Side Story: A Century Later, We Meet Again (Part 1) Side Story...

From late spring to early summer, it's the perfect time for travel.

More than fifty years ago it was called Enlin, but now it is a tourist city called Hope City - generously opening its arms to travelers from all over the world.

It boasts the most magnificent fountain shows, the best hospitals, the top-ranked universities, and a museum that claims to be all-encompassing.

It's more accurate to describe it as a "museum park" than a museum.

It covers an area of ​​more than 2,000 acres, including not only the collection area and the garden area, but also a supporting carnival park.

Unfortunately, the Royal Opera House in the Florence province is the world's largest and best opera house, so the Paradise Theatre can only be ranked second.

"Andra, hurry up, over here!"

A black-haired girl ran in through the ticket gate, turned around, waved, and stopped by the statue in front of the flower bed. She took out a mobile phone from her bag and started tapping.

A girl with golden-red hair strolled leisurely through the ticket gate.

With her long, slender legs, one hand casually tucked into her trouser pocket, and the other carrying two shoulder bags, she walked steadily to her girlfriend's side and peeked out.

Ah, it really is "Destiny: Anchored World". This mobile game is really popular lately.

Andra looked up at the statues at the entrance of the amusement park, her expression slightly unnatural.

It is a statue of the Holy King, an ancient king who, like her, was named Andra.

There's no way to change it; such auspicious names have an extremely high rate of being duplicated. No one can force someone to change their name, especially not someone from ancient times.

and......

Andra smiled as he thought of his girlfriend's name and how they met.

"Andra, Andra, stop playing and come home to do your homework!"

"Eleanor~ Lily, where have you gone?"

"Hey, what's your child's name...?"

"Hahaha, what a coincidence. Alright, let's take him back for a bath first."

"Andra? Come here quickly."

Seeing her standing there motionless, Eleanor quickly tugged at her lover's sleeve and pulled him toward the statue, then picked it up and began to pray earnestly.

"Your Majesty, the Most Merciful and Compassionate Holy King, please, for the sake of my summoned creatures, descend upon my gacha pool!"

Pfft! Andra bit her tongue, suppressing a laugh: "You're even starting to believe in superstitions for the sake of drawing cards, okay, okay."

"?" His girlfriend swept a sharp look over.

She quickly coughed twice to change the subject: "If you want to slap Andra, you shouldn't be doing it right next to the Andra statue, right?"

"Huh? Why? Isn't it normal to use Andra to beat Andra?"

Eleanor frowned as she looked at the name "Saint-Andra" (Limited) on the card pool. Using the Saint King statue and the same name as metaphysics was quite fitting.

"Silly boy."

Andra gently touched her lover's forehead and brushed away the fallen leaves.

"If you want to summon Andra, you should definitely use Eleanor."

Eleanor paused for a moment, her cheeks beginning to flush.

It's a double entendre... They happen to share the same names as two holy kings in history.

Andra bit her lip to hide her smirk, bent down and pressed her cheek against Eleanor's, whispering in her ear.

"It's okay, I'm here. Whether it's mystical or not doesn't matter; I'll help you overcome the difficulties by spending money!"

Eleanor rubbed against him twice, her face still flushed, and her eyes darted around playfully.

"Seriously, it's not that I can't afford to spend money, but the feeling of using free gems and paid gems to draw is just different~"

"If I recharge my account, you'll get free gems."

"Go! Go! Go."

Eleanor smiled, shook her head twice, took a deep breath, and composed herself.

Hey!

Her finger traced an arc in the air before pressing hard on the button for a ten-in-a-row.

The phone screen suddenly started spinning rapidly.

A river of blood surged through the sea of ​​stars, and suddenly—the figure of the Mother Goddess appeared in the middle of the screen.

Eleanor excitedly grabbed Andra's arm and shook it frantically. One, two, three, four stars!! Stars leaped out of the river of blood, shimmering with golden light.

Eleanor's eyes lit up with excitement; if she weren't worried about being in public, she would have danced around like a monkey!

She quickly took a screenshot and prepared to post it on her WeChat Moments. She knew it would be flooded with heartfelt blessings like "Seal Dass" and "No, you really are Eleanor."

Crack, snap.

The four stars transformed into four gold cards. The first three, placed close together, all depicted the same scene: a king standing in the sunlight. King Andra wore a sharp crown, rested his hands on a sword, and his long hair flowed in the wind.

"It looks a bit different from the promotional image?" Andra glanced at it with interest.

"This is the initial card art; the promotional image for the gacha banner is of the upgraded Ascension version..."

Then came the last gold card, which, when rotated, revealed a small boy standing inside.

She wore a wreath instead of a crown, and the handsome young man, with flushed cheeks, was feeding someone watching from outside the screen a few bright, juicy berries.

"...This is also Andra?"

"Yeah~ Andra the Younger version, what good luck, getting a limited card from the limited gacha pool~"

Eleanor excitedly opened the upgrade interface and muttered to herself as she upgraded, "It's a pity I got her to level 5 right after I got her two years ago, but it's okay, I can use the extra coins to upgrade her extra skills. She can charge the whole team, she's really powerful."

"Oh~"

Andra casually echoed his girlfriend's little grumble, wrapping one arm around Eleanor's waist.

She watched as Andra on the screen instantly ascended with a massive influx of experience points, playing the first stage of the Ascension voice line.

