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4. Game Over OR Continue?

Energy beam must have been Wally Robot’s last attempt at struggle because it fell over and

exploded afterwards. Add clenched his fists and hurried towards the direction that Eve got flown

away.

“It’s fine. She’s a Nasod……”

Normal human would have been killed but since she was a Nasod she would have somehow fended

it off. She must have had something like an emergency defense code!!

She must have had it! If she didn’t I’m going to kill everything!

As what seemed like an eternity had pa.s.sed, Add finally arrived and rolled off his Dynamos and ran

towards where Eve was.

Just as he had hoped, Eve was fine. She lay quietly with her eyes closed, with her tiny hands on top

of her body.

She didn’t even have a scratch on her although she was consumed by a high heat energy beam.

“…..Thank goodness.”

Add held his shaking knees with his hands and let out a heavy sigh of relief. Thank G.o.d she was a

Nasod.

Thank goodness she was alright…….

Crack.

A sound shook Add’s heart. Sound of something cracking.

Crack.

Sound of something breaking.

“…….Ah.”

Add stared devastated. He could tell which part of Eve was wrong. On her white forehead, on her

Core that s.h.i.+ned blue, a small crack forming.

“N, No….”

The Core was Nasod’s nucleus. If compared to humans it was akin to their heart. Eve’s current

situation was…. In human terms her heart was shattering.

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Add hastily pressed on Eve’s Core with both of his hands. But he already knew it wouldn’t change a

thing. The Core made even more cruel cracking noises and then…..completed its demolition as it

s.h.i.+ned for a moment with white light before losing its color.

“Ah……”

Add took his hands off the Core and let out a cry in vain. There were thousands of cracks on Eve’s

Core now.

It would all break and scatter if he’d just tip it with his finger…..

“Ahaha.”

Add clenched his fists tightly and let out a laugh. It was so nonsensical that he laughed. Elegant

mechanical doll that he finally had managed to get close to, a one of a kind treasure was shattered

before his eyes.

Hmm, how can he explain this feeling? Feeling of a sommelier…..that kept a precious one of a kind

wine and was bidding for the day he’d open it. Only to see it get destroyed before his eyes?

Maybe it’s the feeling of witnessing a masterpiece drawn by a genius painter of caliber that will never

again exist in history……. Then seeing the said painting get torn apart by a stupid red haired brat?

“Kukukuk, kahahahaaha.”

His shoulders shook as he laughed. Add looked up towards the sky. In front of him right now was

Eve’s corpse, no Eve’s remains.

Core was Nasod’s nucleus; she will never open her eyes again.

Eve was dead. Well that was the human term. Should he say she was sc.r.a.pped? Add coldly rewrote

the definition in his head.

He had to keep his cool. Otherwise it actually felt like he’d kill everything.

“What happened to Ev….?”

Hearing the worried shout of a boy approach him, Add kicked the ground to stand up and

immediately threw a punch at the boy. The impact felled the boy before he could even make a sound.

“Die.”

Add moved the Dynamos without hesitation. Elsword wiped his face and made a confused

expression.

Even so, Elsword spoke without worrying about his own bleeding wounds.

“Is Eve okay?”

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“If you won’t kill yourself, I’ll kill you instead!!”

Hearing him blurt out Eve’s name disgusted Add. He increased the output to destroy Elsword’s

body into bits. A shadow jumped out all of a sudden and swung its spear to swiftly hit all the

Dynamos away.

“Boy, Calm down.”

Ara, no it was Eun who had surfaced completely after pus.h.i.+ng Ara’s consciousness aside. Add

stared at Eun indifferently then swung his arm to move the Dynamos again.

He didn’t care who got in his way, he’d just kill them all together.

Add moved his Dynamos without hesitation again. Eun’s appearance seemed to fade. Then all of a

sudden her spear was aiming at Add’s neck.

“Boy, I told you to calm down.”

“….”

Add ignored the spear pointing at his neck and manipulated the Dynamos towards Elsword. A

shockwave was forming along with the sound of Dynamos operating.

The most painful way to kill him as possible, Add was about to blow each of Elsword body parts off

while Elsword was still alive.

Spear? If she intended to stab him she would have already done so. Eun, just like the other members

was just too soft. Eun read Add’s thoughts and withdrew her spear as she frowned.

“The words ‘mending the barn after the horse is stolen’ doesn’t seem to fit here. Would ‘destroying

the house after losing a lover’ be more appropriate?”

“Move.”

He can’t see Elsword with Eun in the way. He had to see him die.

“Boy, you’re correct in that I cannot harm you. I’m on boy’s side after all. Even if he was to lose his

mind and try to kill his comrades.”

“I told you to move.”

Add ignored Eun’s words as he grabbed her shoulders and pushed her aside. He didn’t want to hear

any lecture about how Eve won’t come back even if he were to kill Elsword.

“But instead of wasting his emotions like this, wouldn’t it be better for the boy to go save the girl

instead?”

“….”

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Add was about to flick his fingers but stopped. What Eun just said made him freeze.

“What did you just…”

“Boy, I already know about everything. About how boy is not a human from this age.”

Eun spoke of the secret Add had kept hidden all along without a hint of smile in her face. Add’s

pupils widened in surprise that Eun even knew of this fact as well. But Eun told him without a hint

of bragging in her voice.

“And I also know how boy needs higher technology in order to travel through time again. And

that’s why boy tried to obtain the girl’s core.”

“….The core’s already broken.”

Add tried staring at Eve with false sense of hope but abruptly turned his head back around. He

couldn’t bear to watch any longer.

“If you’re trying to say I should examine the broken core….”

“That wouldn’t be necessary.”

Eun finally smiled and gently shook her tails. She acted very confident in front of Add who was

emitting thirst for blood.

“Boy arrived in this age by coincidence, so he can’t carelessly jump through time again, he must

move carefully, I know about these calculations yours. However, if I may give my opinion as the one

who can see the future…..”

Eun’s eyes narrowed.

“A simple travel. If its couple days of time travel, it can be done without much trouble.”

“Don’t make me laugh. Dynamo as they are right now cannot interpret the time wave function. If I

tried to travel 1 second, I could travel 10 years instead….”

“But it’s possible together with me.”

Eun held out her hand in response to Add’s denial. It was the 3rd time she held her hand out to him.

“Didn’t I tell you? I’m on boy’s side. I’ll help the boy get to the time he desires. Time where girl still

exists.”

“…..”

Add wasn’t quick to grab the white hand held out towards him. Seeing this, Eun seemed to pout

then tickled Add’s cheek with her tails.

