After a round of drinking party, a large glass of ale was placed in front of the bar in front of Melina, and it was handed to her a girl with long silver hair and smoky makeup.

"What about you? What's the story between you and Qiuyuan? ”

During her questioning of Melina, she realized that she was too self-acquainted and hurriedly introduced herself.

"You can call me Ciri, the owner of this tavern, I have always wanted to invite you here, but the power of your world is as chaotic as the world of Dark Souls, and I only relied on my ability to locate you a few days ago."

Ciri warmly extended her hand to Melina, but Melina didn't shake her hand, just bowed slightly to the other party and said.

"My name is Melina... The identity is the witch who guides my king. ”

After a brief pleasantries, Melina asked Ciri, one of the tavern's owners, about her doubts.

"Sir Ciri, can you tell me what this tavern is for? And what is the purpose of your gathering here from your own world? ”

Before the daughter of the white wolf could answer Melina's question, a girl with long orange hair and big black-rimmed glasses appeared from the other side of the bar, looking very punk-like... Explained to Melina.

"This is Qiuyuan's boasting group, hmm... Well, that's just a joke. ”

The girl looked a little scared, and was stared at by Melina's cold eyes, and instantly hid under the bar.

"Her name is Sakura Futaba, and she comes from a world similar to Akihara's modern society? Anyway... You can understand that we are gathered here to protect Qiuyuan's safety. ”

After briefly explaining the identity of the girl hiding behind the bar, Ciri tells Melina why they are here.

"Protect... The safety of my king? ”

This made Melina's brow furrow slightly, and in her impression of the incarnation of the Elden Ring world.

It was really her old in-laws, what a bad omen, the Valkyrie, the Falling Star General and Radagon had to tremble three times when they saw him, and kicked the entire borderland, from Stonewell to Wangcheng all the way sideways...

"It's time for Futaba to explain the situation again." Ciri said as he tapped his hand on the bar.

"Hmm... Belch... Plums... Miss Melina, see for yourself. ”

Futaba was still curled up under the bar, but she still used her small hands to hold up a laptop and put it on the table.

"I'm sorry, because the world Qiu Yuan lives in is 'modern society', and I haven't been to much of this kind of world, and a lot of common sense was taught to us by Futaba."

Ciri said as she turned the screen on her computer screen so that Melina could see the surveillance screen from above.

This surveillance picture is Qiu Yuan's miserable gnawing on potatoes in the manor.

Melina looked at the extremely handsome man in the surveillance screen, although it was a little unfamiliar... But she could tell at a glance that she was exactly what the Elden King she was serving was.

"It's normal if you feel a big gap or feel disappointed, but you read that right... In the picture, this emaciated young man is the Faded One who has conquered the entire Junction, defeated countless demigods, and finally won the title of King of Elden several times. ”

Ciri had obviously investigated the background of Melina's world, but Melina looked at Qiuyuan, who was nibbling on potatoes in the picture, but didn't say much.

"The first time he came to the Junction, he was even more depressed than he was now, and he didn't even have a single piece of good clothing... But I've watched him conquer the Junction along the way. ”

"Looks and strength don't matter, what I value is his tough soul."

Melina's words made Ciri and Futaba applaud on the side.

"Today's Kuakua Jin sentence has decided to be the sentence you said from Melina-chan!" Futaba didn't know when he had come out from under the bar.

Melina glanced at Futaba with her only eye, and she was so frightened that she ducked back under the bar.

"So... What the hell is going on? Although I know that our king has his own life in this world, I don't think any of us should interfere with his life in this world, including this kind of surveillance. ”

Melina, she's in the world of Elden Ring... When I talked to Qiu Yuan, I imagined countless times what Qiu Yuan's real appearance and voice were.

Although Ciri helped her fulfill this wish, Melina still thought that their surveillance behavior was very inappropriate.

"We don't want to do that either, but Qiu Yuan's current situation leaves us no choice." Ciri also shrugged his shoulders a little helplessly.

"No choice? Then ask Lord Ciri to tell me all about the condition of my king in this world. ”

Melina wants to hear about the real world Qiu Yuan is in now... What the hell is 'no alternative'.

"About a year ago."

Ciri picked up the ale in his hand and took a sip of it.

"I'm going to Towson to give Geralt... My adoptive father? In short, when I was celebrating his birthday, I wanted to use my space-time power to travel through space, and then I came here unexpectedly. ”

"The gap between time and space, and then here I met the master who has been guiding me and Geralt's will, Qiu Yuan, of course, not with my own eyes, but through that strange machine."

Ciri said, gesturing at a candy machine in the middle of the tavern in the distance, projecting images of Qiuyuan nibbling potatoes.

"I recognized him at a glance as you did, and he was in a coma while surrounded by a horde of monsters."

