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3 Purple Quality

The purple haired girl that suddenly appeared between Elesis and the El Search Party, she was a face

that they’ve never seen before

As the El Search Party were asking each other with eye gestures if any one of theirl,

the girl lightly swung the staff she was carrying

Staff? No, upon closer look, it was a halberd It won’t end with just pain if you were to get stomped

by that

“Don’t ask who I aical Girl Aisha

right? I won’t let you off easily if anyone says that they don’t know”

“…”

The girl gave a cute wink after revealing her name as Aisha The El Search Party that had been

prepared to fight to the death against Elesis after she revealed her true forasted

by this atmosphere and couldn’t reply

“Ah, geez~ Why is everyonesuch stiff faces when I actually came out to help? You should

all be clapping in joy”

“……Hmm”

Elesis standing at the back h When Aisha reacted to this and turned around,

Elesis quietly conveyed her er

Aisha saw this and looked down at her own chest area then let out a sigh

“Ah, oops I got the Job mixed up a bit But this isn’t the time for this”

Aisha hed then narrowed her eyes as she looked at Elesis

“Alright, you went too far Go back now, Big Sister Elly”

“You are the one who’s going too far Why are you intervening as you please, Dimension Princess?”

“I told you to call me Void Princess when I’

but identity is important after all”

“That’s not soets them mixed up should say”

Elesis was replying bluntly but it didn’t look like she wanted to immediately solve this by violence

Did they know each other?

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But seeing hoas looking at her as if he didn’t recognise her, it looked like only Elesis

and Aisha knew each other

Add narrowed his eyes and focused his ears on the two’s conversation

“Elsword and I are talking Back off”

“Well, I’ve been respecting that up till now But I don’t want to this time”

“……Are you saying you want to fight me?”

Aisha let out a short laugh when Elesis asked with a low voice

“We both already know that we haven’t clashed before because I was afraid of Big Sister Elly And

it’s also not because Big Sister Elly was afraid of me”

“……”

“I’d like you to respect my actions this time, can you?”

Aisha spoke this line then shtly Plasma was created from tip

of her halberd as two streaot fired forwards The El Search Party that was

looking at this thought that she had a the middle of their conversation But the

attack wasn’t aimed at Elesis

Plasma Cutter that had flown far caused a roar far behind Elesis as it broke down dozens of

buildings Aishaher hand on top of her

eyebrows She then exclaimed as if she was bewildered

“Wow! There were so many demons here! I think even for me it would take around 1 minute to

clean them all up!”

“…”

“Ah, but with this, maybe it should only take around 30 seconds?”

A threatening blue energy started to gather in front of the halberd Seeing this, Elesis sighed as she

leaned her sword against her shoulder

“Just this once”

“Thanks~”

Elesis didn’t even listen to Aisha’s thanks as she turned around to walk away The El Search Party

couldn’t believe this situation and stared numbly

For that Elesis to back down on her own?

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“Big Sister!!”

When Elsword ran forwards as he called out, Aisha clicked her tongue

“Don’t follow her Elsword Big Sister Elly let us off because of ht as well

if you follow her right now”

“Big Sister!!”

Is he deaf? Add came to his senses and tried to manipulate the Dynamos to stop Elsword

The identity of this self proclaiician that appeared to help them all of a sudden was

really suspicious But it was true that they just got helped

Anyways, letting Elsword run after Elesis right noould be setting things back to point zero But

unlike Add’s worries, Elsword’s strides as he ran after Elesis gradually slowed down It soon became

a walk then Elsword caround with his fists clenched tightly

Elesis didn’t even look back once at her brother and alking away silently No matter how

desperately he called

“……”

Elsword stood weakly and didn’t say anything Add saw his shaking shoulders but pretended he

didn’t see as he checked up on conditions of the other members

“Everyone is fine for now But…”

Their injuries were bad but they weren’t bad enough to leave any after effects They’ll be back to

normal if they eat well and heal up

Add trailed his words and took a slight glance at Aisha as s proudly

“Who are you?”

“Didn’t I tell you not to ask that question?”

Aisha showed a slightly gloo her halberd

“Well, it see So I’ll invite you all to my villa We can talk in detail there”

“Wait, where…”

Wasn’t the Velder Liberation ar with the demon army? Add was about to protest but

stopped to only blink vacantly when the scenery changed in front of his eyes Just a o

they were fighting inside a destroyed city, ast the ruins…

Now there was a horizon in front of his eyes

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“…Ocean?”

