The sun, the beach, the swimsuit, what a fun summer trip... However, why is it a little lonely on the way home?

…

"Be careful." Zero makes a sound, alerting Poor to the branches ahead.

“…”

Bypassing the obstacles, looking pitifully at the quiet woods around him, and Zero, the only one who followed him at this time, he couldn't help but recall the scene in the hot spring before.

"I'm halfway up the mountain, and I'll be able to reach the top of the mountain soon, pitiful." Zero took the poor hand and said happily.

Strange, why is Zero so happy? Obviously, the others disappeared halfway through... Poor doesn't know what's going on, it was originally four people walking into the woods together, and when they noticed it, there was only zero left around.

"If you look closely, the woods are still beautiful at night, and the starry sky is beautiful today... Wretched? ”

"Huh? Well, yes, it's a beautiful view. Pity reacted and responded, "But probably because of being in the woods, it has a different cold than in summer." ”

"Isn't that great?" Zero took his poor hand and said as he walked, "It's rare to be able to dispel the summer heat, and this is a good place to take a slow walk after taking a bath." ”

"It's... Is that so? Feeling the temperature coming from Zero's hand, the scene in the hot spring sounded pitifully and unstoppably.

It's not a complicated thing anymore, it's just... The poor face was slightly red, and of course everyone was very happy to soak in the hot spring together, and they had never had a similar experience before.

"Let's rest here for a while, it seems to have been specially carved out as a resting place." Zero said this, and pulled Poor to sit down.

"It's—" Pitifully looked around... A small piece of platform that had obviously been cleared, as well as trimmed wooden stakes, seemed to be a place for rest.

Not only that, but after sitting down, I found that because the nearby trees had been tidied up, I was able to see the scene below without obstructing my vision.

Although it is not at the top of the mountain, you can already see the beautiful scenery halfway up the mountain.

"You must still be walking through the woods in the night, right?" Zero said, "I don't know, who will climb to the top of the mountain first?" ”

"Kana?" Pitifully thought: "Among us, she is the one with the best motor nerves and physical fitness..."

"Huh? Quite possibly..."Zero propped his chin on one hand, looking beautiful from the side.

“…”

"Ah, there are fireworks!" Zero suddenly shouted, pointing to poor behind.

"Huh?" Pitifully turned around, just in time to see who was setting off fireworks up and down, and he could see clearly halfway up the mountain.

"When we get back, we'll put some too, right?" Zero suggested, "It looks like it's going to be fun." ”

"Huh? Well. Poor sat on a stake and responded to Zero's words.

"Fireworks?" Pity thought to himself, "Like, it's going to be really good." ”

A smile appeared on the poor face, similar to the usual smile, but with a different feeling.

"Haha~" Zero, who was sitting on the side, suddenly laughed, and his eyes fell on the pitiful face.

"What, what's wrong?" Poor touching his face, is there anything wrong?

"I thought it was very beautiful to be pitiful early on." Zero said, "Especially just now, when I laughed, I was especially beautiful. ”

"Yes, yes?" The poor heart is a little messed up because of Zero's words... Obviously, everyone says so, and obviously they are used to being praised.

"It's so-so... Zero is very cute. ”

"Huh? Me? Zero pointed at himself.

"That's right," the pitiful gaze looked down, and the scene in the hot spring sounded, and his face was not only a little red... Not only is it cute, but it also has big breasts.

“…”

"Alright, let's move on!" Zero took the poor hand, and after enjoying the fireworks and resting for a while, he was ready to continue his march.

"Well, I wanted to ask from just now... Is Zero scared? Following behind Zero, feeling Zero's hand, he asked pitifully.

"Huh?" (Zero flickers visibly, turning slightly mechanically.)

"Pitiful, what do you say, how can you be afraid..."

Blink, sell cute... Useless.

"The reason why you are holding my hand and talking all the time is because Zero is scared, right?" "Although I don't know why I am afraid in a test of courage that is not dangerous at all..."

"I—" Zero lowered his head, because the poor had hit it partially.

"But, pity is also by my side..."

"I understand...", Pitifully stopped Zero's words, and said, "Because you want to make me happier and make the atmosphere better, I've been talking... Even if I respond very little. ”

"It's so clever to say... Sometimes it's like a stupid person, is it because he has been infected? Pitiful said in a very low voice, staggering his gaze.

