Thank You, Rita

"As it turns out, A'yu, I really didn't expect that you would not choose to return to this place for the past two years."

Hearing Rita interrupt his question, Lin Yu already knew the answer in his heart.

During these two months, Rita may have been regularly coming to help Lin Yu clean his home in Shenzhou.

As for the reasons...

Perhaps the older sister, who dotes on her younger brother, didn't want him to see a dilapidated place when he returned to his original home.

Having received the answer, Lin Yu and Rita, whose heart was filled with mixed emotions, both fell silent at the same time.

The two had a lot to say to their loved ones, but the time was clearly not right now.

Lin Yu remained silent, looking at everything inside the house, and felt that lingering sense of nostalgia he had felt in his own consciousness space before, striking him once again.

Even though so much time has passed, just by looking at the furniture in the house, Lin Yu can recall every little detail of his past with his parents.

The new color TV that my parents bought two years ago is still as brand new as when they first bought it, even after more than two years.

The small refrigerator that the three of them were discussing replacing was still incredibly dilapidated, just like it had been a few years ago.

Previously, my parents always complained that the range hood was hard to clean, but this time it gave them a completely new feeling.

After all, Lin Yu only now realized that his sister was not only Schicksal S-rank Valkyrie, but also an all-around maid.

In terms of housework, her abilities certainly far surpass those of ordinary people in Shenzhou.

Even though nothing much has changed, Lin Yu felt that the sadness in his heart was being amplified by everything he saw.

There was nothing that could be done; the owner of the house had died at the hands of the Honkai since that day.

As the heir to his parents' property, Lin Yu chose to numb himself with training and dared not return to this home, so naturally he could not add much trace of time to these furniture pieces.

After opening the door to his parents' room, Lin Yu looked at the family photo hanging on the wall and suddenly stopped in his tracks.

The photo on the wall is a wedding anniversary photo of his parents before Lin Yu was born.

In Lin Yu's eyes, his parents in the photo looked genuinely happy.

However, that's not enough.

After gently shaking his head, Lin Yu walked to a cabinet in his parents' room, opened one of the drawers, and took out a photo album.

In this photo album, every little detail of Lin Yu's family of three over the past ten years has been recorded by his parents with their camera.

As Lin Yu gently flipped through the photo album, the memories he had forcibly suppressed in his mind almost completely engulfed Lin Yu consciousness.

The happier the past memories documented in these albums, the greater the hurt they cause Lin Yu at this moment.

Rita, who was watching all this from the doorway, wanted to go to Lin Yu, but she forced herself to suppress her thoughts.

Because she knew that Lin Yu, who was currently immersed in the past, definitely didn't want to be disturbed by anyone else.

Even if the person disturbing him is Rita, his adoptive sister, it's absolutely unacceptable.

Lin Yu, who was constantly flipping through the photo album, finally turned to the last page.

Without realizing it, Lin Yu closed the photo album and found herself embarrassingly shedding tears.

Sure enough, in the end, I was still just a good-for-nothing brat.

I initially thought I could pull myself together and face all of this, which I should have faced long ago, but now, I've finally realized one thing...

I have no desire to fight against the Honkai, nor do I want to be a hero burdened with heavy responsibilities.

Originally an orphan, all I ever wanted was to live a happy life with my parents, without any grand ambitions.

If one could live like an ordinary person, who would want to force themselves to become a vengeful ghost born for revenge?

But now, the wish to live with my parents has become an unattainable dream.

What happened to me is still happening to other people right now.

Lamentations and sorrow, tears and wounds...

These things that can't kill me will only become my fighting power!

The moment Lin Yu put the photo album back in the drawer, he suddenly felt a soft touch on his back.

"A'yu, I didn't mean to bother you."

"But now, rather than continuing to let you continue like this, I think we should..."

At this moment, Lin Yu, who was being hugged from behind by Rita, wiped away his tears with the back of his hand and struggled out of Rita's embrace.

Turning to look at the girl in front of him, Lin Yu unsurprisingly saw a worried expression on his sworn sister's face.

"Sister, don't worry, I'm fine."

"Yeah..."

Looking at her sworn brother, whose expression had now returned to calm, Rita felt that Lin Yu was radiating a dangerous aura.

This so-called sense of danger doesn't mean that Rita feels Lin Yu might suddenly go berserk and attack her or others.

Unlike others who didn't need to worry, Rita was extremely worried that her adopted brother might do something too extreme because he had actively provoked her emotions.

"Yes, of course I'll be fine."

After uttering those words softly, Lin Yu murmured to himself as if talking to himself.

"Although I didn't initially intend to become a warrior against the Honkai, now that I'm on this path, I will definitely continue to move forward and do what I should do."

"I do feel pain because of the passing of my Dad and Mom, but... the pain I feel is just what other people in the world who are suffering from Honkai are also enduring."

"I cannot die, nor will I die, before I achieve my goal, so..."

Before Lin Yu finished speaking, he suddenly felt a soft touch on his lips.

