Chapter 192: Beautiful and Kind-hearted Sirin-rin
The dark will remaining in the Conquest Gem originated from the girl, Sirin, who died in the second eruption more than ten years ago.
And beside Kirataka, there is indeed someone who is almost exactly the same as Sirin.
Although they are not from the same world...but since they are both Herrschers of the Void, both are "Sirin", they should be able to play a similar role, right?
Therefore, if he asked Sirin, whom he knew, for help, perhaps he could directly cleanse the remaining will in the gem, and the effect might be better than using other means.
Um...
Kirataka glanced out the window.
It's a good opportunity to go and ask Sirin while it's night.
Considering that he was teleported to Sakura's bathing scene by Rin the last time he obtained it, this time, he planned to ask in advance.
He closed his eyes and contacted the girl in the Stigmata space.
"Hmm? little Shiro, are you looking for me~"
The girl's voice rang briskly in his mind.
Ever since the incident with Higokumaru ended, Rin's voice is no longer as weak as it was when she was sick, but is always full of vitality and cuteness.
"Well, I want to go to your place. I have something to ask Sirin."
Kirataka said honestly.
"Um~Are you going to come now?"
Rin's voice seemed to hesitate for a moment.
"Well, better now."
Kirataka didn't think too much about it.
"Okay, then little Shiro, come here~"
.........
After many days, he visited Yae Sakura's Stigmata space again, but this time, his destination was no longer the cabin under the cherry tree.
What appeared before Kirataka was a vast open-air hot spring.
Hot steam was floating above the hot spring, the water was rippling, and a light source that appeared from nowhere drove away the night, allowing Kirataka to vaguely catch a glimpse of the three girls.
——In such a rare open-air hot spring, three girls are enjoying themselves.
Sakura and Sirin both tied up their long hair and fixed it behind their heads with white jade hairpins. Only Rin avoided this step because she had short hair.
In any case, the beauty of the three beautiful girls in the hot spring is quite pleasing to the eye.
"So you are..."
Kirataka hesitated to speak.
"You, you, you—why did you come here suddenly!"
The one who screamed was a certain pufferfish.
"Long time no see, Kirataka."
Sakura didn't seem to care that much.
"Little Shiro, do you want to come with us?"
Rin even smiled slightly, stretched out her white arms directly from the hot spring, and beckoned him to share the warmth of this cold winter night.
Looking at the girl's fair skin and faintly visible delicate collarbone, Kirataka blinked and agreed as a matter of course.
.........
A moment later, Kirataka, who had changed into clothes for taking a hot spring bath, swaggered into the hot spring pool and sat next to Rin.
He leaned against the shore with his arms outstretched, lying on his back in the hot spring pool.
'Phew... it's quite comfortable. The feeling of an open-air hot spring is indeed somewhat different from an artificial hot spring.'
"I thought you would be shy, little Shiro."
"Not really."
Having made such a shameful scumbag declaration to Mei and Seele, he is extremely shameless in this regard.
"Come to think of it, why did you suddenly want to take a hot spring bath?"
"Last time, didn't you tell us, little Shiro, that you went on a hot spring trip with Mei and the others? The three of us discussed it and decided to experience the feeling of a hot spring here, so we created this place."
Rin explained with a chuckle.
This is not a real stigmata space, but as the owner here, she can change the environment here as she wishes, and it is very easy to create an open-air hot spring.
"Oh, right..."
Rin moved a little closer, almost... no, she was already sticking to him.
Then, the girl raised her head and whispered in his ear in a voice that only the two of them could hear:
"Would you like me to rub your back? I would definitely agree~"
"…"
Kirataka imagined the scene: the miko with a proud figure was only wrapped in a bath towel, serving him with her slender hands.
Well, it's really good, but...
"Although it is a very tempting proposal, but... I have to refuse it."
Well, he came here for business, so he should finish it first.
Next time, next time for sure.
"Hey~ Little Shiro must be here to look for Sirin-rin again."
The cherry-colored girl pouted slightly.
"Sirin-rin?"
Kirataka felt a little curious about this cute name.
"This is the nickname I gave to Sirin. Don't you think it sounds cute?"
To be honest, it is true.
She is already very cute, and if she is given a cute name, she will be doubly cute.
Kirataka nodded in agreement.
"Then you should go find Sirin-rin and do your business first."
The cherry-colored girl left his side and swam away like a fish.
This open-air hot spring was quite large. Kirataka looked around before he saw the purple figure in a corner.
Without hesitation, he stood up and walked straight towards the girl.
Seeing him approaching, Sirin became obviously nervous:
"You you you you... what are you doing..."
"I have a favor to ask of you."
Kirataka sat down next to the purple-haired girl.
"…What is it?"
"Hmm... well..."
Kirataka groaned.
Before asking the Sirin in front of him for help, he thought it necessary to tell her the history of Sirin in this world.
After all, what she had experienced was quite different from what Sirin, Kiana's predecessor, had experienced.
