I enlightened the heroine of the second dimension in New Tokyo

As each water lantern was released into the water, tiny dots of light illuminated the dark sea.

The night sky sparkled with the candlelight, as if complementing the stars in the sky.

Lux was singing with all her concentration, the candlelight flickering quietly as she sang.

Miyuki whispered:

“Since the princess became famous, many extraordinary people have joked that after they die in battle, they hope to have their ashes scattered into the sea, and go to the underworld accompanied by her singing.

Then, at the end of a certain year-end war, she was asked to sing a farewell song for her dead comrades.

So the ceremony was established and continues to this day.”

70 Always in my heart

Miyuki looked at Lacus's back, and silently took out a water lantern. After bowing her head and praying, she placed it on the water.

Some of her comrades also died this year.

"Can I have one, too?"

Zhao Yang asked.

"Go get it on the boat over there."

Miyuki pointed to a large ship where many extraordinary people were coming in and out.

Zhao Yang and Rem looked at each other and quickly took one back.

"The prayer song, intermittent

Sadness is silent and never stops..."

“Although it’s a year late, I think you should be satisfied that I can light a water lantern to your favorite song.”

After Zhao Yang finished speaking in his heart, he held the water lantern and silently prayed for the afterlife of his parents.

Then he followed the others' example and gently placed the lantern on the sea, letting it drift with the waves as if heading to paradise.

He listened to Lux's singing with mixed feelings.

...No matter how much you pray afterwards, the dead are gone and you will never see them again.

Everything I do now is just self-consolation.

Zhao Yang half-knelt on the sea, staring blankly at the faint yellow light of the water lanterns, which were getting farther and farther away from him.

Just like all longings will eventually fade away and disappear.

Only that lamp remains in my heart forever.

Clang…

As the song entered the second half, many people drew their weapons and held them in front of their eyes, silently praying for their dead relatives or comrades.

Zhao Yang heard a sound beside him. He turned to look at Rem and saw that she was also kneeling on the water and had released a water lantern. She was staring at the floating water lantern in a daze.

She must be thinking about her parents and everyone in the village when she was a child.

"Now I just want to warm you with my chest

For the nostalgic and distant peace..."

Zhao Yang smiled, reached out and pulled Rem over, letting her lean on his chest.

"senior……"

Rem's eyes turned red, but she didn't cry. She just looked ahead.

Looking at the back of Lux who was singing Requiem.

Her melancholy and sadness seemed to be taken away by the soothing and peaceful song, thus achieving spiritual purification.

But there were still many people around who couldn't hold back their tears. Some knelt in the water with their faces covered, while others knelt and lay in the water, suppressing their cries.

More people stared ahead in a trance, their eyes blurry.

Zhao Yang felt that what they were looking at was not actually the scenery, but something that no longer existed in this world.

The singing is melodious.

The sound gradually becomes thinner.

Lux sang her last song of the year.

“Bah, bah—!”

In New Tokyo, brilliant fireworks lit up the sky, and people's faces were illuminated by the beautiful flames, showing excited smiles.

"five!"

"Four!"

"three!"

"two!"

"one!"

"Happy New Year!!!"

A huge cheer surrounded New Tokyo and echoed around the world.

"Happy New Year……"

Zhao Yang checked the time and saw that it was already past twelve o'clock, so he whispered to himself, to Rem, and to his dead parents.

"Happy New Year, everyone."

After singing the last song, Lux also said softly.

She clasped her hands in front of her, closed her eyes and prayed in the direction of old Tokyo.

Everyone was immersed in the afterglow and no one wanted to move.

Takamachi Shirou and Kyouya leaned on the railing of the deck, looking into the distance quietly.

Admiral Lindy also looked at the stars in the sky with a sad expression.

After a long while, Lux turned around first and returned to the cruise ship accompanied by Aslan.

Taking this as a signal, everyone stood up and prepared to leave.

"Let's go, Yang-kun, Rem-chan."

Miyuki waved.

"Where are you going? Are you finally going back?"

"What are you thinking about? We need to retrieve the lanterns we released. Don't throw anything into the sea."

"……Fine."

This made so much sense that Zhao Yang had nothing to say, so he followed the group to pack up the water lanterns.

After packing up, I can finally go back.

It was Miyuki who drove the boat back again. This time, the surroundings were very lively, with people talking on other boats, which was different from the depressing feeling when they came here.

After this mission, Zhao Yang gave more thoughts on the identity of the extraordinary person.

The unique status of the extraordinary people does have its reasons.

What makes this profession respectable is not its power, but its sacrifice.

Extraordinary people should not be obsessed with power and ignore their own responsibilities.

Power and obligation, rights and responsibilities.

Perhaps this is something every extraordinary person needs to think about.

However, Zhao Yang did not join the official organization. He only worked in exchange for compensation. It seemed that he did not have any obligations or responsibilities.

Having said that, the most basic morality and self-discipline should still be maintained.

Zhao Yang gained new insights because of this experience. He felt that his ideological and moral levels had been elevated.

He nodded with satisfaction, and then asked:

"By the way, Miyuki, how is the reward calculated this time?"

No matter how much you strive for advancement, people still need to eat. He raised this question in a very down-to-earth way.

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Meanwhile, in the outermost part of old Tokyo.

In the dim and dark world of demons, there is only a faint light and the vision is extremely poor.

On a beach, there is a small hill made of unknown material.

A woman wearing a black combat uniform and with long silver-white hair sat on the top of the hill, her chin resting on her bent left knee, her right leg stretched out and dangling on the edge.

She stared at the other side of the sea in a trance.

"What are you looking at?"

Suddenly a sound came from under the hill.

The woman looked down.

The person at the foot of the mountain is also a woman.

She has short silver hair, a black eye patch on her eyes, a mole at the corner of her mouth, and wears a black slit miniskirt and black stockings under her over-the-knee high heels.

At first glance, she looks like a sexy beauty, but her outfit is very out of place here.

"It's New Year, and I suddenly remembered the story that man told me."

"Really... We should go back. Master has been waiting for a long time."

The short-haired woman said calmly.

"She hunted so many prey with us, she's not in a hurry for this little research material."

“This is the mission.”

At this time, the dark clouds above were blown away by the wind, and the moonlight became brighter, illuminating the hill under the long-haired woman.

That hill was actually a mountain of corpses made up of demons.

A beautiful white-haired woman sat on top, looking both beautiful and weird.

"Master has gone back?"

"Yes, she is waiting in the courtyard for us to bring back the materials."

"You really know how to order people around."

The woman at the foot of the mountain of corpses did not react after hearing her words.

She also looked back at the other side of the ocean.

The sea breeze blew their hair into a mess.

The short-haired woman suddenly asked, "Did that man's son participate in the war today?"

"That shouldn't be the case. He said his son is only at F level."

"Well."

"... Enough of that, let's get to work."

The long-haired woman jumped down and began to pack up the demon corpses with the short-haired woman and move them to another place in the demon world.

After a while, they disappeared into the darkness.

71 Remuneration

When Miyuki heard Zhao Yang asking about the reward, she replied:

"The rewards for this mission will be divided into two categories, one is front-line combat, and the other is rear-line protection."

According to Miyuki, the battles on the front lines were recorded on video, and then the number of demons killed by each extraordinary person would be counted.