Fantasies That Descend on Collapse

"May the moonlight protect you, Kiyana."

"Love you Siegfried, Cecilia and Teresa."

Kiyana read the blessing aloud, then embraced the two guns in her arms, and then let the tears in her eyes drip to the ground.

This is the first and best gift she has received after parting from her parents...

"Dad...Mom...thank you..."

"And... Mother Chen..."

Volume Eight

Chapter 1

Just like the many promises that the two had made with each other, the person Teresa expected to come, with the ever-friendly smile on his face, appeared at the appointed time as promised. in front of Teresa.

However, Teresa this time felt a slightly different feeling from the other party who had been separated for less than a day.

The original partner had calm eyes and good manners. Even if she was just walking side by side with the other party, Teresa could feel a sense of comfort that could not be described in words from the other party.

But just one day later, the comfort brought to Teresa by the other party was inexplicably mixed with another kind of wonderful feeling, which seemed extremely disproportionate to the comfort.

It is a kind of extreme tranquility mixed with comfort, like a pool of stagnant water, which will make people subconsciously calm down to the point where they forget to breathe.

So, in the time that I don't know, what kind of things did the other party go through, so that the decadent comfort can be mixed with the tranquility like death?

The feather called doubt was constantly rubbing Teresa's heart. She was curious, she was confused, and she wanted to know inexplicably what kind of cause and effect could cause the other party to be infected, which she had never done before. The tranquility experienced.

However, after hearing the answer given by the other party, Teresa still did not choose to get to the bottom of the question to get the answer she wanted to know.

"It's something...I can't explain it to you right now...Sorry, Teresa."

This is the answer Theresa learned from the other party, and when she saw the apologetic expression on the other party's face, Theresa probably already had some ideas in her heart.

Maybe if I let myself know about these things now, the other party should feel very troubled...

In this way, after the brief question and answer, the two had a tacit understanding with each other, chose to avoid this topic that would bother each other, and then started the conversation with Jizi who was at a loss. A short fulfillment of one day has been lost.

And the ultimate peace that makes people forget to breathe, but after the journey is over, Teresa can no longer feel it from the other party.

Like the ice cube that fell to the ground and gradually melted and dried up as time passed, it completely lost its trace...

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Just like the decisions made by outside academies, when faced with the school festival that will be held in less than a week, they were decisively given to those students studying in St. Freya. A passable vacation.

But at this moment, in the classroom of the third class of the year that no one visited due to the holiday, there were a few uninvited guests inexplicably.

The desks and chairs that were originally placed neatly in the classroom have all been moved to the rear by people at this time, and the place that was vacant due to the movement of the desks and chairs has become a temporary stage for the rehearsals at this moment.

And Teresa, who is a visitor, is just sitting on a desk at the back of the classroom, and then watches with great interest the drama performed by the rehearsors on the stage.

"The farewell of an uninvited guest is certainly something that can make people happy..."

"But the premise for this to make people feel happy is based on the other party's fruitless hands~"

Hearing the script dialogue passed into my ears from the stage, looking at the rehearsors on the stage who were performing their roles hard, Teresa sitting on the table just unconsciously shook her legs, with a smile on her face. With a gratified smile.

A long time ago, before she became a Valkyrie, the grandpa who took care of her would always take out his free time to tell interesting and strange stories that she had never heard before.

According to Teresa's vague childhood memories, it may have been decades since she first watched this kind of drama.

At that time, she had just come into contact with this cruel world, and at that time, the grandfather who raised her up took her hand to watch a play created by Shakespeare.

And after going through such a long time, she is now fortunate enough to watch her niece rehearse the drama that is almost out of reach for her in front of her.

Looking at Kiana standing on the stage and rehearsing with Mei Fuhua, Teresa felt relieved, but couldn't help but have a question.

Why did Kiyana choose to play the role of the Phantom Thief in this drama?

Looking at Qiyana, who was standing on the stage, even memorizing her lines a little bluntly, and Teresa, who was sitting under the stage, just sighed, and then shook her little head helplessly.

Leaving aside whether Qiyana's dead brain can play the phantom thief who symbolizes dexterity, the key question is that, as a member of the Kaslana family, she can play this role that almost coincides with her surname. ..is there really no problem?

Even if it's not good enough, if the knight doesn't act, you can play the role of the princess in it. At least a stupid princess, it shouldn't feel too strange...

Wait...princess...?

Suddenly, Teresa seemed to realize it suddenly, and then she reached out and picked up the script on the desk where she was sitting. After carefully reading through the contents, she raised her head and saw the princess played by Mei , she already knew the reason why her niece chose to play the phantom thief.

"Pick up the princess and take her as a hostage to stop the knight from chasing her... This script is really old-fashioned..."

After complaining softly about the content of the script in her hand, Teresa just threw aside the script she called old-fashioned, and then moved her gaze from the stage to the seat beside the desk. on another visitor.

At this time, Luo Chen, who was sitting on the chair beside the desk, was just supporting his cheek with his hand, while with the other hand, he was playing with a strange beak mask decorated with purple feathers.

"Eh? Xiaochen, is that the broken mask I gave you before?"