"Then I used my space-time power to teleport directly to him and save him... When you want to move him to safety, like to bring him back to my world, or here... I found that I couldn't. ”

"I can't tell you why it didn't work for a while, but in short, I used the power of time and space to call all the forces I could mobilize in Towson to repel those monsters who wanted to kill Qiuyuan."

When Melina heard this, her eyes fell on the 'candy machine' in the center of the tavern.

"We all call this thing a wishing machine."

After noticing Melina's concerned gaze, Ciri led Melina directly to the machine and said.

"It's the key to our ability to connect with Qiu Yuan, do you see the golden crystals stored inside?"

"It is the embodiment of Qiu Yuan's emotions, and more appropriately, Qiu Yuan's emotions from birth to the present are called 'happiness' emotions, which we call the crystallization of happiness."

"So what do you mean... The happiness that my king has experienced in this life is only such a small piece? ”

Melina stared at the Happiness Crystals stored in the Wishing Machine, and only two fist-sized ones remained.

If this is really the happiness value that Qiu Yuan has accumulated in this life, how sad should Qiu Yuan be in this life?

"Of course not, when I first saw it, Qiu Yuan's happiness crystallization was about to fill the entire wishing machine."

Ciri hurriedly waved his hand and explained to Melina that Qiu Yuan had lived quite happily in his life.

"So... What about those crystallized happiness? Melina was keenly aware of the crux of the matter.

"It's all gone."

That's when Ciri got to the crux of the matter.

"After repelling the group of monsters who wanted to kill Qiu Yuan, I realized that we needed to consume this kind of happiness crystals when we came to the world where Qiu Yuan lived."

"Then the more you use magic or other extraordinary power in the world of Qiuyuan, the more you consume."

“…… And then in that battle, you used up all the happiness crystals that my king had saved in his life? ”

Melina's cold and poisonous personality was vividly displayed at this time.

"Of course not! The real bulk of the consumption is the safe house we helped Qiu Yuan build. ”

Ciri waved her hand again, indicating that she wasn't that wasteful.

"Safe house?"

Melina looked up at the projection on the wishing machine, and only then did she realize that although Qiu Yuan lived in a dense forest hut, there was a large number of powerful magical enchantments around the hut.

"Yes, this is Yennepha... You can understand that it was my adoptive mother, who laid it down with a few sorceresses, in order to prevent Qiu Yuan from being discovered by those monsters. ”

"So... What kind of monster is it? ”

When Melina arrived at this tavern, she felt several breaths that made her heart palpitate, and it stands to reason that the last thing that was missing in this tavern was the 'monster handling expert'.

"It's better to explain this drone video with Futaba."

Ciri said and led Melina to the bar, and Sakura Futaba also brought up the drone reconnaissance footage stored in his laptop.

The time of the footage shows that this was taken half a year ago ... Melina looked at the scenery in the picture, showing high-rise buildings, people coming and going, and it looked like an extremely prosperous urban scene.

"Yes... Are monsters hiding among these humans? ”

Although Melina has never seen the scenery of a modern city, the fireworks in the video look much higher than the junction...

You must know that the junction where Melina lives, even if she runs ten miles, she can't find a person who can talk.

"It's not that there are monsters hiding in these humans, it's that these guys are all 'monsters' in human skin!" Ciri said.

“…… But they look no different from normal humans. ”

Melina took a closer look at the busy cityscapers in the video, and couldn't tell the difference between them and normal humans in terms of appearance and behavior.

"Because that's what they are."

Ciri also switched the video very cooperatively while he was talking, and this video was recorded by Geralt capturing one of these 'humans'.

"We call this creature 'mimicry', and according to our investigation, all the creatures in this world are made up of them, and to be precise, everything that lives in this world is 'mimicry'."

"They can devour all known life, animals, plants... Then it perfectly simulates the appearance, habits, and even personality and memories of the devoured creatures. ”

"Only by killing them will they be revealed."

In the video, Geralt wields the silver sword in his hand and slashes off the head of the mimic human, which turns into a strange glue fluid with a terrible scream.

"So my king is the only living human in this world?"

Melina asked softly after understanding Qiu Yuan's situation.

"Quite possibly, so Melina..."

Ciri said this, holding out his hand to Melina.

"The only mission we have gathered here is to make me and my father's best friend, the king you serve, the head of the regiment that Futaba admires, and the hero in the eyes of countless people...... Qiu Yuan, he survives in this apocalypse full of devouring monsters! Live happily! ”

Ciri emphasised the word happiness... Melina instantly felt the same realization as Ciri.

Once Qiu Yuan had protected the world they were in countless times, and now it was their turn to stand up and defend Qiu Yuan's happiness!

"I... Willing to give everything for my king. Melina stretched out her hands and gently took Ciri's hand and whispered.