Offer a savior to the infinite world!

This more intimate way of addressing others, which breaks the usual polite relationship between superiors and subordinates at work, seems... quite good.

Interlude 3-16: The step not taken

At night, under the gloomy sky, everyone's dinner was grilled fish caught by Lin Yi and some vegetables prepared by Carl.

After eating and drinking, the Sound Pillar, who had a great time, left with his wives. Suzuran also quickly chose to say goodbye, so only Carl's family, Lin Yi and Iino, and Tanjiro and his two friends were left here.

At night, according to Carl's plan, he wanted to camp in the woods, so he set up the tent in advance and prepared a sleeping bag.

Lin Yi had no intention of camping at first, after all, sleeping in the wild was not a good experience. But thinking that Jianzi was going to come over to play in the evening, Lin Yi stayed, set up a tent, and prepared sleeping bags for Iino and himself.

"Well, actually I don't need a sleeping bag. I can just fold up my body and transform it into a virtual form."

Seeing Lin Yi busying around here and looking like he was really planning to sleep in the tent with him, Iino stood aside and spoke in a low voice, feeling a little embarrassed.

"It's nothing, just an extra sleeping bag. Um, Iino, are you the type who snores really loudly when you fall asleep?"

Lin Yi shook his head casually, then suddenly looked at Iino with an expression of pretended shock.

"...Mr. Lin Yi, if you speak out some suspicions without evidence, you will be in big trouble."

Then I saw the girl's very, very angry expression.

"I'm sorry I was wrong."

"I always feel that Mr. Lin Yi is already accustomed to using apologies as a weapon..."

Lin Yi chose to apologize very straightforwardly, and then saw the girl's helpless expression.

"Aha, it's just a joke. After all, we are a man and a woman. It is impossible for them to sleep in the same tent. I have actually asked Carl to set up another tent. Look, it's over there."

Lin Yi smiled and pointed to the side of the tent. It was then that Iino noticed another tent that Carl had set up. At first, she didn't notice it because she thought it was for Tanjiro and the others, but she didn't expect it was for herself.

So Mr. Lin Yi never considered the situation of two people sleeping together from the beginning. Well, this is quite consistent with his personality.

But why do I feel a little lost?

No, no, why should I be upset about something like this? I am a serious system assistant, and Mr. Lin Yi is also a serious savior. I cannot let those inexplicable thoughts interfere with my thinking. That is not important, it is not important!

The girl took a deep breath and calmed down. She then looked down at her swimsuit and thought that there was no need to go into the water again, so she ran into the tent and changed out of her swimsuit.

"I always feel that Mr. Lin Yi is becoming less and less serious when facing me than before."

The girl muttered softly, her eyes passing through the closed tent, looking at Lin Yi who was talking to Tanjiro on the beach.

It didn't take too long to change clothes. Iino quickly put on his daily clothes and returned to his serious look.

Mr. Lin Yi's newly acquired ability to actively cause energy resonance, although I have already recorded the basics, but I still need to sort it out and compare and analyze it with other similar situations. Well, although that's what I said, it's really hard to find similar situations. Mr. Lin Yi's resonance ability is very rare in the entire multiverse. Unfortunately, Mr. Lin Yi's savior level is still very low, and my authority cannot compare with those databases with too high levels.

Iino, feeling a little annoyed, continued to silently use his computing power to re-analyze the changes in various energy indexes caused by Lin Yi's previous attempt at resonance on the seabed.

On the other side of the beach, under the moonlight, a girl with long black hair was biting a bamboo tube. She curiously reached out to scoop up the sea water and let it flow through her fingers.

The girl's pink eyes seemed to sparkle in the moonlight, and vaguely revealed a strange and inhuman charm.

In fact, she is not a human being. She is a demon, the younger sister of Tanjiro Kamado, an evil demon girl named Nezuko Kamado.

Well, it's not right to call her an evil spirit, because Nezuko has never hurt any human. She suppressed her urge to crave human flesh and blood, and escaped from the control of Muzan Kibutsuji by sleeping for a long time. Although Nezuko is still a demon, she has gradually become different from Muzan Kibutsuji and his evil spirits. According to Iino's analysis of her blood, Nezuko may have the possibility of advancing to a powerful creature far superior to humans or demons. However, there is no further sample data on the rules of Tanjiro's universe and the local environment, so there is no way to draw an accurate conclusion.

It is also worth mentioning that this ghost girl is now wearing a very cute swimsuit.

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"Isn't it true that this dress is a bit too revealing?"

As the older brother, Tanjiro had seen other girls' swimsuits during the day, but because they were other people, he didn't have a strong sense of reality. However, now it was his own sister's turn, and the boy suddenly couldn't bear it anymore, and had a very strong urge to put a few more clothes on Nezuko.

