After leaving the world of all NPCs

I briefly compared the four pairs of handgrip dynamometers in my mind and waited for the doctor's analysis.

PhD:"……"

Ye Zuochen: “…”

The two were silent for a while before Ye Zuochen spoke: "Don't you want to say anything?"

The doctor asked back: "You didn't say what you wanted to ask."

"What does the correction force want? Or, in other words, how can I get [Fate] to give me what I want?"

"That's easy." The doctor said directly: "The easiest way is to find Tokisaki Kurumi and then go back thirty years."

Ye Zuochen couldn't help but laugh and said, "It's really a simple method."

The doctor nodded and talked about her side of the matter: "I have found Precious. Now all I have to do is send her over. You must keep her offline as agreed."

Ye Zuochen nodded.

……

As the sin of lust was completed, a hint of dawn appeared in the eastern sky of Tiangong City in the universe.

On a residential street.

A simple, single-family building stands quietly, its white walls stained with traces of weathering by the years. The flowers and plants in the courtyard have obviously not been taken care of for a long time, showing a wild and lush appearance.

Ryuo Gokawa and Haruko Gokawa dragged their tired suitcases and stood in front of the door of their home which was familiar but seemed to be covered by a layer of mist.

Long Xiong's eyes, which were always slightly curved behind his glasses, were now a little dim, and there was a strong sense of strangeness in his gaze as he looked at the outline of his home door.

"It's been so long since I've been home. This is clearly my home, but standing here, I feel like I'm just a guest."

Standing next to him was Haruko Itsuka, whose neat short hair was a little messy in the evening breeze. The blood-red eyes and sharp drooping eyebrows that she inherited from her daughter were no longer flying, but were replaced by deep fatigue and a hint of indescribable fragility.

She stood straight, her posture as frank as her flat chest, but it no longer had the sharpness of the past, and her tightly pursed lips revealed a stubborn bitterness.

"Yeah, I always thought that Kotori was a strong child who didn't need us to worry too much. We traveled all over the world for those damn manifestation devices, thinking about making more money and giving her a better life..."

Gokawa Haruko's voice choked for a moment, "Who could have thought that something like that would happen in the end..."

Itsuka Ryuo took a deep breath and gently patted his wife's tense shoulders. "Haruko, don't be like this. Kotori is still here...she's still somewhere. Look, we've gone through so many twists and turns, but the final clue still leads back to Tiangong City, doesn't it? What does this mean? It means that God can't bear to separate our family for too long! This time...this time we will definitely find her! Definitely!"

Haruko turned her head to look at the pair of eyes behind his glasses that were trying hard to create a gentle arc. Her tense shoulders finally relaxed a little, and a faint glimmer of hope flashed across the depths of her eyes.

No one dared to tell their daughter that she had turned into an elf, so they could only keep searching.

The two took out the key that had not been used for a long time and inserted it into the keyhole.

With a slight click, the door opened.

A smell mixed with dust and enclosed air hit me in the face.

Just as they were about to step into the entrance hall, their footsteps stopped at the same time.

There's a sound in the living room!

It was very light, like the crisp sound of cups and plates clinking together, and... the faint sound of footsteps?

Is it coming from the living room?

The couple's hearts instantly rose to their throats!

Could it be a burglar? !

Is there anyone who cares about this long-abandoned house?

Longxiong subconsciously stood in front of Haruko.

Haruko picked up the broom leaning against the corner of the entrance wall without thinking, and held it tightly in her hand. The rough wooden handle pressed against her palm, bringing a sense of roughness and reality.

The two exchanged a tense glance, and years of tacit understanding made them reach a silent agreement.

Sneak in carefully and take a look!

They held their breath and tiptoed like two cats, carefully walking through the slightly dim entrance hall and moving towards the living room along the wall.

A gap appeared in the half-open living room door, through which soft light and a blurry figure flowed out.

Longxiong signaled Haruko to stay behind, and he himself approached the crack in the door very slowly.

His eyes looked into the depths of the living room through the narrow gap.

There seemed to be three figures sitting at the dining table, with their backs to the door, so it was not very clear.

But in the direction of the kitchen, there was indeed a figure swaying, who seemed to be busy with something.

However, what made Long Xiong's pupils shrink suddenly was a silhouette near the dining table.

The back of a young girl.

She sat in a chair, her legs dangling slightly.

An electric current instantly ran through Long Xiong's whole body!

He suddenly covered his mouth to prevent the scream from coming out. He turned around in disbelief and looked at Haruko behind him, gesturing wildly with his eyes.

Haruko also came over.

With just one glance, his blood-red eyes instantly widened!

The small figure deep in my memory perfectly overlaps with the figure in casual clothes in front of me at this moment!

"Koto...Kotori?"

Long Xiong murmured tremblingly.

The next second, all rationality, all vigilance, and all fear were completely overwhelmed by the huge, uncontrollable ecstasy and longing!

"Kotori——!"

Gokawa Haruko's voice was broken with tears, and she was the first to push open the half-open living room door and rush in uncontrollably.

"Kotori!!"

Long Xiong followed closely behind, stumbling to catch up.

The scene in the living room suddenly became clear.

There were three people sitting at the dining table: a handsome boy, a lazy woman with short gray hair, and Kotori Itsuka with her face propped up by her hands.

At the kitchen door, a girl in a maid outfit with a classical temperament was holding a tea tray. She stopped in surprise at the sudden intruder.

But all this became a blurred background in the eyes of the Gokawa couple who rushed in.

