Collapse: Raising a Wife Since Childhood

The elevator door of the research institute opened, and in sight the girl leaned against a tree reflected in the sunlight. Realizing that he had come out, the girl opened her calm ice-green eyes. Fu Hua asked, "Is the test completed?"

Shen Yunie didn't go to the headquarters because he didn't want to go, and Fu Hua told him that she wanted to go back to Saint Freya. The girl's words were a bit mysterious. Shen Yunie kept repeating them before walking out of the elevator, but he still couldn't understand the meaning.

He said, "The test is complete. We will be able to go back this afternoon. Senior, what do you mean? It sounds a bit strange."

"Is it weird?" Fu Hua murmured. The wind blew the girl's hair against her cheeks. The girl seemed to have an imperceptible smile on her cheeks. In the blink of an eye, she came back to her senses. "It's weird, so be it. Say goodbye to Youlan Dai'er properly. I'll come to see you in the afternoon."

Fu Hua's figure gradually disappeared under the light and shadow, while Shen Yunie walked towards the Valkyrie dormitory. Unconsciously, he had been in this steel castle for more than a month. He and Leia were always face to face, and he rarely felt any feelings of missing her.

Shen Yunie had almost no feeling for the passage of time. Only now did he realize that it was almost the next year. He could see Yaezakura in time and the three of them would spend the last time of this year together.

The two were walking on the path, and Shen Yunie caught a glimpse of a few dead trees whose branches and leaves had completely withered. With a slight movement of her mind, the dead trees became upright in an instant, and the emerald green leaves began to grow again. The flowers that bloomed out of season were forced to grow and mature, and then fell down, spreading on the road in front of the two of them.

"Hmm?" Looking at the sudden rain of flowers, Leah raised her head curiously, her blue eyes suddenly brightened, she raised her hand to touch, and the petals of different colors fell into her palm. Her hair and skirt were all fallen flowers, like an elf born only in the rain of flowers, with colorful tassels floating in her movements.

Gradually, Leah let go of the petals in her hands, turned back to look at the boy, and pouted her lips in dissatisfaction, "Okay, don't use it anymore. You know the consequences of using the stigmata."

"It's okay, I just ripen them for a year." Shen Yunie smiled. He quickly stepped forward and took the soft hand. The flowers under his feet quickly withered and yellowed. "Sister Leah was so beautiful just now~"

When the two left the road, all the trees returned to their original state.

Shen Yunie didn't feel much about the separation, because he knew where his sister was, and he could contact her every day and see her occasionally. If they were busy until retirement in the next ten years, they would live together again. Now it was more like agreeing on the time to meet next time than saying goodbye.

He thought so, but Yulandel's face was full of reluctance. She tried hard to find the brother who had the first connection with her in the world. She didn't want to be separated like this. She was used to the days where they could see each other every morning and sit at the dining table together when they returned home at night.

She was a little reluctant to return to the boring training life.

The girl grabbed Shen Yunie's hand, and after trying hard to control her emotions, she still looked reluctant. She wanted to pull her brother to a place where they could talk alone. This action attracted an unfriendly look from Rita, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, and wrinkles appeared on the clothes folded in her hands.

Rita felt that she should have given Shen Yunie a good beating on the island a few days ago. The damage to her armor prevented her from wearing it for a short period of time. It was a very embarrassing thing to have her armor damaged by a monster that was almost at the emperor level.

"Brother, are you really not going back with me? The Destiny Floating Island is big enough for you to live on, and the bishop would be happy to do so." Youlandel could hardly hide her reluctance in her tone. After letting go of her hand, she leaned against the guardrail and looked at the distant coast. "If I have you, I will be very motivated."

"We will meet again." Shen Yunie shook his head and looked out with his sister for a long time. He turned his head and stared at that face, "I want to go back, because Saint Freya's family has been worried about me for a long time, and only by going back can they feel relieved.

You are also my family, so we will meet again and I can put your mind at ease."

This was an answer that Youlandel could not refute. The girl felt depressed and murmured in a low voice with her eyes downcast: "How about I go to Saint Freya with you, although the bishop may not agree..."

Shen Yunie heard the suppressed voice and said calmly, "No. You have to stay in Tianming and train hard to become stronger. There are only a few S-level Valkyries like you. You will probably be the strongest fighting force against Honkai in the future. Only after Honkai completely disappears from this world can we go wherever we want."

