"How about it? After learning the story of our enemies, do you feel they are very pitiful and can't bear to take action?" Seeing Theresa's eyes almost swollen from crying, Shun wiped away her tears and asked teasingly.
"Not at all. I'm moved, but I'm not that easily swayed by emotions." After all, Theresa was someone who could say "sorry" while ruthlessly stabbing the spear into Sirin's chest. It was impossible for her to be overly saintly.
As a warrior, Theresa would not lack some basic qualities.
"However, rest assured. We came here to put an end to this cruel, endless, and insane cycle—not simply to kill them."
"Resolving the Herrscher of Corruption's resentment and allowing the Twelfth Divine Key, Jizo Mitama, to appear in the world would be a good thing for both us and them."
"Once the resentment is resolved and Higanbana disappears, Yae Sakura can continue living in the Stigmata space with the illusory Kallen here. As for Higanbana's benevolent side, Higanmaru, or rather Rin, whether she wants to stay here or go out with me to live with her real older sister in the Elysian Realm, I don't mind."
"Anyway, by then I would have resolved a hidden danger for civilization and added a treasure to the Elysian Realm. But the premise is to achieve that happy end outcome."
"I understand… So what should we do next?" Theresa asked.
"What to do? What else can we do? Sleep first. I'll keep watch for the first half of the night, and you keep watch for the second half." In this place, Shun definitely couldn't sleep peacefully, so the two taking turns keeping watch was the best option.
With that, Shun turned over, turning his back to Theresa. Earlier, it had been unavoidable to be so close while talking to Theresa. Honestly, it was too ambiguous.
"Ah, oh." Theresa opened her mouth but ultimately said nothing. She had no way to deal with Shun's firm rejection.
She could only obediently listen and also turned over, closing her eyes in hopes of having good energy tomorrow.
...
After a long while, Theresa turned over somewhat anxiously and poked Shun's back.
"What's wrong? Can't sleep?" Feeling something poking him from behind, he didn't need to think to know who it was.
"Shun, Shun… I need to go to the toilet…" Theresa said hesitantly.
"This…" Shun was also somewhat speechless that Theresa had poked him for this reason.
"Didn't you go to the toilet before sleeping?" Shun said somewhat helplessly.
"When I was chatting with Yae Sakura, she made tea for me. I couldn't possibly not drink it, right?" Theresa said as if it were only natural.
"Tsk, then remember this for the future. When I'm not by your side, don't drink anything others hand you." Shun thought to himself that Theresa really had a big heart. She drank things handed to her when he wasn't around. Was she really not afraid of sleeping pills being added?
Shun then got up and said: "Let's go. I can't let you go out alone in the dark, can I?"
"Oh…" Theresa agreed, got out of bed, grabbed the corner of Shun's clothes, and followed him out.
Actually, the darkness in cities was still somewhat visible thanks to light pollution. If you were in the countryside on a moonless night, you basically couldn't see anything. Fortunately, although tonight wasn't a full moon, there was still some faint moonlight allowing Shun to vaguely make out the road outside.
Feeling his way to the location of the toilet at Yae Shrine in his memory, Shun stopped.
"Alright, go in. If anything happens, remember to call out to me immediately."
Fortunately, nothing unexpected happened, and they returned to the room and lay quietly on the bed again. Presumably, tonight should end here, right?
After another good while, Theresa poked Shun's back again. "What now? You're not going to the toilet again, are you?"
"No, it's not that. I didn't drink that much water. How could I need to go again so soon?" Theresa hurriedly explained.
"Then what is it?"
"Well… it's still too early now. I can't sleep." Theresa said somewhat aggrievedly. She wasn't deliberately making trouble, but she had tried very hard to sleep yet couldn't no matter what. Although it might be because the person she liked was sleeping next to her, making her heart unable to calm down, ultimately, it was still a problem with her biological clock.
Shun was about to retort, "What time is it now? How could it be early?"
But after thinking again, it did seem quite early… When he and Theresa had turned off the lights, it was probably around 7:30. After talking for two or three hours about the stories, it was probably only around 9 or 10. Theresa had been lying in bed for a while, but it probably hadn't even been two hours.
That meant the current time hadn't even passed midnight yet?
"Normally at this time, I should still be reading Houmu comics…" Theresa said with some resentment.
Theresa was also someone who often stayed up late. For this reason, Otto always advised her to eat more vegetables and fruits besides bitter melon. This time was also the beginning of nightlife for Theresa.
Hearing Theresa's somewhat resentful words, Shun couldn't help but recall what he would be doing at this time… Mm, at this time, if there were no activities with Ana at night, he would probably be in an intense online session with his father-in-law. If there were activities with Ana…
It should be the stage after foreplay, with the real battle just beginning, the spear tip ignited, and the blazing lance charging, right?
Alright, it seemed he had wrongly blamed Theresa… This time was indeed a bit too early for both Theresa and Shun.
"What do you normally do at this time?" Theresa said, seemingly taking the initiative to start a topic.
"Mm… Are you sure you want to know?" Shun asked uncertainly. If he said it, it might be a heavy blow to Theresa.
"What can't I know? What are you saying?" Theresa's clear, foolish aura was displayed without reservation.
"Fine… Since you want to know, at this time, I'm usually doing what needs to be done with Ana."
"Doing… what needs to be done…" Theresa was stunned for a moment, then immediately reacted… The two of them doing what needs to be done… That meant they were…
Although she had never eaten pork, she had seen pigs run. She wasn't so clueless that she couldn't understand even after the words had reached this point.
Thus, Theresa's brain crashed on the spot. When she came back to her senses, she didn't dare to talk to Shun anymore. Come on, the conversation was already dead—what else was there to talk about?
Should she ask Shun for the details inside? That would be too much of a loser move…