I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

Xier punched the surrounding crystal wall, and a circle of light spread slightly.

"Calm down, you're interrupting my thoughts."

The little girl spoke, and then a projection suddenly appeared in front of Xier and others.

"The one just now was the enemy of the Empire... the Abyss"

"So what are the Empire, the Abyss, and so on? Could you at least give us a brief introduction?"

Xier looked at the little girl speechlessly. Even if she said something about empire or abyss, Xier didn't understand at all.

"Understood. Let me first explain the Empire..."

The little girl nodded slightly, then said, "Apostle Xiling is one of the most powerful forces in the void."

"Um……"

Xier listened carefully to the little girl's introduction, but when she was about to continue listening, she found that the little girl stopped talking after the first sentence.

"Eh? Keep going?"

"That's it."

"what?"

"That's it."

Xier stared at the little girl in the crystal in amazement, while the other girl looked at Xier expressionlessly.

"Is this a joke?"

Xier asked tentatively.

"Do not."

The little girl cherishes words like gold.

"Isn't this the same as saying nothing!ヽ(｀Д?)ノ︵ ┻━┻"

Xier took out a table from the imaginary space and overturned it violently.

"Can you at least give me a brief introduction?"

The little girl didn't say anything, but played what Xier had just said.

"Ah this..."

Xier was stunned. The little girl was so straightforward that she didn't know what to say.

(If I ask you to give a brief introduction, you should really give a brief introduction, just one sentence! Are you so straightforward!!! ⊙▃⊙)

Xier just felt like there was a mouthful of old soup stuck in her throat. She couldn't spit it out, nor did she know whether to spit it out or not.

"Forget it...my fault..."

The two of them remained in a stalemate for a long time. Xier finally couldn't stand the other's innocent look and let out a long sigh.

"Please introduce your empire. Don't just summarize it in one sentence. Please introduce the composition of the empire, what the abyss is, and why you are here."

Xier finally understood that this little girl was still a naive person. If you don't explain it clearly, she won't be able to understand your thoughts.

"Understood. The Xiling Empire is composed of 135 emperors. It is one of the most powerful in the void, with hundreds of millions of subordinate races..."

The little girl nodded gently, and then began her long explanation. At first, Xier and others listened with gusto, but they soon found that this long epic of glory was a little too long!

"...The main mission of the empire is to fight against the abyss. Speaking of the abyss, it is the natural enemy of all things in the world and has a very corrosive nature..."

Just like feeding a baby, the little girl broke down the history of the empire into several parts and narrated it in detail, and her expression was solemn (how can a face with nothing look solemn and dignified), as if she was a devout believer preaching.

"…Finally, fifty-six thousand years ago, I suddenly lost contact with the Empire and stayed here alone."

Finally, after at least an hour of long explanation, the little girl finally made everything about the empire clear. Then when she turned around to look at Seele and the others, she found that the other two people except Seele had fallen asleep (yes, two people, and a Krono), and Seele, the only one left, was yawning continuously, her upper and lower eyelids were fighting each other, and she looked like she was about to fall asleep.

"?"

The little girl tilted her head, and then with a click, she broke away from the crystal and came in front of Xier and the others. Then she took out a round, flat object from her back.

"Dang! Dang! Dang!"

Chapter 29: Shouting, Reckless

The book continues from the previous chapter.

"clang clang"

Three loud and crisp sounds echoed in the crystal hall.

"Hey!"

"what!"

"It hurts..."

"Eh? Chrono, are you here?"

"Why am I not here?"

……

After a commotion, Xier and the others finally woke up from their coma.

"Hey? How can you come out?"

Xier looked curiously at the little girl who had already left the crystal column and was standing in front of her.

"Why can't I come out?"

The little girl asked, tilting her head.

"Ah this..." Xier was stunned. It seemed that the other party had never said that she couldn't come out.

"By the way, why did you ask us to come here?"

Xier suddenly remembered this question that she had forgotten for a long time. She still didn't know why the other party let her and others in.

"Because, if we don't let you in, the legion can't enter the psionic protection field." The little girl pulled it casually, and a crystal-like screen appeared in front of Xier.

"Eh?"

Xier took a closer look and immediately felt embarrassed. What was shown on the screen was none other than the black mechas that had fought with several people before. Now, without anyone blocking them, those black mechas were entering the previous barrier in rows.

"Nanoha, what's going on?"