Yulandel suddenly announced that she would not return to Tianming and would live in Saint Freya from then on. Bishop Tianming, Rita, and many more people might hate Shen Yunie.

"Okay." The girl nodded gently. She looked less lost after being comforted. She raised her head and smiled, "Working hard in training is also about protecting your loved ones. This is what the dean taught me before. I didn't understand it at first, but now I understand."

As for the rest of Shen Yunie, there was no one he wanted to say goodbye to. When the two of them returned to the room, his eyes were fixed on the maid who was packing clothes, and he suddenly smiled and said, "Teacher Rita, I hope to see you again next time."

"I don't want to see you~"

……

Fu Hua stood on the beach quietly enjoying the cool breeze, with long footprints behind her. While enjoying the sunshine and sea breeze, she was also in a daze. When she was asleep, her brain was stagnant, so she couldn't think for such a long time.

Her mind was simple, all she thought about was Saint Freya and Destiny. She couldn't think of any way to achieve such a grand and ambitious goal as destroying Honkai, so she could only rely on people with a grander vision and become a thug herself.

In her opinion, the conflict between the two was intensifying secretly, and K423 was the fuse, and the two sides would go to war sooner or later. Her original mission was to keep a close eye on K423, retrieve it before the other party had any problems, and stop them when Saint Freya resisted.

However, during the long time that Fu Hua lived in the campus, she gradually changed her opinion of the school, and she always felt cowardly when she thought about stopping them.

The girl blinked, facing the shivering cold wind, her eyes were not moved at all, and her eyes were like a broken frozen heart, and would not change again. After a long time, she closed her eyes physiologically, and a hot breath came out from between her pink lips.

Why did she become so indecisive? Even when she was burning to the point where only sadness was left, her heart would still be shaken. Fu Hua shouldn't be affected by her emotions, and she didn't have the qualifications to calm down and do the most successful thing.

Maybe one day in the future, someone will be able to shake her heart and take her away because she has no firm will.

The edge of the red frame lit up with a faint red light, and the communication system was automatically connected. After a brief silence, a voice came from the other end, "How are you recovering, old friend?"

"There's nothing wrong with the body, but Yu Duchen can't reverse it and only has two times left." Fu Hua replied indifferently.

"If there is still room for recovery, then take more rest." Otto's voice sounded with a playful smile. In the office of Bishop of Destiny, he used the projection to look at the girl's ruddy and fair face in the dark environment. "If you are really fine, then continue to perform your duties. K423 has been through a lot in the past two months."

"Well, I'll be back at St. Freya in the afternoon."

"No, no, no, it's not Saint Freya, it's the Oceania branch in Queenstown, New Zealand."

Otto's words made Fu Hua stunned. She couldn't go back, and a new task was placed on her shoulders. The task was to keep an eye on K423, and she had to go wherever she went.

Otto sighed regretfully, "Maybe you feel a sense of belonging there, but you can't go back for the time being. Because of the loss of control of the desire for gems, New Zealand has suffered a series of Honkai beast waves. The nearest Far East branch has sent reinforcements, and you have to go too.

If you don't feel like going, I can let Shen Yunie go too. With him by your side, you won't be lonely, right? Old friend, tell me what you think, I will do my best to satisfy you~"

The reinforcements include Ji Zi and K423's team. Fu Hua is very clear about where her nature comes from. Since they are so close to the Herrscher's core, if an unexpected situation occurs, someone must solve it, so she has to go too.

Fu Hua hadn't jogged in the school for a long time. She hadn't seen the girls' serious attitudes in class and hadn't walked alone in the streets of the nearby city for a long time.

After a long silence, the girl replied softly, "No."

The sudden change caught Shen Yunie off guard. Because of his own reasons, many news were temporarily blocked from him, and Ji Zi did not tell him. The Oceania branch collapsed frequently, and most of Saint Freya's combat power went there as reinforcements. They experienced many hard battles in a month.

Now branches and headquarters around the world have sent reinforcements. Shen Yunie and Fu Hua, as A-level, are naturally among the reinforcements. This is the unshirkable responsibility of every Honkai user.

