After walking around the area, Himeko suddenly spotted something purple on the ground to the side. Without thinking much of it, she walked over.
Crouching down, Himeko picked up the object from the ground. It looked like fragments of purple glass, shattered into tiny pieces.
"This is... residual low-level Honkai energy."
Looking at the substance on her finger, Himeko suddenly thought of something.
This must have been left behind because of Sirin, right?
"I don't know why, but I keep feeling like a ghost is going to jump out from somewhere at any moment."
As Himeko examined the residual Honkai energy in her hand, Theresa's familiar voice reached her ears. Himeko looked toward the entrance and saw Theresa walking in with Patrick.
Himeko was not surprised, since she had known they would follow.
Still, seeing Theresa nervously looking around was rather amusing. She was such an adult, yet she was still so afraid of ghosts.
"Um... have you found anything?"
Theresa, who had entered the reactor area, nervously scanned her surroundings. When she saw Himeko, she asked curiously.
"Oh, right, we still don't know your names. I'm Theresa, an S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal. This is Patrick."
"Pfft—an S-rank Valkyrie? Are all of Schicksal's S-rank Valkyries as timid as you?"
"Of... of course not."
At Himeko's words, Theresa could not hold herself back any longer. Just as she was about to say something else, a voice suddenly came from below...
"Help... help us."
"Is anyone there? Please, come save us."
The sudden voice startled Theresa badly.
"G-Ghosts! The ghosts are coming out!!!"
In an instant, the powerful "S-rank Valkyrie" Theresa hugged her little head with both hands, crouched on the ground, and trembled.
She looked... small, frightened, and helpless!
"N-No, it's not a ghost. That is... a human girl crying for