"Let's go find Lie." Pity let go of his hand and continued, "Lie must be somewhere in the woods, right?" ”

"If Zero is scared, the one who should stay by his side the most at this time is Lie."

“…”

"Pathetic..."Zero looked pitiful in a daze.

"Alright, let's go." Pitifully urged: "Although I said so, if I had met it first, I wouldn't have told Zero..."

"Poor." With a smile on his face, Zero took a step back, took a deep breath, and said to Pitty, "I'm glad Pity was able to come with us... Well, goodbye. ”

“…”

Stepping on the leaves on the ground with your shoes, giving up your subordinates to your opponent, even if it's only once, it's quite a feeling of unwillingness... However, another emotion was also felt.

That's what Zero brings, and the emotion of wanting to make poor happy is also passed on to Poor ...

…

"Everyone seems to be having a great time."

Xi stood at the top of the mountain, looking out at the woods shrouded in night, as if she could see it.

"Huh?" Xi noticed that there was an unusual light flashing on the edge of the sky, and the world line was indeed changing.

I looked down at my dress, and I had very plump breasts... A helpless expression appeared on Xi's face.

"I thought I could get a grown body like Sister Zero, but it seems that only the boobs have grown... She definitely did it on purpose, right? ”

Xi muttered to herself, inadvertently revealing a big secret.

"It's rare to be in Admiral... No, I appeared next to my brother, but I really couldn't last long..."

"Where does it all begin? Sure enough, it was the day my brother and Zero left, and with the help of the machine spirit, I called Sister Zero, who had been sealed with her memory, into that room. ”

“…”

"If you want to remember something, let's talk about it later when I have a chance." The space around Xi fluctuated, and a figure appeared.

Speaking of that emperor, it is easy to think of her very powerful deep-sea habitat concubine... Month!

"Will I be like this in the future?" Noticing the moon appearing beside him, Xi thought silently in his heart: "Can you become a deep-sea roost like Yue in the future?" ”

The moon's soul network spread out in all directions, and the body slowly rose into the air... Xi knew what she was doing, and Yue was about to leave with her brother and Sister Zero.

"Not yet." Xi said to the moon in the sky, "I have to wait until tomorrow after I set foot on the journey home." ”

"Hmph~, it's really troublesome." Moon closed her eyes, and her figure disappeared into the night sky, but the aura that had just appeared was still there.

"That's it, when we get home tomorrow, it's all over." Xi turned around, and just as he was thinking about this, there was a rustling sound in the woods next to him.

"Huh? Xi has arrived, it's really fast..."

“…”

Well, today isn't over yet, and then everyone has to go down together and set off fireworks together.

…

The next day, in the waiting room of the station.

"Speaking of which, it's going to be a cultural festival in a while, right?"

"Well, it's the first time I've participated in a high school cultural festival, and I'm looking forward to it... Looks like you're going to open a critter café? ”

"It's pretty good~, our class should be a maid café..."

“… Well, it's traditional..."

“… Ladies and gentlemen, I suddenly had an idea: "There was a little chill on the lenses of my glasses, and I didn't know what to say."

“…”

While everyone was chatting, the car came.

…

Somewhere in a mysterious space.

"Huh? I'm a... Where is it? Lie opened his eyes, didn't he just board the tram back?

"Gooooooo

As if you are in the water, your eyes are getting clearer and clearer... That's, zero?

“…”

"Good, you're done traveling, Lie." Another figure appeared in front of Lie's body, it was... Mistress of the Machine Spirit!

The moment I saw her, all the memories came back to me... Yes, because of the mistress of the machine spirit, I suddenly went to that strange projection world.

That's right, it's a projection world, a projection world created by the Mistress of the Machine Spirit using the power of herself and the artifact.

The projection world, although it sounds strange, is actually not much different from the normal world, probably because the difference is the concept of the world line.

Well, that's even more incomprehensible.

Just as Lie used part of the power of himself and the artifact to keep the ship girl's world from collapsing, the Mistress of the Machine Spirit also used this powerful power, and then with the help of the world that already existed, she created a similar projection world.

