"It hurts..."

In her own residence, Zijing rubbed her body, which was unharmed but aching all over, and dragged out a large box from under Theresa's bed. The box was filled with the most popular Homo comics of the era.

During these four years, Zijing and Theresa slept in separate rooms. After all, the child had grown up and there was no need to watch her all the time. Also, for some reason, the girl often couldn't sleep well when the two of them slept together.

Amethyst opened the box, looked at the colorful comic book covers, took out one, flipped through a few pages and took a look under Theresa's nervous gaze.

These comic books are Teresa's treasures and her spiritual food. The girl's love for these comics is almost to the point of obsession.

But even so, you still have to go to bed at night.

Hiss——definitely not in revenge for Theresa's beating just now.

Zijing took a breath and put the comic in her hand back into the box. Then someone put a pair of hands on her shoulders and massaged her gently.

"Jing, are you feeling comfortable?"

Theresa smiled ingratiatingly, and while massaging her, she even put her little head close to Amethyst's face, cheek against cheek.

"It's comfortable, but I still have to take the comic book with me."

Zijing was merciless. After enjoying the massage for a while, she got up with the box and went back to her room.

Theresa grabbed the corner of his clothes but couldn't stop him. She was dragged behind him, and the soles of her slippers made a hissing sound as they rubbed against the ground.

"Although you knocked me out before, you didn't finish me off afterwards, so according to the rules, you still lose. Just accept the punishment honestly~"

After stuffing the box of comic books under her bed, Zijing also took some tape from the cabinet nearby.

"Well, if I had known, I would have taken Judas while you were unconscious..." Theresa felt regretful. When she saw Amethyst being smashed into the ground by a cross by Judas's Oath and there was no movement, she came back to her senses from the broken state and felt panicked. She forgot to finish her off for a moment.

"What did you say?"

Amethyst turned around and smiled at her.

"No, it's nothing! Jing, please don't take away all my Homunculus comics, okay? I bought them with my own pocket money, you can't do that!" Theresa continued to beg, and Zijing deliberately pulled the tape and gestured at the box a few times, and finally put it away.

Although he had experienced the feeling of being smashed into a meat pie by Judas, he was not the kind of unreasonable parent, so he slowly put forward his request while Theresa was still anxious: "In this case, then leave this box with me. You can come and take it if you want to see it, but the time is limited to daytime. Just sleep well at night. Is this okay?"

"Hmm... Yeah! Sure!"

After hesitating for a moment, Theresa of course chose to agree and nodded repeatedly.

"What's for lunch?" Amethyst asked.

“Eat outside~”

The cafeteria of the Tianming headquarters...or rather, the built-in restaurant.

Zijing and Theresa chose from the wide variety of dishes. In the end, Theresa took a vegetable salad, a grilled steak, and three servings of mashed potatoes. The drink was bitter melon juice. Originally, there was no such drink in the restaurant, but perhaps because of Theresa's appearance, Otto specifically ordered that this thing be prepared in the restaurant of the headquarters.

Amethyst ordered something similar to Theresa's, except that the vegetable salad was replaced with grilled vegetables, and the drink was just ordinary orange juice.

The two of them were looking for a seat. Theresa held the food tray, stood on tiptoe and looked around. She blinked and seemed to see a familiar figure.

"Is it Cecilia?"

Theresa nudged Amethyst with her shoulder, motioning for him to look over there.

The boy also saw that in the corner of the restaurant, near the window, a girl with long white hair was eating quietly with her head down.

The Valkyries and researchers who were dining around knew her, but seemed to sense that the girl was not in a good mood, so they did not approach her, but just secretly looked at her and whispered.

Is she back too?

Zijing had expected that she and Cecilia should have been brought back together by the Valkyrie who came to support from the headquarters, but she did not notice her because she was "sleeping" almost the entire time on the road.

Looking at her lonely figure, it was as if she had parted with something precious.

"Jing, let's go over there. Cecilia doesn't look well..." Theresa also noticed Cecilia's mood and whispered to Zijing.

The two girls actually have a very good personal relationship. After all, they usually work beside Otto, are both quite powerful, and often participate in subjugation missions together. As a result, they became familiar with each other.

Zijing nodded and did not refuse. The two of them carried the food plates and carefully walked through the crowd in the restaurant towards the corner where Cecilia was.

As they approached, Cecilia seemed to sense their presence and looked up. Her eyes, which were usually full of spirit, now looked a little dim. She saw Zijing and Theresa and forced a smile, but that smile was filled with sadness that was difficult to conceal.

"Cecilia, are you okay?" Theresa asked with concern, placed the plate on the table opposite Cecilia, and sat down.

"..."

Cecilia shook her head. She actually wanted to talk a lot to her good friend and sister, but since Amethyst was also present, she chose to remain silent.

"...You guys can chat. I also saw someone familiar. See you later."

Zijing thought about it, and then raised her butt that was about to sit down. After saying this, she went to another dining table not far away and shared the table with two strange Valkyries who looked confused.

"Cecilia..."

Theresa was no longer a child who knew nothing. In the past four years, she had grown a lot in all aspects except her body. Therefore, she understood that Amethyst was leaving a separate space for the two of them.

"Theresa, I... have someone I like..."

Cecilia spoke, and only the two of them could hear.

"..."

Theresa was surprised, but did not respond for the time being, because she guessed that the current situation of the two might not be very good, otherwise Cecilia would not have shown such an expression.

"We separated..."

As expected, Cecilia's voice was low and trembling, "He stayed outside, and I came back here..."

"Is it that person's own idea, or... is grandpa trying to stop him?" Theresa asked cautiously.

"..."

Cecilia looked at her, and her eyes revealed the answer.

"...I understand. I will ask Grandpa for mercy later, if possible...No, I will do my best to help you bring that person in." Theresa said seriously. She knew that Cecilia could not go out normally, so the only way was to bring her into Tianming.