Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

The series of long and difficult sentences made Chris, who was already not good at speaking due to traveling all over the country with her parents, increasingly irritable.

Irritability leads to boredom, boredom leads to resistance, and then to indifference; theoretically, this should be the case.

"Since you don't want me to do these things, then... then I'll do them anyway. Not only will I do them, but I'll keep doing them, keep doing them until I get to the point where I can't stop. I'll just keep doing them!"

However, after a short while, this slight irritation, intense anger, and some confusion transformed into the attitude of little Chris in front of him.

"Hmm...why? I don't understand. If you have feelings for me, shouldn't you respect my feelings? If you don't have feelings for me, shouldn't we just part ways?"

Lingyi frowned slightly, seemingly a little puzzled, but she quickly regained her composure, suppressed her uneasy hand, and calmly asked, while also earnestly persuading, this to little Chris.

"I don't care about all that. I don't need to explain what I do to you. If I had to say something, after seeing that you've been sleeping for so long, I realized that I can't just leave you like this."

"Anyway, I will never give up until you are no longer like this... well, uh, anyway, until you are no longer this annoying and worrying person!"

Chris didn't fully understand the logic behind Zero's question.

So she directly explained her thoughts, the ideas that had initially existed only vaguely in her mind but had now fully matured.

At this moment, Chris had made up her mind. She didn't care what this guy in front of her said or did, even though he was full of道理 (principles/reasoning) but didn't cherish her. She would only do what she originally wanted to do and would never waver.

.........

[So this is how it turned out... But what will become of me...? No, I must continue. I can't waver, I can't waver. If I waver... I don't know what will happen, but I can't waver—]

Faced with Chris's insistence, Zero's expression was no longer as calm as before.

Although, from the beginning, she had been trying to regain control of her behavior with reason, trying to stay in her comfort zone, and continuing to define herself with these mechanical standards.

This allows her to continue absorbing, storing, and utilizing knowledge in such a highly efficient manner.

But she knew in her heart that she could no longer do it. The excessive sleep not only disrupted her regular sleep schedule, but also pried open a crack in the prison that held all her desires of joy, anger, sorrow and happiness.

If this desire is buried deep in one's heart and then polished over a long period of time, it may still be repaired. But if it continues to crack, it will become a wildly growing new sprout.

What would I be like then...? I can't remember what kind of person I was before I achieved what I have today... But whatever I am, I don't want to change, I don't want to change, I don't want to change. This is enough.

Her mind was a jumble of chaotic thoughts, but everything was temporarily suppressed. At least on her face, Lingyi was able to maintain her usual composure.

"That's all, I'm leaving now. Anyway, whatever you want to do, Chris, I don't care. But you, Chris, before you achieve those goals you mentioned, you should get some sleep and recharge your energy."

She stood up, silently withdrew her hand, and after speaking calmly with Chris as usual, Lingyi turned to leave.

"I'll go to sleep, but before that, Mom and Dad have music lessons today. Lingyi, will you go? You will, right?"

Watching Lingyi's retreating figure, seemingly in a hurry to leave, Little Chris subconsciously recalled the reason she had initially sought out Lingyi and went straight to ask her.

"...Don't worry, at least I won't make things difficult for Yukine and his wife."

After pausing for a moment and leaving those words, Lingyi silently closed the door and left the room.

"That's good... Haha, although I knew she would agree, at least there weren't any problems..."

Seeing Lingyi leave with her own eyes, Chris finally felt relieved, and a slight blush appeared on her face.

Theoretically speaking, whether in the past or present, you are still yourself, so there's absolutely no need to be shy.

But you have to understand that many times, it's already a miracle if you don't want to kill each other. Feeling ashamed is the least of your worries.

"However, well, although I knew she was like this at this time, it wasn't until now that I truly understood what she was thinking at this moment."

Shaking her head to shake off the shame, Chris's expression returned to normal.

"Hmm, and thinking back to that time, I realize that she looked adorable sleeping at that moment... Hmm, no, what am I thinking..."