Although it was slightly different from the damaged one, the peculiar shape of the bird's beak on the mask made Teresa immediately recognize that the mask was the one that was originally placed on the bookshelf in her office. A pair of damaged masks.

"Yeah, because of some special circumstances, I repaired this mask."

Originally, Luo Chen was just playing with the mask silently, but after hearing Teresa's question, he just answered, and then handed the mask into the other party's hands.

Originally, it was only because he saw the role played by Qiyana that he suddenly remembered this very commemorative object that was first included in his personal space.

Although the memory brought to him by this item is not good at all.

"It turns out that the original appearance of this mask is like this."

Teresa, who took the mask from the other party, was full of joy and curiosity in her eyes.

When Teresa got this mask from her grandfather, it was probably just after the completion of Saint Freya, and this damaged mask was also on her bookshelf, staying quietly for several years.

If it weren't for the fact that the mask itself has no existence, Teresa might have thrown away the mask a long time ago... But fortunately, she didn't do so.

"By the way, this mask is something your mother owned when she was alive, Teresa."

"Huh? The former owner of this mask was my mother?"

Teresa, who was still carefully looking at the mask in her hand, couldn't help being surprised when she heard Luo Chen's words, her eyes were full of shock.

Looking down at the delicate mask that belonged to her mother, Teresa couldn't help trembling with her hands holding the mask, recalling all the thoughts she had in the past.

Fortunately, I didn't clean up my bookshelves because of laziness, otherwise I would definitely throw away this unknown mask.

"Wait a minute, Xiaochen, you said this mask is my mother, but..."

"This mask doesn't look like something my mother would wear, does it?"

Although he knew that the other party would never joke with him about this kind of thing, the delicate appearance of this mask, which could almost be said to be conspicuous, was too deceptive.

No matter how you look at it, this mask should only be worn by those monster thieves who choose to hide their appearance in the drama, and my mother, as a knight, should not need this thing.

"Hum~"

Facing the questions raised to Teresa, he smiled lightly, and the expression on his face contained a joy that Teresa had never seen before.

"Then Teresa, let me tell you the story about your mother and this mask."

For some reason, looking at the beautiful smile on the other party's face, Teresa felt the hairs on her back...

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"Probably, that's all."

After gently placing the mask in his hand on the table, looking at Teresa sitting on the table with an expression of disbelief on her face, the corners of Luo Chen's mouth gradually began to rise.

After all, isn't something like black history usually something that people want to pass on?

"This is really..."

After a long period of digestion, Teresa finally managed to accept this story, which is enough to be called a dark history for her mother, and the way she looks at the mask now gradually becomes It's a bit complicated.

Who would have thought that he could only see something in his dream and hear it from the other party's mouth, so like the mother of the most heroic knight, after wearing this mask, she would become a swearing monster?

The gap between the two should only be compared with the sky and the earth to be more appropriate, but...

Teresa pondered, and then looked at the three people who were still serious on the stage until the end of the conversation between the two, and the expressions on their faces became more complicated.

From this point of view... Kiana plays the role of Phantom Thief... It seems that it is not impossible...?

"By the way, Xiaochen, I still have a question I want to ask you."

After withdrawing her gaze full of complex expressions, Teresa asked Luo Chen, who was sitting smiling on the seat, another question that she thought of during the listening process.

"By the way... why are you so familiar with my mother's experience? Judging from the tone of your previous description, it seems as if you have experienced it yourself. How strange?"

"Forehead..."

Originally, Luo Chen was still smiling, but after hearing Teresa's question, the smile on his face froze completely.

Indeed, as Teresa said, she who obtained this mask did indeed have a wonderful experience... Besides, there were even more embarrassing experiences.

"The last time I logged into the Destiny database with Bronya and the others, the database seemed to read my identity as Karen from that period..."

"Huh? So at that time, you acted like my mother and talked flirtatiously in front of Kiyana and the others?"

"Do you think I'm the type to do that kind of thing!"

"Uh...probably not."

Although this hypothesis of mine sounds very interesting, judging from the time the two have spent together, Teresa can be sure that the other party will never do such out of character things.

At least Teresa herself understands it that way.

"Forget it, don't mention this...By the way, Teresa, don't you take this mask back?"

After forgetting all the unpleasant memories in his mind, Luo Chen just asked softly, and then pushed the thing that was placed on the table to the side of Theresa who was sitting on the table.

After all, strictly speaking, this mask is already Kallen's relic, and Teresa, who is the heir of Kallen, naturally has the ownership of this relic.

Even if the other party had given this relic to him before.

"No need, this mask has already been given to you, so you are the one to keep it, not to mention you have repaired it, right? And..."

Teresa said, and then reached out and grabbed the pure gold cross that was worn on her neck, which was obtained from Luo Chen and also belonged to Karen's relic.

"I already have my mother's relics in my hands, which is enough. If I keep that mask, I might accidentally throw it into a corner again."

"That's it, then I'll keep this mask with me first. If you want to get it back someday, just talk to me directly."

After hearing Teresa's answer without any desire to take it back, Luo Chen just picked up the mask placed next to Teresa, and then used his inner pocket as a cover to put it back. Personal space controlled by power.

This is the most correct decision he can make for Teresa now.