Yaesakura did not go. Her combat capability was very high but she had never received any professional training. She could only be used as a reserve force to prevent any problems from happening in the Far East.

If she went, Shen Yunie would leave her again, and she would have to continue waiting for the return home she had been looking forward to for so long.

Fu Hua stood in front of the window. The sunlight shone through her, casting a golden glow on the girl's face. Her expression was unclear, but she said calmly, "There will be a temporary change this afternoon. I will go directly to the branch. As for you, Yu Nie..."

She wanted to say, "Go back, there are people waiting for you in the academy," but when these words came to her mouth, she couldn't say them. She decided to let the boy make his own choice.

Shen Yunie sat on the bed in a daze. Leah didn't urge him, and time passed by inadvertently. He didn't come back to his senses until the sun fell on his trouser legs. The boy's expression became serious, "Senior, I will go to help support, but before that I have to go back to the academy. Yaezakura is waiting for me. After this year, I will appear in the Oceania branch."

It was like a choice between Fu Hua and Yae Sakura, but it also wasn't. In any case, Shen Yunie made the decision.

"Okay, there are only a few days left this year." Fu Hua still answered calmly, and the girl never turned around. "You are not lacking in responsibility and emotion, which is the best answer. Then hurry up, the transport ship can take you back to the academy as quickly as possible, and I will also take it to the Oceania branch."

Shen Yunie had wasted a long time while he was in a daze. The scheduled transport ships were all waiting in orbit. Before that, the ships heading to the Tianming headquarters had already set off. Yulandel and Rita were going to do a mission related to the Quantum Sea.

Shen Yunie stood up and said to the girl from behind, "See you later, senior."

Fu Hua did not respond. The wind suddenly became stronger. She heard the footsteps fade away, and then the door closed. The girl turned her head stiffly and looked at the door. She stared at it for a long time before closing the window and leaving.

Time didn't wait for her, she also had to go and perform her mission. The remaining negative emotions in her heart grew for no reason and were quickly suppressed.

Oceania Branch.

The wind was howling so hard that it felt like a knife cutting one's face. The strong wind even blew down several older buildings. The white-haired girl and her two teammates squatted behind a wall, which was a temporary shelter. However, it was also blown to the point of being shaky and could collapse at any time.

Kiana looked at the thick fog around her, unable to find a way forward or to leave, and her tired expression gradually turned into a hint of panic. She remembered someone had told her that if she called someone's name when in danger, she would be rescued, but would he really appear if she called him now?

39. Cherry blossoms rain down at the shrine

A high-tech transport ship descended from the sky, and the hatch slowly opened. Shen Yunie's calm expression was filled with a sense of joy. The sense of belonging that Saint Freya gave him was much better than that of Valkyrie.

The temperature in winter is similar. The last time he felt the cold wind blowing here, he shrank his neck, but now he doesn’t feel much about the temperature change.

This huge and beautiful campus did not feel empty. There were only twenty or so fighters sent to reinforce, and the number of Valkyries in the entire Far East branch did not exceed three digits. Most of them were teachers, and there were also Valkyries waiting on Hyperion.

It happened to be the winter break of St. Freya recently, and as if nothing had happened, no one realized that most of the teachers were not in the school. Those troubles and dangers did not belong to them, and all they had to do was to enjoy life here and learn more ways to survive in the future.

Shen Yunie was walking on the campus. The girls coming towards him saw him and greeted him with bright smiles on their faces.

They just realized that this senior had just returned to school. He was always hard to find. Compared to them who were in class every day, Shen Yunie always had various things to do. In addition to worshipping and appreciating his handsome appearance, the girls didn't know what Shen Yunie did.

Leia looked at the girls passing by and sighed softly, "It feels better here."

Even though it was the same as Valkyrie, the feeling here was better for Shen Yunie. The girls in the Iron Castle were training solemnly. Their fighting abilities and thoughts were far more mature than their peers, but they had also lost many of the good things that they should have at this age. Saint Freya was doing her best to protect these good things for the girls.

"Let's go, let's go find Sister Ying." Shen Yunie said with a smile. He didn't inform Yaezakura when he came back, it would be fun to meet her suddenly.

Yaesakura has classes even during holidays, and in the short time since she became a teacher, all the courses she taught have become popular.

