As a 9-5 working person, wasn't it all the same who you worked for?
Having been with Fire Moth, Sakura clearly understood how terrifying Honkai was.
Rin was her everything.
Poison Moth's protection was actually a disguised form of control.
Now that she could escape, why wouldn't she?
Moreover, she didn't have much choice.
Flame-Chasers wasn't paying her salary anymore.
(丿○Д○)丿
She was about to run out of money to support Rin. What to do, what to do?
She could only sell herself.
QAQ.
...
Far East, Sakura Dojo.
It was the weekend. Rin was nestled at home, lazily sprawled on the couch, having just finished binge-watching a Hollywood blockbuster.
She stretched and decided to get a chilled cola from the fridge to reward her nerves that had been pulled along by the plot all afternoon.
Barefoot on the slightly cool floor, just as her fingertips touched the refrigerator—
Click—a soft sound. The refrigerator door opened by itself.
Then Rin froze, pupils constricting.
"Eh∑q|OДO|p—Help! Sis! Sis! Sis... Sis came out of the fridge—"
"Ahhhhh—"
Rin clutched her cheeks and spun in circles like a startled kitten.
"What do I do! What do I do! What do I do! How can Sis be in the fridge?"
Sakura: "..."
Did the door open onto the fridge? The boss said that when the 'Anywhere Door' opens, there's a high probability it will overlap with a door in reality.
Like MEI's library door.
"Rin, calm down!"
Sakura sighed helplessly and quickly stepped out of the 'fridge,' pressing her hands on her sister's shoulders.
After a good while, Rin sipped her cola in small gulps, her emotions gradually calming down.
"So this is called the 'Anywhere Door.'"
She'd thought her sister had been locked in the fridge.
Thinking about it now, there really hadn't been any cold air when the door opened.
"Mm."
"As long as you think of where you want to go, you can instantly arrive there?"
"Mm."
"Wow~, that's so magical (☆ω☆). So, these are all Sis's friends?"
"Coworkers. He's the boss!"
Sakura pointed at Ryuga.
From now on, her job would be 'personal attendant'—in modern terms, 'life assistant.'
Ryuga had led them each to pack some meaningful mementos. Blanca held baby Griseo in her swaddling, and then they came to the Far East dojo.
"Sis, tell me, what exactly do you do?"
Rin blinked her large eyes, anxiously gripping the hem of her skirt.
Her sister was always away from home.
All the household supplies would be delivered to the door by someone on schedule every week.
At first, she naively thought they were packages her sister ordered online, feeling warm that her sister, no matter how busy, hadn't forgotten about her.
But gradually, she noticed something was off about the 'delivery person.'
And now, her sister had brought back a whole group of people, making her even more anxious.
That green-haired woman with the voluptuous figure looked very dangerous at first glance.
The weak-looking green-haired petite one seemed like a strong wind could blow her away.
Obviously there was a high school girl in sailor uniform from the Far East.
Most absurdly, there was even a 'mom' holding a baby!
No matter how you looked at it, this weird combination was strange!
Rin's heartbeat quickened.
You see, her sister was very gentle but also very naive.
She was so afraid her sister had been deceived.
"..."
Sakura sighed and rubbed her sister's hair.
"Alright, stop asking. I've already quit my previous job. This is my new boss. Pack up anything meaningful. We're about to cross over in a bit."
"We probably won't be coming back."
Sakura took one last look at the dojo she'd lived in for over a decade, as if trying to imprint it in her mind.
"Cross... cross over?"
"Sis, you just said 'cross over,' didn't you? Is your head broken?!"
Rin's eyes widened like she'd been struck by lightning.
Cross over—really?
Did her sister also get a chuunibyou setting?
But glancing sharply at the 'Anywhere Door,' Rin suddenly realized her sister might not be joking.
"Sis is going to an 'ancient battlefield,' and you'll be studying properly up in the sky."
Sakura pinched her sister's cheek.
"Huh?"
Rin became even more suspicious.
What the heck? One to an ancient battlefield, one going up to the sky?
Was this boss reliable?
Felt like a scammer, but having such an otherworldly 'Anywhere Door' suggested otherwise.
"Boss, you explain to her."
Sakura was helpless, feeling like her sister was imagining all sorts of strange things again.
"Rin, it's like this..."
Five minutes of simple explanation later, Rin's little head completely crashed.
She was becoming a 'space alien'?
Originally Ryuga wanted to hide it from her, but Sakura vetoed it, because Rin would find out anyway after arriving at Herta Space Station.
Where could combat-type Sakura go?
Herta? Ruan Mei? Screwllum?
None of those places needed her.
Originally he wanted Rin to stay in Amphoreus too, but he couldn't neglect the child's education, could he?
The best destination was the 'Luofu,' but he hadn't established contact with them yet.
He'd originally been heading to Luofu but crashed into Amphoreus halfway.
The remaining option was 'Herta Space Station.'
"Are you listening, Rin?"
"Will I die?"
"No! It's called an ancient battlefield, but I'm actually just a life assistant. I don't have to fight."
Sakura's face flushed slightly.
She could roughly guess Ryuga's intentions.
She didn't reject it either.
"Then I'll go pack."
Rin nodded and quickly ran back to her bedroom, first sending a farewell text to her little friends on her phone, saying she was going abroad.
Well, off-planet.
After packing big and small bags into the Wallpaper House, Ryuga led everyone back to Amphoreus.
...
Amphoreus.
Magic God Manor.
Leaving from March's room, they returned to March 7th's room.
[Customer Service Pink Elf Miss]: "@Desert Reaper, Ryu-Ryu, did you arrive safely?"
[Snow Mountain Qingque Melon]: "Has Ryuga returned?"
[Desert Reaper]: "Mm, safe landing, back to the starting point. The position won't change. Everyone remember to choose a good departure point when crossing over. Just don't know how much time has passed in Amphoreus yet?"
[Cloud Kui Mountain's 13th Generation Sect Master]: "The chat group time isn't consistent—there doesn't seem to be any pattern."
[Jingliu]: "+1"
[Istaroth]: "As the Executive of Time, I'm also puzzled."
[Fu Director]: "We've done experiments. One day on my side equals two days on Elysia's side. We tested again later and found it equaled three days?"
No pattern?
Watching Mobius and the others moving through the room, Ryuga smiled: "Might as well go out and take a look."
In Amphoreus there was no need for Synesthesia Beacons—this was an astral computer, after all.
The underlying code was very complete.
The moment they pushed open the door, everyone froze.
They really had crossed over.
Before their eyes lay a magnificent ancient Roman city-state.
MEI, Mobius, Cyan, Cinnabar, Sakura, Klein, Rin, and Blanca holding Griseo stood in a row, mouths agape like clay and wooden sculptures.
...
"Heave-ho~, heave-ho~"
Cipher hugged a paper bag stuffed full of freshly baked bread.
Just as she pushed open the door, she saw a courtyard full of beautiful women.
She immediately doubted her cat life.
Then quickly backed up several steps, looking left and right to confirm—this was indeed the Magic God's manor.
"Who are you? What are you doing in my house?"
The little cat hissed.
"Cipher?"
To be continued…