What Do You Call It Again-Oh Right, Butterflies in Your Stomach!

After handing the tissues on the table to Yuno, Lin Yu said to Yuno calmly.

"You may have developed this apologetic personality in the past because of being bullied at school, but now, as the Valkyrie of the St. Freya Academy, you should be a little more confident—no one here dares to bully you, so relax."

"Yes..."

After wiping the table clean with tissues, Yuno looked at Lin Yu with a hint of anticipation in her eyes.

"Well, what Bishop Otto said was correct, but that topic was too vague."

"As warriors of Schicksal, we should indeed fight against the Honkai and help others, but there is a problem with Bishop Otto's actions."

Upon hearing this, Yuno immediately asked without thinking.

"What's the problem? Didn't the bishop explain it perfectly well?"

"His words of encouragement were fine, but... the bishop is very busy and cannot guide us all the time."

Having already come up with a plan, Lin Yu then switched to his "rambling mode" and began to speak eloquently under Yuno's slightly admiring gaze.

"We cannot always expect the bishop to guide us. As a mature warrior—"

"But... I've only just become Valkyrie..."

"—Then you'll mature sooner or later."

Seeing that Yuno still lacked confidence, Lin Yu continued to speak to Yuno.

"I know you're still feeling insecure and confused right now, but you need to pull yourself together."

"Or to put it more bluntly—if you feel like you're a person burdened with a great sin, you should be even more vigilant."

"If you feel you have committed a great sin, then you should try to atone for it. Hiding away and wallowing in self-pity will do no good for yourself or the world."

"As for what you should do now, it's actually quite simple—first, you need to accept your identity as Herrscher."

At this point, Lin Yu picked up his teacup, took a sip of milk tea, and spoke in a slightly gentler tone.

"It's true that Herrscher are apostles of Honkai, but in the end—we Schicksal warriors are all warriors who fight using Honkai Energy and Stigmata."

"Whether power can be good or evil is something I'm not a philosopher to figure out. But I do know very well that if the person who possesses power can help others, then that power is a good thing for that person."

"According to the rules of Schicksal, except in special circumstances, Valkyrie can only step onto the battlefield by first upgrading to B-Class. And I believe that with your abilities, upgrading to B-Class is not difficult. Now, you should move in that direction."

Seeing the growing anticipation in Yuno's eyes, Lin Yu pondered for a moment and decided to add fuel to the fire.

"In addition, you have another reason to keep working hard. Although I lied to you on some topics, other parts of what I said were true."

"The disaster in Changkong City was indeed caused by that woman named Cocolia. To put it bluntly..."

"—Your mother will die because of Cocolia's evil deeds."

"Mom..."

After softly uttering the word, Yuno felt the confusion and unease in her heart gradually disappear.

"Senior, what should I do?"

Ha, in the end it's still the same.

Seeing the hatred growing in Yuno's eyes, Lin Yu knew that he had still lured the girl into taking this step.

Yuno's unease and despair stem primarily from her insecurity about her own power, her fear of having her control over her body taken away, and her grief over killing her mother.

Therefore, Lin Yu now has to bring up some topics so that Yuno can formally acknowledge her current situation.

The unease about power and the fear of losing control of one's body can ultimately be gradually eliminated by tempering one's mindset.

However, Lin Yu couldn't make Yuno forget the grief of killing her mother in a short time.

Perhaps for others, Lin Yu could hope that they could slowly emerge from their grief.

However, the Herrscher is prone to emotional outbursts.

Therefore, rather than letting her torment herself with this despair and sorrow, leading her down a path of self-destruction only to have her body taken over again, Lin Yu's choice was...

"It's very simple. Cocolia can commit evil in Changkong City, it means that she may also trigger the Honkai in other places. In public, she is an enemy of our Schicksal... no, she can even be said to be an enemy of the world. In private, she is one of the culprits who killed your mother."

"Whether for you or for the world, letting this kind of person continue to roam free is not a good thing. So..."

"I will find a way to kill her, and in the process, I will need other people to assist me."

—Lead Yuno onto the 'evil path' of revenge, using 'killing Cocolia's as the starting point, to give her the motivation to continue living and taking action.

Turning someone into a vengeful ghost is certainly not a good thing.

But to be honest, Yuno right now needs a reason to distract her.

[Haha, brilliant. Drinking poison to quench thirst is certainly not a good thing, but it's better than dying of thirst directly.]

You can sense that Yuno, who was initially wary of you because of guilt and the fact that you deceived her, now completely trusts you.

Looking at the girl before you, her eyes shining brightly, you can't help but sigh—no matter which little girl it is, they're all so easy to fool.

That's enough, you know perfectly well.

Yes, you know perfectly well that this damn system knows you're in a bad mood, but it still has to keep nagging at this time.

But you understand one thing even better—often, lies and rhetoric are indeed 'necessities' for others.

... It's really annoying, but it's an undeniable fact.

