Chapter 279: "A devil who acts like a hero"

Discovering Elysia's whereabouts, Thea visited her secretly.

Just like a foreign passerby looking at the crowd. When Thea was watching the yellow leaves falling, she saw the figure of a little girl with pink hair who was very lively.

Thea just watched the little girl greet all the people who passed by cheerfully. After that, Thea left.

Thea's own goal is the power of the Herrscher of Origin. But at this time, Elysia herself didn't even know that she herself was a Herrscher.

Personality, decisions, and choices are how a person shapes themselves. The reason why Elysia dared to sacrifice her own life for humanity was because she had seen what the human ego itself looked like.

During her travels around the world, Elysia has met many great people. Human hearts are not perfect, but their hearts are also noble.

Many people have darkness in their hearts, but there are also people who have a warm light that can shine on everyone.

Even though it's small, it's there.

At first, Thea didn't really intend to disturb the finished plot. If there are no distractions, then Thea will get the result she wants at the end of the story.

But, a few changes can be added here...

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A few days later, the nun and several children in the orphanage suddenly contracted the honkai disease by [accident].

The stigma that exists in society regarding honkai disease today is the same as someone suffering from HIV in the previous world. They are seen as very bad, and contagious.

Patients in the early stages like this can be cured with the honkai serum released by the IPC company. However, poverty has always been the main problem of every civilization.

People in orphanages cannot afford products that represent the crystallization of human civilization. The result was that after several months, the nun became seriously ill and she could no longer move from her bed.

The infected orphanage children also experienced the same thing, the honkai disease brought pain that small children like them could not bear.

As a Herrscher, Elysia is not afraid of contracting the honkai disease, and she is the one who takes care of them all at the orphanage.

The townspeople really like the pink-haired girl who always greets them tirelessly, but the honkai disease is contagious and has limited treatment, making them dare not make contact with the pink-haired girl again.

As a result, everyone avoided her.

Elysia also knew what they were thinking, and she wouldn't blame them.

This was her own decision, even if she didn't know that she was a Herrscher, considering herself an ordinary human, Elysia still did the same thing.

It's just that, every day seeing the faces of the nuns and her relatives become thinner and thinner, Elysia's heart was overcome by feelings of helplessness.

She found that many things could not be maintained if she wanted to, and many things would not change because of human will.

"If only I had the power to protect them all."

A small body forced to work continuously cannot withstand such a heavy load. Elysia, who had just finished cleaning the orphanage yard and replaced the cold compress on the nun's head, her vision suddenly became blurry.

"Elysia..."

"Ah?"

The nun's call woke Elysia, who was in a daze at that time.

"Don't force yourself... You should go too..."

All orphanage children who have not been infected have been moved to the nearest orphanage. Except for Elysia, everyone in the orphanage was sick.

They have all been abandoned.

"What do you mean, sister? If I go, who will clean up later? Don't ever give up, one day you will definitely recover!"

The nun didn't say anything else, and she just stroked Elysia's hair with her thin hands.

Even though she was dying, and felt that tomorrow she might not be able to see the sun again, the nun's bright eyes emitted a very gentle gleam of light when she looked at the little girl.

Thank you, for not giving up on us.

Thank you, for fighting for us.

Thank you, for always accompanying us until the end.

"Thank You..."

"...."

With the excuse of cooking lunch, Elysia came out of the nun's room.

She was silent for a moment, before she wiped her tears down.

"Hiks... Hiks... What should I do...?"

The nun was the first person to contract honkai disease. Her time can be counted down.

Elysia has never cried because everyone is so kind to her. When she was brought into the orphanage, all the children and the orphanage administrators treated her kindly because of her cheerful attitude.

But even the happiest fairy tales also have sad stories behind them.

Helplessness, not being able to do anything, despair, enveloped her heart at this moment.

"No, don't give up! Elysia, stay optimistic!"

Doing whatever she can do right now, Elysia tries to stay optimistic no matter what happens.

Just as the sisters said, she was a tough girl.

However, the rope, which had been tense for a long time, couldn't hold on any longer, and finally broke suddenly.

Elysia, who had just drawn water from the well, her eyes suddenly darkened while she was carrying a barrel filled with water.

Her consciousness became very blurred, and her body became very weak. The water barrel she was carrying also spilled onto the ground, making the dry concrete stone wet.

But...

Elysia, who closed her eyes, didn't get the pain from falling that she expected.

Instead, she smelled a soft, flower-like fragrance that entered her nose. The smell was so fragrant that it relaxed her tense mind.

Elysia realized that she was currently being hugged by someone.

In the cloudy weather where the clouds were covered by thick clouds, and made the day a little dark, Elysia raised her head with difficulty.

She couldn't see the person's face due to her blurry vision, but she could see a pair of purple eyes shining brightly.

Seeing such heartless eyes, as if they wanted to eat her, made Elysia somehow feel a little cold.

The tiny Elysia curled up in that person's arms with a little fear.

"Are you Elysia? I didn't expect that I would meet a little hero here."

"Who... are you?"

Thea tidied up Elysia's slightly messy appearance, and after that, she smiled as politely as possible.

"My name is Thea Kaslana, I have heard your heroic story on the local news, and I intend to help you."

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Help came very suddenly.

IPC employees entered the orphanage along with the reporters, and doctors from IPC began to cure the patients with their new second generation honkai serum.

Elysia, who was confused, was interviewed enthusiastically, and after that she finally got an explanation in a daily news newspaper.

It turns out that her tireless efforts to save the orphanage children were included in a local newspaper report, and were noticed by the IPC company.

Maybe this is just a promotional event or just building a reputation in society. But this small act of kindness was enough to save everyone in the orphanage!

Elysia was jumping up and down with joy!

It turns out her hard work was not in vain!

"Sister Maya, George, Arisha, everyone, you all can finally recover!"

"Thanks you!"

Of course, when Elysia's heart was full of happiness because everyone in the orphanage could be saved, the devil, whose eyes had always been on the angel, never tired of continuing to observe.

Seeing Elysia who was happy, Thea also felt happy.

Now, Elysia already has goodwill and a debt of gratitude to the IPC company. In the future, this can be used to control her actions.

Rather than joining MOTH to protect humanity, Elysia has a high possibility of joining the IPC in the future.

Elysia was already in her pocket.

Thea also laughed sincerely along with Elysia. This is pure bliss.