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Angered by this, Add now pulled back his Dynamos to trap Eun. But Eun didn’t retract her tails and

instead lowered her stance to look up at Add seductively. She waited for Add’s decision.

“Well, have you decided?”

“…..Why are you helping me?”

“I have the power to see into the future. Wouldn’t that be enough?”

Eun subst.i.tuted this as an explanation. She couldn’t be helping for free; she must have calculations

of her own.

But this was no situation to measure the consequences.

He had no business in this age without Eve.

“What should I do precisely?”

“First open an alternate s.p.a.ce with the Dynamos. Then have them cause a time wave to create a

time stream wormhole. I’ll determine the time-s.p.a.ce coordinates. Would the period where the entire

ruckus started be fine for you?”

Add nodded without words and created a time stream wormhole just as Eun had requested. It was a

10 meter dark orb. One could look into it from the outside but could only see darkness within.

Add had arrived in this age by time travel, he obviously knew how the travel worked.

He just didn’t have the technology that allowed him to choose the time he wanted to travel to. Add

was extremely suspicious of Eun…. But he had no choice but to accept her offer.

With her eyes closed, Eun waved her s.h.i.+ning hand multiple times in front of the time stream

wormhole before she finally opened her eyes.

“Alright, it’s finished. Go inside within 10 seconds from now.”

Add didn’t even nod as he stood in front of the wormhole.

‘Second time travel huh….’

Add would be lying if he said he wasn’t worried about being able to arrive in the correct time…..

Add clicked his tongue and looked at Elsword who was still lying down then moved his gaze

towards Eve who had stopped functioning.

As he had thought, this age without Eve was worthless.

“Then save the girl this time. If possible…..”

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Turning his back towards Eun who gave off an oddly obsessive nuance, Add threw himself into the

different timeline.

“What are you doing? Is that some sort of end-of-flight motion?”

Add blinked after hearing a cold voice stab his ears. The location was inside the castle. A mechanical

doll landed lightly on the ground and was staring at Add with a blank expression.

Her serene golden eyes.

“…..Eve?”

When she was called by her name, Eve tilted her head as if she didn’t understand. It was cute to see

the two gears floating beside her copy her motion and tilt as well.

“Is there something wrong…-”

Add immediately jumped off the Dynamos and brought his hands towards Eve’s face. First check

the Core on her forehead, then after confirming nothing was wrong he now stroked her cheeks.

This was the first time he had touched them so he couldn’t tell anything except how soft they were.

If Add had touched them beforehand he could have figured out the difference.

“How…..”

“Alright. There’s no problem with the Core. Nothing seems to be wrong with cognitive circuits. I’d

like to perform an internal examination next. So take off your clothes….”

“How rude!”

Slap! Add stuttered as he backed away after getting hit. Eve was shaking in anger.

“How dare you? Reflect on your actions!”

“Ow, owowow….”

Add’s cheek felt like it was burning and it was no joke. But this pain delighted him.

Since it helped him confirm that this situation right now wasn’t a dream.

Eve’s Core getting destroyed earlier was real too. But this situation right now was real as well. As the

disturbance team’s leader, Add was about to move into action together with Eve.

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That’s right, Eve was currently safe.

Eve openly expressed her displeasure as she stroked her own cheeks Add had touched before. She

looked extremely angry.

“It was a mistake for me to trust you even slightly. I’ll remember this.”

“….Wait.”

It looked like things might get out of control. Add made some fake coughs and got up from his spot.

He had acted on impulse after seeing Eve, now he had to recover from this situation.

“Kukukuk, it was a simple mistake. Forget it.”

Eve didn’t answer and glared at Add with a furious expression. Anyone would get angry if someone

suddenly approached them and stroked their face.

“I thought you didn’t have emotions. Why are you getting angry over something like this?”

“I’m not angry. It’s obvious to chastise someone for being rude.”

Add had said it to relieve this foul mood but for some reason it looked like it made Eve even angrier.

After realizing Eve was seriously angry Add pondered repeatedly to himself.

Didn’t Elsword also make Eve angry lots of times? Just how did he relieve Eve of her anger?

…..He couldn’t figure out how. But he didn’t care about Elsword. Actually, even Eve’s feelings

(although she claims she doesn’t have any) being hurt wasn’t important right now.

“This is not the time for this. I’ll explain about what happened in later time. Listen to me carefully

for now. We have to get out of this castle.”

The most important thing right now was to get Eve to a safe location. He didn’t ever want to see

what happened earlier again.

“I’ll have to refuse.”

“What?”

“…..Just what are you thinking? What about the promise with Rena?”

Eve’s expression now seemed to be beyond anger. She was just dumbfounded. Add was trying to

move Eve to a safe place since he knew of the events that will take place…. But Eve didn’t know

anything.

“Kugh…”

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Only Add knew of the future events since he had time traveled. No matter how he tried to coax Eve

it would be impossible for him to convince her to escape with him from this chaotic castle.

Since it meant abandoning Rena….. and Elsword.

“……”

Should he abduct her using force? Add momentarily thought about this but Eve was now largely

wary of him because of the contact just earlier.

And she wouldn’t believe him if he told her how he knew what will happen soon.

“Two of you, is there something wrong?”

Ara who had been defeating the soldiers came running with a spear in her hand. Add was startled

when he saw Ara’s white hair but Ara stared back at the two of them with an innocent expression.

It was Ara, not Eun.

“It’s nothing. Let’s hurry. It would be easier for Rena to move if we cause the disturbance further

away from the main castle.”

“Yes! I’ll lead the way!”

Two girls finished their discussion and was about to move but stopped. Eve sternly and Ara

worriedly stared at Add.

“Mr.Add? Is there something wrong?”

“…..My head was aching a bit that’s all”

He couldn’t get Eve out of this situation. And Add also wasn’t keen on making the choice of

abandoning Rena and running away by themselves.

“Kukuk, I’ll wipe the floor with them!!”

“Yes! Seeing Mr.Add laugh makes me happy too!”

Ara smiled brightly without understanding anything. Eve looked at the two with a pitiable

expression then moved frontwards towards where the soldiers were.

“….”

Add didn’t like how Eve was calmly charging towards the soldiers but he couldn’t do anything about

it.

Add would have liked to wrap Eve up in a bag and kidnap her if he could. But the circ.u.mstances

didn’t allow him to do so.

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‘It’s okay. I just need to look out for that one.’

Wally Robot. Everything will be fine if he just destroyed that.

