Will I Even Be Able to Show My Face After This?

"As for how Izuku Midoriya and the others will grow, that's their own business."

"You should trust them. They are all excellent students and will definitely grow into heroes as outstanding as you."

After Yuxian finished speaking, he sat there quietly without disturbing All Might's thoughts.

He had told All Might everything he could think of, and how All Might would decide next was up to him.

His body was in very bad shape. After passing on 'One for All' to Izuku Midoriya, his strength declined further and further. Only he himself knew how long he could hold on.

However, Yuxian believed that as long as he didn't act rashly, he should be able to hold out for a long time.

"Thank you, I know what to do." After a long period of contemplation, All Might looked up and smiled at Yuxian to express his gratitude.

He understood the meaning behind Yuxian and knew that doing so was the best choice.

Whether he can do it or not depends on himself; his personality makes it difficult for him to see someone doing evil without taking action.

This is also the most important reason why his strength declined sharply after he was injured.

In fact, he had been pushing himself all along, and his body could no longer support such frequent battles.

It's not just a matter of declining strength; his life has also been depleted by overexertion, like a candle flickering in the wind, ready to be extinguished at any moment.

Yuxian comforted him, "Actually, you don't need to worry too much. These students are more outstanding than you think, and they will definitely become true heroes soon."

"Moreover, how could the legacy of heroes be broken so easily? There will always be new heroes who stand up and become the pillars of the people."

"You don't need to burden yourself too much. The 'all for one' mentality is gone. There's nothing you absolutely have to do. Leave the opportunities to others."

After a deep conversation with Yu Yuxian, All Might took his leave.

Whether he would do as Yuxian suggested, Yuxian didn't know, but Yuxian hoped that All Might wouldn't fall so quickly, as the world still needed him.

After All Might left, Mash came over. She hadn't come over to interrupt Yuxian and All Might's conversation.

Mash asked, "Mr. All Might, what brings you here, Senpai?"

Yuxian sighed and said, "All Might is getting anxious. His body is probably about to give out."

"Yes, it's obvious he's been forcing himself." Mash nodded. Anyone who has been in close contact with All Might could tell he was in terrible shape.

"There's just one thing I don't quite understand," Yuxian said, voicing his doubts. "Why did All Might come to me to talk about these things?"

Mash blinked and looked at Yuxian, saying, "Senior has always been so confident and calm in the face of adversity, that's probably why."

Yuxian hearing Mash's words, Yu Xian thought to himself: Are you sure this isn't a roundabout way of saying I'm a lazy bum?

But whatever, Yuxian won't dwell on these things. There's nothing wrong with being a salted fish.

I'm a salted fish, and I'm proud of it.

"By the way, where did the children go? I haven't seen them." Yuxian stopped dwelling on the topic and, noticing that the children weren't home, asked Mash.

Mash replied, "They went to Miss Ishtar's office."

"What's so fun about working at a firm?" Yuxian shook his head; he still didn't understand what the children found enjoyable.

"Could it be that Ishtar wants to make them do hard labor?" Yuxian asked, frowning, then dismissed the idea himself. "Probably not. No matter how unreliable Ishtar is, she wouldn't set her sights on children."

Yuxian was confident about this; Ishtar would always have designs on Yuxian, but she wasn't someone without a sense of propriety.

The proud goddess would never stoop to trying to take advantage of children.

"The kids asked to come to the agency to play." Mash's words confirmed Yuxian's thoughts once again.

This puzzled him even more, as the children hadn't expected to ask to go play in Ishtar.

Yuxian looked at Mash with an inquiring gaze and asked, "Do you know which little guy suggested it?"

There's a lot to it here. If it was suggested by Illya or Little Jeanne, then they probably wanted to visit or experience something new.

However, if it was Gretel or Kuro who brought it up, it's hard to say whether there were other motives involved. These two are quite capable of causing trouble, and they can surprise you if you're not careful.

Abby and Jack would definitely not be advocates; one is introverted and the other is simple-minded, without many ulterior motives.

"I don't know. It seems they had already discussed it beforehand; it wasn't a last-minute decision." Mash shook her head. She didn't know whose idea it was, nor did she ask them.

Yuxian slapped his forehead. He had a terrible premonition that these kids were definitely up to something.

If these little ones made the decision on the spur of the moment, that would be fine, but they had planned it all along and hadn't told Yuxian yet, so they were definitely intentionally avoiding him.

Hopefully, things won't get out of control.

Yuxian observed a moment of silence for Ishtar.

Section 141, Chapter Twenty-Five: Can I still be a human being?

"Kuro, don't worry, we'll definitely help you this time!"

"Yes, yes, don't worry. There are so many of us. Even a goddess can't be unreasonable."

"The argument we had last time is over, and we're friends now."

"Thank you everyone. I have reflected on what happened last time. From now on, we are partners on the same side!"

Kuro was overjoyed by his friends' enthusiastic words.

This time, she was just venting to her friends about Ishtar's unpaid wages.

Everyone quickly volunteered to help him get his unpaid wages, which moved her to tears and warmed her heart.

