The Crucifixion Cross

Yuri frowned slightly as he pressed his aching chest.

It was also at this time that Yuri noticed that the guest standing in the snow had his head tilted and looked at Yuri with an abnormal expression in doubt.

Realizing that he had lost his composure, Yuri took a deep breath, and then let it out slowly.

After calming down his abnormal mood, he cleared his throat, intending to finish the all-too-familiar opening words:

"—We are a restaurant here, and we don't provide accommodation..."

"Hey! This is really a rare guest! I didn't expect such a beautiful and lovely girl to be welcomed in such a remote place——" before Yuri said 'accommodation', the voice of the boss uncle Suddenly interrupted: "So, my lovely lady, are you looking for a place to stay?"

"That's right..." Looking at Yuri with an embarrassed face, the guest nodded slightly, and said with some hesitation: "But, according to this gentleman, it seems that you don't provide accommodation here?"

The guest is obviously also a smart person. Although Yuri didn't finish speaking, it was enough for her to guess what Yuri meant.

However, the boss rejected Yuri's words without hesitation. At the same time, he stretched out his big hand and firmly fixed Yuri's head, which he subconsciously wanted to tap twice:

"No accommodation? How is this possible! If I really don't provide accommodation here, where should this kid live every night? Don't worry, my lovely lady, the quality of accommodation in the 'White Bear House' is absolutely top-notch!"

"but……"

The guest looked at Yuri with a pair of dead fish eyes hesitantly, obviously hesitant, but at this moment, the boss delivered a fatal blow——

"No more, dear lady?" The boss smiled and said, "Since you will find me here, it means that you should have visited all the other hotels in this city, right? You should know that in this season, All the hotels are already full, if you don’t stay with me, you’ll have to sleep in the open or find a 24-hour convenience store to make ends meet!”

As he said that, the boss glanced at the guest's thin dress that didn't match the season and the snow outside the door, and the smile on the corner of his mouth grew stronger:

"What's more, our place can provide soft beds and hot water? Of course, fresh hot food is also completely OK! The craftsmanship of 'Polar Bear' is completely trustworthy!"

"Hot water—!?"

The guest didn't care about the nickname 'White Bear' which matched the boss's appearance very well, but the keyword 'hot water' hit the softest part of her heart, causing her face to be greatly shaken.

The next moment, the guest nodded vigorously:

"Okay! I'll live here!"

"Perfect!" The boss snapped his fingers with a 'snap' - this time, Yuri's head was finally freed from the boss's grasp, "So, Yuri, can you show this lovely lady the way? Where is the 'guest room'? , shouldn’t I need to say more?”

While talking, the boss winked at Yuri, and pointed to the second floor attic of the restaurant with his eyes - that's where Yuri lived.

Although he is a local, living in a restaurant is not as comfortable as living in a single-family house in the city, isn't it?

Of course, when he first started to decorate the store, the boss didn't expect that he would be able to buy a house and a car in the bustling area of ​​the city center in a short time, so he built the attic on the second floor into a very nice three-bedroom apartment ——that is, the structure of "three bedrooms, two living rooms, two bathrooms and one balcony" as it is usually called, and the living environment is quite good.

Most of the time, this 'luxury' staff dormitory is owned by Yuri alone—that is to say, but Yuri usually does not go to other rooms, only in the rooms and halls assigned by the boss and balcony activities.

At this time, as soon as the boss mentioned open accommodation, the keen-minded Yuri immediately realized that the boss wanted this lovely girl to be his roommate.

The reason why Yuri can be so sure is because in the past four years, similar dramas have been staged many times.

However, it was the first time that he worked so hard.

As for the reason...

Yuri wanted to know it all with his feet, it must be because of his previous rude performance-the boss probably thought he fell in love with the guest at first sight.

love at first sight……

Yuri was a little speechless. It is true that he has a good impression of the opposite sex with good appearance, but this is just human nature.

But, love at first sight?

Please, isn't his love so cheap...

Although the performance was very gaffe when they first met, Yuri thinks there must be other reasons for this.

How could such a thing as falling in love at first sight happen to me?

Thinking so, Yuri shook his head lightly.

As if sensing Yuri's mood swings, the lovely lady guest gave her a puzzled look, and at the same time, there was a bit of apology on her face—she probably thought it was a sign that Yuri didn't welcome her?

So soon, a standard gentle smile that could no longer be standard appeared on Yuri's face again - in TV dramas more than ten years later, this kind of warm and masculine smile is usually the second male lead in romantic dramas. Standard equipment, but in this era, it's hard to say...

