Azure Files, the starting point of all miracles

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*no--

*It's still spicy...

Seeing that Nagisa looked uncomfortable, Xiyu hurriedly wanted to give her some water, but was rejected by Nagisa.

"Is this... the taste that the teacher likes?"

"I……"

"..."

After great effort, Nagisa finally swallowed the small bite of grilled fish.

It was at this time that Nagisa was willing to take the cup of water from Xiyu's hand.

"Xiao Zhu, don't push yourself too hard..."

Seeing Zhu's uncomfortable look, Xiyu couldn't help but begin to regret using this method.

However, for Nagisa, dragging out time may not necessarily be a good thing.

Besides, he had tried the boiling frog method before, but it didn't work.

Seeing that Nagisa was sinking deeper and deeper into this quagmire, Xiyu finally had no choice but to choose this method.

"Teacher, you said..."

"Am I useless?"

"—!"

"That's not the case. As the leader of the tea party, Nagisa has done her job perfectly, hasn't she?"

"Haha, teacher, please don't comfort me."

A bitter look appeared on the girl's face. "Take the Treaty of Eden as an example."

"Not only did I fail to detect Arius's scheme and Mika's tricks in time, but I also misunderstood the sincere Hifumi-san."

"In fact, whether it's Hanako from the cram school or Sakurako from the nuns, they all have some information to a certain extent."

"If I can become a truly reliable leader of the tea party, then can I make them trust me and integrate all the intelligence to further prevent the chaos from happening in advance?"

Just when Xiyu was about to say something, Zhu shook his head gently: "The reason I said this is not to blame them."

“I just feel like I’ve failed miserably.”

"Not only did he fail to detect the real mastermind behind everything, he also failed to protect everything in Trinity, and he almost caused two of his childhood friends to go down a path of no return."

"——If it weren't for you, teacher, who saved the day."

Having said this, the girl laughed at herself.

"Compared to you, everything I have done is so ridiculous—"

“That’s not the case.”

"!"

Looking at the boy who hugged her, Nagisa was stunned for a moment, and then a blush quickly appeared on her fair cheeks.

"teacher--"

"If Nagisa hadn't invited me to Trinity and given me enough trust, I would never have been able to do all this."

"Perhaps there are problems with your actions in some places, Xiaozhu, but at least you never thought of giving up, and you did your best to make up for it afterwards, didn't you?"

"Even though you have been working hard alone all this time, Nagisa has shouldered so much on her small shoulders, but she has never thought of giving up."

"You are so shining in my eyes."

Recalling the Treaty of Eden, Nagisa is the one who has been isolated all along.

Although everyone has some information, no one is willing to lend her a hand, leaving her alone to face this chaotic situation and sink into the quagmire of suspicion.

Mingming had two childhood friends by her side, but one of them secretly betrayed her, causing the other to fall into a coma.

Even though she suffered various blows later, Nagisa was not defeated. Instead, she faced her mistakes calmly and tried hard to save the friendship that was on the verge of breaking.

It can be said that the tea party trio can still be together well today. In addition to the help of the teacher, Nagisa’s efforts are also an indispensable part.

But even so, it cannot change the fact that Nagisa has only been alone from beginning to end.

Yes.

She is such a lonely girl.

A girl who fights alone, grits her teeth and moves forward on a thorny road, but never gets defeated by difficulties.

She is so elegant and so dedicated.

So strong.

So strong that it makes people feel distressed.

"teacher……"

Nagisa was sitting on the ground, being held gently by her teacher.

I buried my cheek in his chest and listened to this incredibly real heartbeat.

Although these were simple words without any guarantee, they were able to touch the girl's heart at this moment.

"Thank you for all the hard work, Nagisa."

Thanks a lot……

It's obviously a simple sentence.

There is no sensational accompaniment and no exciting story.

but……

Why……

Why does it make people want to cry so much?

Nagisa remained silent, her hands wrapped around her teacher's body without her realizing it.

"teacher……"

"I really……"

“I really don’t understand.”

"why?"

"Why didn't Shengya want to tell me what she saw? Why did Weihua hide it from me and do such a thing?"

"Why is everyone staying away from me? I clearly want to get along well with them, but every time I only get false responses."

As if to vent what had been suppressed in her heart, Nagisa kept saying with a trembling voice: "Why do I have to go through so many painful things?"

“Why should I be treated as a bad person?”

"Why...all this time..."

"Is it always been just me?"

"Xiaozhu..."

Listening to the girl's intermittent crying, Xiyu did not interrupt her, but patted her back gently.

After all this gradually eased, he slowly spoke to the girl.

"From now on, Xiaozhu, you will no longer be alone."

"Your companions have all returned to your side, and no one will regard you as a bad person anymore."

"Besides, do you remember what I said before?"

"I will save you from the quagmire of paranoia—and I mean that literally."

After a brief pause, looking into the eyes of the girl who slowly raised her head, Xiyu said in a gentle voice the words she had been waiting for.

"But I will become Kirito Nagisa's companion."

"Become your companion, Nagisa."

"I won't leave you alone again."

"teacher……"

Looking at Xiyu's eyes that revealed sincerity, gradually, a faint light began to appear in Zhu's eyes.

Even though this beam of light is very weak, in time, it will surely become the hope to dispel the darkness shrouding the girl's heart.

Chapter 181: Nagisa: Thank you, teacher...

After venting all the pent-up energy in her heart, Nagisa's spirits improved significantly.

Xiyu, who saw all this, gradually began to feel a sense of relief.

However, this emotion, after appearing in Xiaozhu's heart for a moment, quickly turned into shame.

Although she knew that the teacher did this out of concern for her, Nagisa still couldn't help but think about a lot of things.

*Hugging each other like this...isn't that something only couples in love would do?

*How could I be so out of control?

*Although I did think about relying on teachers more, isn’t that a bit too much?

*Will the teacher think that I am an indecent person?

*As expected, we still can’t let our guard down—!

Thinking of this, Nagisa shuddered and quickly stepped out of the teacher's arms.

Looking at the large wet mark on Xiyu's chest, the girl blinked and said to Xiyu in a somewhat bewildered manner: "Um... Teacher... I'm sorry for letting you see me lose my composure like this..."

"no problem, no problem."

Xiyu waved her hands, indicating that she didn't care: "Rather, Xiaozhu, I am very happy that you can rely on me so much~"

"Even so—"

Just as Nagisa was about to say something, a cute noise came into their ears.

After realizing where the voice came from, Nagisa's already flushed cheeks became even redder.

"Teacher...I...I..."

"Haha, it looks like the little cutie is hungry~"

Looking at the shy girl in front of her, Xiyu handed the grilled fish placed aside to Nagisa while speaking.

"Come on~ Nagisa."

"I spent a lot of effort to make this, please don't waste it."

"Oh right~"

Xiyu suddenly remembered something when she was talking and picked out the spicy grilled fish that Nagisa had taken three bites of.