My Game Studio is Full of Valkyries?!

The conversation among the three had settled when Elysia approached.

She had heard Hokuto's suggestion to Pardo as well.

To this, she didn't have any particular opinion—she simply assumed Hokuto was trying to look after Pardo.

Or rather, just playing with her for fun.

Playing with a kitty… sigh, she actually liked that too.

"Hi~~"

Elysia greeted them proactively. "Good evening, Hokuto. Good evening, Felis… and of course, good evening to my dearest Eden~~"

Eden gave a gentle smile. "Ely, good evening."

After greeting them, she glanced over Elysia's well-dressed figure, a look of curiosity showing on her face.

"Are you going out, Ely?"

"Mm, I asked Hokuto to have dinner with me tonight."

"..." *2

Eden and Pardo's expressions shifted subtly at those words.

Until Elysia followed up with her second sentence:

"I'm going to show him my script—Summer Survival Rhapsody."

She waved the script in her hand at Eden and Pardo, and only then did their expressions ease up slightly.

While they were still in a bit of a daze, Elysia hooked one arm around Eden, the other resting the script casually on the kitty, fully displaying her usual flair.

"Eden, you probably haven't eaten yet, right? Since we bumped into each other, let's go together. Pardo too."

"If I'm not disturbing you two," Eden replied at her own pace.

"Disturb? How could that be? I love being with Eden the most."

With Elysia being so enthusiastic, Eden and Pardo naturally couldn't refuse.

As for Hokuto, he naturally had no objections.

Out of courtesy, he even left the dinner choice to Elysia—but unexpectedly, she suffered from a peculiar kind of decision paralysis.

In the end, it was Eden who helped Elysia decide on a restaurant that valued privacy.

Eden and Elysia both had many fans; some things had to be taken into consideration.

Once the four sat down and ordered at the restaurant, Eden took the initiative to sit with Pardo, leaving Hokuto to sit beside Elysia.

It worked out just right.

Elysia casually handed the script to Hokuto.

"Take a look—my proud work."

"Alright, I'll read it. Honestly, I've been looking forward to this for a long time."

Hokuto wasn't just being polite. He truly had been anticipating it.

He took the script and flipped through it quickly, spending a bit of time reading it seriously from start to finish.

"It's very well written. No problems. Let's go with this version."

He gave his approval very decisively.

"That's it?"

Elysia was actually a bit skeptical at his straightforwardness.

She had expected Hokuto to at least suggest a few changes—to sneak in a blade to her script in some subtle, editorial way.

She was already prepared to engage in a battle of wits with him.

And this was it?

She felt like she had been playing mental chess with thin air.

"You're not going to suggest even one change?"

Hokuto gently shook his head. "Didn't I already say? If your script passes my review, I promise not to change a single word."

His tone was genuinely sincere, and he truly had no intention of meddling with Elysia's script.

At the end of the day, whether an event involving the Flame-Chasers turned out sweet or full of knives didn't really matter.

As long as it tied into the main story, even sugar could be turned into knives.

In fact, the sweeter and more joyful the event, the more painful it would feel in hindsight.

"Mm..."

"What? You need me to suggest edits? Alright, if you insist, I think—"

"No, no."

Elysia immediately cut him off and even snatched the script back from his hands.

As if afraid that the longer it stayed in Hokuto's hands, the more likely the words on it would squirm and transform into something else.

A cheerful adventure would morph into a journey of a thousand cuts.

Elysia tucked the script away. The public-facing business was handled—but her private little schemes were still in motion.

"Are you not planning to continue the Elysian Realm story for now?"

"I plan to pause for a bit. Give players some time to grind in Elysian Realm."

Hokuto replied, "Besides, you know very well—Honkai Impact 3rd is focusing on Otto right now."

"Mm… I know Otto's story is coming to an end… and I also know Otto wants to revive Kallen…"

Elysia spoke slowly, but her expression gradually twisted into one of mild agony.

She really wanted to probe whether the later story would involve Kallen's resurrection followed by betrayal, but she wasn't any good at that.

Or rather, true to her [TruE] self, she didn't even understand what it meant to beat around the bush.

"I give up~~ People really shouldn't do things they're bad at."

Her whole body drooped, arms splayed out, face nearly collapsing flat on the table—like a deflated pink puffball.

Still, she perked up again quickly, returning to her usual energy.

Her eyes sparkled as she asked directly, "Hokuto~~ how will the main story develop next? I'm really curious~~"

"What's going to happen to Otto? Will Kallen be resurrected? And if she is, will she become a Herrscher?"

Faced with Elysia's rapid-fire questions, Hokuto only responded with—

"You know me, Elysia. I don't like spoilers."

"Ehh~~? Can't you give me just a little hint? Just a teeny bit!"

"Hmph."

"..."

Elysia fell silent for a moment, then gradually puffed up her cheeks and said nothing—just stared at Hokuto.

Hokuto let her stare for a while and, seeing she wasn't giving up, gave a helpless smile.

"Alright, I'll give you just a tiny spoiler—the upcoming story is… a beautiful tale of fulfilled wishes."

"A beautiful story? Really?"

"Mm, of course it's true. Why would I lie to you?"

...

Even though she'd pried a bit of information from Hokuto, Elysia wasn't satisfied and couldn't help pushing for more.

But Hokuto only smiled and said no more.

Seeing that she really couldn't get anything else out of him, Elysia gave up—though quite reluctantly.

After that, she started chatting with Eden, who had grown curious about her script.

"Ely, can I take a look at the script you wrote?"

"Sure."

Eden accepted the script and began reading. Meanwhile, Elysia, with nothing else to do, decided to log in to Honkai Impact 3rd to grind a bit.

But before she could enter Elysian Realm, the player chats in the in-game chatroom caught her attention.

Inch-Force Skullsplitter: Died dozens of times before finally clearing it. This storyline is way too hard.

miHoYo Has No Humanity: Which part? You died dozens of times?

Inch-Force Skullsplitter: The part with Elysia's story.

miHoYo Has No Humanity: Ohhh, fighting Pink Tank Miss? Yeah, that's normal.

Elysia: ???

What? Pink… Miss?

"Pfft~~"

"You're laughing at this!!" Elysia exploded in outrage.

Who the heck gave her such a weird nickname!?