Since the uncle who is the boss has decided to provide accommodation services for the lady guest, Yuri, who is an employee and a sojourner, of course has no reason to object.

There are two spare bedrooms and a bathroom on the second floor that are not in use, more than enough for one guest. As long as you are careful, there should be no plots that only appear in novels...

While thinking about these things, Yuri politely led the guests towards the stairs on the second floor.

However, after only a few steps, Yuri stopped, turned around, and gently scratched the conspicuous black and white broken hair.

He looked at the guest standing behind him with his hands folded in front of him in a noble and elegant posture like a real young lady, and asked softly:

"Well, I haven't asked you yet, guest, your name is...?"

"Cecilia," the guest——Cecilia said with a smile: "My name is Cecilia Shaniat, what about you?"

"Yurachka," Yuri nodded, "just call me 'Yuri', that's what everyone always taught me."

"I see, Mr. Yuri," Cecilia said kindly, "Nice to meet you."

"Me too," Yuri smiled. "It's an honor to know such an outstanding woman as Miss Cecilia."

Spoiler: Please refresh Chapter 1 and eat it...

Chapter 55. Want to be a father? !

The heavy ice-blue sword shadow whizzed down with an aura that seemed to destroy everything. The terrifying momentum made it almost impossible to imagine any existence on this planet that could escape from such a sharp bursting sword. Get a life - the premise is that this sword is really aimed at the vital point.

That's right, in order to earn more points for Miss Leader, Karen deliberately deviated from the trajectory of the slash. Although it looked scary, in fact, even if Xiao didn't dodge or evade, the sword would still It won't hurt her a bit.

If it goes well, maybe he can directly use the sword pressure to suppress her spirit to the limit, and maybe make her pass out neatly.

It's a pity that Akatsuki finally chose the most drastic way of coping—even though she herself didn't realize it.

"Pale... Justice!"

With desperate determination, Akatsuki called the name of the newly born Persona.

In the next moment, a dazzling pale light suddenly bloomed, engulfing every corner of Karen's field of vision.

"what……?!"

Facing Akatsuki who suddenly burst out with new power, Kallen slapped Nani out of face.

Immediately afterwards, Hrungnir, who was slashed down in the air, was also blocked by some kind of huge force, and was pushed into mid-air in an embarrassing way.

The pale light was so dazzling that Kallen couldn't see what blocked her Hrungnir at all, but that didn't stop her from being amazed at the terrifying power—what's the matter, although Hrungnir's thrusters hadn't Open, although she didn't use her full strength in order not to hurt Akatsuki's life, even though the Herrscher of Ice used only a negligible part of her power... Kallen still has a lot of 'although' to say, but she is still a genuine Herrscher after all, The power that this Hrungnir can exert in her hand is almost the same as the genuine God's Key!

Not to mention a high school student who awakened a strange power due to a coincidence, even a heavily armed Destiny A-rank Valkyrie may not be able to take this casually slashed sword unharmed!

But this girl did it...

The ease and banter in Kallen's eyes disappeared in an instant, replaced by deep vigilance and vigilance.

She didn't wrestle with the unknown existence temporarily, but deflected the blade without hesitation, and kicked something that resisted Hrungnir—according to the 'foot feel', that thing was probably a shield—after borrowing strength , Karen took advantage of the opportunity to perform a gorgeous backflip, and lightly landed on the position before the sudden rise.

This time, Kallen didn't hold the Hrungnir casually like before, but turned the hilt of the sword around and put on a battle stance with full concentration.

It's hard to deal with...

Caroline thought silently in her heart.

The guy who can make her suffer is definitely not too simple, and the power that is similar to but not exactly the same as the Herrscher is also unheard of and unseen.

more importantly……

I don't know if it's an illusion, Karen always felt that there seemed to be a familiar aura hidden in the pale light...

It's as if...

——Little Master? !

The head lady, who had retired to the second line because she was not good at fighting, exclaimed in her mind.

Karen nodded in her heart, obviously agreeing with Miss Leader's opinion.

——That's right, it does give me the feeling that it is very similar to the young master... But, it doesn't seem very 'pure'?That feeling is like other foreign objects mixed in the young master's breath...

——It's a weird feeling.

The head lady frowned and said.

——It has both the "ingredients" of the young master and her own "ingredients"... Wait! ?