She smiled and said, "Eleanor, I know you're right here with me."

Even though I know this line is meant for a character in the game, I still get really angry.

"Your questions just now clearly showed you weren't playing properly. Hurry up and log in to draw from the limited-time gacha pool!"

Eleanor patted her lover's bag.

"Okay~" I'll pamper my own lover, and besides, I did pretend to be very interested when the server opened.

Andra took out her phone and opened the game. Fortunately, the Wi-Fi in the park was very fast, and it updated in just a few seconds.

She opened the card pool, looked at Saint Andra (limited) with no interest, and started scrolling through the rest.

Andra. Young, not interested.

Attila the Wolf King, so ugly.

Eleanor the Outcast King... A muscular giant with a horse galloping on her shoulder, clad in heavy armor, and wielding a silver spear with shimmering spirals, laughs heartily at the person outside the screen.

...

Andra's finger trembled, and he lingered on the screen for several seconds.

"Wait a minute... the historical Eleanor has absolutely no connection to this, right? The Norlana royal family has no objections???"

"What? Oh, it's King Wu."

Eleanor peeked out with her little head, giving her a knowing look: "King Wu is incredibly strong, okay? His special attack range against [Enemy of the World] is basically a land-based special attack, and he's a limited card too. As for the Norlana royal family... what year is that? Still calling them royalty?"

Eleanor laughed bluntly, "If we had been born 100 years earlier, even 80 years later we could have seen the last Holy Queen Anya. As for the current royal family... they just license the royal label to cookies and make some endorsement fees, okay?"

Just moments ago she was praying to the Mother Goddess for blessings in the Saint King gacha pool, but now the girl dismissively says, "Repeat it with me, our country's suffix has been changed to Republic for 80 years now, Republic~"

"Good, good, good, Republic~"

Andra swiped the screen smoothly to the next card pool, and her eyes lit up.

Eleanor - Heteromorphic - Goddess (Limited).

Eleanor - younger version.

The girl on the left shyly holds a marigold and wears a small golden crown.

The girl on the right is wearing a snow-white dress, her feet are dipping into the blood river, and her long hair is swaying with the water.

"This double-up banner is too cruel. Although last year's Goddess limited banner was very strong, Young E is a permanent addition since the game's launch."

Eleanor shook her head: "You missed out too much by not playing before, otherwise you would have gotten lucky."

"Hmm, call me next time you open the Eleanor banner... cough cough, after all, she shares your name."

Andra casually pressed the ten-pull button.

The River of Blood flowed through the Sea of ​​Stars, and the figure of the Mother Goddess reappeared.

"Hey, you also got a gold draw in a row?" Eleanor stared wide-eyed and leaned closer in disbelief: Could it be that Andra and Eleanor's mystical summoning is so effective?! Before... well, she used to get gold draws in Andra frequently too.

Knock knock.

This time, only one gold card emerged from the water, and the gold card slowly flipped over.

A... popped up

"Who is this?" Andra frowned. Where was her Eleanor? How come this guy was dressed so flamboyantly, with his coat tied around his waist, and moving like a hula dancer?

"Oh, this is Mysella Young, a... decent permanent card."

Eleanor thought for a while and whispered, "Her cost is the lowest among all five-star cards. You can add one when your team is short on resources." Of course, her stats are also very low.

"Mysera?"

The words came from behind them.

"Destiny - Anchored to the World".

"Thank you!" Eliza smiled at Eleanor, then took her lover's hand and swayed it back and forth: "Fate - World Anchor, play with me, play with me."

"Okay, okay, my dear lady~" The boy with dyed blonde highlights gave his girlfriend a hard kiss on the cheek.

Then, somewhat embarrassed, she said to them, "Hey, I happen to share the same name as Myrcella. Are you two also going to the museum first? Would you like to go together?"

Mysella extended a generous invitation, explaining that both she and her girlfriend were somewhat directionally challenged, and since the place was so large, it was less likely they would get lost if they followed two people with good sense of direction.

"Pfft, okay."

Eleanor suddenly smiled.

Mysella soon realized why she was laughing.

The girl said seriously, "My name is Eleanor." Then she patted the person next to her. "Her name is Andra."

Hahahaha.

Eliza laughed cheerfully, then quickly wiped her mouth: "The better the name, the more people will have the same name. I understand!"

"...Then why did my mom name me Mysella?" Mysella sighed. "Historically, she was known as the 'King of Freeloading'."

"Oh no! Mysella means lucky one~"

Eliza nudged her waist: "Let's go, let's go to the museum first, don't delay."

The four of them stood at the entrance of the amusement park, smiled at each other, then turned around and walked towards the tallest building directly in front of them.

The crowds were dense, and the air was filled with the sweet aroma of popcorn and ice cream beneath the noisy balloons.

As the clock struck 10 o'clock, a flock of white doves took flight.

Author's note: The next chapter is a date at the museum and amusement park. There may or may not be a later historical chapter or Anya (daughter) chapter, depending on whether the historical chapter is complete.

These are official side stories because they are highly related to the main story.

As for the supergravity-enhancing Andra, the Fate reference world line, and the actor world line, these are "re-settings" that differ greatly from the main story, so they will be placed in the bonus episodes. [Rainbow praise] I'll try to set the subscription requirement as low as possible, maybe 70%? (I'll set it to 70% if I can~)