As expected the soldiers weren’t a match for the disturbance team. Add took a deep breath as he

tensed up after arriving in the garden.

“Be careful from now on.”

“Huh? Oh, okay.”

Ara nodded without understand what Add meant after seeing Add become so serious in front of just

mere 20 soldiers. Eve looked at Add confusedly as well. But there was no time to explain.

-Operational.

Terrifying mechanical noise Add heard from before was heard again. Soldiers just like before started

to scatter screaming as the heavy footsteps rang across the garden,

That unrefined junk like appearance. Wally Robot No.44 made its appearance.

“That’s….”

“There’s no retreat. I’ll finish it off.”

Add cut off Eve who was about to make a surprised voice. Even if they were to retreat right now

Eve would refuse to leave the castle entirely.

Then it was better to focus on and destroy that thing.

“Ara, don’t rush in carelessly. That thing uses ranged attacks with its fists.”

“Huh? How did you know?”

Ara was about to charge in but stopped and responded in surprise. Add spoke sharply.

“There’s no time to explain. I’m planning to use the strongest skill I have to destroy that thing so

you guys quietly follow my instructions.”

“……”

Putting Ara aside, Add had expected Eve to refuse but Eve stared at Add quietly for a moment

before unexpectedly nodding.

“I’ll leave you in charge of instructions.”

“I’m not too sure but I’ll do my best too!”

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“….Kukukuk, great!”

Even as he laughed Add didn’t let down his guard. Wally Robot was approaching them. Enemy the

three of them struggled heavily against before.

“We must destroy that thing thoroughly as possible. If it doesn’t get destroyed by my skill, then Ara

you charge in and finish it. Eve, you protect us from long range.”

“…..Protect? Understood.”

“I’ll do my best too!”

“Let’s start in count of three.”

Clank. Clank. Wally Robot was approaching. Under normal circ.u.mstances, Add’s l.u.s.t for knowledge

on how such a thing could have been created with such subpar technology would have taken better

of him. But not right now.

That thing destroyed Eve earlier.

Then this time he’ll destroy it instead.

“……Three! Everyone scatter!!”

Following Add’s instruction, Eve and Ara separated left and right. Wally Robot stopped its advance

for a slight moment. Using that chance Add instantly increased the output of the Dynamos to their

maximum capacity.

Purple s.p.a.ce opened up above the Wally Robot’s head.

“You won’t be able to ignore this!”

This was a skill Add had intended to hide until the final moment. But not anymore. He didn’t ever

want to see that scene again.

-…..!

Wally Robot must have also sensed something was off and tried to move but…. Add’s shout was

much faster.

“Stardust Shower!!”

Barrages of gravity orbs rained down from the gate above Wally Robot’s head. Each of the orbs was

a collection of energy compressed to such extent that they could be seen with the naked eye.

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Boom! Boom!

Getting bombarded by abnormal rain of gravity, Wally Robot wasn’t able to retaliate as it started to

break down. Wally Robot was able to block the s.p.a.ce interference abilities….. But in the end it was

only able to block direct interferences. It had no answer to bringing something from another s.p.a.ce

and attacking with it.

Just like how it couldn’t do a thing against Eve’s Junk Break!

Cras.h.!.+

Add closed the s.p.a.ce after the last gravity orb had fallen. This skill was his trump card and

maintaining it up till now was his limit.

“Huff, huff……”

Sweat dripped down from Add like rain. But despite being hit by Add’s trump card skill, Wally

Robot lost only one arm and a leg and some of its main body parts.

It was still functioning!

“Finish it Ara!!”

But this was also within Add’s calculations. It was an enemy three of them struggled hard against;

Add had never thought it would just end with one Stardust Shower.

“Falling Dragon!!”

Ara moved in position with her fists clenched tightly and struck the ground. The ground seemed to

shake as Wally Robot’s remaining leg also broke. Wally Robot fell down.

But Wally Robot was still functioning.

‘Not enough….’

Unexpectedly, Ara’s burst damage wasn’t enough! Come to think of it, Ara was a type that attacked

agilely weaving through multiple enemies. She had never displayed burst of explosive damage. As

Add was about to go into his next attack soon as possible,

“Here I go!”

Eve despite getting no instructions from Add jumped in front of the Wally Robot. The scene from

before flash by Add’s mind again. Add screamed instinctively.

“Eveeeeeeeeee!!”

“Junk Break!!”

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Add’s blood soaked scream was drowned by the sound of the shredder Eve called upon. Wally

Robot couldn’t withstand the terrifying force of the shredder’s rotation and shook violently. Then it

fell over backwards and exploded.

It didn’t look like it was moving anymore.

“……Is it over?”

Unable to ease his heart, Add approached on his Dynamos to examine the Wally Robot. Only a

single arm remained of the Wally Robot. It was a dull ending compared to the struggle they had

before

Actually, the struggle from before was also because they were too startled by the sudden appearance

of an enemy and couldn’t coordinate properly. They were able to win relatively easily this time with

Add making up his mind to use his secret skill then Ara and Eve also following suit and pouring in

their powerful skills as well.

“…..Phew.”

Eve wiped her forehead and took a deep breath after recalling the shredders.

“It sounded like someone shouted my name loudly. Am I correct?”

“Mr.Add did.”

Eve quietly stared at Add after hearing Ara’s tattling(?). After finally being able to relax, Add let out

a maniacal laugh as if he didn’t hear anything.

“Kukukuk, Great. This is perfect!”

“So did you call me?”

“He called you very desperately.”

Someone shut Ara’s mouth. Eve continued to stare at Add silently then slightly lowered her head.

“I’m sorry. I moved without your instructions. I almost ruined your plan.”

“…..”

For him to hear an apology from Eve… Add was surprised and didn’t know what to do for a

moment then muttered.

“Kukuk, the result is everything. It’s fine since we won.”

“It was an extremely powerful foe. I’m glad no one was hurt!”

“Yes, really.”

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There were still soldiers surrounding them but no one paid attention to them. They could be cleaned

up with ease.

“Flame Geyser!!”

A flame seemed to rise up as the soldiers flew off screaming.

“Is everyone safe? I came to help!!”

Elsword approached them with a loud shout. Ara hopped bunch of times as she waved to Elsword.

Eve didn’t say anything but seemed like she was welcoming him and Add was…..

“….Tch.”

Add turned his head trying to ignore Elsword. Before, well it would technically be incorrect to say

‘before’ but anyways, Add recalled how he had expressed murderous intent towards Elsword.

