At the girls' room...

"Any other questions?" Eun asks as she stares at the girls. She's telling lies about Chung's plan.

"They're just teenagers wandering around," Eve giggles, "Should we continue with the daily stuff?"

"Sure," Rose nods as she takes an azure potion.


Instant High IQ Potion: Everyone is now a genius! Let's see how it goes!

Ciel wakes up for his morning routine, but he takes a painkiller this time. What happened to me? I can't stop asking everything for some reason.

While he's preparing breakfast, some people wake up and have the same problem. "You feel weird?" Raven asks as he puts his human arm on his head.

"I do," Ciel nods, "I feel smarter, if you asked me."

"Must be girls' potion," Raven sighs.

Aisha and Ara walk downstairs. "Uh, yeah, it's our potion," Ara forces herself to laugh.

"Suddenly I have tons of ideas for new spells!" Aisha shouts, "I'll test it on the backyard!"


Everyone is talking about the potion while having breakfast.

"I have no idea what you guys are talking about," Eve comments.

"That means you're a genius already," Elsword smiles, "Or maybe you don't have brains at all."

Eve slaps Elsword's arm.

"Chung, I got ideas," Elsword smirks.

"Cool. Me too," Chung smiles.

Eve walks to Add's lab. "Hey?"

Add looks at her. "What?"

"Everyone was talking about feeling smarter, but I don't feel anything," Eve says as she sits beside Add.

"Me neither," Add replies.

"I'll forget that for now," Eve smiles, "Let's upgrade those Dynamos."

"Heyo~!" Rose slams the door open, "That potion makes me smarter for the day! Let me help!"


Meanwhile, on the backyard...

"Guys, stop it!" Rena yells as she shoots some people with her arrows.

In front of her is a giant rainbow fluffy ball. It's moving, and it gives a random colored cotton candy to everyone that puts their hand inside the ball.

The cotton candy itself is a magical temporary potion. It lasts for 20 minutes.

"Join the fun, Rena. Don't just stand there," Elsword says as 'she' eats 'her' cotton candy. "I have to admit that I really like the girl version of myself."

Ain glomps at Elsword while eating his cotton candy. "Hey girl! Let's party!"

"Sure!" Elsword shouts as she runs to the other way of the ball, followed by Ain.

Ara swings her cotton candy that suddenly turns into magic staff. "Don't forget the magic spell!"

Rena sighs as he sits on the ground and watches them doing all the random things.

"It's delicious, if you ask me," Chung says as he eats his cotton candy.

Elesis shakes her head. "Too much sugar."

"I thought all girls like sweets," Chung comments as he looks at Elesis. "Hey, we both got the same potion.

The two look at each other. They're staring at each other's cat ears.

Elesis giggles. "What a coincidence!"

"Hey, can I ask you something?"

"Go on."

Chung looks around to make sure no one is near. "You're still after Els?"

Elesis sighs, but then she smiles sadly. "Yeah. I can't move on for some reason. I'm a bad sister."

"Or maybe you need to know him more?" Chung suggests, "I mean, he changed because he wanted to."

Elesis doesn't respond until she realizes something. She stares at Chung's eyes. "What do you mean 'he wanted to'?"

Chung recalls yesterday event at the girls' room when they read Aisha's diary, but he changes the story a bit. "Elsword told me that he used to fight a lot with Aisha, but then he completely changed in a few days and he realized that. Normally people don't realize that they changed, right?"

Elesis lowers her head. "He was a cheerful boy. His cheerful self now is fake." She looks at Chung, "Do you know why he changed?"

"Not really," Chung shakes his head. He tells her the first time he met Elsword.

"That's... creepy," Elesis comments.

"I know," Chung nods, "I think this whole thing that made him changed."

"This whole thing?"

"What we're doing right now. Killing demons, saving townspeople, and other tasks," Chung continues. "You remember when he ranted about the Banthus thing?"

