Become a powerful shadow master in the new world

Frightened by Himehira Setsuna's behavior, Kirasaka Sayaka quickly reacted and put her hand on Himehira Setsuna's back and gently stroked it.

"It's all my fault. If I hadn't given up on this mission, Sayaka, you wouldn't have been chosen to participate in this mission, and you wouldn't have..."

The crying stopped, and after venting her emotions, she buried her head in Kirasaka Sayaka's chest, and her voice full of self-blame and guilt came out along with her sobs.

"It's okay, Setsuna. I volunteered for this mission. And look, I'm still alive and well. Am I missing any limbs?"

Comforting Setsuna Himeragi, Kirasaka Sayaka maintained the same comforting gesture as at the beginning and helped Setsuna Himeragi to calm down.

"No, Sayaka, you don't understand, you don't understand..."

Hearing Kirasaka Sayaka's comfort, Himeragi Setsuna just shook her head pessimistically.

Before Kirasaka Sayaka could understand what this meant, Himeragi Setsuna left Kirasaka Sayaka's arms, as if she had made some kind of decision, and looked at Kirasaka Sayaka with firm eyes.

"Sayaka, I will help you."

"Eh?"

Kirasaka Sayaka was stunned.

"I said, I will let you, Sayaka, escape this destined fate just like me."

Kirasaka Sayaka was even more confused.

"Yukina, what exactly do you mean?"

"Sayahua, there are some things that you would be happier if you didn't know, but you can rest assured that I will definitely help you, wait for me."

Putting her hands on Kirasaka Sayaka's shoulders, after saying this, Himeragi Setsuna nodded heavily, turned and left, leaving Kirasaka Sayaka confused.

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Walking in the corridor of the apartment, Sid stretched his arms and legs, mentally evaluating his performance in today's hellish training.

Let Rias walk on the edge of hell twenty-three times, Himejima Akeno twenty-five times, and Koneko...

In the corner, a distraught figure caught Sid's attention.

"Himehira Setsuna?"

After recognizing Setsuna Himeragi, Sid thought for a moment, and finally decided to step forward and ask, considering that Setsuna Himeragi could barely be considered half a friend of his.

Chapter 133 Helpless Setsuna

A feeling of despair filled Himeragi Setsuna's heart. Even though she was on the hot Gengami Island, Himeragi Setsuna only felt her body was cold and her tears could not stop falling.

After noticing from Nangong Nayue that something was wrong with Kirasaka Sayaka's arrival, Himeragi Setsuna told Nangong Nayue all the information except the information that she really couldn't tell, and immediately asked for leave from school and went straight to her home, which was also Kirasaka Sayaka's residence on Gengami Island.

After knocking on the door repeatedly with no answer, he used the key to open the door of Sayaka Kirasaka's bedroom, but saw only an empty bedroom.

Maybe Sayaka went out for something urgent. It's a coincidence. It must be a coincidence.

Knowing that Kirasaka Sayaka would not leave at this time when school is almost over when she has an appointment with her, a lucky thought appeared in Himeragi Setsuna's mind, and she excused the Lion King's mechanism.

He took out his cell phone, found Akatsuki Nagisa's profile picture, and after asking, he got the location of Akatsuki Kojou who had disappeared for more than a week.

Before seeing the evidence, she would be optimistic, but this is not an ostrich mentality. She would not choose to turn a deaf ear to the truth because of this optimistic idea and stay at home without finding out the truth.

After arriving at the building that Nagisa Akatsuki mentioned, she conducted some survey and quickly selected several places based on the direction of the building's windows that were very likely to be chosen by Kirasaka Sayaka as surveillance locations.

Theoretically speaking, it would be a fantasy for her, a sword wizard with the warrior profession, to guess the surveillance location that Wu Weiyuan, with the assassin profession, might choose, unless she used her luck in winning the lottery.

Well, for Himeragi Setsuna, she really couldn't find the other Mai Eiyuu even if they hid, but Kirasaka Sayaka was an exception, because the two of them were too familiar with each other.

After checking several surveillance locations in succession, just when Yukina Himeragi thought she was overthinking, she found the Lion King mechanism warning spell at the entrance to the last location.

Himeragi Yukina's face darkened, she took out the Snow Wolf and began to sneak in.

