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"But what Flandre hates most, after all, is seeing Big Sister get hurt..."
Those words, spoken in a crisp voice, filled Remilia's scarlet eyes with emotion and guilt. They also left Sakuya, Patchouli, Hong Meiling, and the others silent.
In the past, everyone here had treated Flandre as a crazy little girl. Though they cared about her deeply, they had never truly considered things from Flandre's perspective or tried to understand what she herself wanted.
Only now did Remilia, Sakuya, Patchouli, Hong Meiling, and the others realize that it was not that Flandre had no thoughts of her own. They had simply assumed she did not.
Now, a single sentence from Flandre had stirred extremely complicated emotions in all their hearts.
After all, those words alone made it clear what kind of place Remilia held in Flandre's heart.
It was also because of those words that Remilia released Gungnir, allowing it to dissolve into scarlet particles and gradually fade away.
Seeing this, Wu Yan raised an eyebrow.
"What? Not fighting anymore? Planning to give up?..."
Three questions came out in a row, yet instead of provoking Remilia, they only brought a bitter smile to her face.
"How could I give up..."
"Then what does it mean for you to stop?..." This time, Wu Yan fixed his gaze on Remilia.
"Weren't you going to defeat me and take Flandre back?..."
"But Flandre said..." Remilia looked toward Flandre, who stood on the ground, and the bitterness on her face deepened.
"She doesn't want to see us fight..."
In other words, although Remilia did not want to give up, she could only do so for Flandre's sake!
This was the choice Remilia, who had never respected Flandre's wishes before,