The Infinite World of Weapon Girls

Memories flooded back like a tide, as if time had turned back to Christmas Eve. Although many strange things were added, it was indeed the best omelet rice she had ever tasted. The 'family' was harmonious and warm, filled with joy—

Lost in thought, Xiaolin stared at the bowl of omelet rice in the refrigerator, and once again felt a stinging sensation in her eyes.

That night, Xiaolin drank a lot of alcohol by himself, and many of his memories became blurred.

She only vaguely remembered that, in her hazy memory, the Caichuan family seemed to have brought Kanna back.

Kanna said she wanted to come back to be with Kobayashi, but when she got home, she saw a dejected alcoholic who looked like he had just lost his wife. He was drinking heavily and lying on the sofa, talking nonsense in a drunken stupor.

It was eight o'clock in the evening, not yet bedtime, but not a single light was on in Xiaolin's house.

Kanna first waved goodbye to Saikawa, then went into Kobayashi's room, brought over a blanket, and covered Kobayashi, who was lounging on the sofa looking disheveled.

"Don't cry, Kobayashi-san." Kanna reached out her sleeve and gently wiped away the tear stain she found on Kobayashi's face.

Then, Kamui went to the terrace and carefully took out a plant from her pocket. The plant had many small, snow-white flowers branching out from its branches. She carefully buried the roots of the flower in the pot.

Shepherd's purse flowers

Cai Chuan told her that the meaning of shepherd's purse flowers is: to give you everything.

Outside the terrace, it was pitch black. Looking up, she saw the starry sky of the human world. Kanna Kamui gazed at the stars for a while, thinking...

Lord Thor, please go home quickly...

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Another day has passed.

When Kobayashi woke up from her drunken stupor, all she saw when she opened her eyes was a dimly lit living room. Perhaps the effects of the alcohol were still lingering, as her consciousness was still quite hazy, until a faint knocking sound came from the door—

"Kobayashi, I'm back! Thor is back... It's Thor!"

Thor...?

Xiaolin groggily put on her glasses, repeatedly murmuring a name that seemed so familiar.

...Thor! The name etched in her heart was suddenly pulled out from the deepest part of her longing. Kobayashi paused in his habitual action of pushing up his glasses, then quickly got up from the sofa and staggered toward the entrance. He almost tripped over himself and had to lean on the wall twice to cushion his fall before finally reaching the front door.

'Squeak—', light and shadow shone in together.

The familiar dragon maid from her memory stood before Kobayashi once again, her face radiant with a smile as bright and captivating as the sunshine, looking intently at her.

"Thor..." Kobayashi called her name again, as if trying to confirm if he was in a dream.

"Kobayashi-chan!" Tohru said shyly, her face flushed with a beautiful blush, like a little girl seeing her lover goodbye. "Tohru, you're back!"

“I knew it. Thor was just there to recover from his injuries. He’ll definitely come back.” Kobayashi’s voice choked slightly. She pursed her lips and forced a smile: “…Thor, welcome back.”

“Lord Thor…” Kanna appeared behind Kobayashi at some point. She carefully stepped out and came to within two meters of Thor. Then she pounced on him and hugged him around the waist.

"Waaaah, Lord Thor, I miss you so much... Lord Thor will never leave again, right..."

Kanna hadn't cried during the two days Thor was gone, but when she saw Thor again, she cried like a lost child who had found her home.

"I miss Kanna-chan too..." Tohru gently hugged Kanna's little head, her voice slightly choked with emotion, "Kanna...are you alright?"

Suddenly, Kobayashi remembered something and hurriedly went into the house. She wanted to turn on the light and quickly tidy up the bottles and other odds and ends... She didn't want Thor to have to clean up all this messy housework for her as soon as he came back.

“Kanna…” Thor hesitated, watching Kobayashi walk into the house full of energy. She whispered in Kanna’s ear, “Actually, Father wants me to go back to the human world to sever all grudges before returning… Well, Kanna will definitely guess it anyway, I just hope you don’t tell Kobayashi first.”

Kanna had asked that question to test why Thor had returned. Now that she knew it was almost exactly what she had guessed, Kanna buried her head even deeper, her small hands tightly gripping Thor's waist, shaking her head and sobbing, "Waaah... I don't want to listen, you're just bastards! Kanna is so sad, Lord Thor is always like this..."

