Chapter 39: Without You, What Should I Do!
It had been a long time—a very long time, it seemed.
Lyu had not shown such a distorted and uncomposed expression in a long while, because her companions were long gone. Even if she wanted to lose her composure, those who had once comforted her would never return...
Just like the events that took place at Amphoreus.
The frantic elf seemed to treat the black-robed person before her as a member of Evilus, with the ultimate goal of every attack being to kill the opponent.
However, the black-robed person in front of her seemed to have foreknowledge of Lyu's fighting style, dodging with ease and even swinging Alise's sword toward Lyu's body.
'So many years have passed, and this is all the skill you have, Lyu?'
The tone remained low, seemingly a disguised voice, but Lyu no longer cared—or rather, what was there to care about?
She only needed to kill this member of Evilus who knew her identity, and Lyu could return to her life as a restaurant waitress.
"Of course not!"
Lyu had been stagnant at Level 4 for many years; her strength should have been at the peak of this level.
But in front of the black-robed person, her excessive anger prevented her from exerting her true power, and she was even suppressed for a time.
'How could I possibly lose to you?'
Two kodachi slid out from her sleeves, and Lyu returned to a combat state at maximum speed, her eyes becoming serious as she looked at the black-robed figure.
To be able to suppress her so easily, could it be a Level 5?
No, that's not right!
The opponent's raw strength was inferior to her own, but why...
Why did they know her fighting style like the back of their hand?
Could they be one of the people from the attack back then?
At the thought of this, Lyu could hardly restrain her anger and resentment, but the opponent's identity raised significant doubts. Moreover, that fighting style felt as if she had seen it somewhere before?
An illusion?
But in battle, the greatest taboo is to be distracted by other thoughts. Lyu could only forcibly suppress the doubts in her heart and pour all her attention into the fight.
"Oh? Getting serious? Then let's have a good exchange, Lyu!"
The black-robed figure holding Crimson Order assumed a stance that Lyu was intimately familiar with in the next second, and then launched an attack.
"Though time is short, we still need plenty of it to catch up. Let's decide the winner with this single strike, Lyu!"
Whoosh!
In just an instant, crimson flames ignited upon the black-robed figure's rapier, shining like a gorgeous flower.
This scene caused Lyu's eyes to widen, for she had not seen this familiar Skill in several years.
"You... You are...?"
"Don't think about unnecessary things. Are you really going to be distracted in the middle of a battle?"
The black-robed figure's reminder made Lyu grit her teeth once more.
Although Lyu still hadn't figured out what was going on, the opponent didn't exude any loathing or Killing Intent toward her; on the contrary, there was a great deal of goodwill.
This feeling was something she had only experienced from those people...
"Then come!"
Lyu and the black-robed figure were several meters apart, but they disappeared from their spots at the same time. They used no techniques or Magic, but the most direct head-on confrontation!
Clang!
Their weapons collided, immediately letting out a crisp sound. Lyu felt a massive Strength travel through her two kodachi, along with a familiar heat.
The battlefield fell into a stalemate on the spot, but at that moment, the black-robed figure flicked their sword upward. While throwing their own sword away, they also knocked Lyu's two kodachi flying.
Lyu herself fell into a crisis of being wide open.
But this time, Lyu didn't feel any danger; instead, she stared in shock at the red hair revealed near the black-robed figure's ear...
"Impossible... Weren't you already..."
Looking at that incredibly familiar face, Lyu froze. She never imagined that she would see her figure again today, years later.
Slap!
Facing the dazed Lyu, the red-haired girl who had revealed herself raised her right hand and delivered a sharp slap to Lyu's left cheek.
"I didn't expect you to have turned into this state. My heart aches, Lyu..."
"Alise... Am I dreaming?"
Slowly uttering the name of the red-haired girl before her, Lyu only felt a burning pain on her cheek, but she hadn't recovered from the shock of this person appearing before her.
"No, you aren't dreaming!"
"I'm back, Lyu!"
Looking at the stunned Lyu, Alise slowly removed her hood, revealing her youthful and beautiful true face.
Then, she directly pulled the confused elf into her arms and began to ruffle her up.
"Aaaaah! As expected, it has to be Lyu!"
"Without you, what should I do!"
"Eh? Ehhh?!"
She hadn't expected Alise to pull this move at all, yet it seemed to be within reason. After all, this was exactly the kind of thing their captain would do.
As expected, she didn't hate it...
Feeling the familiar warmth, Lyu's eyes slowly closed, and tears gradually seeped from the corners of her eyes.
The two remained embraced like this for a long, long time...
And on top of a certain house, a figure slowly departed. It was Mia, the owner of The Hostess of Fertility.
'It seems there's no need for me to step in.'
'But why did Alise come back?'
'I need to make a contact...'
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The next day.
"Mm—!"
Hyacine sat up from her familiar bed. Under the sunlight shining into the room through the window, she slowly stretched, showing off her figure to the fullest...
Although she didn't have much of a figure to speak of.
But that didn't matter, because from this incident, Hyacine had obtained a massive harvest!
During this period, Hyacine had been worrying about her savior count. After all, after joining a Familia, she clearly didn't have as much time to save the dying and heal the wounded.
Their task wasn't just to save people; leveling up was also one of them. They had to figure something out quickly.
She just hadn't expected that luck would come so suddenly.
The savior count for Hyacine and Barbara, even after the trials of this period, had only increased by about three thousand. Trying to reach a savior count of ten million felt like a pipe dream.
However, following the incident of being attacked by Revis until the end of the entire event, Hyacine unexpectedly discovered...
Her savior count had increased by five hundred thousand?
This was a major event!
It was also the first time Hyacine understood that the number of people saved by changing the plot could also be counted toward her goal. This meant that because of the demise of Revis and the Corrupted Spirit, five hundred thousand people who were about to die were saved.
It was worth my painstaking effort to go 'berserk'. It seems this harvest is indeed good!
That's right—what 'being beaten to a pulp by Revis and the Corrupted Spirit and then going berserk'?
It didn't exist!
Hyacine just needed a suitable reason to vent her Power of the Titans as the Sky Titan!
'Saving others from distress—as for where the distress came from, don't worry about it.'
This saying wasn't a joke, but Hyacine couldn't do it under her own identity; after all, that wouldn't fit the Roleplay of her character.
So whose identity could she use?
Naturally, it was our great Sky Titan, Aquila~
Without you, what should I do!
Thank you, Aquila!
PS:
Time to sleep, waiting for tomorrow's Star Rail update.
Congratulations to everyone on pulling Cyrene!
See you tomorrow~
Hyacine & Barbara / Dungeon Encounter
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