Back then he had really planned to kill him…. But since Eve was safe now there was no reason to.

“Why are you here? What about Rena?”

“We heard a large noise so she let me go. Are you guys okay?”

Add didn’t like seeing Elsword talk with Eve like this. But Eve will become his before long anyways.

He’ll let it slide for now…..

“A powerful enemy appeared but we were able to win easily due to Add’s plan.”

“I see. As expected, big brother Add’s reliable.”

“…..”

Add was at a loss for words but Elsword was honestly staring at him with admiration. …Since

Elsword was still a kid wouldn’t his feelings have been hurt when Add openly expressed his

reluctance towards Elsword all this time?

Elsword from this timeline obviously didn’t know….. But Add had even tried to kill him before.

Add couldn’t help but to feel uncomfortable. But Elsword looked like he didn’t mind anything that

happened in the past. Actually, Elsword…. Despite Add’s various mocking, only got riled up during

the moment; he never showed any lingering signs of grudge after that.

It was a mentality Add couldn’t comprehend no matter how much he pondered. But….

“Hey, Elsword.”

“Hm? Why big brother Add?”

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“….”

Since when did Elsword start using the ‘big brother’ honorific whenever he called him? Add

scratched his face then turned his head around abruptly.

“I’m….sorry about before.”

“Before? But I was with Rena.”

Elsword didn’t look like he understood what Add was talking about. Ara and Eve also couldn’t

understand as well. But Add had just wanted to say it.

Since there was no way for him to apologize to Elsword from the timeline where Eve was destroyed,

he was just saying it now.

“Then let’s all….”

Ara was speaking then she abruptly shut her mouth. Not only Ara but everyone’s gaze was focused

behind Add’s back.

Add’s heart sank all of a sudden. What was it? Why was everyone making such a terrified expression?

“Darkness…… Ruin…… Death!!”

The voice that sounded like it could have only come from depths of h.e.l.l. As chill went down his

spine, Add turned around to see a thing that was essentially a giant shadow itself.

And the wavy gate behind that thing was clearly a….. Dimension Gate.

“Demons! Everyone be careful!!”

Along with Ara’s scream filled warning, tens of demons appeared out of the gate!!

“W, what?!!”

Dimension Gate opening without any notice at all and Demons appearing out of it?! Add stood

horrified but Ara charged towards demons without hesitation.

“I will never let you pa.s.s!”

“That idiot!!”

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Three of them had exhausted themselves by fighting Wally Robot. And you could tell with a single

glance that each of these demons were formidable.

“Elsword, stay close to me!”

But Eve also didn’t show any signs of retreating; instead she was summoning her Nasod blades and

swinging it at the demons. Of course…. It might be different if Eve was by herself but Elsword was

besides her right now, there was no way she’d retreat.

“Void Impact!!”

Add also instinctively ripped the demons apart with an alternate s.p.a.ce attack. He had a feeling that

the situation had gone gravely wrong but it was too late to turn back.

Just how? Dimension Gate wasn’t a thing that could open easily like this. Not only that, it wasn’t

just one or two demons but hundreds that appeared out of the gate!!

Add busily moved his Dynamos while still frightened. Right now Add had his hands full worrying

about his own life.

These demons seemed to all have a designated role. Some of them attacked close up with fists, some

attacked by launching a spear, others tackled with their bodies and very few of them shot beams

from far away.

This demon group’s coordinated movements were reminiscent of a trained military; and their

commander was….. The giant demon that appeared first!

Add glared at the demon, the Shadow Master, but there was nothing he could do at the moment.

Add was already too occupied with just dodging and his attacks weren’t even working properly

against the minion demons. He didn’t want to admit it….. But even if Add was at full power it

would be difficult for him to handle even ten of them at once.

They were incomparable to the castle’s soldiers. They’ll lose if this keeps up.

“Kugh!”

“Ahhhh!”

The situation was same with Eve and Ara. Never mind facing the Shadow Master, barely managing

to hold out against the minions was the limitation of the El Search Party without Rena. No, even if

Rena was here it would be difficult to ensure everyone’s safety.

Elsword who had the least amount skill was already drenched in blood and barely hanging on to his

life. They had to somehow run away…. But they were already surrounded by the demons from all

sides.

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Add alone could somehow get away using his flight, but he couldn’t spare any moment to save Eve

across the garden.

“Kugh….”

What should I do?! When the cornered Add was desperately trying to think of a way out of this

situation, the Shadow Master suddenly swung its arm. Multiple dark orbs appeared on the ground.

“Explode, Darkfire Orbs!”

“Watch out!”

Add warned everyone as he instinctively activated the dimension distortion mode. He could mitigate

relative amount of physical shock with this.

Booom! Boooom!

While hearing the terrifying sound of explosions in sequence…. Add saw clearly with his two eyes.

As the Darkfire Orbs exploded covering everything with an explosion,

Eve was covering Elsword.

“……Ah.”

The explosions stopped as Add let out a voice. Add cancelled the dimension distortion mode

without any second thoughts. Strangely, the demons didn’t attack Add.

“E….ve?”

Eve was once again fallen on the ground.

“Ahahahaha, Hahahahaha!! Everyone….. Retreat!!”

Shadow Master let out a laugh of satisfaction then disappeared through the Dimension Gate along

with its minions. The area became quiet…. As if tens of demons attacking them just now was a lie.

Amidst the silence where nothing else moved, Add plodded towards Eve. He couldn’t suppress his

beating heart, he wanted to run over and check right away….but at the same time he was afraid of

figuring out.

“Eve……”

Covered in wounds, Add groaned as he approached and saw the scene.

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Eve with her eyes closed.

Nasod Core covered in uncountable amount of cracks.

Ceased to function, death confirmed. Should he also write down that the cause of death was

destruction of the Core due to excessive external shock?

“……Ah.”

One thing that was different from last time was that, this time Elsword also lay besides Eve. Add

suppressed his feelings that were about to explode looking down at the boy covered in blood.

Again trying to save Elsword…..Eve was!

If even Elsword ended up like this then just where was he supposed to exhaust this rage that was

about to drive him crazy?! Only thing Add could do was to roll his hands into tight fists and shake in

rage. His heart felt like it was going to explode. Yet he didn’t know where to vomit this feeling out

to.

“Well, what are you going to do now?”

Hearing a cold voice coming from behind, Add froze on spot for a moment. Add slowly turned

around. White hair and fox ears, Eun was staring at him chillingly.

“Boy, what are you going to do now?”

“…..You.”