“What are you talking about? Isn’t this super awesome and super cute? Ahhh Nezuko is so awesome. Nezuko is the best. The pain I endured for the whole day has finally been healed by Nezuko-chan. Ahhh—”

However, compared to Zenitsu who was almost crazy, Tanjiro's determination did not seem to be enough, so in the end he was unable to give Nezuko an extra piece of clothing.

“Hmm~Hmm~”

As she was biting the bamboo and couldn't speak, the girl just let out a small happy cry, then jumped up and stepped into the water.

Gently, jump up again and make bigger splashes of water.

The little girl jumped step by step, just like a real child wandering on the beach with childishness, walking freely and unrestrainedly, looking very chic and happy.

"That's great, Nezuko..."

Keenly aware of the girl's relaxed and joyful mood at the moment, Tanjiro, who was holding the girl's coat and being pressed to the ground by Zenitsu, showed a genuinely happy expression, and then continued to resist his companion who seemed to have already fallen.

"Zenitsu, let me go. It's very cold at the beach at night. We still need to put more clothes on Nezuko!"

"I won't let go. At a time like this when you can openly admire Nezuko's cuteness, you actually want to add clothes to her. This is an unforgivable sin. Do you understand?!"

It seems that the chaos on this side may continue for some time.

At the same time, on a higher hillside by the sea, Lin Yi sat among the green grass, silently watching Tanjiro and Zenitsu making a fuss below, as well as Nezuko who was happily stepping on the water, picking up crabs in the water and kicking them away. He couldn't help but reveal a relaxed expression on his face.

A pair of light footsteps approached from behind the next moment.

"Jianzi, you came so late, is everything okay with your family?"

Turning around, Lin Yi saw a girl in simple and cute pajamas, walking towards him in slippers.

Could it be that this kid pretended to go to sleep and then secretly teleported here?

Lin Yi guessed the truth at the first moment. In fact, at this moment, Jianzi's assistant, the Dragon Hunter Armor, was shrinking his body and lying on her bed disguised as Jianzi herself. Once any situation occurred, she would teleport back and replace the position of the armor, thus ensuring that it was seamless and her family would not discover that she had sneaked out in the middle of the night.

Come to think of it, I have never done such bad boy behavior before.

As a result, since I met Senior Lin Yi, I have been completely changed into a different person by him.

but……

Deep in the girl's heart, she recalled what she had talked about with her friend Xiaohua after school in the afternoon.

"Jizi-chan, what kind of person is that boy you like?"

"No, I didn't say I liked you... Ugh, I just said I had a good impression of you..."

"Oh, yes, yes, yes, I just have a crush on you, yes, yes, yes, so what kind of person is he specifically? After all, Jianzi-chan is so innocent, I'm also worried that you've been deceived."

"I won't be fooled... Seniors won't lie to me, at least not with malicious intent..."

"So what kind of person is he?"

What kind of person is a senior?

Why am I so unable to stay calm and why am I so instinctively dependent on the other person?

"As for the senior, he is tall and handsome. He may seem cold, but he is actually very warm-hearted and kind. Even if someone has nothing to do with him, as long as they are in trouble, he will try his best to help them without asking for anything in return."

"Moreover, Senior is very calm and rational. Even in the most dangerous situations, even when their lives are hanging by a thread, he can still think rationally and even comfort his companions (referring to Jianzi himself) to help them muster up courage. As long as he is around, no matter what kind of danger it is, people will feel that they can easily overcome it. He is such a man who can give people a sense of security."

"Well, and more, Senior knows a lot of things, such as driving, first aid, fighting, etc. He is really, really good. And Senior is also very gentle, and he seems to be very considerate when he speaks and does things. Well, although sometimes it may be a little frustrating, because Senior is the type who will point out problems directly."

"Anyway, Senior is just like that, so... so..."

What did you say at that time?

Such narration depicts the image of Senior Lin Yi in his heart.

It seems that the more I describe it, the farther it seems, and I feel a little frustrated.

"I always feel like what you're talking about is some cool protagonist in a cool novel, the kind with a harem surrounded by a bunch of beautiful girls. It seems a little unrealistic to want to chase a boy of this standard."

“Is that so… wuuuu…”

"Don't be discouraged, I was just complaining. And Jianzi-chan, you can only know the outcome when it really comes to pass. The senior you are talking about is not in a relationship, right? In that case, then you should strike first. According to what you said, the other party should be a very responsible type. As long as you rush forward without caring about anything, the other party will definitely consider you seriously. Yes, that's right, Jianzi-chan, just be brave and rush forward!"

As a result, after talking a lot of nonsense, he came here in his pajamas late at night.

What am I doing?

Jianzi, who had already walked to Lin Yi's side, became stiff at this moment, his heart was beating wildly, and he kept questioning himself in his heart.

Do I really want to confess my feelings to Senior Lin Yi and become his boyfriend?

she does not know.