Thanks to the experience accumulated from long-term sparring between Himehira Setsuna and Kirasaka Sayaka, she was able to dodge most of the techniques set by Wu Weiyuan, and would use the Snow Wolf to break those that she could not avoid.

Just like that, he sneaked all the way to the surveillance door of Kirasaka Sayaka, with a heavy expression on his face, his hands pressed tightly on the door, and he took a deep breath.

The hiding place might be a matter of luck, and the Lion King's mechanism could also be accepted as a coincidence, but now, Himeragi Setsuna is 99% sure that the person inside is Kirasaka Sayaka, and the remaining 1% is pure luck.

Because normally, a normal Mai Weiyuan would detect her breath when she was halfway through sneaking, but Kirasaka Sayaka was an exception. Her experience as roommates with Kirasaka Sayaka made them accustomed to each other's breath, and they would not be keenly aware of changes in the breath.

"Wow..."

The moment the door was opened and she saw that the person inside was indeed Kirasaka Sayaka, Himeragi Setsuna's lucky idea was completely shattered.

Kirasaka Sayaka...took over the task of monitoring Akatsuki Kojou on her behalf, and all this was because of her. It was because she gave up the task that Kirasaka Sayaka was implicated.

Tears flowed unconsciously, and the guilt and self-blame in her heart were like a bursting dam, making Himeragi Setsuna feel as if she had lost consciousness in that short moment.

After venting for a while in Kirasaka Sayaka's arms, and after making assurances to Kirasaka Sayaka who knew nothing but still chose to comfort her, Himeragi Setsuna decided to take up her responsibilities again.

When she arrived at the Lion King Agency's Gengojima branch, Himeragi Setsuna felt that she was mentally prepared and strode in, but she found that the Lion King Agency branch, which usually had at least one person or one shikigami, was now empty.

After not seeing anyone come back for a long time, the anxious Yukina Himeragi had no interest in waiting any longer and chose to contact her master directly.

"You want to give up your current mission and take on the previous mission of monitoring the Fourth True Ancestor?"

A cold voice mixed with surprise, astonishment and doubt came from the phone.

"Correct!"

Answering firmly, Himeragi Setsuna planned to cut the Gordian knot and settle the matter quickly so that she would not regret it later.

"Are you sure? You should know that Xue Cai, you are the only one who can do this mission now. If you want to contribute to the Lion King Organization, then you don't have to do this."

Just like the secondary confirmation in most online games, the cold voice once again asked for Yukina Himeragi's affirmative thoughts, but unlike those contracts that expected you to choose yes, the owner of this voice obviously wanted Yukina Himeragi to choose no.

"Yes, Master, I want to take back my last mission."

"...Okay, anything else?"

As if helpless, the cold voice agreed after a moment of silence.

"I hope Sayaka can withdraw from the current mission. I can do my mission alone."

"..."

"I'm sorry, this is a task assigned by the Three Saints. I have no right to interfere."

"master?"

"I will try to propose it to the Three Saints, but I don't think it can be cancelled..."

"Master! Sayaka is your apprentice!"

The voice on the phone was silent for a moment.

"It's just a task, nothing serious."

"Then why won't you tell Sayaka?"

"...Xue Cai, you need to calm down. I will suppress the mission application you submitted. We can talk about it later when you are sober. There are some things you can change."

Himeragi Yukina couldn't remember what was said afterwards. When she came to her senses, she was squatting on the ground outside her house, helpless, with her head buried in her arms and crying quietly.

I…can’t do anything.

"What happened, Setsuna?"

Footsteps were heard and a voice came to her ears, and Himeragi Setsuna raised her head.

"senior……"

Chapter 134: Giving Chicken Soup to Himeragi Setsuna

Himeragi Setsuna, who was squatting in the corner, raised her head. Her slightly immature, chubby face was now covered with tears, and she looked at Sid with red eyes.

"senior!"

With a surprised sound, Himeragi Setsuna reacted and subconsciously reached out to wipe away her tears, but she wouldn't stop crying.

"Wipe it."

Seeing Himeragi Setsuna looking so miserable, Sid took out a pack of tissues from the bag in his hand and handed it to her.

"……Thanks."