“But…” Thor hugged Kanna tightly and stroked her long blue hair, saying, “I also want to be with Kobayashi and Kanna forever. Actually, maybe it’s not so bad… if I can persuade Father.”

At that moment, she suddenly felt a calm gaze upon her.

“And another thing…” Thor’s complicated gaze shifted to the side as she saw a familiar friend—no, from this moment on, they were enemies—waving to her.

Although she didn't know why she was unharmed despite being cursed by Fafnir, Thor would show no mercy to anyone who wanted to separate her from Kobayashi.

"Kanna, help me stall Kobayashi for a little while, just a little while... I need to go and settle things first."

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Over the past few days, Zhai Nan has truly benefited greatly from the "Catalogue of Forbidden Curses" and has made some initial progress. However, his level of learning is too low, and he still does not have a method to break the curse of "Curse Kill - Utter Despair".

Surprisingly, the curse only lasted for three days and ended completely this morning. Only then did Tina dare to return to the human world from the refrigerator with a sigh of relief.

The first thing Tina wanted to do, naturally, was to find Thor. She wanted to warn him beforehand that someone had obtained the Sword of God and intended to harm her. But Tina was unaware that in just a few days, many things had changed drastically...

When she arrived at the apartment building of Kobayashi's family, she coincidentally, yet also unfortunately, bumped into Tohru.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

(P.S.: No third update today, _(:з」∠)_)

【Ta35 Your Knight】

Elma hadn't seen Tina for many days.

She felt very upset that she had no way to contact him or know his address, but when she thought of how Kobayashi was still grieving the loss of Tohru, Eruma decided to visit him with some gifts.

"I believe what my senior needs most right now is comfort from his friends," Eruma thought.

What should I bring? Faced with a choice, Elma was at a loss again.

While delicious and expensive food may show sincerity, I don't even have enough money to buy cream bread, so where would I get much spare money... Besides, compared to my senior's family, they are the wealthiest.

But ordinary things seem shabby and fail to show respect for one's senior. If Tina were here, she would surely have a better choice—the sea dragon girl thought to herself.

I visited my senior's house again, and coincidentally, I wasn't the only one visiting Xiaolin.

Ercoa and Shota, Saikawa and Georgie, all chose to visit the day after the incident, which is today. Only Takiya and Fafnir haven't come yet; it seems one is still working a part-time job coordinating network technology at the comic convention, and the other is selling an exorbitantly priced copy of "The Cursed Anthology" at a stall.

Upon entering, Eruma received a warm welcome, and Kobayashi did her best to be a good host. She looked around and saw that the house was clean, tidy, and odorless. It seemed that Kobayashi had taken good care of the house during the two days that Tohru was away.

Something's not right! What's with Kobayashi's happy and cheerful expression?!

After everyone explained, Erma finally understood—Thor had returned!

Thor had already met with Kobayashi, but the reason he hadn't shown up yet was because Kanna had added that Thor had gone to the shopping street to buy ingredients for a big lunch.

"Thor is really back?" Elma's eyes widened, and she was genuinely happy.

"Well, thankfully you sent Thor back in time. His fatal sword wound has completely healed, and Thor... is as energetic as ever." Kobayashi brought out a tea tray from the kitchen and served tea to the bigwigs present.

"Hmm, did Thor say how long he would stay?" Ercoa asked, taking the tea.

"No..." Kobayashi's expression was not depressed because of this. Instead, he smiled easily and relievedly. "I am already very happy to see that Thor is unharmed."

"That's wonderful." The story seemed to have a perfect ending, and Eruma took a cup of hot tea from the saucer and took a small sip.

As Caichuan's older sister, Qiaoji greeted Kobayashi with concern and pleasantries on her behalf, while Caichuan had already been dragged away by Kanna to elope... They eloped to the terrace, and at Kanna's insistence, Caichuan stared intently at the empty potted plant.

“Caichuan, the shepherd’s purse flowers you gave me yesterday disappeared after I planted them here…” Kanna recounted.