The place where the Mistress of the Machine Spirit asked Lie to go was the place she had carefully selected in order to get an answer. And at this time, the answer that I don't know if it can answer her inner doubts is... Zero in memory!

"Goo-doo-to-du-goo-to-

Lie was very nervous, because after the Mistress of the Machine Spirit greeted Lie, she walked to Zero opposite Lie!

Like Lie, Zero seems to be in the same predicament, and does not wake up, in a coma.

Lie had already recognized this place, it was the internal space of the artifact, but it was on the side of the mistress of the artifact.

"Goo-to-du-goo-to-

"What do you want to do?"

She asked through a gesture, and even if she didn't make a sound, she seemed to hear it.

"Do what?" The mistress of the machine spirit said, "Don't worry, I am the one who keeps my promises. ”

"What we have to do now is just what we said at the beginning." The machine spirit mistress paused for a moment, and then said, "You still have to worry about your condition, I won't be responsible for any problems that arise when I pull you out." ”

"Besides, you don't want Zero to remember this memory, do you? This memory of being confessed by Lie and falling in love with Lie..."She stretched out her hand, put it on Zero's forehead, and said softly: "In that case, give it to me obediently." ”

It turned out that she had done so much, and what she wanted was the memory that Zero had experienced.

After understanding, Lie desperately made gestures to express his emotions.

"No kidding!"

"No matter what happens to Zero with this memory, you are not allowed to take it away!"

The soul network broke through the surrounding barriers, and Yeol broke free from the state of being in the water, and ran behind her as soon as possible, trying to stop her.

"Can't reach it?" Lie was surprised to find that it was clearly in front of him, but he couldn't go past it at all.

"Machine Spirit~!" After being able to speak, Lie shouted loudly.

"Master, the machine spirit is here!" A figure broke into Lie's mind, and it was the voice of the machine spirit.

"Break the limits of distance."

"It can't be done, man." The machine spirit seemed to feel Lie's serious emotion, and it was not funny, but it said something very devastating

“…”

"I'll do it myself." Lie closed his eyes, and the network of souls kept pouring out of his body, spreading towards the place where the Mistress of the Machine Spirit and Zero were.

"Please see clearly, it's not zero... It's not a zero body. The machine spirit reminded the man who had neglected the details because of his excitement.

"Huh?" Lie opened his eyes, and then realized... Zero was a cute flat-chested loli before entering this projection world, how could she suddenly become a hot girl with an amazing body and boobs?

"That's just a projection of the will of zero, a possible body in the future... Zero itself does not enter, but only a network of souls mixed with Zero's own will and a projected body combined. ”

"Even if the hostess doesn't do something, it won't be long before it will dissipate due to the loss of the energy source..."Ji Ling paused for a moment, and then said: "Whether it is dissipation or what the hostess is doing, it will not make Zero lose his memory, and what the hostess said just now is just scaring the male host." ”

“…”

"That, Zero..."

"Zero has returned at this point... Grisha is gone. The machine spirit continued: "Before returning to the world where Fangwen Academy is located, should the male master first... Back to Grisha? ”

"Back to Grisha?" Lie was stunned for a moment... Yes, in Grisha, there are still a lot of ship girls and deep seas.

"Well, let's go."

After calming down, Lie quickly understood the current situation, and prepared to leave the artifact space with the machine spirit. Before leaving, Lie glanced at the hostess of the machine spirit.

"Well, actually, I don't understand." Lie asked suspiciously: "If you want to feel it, why don't you experience it yourself, but take such a tortuous way?" ”

“…”

The mistress of the machine spirit had her back to Lie, and the body that Zero had projected and could grow into had completely disappeared, turning into a little light and falling into the hands of the mistress of the machine spirit.

The mistress of the machine spirit did not reply, because it was because of her own projection, she could easily feel everything that zero had experienced in the projection world before as zero.

“…”

"Well, in that case, our agreement will be completed." After unloading the burden, Lie felt very relaxed, because he didn't know where she was going to send him, but he was very nervous.

“…”

"Grisha?" Lie walked forward, passed through the light source, and could go home.

"Ahem, I don't know how long it has been, but the Admiral is back again... Will everyone welcome me? ”