That Doesn't Sound Like a Proper Word at All (Continued)

"Lord Ren Yu... it has been a full eight years since you left Rita without saying goodbye. Rita has gone from a somewhat young middle school student to the Schicksal Valkyrie she is today."

As she spoke, she suddenly lifted her head and looked at him with great seriousness. "And you... from beginning to end, you have not changed at all. You still look this young. Rita truly does not know whether she should feel fortunate or envious..."

Naturally, she felt fortunate that Ren Yu had not grown old, that there would be no melodramatic lifespan story of "when you were born, I had yet to be born; when I was born, you had already grown old."

Naturally, she was envious because Ren Yu's appearance had not changed in the slightest over all these years. He still looked exactly as he had in her childhood memories.

"Wait, middle school?"

Ren Yu keenly caught the information in Rita's words. "You mean, I had already met you when you were in middle school?"

He looked at the "coin" clutched in the girl's hand and probed uncertainly, "And it was then that I gave you the badge?"

"Yes, Lord Ren Yu... Back then, Rita said she wanted to protect her family from Honkai Beasts, so you... you smiled and asked Rita whether she wanted power. If she did, she would have to become your Exclusive Personal Maid, or something..."

Rita blushed all the way to her neck, her tone carrying a trace of grievance. "Of course Rita agreed... After that, Rita received the badge inheritance from you, Lord Ren Yu, but who would have thought that after that Honkai incident ended, you disappeared..."

"You vanished without a sound. You did not leave behind even the slightest thing, not a single word, and just