Some students choose to live on campus during the holidays, and Yaezakura gives them history lessons about the ancient Far East. This witch of about 500 years old is more professional than many history professors.

Most of the seats in the classroom were occupied. The girls listened to Yaesakura, who was wearing a white and red shrine maiden costume, talking about the tea ceremony of the Far East. Judging from the constant sound of notes, she had successfully attracted the attention of many people.

Shen Yunie walked in the corridor, with a calm expression and a faint smile. He turned and walked into the classroom. His sudden appearance immediately attracted the attention of most people. The girls looked at the only male in the school and discussed in low voices. It seemed that the senior was coming to have class with them.

Yaezakura was writing some beautiful words with chalk on the blackboard. When she heard the discussion, she subconsciously looked towards the classroom door. She didn't see anyone. Shen Yunie came in from the back door. Maybe it was another girl who overslept and came to class now.

The witch was not angry. Instead, she felt honored that someone was willing to teach her. So she said without turning her head, "Student, please come in."

Shen Yunie walked into the classroom, looking at the figure who never turned back, a smile appeared on her face, "Sorry, teacher, I couldn't come in time for class because I had something else to do."

It is still easy to refute the difference between male and female voices, and there is only one male in this school. Hearing the boy's apology with a smile, Yae Sakura was stunned, and the chalk in her hand broke without paying attention. The chalk fell to the ground and she suddenly came back to her senses. She turned around and looked at Shen Yunie who was looking for a seat. The boy also noticed her at the same time.

Shen Yunie looked at the miko and smiled barely perceptible, as if he was only smiling at Yaezakura.

"Yu..." Yaezakura was having a hard time controlling her joy. She had been thinking about this boy day and night, and he suddenly appeared before her. She almost blurted out the boy's name and her longing for him, but she couldn't say anything because so many people were staring at her.

Her lips moved, and her sparkling eyes were filled with mist. In this awkward silence, she took a few deep breaths for a long time before she managed to calm down. With a trembling smile, she said to the boy, "Pick a seat. The class has to go on."

Shen Yunie sat down in the nearest vacant seat. The girl next to him looked flattered and cautiously shrank back. Her cherry lips trembled slightly. After a long time, she whispered, "Hello, senior. I'm Hua Yuanyue from the third grade..."

"Hello, I'm Shen Yunie." Shen Yunie responded to the girl politely, his eyes fixed on Teacher Yae.

Realizing that the boy was not paying attention to her, Hua Yuanyue sighed and said nothing more.

The heated atmosphere in the classroom gradually quieted down, and everyone returned to a state of concentrating on listening to Yaezakura talking about things in ancient times. However, the talkative shrine maiden suddenly spoke with a little voice, her tone occasionally trembled, and her eyes wandered.

This was a situation that only occurred when Yaezakura was nervous when she first started teaching. Now she is a professional teacher, and the girls haven't seen her for a long time. I was curious if it was because of Shen Yunie who just came in. It turns out that Teacher Yaezakura also likes the senior?

She would feel nervous when facing Shen Yunie, even Yaesakura herself could feel it. The emotion of missing him took over her mind and her eyes could not help but drift towards the boy. Now that she was teaching, it would be too obvious and the whole classroom would be plunged into noisy discussions.

She had heard no less than a hundred people talking about Shen Yunie more than once.

The scene in her mind suddenly turned into the boy's face. The witch bit her tongue to return to normal, and her earlobes turned red. She was incompetent at everything she did. She absolutely couldn't do that.

Her eyes were misty and became hazy. Yaezakura was unaware of the passage of time until the bell rang and her lips felt dry. Then she realized that the class was over. The miko lowered her head in shame and said, "The get out of class is over. Thank you all for coming to class."

The classroom was filled with thunderous applause. In fact, Yae Sakura's storytelling while she was in a daze was not bad. Several students who were close to her invited her to leave together, but she refused and wanted to pack her things alone.

Until the classroom became empty, with only the witch and Shen Yunie left, he moved from his original back seat to the first row, holding his chin with a smile on his face as he watched her clean up.

Yaezakura lowered her eyes. She only had a few books to pack up. She was waiting for all the students to leave. She didn't raise her head to see where Shen Yunie was, because that would be too obvious. The book that was slowly closing was suddenly closed quickly by a hand.