"Missing?" Cai Chuan was shocked. The shepherd's purse flower she had confessed her feelings to Kanna had mysteriously disappeared. This was a very serious matter, and Cai Chuan took it very seriously, asking like a detective:

"Kanna-chan, think carefully, have you seen any insects that eat plants or anything else strange?"

Kanna shook her head and said, "I lay here for a while yesterday and I definitely didn't see any bugs! But as soon as I looked down... I found that they had disappeared."

"Ah! How bizarre!"

It's not that Caichuan's intelligence is limited, but the truth of the matter is something that ordinary people can't guess.

Another pair—

Although Shota came with Ercoa, the familiar seemed to dominate the conversation. He had also heard from Kanna that Tina had a good relationship with her family, so Shota kept looking around as soon as he entered.

But they couldn't find Tina, so Shota couldn't help but ask Kobayashi, "Kobayashi-san, where's Tina-neechan?"

"Sister Ti?"

“It’s Tina.” Shota quickly explained. When he mentioned the name, a strange look appeared on Ercoa’s face next to him, but no one noticed.

Kobayashi pondered for a moment, then said with a hint of regret, "Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've seen Tina-chan... Although Tohru said last time that Tina-chan was a new neighbor, I couldn't find her anywhere. Maybe she moved away again."

"I see." Shota looked a little disappointed.

Elma's eyes widened again: Huh? Why do so many people know Tina, and they all seem to be on good terms with her? ...So the question is, who did Tina know first?

Like a child fearing that their beloved possession will be taken away, Elma suddenly became increasingly worried. She had always thought that Tina belonged only to her...

Tina, where are you now...?

In that instant, the Sea Dragon Girl's heart trembled violently. She clearly felt that the 'Heart of the Sea Dragon,' which was connected to a wisp of her soul, let out a mournful cry under some kind of heavy blow, directly shattering the attached wisp of soul!

Ailu looked up and saw an unfamiliar gray-white ceiling... She could sense that the last place the Heart of the Sea Dragon had appeared was in the space above.

"Excuse me, I'll be right back." Erma strode towards Kobayashi's balcony. No one saw how she vaulted over, but in just two seconds, she appeared on the empty rooftop.

Are you here...?

You must be here, I've found you!

When Elma reappeared, her casual winter clothes were gone, replaced by a ceremonial robe similar to a cheongsam. A red sea dragon horn grew from her forehead, and the trident in her hand and the sea dragon tail also appeared at the same time.

A light blue magical light flashed on the trident. Elma raised it and slashed it towards the void above her head. With a 'whoosh', an alternate dimension opened up!

Without further hesitation, Elma leaped inside.

This alternate dimension connects to an unnamed, uninhabited island, shrouded in dark clouds and swept by fierce winds, where the sun never shines. The ground is covered with countless shattered rocks, stained with bloodstains.

Suddenly, she heard a loud rumbling sound erupting from behind a hill in the distance. As the sound of densely collapsing mountains echoed, the Sea Dragon Girl looked up in horror. She saw a huge evil dragon soaring into the sky, opening its blood-red maw and spewing down terrifying dragon breath that resembled a sea of ​​fire!

The already weak breeze that swept over carried a raging heatwave, making Elma feel a pang of fear and bewilderment. She couldn't even imagine what it would feel like to directly endure this dragon's breath.

But she knew that her premonition was getting stronger, so she hurriedly flew closer to that place.

As she approached, she saw a very familiar figure below. Although she was covered in wounds and looked extremely disheveled, with several places on her fair arms scorched black, and her aura was extremely weak, the Sea Dragon Girl still recognized Tina leaning against a boulder at a glance.

The laser cannon in her hand was already fully charged, and the six indicator lights had been flashing for an unknown amount of time, but it seemed to be deliberately holding back, to the point that the green indicator light was about to turn into a red light warning that the heat had exceeded the limit.

Since Thor wouldn't listen to explanations, Tina could only try this method to make him understand, even though Thor might not understand. But Tina... really had no other choice.

Although Erma is often silly and cute, she can quickly clear her mind in such a critical moment—is it a misunderstanding?

Although she didn't know what had happened, she still stood firmly in front of Tina without hesitation, unafraid to meet the dragon's gaze.