However, occasionally, recalling some of the scenes that had just occurred—such as the soft body pressed against her, the scattered and beautiful white hair, and the slightly clenched and relaxed hands—still stirred up quite a ripple in her heart.

"Anyway, that's it. This completes this part of the task. Whew, I feel so tired. *yawn*"

After banishing selfish thoughts from her mind, what immediately welled up in Chris's heart was a sense of weariness that had also been accumulating within her for a long time.

"Speaking of which, can I get this sleepy even when I'm reminiscing? Haha—but that makes sense, considering I genuinely saw Rei sleeping for so long. Ah, no, no, I have to take a nap first..."

Chris, who had been forcing herself to stay awake, finally succumbed to her drowsiness and collapsed onto the sofa, falling into a peaceful sleep like a little animal.

...........

"Hmm...uh...how long have I slept? It's already dusk?"

When she regained consciousness and saw the energy-saving lights on in the room and the fiery yellow sunlight streaming through the curtains, Chris realized that a long time had passed.

"I'm a little hungry, well, no, I should say I'm starving."

Sitting up and rubbing her empty stomach, Chris realized she probably hadn't eaten all day, either enduring the day or sleeping.

Fortunately, she woke up at a good time, just in time to climb to the cafeteria and fill her stomach with cheap and plentiful dishes.

"The cafeteria, this way... We're here. Hmm, that idiot and his juniors are here too."

Touching the somewhat dim interior, Chris got up and quickly went to the cafeteria, where she immediately saw Tachibana Hibiki beckoning her over, and Akatsuki Kirika and Tsukuyomi Cho placing their trays on the table.

"How did it go, Chris-chan? Did you finish what you said you'd do when you entrusted the future to me yesterday?"

As soon as she sat down, Tachibana Hibiki asked with concern and curiosity.

Previously, Chris had handed the unconscious Kohinata Mirai over to Tachibana Hibiki, and told Tachibana Hibiki not to disturb her until she had finished her work.

"My business, well, I guess it's temporarily finished. How's it going on your end?"

Back in her seat, Chris filled her stomach while briefly explaining her situation and asking about theirs.

However, despite saying that, Chris was only asking routinely. Since they had a common goal, they would still pay attention to keeping up with each other's information when necessary.

"It's nothing much. Tiao-chan and I were observing the classroom yesterday and got a general idea of ​​what the other kids think of Zero-chan."

After a moment of contemplation, Xiaoqiege began to recount what had happened on their side.

"Am, and then what?"

After swallowing the cafeteria's specialty dish, which was only so-so in taste but plentiful in portion, Chris subconsciously continued to ask questions.

"In the end, nothing special happened except that we knew they really respected Sister Lingyi. They always paid attention to Sister Lingyi and often expressed their concern for her."

Tsukuyomi then added some additional information.

There was nothing else to do these past two days, so I just followed the courses and lived my daily life here. As for the results, I guess I learned a bit about how these children live here.

Most children are quite resilient. Even if they occasionally show a little sadness about the past, they will quickly get over it and move on to other topics.

And most of the time, their conversations would end with the girl who had dragged them out of hell, which was quite normal.

As a result, by mingling with the children, Xiaoqiege and Yuedu Diao gained a lot of their opinions about Lingyi.

"Ah, speaking of which, I always feel a bit strange. I once suggested that we go find Sister Zero together and do something for her."

"However, when I made this suggestion, they just glanced at me and ignored me. It's strange, Mo. They clearly care about Lingyi, but they only asked for help from people who are like teachers, instead of doing something themselves."

When this topic came up, Xiaoqiege suddenly remembered something, slammed her hand on the table, and began to speak with a slightly indignant tone.

"This shouldn't be a big deal. Everyone probably has their own way of doing things."

I didn't feel anything was wrong with the Tsukuyomi style.

After all, even when people care about someone, they will choose different ways to do it. There may be reasons why they are unwilling to do something directly but choose this indirect method.