"But… I just feel like you could easily leave this city," Theresa pouted. Her intuition told her that if Aili truly wanted to leave this city, it would be incredibly easy for her.
"Yes, yes, I can easily leave here, but then what? After I leave, do I have anywhere else to go?" Aili looked at Theresa like this and couldn't help but reach out to ruffle Theresa's hair.
"You can easily leave here, and you still don't have anywhere to go?" Theresa slapped Aili's hand away again. Why did this person always touch her head?
"Of course not! If I leave here, the lovely and beautiful Miss Aili will have nowhere to live ♬~" Aili left her seat and walked to the window to look outside.
"Then you can come to our Saint Freya!" Hearing Aili say this, Theresa followed Aili to the window, then looked at Aili and said seriously.
After hearing Theresa's words, Aili mentally gave a thumbs-up for a successful plan (o゜▽゜)o☆
Aili hadn't expected Theresa to say what she wanted so easily. One could only say that Theresa was truly Theresa the Fool, or perhaps, that Theresa at this time hadn't experienced the situations within the game yet and still held some fantasies about everything. Although she knew her grandfather Otto was a bad person, she had only distanced herself from him, running to the Far East to establish this Far East Branch of Schicksal.
The events she would experience in the future would, in just a few short years, transform a still-fantasizing Theresa into a reassuring elder.
"Saint Freya? Is that where you work?" Aili still pretended not to know at this point, or rather, pretended not to know about Honkai.
"That's the Academy I founded, and also the Schicksal Branch here in the Far East." Theresa explained to Aili, then remembered something. "Oh, I forgot to tell you, the official explanation is that this place suffered a terrorist attack, but actually, a Honkai outbreak occurred here, and we, Schicksal, specialize in dealing with Honkai."
"Oh~~ So my little cutie is from such a big background, and she's even a Dean? You don't look that old at all ♬~" Aili's voice came from beside Theresa.
Listening to Aili's words, "I'm not small at all!! I told you, I'm the Dean of St. Freya Academy!" Theresa said, hands on her hips. Theresa didn't know why she was like this; it was as if when she was next to Aili, she would unconsciously be led by her.
"Yes, yes, alright, our Dean ♬~ What are your plans next?" Aili said somewhat perfunctorily.
"I still need to go to Chiba Academy. My Judah is still there, and I need to get it back." Theresa looked out the window, trying to locate Chiba Academy, but after looking for a while, she took out her communicator and checked the direction. "Chiba Academy, where is such a big Chiba Academy??"
"Do you see that small grove over there? That's Chiba Academy, you know. It was normal yesterday, but this morning when I woke up, I found it had become a small grove, and then I met my little cutie ♬~" Aili pointed in a direction for Theresa.
"How could that be?" Theresa looked at the grove. "However, it's possible, after all, there's an enemy similar to a Herrscher there." Theresa still held a glimmer of fantasy at this point. The child at Chiba Academy was beyond saving, unlike Raiden Mei, who had a dual personality. The child at Chiba Academy probably only had hatred for the living left.
Thinking of this, Theresa's mood became a little somber.
Aili looked at the frowning Theresa. She squatted down and looked at Theresa's face.
Theresa was startled by the sudden appearance of the face. "Wah! What are you doing?!" It was fortunate that Theresa didn't have anything in her hand right now, or she might have thrown it directly.
Looking at Theresa like this, Aili smiled gently, then reached out and rubbed Theresa's face. "If you're thinking about something, you can just say it. Only by saying it can you know if others can help you solve it. It's better for cute children not to worry about so many troublesome things; be careful, you might get old prematurely ♬~"
"I'm really not a child! My age is much older than you think!" Theresa took a step back, moving a little further from Aili.
"But your appearance is that of a cute child, so it's better to be happy ♬~" Looking at Theresa, who had taken a step back, Aili also stood up. "So, is there something in that small grove that you can't explain?" When she said this, Aili's expression also became a little more serious.
Aili understood what was in that small grove, but this was something Theresa needed to resolve, and Theresa would even get injured there. How powerful was that pseudo-Herrscher? Plus, the way that forest attracted her, was there still a powerful Honkai source there? Honkai Crystal?
"There's a… very special enemy there," Theresa whispered. "It's no problem, I'll go deal with that enemy, and then I'll take you back to St. Freya Academy! I must make you have a clear understanding of my identity!" Theresa said seriously, lifting her head.
Looking at Theresa like this, Aili couldn't help but let out a chuckle, then walked to Theresa's side and ruffled Theresa's hair. "Yes, yes, our Dean ♬~"
Then Aili picked Theresa up and put her into the bed. "But our Dean should rest well for now. Although Miss Pink Fox provided treatment, you still need to rest well to recover your body ♬~"
Theresa, who had originally wanted to resist and say she was fine, looked at Aili's gentle demeanor and couldn't bear to refute her. She just quietly told herself in her heart, "I'll rest like this today, it should be fine." "I know…"
Looking at Theresa, who had suddenly softened, Aili, for some reason, gently kissed Theresa's cheek. "Rest well ♬~"
Theresa's face, stimulated by Aili's action, suddenly turned red, and it seemed as if some steam was rising from the top of her head. "You… you… you…" Theresa couldn't utter a single word and quickly pulled the blanket up, covering her entire head.
Seeing Theresa like this, Aili covered her mouth and chuckled twice, then took her compound bow and left the bedroom, finally gently closing the bedroom door.
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