Elysia had already gained a little confidence in her little elf ears. Ryn thought he should strike while the iron was hot and take Elysia directly to a town to let others see them, so she could become even more confident.
But unfortunately, one was a wanderer, one was a future time-traveler, and one was a bear. None of them knew the way…
Although Elysia took out a map, Ryn glanced at it and stuffed it back into her backpack. It was an unzoomed world map…
"You use this world map when you're out and about?"
"What else… My journey is to travel all over the world and find the Eternal Elysium at the world's end!"
"You use a world map because you're traveling the world, is that it… Alright, alright!"
Ryn clapped his hands, completely speechless. He thought Maheśvara had let Elysia travel with peace of mind because she had planned a safe route and protection. He didn't expect there to be nothing, not even a decent map…
Maheśvara, is this how you raise Elysia! A Honkai Beast raising a child, as long as they're alive, it's fine…
Ryn turned and patted Volibear, who was rolling on the ground, and asked, "Volibear, do you know where any towns are?"
Volibear looked dazed, scratching his head in confusion. "I don't know. I don't eat people, so I don't care about them."
"Forget it… Looks like I'll have to rely on myself after all."
Ryn walked over to a tree, placed his hand on it, and connected to nature's "biological network," starting to search for the nearest village, town, or city from the perspective of plants and animals.
Although Ryn had searched once when he first arrived, he had targeted big cities and ignored other places.
He never thought he'd have to check again…
After a moment, Ryn disconnected from the biological network and pointed to a distant road, telling Elysia:
"Found it. About thirteen kilometers southeast, we'll leave the big forest. Then go straight for about five more kilometers and we'll reach a town."
Elysia imagined the distance and couldn't help but murmur softly:
"Mmm… that sounds really far."
"Far? Compared to your journey across the world, this is nothing."
Ryn picked up Elysia, and they both sat on Volibear's back. Then he patted Volibear's back.
"Besides, we don't have to walk ourselves, right? It's getting dark, Volibear. Target: southeast. Let's go, go, go!"
Upon receiving the command, Volibear took a deep breath, and strands of lightning began to crackle around his body.
He relaxed his body to the extreme, then shot forward like a rocket. Volibear's enormous body didn't hinder its lightning-fast speed at all.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
Volibear's super-fast sprint made the surroundings a blur for little Ely. She clung tightly to the white fur on Volibear's back to secure herself, her hair blown back neatly by the wind, revealing her large, fair forehead.
Before long, Volibear ran out of the forest and stopped.
Once out of the forest, the area ahead would be inhabited by humans. As a Honkai Beast, he couldn't appear before humans casually…
Ryn lifted Elysia, who had been dazed by the wind, and jumped off the bear's back.
After landing, little Ely's legs gave out and she knelt on the ground, but her hairstyle remained neatly upright from the wind.
Elysia wiped the tears blown from her eyes with the white fur on her hands and pulled on Ryn's clothes to stand up again.
Seeing Elysia stand up without a change in expression, Ryn couldn't help but praise her, "Not bad, your physical fitness is pretty good~"
"It was… nothing!"
She said that, but in reality, Elysia's teeth were chattering…
"It was nothing... c-c-compared to when... M-M-Mother... Maheśvara... took me swimming!"
"Is that so? Then I won't shield you next time."
Ryn gave Elysia a thumbs-up. He had blocked most of the wind resistance for her, but still left some so she could experience the joy of high-speed movement. But he didn't expect that Maheśvara had already given Elysia that experience!
"Hmph hmph!" Elysia crossed her arms proudly.
When Maheśvara took her into the sea, not only did they move at super speed, but there was no protection! If she hadn't been lucky enough to be able to hold her breath, she might have drowned in the sea…
But Elysia didn't say that, and Ryn didn't know.
"What a pity, Volibear. You definitely can't enter the town looking like this… I'll have to trouble you for a bit."
Ryn looked at the super-powerful, very smooth-riding mount before him, his face full of regret.
Not being able to ride Volibear meant losing a mode of transportation. He was used to having a mount; having to walk himself would be the death of him!
"It's no trouble. My everything is dedicated to Lord Ryn." Volibear knelt on one knee, his head bowed in loyalty.
But what he was really thinking was... finally, he didn't have to carry this little ancestor, Elysia. She was either lying on his back, obsessively nuzzling him, or drooling in her sleep, making his fur messy and sticky. Most importantly, Elysia would pull his fur…
Right now, Elysia was still clutching a tuft of fur she had pulled from his back... Sob sob sob~ The life of a bear is tragic!
"You're so dramatic…"
Ryn patted Volibear's head, then compressed him into the size of a white teddy bear and handed him to Elysia.
"Here you go, Elysia. Volibear is in your care now. If I'm not around and you run into any danger, just throw him out and shout 'Help me, Mr. Volibear,' and he'll come out and wreck everything for you."
"..."
Elysia looked at the cute white teddy bear in her hands, then looked up at Ryn and asked uncertainly, "Do I have to shout that command? Can I change it to something cuter?"
"Of course, you can. Whatever you want."
"Mmm… Then let's call it, 'Oh, Volibear, you who are super-invincible, mighty, and domineering, yet also strangely cute! Please heed the summons of the cute and charming Elysia, come forth and display your power, and clear away those who obstruct the super-duper beautiful and cute Elysia!'
How's that? How's that? Isn't it really nice and cute?"
You're the only cute one in that long sentence!
Before Ryn could say anything, the Volibear in Elysia's hands tilted its head to the side and fainted from anger.
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