“It’s an ocean”

“So this is the ocean?”

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen an ocean”

Everyone else gave their words so it wasn’t Add hallucinating by himself Add rubbed his eyes then

turned around to stare at Aisha with an astonished gaze

Aisha was about to open a sunbed that had been leaning against a palm tree

‘…Wasn’t this space warp? And teleporting not only herself but other people as well?’

Add who kne to use a short distance space warp himself was so shocked that he could almost

faint Of course, the quantu skill But that was only for

personal teleportation and was only limited to short distances

But this was clearly an ocean… It must be extremely far away from Velder that the El Search Party

had been fighting in just now

“Just……what are you?”

When Add asked while still unable to hide his surprise, Aisha who just finished opening the sunbed

turned around and smiled

“Didn’t I tell you? I’ical Girl Aisha”

“…That’s not a proper explanation”

Add had known the existence of ic but he had never heard that it could accomplish such

nonsensical things Add would obviously have also tried tothat

allowed you to wield thisdeal

“Then would you be able to understand if I said I’ic

powers back after finding the ring?”

“…”

It was not a proper explanation since he still couldn’t understand She was s kindly but you

couldn’t tell her inner thoughts

Just when Add was about to question Aisha again, Rena spoke gravely instead

“Thank you for inviting us but could you let us go back? Other people are fighting in Velder right

now”

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“Ah, that’s right I forgot I’ll go take care of it right away”

Aisha disappeared instantly after she replied lightly The El Search Party couldn’t even get surprised

anyns

“She’s really gone”

“…It’s not an optical cae”

Eve and Add unknowingly shared their opinions about Aisha’s disappearance It was such a logic

defying power that it was du to watch

You could tell easily that Aisha possessed a how she had teleported the

entire El Search party as if it was nothing special

“I finished it There shouldn’t be any problems now”

To the point where you couldn’t doubt her powers even after seeing Aisha who had appeared on the

sunbed 15 seconds later to drink a grape juice out of the straw

“Uh, umm… Is it really okay now?”

Ara asked with an innocent face as if she couldn’t understand It was obvious that you couldn’t

believe when she had suddenly disappeared then reappeared saying everything was finished now

“I tied them doith a dimension barrier The demon army that captured Velder won’t be able to

come out for a while Well, couple individuals could come out of they wanted to but they wouldn’t

dare come out carelessly”

“Ah…I thought I’ve heard the name Aisha somewhere before I finally remembered”

When Rena spoke as if she had recalled memory from a far past, Aisha looked at her with an

extremely surprised expression

“D, do you re Sister Rena?”

“Velder Kingdoician who’s supposed to surpass all the geniuses in

history but no one had ever seen her face Is that you?”

“…Oh, you remembered that?”

Aisha nodded with a quite disappointed look

“Well, that’s right I’h I just took the title because they begged me so

desperately Angkor, stop sitting around and work”

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Aisha made a displeased expression as she let fly aon her shoulder

Miniature devil that flew across while flapping its wings was about to open up extra sunbeds then

saw the gears floating near Eve and tilted its head

Did it think that the gears were sa the

sunbeds and circled around Reby and Moby

“Angkor, didn’t I tell you to work? Do you want to get scolded?”

When Aisha coaxed with a low voice, Angkor winced then hurriedly started opening the sunbeds

again The El Search Party could tell that Aisha’s mood had worsened and nervously watched quietly

Since she was a Velder Kingdoician it seemed like she was an ally…but they couldn’t

tell clearly Even rape juice with such a displeased

expression

“Umm…”

“Thank you for helping But I’ll have to ask a couple of questions But first, we’d like to treat our

injuries”

Add cut off Rena’s words then requested thefirst Aisha narrowed her eyes then

snapped her fingers

Then a golden circle surrounding Add and the El Search Party was formed then everyone’s wounds

started to heal gradually Not just their wounds but their clothes were getting recovered as well As if

ti rewound

“Magic is…quite surprising”

“It’s a!”