Lost in thought, Lin Yu looked at his sworn sister and suddenly didn't know what to say.

After their lips parted, Rita gazed at Lin Yu and spoke softly to him.

"A'yu, you... are really too tired."

"I was hoping you could open up to those girls and calm down a bit, but... you just can't let go of these things so easily."

"Defeating the Honkai is certainly important, but I still hope that at the moment of defeating the Honkai, my brother can still be by everyone's side like a human being."

If they can't alleviate your inner pain, then...

After gently pushing Lin Yu down onto the bed, Rita once again completed the vow kiss with the man in front of her.

"Don't forget, no matter what, we will always be family."

"Let go of all your worries, your sister will let you relax."

Meanwhile, the Schicksal Headquarters

Inside the Schicksal Headquarters, Kiana put down her communicator and suddenly let out a helpless sigh.

"Sigh, senior is busy again today."

"If possible, I really hope he can rest for a few days."

Bianca, who was walking beside Kiana, listened to Kiana's complaints and said helplessly to her sister.

"But you know that's impossible, right?"

"Yes."

After saying this helplessly, Kiana, who had already gotten used to being with her family, suddenly looked up at her sister beside her.

"Sis, has your senior maintained this state all these years?"

"Hmm, more or less."

Looking back on the time she has spent with Lin Yu, Bianca's helplessness still lingers.

"Before the Third Honkai Outbreak, everyone in the organization thought I was the one who worked the hardest."

"But in reality, judging solely from training time, Lin Yu, who is not qualified to carry out the mission, has probably had much more training time than me."

"Oh, is that so?"

Kiana asked, puzzled, after hearing her sister's words.

"If he's working so hard, why... does it seem like nobody in the organization knows about it?"

"Ah, about that..."

After listening to her sister's question, Bianca thought for a moment and then told Kiana the truth.

"Actually, Rita asked Senior Ghost to help cover up this information."

"Although there are many people working hard within the Schicksal, if someone works so hard that everyone knows about it, then he will naturally attract more attention."

"Lin Yu, who had already worked very hard, had his physical data secretly altered by Rita, and was not selected for the combat unit. So he tried to use this method to attract the attention of his superiors and let others know that 'Lin Yu' was capable."

"But even I couldn't hide his little scheme from him. Rita naturally guessed what Lin Yu was thinking after he had been working on it for a while, so..."

"So, Miss Rita covered this up so that her senior could fight in a safer place?"

"Yes, but there's an old Shenzhou saying: gold will always shine."

Bianca said with deep emotion as she recalled Lin Yu's experiences over the past few days.

"Lin Yu worked hard for more than a year and finally proved himself in Changkong City."

"In the past six months, he has rapidly grown from an ordinary Schicksal agent into a warrior who can defeat Otto and Kevin. The solid foundation he laid for himself beforehand deserves much credit."

Listening to the information her sister told her, Kiana felt nothing but heartache for Lin Yu.

Since meeting Kiana in Changkong City, Lin Yu has smiled at times.

But now that I think about it, Lin Yu's smiles can be categorized into several types.

A sneer mocking the enemy, a businesslike smile when facing comrades and colleagues, a fake smile when lying, a special smile to appease comrades or to put on a pretense, and an apologetic smile that only appears when feeling guilty.

But among all those smiles, Kiana felt that she didn't see Lin Yu's genuine, carefree laughter.

Now that she has gradually come to understand the person she admires, Kiana really feels that Lin Yu is being a bit too forceful with her.

Even now, when Kiana recalls these past events, she truly feels that Lin Yu may not have felt much joy when he made love to her. Instead, it was more like he was doing some kind of work, mechanically completing certain tasks to help Kiana soothe her emotions as she was on the verge of collapse.

Not only her, but perhaps Lin Yu also had similar thoughts when facing other people.

As for why Kiana suddenly had this thought, it's mainly because...

—In the past two months, Lin Yu has hardly ever contacted her on his own initiative.

In Kiana's eyes, Lin Yu now seems less like a teenage boy and more like a tool mechanically working toward a certain goal.

They said something like, "Become mine," and then left the person standing there.

This kind of guy, this kind of guy...

—Seriously, it's awful.

Chapter 330. Thank you, Rita.

Although she inevitably harbored resentment towards Lin Yu, Kiana was not so angry as to actually feel that way.

Today, she is no longer as obsessed as before.

But even now, she still feels that she must bear the sins that Sirin committed.

Regardless of what others think, say, or do, Kiana now feels that she is Sirin.

Because I died once, everything in the past is wiped clean?

She didn't think that using this excuse to escape was something she should do.

Even after learning this information, Lin Yu still chose to forgive her, a sinner, with a warm heart. So now...

How could Kiana bear to disturb him while he was still busy?

As for the thoughts of 'I want to have my senior all to myself' that I had before I knew my own background, they have now vanished.

In the past two months, Kiana, Mei, Fu Hua, Anna have all confronted each other about their true identities.