In fact, I only had some vague feelings in my heart, and I really had a good impression of this man who protected me and led me to grow. As a result, before I could properly prepare my feelings, I was instigated by the system assistant and good friends to confess. I felt so cowardly and unwise, and it was a bit unlike myself.

But in the final analysis, it was because I didn't refuse and didn't express my disgust at the instigation of others that things came to this, right?

Maybe, I really have such thoughts.

Perhaps, after that life-and-death moment, he could no longer look at Senior Lin Yi normally.

"My house is fine, but what are you looking at, senior? You are laughing so happily."

Jianzi answered with a chuckle, sat down next to Lin Yi, turned to look at him and asked.

"I'm looking at those little guys down there, Tanjiro, his friends, his sister. I think it's really beautiful to see these young people making noise and laughing."

Lin Yi replied with a smile, and there seemed to be a hint of vicissitudes in his tone that he himself was not aware of.

"Is it...beautiful?"

The girl, who grew up in a peacetime era, didn't quite understand what Lin Yi said.

She looked at the beach, at Tanjiro who was still arguing with Zenitsu about whether a swimsuit was normal or not and whether it was essentially no different from underwear, at Nezuko who was happily playing on the beach, and at Inosuke who had climbed up a tree and was howling. She thought this was just a normal fight between teenagers.

"Yes, it's very, very beautiful. I have always been thinking that after we complete our rescue mission and win, the people in those native worlds that we can no longer return to should also be able to argue and play with friends and have fun without worries, just like what I am seeing now, right?"

"It is to make more beautiful worlds like this happen, and to protect such ordinary scenes, that we saviors exist. Well, deep down in my heart, I do think so."

"Even if it's someone we have no relationship with, someone we don't know, someone whose life paths may never intersect, it doesn't matter. Whether we get rewarded or thanked, it doesn't matter either. I just can't stand seeing tragedies happen. When faced with situations that could have been avoided, I can't help but feel angry and want to stop them. That's all."

"I don't know if other saviors think the same way as I do. But I do think so, and I will do it. This is why I choose to fight and choose the danger and pain I am facing now."

Amid the gentle words, Jianzi sat beside Lin Yi and listened silently, and unknowingly and subconsciously had moved closer to him.

"Senior, you are really a very gentle person."

Jianzi spoke softly.

"Gentle... well, that has nothing to do with me. During my first mission, I almost had a conflict with an old man who helped us because of communication problems. And I am a person who will kill or even torture villains without hesitation. How can such a person be called gentle?"

Lin Yi smiled with some surprise, with a joking tone in his voice.

"No, I'm not talking about the gentleness of the male protagonist in some light novel. That kind of gentleness is not gentleness. I say that the senior is very gentle because when the senior does things and strives to make progress, he always considers others. He hopes that more people will be happy and that good people will be rewarded. This is the reason why the senior fights. If the senior who faces danger for such a reason is not considered a gentle person, then there is no gentle person in this world."

As he spoke, Jianzi became a little bolder, reached out his hand, and gently touched Lin Yi's nose.

"...Suddenly I feel like you've been possessed by someone. You were a crybaby a few days ago, but now you've suddenly become so mature. It's a little hard to get used to."

Lin Yi, who inexplicably felt that Jianzi's aura was overwhelming him, reached out and touched the tip of his nose that had been touched by the other party, smiled a little uncomfortably and said.

"I became like this because of you, Senior. It was your protection and guidance that made me become like this little by little. Ha, sometimes I admire myself a little. I definitely wouldn't be able to say such words so naturally in the past."

He shook his head gently and saw that he was complaining about himself.

However, having said that, the girl was still grateful from the bottom of her heart for her encounter with Senior Lin Yi in the first mission, and for those battles that were filled with sadness and pain, but were full of memories that she didn't want to forget.

I have completely changed from the past.

This change is so profound, like a brand that cannot be erased.

The Jianzi of today and the Jianzi of the past are people from two different worlds.

The person who had left this mark on himself was the senior Lin Yi in front of him, the gentle and kind, hateful, smart and reliable, but a little clumsy senior Lin Yi.

only……

The girl finally felt it clearly.

Senior Lin Yi's gentleness is not exclusive to him.

The senior's kindness is towards everyone who is in trouble. As long as there is a weak person who needs help and needs his strength to escape from the predicament, Senior Lin Yi will definitely save the other person.

So this kind of tenderness is not just directed at oneself.

"..."

A little bit, seems a little lost, and a little scared.

I am just an ordinary high school girl, an ordinary girl.

But Senior Lin Yi is so tall and so distant, as if he is from a different world from me.

She does not have the same lofty pursuits as her predecessors, nor does she have the same shining ideals as her predecessors. Although she is willing to help people around her, she is essentially just a girl seeking happiness as an ordinary person.