Add managed to suppress his emotions that were on the verge of exploding. Maybe it was because

he saw Eve end up like this once before, Add was able to maintain his sanity better than before.

Also accurate time travel was impossible without Eun. He needed her cooperation.

“a.s.sist me….”

“Of course I’ll a.s.sist the boy. But how should I help?”

“….”

Even if they defeated the Wally Robot, there was absolutely no way to protect Eve if demons

ambushed them all of a sudden like this. They were completely outmatched.

But Add had no need for a timeline without Eve.

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“Isn’t that obvious……?! I’ll time travel once more!!”

That’s why I’ll go back again!!

When Add came to Rena was in front of him.

“Do you have something to say to me?”

“….How did I appear? What date is it today? Where is this place?”

Add looked around. Elder, it was the 1

st floor of the inn El Search Party stayed in. Only person

around was Rena, there was n.o.body else.

“You appeared all of a sudden riding on that. Could you refrain from using that indoors? Other

people could get startled.”

“….”

Add realized that he was in low flight on his Dynamos. Which was obvious… while traveling

through time stream wormhole he needed the Dynamo’s dimension distortion mode to ensure his

own safety.

While Dynamos had extremely numerous features, its main feature was time travel. Features like

battle, flight, scan, camouflage were merely expansions.

‘….I see. So that’s how they perceive me appearing.”

It seems for other people, Add emerging from time travel looked like he was appearing all of a

sudden on his Dynamos. Writing this fact in his mind, Add got off the Dynamo and sat across from

Rena as he looked around cautiously.

Rena stared at the overly cautious Add and smiled.

“Is there something you’re worried about? You don’t look too well.”

“That’s….”

It looked like the time travel was successful. Soon as Add deduced this much, he realized what was

about to happen in this timeline.

Hoffman will arrive soon. Then following his request, El Search Party will go through the

Underground Waterway so they could infiltrate into the Wally’s Castle.

Then Eve’s Core will be destroyed and she will cease to function.

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“…..”

Even if Wally Robot was destroyed he couldn’t withstand the demons. Even if Rena was there it

would still be difficult to ensure Eve’s safety.

Then how can Add avoid the result of Eve getting destroyed? Rena called out softly as Add

struggled in his thoughts.

“Add, if you’re troubled about something can you believe in this big sis and talk to me about it?

“I’m not particularly troubled.”

Add replied bluntly then quickly continued to calculate. The solution was simple. Eve can never be

allowed to go to the Wally’s Castle.

If Eve goes there she will certainly be destroyed.

Trying to protect Eve in that situation? Add’s power alone wasn’t enough. He couldn’t even do a

thing and was forced to watch demons destroy Eve in front of his eyes. And Add wasn’t confident

he’d be able to protect Eve even if he re-tried.

Wally Robot No.44, Shadow Master and its minions.

They weren’t enemies El Search Party in their current state could handle at the same time.

That was the reason why Add had to evacuate Eve no matter what…. But how? This was the issue.

Eve wasn’t too fond of Add and trying to restrain her by force won’t be easy.

And other members who don’t know the situation will no doubt take Eve’s side…..

“…..Hoffman will come here soon.”

“Hm? Mr.Hoffman will?”

There was only one way. Add opened his eyes slightly and stared at Rena.

“I’m going to guess what that man will say to us. In exchange…. If I guess correctly, after he

finishes telling us his story, accept one of my requests without any questions, objections and

absolutely.”

“Alright, I’ll do that. So what will Mr.Hoffman say?”

Rena smiled leisurely as she nodded. Add hesitated because she had agreed so easily. But Add had

already asked, might as well go with it.

He needed Rena’s help with this.

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Soon as Add had finished speaking to Rena, Hoffman arrived and begged them to rescue the town’s

captive girls. El Search Party agreed just like last time. Only difference was that they made their

decision faster since Add didn’t try to persuade the girls out of it.

Boy’s room balcony after Hoffman had left.

Add stood on the balcony staring at the night sky. Stars were s.h.i.+ning beautifully but it didn’t make

him feel any better.

“Hm, that was quite surprising.”

And on that balcony a beautiful woman sat with her hips leaning on top of the railing. She could fall

plummeting to the ground if she was to mistakenly lose her balance. Despite this the woman smiled

as usual.

“It was just like Add said. Mr.Hoffman made a request to us. What’s going on?”

“I told you not to ask questions or object. Listening to my request is everything.”

The way Add said it made it seem more like a demand than a request. But there was no sign of

discontent in Rena’s face. Rather, Add was more startled by his own tone.

“….I wasn’t trying to say it like that.”

“No, it’s fine. Since it looks like you have a good reason why you can’t tell me. I’ll listen to your

request if it’s something I can do. So what do you want me to do?”

“Leave Eve and me out for tomorrow.”

Because Rena stared at Add blankly he elaborated.

“Only three of you go infiltrate the Wally’s Castle through Underground Waterway.”

“Hmm….”

Rena showed a troubled expression. It was given….. Add and Eve had the role of the waist of the El

Search Party.

They both had excellent battle and situation a.s.sessment capabilities. For the El Search Party, losing

not only one but two of them meant that the party’s total power would be cut in half, no, become

lower than half.

As Rena pondered Add clenched his fists.

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"And on that balcony a beautiful woman sat with her hips

leaning on top of the railing.”

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“I will make sure something like this never happens again. Just this once…. let us not partic.i.p.ate.”

“Okay, I got it.”

Add was quite surprised at Rena’s another easy consent. Add had a.s.sumed before that Rena saying

she’d listen to his request without hearing the clear details was because she was too soft…. But he

didn’t expect her to consent so easily after actually hearing this unreasonable request about how two

of them will not go tomorrow.

“….Will that really be alright?”

Rena smiled brightly when Add who had made the request asked for confirmation.

“Since Add wants to confess to Eve, of course I’ll help. Don’t worry; I’ll convince Eve to stay

behind.”

“….”

That was completely off the mark but it didn’t matter if she interpreted it that way. What was

important right now was not to send Eve to Wally’s Castle.

“Hm, I was just joking, did that make you mad?”

Unexpectedly, Rena became fl.u.s.tered and asked worriedly. When Add quietly shook his head, Rena

made a soft smile.

“You don’t have to tell me why. It looks certain that Add is trying to do something for Eve’s sake.”

“……..It’s not something lame like a confession.”

“Yea, I was just joking.”

Rena made a troubled smile as she denied her previous words.

“I know Add wouldn’t request so forcefully like this if it wasn’t something really serious. And I can

also see that you’re feeling sorry about it too.”

