Shokuhou Misaki slowly opened her eyes.
The hand holding the remote gradually dropped.
Shokuhou Misaki stared blankly at the street scene of the Seventh District that entered her sight, then at Fang Li, who carried her on his back and walked forward in silence.
"Sigh..."
After a long while, Shokuhou Misaki let out a sigh.
"What is it?" Fang Li did not stop walking, merely asking with a frown, "Still haven't gotten over it?"
Yet upon hearing the irritation in Fang Li's voice, Shokuhou Misaki could not help but laugh.
That made Fang Li's frown deepen further.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Fang Li asked bluntly. "Sighing one moment and laughing the next—don't tell me you really got so traumatized that you went crazy? Academy City's strongest Mental Ability User going insane over something like this would probably get you laughed at by everyone."
"Could you at least watch your mouth a little and show some gentlemanly consideration for a lady?" Shokuhou Misaki first complained irritably, then smiled again. "I sighed because I thought my past self was stupid, but I laughed because I felt I should be glad I had this experience."
At the very least, if Shokuhou Misaki told anyone that she had once suffered amnesia because she had reset her own brain with her ability, eight out of ten people would probably laugh at her for being an idiot.
Even Shokuhou Misaki felt that her former self had been a fool with her stupidity cranked all the way up. Acting on impulse and doing something like that would probably become a lifelong embarrassment.
Yet at the same time, Shokuhou Misaki truly was glad she had gone through it.
Because...
"If it hadn't happened, I wouldn't have met someone I could truly open my heart to..."