Xier pulled Nanoha aside and asked quietly, "Aren't they enemies?"

"Eh?"

Nanoha, who was pulled over, was also stunned for a moment, then blushed and said: "At that time... At that time I told them to stop, but they didn't react at all, and then I warned them three times, but they didn't react, so..."

"So you just opened fire, right? I knew it..."

Xier stared at the ceiling blankly. She had roughly figured out the reason before Nanoha opened her mouth, but she didn't expect things to be so outrageous.

Rubbing his temple, Xier turned to look at the little girl who was standing there obediently.

"Why didn't you respond when we asked you that question?"

"No need."

The little girl said coldly.

"No need?"

"In front of the abyss, nothing can stop the Empire from destroying the abyss. This is the rule of the Empire."

The little girl suddenly said something that sounded like a warmonger. Of course, if you think about it carefully, judging from what she just said, the Empire seems to be such a fanatical war machine. It is not surprising that she could say such a thing.

"All right……"

Xier knew that it was impossible to convince the other party, so she stopped talking. After all, both parties had the same goal. Although the other party ignored her and others, they had destroyed several waves of mechas, so it was fair.

"So what do we do now?"

After staying in silence for a few minutes, Xier finally couldn't help but ask, "Don't you have any other purpose besides preventing us from blocking the army's progress?"

"Gone."

Very good, concise and to the point. Xier rolled her eyes and looked at the topic terminator in front of her speechlessly.

"By the way, what's your name?"

"number 196424"

"what?"

"Xi Ling Host Replica No. 196424."

The little girl spit out a string of numbers that didn't sound like human names.

"Eh?"

Xi'er was stunned. Is this a name? Xi'er originally thought that the other party was teasing her, but when she saw the inorganic glasses, she knew that the other party would not lie. In that case, her name might really be 196424 as she said.

……

……

Silence, nothing but silence.

After explaining her purpose, the little girl named No. 196424 never spoke again. She just stared with her pair of inorganic blue eyes throughout the whole process without even blinking, as if she was a beautiful sculpture.

"so boring……"

Xier was wandering around the hall leisurely, looking at this, kicking that. The originally stunning crystal wall had lost its appeal to Xier. After all, looking at the beautiful scenery for a long time would cause aesthetic fatigue.

“Ahhhhhhh, can’t you let us out?”

Xier shook the Xiling host that seemed like a still sculpture and asked frantically.

"No."

No. 196424 said very calmly: "Please put me down. Although this has no effect on me, I am more accustomed to standing on the ground."

"Tch, boring..."

Xier muttered something and put down the little girl who she had picked up and was spinning around.

"Hey...don't you have anything to play with?"

Xier asked boredly, resting her chin on her hand. She had given up the idea of ​​finding a way out.

It’s not that she didn’t think about going out, but there was not a single gap around this place, and it didn’t look like a building at all. Even the door that was kicked broken by the projection was covered by a thin layer of energy. It was obvious that this little guy didn’t intend to let her and others go out.

Originally Xier wanted to get angry, but when she saw the other party's indifferent eyes, Xier, who had already raised her weapon, finally put it down. After all, the other party had no ill intentions and simply did not want her and others to go out.

"What are you doing, by the way?"

Since she can't go out, Xier plans to find something for herself to do, and the little girl in front of her is a good choice.

"command."

It was still a short conversation. After the little girl uttered two words, she regained her composure.

"You're just in a daze like this?"

Xier poked the little girl's face. It was soft, like pudding.

Looking at the other person's elastic little face, Xier even wanted to take a bite to see what it felt like. However, when she thought of the force that the other person had used to eliminate the black shadow before, Xier finally gave up this tempting idea.

"It's not a daze."

Unexpectedly, the little girl projected a screen in front of Xier. There were a few dots scattered on it, and below the dots was a map. It looked like a real-time strategy game.

"What are these little red dots that keep disappearing? Are they enemies?"

Xier looked at the red dots that kept disappearing on the screen. While she was talking, two more red dots disappeared. And on this screen, there were only a few red dots left. Xier nodded in satisfaction. It turned out that this civilization, which was famous for war, had wiped out most of the enemies in a short period of time.

"No, they are friendly forces."

The little girl said expressionlessly.

"As expected, it looks like the enemy is also... eh? Wait!"

Xier's eyes suddenly widened. What did the little guy say just now? Friendly forces? Were the friendly forces being quickly eliminated?

"What's this black one?"