As she said that, Karen's face suddenly turned subtle.

Doesn't this statement mean that the young master is the same as her child?

"Ingredient" and so on, it wouldn't be a bit inconsistent to replace it with "genetic factor" at all!

Karen herself was speechless at this incomparably huge brain hole, but after thinking about it, this statement seems to be true?

It's just that the young master and the phantom thief girl's child...

Karen didn't notice that the way she looked at the Phantom Thief girl was becoming more and more strange.

At this time, the head lady urged a few words, and asked Karen to finish the words after 'wait', but Karen ignored it, because these words were too hurtful...

If you really want to say it out loud, the young lady's heart of the leader must be broken into seventeen or eighteen pieces.

At this moment, a 'mutation' finally appeared on the side of the Phantom Thief Girl——

The ice crystal dust scattered in the air slowly dissipated, and as the light gradually dimmed, Kallen finally saw the whole picture of the object blocking Hrungnir—as she expected before, the 'shield' was indeed correct, just as usual Compared with other shields, the workmanship of this shield is particularly exquisite, and the style is particularly large.

How big is it?

Karen estimated that at least a giant with a height of more than three meters can use it proficiently.

Just when Kallen made a judgment, the existence holding this shield finally appeared in her field of vision—it was a tall and unbelievably tall person worthy of the name, who had even surpassed the category of "human". giant'.

The 'giant' is wearing a full-cover heavy armor with exquisite workmanship. In the gap between the armor plates specially reserved for the convenience of activities, the padding with light green fluorescence can be vaguely seen.

Although it is said to be a 'giant', it is obvious that even if a normal human being is magnified to three meters, it will not have such a strange body proportion. Compared with its strong arms and chest, its dark filler The formed waist is so slender that one even unconsciously doubts whether it will be broken due to excessive force.

It knelt down on one knee like a knight, and raised the round shield in its left hand upwards, blocking Hrungnir's blow.

Under the dark blue cloak, the Phantom Thief girl, who looked very petite in comparison, was clutching the skirt of her chest tightly, panting heavily—the luck of escaping death and the powerful mental pressure brought by summoning Persona made her face is quite ugly

After a while, Akatsuki's breathing calmed down.

Holding on to the pale knight's armor, she slowly stood up from the ground.

The small pistol and dagger that were impossible to hurt the person opposite her had already been taken back into her tuxedo, so Akatsuki put all her energy on manipulating Persona——Pale Justice, with her hands empty.

However, when Akatsuki connected her thoughts to the new Persona as before, she felt an unprecedented resistance.

This is……! ?

Akatsuki looked at the knight guarding her in surprise.

As if aware of the confusion and incomprehension of the host, the pale knight stood up slowly, stretched out his empty right hand to the round shield on his left arm, and drew out a thick and gorgeous one-handed sword in a burst of blue light.

It still maintained the posture of guarding the knight, but it completely ignored Akatsuki's intentions.

I can help you and protect you, but I will never obey you—this is probably what the Pale Knight wants to express, right?

Chapter 56. Hello Aunt...

From awakening the first Perosn to the present, this is the first time Akatsuki has encountered such a situation where Persona is out of her control.

She can be sure that this pale knight is definitely her Persona, but...

The control information sent from the telepathic link disappears in the blink of an eye, even though Pale Justice's gesture of protecting the knight and the action of protecting Akatsuki seem to be enough to prove that this newly born Persona has no malice towards his host. But the fact that it was out of control still made Akatsuki feel intense unease.

However, now is not the time to dwell on these things...

Regardless of the reason why Pale Justice resisted her orders, at a critical moment, this uncontrolled Persona was already the only force she could rely on.

All Akatsuki can do is pray in her heart that Pale Justice will still regard her as her master...

Suppressing the uneasiness in her heart, Akatsuki retreated silently, moving backwards under the cover of PaleJustice's wide cloak.

Fortunately, although Pale Justice turned a blind eye to Akatsuki's orders, it was still a competent guardian knight.

After blocking Kallen's first sword, Pale Justice did not sit still.

It pushed the huge round shield in front of its body, kicked its legs wrapped in heavy armor to the ground, and the sudden burst of strong thrust made it rush towards Karen in the distance like an arrow from the string—it did not She pinned her hopes on killing the enemy with one sword, but used the most conservative method to attack her defense line.

Facing the menacing pale knight, Kallen's expression was flat.

If it was the head lady who had no combat experience, she would probably be in a panic at this time, but Karen is different.