The moment Lin Yu finished speaking to the system, he saw a character introduction template pop up.

[Name: Yuno (surname abandoned)]

[Identity: Your junior in Schicksal, Simulated Herrscher { Herrscher of Poison }.]

Current favorability rating: 35

[Note: Her trust in you surpasses that of everyone else, but you know very well that this trust has nothing to do with romantic love.]

Ha, still 35...

If you had spoken well a few days ago, your favorability rating would have skyrocketed to 70.

Oh, so what's the price?

Look at her name, and guess what the price will be?

... It's a very simple and easy-to-understand explanation.

"I understand now, I completely understand now."

At this moment, Yuno could feel a slight ache in her head, however...

Get back there!

The moment she sensed that the Herrscher Persona was about to awaken again, Yuno mind, instantly suppressed the Herrscher Persona with all her might.

"I will try my best to become stronger, senior. But there is one thing I cannot promise you."

At this moment, Yuno spoke to Lin Yu her own will for the first time, quite forcefully.

"Because..."

"Cocolia's life must be ended by my own hands!"

Chapter 87. What's this called again—oh right, butterflies in the stomach!

St. Freya Academy. Commercial Street

On the other side of the Commercial Street, Kiana and her two companions were selecting spare clothes in a shop.

Kiana originally intended to pick out several beautiful outfits.

Under normal circumstances, young girls do indeed love beauty.

But Bronya is still doubting herself because of the question Lin Yu asked her a few days ago.

Mei, because of what she had done, decided to work hard to improve herself.

With both of them preoccupied with their own thoughts, neither of them was really interested in Kiana's suggestion.

Kiana originally planned to take the two of them to buy a few more clothes, then meet up with Lin Yu and have a meal to let everyone relax a bit.

As a result, she doesn't know what happened between Lin Yu and Yuno, but the atmosphere on their side is... quite awkward right now.

If things continue like this, Kiana feels that there's no hope of 'letting the two of them relax' today.

Sigh, everyone has something on their mind.

But even with worries on my mind, life still goes on—I can't say that right now.

Mei's Dad's fate is unknown, and while we don't know Bronya's specific situation, she doesn't want to talk about it, and her personal situation isn't very good either.

Thinking about it this way, knowing that my stinky dad is still alive, I went on a shopping spree with the bank card that Bishop Otto gave me... It feels pretty heartless.

"That..."

Kiana, who was about to say something more, suddenly met Mei's eyes.

Then, seeing Kiana's hesitant expression, Mei chuckled and shook her head.

"Kiana, I know you're worried about me, but don't worry, I'm not that fragile."

"Moreover, I have obtained the information that Bishop Otto helped me investigate on Schicksal's side. Although I don't know how my Dad is doing now, the other branches of ME Company are still operating for the time being."

"Now that Cocolia has withdrawn from Changkong City, and ME Company's other branches are still operating normally despite the problems at the main headquarters... If you think about it a little, you can guess that this is probably Dad's doing."

"Hey, you're right."

Hearing Mei's explanation, Kiana immediately seized the opportunity to speak.

"To celebrate your Dad being completely safe, let's find a place to have a big meal today!"

"Um, Kiana... sister."

Upon hearing the name Cocolia, Bronya snapped out of her daze and whispered to Kiana.

Bronya thinks you'd better not do that.

"Hmm, why?"

"Because, no matter what... Yuno's mother just passed away."

After a slight pause, Bronya continued in a soft voice.

"If we celebrate now, Yuno- neechan won't be happy. And if we don't include her, it will seem like we're excluding her."

"... You're right."

Kiana, realizing this only then, sighed slightly and stopped talking about it.

Thinking back on it, I was sad for a long time after my dad left without saying goodbye.

Moreover, Yuno's Mom died right before her eyes because of her.

Putting myself in her shoes, if it were Miss Ben, then...

How could I possibly be thinking of celebrating at a time like this? What was I thinking?

Just as Kiana was feeling guilty about this thought, a voice suddenly reached everyone's ears.

"Bronya, thank you for thinking of me so much."

"But it's really okay."

In everyone's eyes, Yuno had just entered the clothing store, spoke very calmly to everyone.

"Whether it's celebrating for Mei's father's safety or for everyone's well-being, it's perfectly normal."

"I think if my Mom were still alive, she wouldn't want me to be frowning every day, but would want me to be happy every day."

At this moment, Yuno did not change her makeup.

However, both her tone of voice and her current demeanor were completely different from Yuno's just a few tens of minutes ago.

If Yuno was like a timid little animal in front of everyone before, then Yuno now resembles an elegant female leopard, giving others a sense of confidence mixed with a hint of danger.

As Yuno's classmate, Kiana felt that if Yuno had had this kind of temperament in the past, then those bad guys she talked about would never have dared to bully her.

How come she changed so much Yuno chatting with her senior for less than half an hour?