She was startled, then raised her head to meet the smiling blue eyes. Leah didn't say anything and reached out to hug her, "We are back. Judging from what she showed just now, Sakura still misses us."

"I do." Yaezakura murmured softly, closing her hands to feel the soft body, "But it would be too embarrassing to show it in front of the students, so I'm trying hard to control it."

She kissed Leah's fair face. The other person was real, the one she missed day and night. It was not an illusion caused by missing you too much. "It's hard. I thought I wouldn't see you this year."

"So we came back, specially to..." Leah stroked the witch's long hair soothingly. She didn't finish her words, and turned back to look at Shen Yunie who was still holding her chin and smiling, "Anyway, I came back because I missed you."

Yaezakura looked at Shen Yunie and said solemnly: "I miss you, Yunie too."

"Well, I know."

All the Valkyries with high combat capabilities on campus were not there, and Jizi and Kiana went to support them, but the three of them did not mention this matter at the same time, because if they did, they would have to leave again. They just met not long ago, and they didn't want to talk about these things.

Yaezakura walked excitedly on the forest road, which was repaired after the two left and led to Yaezakura Shrine. The shrine maiden took good care of the shrine, and the bluestone brick paved road was almost the same as in ancient times, except for the old and crowded residential buildings around it.

Then a shrine appeared in front of him, the interior of which had been designed. Shen Yunie hadn't seen the mother orange cat for a long time. She was lying on the wooden platform with her cubs, who had grown up a lot, and basking in the sun lazily. When she saw her owner coming back, she opened her watery eyes and took a few steps forward, and then stopped where she was because she saw the boy.

After hesitating for a moment, the mother cat used her head to support her cub and disappeared into the bushes alone. After being stunned for a while, the little orange cat obeyed her mother's will and ran away.

Noticing this situation, Yaezakura frowned and sighed softly, "They are really... I will teach them a lesson next time. Yu Nie is the master here, and she can't refuse to welcome you back."

"Sister Ying is." Shen Yunie was amused by the two cats' behavior. Why did they hate him? Was it because of bad luck? Like when I went to ask for fortune in the past, I always drew bad luck. "But it doesn't matter. There will always be a chance for me to correct their ideas. I'm not a bad person."

It's like correcting one's bad luck.

He tightened his grip on the hand he was holding, and looked into the witch's clear eyes. "I can help you correct this, too. The three of us are one."

The appearance of the Yae Shrine has not changed much, but there are no weeds in the center of the forest wilderness, and the Yae cherry blossoms are carefully trimmed here every day. She opened the door and took Shen Yunie to walk into the house. The boy stopped and did not go in, his eyes fell on a few cherry trees that had not yet sprouted.

The witch looked at the light brown trunk and said expectantly, "It will bloom next year. It should be a very beautiful scene by then."

"No need to do it next year, we can do it now." Shen Yunie turned his gaze to Yaezakura, leaving only his own face in her eyes for the time being, and the second holy mark on his back glowed faintly with a light red light.

The plants in the surrounding grass began to grow wildly, and the branches of the cherry trees sprouted tender green buds, which faded and bloomed into pink in the blink of an eye. Leah shook her head helplessly when she saw this scene. He was using the stigmata to do these things again. The consumption of Honkai energy and the damage to the body caused by the supernatural power were much more serious than before.

It's obvious that they would be happy without these things, but he still insisted on doing them.

When the cherry blossoms grew to maturity, they fell after being blown by the cold winter wind. The tiny petals fell on the pink long hair of the witch Sakura, as if blending into it. New colors collided with her eyes, and she realized that the cherry trees had actually grown.

Yaezakura's eyes rippled, sparkling in the sunlight, "Hasn't this ability disappeared?"

"I came back after getting the second stigma, although I lost some things." Shen Yunie retracted her head, filling the witch's eyes with pink, "So I can see it now."

"The cherry blossom rain at the shrine is so beautiful. Rin would be thrilled if she could see it. If she were still alive, this would be the second most beautiful thing she'd ever seen... and the best thing would be her brother-in-law."

40. Come to me if you still have energy

Outside the Yae Shrine, Shen Yunie sat on the wooden platform, stretched out his hand towards the mother cat and stood motionless. This was the method his sister taught him, and it was perfect for these sensitive wild cats.