After a few seconds of silence, Himeragi Yukina took the tissue handed over by Sid and thanked him.

"Senior, why are you here?"

After wiping the traces off her face, Himeragi Setsuna asked this question subconsciously.

"..."

There was silence. Sid turned his head to look at the door of his house in the corridor, then turned to look at Himeragi Setsuna, his eyes full of weirdness.

What a stupid question you asked.

Sid's eyes said so.

She didn't understand Sid's eyes, but following Sid's gaze just now, Himeragi Yukina also realized that she had asked a very stupid question.

"Your mental state is a little bad. Did something happen to you?"

"Well...something happened."

Hearing Himeragi Setsuna admit it, Sid raised an eyebrow; he smelled the scent of a big event.

"Are you interested in telling me about it? As your friend, maybe I can help you with something?"

Sid's instinct to fan the flames made him instinctively inquire about more information, no matter whether it was a major event involving the powerful shadow master or simple gossip.

"...I can't do it. Thank you for your kindness, but I won't bother you. It's a bit difficult to ask others for help. If you get involved, it might harm you."

There was a brief silence, and Himeragi Setsuna smiled bitterly and shook her head slightly.

Sid was not angry after being rejected. He just put the bag in his hand on the ground and squatted in the corner like Himehira Setsuna, a palm's distance away from Himehira Setsuna. He turned his head and looked at Himehira Setsuna quietly.

According to Sid's understanding, someone like Himeragi Setsuna said that she didn't want to tell others, but her words revealed a little bit of behavior that could arouse other people's curiosity.

In fact, she is just a tsundere. In fact, in her heart she has long been wishing that someone could listen to her. At such times, she only needs to sit next to the other person for a while, and the other person will not be able to help but speak out.

As Sid expected, after Sid sat for a while, Himeragi Setsuna could no longer sit still and took the initiative to speak.

"Senior, I want to be alone."

Who is Jingjing?

Knowing that this was a prelude that Himeragi Setsuna could not bear, Sid nodded silently and put his hand in front of his mouth and made a chain-pulling motion.

Seeing Sid make this move, Himeragi Setsuna was speechless for a moment, then turned her head back and looked ahead, not knowing what she was thinking.

"Senior, what do you think of marriage?"

After just a few minutes, Himeragi Setsuna couldn't help it anymore.

Haha, a small fish that can’t last more than a few minutes.

He sneered in his heart, but on the surface, Sid still looked frightened by Himeragi Setsuna.

"Marriage alliances... a py transaction in the dirty upper world. To put it bluntly, it's a good deal to sacrifice one's own family for the sake of the public, sacrificing one's children's future partners in exchange for family interests. After all, the feelings brought by blood ties are theoretically the most solid and sincere way of forming an alliance under normal circumstances. Whether the children are willing or not is another matter. Didn't I tell you before?"

Tilting his head, Sid looked at Himeragi Setsuna in confusion.

"Senior, do you think this kind of relationship is...reasonable?"

"Eh!"

Seemingly surprised by Himeragi Setsuna's shocking words, Sid blinked and decided to answer according to common sense in the aristocratic circle.

"From the perspective of the world, this makes sense. In the family education of the nobles, children are taught that everything they have now is given by the family, so when the children grow up, they must also contribute to the family. It's just that the other side of the decision is good."

"The world? What do you think, Senior?"

Accurately grasping this point, Setsuna Himeragi asked about Sid's personal opinion.

"Um……"

A little surprised at Himeragi Setsuna's sharpness, Sid pondered for a moment and finally expressed his true thoughts.

“From an emotional point of view, it depends on personal opinion. I personally don’t think blood ties are something very solid. In a sense, blood ties are like the natural favorability +10 in the game, but does blood ties equal feelings?

I don't think that parents and children should be the closest blood relatives. Although there are not many reports of children killing their parents who have made mistakes or parents killing their own children for the survival of the family, there are really many such cases.

At the very least, I know of more than 700 cases in the past few years (whispering).

Well... as I said before, one of the common senses that noble children are taught is that the family gives noble children everything.

So the question is, when a noble couple gave birth to a child, did they intend to give birth to a tool or to give birth to their own children?

Some are the former, some are the latter, the former are ridiculous, the latter are stupid.