't care about my snacks anymore. Besides, I just came from a hot spring. Are you planning to leave me covered in gray stains?"

Miss Spring Fairy pointed to the thin bath towel wrapped around her body.

"Uh... well, but as a helpful spring spirit, helping a traveler in distress is quite a story, isn't it?"

Xia Yuan touched his newly restored curly hair and said in a weak voice.

"Hmph, humans, you only remember the great spirit of the spring when you encounter difficulties and dangers!"

"You might as well go back to where you came from with that annoying pink-haired woman next to you. Hmm... no, human, you stay and let her go."

While expressing her dissatisfaction, Miss Spring Fairy asked Xia Yuan to drive away the bad woman beside him, so that she would help the human repair the heavy-duty bunny whose tires were broken and unusable.

“We’re the ones who will be together for life, right, Xia Yuan?”

At this point, it was Alicia's turn to be unhappy. She took Xia Yuan's arm even more affectionately, and her smiling expression seemed to exude an urge to crush the Spring Fairy in front of her.

[You managed to soothe the little moods of the Spring Spirit and Alicia with your words, and also borrowed the repair tools stored in the mansion. However, during this time, the Spring Spirit's bath towel was opened for some indescribable reason, but that's not important~]

[Most importantly: We acquired the repair tools!]

While Miss Spring Fairy is changing clothes, you decide to leave a sincere and apologetic letter, and prepare to leave the mansion as soon as possible with your repair tools and Alicia. Otherwise, once the embarrassed and indignant Miss Spring Fairy finishes changing, she really might eat you alive!

Xia Yuan and Alicia returned along the same route...

Even though we were far away from the mansion, we could still faintly hear the angry shouts of the Spring Fairy from inside the mansion.

After bidding farewell to Miss Spring Fairy, Xia Yuan returned to the Heavy Bunny and prepared to repair it using his toolbox.

Just as Xia Yuan was carrying out the repair work, Aponia, who was originally in the cafeteria, came out carrying several cups of steaming hot tea and rice balls.

"It doesn't look like it will be easy to fix. Mr. Xia Yuan, Ai Li, why don't you have some hot tea and rest for a while?"

Chapter 278 Look at this! Isn't this Bronya's idiot subordinate?

Xia Yuan suddenly remembered Alicia's warning: Don't eat the rice balls and food made by Aponia.

Just as Xia Yuan was hesitating whether to accept Aponia's offer... Alicia had already taken the food and put it in her mouth.

"Hmm, I knew Nia understood me best."

Alicia made a muffled sound.

Glug-glug-glug

The pink fairy, who never gains weight, finished all the rice balls Aponia brought, leaving none for Xia Yuan. Watching Alicia eat with increasing resentment, Xia Yuan asked with a slightly resentful look:

"Little sister Alicia, can I ask you a question? Why wasn't there a rice ball for me?"

He didn't know if it was edible.

But he only felt that Alicia was eating very well.

"Ha, little Alicia accidentally ate it all! Xia Yuan... I'm so sorry, so sorry, please accept my condolences~"

"Please accept my condolences" is probably the least appropriate line for a perpetrator.

Xia Yuan couldn't help but mentally complain...

Ellie definitely did it on purpose.

While venting his own little emotions, Xia Yuan disassembled the Reassembled Rabbit, trying to channel his pent-up energy into repairing it. His hard work paid off, and he finally managed to remove the rear wheel.