Conquer District 11

"Well, because Lily's smile was very good just now, I felt very comfortable looking at it."

Chen Xiaofeng said without concealment.

"Xiaoxiao, you are really innocent and happy because of this kind of thing." Although Misaka Mikoto said so, her eyes were still full of smiles.Although she didn't know what had happened recently, she was still vaguely aware of Artoria's strangeness through a woman's intuition.

Therefore, Misaka Mikoto was also sincerely happy with Arturia's smile.

"Yeah, I also seem to like seeing Artoria's expression."

But Artoria, who was the center of the discussion, nodded with an incomprehensible expression.

Then--

Probably thinking of something, Arturia smiled slightly: "Really? But it's wrong in this way... No, it's the other way around."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"I'm happy because I see your smiles, so as long as you can smile, I'm very satisfied."

"Really? That's really great!" Misaka Mikoto responded to Artoria with a smile.

However, Chen Xiaofeng fell silent. He couldn't face Arturia head-on now. Regarding that expression, after knowing everything that the owner of that expression has experienced, I believe no matter who it is, the mind will be in chaos of.

Chen Xiaofeng felt a tightness in his chest.He tried to calm down, and secretly looked at Arturia's profile.

Arturia's expression was still calm, and she began to eat the delicious lunch that Misaka Mikoto said, without any anxiety - but, there was obviously no reason for anxiety, but there seemed to be something in her heart that she couldn't let go of.

【I'm happy because I saw your smiles. 】

Artoria said this very contradictory sentence with her first smile in the past few days.An uneasy feeling welled up in Chen Xiaofeng's heart.

After lunch, Misaka Mikoto was ready to go back after borrowing Shirai Kuroko's phone, probably because Shirai Kuroko had finished her work; and Arturia happened to be preparing the ingredients for the evening, so she planned to leave with Misaka Mikoto.

Originally, Chen Xiaofeng was still worried about Artoria's actions alone, but he thought that Misaka Mikoto was still there and it was not night, so he didn't stop him.

And, just in time, Chen Xiaofeng still has a little something to do.

Knowing Artoria's memory, but that alone is not enough. Chen Xiaofeng wants to know more, but he cannot know so much by himself.

The entrance door closed after Arturia and Misaka Mikoto said "I'm leaving".

Chen Xiaofeng was alone in the room listening to the sound of the rain.

Holding the mobile phone in his hand, he was hesitating about something in his heart, but in the end he made up his mind and woke up and dialed the phone.

After the nice ringtone, a sweet voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Huh? Brother, what's the matter?"

"Ah...it's nothing, by the way, is Beppu fun?"

"Enen, it's very good. Ai Ni also said that we want everyone to play together next time...Brother, how is your relationship with Lily? Is your relationship better?"

"Uh... this... probably..." Chen Xiaofeng said ambiguously, "By the way, can I let you answer the phone?"

The call Chen Xiaofeng made up his mind to make was not for such a plain greeting, but because he had something important to ask.

"U? Yes." Minato said so, and then the other end of the phone fell silent, and when it rang again, it was replaced by Yu's faint voice on the other side.

"Excellent?"

"kindness."

"I'm really sorry, I called to bother you when I didn't have many opportunities to play."

"It's nothing, and if it's not something important, you wouldn't make this call in such a tone, would you?"

"Hehe..." For You's understanding, Chen Xiaofeng could only laugh dryly.

"By the way, You, can I ask you a question?" Chen Xiaofeng said after changing a comfortable position on the sofa.

"Huh? Okay, what's the matter?"

"About Lily... this, uh... I don't know what to say..."

It wasn't until he was about to speak that Chen Xiaofeng noticed that his thoughts had no clue at all. It wasn't that he wanted to do something for Artoria, but that Chen Xiaofeng didn't even think about doing anything for Artoria.

"Is it really about Lily..." You seemed to have known the purpose of Chen Xiaofeng's call, "However, if it's about Lily, wouldn't it be better to ask Missy?"

"Ah...Maybe Ai Ni will understand better...But, you also know that Bai has given me the way I am now, and I don't know how to face her now."

"Really? By the way, Chen Xiaofeng, your name for Lily has also changed..."

"Eh? This... this isn't the point, is it?" Chen Xiaofeng seemed to turn the page quickly, "Ahem, I was thinking about what Lily wants to do... Think about it carefully, from the time Lily awakened to now, Didn't do anything because of myself...every time it seems to be doing things for me or the underworld, so..."

"So you don't know what Artoria is thinking?"

"No, that's not it... It's just that I don't know what she wants because he never expresses his thoughts... I just don't know how to do it."

"Well... That's right, it's not just you as the master, Lily also has this attitude of not expressing anything to the previous master, although you are different from the previous master, so Lily has changed A little bit, but the essence has not changed... But what Lily did out of herself, I think, is to protect you... Although it is a matter of course as a familiar, it is incomprehensible to do that. However, this doesn't mean that you haven't expressed your thoughts, right? Lily only protects you for her own purposes."

"Ah?" Perhaps it was because Arturia was Chen Xiaofeng's familiar, so she did so much for him, but Chen Xiaofeng didn't understand You's last sentence.

"I remember, Lily and I said this before—she asked Pluto how to guide Britain correctly again, and whether a better king is needed."

"Then what was Pluto's answer at that time?"

"Lily told me that she didn't understand Pluto's answer at the time. Pluto said at the time, 'As long as you find a master you think is worth protecting, then this question will be answered'."

"What's the matter with this answer that feels like 'kicking the ball'!" Chen Xiaofeng said dissatisfied.