Elesis' eyes widen. Then she avoids eye contact. "It's my fault. If I came back just like I promised, he would stay the same."

"It's too late now," Chung replies.

"Tell me more about him," Elesis requests, "I never knew that creepy side of him."

Chung gives a forced laugh. "I have a lot of stories."


Elesis is staring at Chung. She doesn't know how to react to all that.

"When Els came home with bloody dress with Rena, it was his first time mutilating demon and I think he enjoyed it," Chung ends his story with what he did with Elsword last night. "Hopefully he didn't mutilate humans."

Elesis giggles. "Now you're slowly turning creepy."

Chung startles. "That's dangerous."

"Tell me more," Elesis smiles. She looks excited for another (creepy) stories. "Els told me many things about you, so let's say it's your turn to tell many things about him."

"What?" Chung tilts his head, "But he's usually with Eve."

"I dragged him outside once—when we can read other people's mind," Elesis explains.

"Alright then," Chung nods.


Meanwhile...

"Hey, Rena! Don't just sit there!" Ara shouts as she pulls Rena's hand.

"Wait! Don't drag me into this!" Rena tries to free herself. "And what happened to you?!"

Both Ara's eyes are red. "Oh, I accidentally fused with Elsword!" Ara laughs, "And you can see the boy version of me there," she points the boy beside Rena. A black haired boy with red eyes.

"Things happened!" Elsword smiles.

"Let me go!"

"Eat!"

"Nooo!"

Raven sighs as 'she' eats another cotton candy. "This is stupid, but it's a good way to kill time."

"I guess idiots that turned into geniuses is not a good idea," Aisha says.

"But we're joining this thing, so that means we're all idiots," Ciel replies.

"Ciel! Come here and help me!"

"Well," Ciel stands up, "I have another way to kill time."


Midnight, the time when everyone goes back to normal. Some of them are still eating cotton candy on the backyard. Normal cotton candy.

"What do you want to do now?" Chung asks to the girl beside him.

Elesis sighs in relief and smiles. "Well, first of all, I was wrong."

Chung looks at Elesis. She explains what's wrong. Chung tilts his head. "I don't get it, but okay."

"Aren't you tired?" Elesis asks.

"I am," Chung nods as he finishes his cotton candy. "I'm going to sleep. Good night."


Everyone goes back to their room, except...

"Els," Elesis grabs Elsword's hand.

He turns around and faces his sister. "What?"

"Chung told me many things about you," Elesis says.

Elsword smiles evilly. "Cool. So?"

"You didn't change," Elesis smiles back, "You're still the cheerful brother I know—with another way to be happy."

Elsword laughs. He narrows his eyes at her. "You should come with me sometimes. It would be F U N."

"Looking forward to it," Elesis replies as she sees his brother goes to the boys' room.

Eve comes out from her hiding spot. "Sorry. I was listening."

Elesis giggles. "You know that side of him?"

Eve nods. "Of course."

"Please take care of him for me," Elesis says as he pats Eve's head and walks to the girls' room.

Chung comes out from the hiding spot. "Was it working? Did she move on?"

Eve shrugs. "Maybe?"

Chung sighs. "I need sleep. Good night."

"Good night."

Obviously, Eve, Chung, and Elesis have the same thing on their mind—something that they refuse to believe because Elsword said something different.

Dark El corrupted him.


Special thanks to Ragna0011!

Alalallaa XD

Why do people love cotton candy? I don't like it :/

Thanks for reading!

Amy Valikie

Elsword: What if Aisha has a crush on you?

Ra: Don't ask such question

Chung: But we have to!

Jack Hunter

Ra: Actually our author got an idea after you said it *bows down* Thank you very much

Rena: This would be bad. I can feel it

Rose: It'll be fine!

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Ra: They're commenting the "brain hurts" thing. Don't mind that

Elsword: I'm edgy! *raises pompom*

Eve: .. *sighs*