Eve would listen if Rena was the one that asked her. She wouldn’t go to the Wally’s Castle and

remain here with Add.

“Ah, I’m sorry. Forcefully wasn’t the correct word to use. I don’t know what your situation is but….

Hmm, how should I say this?”

Rena took off the hands she had on the railing and folded her arms to think.

Her pose right now looked really dangerous. Her glamorously large b.r.e.a.s.t.s got emphasized even

more but it didn’t look like she cared too much.

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“Hmm, Since Add is trying his best I want to cheer you on. Would that be a good explanation?”

Add didn’t know how to answer. What should he call this emotion where deep part of his heart

tickled and his face was turning red?

“Eve is a good kid. Everything will work out if you’re honest with her.”

“I told you it’s not like that.”

Add’s voice became sharper but Rena’s smile didn’t falter.

“Even if it’s not I’m saying it now. You want be in a good relations.h.i.+p with Eve right?”

“I’m not interested in such things. I’m….”

Add wasn’t someone from this age. He was merely a wanderer of time with a ‘Time he must return

to’.

Only reason he remained in this timeline was because he encountered Eve, a clue that will allow him

to time travel accurately. He didn’t have any other desires beyond that.

If it was some other member that got done in inside the Wally’s Castle instead of Eve….. Add

wouldn’t have resorted to time travel trying to change the result.

“Still, I think Eve wants to get along well with Add too.”

“Nonsense…..”

Eve only looked at Elsword. No, actually Eve had rather good relations with the other members as

well. Only her relations.h.i.+p with Add was cold.

And to be honest Add was always looking for a chance to take Eve’s Core so he didn’t have much

desire to improve his relations.h.i.+p with the other members.

“Wouldn’t it be stranger for us to get along given such a short time we’ve known each other?”

“Hmm, I don’t think time matters too much. I think what’s more important is how compatible you

are? And…”

Rena’s voice suddenly sounded nostalgic.

“For some reason everyone don’t feel like strangers to me.”

“……You’re just mistaken.”

Add didn’t feel too great answering so crookedly. But Rena unexpectedly nodded in agreement to

Add’s remark then stared at him directly.

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“This big sis will cheer Add on for whatever he wants to do. But before that you have to promise

me one thing. Never…”

“Do something that will make her cry. I’ll try to do that at least for tomorrow. Will that be fine?”

Rena was surprised for a moment because she was cut off by Add but smiled brightly.

“Yes, that’ll be fine. You two better get along while we’re gone.”

“I can’t be too sure about that.”

“It’s a rare chance where two of you get to spend time together with each other. Be courageous.”

“I told you it’s not like that…..”

Add muttered but Rena smiled as if she didn’t hear. Geez, just what kind of misunderstanding does

she have?

Anyways, with this he could remain in Elder with Eve. After achieving his goal, Add suddenly

remembered something and told Rena.

“Tomorrow, don’t get angry in the Underground Waterway.”

“Hm? What are you saying all of a sudden?”

“I’ll try to get along with Eve much as possible so don’t get angry in the Underground Waterway.”

Add had recalled Rena getting terrifyingly angry at Banthus gloating about his Nasod Arm. Add was

taking measures against it a day before it happened.

Rena didn’t know anything but nodded.

“Okay, got it. I promise not to get angry.”

“Go back now if you don’t have anything more to talk about.”

“You’re not going to say goodnight to me?”

A request for a goodnight kiss. Add frowned when Rena stared at him with a merry grin.

“I’m not a kid.”

“Yea, sorry. You were acting so cute that I felt like teasing you.”

Rena apologized easily but was still grinning as if she was having fun. Since she didn’t know what

was going on, she must have misunderstood Add’s request as Add’s attempt to improve his

relations.h.i.+p with Eve.

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Probably something like how Add who was always keeping himself in the outskirts of the group was

now openly trying to improve his relations.h.i.+p with the other members?

Seeing Rena like this, Add spoke without realizing it himself.

“Run away if things get dangerous.”

“Hm?”

“….Since there’s only three of you.”

Rena smiled and nodded.

“Yes I will. So don’t worry about us too much. Don’t fight with each other while we’re gone.

Remember to eat well. Also be compromising with each other. If you guys do something wrong to

each other apologize honestly. And also….”

“Stop with the nagging and go back already. How long are you going to stay in a guy’s room this late

at night?”

Rena made a ‘pfft’ sound and laughed.

“Then please take good care of Eve until we come back.”

With those final words Rena tilted her body backwards. Add was shocked when Rena suddenly fell

down. He looked down the balcony but Rena was already skillfully grabbing the bottom floor’s

railings and going into the girl’s room.

It was a performance that took advantage of the fact that the girl’s room was located right below

the boy’s room. Rena had pulled it off easily but Add who was watching thought Rena was going to

fall and his heart almost stopped.

“Just what was I…..”

Add shook his head violently. Did Rena’s soft personality rub off on him too?

Right now Add was trying to send the members other than Eve and himself into the pit of death.

There was a powerful enemy called Wally Robot inside the Wally’s Castle. Demons will also come

out of the Dimension Gate again. Going there was extremely dangerous no matter how skilled Rena

was.

But Add couldn’t explain this to them….. If he wanted to explain it he’d have to first reveal his

ability to time travel. Then to convince Eve not to go to the Wally’s Castle, Add had to mention

how Eve was destroyed.

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They wouldn’t believe it anyways.

“…..It would also be a problem if they believed.”

For Add, the El Search Party members were merely people he got involved with by coincidence. To

say it roughly, except for Eve they were all people he didn’t care about.

Since they would only get in the way of Add trying to steal Eve’s Nasod Core later, this was a good

opportunity to cut down the number of obstacles. It was an indirect murder. Shouldn’t this be a

good thing for him?

It was correct for him to think this way….

“Tch.”

But for some reason it felt really disgusting. Add muttered as he looked up at the night sky.

“Well that strange thing Eun is going too…. They should be fine.”

If Rena and Eun were together they’d at least be able to escape without too much difficulty. Also

the movements of the demons were strange as well.

“….Why did they leave after only destroying Eve?”

Was there a limit to how long the Dimension Gate could stay open? The entire notion of hundreds

of demons appearing without any previous notice or preparation was absurd. So the time limit

theory did quite make sense.

“Tch.”

Anyways, why was he thinking about what will happen to the group going into the Wally’s Castle?

Add threw down a light punch on the railing getting annoyed at himself.

