Volume 4, Chapter 39 – So That’s How It Is

Under Xiaomengyao and Xiaobingxue’s gaze, Lucifa dove into Tianyin’s arms as if she were snuggling up to her big sister.

“Big sis, big sis~”

She even spoke in that kind of almost-whiny, spoiled tone.

“Mm… you just got here, don’t you want to rest a bit?”

Although she still felt pretty anxious inside, Lucifa was right in front of her now, so Tianyin was not in such a rush anymore.

“N-No need… Muu… big sis, don’t you… want to save that person?”

It was only now that Lucifa noticed the two lolis at the side calmly watching this scene, and her voice suddenly turned nervous.

“You two… Lucifa is my little sister too, can you be a bit nicer…?”

Tianyin felt a little helpless.

“We didn’t do anything, we’re just looking to see what Master’s little sister looks like~ right, Xiaobingxue?”

Xiaomengyao smiled as she spoke, and after finishing she did not forget to cue Xiaobingxue beside her.

“Mm~ little sister, very cute.”

Xiaobingxue really was Xiaobingxue, her words short and clear yet hitting the core.

“Uuu… T-Thank you…”

Lucifa shyly hid behind Tianyin, her small hands tightly clutching Tianyin’s clothes as she replied to Xiaobingxue’s praise in an extremely nervous tone.

“Ah… No need to thank me~ you’re Master’s little sister after all, and you really are super cute~”

Although Xiaomengyao did not like the fact that Tianyin had taken a little sister, when it came to Lucifa herself, her attitude in speech was surprisingly gentle.

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“Thank you…”

They were all cute lolis, so under this suddenly harmonious atmosphere, the situation became particularly delicate.

“…See, isn’t this better now, honestly. Lucifa, since you already want to help me save Sister Yeluo, I’ll take you over right away~”

She had been pretty tense at first, but after seeing that Xiaomengyao and Xiaobingxue’s attitude was not bad, Tianyin finally relaxed.

“Mm… yeah, when it comes to big sis… I’ll definitely help!”

Lucifa cutely pumped herself up, her little face wearing an adorably serious expression.

After Tianyin left with Lucifa, Xiaomengyao and Xiaobingxue, who remained behind, exchanged a glance.

“Formidable enemy.”

That was the deadpan loli’s serious voice.

“Totally a formidable enemy!”

That was the black-haired loli’s voice, speaking in a tone full of indignation.

Meanwhile, over on the other side.

「Mm, a formidable enemy~」

Walking down the corridor with Lucifa, Tianyin heard Samael’s soft sigh inside her mind.

『What is it, Samael? Did something happen? What formidable enemy?』

「It’s nothing, I’m just sighing a little… but are you really sure Lucifa can bring Yeluo’s life back?」

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Samael’s sudden question made Tianyin pause for a moment.

Out of trust in the System, Tianyin still nodded with strong conviction.

『Mm… since Lucifa is Pride, she should be able to save Sister Yeluo’s life, right?』

「So in other words… Xiaoyin, you’re actually not that confident yourself, are you?」

『Me…?』

Tianyin fell silent.

Thinking about it carefully, all along… The idea of going to find Lucifa was, to put it bluntly, just a suggestion from the System.

However… According to what the System had told her, in this world only Lucifa, as Pride, could save Yeluo.

That one point could not be wrong.

“Big sis, big sis… what’s wrong…”

Sensing something off about Tianyin, Lucifa looked at her with a worried face.

“It’s nothing, Lucifa, we’re almost there… that Sister Yeluo who needs you to save her… is in the room up ahead~”

“Mm mm… I’ll do my best!”

Lucifa’s expression was utterly serious.

Smiling, Tianyin led Lucifa to the door of the room that had been specially prepared for Yeluo, then took a deep breath.

Scenes from the time she had first met Yeluo surfaced in her mind, and right now, to Tianyin, everything that had happened back then felt as if it had taken place just yesterday.

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“Hey, hey… Sister Yeluo, I brought Lucifa who can save you, we’re here to save you~”

She pushed open the door, and what met her eyes was the cat-eared girl quietly sleeping on the bed.

The girl had delicate features and a cute face, but her eyes were tightly shut, and her fluffy cat ears drooped lifelessly.

“This is… Sister Yeluo? S-So pretty… big sis.”

“Mm-hm… she’s pretty, right… but Sister Yeluo sacrificed herself to save me, so she ended up like this because of me. That means I have both the duty and the responsibility to find a way to save her.”

As she said this, Tianyin looked at Lucifa with an apologetic gaze.

“Lucifa… I can’t save Sister Yeluo on my own, so I came to find you and hoped you could save her… so in this regard, I did also have the thought of using you… for that, I need to apologize to you… sorry.”

Tianyin was telling the truth.

After all, before this, Tianyin had only been thinking of treating Lucifa as a tool to bring Yeluo’s life back.

But… after meeting Lucifa, that way of thinking changed.

To be precise, it was after seeing Lucifa’s pure and adorable personality that she felt ashamed of how she had only thought of making Lucifa into a tool.

And after Lucifa came to depend on her so deeply… Tianyin truly began to treat Lucifa as one of the people important to her.

In truth, Tianyin’s attitude toward people was very straightforward.

If you treat me with genuine sincerity, I will definitely not betray that sincerity.

Yeah… she was talking about friendship. Feelings between the opposite sex could be put aside for now, since Tianyin did not like boys.

“It’s okay.”

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In response to Tianyin’s apology, Lucifa only smiled and shook her head.

“Big sis… do you know, last night, the night you held me as we slept… was the most peaceful sleep I’ve had in these hundreds of thousands of years…”

Unusually, Lucifa spoke without the slightest pause.

Not only that.

The look in the girl’s eyes right now was unbelievably serious.

“Back then… the feeling you gave me, big sis… was just like when I was little, being held in my mother’s arms… so, so I selfishly wanted you, Tianyin, to be my big sister… because the feeling you give me is like my mom is still here by my side, keeping me company…”

So that was how it was.

Tianyin started to understand.

No wonder she had not been able to figure out why Lucifa had suddenly become so clingy. If Lucifa had not said it herself, Tianyin would never have known what the real reason was.

“Your mom… Lucifa, your mom?”

“She was gone already hundreds of thousands of years ago~”

Even though she looked like the type who would burst into tears at the slightest thing, at this moment the girl gave off an unexpectedly strong impression.

“Alright~ big sis, I’m going to start saving Sister Yeluo now~”

Lucifa smiled at Tianyin, then walked over to Yeluo’s bedside.

At the same time, the power belonging to Pride began, from that very moment, to reveal itself before Tianyin’s eyes.