Chtholly had already forgotten her original purpose for entering the game; all she felt now was joy and freedom. She could fly, but this was the first time she had flown with a sword. Without using any magic, she let the sword her and carry her in flight.
The sword energy surrounded her, breaking through the strong winds without the resistance she had experienced in previous flights. The flight time was greatly improved, though the only drawback was that the sword couldn't be used for combat while she was flying on it. Otherwise, she would have loved to engage in battle while riding the sword.
"What? It's possible?"
Chtholly sensed Seniorious' response. Since it was possible, she would try it in her next fight. As a Leprechaun Fairy, she knew her mission; she didn't want to die but wouldn't hesitate to blow herself up if needed to remove her enemies.
As she flew around, she passed over an island and saw a group of people bullying a couple below.
"Seniorious."
Sensing Chtholly's thoughts, the holy sword turned around and charged straight down. However, the dive angle was too steep, causing the sword to plunge into the ground and Chtholly to roll several times, her head hitting the ground.
Chased by the Moon Worshipping Sect, Li Xiaoyao saw the large sword that suddenly appeared in front of him and instinctively raised it.
"Imperial Sword Art!"
Seniorious resisted but, sensing Chtholly's thoughts, allowed Li Xiaoyao to temporarily use the holy sword. The sword split into 41 fragments, each turning into a small sword that rushed directly at the Moon Worshippers chasing Li Xiaoyao and Zhao Ling'er.
The sword Ki entangled their pursuers, absorbing the power from their bodies and knocking them unconscious in a humane manner.
"Hehehehehe?"
Before Li Xiaoyao could get complacent, Seniorious suddenly broke free from his control and flew back to Chtholly's hands.
Zhao Ling'er, seeing Chtholly covered in dust and her face bleeding, ran to her side and immediately cast the 'Guanyin Mantra,' healing Chtholly's wounds.
Chtholly said indifferently, "It's fine, this wound will heal in no time. Are you guys alright?"
"Thanks to senior's rescue, Ling'er and Brother Li are out of danger."
"As long as you're safe. Well, I'll leave now~"
Chtholly felt inexplicably nervous looking at Zhao Ling'er and Li Xiaoyao together. She remembered the man who caught her and gave her a hat that day. Whether she would meet him again was unknown.
If there was a chance...
Chtholly's thoughts drifted away until Zhao Ling'er asked nervously, "Sister, what's your name?"
"Ko, uh, Chtholly."
"Sister Ke~ Thank you so much~"
"You're welcome, but it seems like I can't be your older sister. I'm only fifteen years old..."
Chtholly looked at Zhao Ling'er with some embarrassment. The only conveniences provided by the game system under the real difficulty were the system backpack and basic query functions. She could appraise attributes of those with similar or lower strength but not those significantly stronger.
She saw that Zhao Ling'er was 16 years old. Having someone older than herself call her sister made Chtholly embarrassed.
"Huh?"
"Ah!?"
Zhao Ling'er and Li Xiaoyao were both surprised. Chtholly looked much more mature than Zhao Ling'er. Despite her comical landing, her aura made them subconsciously view her as a supreme expert.
But when Chtholly revealed her age, they couldn't believe it.
A game was a game, and in games like Legend of Sword and Fairy, which favored plot, systematization allowed players to meet the main character's team coincidentally. Whether they could join the protagonist team depended on fate.
Chtholly and Zhao Ling'er's fate was sufficient, recognizing each other as sisters upon meeting. Especially when Zhao Ling'er mentioned Li Xiaoyao's identity and hid behind Chtholly.
They met, married, and Li Xiaoyao Yi lost his memory of Zhao Ling'er. Chtholly remembered her purpose in entering the game and had some vague ideas.
This showed how the game's protagonist was treated, even in real difficulty mode, where plot characters overwhelmingly trusted the 'protagonist.'
Given Chtholly's young age and the aura that made Zhao Ling'er feel very intimate, Zhao Ling'er fell for her instantly.
Just as Chtholly wanted to explain the situation and teach Li Xiaoyao Yi a lesson, Zhao Ling'er stopped her. At the same time, a message appeared:
"There is not enough time to access the internet, please store the content and prepare to disembark."
"Huh?"
Chtholly froze. She felt that not much time had passed, but now she had to get off the plane? She was reluctant but saved the archive under the system's guidance and removed her glasses.
Chtholly sighed with relief when the scenery disappeared from her sight and the monitor showed that the progress had been saved.
In the last five minutes, Riku took off with the humans of his world. Subaru Natsuki and Fujimaru Kaede met up and competed to see who would arrive the earliest. Emilia couldn't help but smile at Natsuki Subaru's childish behavior.
Minato and Zhongli had a PvP battle near the Gate of Raya Lucaria Academy. Realizing there wasn't enough time, they ended the game and left, laughing.
Ganyu, having just stopped working, saw Zhongli's shield on the screen and thoughtfully looked at Zhongli before quickly leaving.
At eight o'clock sharp, everyone except Chtholly left.
Only Chtholly remained, dazed.
"Hey~ Hey~"
Kisara walked up to Chtholly and waved her hand, "It's time to close~ You should leave."
"Huh? Ah..."
Chtholly was still reminiscing about her in-game experiences. Although she recognized everything was unreal, the Ki inside her body and the holy sword in her system gave her a sense of reality.
"Come back tomorrow if you like. This internet cafe is open every day."
"Okay, and...thanks."
Adjusting her emotions, Chtholly got up and left. As she stepped out of the internet cafe, she found herself outside the Fairy warehouse.
"What am I doing here?"
Chtholly tried to remember why she was there and recalled that a new manager was coming to the Fairy Warehouse tonight and some little ones had run out to cause trouble.
As she walked to the wooden bridge, she saw a few little ones being subdued by a man.
This man, Chtholly recognized, was none other than William. Instantly, Chtholly's heartbeat accelerated.
She didn't expect her small in-game hopes earlier could be realized in reality.
Wait a minute? Was that really a game?