'A necklace?'
Levi stared blankly at the necklace in Mobius's hand.
'Where's my little dress?'
'I'm asking you, where's my pink little dress?!!!'
The gift he had prepared for Mobius was obviously the pink little dress she loved most.
The necklace was prepared for Elysia, and it even had the words "For the Pink Fatty" written on it.
'Wait!'
Levi suddenly remembered that when he had thrown the gift box to Elysia, he had been in a hurry to find Ato and hadn't watched Elysia open the gift box and check the present.
The necklace originally meant for her had appeared in Mobius's hands, which meant...
'The pink little dress is with her!'
'Fuck!'
Levi immediately regretted it and knocked on his forehead.
"What's wrong with you?"
"N-Nothing."
His strange action caught Mobius's attention. Levi quickly lowered his hand and forced a smile as he answered.
Noticing that Mobius's fingertips kept rubbing the surface of the necklace, Levi composed himself and smiled. "Doctor, are you satisfied with this gift?"
Since the two gifts had been given to the wrong people, he might as well just go along with the mistake.
Judging from Elysia's reaction at the time, she seemed to quite like that pink little dress.
As for Mobius, he wasn't too sure.
But she should be pretty satisfied with it.
"Not bad."
Mobius replied calmly. There was no surprise, no happiness, nor any dislike.
Just plain and indifferent.
After answering Levi's question, Mobius threw the opened gift box into a nearby trash can, then clenched the necklace in her hand and put it into her pocket.
"I have something to discuss with you. Come with me..."
Suddenly, Mobius stopped after taking a step. She turned her head toward the smiling Levi behind her, then looked at the hand wrapped around the hand holding her necklace.
After looking for a while, Mobius raised her head, pushed up her glasses, and quietly stared at Levi as he made these movements.
She didn't tell him to let go or anything like that.
She simply watched him quietly, seeing what he wanted to do.
"Doctor, since you've already opened the gift, why don't you put it on here and see if it looks good?"
Levi stated what he was about to do.
He gently pried open Mobius's fingers and took out the necklace. Standing behind Mobius, he intimately used both arms to reach around her slender, fair neck.
Mobius did not resist. For some reason, coming into contact with him always gave her a familiar feeling.
This was definitely not the kind of familiarity one could have after meeting someone only once.
With that sense of familiarity, she unconsciously relaxed her guard around him.
Just like now...
If Levi were an assassin, Mobius would essentially be exposing one of the most fatal weaknesses of the human body.
The neck.
In the hands of a strong adult man, with just a little technique, he could make her lose the ability to resist on the spot. It was even possible to take her life.
Fortunately, Levi was someone Elysia knew, not one of those rats hiding in the gutter.
A warm sensation came from her neck.
Mobius suddenly became curious.
A long time had passed since she opened the gift, yet this necklace still maintained the same temperature it had at the beginning.
How had he done it?
What material was this necklace made of?
Click!
A crisp sound came from behind her, followed by Levi's voice.
"Done."
He clapped his hands, walked out from behind Mobius, and looked at the necklace hanging over the East African Great Rift Valley on her chest, nodding in satisfaction.
'Ahem! This necklace is really deep.'
'Ahem ahem ahem!'
Why did his attention always end up on such strange things?
"Cough, cough, cough."
Levi cleared his throat, sorted out his thoughts, and said sincerely, "You're really beautiful."
"Hm?" Mobius, who had still been recalling what materials possessed this kind of characteristic, suddenly heard Levi's praise and couldn't help freezing in place.
She raised her head and looked at him, a trace of confusion flashing through her eyes. "Thank you?"
Even Mobius, who had experienced a great deal and was very experienced, couldn't help feeling confused at this moment.
She really had never encountered this kind of situation before.
Usually, the praise she received was mostly about her scientific research abilities.
Very few people praised her appearance.
After all, she spent all day in a research institute where sunlight couldn't be seen, had an irregular schedule with all kinds of late nights, and only ate various convenient, quick junk foods.
And she didn't like taking care of herself either.
All these factors combined, even the prettiest person would have their looks cut in half.
Soon, Mobius returned to her usual indifference. "Come with me."
She led Levi in a certain direction. Levi followed behind with both hands behind his head, curiously looking at the surrounding buildings.
When he was walking beside Mobius, he secretly glanced at her chest from the corner of his eye.
Looking at the words on the necklace, which had been changed from "For the Pink Fatty" to "For the Genius," he nodded slightly.
Luckily, he had been clever enough to take the opportunity to find an excuse and make a small change to the words on the necklace.
Otherwise, after returning, if Mobius discovered it, then, combined with his relationship with Elysia, relying on her intelligence, there was a very high chance she would discover the fact that he had given the wrong gift.
Since he had already decided to go along with the mistake, Levi couldn't let that happen.
So when he put on the necklace, he changed the words on it to something that suited Mobius's identity.
That way, it wouldn't arouse suspicion.
Ring! Ring! Ring!
The default phone ringtone rang. Mobius took out her vibrating phone and glanced at the contact.
Blanca.
Not one of those annoying politicians.
She tapped to answer.
"Doctor, the research institute's application has been approved. That remains will be delivered to the research institute tonight."
"However, because there are quite a few research institutes applying for the gem, I'm afraid it will take some time before it's our turn."
"Mm, got it."
Their conversation was very quick.
Looking at Mobius putting away her phone, Levi stroked his chin.
From the details of their conversation, he had already guessed the identity of the remains that would be delivered to Mobius's research institute tonight.
The First Herrscher, the Herrscher of Reason.
Its core would later be made into the Void Archives, which stored most of the data of this civilization, and would eventually fall into that man's hands in the next civilization.
Likewise, the First Green One, Otto Apocalypse.
The two Herrschers (Green Ones) who both bore the title of First, when combined together, had practically achieved the feat of being unbeatable against Honkai.
They could be called Honkai's number-one troublemakers.
It could be said that for Otto to accomplish his goal, the Void Archives deserved at least half of the credit.
However, Mei, who had proposed creating Divine Keys, was still in school.
The birth of the Void Archives would probably still take a long time.
"But if I tell Mobius about using the power of Honkai to fight against Honkai, could that make the birth of the Divine Keys happen earlier?"
"What are you muttering about back there?"
"..."