Even Eve who had a strong pride in Nasod’s technology couldn’t hide her amazement Ara looked

like she didn’t kno to react as she stroked the place on her body where the bleeding wound

had been before

Add also realized his body had recovered to a perfect state within couple of seconds But he couldn’t

stay aician of uniinable caliber…but that

wasn’t a reason to trust her blindly

“Since you are all healed now, go take a look around the island for soe I’ll call

everyone when dinner is ready”

Aisha spoke these words then closed her eyes It seemed like she was about to take a nap so Add

spoke to Rena

“Go take the others and look around Especially…”

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Add esture to point at Elsho hadn’t spoken a word since Elesis had left

You couldn’t even ignore hi like that

Rena realized what Add was trying to say and took the others and walked away along the beach Add

opened his h to the point where the sound of them

exclai at the beautiful scenery couldn’t be heard anymore

“You, just what’s your identity?”

“Soht Soician

who rules over darkness after ician

who freely manipulates power of the elethened to

Magician Aisha If you’re asking about the very essence, the Great Genius Magician Aisha”

Her self explanation came out fluently but it was an incoherent chatter and didn’t digest at all

Judging by what Rena said, she ician…

“How co if you had this much power?”

“I helped you and now you’re whining to me about why I only observed and didn’t help? Since

when did you become a brat like Elsword, Add?”

“…”

Add couldn’t speak when Aisha shot back while opening only one eye Well, what he said did sound

like the person who just got saved fros… But he still

couldn’t pass this over by just replying ‘Oh is that so?’

“What’s your relationshi+p with Elesis?”

“Is it so strange for the Velder Kingdohts and its court

ician to be acquainted?”

Aisha asked with a tone as if she was asking if there was so

“I can tell with a single glance that you are no e for a woman that’s

merciless even to her own brother to back off with you just saying couple words?”

“Would it be an acceptable answer if I said…ere coether before but

now separated because our purposes disagreed?”

Aisha replied back with still only one eye opened There was nostalgia mixed into her voice as if she

was recalling her memories

“I’ in the place of everyone else Be thankful”

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How can she be so i her skills

She looked around Add’s age on the outside… But her skills were honestly terrifying Didn’t she

make Elesis, who had driven the El Search Party into a brink of annihilation, back off with just

couple words and a light(?) display of skill?

“Alright, leaving that aside What do you plan on doing next? Shouldn’t you quickly liberate Velder

now?”

“I have no such intention”

Aisha closed her eyes again then stretched out her arms as she yawned She totally looked sleepy

Add was a bit confused at this unexpected reaction from Aisha Of course, it wasn’t because Add

had suddenly sprouted patriotise of

righteousness about how Velder’s suffering citizens should be liberated soon as possible

But shouldn’t it be sensible for this girl who had a title of the Velder Kingdoician to

have these thoughts instead?

“You can perfor that you’ll just watch the demons run

amok in Elrios?”

“You now even got a talent for oration? Why don’t you become a politician?”

Aisha let out a laugh as if she was amused Actually, even Add was a bit embarrassed after he had

said it Wasn’t it basically saying soe other

people to do so?

But Aisha didn’t change herembarrassment

“I have various restrictions as well so I can’t wield my powers however I wish Also, the current

situation isn’t even bad enough for me to have to step up Most of all, this is my first leisure time in

a while so I want to rest for a bit”

“……”

Well, she would have acted already if she was going to change her mind from Add as a total

stranger trying to convince her Aisha’s tone was as if she had finished all her duties after she saved

the El Search Party from a brink of annihilation and restricted the Velder’s demons

Just thisthat anyone else couldn’t

even have dream of within just couple minutes?

He didn’t knohat the restriction was but if Aisha could change herwill

be…

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“Can you continue to…”

“I refuse”

Aisha didn’t even bother listening to Add as she cut him off Add shut his mouth in shame after

getting his inner thoughts found out

Aisha opened her eyes and raised her upper body and spoke as she looked at Add

“This is the last ti Sister Elly but don’t

think about relying on me anymore”

“Who said I got scared?”

Aisha laughed when Add raised his temper

“You don’t have to be e Sister Elly too much Well, we’re

actually avoiding each other”

“…”

Add couldn’t say anything at this consolation that wasn’t actually consoling If Aisha came with the

El Search Party right now, everything will get solved lightning fast Such a powerful ician, wasn’t

she probably the ician in history?

But Aisha clearly revealed her intention to refuse

“Saving Eve isn’t ht?”