He could somewhat get a hold of himself when he felt his hands become numb from pain.

“Let’s sleep.”

Add’s internal clock was messed up because he had to time travel twice. But right now he had to

force himself to sleep. He had to stay besides Eve for an entire day tomorrow.

Let’s pray that the events that happened in front of my eyes from before don’t show up in my

dreams.

There was n.o.body else in the room when Add opened his eyes. Only a rumpled blanket remained in

the place where Elsword was sleeping.

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The sun was up high already. It was noon.

“Hungry…”

Add blankly murmured. Then a thought went across Add’s head and he kicked off his blanket and

got up immediately.

That’s right, Eve! Did Eve listen to Rena and remain in Elder?

Feeling impatient, Add rushed out of the room and hurried to the floor below. He forcefully opened

the door without knocking despite it being the girl’s room.

“Eve!!”

“…..”

Eve’s eyes widened as she stared at Add who just rushed in as if he’d destroy the door.

Good! She’s here! Add cheered internally and was finally able to ease his mind….. But for some

reason Eve’s face started to turn red.

Overheating? Decreased functionality? Add who was now able to calm down activated his scholarly

curiosity…. Then he realized that for some reason Eve was showing more skin than usual.

She wasn’t even wearing underwear.

I see. So Nasods these days are quite immoral. Nasods back in the day weren’t like this.

Kids these days…..

Add shook his head in disappointment at this deplorable reality without realizing it himself. That’s

right; Ancient Nasods from back in the day had grace and dignity.

It seemed while Eve had superior features, she wasn’t too interested in dignity.

“How, How….”

“If it’s about etiquette I can teach you. Try to at least wear underwear next time.”

A gear bl.u.s.tered towards Add as he spoke arrogantly.

“How rude!!”

It finally felt like the multiple gear strikes had stopped. But unexpectedly a palm slapped across

Add’s cheek. It was shockingly painful.

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Slam!!

The door closed in front of Add as he fell from the shock. Sitting in the corridor, Add stroked his

burning cheek as he finally came to his senses.

“…..How dare you… you’re just an immoral Nasod-”

-…..

Gear that just helped with Eve’s attack was floating in front of him. The gear seemed to reflect

Eve’s emotion as it looked very hostile.

“Who do you think you are getting angry in front of me?”

Add grabbed the both sides of the gear with his hands and pulled outwards. Gear was surprised by

Add’s sudden attack and struggled to get free. But Add was feeling petulant and didn’t let go.

Bam!

Add was teasing the gear when the door opened again. This time Eve was wearing clothes.

“Don’t bully Reby.”

“I was just playing with…..”

Add was about to protest but stopped and let his hands go. He became speechless at how Eve’s

attire was different from usual. Elegant beauty flowed from her black uniform that looked like a

military uniform.

It suited the expressionless Eve really well.

“These are clothes that Rena prepared. Is something wrong?”

“….It’s nothing.”

He couldn’t tell her that he lost his mind staring. Eve sent Add an extremely cold stare when Add

tried to gloss it over and stand up.

“Don’t you have something to say to me?”

“…..”

Could it be that she wants Add to acknowledge the change in her attire? Honestly, Add never have

been interested in girl’s attires before.

He had never tried complimenting a girl for their appearance.

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“Well, it doesn’t look bad on you. Better than expected.”

“…..”

Eve’s stare became extremely colder.

“I deny useless things like emotions but I think people should at least have courtesy. You’re the

lowest.”

“What are you talking about all of a sudden?”

“Forget it. I wouldn’t have remained with you if Rena didn’t ask.”

Eve was walking away with a very upset expression. Add obviously couldn’t let her go alone so he

followed.

Come to think of it, what did Rena say to get Eve to stay behind in Elder?

Eve clearly expressed her desire to save the captive girls last night.

“Rena said I should hear the exact details from you Eve. What should we do now in Elder?”

“Patrol. Follow me.”

Eve spoke as if she really didn’t want to answer. It seemed she was quite upset but Add didn’t mind.

Eve not being fond of him wasn’t anything new. It was given since only thing Add did to Eve so far

was get on her nerves and mock her.

‘So I’m probably just a rude and unpleasant human male to her.’

Add thought for the first time about how he would look in Eve’s point of view. No matter how

much he thought his first thought was the only answer he could come up with.

“Kukukuk….”

Add sneered. Well he wasn’t thinking about getting on Eve’s good side anyways. All he needed was

Eve’s Nasod Core, and the technology that comprised her body.

He’d be able to avoid the worst case scenario of Eve’s Core getting destroyed since Eve didn’t go to

the Wally’s Castle. Knowing this eased Add’s mind.

“Kukuk.”

Eve didn’t turn back despite how Add continued laughing.

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“It suited the expressionless Eve really well.”

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Rena must have told Eve that there might be an emergency situation in Elder so Eve should stay

behind.

Eve obediently followed Rena’s instructions and was diligently patrolling the city for any unusual

activities.

“Well…..”

Add followed Eve leaving a slight distance between the two of them. The joy of managing to get

Eve to stay in Elder was short lived. They have been patrolling for a while and it was getting boring.

Come to think of it. This was a rare chance for him to be alone with Eve. Wasn’t it a good chance to

satisfy his intellectual curiosity?

‘….Or steal Eve’s Nasod Core right now.’

Eve was walking in front of him and had her back wide open. Not only that, Add knew of Eve’s

secret move, Junk Break but Eve didn’t know about Add’s Stardust Shower.

Add and Eve were equals comparing only their battle capabilities. But Add had the advantage in

positioning and information.

If he reached out, if he manipulated the Dynamos and attacked first…. He’d be able to come out

victorious in the end.

Please take good care of Eve until we come back.

Add was about to open his fingers but winced. Why did he have to remember Rena’s parting words

right now?

“Tch….”

Something troubled Add’s mind. Add made a fist with his hands with a sour taste in his mouth. This

was the perfect chance and yet he didn’t feel up to it now.

Eve looked back questionably when Add stopped walking and stood still.

“Let’s go to the next area.”

“Wait.”

Add muttered as he sat down in front of the fountain.

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“I remember now, humans were species that needed rest. I’ll continue to patrol on my own if that’s

the case.”

“I told you to wait.”

Add manipulated his Dynamos and sent every one of them off flying in various directions. It was

the wide area scouting function.

“This should do it. It will be able to cover this entire city so I’ll be able to know if something

happens.”

“Why didn’t you use that earlier?”

