As time passed, the Honkai Energy forcibly added by Yuna began to dissipate, and the vines’ rampage gradually weakened.
During this time, Theresa came out of the Oath of Judah several times to check, while Selia had been observing the situation on the playground from within the System Space.
Finally, after more than an hour, the vines on the playground stopped their wild spreading and attacking, instead collapsing limply onto the ground as if they had lost their support.
“It seems the residual Honkai Energy on these vines has finally dissipated.”
[Does the Host want to go out now?]
“Yeah, it’s time to wake Theresa up.”
With a shift in the scene before her eyes, Selia had been teleported by the System to the playground of Chiba Academy.
“Wow, this place went from an elite academy to a nature reserve in an instant.”
Selia poked the fallen vines on the ground; they showed no movement, and even the deadly poison they carried had vanished.
“As expected, the poison capable of taking down Theresa couldn’t possibly be inherent to the vines.
Ultimately, it was the characteristics of Yuna’s own Honkai Energy, just transmitted by attaching to the vines.”
“Once Yuna died, it naturally all dissipated.”
Looking around, Selia easily found the Oath of Judah standing tall on the playground.
This gleaming golden cross had not been affected by the vines’ rampage; it was brand new, bright, and stood as it had before.
Selia raised her hand and knocked on the outer shell of the cross: “Theresa, stop sleeping.
Time to wake up.”
A mechanical sound immediately came from inside the cross, and then the cross opened, with Theresa crawling out from within.
“You’re okay?
That’s great.” Seeing that Selia was safe and sound, and even had the presence of mind to come wake her up, Theresa breathed a sigh of relief.
As the School Director of St.
Freya Academy, she could tell at a glance that the girl was the type with some self-destructive tendencies.
Combined with her speculations about the girl’s situation, she had been worried this whole time about whether something might happen to her.
If Selia knew what Theresa was thinking right now, she would surely feel very aggrieved.
Self-destructive tendencies?
Treating life and death with indifference?
That was just a side effect of dying too many times in the System.
“Have these vines all lost their vitality?”
Immediately after, Theresa saw the scene on the playground, which looked like a primeval forest.
“Yeah, that’s right.
I tested it just now; even the poison attached to these vines is gone.
There won’t be any problems leaving them alone.”
“You tested it yourself?!” Theresa broke into a cold sweat in an instant and immediately scolded her: “What were you thinking?
Even I wouldn’t dare touch that kind of poison casually!”
“Don’t worry, it doesn’t matter to me.” Facing Theresa’s scolding, Selia just shook her head expressionlessly: “You must have many questions too.
Let’s find a place and talk slowly.”
Saying this, Selia began to walk off on her own.
“You…” Theresa opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but in the end, she said nothing and followed silently.
…
Ten-odd minutes later, led by Selia, the two arrived at a familiar rooftop.
That’s right, it was the Origin Heights.
Unfortunately, there were no wormholes or Finality craters yet.
“Does this count as a pilgrimage to a holy site?” Selia asked in her mind.
[I think the Host should wait until this place is fully formed before coming.]
“It’s fine, doesn’t matter.
System, remember to take a few photos.”
[Huh?
What do you want to do, Host?]
“After Mei commits domestic violence, I can take these photos and tease her.”
[Fine, fine.
I hope the Host won’t repeat Black Swan’s mistakes, confidently teasing Mei only to become a jailbird goose.]
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“Let’s do it here…”
Selia walked to the rooftop railing and looked at Theresa behind her.
“Do you want to ask first, or should I?”
“How about one question each?
I’ll ask you first.” Theresa pressed her throbbing temples: “After all, I am technically the person in charge of this area.
Investigating suspicious individuals should be considered part of my job.”
“Whatever, I don’t have much to ask anyway.” Selia shrugged.
“Then, first of all, who are you?
And why did you appear there when Yuna and I were fighting?”
“My name is Selia.” Selia answered without hesitation: “As for my identity…
a traveler, a wanderer, a fugitive—take it however you like.”
“As for the reason I appeared there…
I’m not too sure myself, because I didn’t intentionally set a landing point when I came to this world.
I think it’s probably because the Honkai Energy concentration is relatively high where you two were fighting.”
“Then it’s my turn.
Are you Theresa?
Although I know that similar people often exist in different worlds, regarding this, I still hope to get confirmation from you personally.”
“I am.
My name is Theresa Apocalypse.
Do you…
know me?”
“The one I know is perhaps not you…
I just wanted to confirm whether I helped the wrong person earlier.
Since you are Theresa, it doesn’t matter.”
It seems she had a very good relationship with the Theresa from her original world…
Theresa pursed her lips.
She wanted to comfort Selia, but didn’t know how to start.
Finally, Theresa sighed softly and continued asking: “How did you come to our world?
Even though the commotion when you were teleported over earlier was so great, why does your strength look so…
weak?”
“Because I am bound to and carrying a very powerful thing, hmm…
it might be somewhat similar in nature to your cross.
It’s something rare to the entire civilization.”
“It can take me through the barriers between worlds, but the effect is very unstable.
After using it this time, it might take a long time to recover.”
“As for my strength…
that’s not a big problem.
I expect it will recover quite a bit after a while.”
The System is indeed something rare to the entire civilization, and it did indeed bring me through time and space…
As for strength, when I get myself to elite 2, I’ll just say this is my original strength.
From some other world or Bubble Universe, and the situation in that world might not be very good.
Sustained serious injuries but can recover.
Has a certain ability to travel through the Sea of Quanta…
In Theresa’s mind, Selia’s image gradually took shape.
“Alright, it’s your turn to ask.”
“I don’t have anything else to ask.
If you can, just tell me about the situation in your world.” Selia said indifferently.
“If you have anything else you want to ask, feel free to ask.”
“Hmm…
where do you plan to go next?”
“I don’t have anywhere to go.
Just finding a place where I won’t starve is fine.”
“Eh, aren’t you planning to go home?
Your travel to our world seems to have been an accident, right?”
Theresa looked at Selia, feeling somewhat nervous.
Although this question might step on a landmine again, as the person in charge of the Far East Branch, she had to be responsible for the entire Far East region.
Figuring out the next goal of this visitor from another world was a necessary task for her.
“Home…” Selia revealed a somewhat lonely expression: “I might…
no longer have a home.”