“…”

Doeshow she knew everyone’s names, and

how she had personally come to save the El Search Party, Aisha seemed to know a lot about their

group

Although she still wouldn’t know about time travel… Add examined Aisha but she had her eyes

closed and was bathing in sunlight

“If you’re done talking, why don’t you go take a walk around while relaxing? You didn’t have any

ht?”

“I won’t trust everything that you say”

Add spoke bluntly and h but he

ignored it He walked along the beach following footprints that the others members left behind

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Add was silently walking along the beach then he realized that footprints were staggered all over the

place You could distinguish them if you looked carefully

Thin footprints were Rena’s, since she walks with light steps

The flawlessly precise ones should be Eve’s and the ones with dizzy and disorderly strides must be

without a doubt Ara’s

But the footprints were separated Crossroads, Add hesitated for a moment in the place where the

footprints separated into a beach and a forest

Where Eve headed was the forest… But what can he do by ht now?

He even heard froain after the business with Elesis was

over Of course, Add wasn’t intending on accepting those words quietly…… But nothing would get

solved bywith Eve without any plans

“Tch”

Although Add didn’t like it, he walked along the beach The scenery of the beach where the white

foa in and out of the golden sands was truly

beautiful

Al their lives to fight Elesis a while ago felt

like a dream

“……”

Add unknowingly stroke his neck and gulped If things rong just a little bit……his head

would have gotten chopped up by Elesis And there were actually instances where it almost

happened This wasn’t just for him It was the same for the other members as well

Add stopped to look across the horizon and muttered on his own

“What should we…do now?”

Aisha pushed the El Search Party away asking them to take some moments to rest…

But Add couldn’t follow this His head becahts came to him No,

there was one thought that came up clearly, but he didn’t want to admit it

They lost

The El Search Party lost against Elesis

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Add who could tiht despite her sister being the

eneht braver than anyone else, Rena and Eve who assisted in every critical

moment

Even though they threw the entirety of the El Search Party’s abilities against her…they still lost to

Elesis Bringing out her true abilities was their limit

It was an indisputable defeat

“…Kukuk”

Add let out a dejected laugh Even though he had the power to rewind time, there was absolutely no

possibility that he could fight Elesis and defeat her

Right now, he should be thankful that he even survived through the ordeal Add hated himself for

thinking like this, for being glad that he was just able to survive… It ay too pathetic

“Kahahahahaha!!”

“Ahaha!!”

Add as bursting out into laughter i

with hi out their feelings alone but realized that

soot surprised and turn around, he discovered a

girl cheerfully running along the beach

Black hair, white clothes She was far away but it was obvious who she was

Ara who had been cheerfully laughing and running by herself saw Add and waved her hand towards

him She didn’t slow her speed down at all as she ran towards Add

“So MrAdd is here too?”

“…”

Add was at a loss for words when he saw Ara smile without any folds on her face How can she

change her ht now as if she had cootten

about the fact that she was fighting with her life on the line just a while before

Ara didn’t ain The ocean wind

black hair wave

“Ah, look MrCrab is walking over there!”

“……”

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Ara discovered a crab that was scurrying busily along the beach and called Add over with a hand

gesture Ara crouched down and enjoyably watched the crabthen waved her hand towards

Add to urge him to come over

She totally had an attitude of enjoying a vacation

“Just how are you so…”

Regardless of how Add sighed or not, Ara was now picking up a conch shell and putting it near her

ear to listen to the sound co fun

Add had realized this late but Ara had her shoes off and was barefoot She carefully approached to

the point where the waves reached and dipped her ankles in sea water

“……”

Anything he said would be useless at this point Add was dumbstruck but he still couldn’t say

anything to Ara

Wasn’t Ara the one who had to go throughmoments? Eun didn’t come out to

fight and Ara had to stay in the front line facing Elesis’ swords strikes with only her spear skills…

She had a right to relax and rest like this

“MrAdd should come here too! It feels cool!”

“…I’m fine”

Ara did her duties She fulfilled all her obligations as the member of the El Search Party No one

could blaht of defeat

“But it feels really cool”

“I said I’m fine Where’s Rena?”

Add refused Ara’s request and asked for Rena’s whereabouts The El Search Party’s leader was Rena

so he should discuss their future plans with her

The El Search Party as they were right now couldn’t defeat Elesis They had to admit this fact then

start thinking about their next course of action

“She’s under the tree over there”

When he looked towards the far off direction tip of Ara’s hand was pointing to, he could see a