Eve blamed Add for not using this convenient feature earlier. But Add had a good reason for not

using it earlier. This wide area scouting used all of his Dynamos and during that time Add’s battle

capabilities became zero. It was a doubled edged sword.

Hypothetically… if Eve were to attack Add right now he wouldn’t be able to do anything and die

right there.

Well it was only a hypothesis. Add wouldn’t have used the wide area scouting if he didn’t trust Eve.

The real reason Add got rid of all his Dynamos in the first place was…. to shake of the temptation

of wanting to ambush Eve.

“I can’t use it carelessly.”

“I understand. Then I’ll wait beside you.”

Eve sat beside Add but seemed like she didn’t want to sit on the ground directly. She sat on her

gears instead and the gears transformed into a shape that allowed Eve to sit comfortably.

How pompous. Add thought to himself….. He recalled how Eve had proclaimed herself to be

Queen of Nasods before he time traveled.

Queen of Nasods, it was a splendid t.i.tle which suited her well. Considering the technology involved

in building her, it was a flawless t.i.tle.

“I won’t tell Ara Haan.”

Only silence was between the two until Eve suddenly spoke out. Eve brought up a weird topic out

of the blue while still looking at the people pa.s.sing by. She wasn’t looking at Add’s direction.

“I’m not too knowledgeable about human male and female relations.h.i.+ps but it would probably be

bad if Ara Haan found about what happened before.”

“?”

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What does she mean? Add stared back dumbfounded. Eve’s cheeks slightly got dyed in pink. Add

wondered for a while what Eve meant. He then finally came up with one possible theory.

Could she be….embarra.s.sed that she showed herself naked?

It would be an obvious reaction for humans but wasn’t she a Nasod? Does she actually have an

emotion called embarra.s.sment? Add couldn’t help but to be surprised and amazed at the same time.

“….Why do you mention Ara’s name there?”

Add was still amazed but couldn’t understand what Ara had to do with this.

“Because you two came back together yesterday when we were camping out.”

“That doesn’t have to do with anything.”

“But I’ve learned that human male and female staying the night together meant sign of deep

relations.h.i.+p.”

“That’s a simple misunderstanding. I was taking a stroll and saw Ara who was lost. That’s why we

came back together.”

Add laid it out clearly. Eve stared for a bit then nodded slowly to herself. She seemed quite surprised

and was interjecting silently.

What should he call Eve’s reaction right now…..? Feelings of a girl chatting about someone else’s

love life?

As a guy Add couldn’t understand no matter how much he thought. But he also wasn’t too keen on

getting mixed up with Ara and being misunderstood.

“Even I have a standard for girls. That overly clumsy one isn’t my type at all. Kukuk”

“Then what type of girls do you like?”

Add hadn’t expected Eve to ask this question so he couldn’t answer immediately. Add had never

perceived girls he met as member of the opposite s.e.x so he actually didn’t have any preferences.

“Girls are best when they are quiet and composed.”

“Such old fas.h.i.+oned and gender discriminative taste. I see. So that’s how human males are.”

Eve spoke coldly. Add felt somewhat angry at having the answer he took quite a bit of consideration

on denied like this.

“Is that so? Then how’s our Queen of Nasod’s taste in guys?”

“Nasods have no such thing. Love is just collision of unnecessary emotions.”

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“Isn’t that just because you don’t know how to measure guys? Well that explains why you’re always

looking at Elsword….”

“I don’t understand why you’d bring up Elsword here.”

Eve cut off the conversation with a straight face. Unlike her pompous responses from before, she

was showing quite a bit of emotion now.

“Your reaction right now is why.”

“Stop talking about things that don’t make sense.”

Eve must have realized that she was showing signs of disarray and returned her voice to the normal

cold tone. Again.

Whenever Elsword was mentioned, the emotions Eve denied herself come to the surface.

“Kukuk, Are you sure you aren’t just pretending not to understand? Elsword is the only thing you

can see after all.”

“That’s not true.”

“It’s true. Geez, getting your heart stolen by just a single word ‘I’ll be your friend’…..”

Eve’s eyes widened. From her response Add recalled that this information was the one he heard

from Eve when they went to the Wally’s Castle.

It wasn’t an information Add should have known.

“How do you know…..?”

“Elsword told me while we were talking. That you’re an idiot that got fooled over just one word

saying he’ll be your friend. That he can manipulate you very easily now…..”

Slap!

Eve ruthlessly slapped Add’s face.

“….Such rudeness.”

Add had already known from previous experience that Eve would react this way if he insulted Eve’s

part about ‘Friends’. He could prepare himself this time and managed to avoid falling from the hit

because he knew already.

Add purposely showed his cheek that was now burning and let out a laugh.

“Kukukuk, is that it? It doesn’t hurt at all.”

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“I don’t understand what you mean. You’re lying. Elsword is not a person that’d say such things.”

“Yes, you’re right. That’s a sound conclusion. Yes, you getting angry like this. This is how it should

be.”

Add admitted wholeheartedly and stood up. Something swelled up within him and he couldn’t stand

it anymore.

“You’re right. Elsword is not a person who would say such things. I’m always the liar! You always

look at that him! And I always have to look at you like that….And I!”

Have to look at you getting destroyed. Despite all of this I traveled to this timeline to stop such a

thing from happening again!! ….Add barely managed to swallow these words that were about to

impulsively pop out of his mouth.

It was useless no matter how much he talked to her.

Events from back then had already ceased to exist. Like a daydream, Eve won’t be able to

understand no matter how hard Add explained to her. About how he held her in his arms as they

went down on the Dynamo together.

About how when she left his arms and he had instinctively tried to grab her.

About how she was destroyed covering for Elsword. And how Add had become enraged and tried

to destroy Elsword.

About how he pulled out everything he had to successfully destroy the Wally Robot, but couldn’t

protect Eve from the demons that appeared after….

And about how he was forced to watch Eve try to cover for Elsword up till the final moment again.

Such bitter feelings of helplessness and rage. Eve won’t ever be able to understand it.

Add shut his mouth. He felt calmer now after spitting out the emotions that swelled up within him.

“I’ll go for a round by myself.”

Add put on his hood and left the fountain without looking back to see the face Eve was making.

He didn’t want to see.

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Going for a round was just an excuse to get out of there. Add was really walking aimlessly.

Elder’s streets were that of a normal city if you left out the fact that you couldn’t see any young girls.

Add arrived at the city entrance and suddenly recalled the country folk reaction of the El Search

Party that had just arrived in Elder. Everyone was so busy looking around the bustling city back then.

“This is my first time seeing a street like