The conversation ended.
Shaya closed the Light Screen, leaned back, and lay down among the white flowers.
She stared blankly at a shifting patch of light and shadow on the church ceiling.
"How strange... why did it turn out like this? I thought I was supposed to help him, but in the end, I didn't help at all... and now he's done me another favor... Tina, am I really useless?"
Tina, who was driving the train in a race against other vehicles, turned her head and blinked.
"You're amazing, Sister Nun. Big Brother just gets stronger too quickly, that's all. When Tina first met Big Brother, his train level was really, really low~"
"It isn't high now, either, but he's progressing so quickly. Still, he shouldn't have reached level thirty yet."
"Mm~ when Tina last saw Big Brother, he was probably somewhere in the twenties~"
"In the twenties..."
Shaya felt her consciousness growing muddled.
"Come to think of it, Tina, how long did it take me to get my train to level 30 back then? Why... can't I remember?"
Gaps kept appearing in her memory, and after she left the low-level platform world that had sealed her, those gaps had actually begun appearing faster.
Sometimes, she could not even remember how many years she had spent sealed away.
"Mm, a year and a half? I think that was how long. Sister Nun was the fastest Train Conductor to reach level thirty without accepting any gifts~"
"Me? I don't remember that at all."
"Hehe, it's okay. Tina will remember for you, Sister Nun. Oh, right, right! For your level-sixty upgrade options, once we conquer this trial world, we'll definitely have enough Train Coins. Don't forget to buy them. You've never passed up a single upgrade option."
Shaya was a little bewildered.