They had just had a fight, yet they were so eager to help me.

Kuro secretly resolved that he must get along well with everyone from now on and become very, very good friends.

Abigail followed behind the others, remaining silent. When she heard that they were coming to help Kuro get his wages back, she naturally followed along.

But she felt this wasn't right, and Abigail said softly, "Is it really okay for us to come here secretly without telling our Master?"

"Master is so busy, how can we trouble him for such a small matter?"

This Gretel is blatant lying; everyone knows perfectly well whether Yuxian is busy or not.

She's just making excuses.

Little Jeanne chimed in, "This is a difficult matter for Master, after all, we are all Chaldea people, Master can't always favor us. We should think about Master's feelings."

She was quite thoughtful, taking Yuxian's situation into account as well.

However, isn't there something slightly wrong with her perspective?

When Abigail saw that everyone was saying the same thing, she stopped insisting. She wasn't a very opinionated child to begin with.

As long as she's with everyone, she's happy, and she doesn't care about anything else.

"Let's go, we're almost there, let's hurry over."

The group of six little girls then made their way to Ishtar's Goddess Agency.

Ishtar was in her office at the moment, resting her chin on her hand and tapping the table with her fingers out of sheer boredom.

The small firm had virtually no business, not to mention she had only moved in a few days ago.

Just as she was thinking about how to expand her business, six little girls filed into her office.

"What brings you here?" Ishtar asked curiously when she saw them. "I'm very busy here and don't have time to play with you."

"You're so empty you're practically rotting away!"

Kuro immediately exposed her lie. She knew very well that Ishtar's Goddess Agency never had many clients and was very free most of the time.

Ishtar was a little angry when her boast was exposed.

Can you blame her for the poor business performance? Without a decent hero, even a skilled cook can't make a meal without rice!

"Anyway, I don't have time to play with you. You should go back and find your Master, or Mash. They should be free."

Ishtar immediately ordered them to leave.

"We're not here to play around!" Kuro shouted.

"Yes! We're not here to play around; we're here today to talk to you about something."

Little Jeanne stepped forward and volunteered to be the negotiator.

"You need something from me?" Ishtar blinked, looking at the little ones in front of her, a little confused.

Little Jeanne said earnestly, "We're here today to help Kuro get his wages from you!"

"Huh?" Ishtar was completely dumbfounded. "Salary? What salary?"

"Don't play dumb. Kuro Hei has been working for you at the firm, and you haven't paid her yet!"

Little Jeanne Arc stated their demands righteously and firmly, awaiting Ishtar's reply.

"Stop fooling around, I have things to do, I don't have time to play your nonsense." Ishtar waved her hand, indicating that she wouldn't stoop to the level of you children.

Seeing Gretel stepped forward, slammed her hand on the table, and said sternly, "We're not making a scene, we're protesting against unscrupulous capitalists like you!"

"Yes, unscrupulous capitalists!"

"Pay wages! Wages must be settled today!"

"Otherwise, we won't leave!"

The other children started to join in the commotion, and the office became noisy.

Ishtar's face fell, she put on a fierce look, and said sternly, "If you keep making trouble, I'm going to get angry."

"We're not afraid of you getting angry, there are so many of us who aren't afraid of you!"

"Yes, I'm not afraid of you!"

Even goddesses can't be bullied!

"You're not ashamed to bully children!"

The children were all talking at once, Ishtar couldn't possibly out-argue so many of them by herself.

"Ah!!! -- I'm going crazy!"

Ishtar clutched her head and screamed hysterically, thoroughly annoyed by the children, her head buzzing.

"Give us the money and we'll leave right away!"

"Give me the money!" "Give me the money!" "Give me the money!"...

"I don't have any money!!!"

Ishtar lay back in her chair, adopting an attitude of "I don't have any money anyway, so whatever."

She remained expressionless, her eyes fixed on the ceiling, ignoring the children in the office—they couldn't do anything to her anyway.

Seeing Ishtar's attitude, the children gathered in a circle again, huddled together, and began to discuss.

They were talking softly.

Soon after, they finished their discussion and made a new decision: this time, Little Jeanne would still be the one to negotiate.

Little Jeanne said, "It doesn't matter if we don't have money, but you have to give us Maana."

Maana!!!

Ishtar was shocked that these children were so ambitious, setting their sights on her Ship Maana.

"We're not trying to take your Maana for ourselves, but you have to lend her to us for a few days as payment for our debt."

Little Jeanne finally revealed their ultimate goal.

Actually, they had been eyeing Maana of Ishtar for a long time; they had been coveting such a wonderful thing for a long time.

With Maana, they can travel and play all over the world and return home quickly without worrying their Master.

"No, no!" Ishtar shook her head rapidly, rejecting their request without a second thought.

Maana was her ark of hope; she never even considered lending Maana to someone else. It was only thanks to these children that she came up with such a thing.

"This won't work! That won't work! So what do you want?"

Ishtar's attitude displeased the children, and they began to collectively pressure her to resign.

"If you don't give us an answer today, we'll spread the word throughout the entire Chaldea that you owe us money!"