The only person left in their world was Kotori Itsuka, who turned around suddenly because of the loud noise at the door.

The girl with long dark red hair and a familiar, lovely face with a look of astonishment and a hint of instinctive vigilance was their long-cherished daughter.

Haruko completely dropped the broom in her hand, opened her arms and rushed forward like an arrow.

Long Xiong completely ignored the embarrassment of his glasses sliding down to the tip of his nose, and opened his arms with red eyes.

The two figures, filled with the ecstasy of regaining what they had lost and the desperate longing of two years, tightly hugged the red-haired girl who was frozen in place!

When the door was pushed open, Kotori's body was already tense, and a barely perceptible heat instinctively gathered at her fingertips.

However, Ye Zuochen moved his foot under the table and touched Qinli's calf wrapped in red and white striped socks.

Being tightly hugged by this strange yet familiar man and woman, Kotori's petite body completely stiffened.

The force was so strong that she could hardly breathe.

The man's glasses legs rubbed against her forehead, and the woman's short hair rubbed against her cheeks.

It's obviously very uncomfortable, but...

Kotori was completely at a loss and could only subconsciously look at Honjo Nia who was sitting across the table.

Niya nodded vigorously, "Yes, sister-chan, these are your parents."

After receiving the confirmation, Kotori's body finally stopped being stiff as if in resistance, but she still seemed at a loss.

I could clearly feel the pounding heartbeats of the two people hugging me and their hot tears soaking my shoulders.

That strange, surging emotion hit the ice of memory like a wave.

Kotori raised her hand hesitantly, and her slender fingers trembled as she grabbed Ryuo's arm that was around her, and then touched Haruko's arm that was tightly around her waist.

He opened his mouth, as if trying to form a sentence:

"terribly sorry."

Tears, like beads that had broken off the string, rolled down from her dark red eyes, slid down her cheeks, and dripped onto her father's wrinkled shirt sleeves.

"I still can't remember anything about you..."

Kotori choked, as if she was trying hard to fight the sob in her throat, her small body trembling slightly in the warm embrace of her parents.

"I just feel so happy."

These words seemed to have exhausted all her strength, and also made the suppressed tears burst out completely.

Kotori closed her eyes and buried her face deeper into the embrace that was filled with a familiar yet strange scent, letting the hot tears flow silently.

……

[NPC World]'s observation platform.

Alicia looked at this scene with a complicated expression: "The Fire Spirit?"

Eden's tone was also complicated: "You are thinking of Himiko. Although I have never met her, I know that she is very important to China."

Alicia looked at Gokawa Kotori who was being held by her parents and said, "Eden, if Xiaoye had appeared in our world, would Himiko have ended up like that?"

"I don't know." Eden said frankly, "But at least he came 50,000 years later."

Alicia looked at the girl being embraced and murmured to herself, "Three wizards created the original elves to take revenge on humans. To change the history of those who died, the time elves returned to thirty years ago, but disasters still occurred. To prevent the disaster, humans can only kill the humans who became elves... using weapons created by the wizards."

Upon hearing this, Ye Zuochen transmitted his voice, "I don't think humans are wrong. What else can we do with a life form that causes such harm besides destroying it? Are you also going to date He Qi, make him shy, steal his first kiss, and seal his power?"

"That sounds great~" Alicia asked with a smile, "Can Xiaoye actually do something like that?"

"I can seal their powers, and even anchor their spirits with the [Gilded Heartbinding Thread], allowing them to fully control their powers."

"That's not okay. Before you kiss a girl, you have to make her fall in love with you~?"

"Too much trouble."

"It's okay, Xiaoye can do it, right?"

Ye Zuochen: “…”

Sure enough, this kind of interpersonal communication is too troublesome. Why not just go for it directly?

……

A brief silence fell in the warm living room.

The air was still filled with the excitement and tears of the recognition.

Ryuo Gokawa and Haruko Gokawa finally calmed down their excited emotions and turned their gaze to Ye Zuochen who had been sitting quietly beside them.

Long Xiong pushed up his glasses, which had slipped down. Behind the lenses, his eyes curved into an arc of sincere gratitude, and he bowed slightly: "Thank you very much! Thank you so much for bringing Kotori back to us!"

"Yes, our Gokawa family will never forget this kindness!" Haruko also nodded vigorously.

"You two are too kind. If I were to thank anyone, perhaps this person should be thanked more." Ye Zuochen waved his hand gently, turning his gaze to Honjo Niya, who was sitting across from him at the table. "She's the all-knowing spirit. She's the one who found out everything about Kotori and you two."

When Erya was called, he raised his eyelids lazily and waved casually at the Gokawa couple who were looking at him as a response, with a nonchalant look of "it's just a small favor, not worth mentioning".

The Gokawa couple immediately thanked Niya again solemnly: "Ms. Honjo, thank you very much!"

Erya just said "hmm" vaguely.

After the brief thank-you session, the atmosphere in the living room calmed down a little.

Gokawa Haruko looked at Ye Zuochen and said, "Mr. Ye, with all due respect, are you... also an elf?"

It's hard not to think of a being of the same kind as one that can easily subdue and bring back an elf.

Ye Zuochen shook his head gently, "No, I am human."

"Human?" Haruko frowned slightly, clearly surprised by the answer. "However, both the DEM monitoring system and the AST unit's identification module have identified you as an elf. They even gave you an identifying name—"Aureole."

"Halo..."

Ye Zuochen repeated the code name in a low voice.