After thinking for a while, Kirataka said:
"Sirin, you should know that my world and your world... have many similarities."
"Yeah, I know that."
During the last fireworks festival, she had asked Kirataka about this matter.
This world also has St. Freya Academy and the Savior Organization, but "Sirin" does not seem to exist.
Besides, compared to her time in the Tower of Babylon, this was a more "future" time.
"...Next, I will tell you a story, a story about [Sirin]."
Then, Kirataka began to talk about the second eruption and told the girl beside him in detail about the fate and experiences of Sirin in this world.
Whether it was what happened in the Tower of Babylon, the gift from God received on the moon, the all-out war that affected the entire Siberia, or the final... the death of Sirin.
"…"
After listening to Kirataka's story, Sirin fell silent.
"Sirin...?"
"No, wait... it's a bit confusing, let me sort it out..."
The amount of information was too much for the girl's small head to handle.
'In this world, I am not just a Herrscher of the Void, but a composite Herrscher who has mastered four other powers.'
This world's self destroyed all of Siberia and once launched a meteor shower that hit major cities on Earth;
'In this world, I died together with Cecilia...'
The difference is really too huge.
After a long while, Sirin finally came to her senses and asked:
"So, Kirataka, the matter you want me to help with is related to the four Herrscher Gems?"
"Well, to be exact, I was helping one of the girls who had a gem implanted in her. Her name is Wendy."
Kirataka briefly introduced the matter about Wendy to Sirin.
He hopes to let Sirin touch the Gem of Desire in Wendy's body, so as to rewrite the will in the gem.
As the "original owner" of Sirin, she should be able to do the same thing even if she does not have the ability of mental perception.
Moreover, if it really works on Wendy this time, then maybe it will work on Kiana in the future...
"…"
Because she had once undergone fate's inhumane human experiments in the Tower of Babylon, after hearing about Wendy's experience, Sirin felt very empathetic towards this victim of the same experiment.
Having said that, she did not agree immediately.
She looked at Kirataka, who looked sincere, curled her lips, and asked:
"So, why are you so concerned about that girl named Wendy?"
Even to help her, she could come and ask for help.
Could it be, could it be that he has fallen in love with her...!
This guy, there aren't that many beautiful girls around him anymore, but he's still not satisfied...
Just the ones she knew, there were Mei, Higokumaru, Sakura, Rin, and... herself...
No, no, what is she thinking? Why does she include herself in this?
"I do have some selfish motives, but my main goal is to hope that the Herrscher of the Wind can survive."
Kirataka said frankly:
"In a few years, the Herrscher of the End that will affect the entire world will sweep over. I want to increase the power to resist Him as much as possible before that happens."
In the original timeline, many of the twelve Herrschers of this generation had already perished and were unable to participate in the Final War.
In his opinion, if he could keep as many Herrschers as possible alive and join the war against the End, the chances of winning would increase a bit, or at least it wouldn't get worse.
"The Herrscher of the End..."
Hearing this term, the purple-haired girl murmured to herself.
She had no idea about this matter, but when she thought of [the end], she still instinctively felt a little fear.
And, worries beyond fear.
——This worry was not directed at herself, but... at her original world, or rather, at Cecilia who was worried about that world.
Kirataka saw the girl's worry from her expression and asked softly:
"Are you worried about your old world?"
"…A little bit."
She is different from the Sirin that Kirataka knows. She doesn't think about taking revenge on the whole world.
For her, the most she could do was to destroy her destiny and avenge them for using her and her friends for human experiments.
Destroying the world is a very distant term for Sirin.
If Kirataka had not retained this goodwill, he would not have invited her to live in seclusion here, let alone ask her to help Wendy now.
"Don't you want to go back and take a look?"
"…Not yet."
The girl replied somewhat stubbornly.
No matter what, she was forced into a desperate situation by Cecilia at that time. Although she missed her very much, Sirin now really didn't know what expression she should use to face her if she saw her again.
"Well, if you want to go back anytime, I can go with you."
Kirataka guessed that she probably didn't want to face Cecilia again alone and was a little timid.
"...really?"
"Is it possible that it's fake?"
In fact, he was also a little curious about what the ending would be if the world line went to a completely different world.
Without Sirin's body and the Herrscher core, there would be no Kiana, the crucial "heroine". Even Otto could not find the real way to resurrect Kallen. He was probably still dreaming of relying on the power of the Herrscher of Death to resurrect the one he loved.
"Well, let me think about it..."
The purple-haired girl agreed reluctantly.
"So, helping Wendy..."
"I promise."
She replied quietly.
"What?"
"I said, I promised you to help her."
The girl repeated it reluctantly.
"That's great. I love you so much, Sirin-rin~"
As long as she is willing to help, the rest will be a natural thing.
Hearing this shameful name, the girl's face suddenly turned red, which was very pleasing:
"What nonsense are you talking about? Also, don't, don't call me Sirin-rin!"
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