Chapter 76 Chapter 76: You Say Mei Never Mentioned Me? Impossible, Absolutely Impossible!
Chapter 76: You Say Mei Never Mentioned Me? Impossible, Absolutely Impossible!
"Astral Express? Boss Kevin, why are you suddenly asking about that?"
After they had gotten somewhat familiar with each other, Kevin suddenly asked Pardofelis about the Astral Express... This was something he had planned to deal with anyway, and running into little Pardo was an unexpected bonus.
Pardofelis on the other side, though puzzled, still answered very seriously: "If I remember correctly, they seem to be a group of people who travel across the universe following the footsteps of the Aeon of The Trailblaze... I really envy them. They don't have to work every day, just travel. I wonder where their money comes from."
In comparison, her own miserable corporate slave life was practically no different from being dead!
If you're not a rich second-generation heir, how can your credits possibly withstand being spent on traveling every single day like that!
"But if you want to know their whereabouts... I remember the Astral Express's route seems to completely follow the original path of the Aeon of The Trailblaze. Wasn't their last stop Jarilo-VI? I see... Boss Kevin, you wouldn't happen to know them, would you?"
Upon realizing this, Pardofelis immediately perked up. Her slender fingers danced rapidly across the screen, quickly pulling up the information Kevin wanted: "According to the arrangement of the star rails, the Astral Express's next destination is likely a place called Penacony... Eh? Wait, no, no. How did the Astral Express and the Xianzhou Alliance run into each other first?"
As a commercial alliance, the 'Corporation' naturally finds it very necessary to investigate and understand the movements and whereabouts of most factions in the universe. And on this star chart exclusive to the 'Corporation' in Pardofelis's hands, both the so-called Penacony and the Xianzhou Alliance were marked with very dangerous red exclamation marks.
The only green-marked entity, the Astral Express, was almost completely overlapping with the red-marked Xianzhou Alliance on this vast star chart.
"The Xianzhou Alliance...... What is that?"
Regarding the composition of forces in this universe, Kevin, who was new here, knew absolutely nothing. When he had some free time later, he might try using the 'Corporation's' intelligence network to learn a bit about this universe.
"How should I put it... Although I don't know much about these things either, there's no doubt that the Xianzhou Alliance is a very powerful faction in the universe."
"They are an alliance formed by six massive ships called 'Xianzhou,' each several times larger than an ordinary planet. They follow the Aeon of The Hunt, Lan, with the mission of destroying the Aeon of The Abundance. Unlike organizations like the 'Corporation' that receive almost no attention from Amber Lord Qlipoth, it's said that the Aeon of The Hunt unreservedly aids the Xianzhou Alliance."
"That's an Aeon! Even if The Hunt's power isn't particularly remarkable among the many Aeons, it's still billions of times stronger than us ordinary people!"
Just a few hours ago, Pardofelis was just an ordinary employee in the 'Corporation,' working diligently to earn money to feed her cats. Being able to know this much information is already pretty good for her.
Beings like 'Aeons' are like listening to some kind of myth or legend to her... Anyway, it's highly unlikely that an ordinary person like her would ever come into contact with such super big shots in this lifetime.
"And I've heard the Xianzhou Alliance is a very war-oriented faction. They're almost always either at war or on their way to war. They're determined to eliminate all forces related to The Abundance... The one currently overlapping with the Astral Express is the Xianzhou ship 'Luofu' under the Alliance."
Pardofelis very considerately introduced all the information she knew to her new boss. But just as she turned her head to look at Kevin beside her, a bad premonition suddenly welled up in her heart.
Sure enough, the first question Kevin asked was—
"If I want to go to the Xianzhou Alliance, what kind of trouble might I encounter?"
No matter what, to prevent that Elysia from accidentally causing some big trouble for him again, it's better to find her and bring her back quickly.
It's one thing for her body to turn into a child's form, but why does it seem like her mind has completely reverted to a child's state too? She really knows how to cause trouble!
"B-Boss Kevin... Although the 'Corporation' does have some trade relations with the Alliance, I've heard those guys fight without recognizing even their own kin! Any planet tainted by The Abundance's corruption gets swept over by a Xianzhou ship until not a single hair remains!"
Pardofelis's little brain worked at high speed, desperately trying to think of reasons to keep her superior here: "Besides, the 'Corporation' said they would send someone soon to assess you, Boss Kevin. If we can gain their approval, maybe our rating could even go up a few levels!"
A promotion and a raise! Who wouldn't want that?!
And a place that's constantly at war like that is bound to be dangerous just thinking about it. Wouldn't it be great if we just stayed on this remote but safe planet and made money lying down?
Kevin didn't respond to Pardofelis's words. Instead, he frowned and repeated his question: "So, if I want to go to the Xianzhou 'Luofu' right now, is it feasible?"
Seeing Boss Kevin who seemed somewhat angry, Pardofelis, who had been trying hard to argue back, suddenly deflated. She lowered her head like a little wife who had been wronged.
"N-no problem, Boss Kevin..."
Unless she herself didn't want this job anymore, she had no choice but to follow Kevin running all over the universe...
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Meanwhile, far across the starry sky, Welt on the Astral Express felt an impulse to bang his head against a wall.
Normally, every time there was a new passenger on the train, he would be quite happy and very willing to explain some necessary travel matters to his new traveling companion... until this little pink-haired creature secretly climbed onto the Astral Express.
"To think we came from the same world! And we actually met in the vast universe. Don't you think that's meaningful, mister?"
"It looks like you used to be a Herrscher too? Do you happen to know my Mei? She's a very lovely girl. She used to be good friends with me in the Elysian Realm. She must have mentioned me after she left, right? She must have mentioned me, right?"
Little Elysia practically bombarded Welt with a whole bunch of questions as soon as she started, like spilling beans. He couldn't get a word in edgewise even if he wanted to... Finally, this last time, she paused slightly and looked at him with hopeful eyes.
Although memory inevitably declines in old age, Welt hadn't forgotten anything important yet. He thought for a moment and then replied honestly: "I'm sorry, I don't remember her mentioning the name Elysia."
"......"
"Eh????????"
H-how could this be? Her relationship with Mei was clearly so good?!
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