Himeko nodded again.
"All right."
"Oh, right. Give me that cross. You can't use it while holding it anyway."
Himeko looked at the Judas Cross in Sirin's hand. It would not have much effect in Sirin's hands.
"Here. I wasn't planning to keep it anyway."
Sirin did not refuse. She had intended to give it to Himeko from the start.
"Sirin is really cute."
Taking the palm-sized golden Judas, Himeko casually praised Sirin. This Judas was similar to the ones in Himeko's Inventory Space, but... it seemed to carry an aura unique to Theresa.
Thinking back on it, Judas really did spoil Theresa. It treated her even better than it had Kallen. In Kallen's hands, Judas was simply Judas, but in Theresa's hands... it could enter flight mode, demolition mode, anti-lost stroller mode, and even Valkyrie Judas mode, where it could go to work in Theresa's place when she did not want to.
After observing it for a while, Himeko looked at Sirin beside her. She needed to return this Judas to Theresa. Without Judas, Theresa was like a launcher without ammunition—unfinished, and no longer an S-rank Valkyrie.
Seeing the look in Himeko's eyes, Sirin immediately followed Himeko's intentions and returned to Theresa's side. Then... Sirin herself vanished, leaving only Himeko and Theresa.
At the same time, the Imaginary Hand restraining Theresa disappeared, and Theresa regained her freedom.
"Theresa, here... your Judas."
Himeko approached Theresa and handed her the palm-sized cross.
"...Thank you!"
Theresa looked at the Judas before her, then at Himeko... After hesitating for a moment, she took it and thanked her.
Although she still did not know who Himeko was, if Himeko had not spoken up to stop Sirin just now, she really would have been attacked by Sirin.
"Can we talk?"
Seeing Theresa accept Judas, Himeko