Star Railway: The Last of the Grammer Riders

Chapter 40: Chat between Cocolia and Himeko Muliangta

"Now I just want to sit down and talk to you. I want to know... what kind of person I am to you..." Cocolia said with a bitter expression.

"I don't understand you. I'm sorry I can't answer that." Ji Zi looked at Cocolia and her temper eased a little.

"Then...can you tell me about the other me you mentioned before? What did the me you knew do?" Cocolia asked.

"Alas... how should I put it... they are all miserable people. She is an officer, but she is not cruel and ruthless. Instead, she adopted many orphans." Himeko sighed and took a sip of wine. "I heard from Bronya that in the disaster called Honkai, she conducted experiments one after another to keep the orphans alive. I don't know how many people survived. But what I know is that Bronya lost her legs and emotions because of the experiment, and also lost a sister."

"Is that so... As for what happened next..." Cocolia felt a little bitter after hearing what Ji Zi said. After all, she herself did not expect that her self in another world would do this.

"As for what happened later, I don't know either. I died in a conspiracy to save my students. When I woke up, I was already a member of the train." Ji Zi said helplessly.

"I never thought that Miss Jizi had died once..." Cocolia was really shocked to hear that Jizi had died once.

"Would you like some? This is the first time I've drunk alcohol since I came to this world." Ji Zi handed over the wine.

"Thank you... ahem..." Cocolia drank the wine only to find out that it was a strong liquor.

"Haha, you will definitely not be used to it the first time you drink it. At that time, in order to alleviate the side effects of the experiment, I often drank this kind of strong liquor. I often quarreled with Principal Theresa. Oh... I miss the life back then..." Himeko said with some nostalgia. "I don't know how they are doing recently... I don't know if Kiana is doing well... I hope she can really grow up..."

"Ahem... It can be seen that Miss Himeko is a very good teacher. I guess there must be a lot of men who like you." Cocolia said, feeling a little uncomfortable after drinking the strong liquor but feeling much calmer inside.

"Yeah...but my body didn't allow me to fall in love at that time." Ji Zi shook her head and said.

"Maybe your family doesn't allow it or you've encountered some trouble."

"Family... My mother died of illness when I was 13, and my father died shortly after I turned 18. The only family members are the students and the principal of St. Freya Academy..." Himeko said with some emotion. "The reason why I don't have a boyfriend is that there are not many men who can survive the disaster. Even if there are, it's because of my body. After contact, their bodies will collapse because they can't withstand the Houkai energy."

"So, Miss Jizi, you have never felt love, right?" Cocolia said with a smile.

"Hey! Great Guardian, you are in a high position but no one wants you, right?" Ji Zi retorted.

"Ah... yes... the position of the Great Guardian is not easy to hold... my mother died when I was young, and I was forced to sit in this position. The moment I sat in this position, I knew a lot of things..." Cocolia said with clenched fists.

"And just now I also understood why my mother left. In fact, the star core has been bewitching every generation of great guardians. Until I met another me who claimed to be the future me, the star core and I temporarily lost connection. And I also felt a little peace in my heart."

"It seems that the star core is the same as Tianyu said. It has violent power and the ability to seduce people. He said that the star core can see people's inner desires and use them to seduce. The reason why each generation can last so long is because the power of protection is protecting you. Until your mother died young, there was no time to tell you to beware of it." Ji Zi thought for a while and said.

"Who is the Tianyu you mentioned?" Kokolia asked curiously. "A very mysterious person... He knew there was a star core the moment he came to the sky above here. But he didn't come here, saying that he wanted to deal with some 'followers'." Jizi explained.

"You can tell there is a star core here just by looking at it? Is that true?" Cocolia said in shock.

"Well, I didn't believe it at first. Until the report came out saying that a star core was affecting the orbit. Then I realized that he was the one hiding the deepest on the train." Ji Zi said helplessly.

"Well, yes... one glance is enough to tell that there are star cores here. This shows that he understands star cores and may have even destroyed a number of them. If he takes action... Beloberg should be saved." Cocolia said as if she saw hope.

"Yes... To be honest, this body of mine was also created by him. Look." Ji Zi said as she disassembled her legs.

"So Miss Himeko, you... are a mecha?!" Cocolia said in shock as she looked at the disassembled legs.

"Well, I said it before. I died a long time ago, and only this sword and my residual soul were left. I met Tianyu in the space station, and I just wanted to observe who they were. But I was discovered after just a glance. Later, my identity was recognized, and I was given this mecha body to make me feel alive." Ji Zi said with a smile.

"But... there's one thing that I'm curious about... how did you make me dizzy?"

"I don't know. You fainted when I saw you. But before I met you, I saw a guy who claimed to be me from the future. I think she did it. Until now, I'm not sure whether the other person is really me from the future or someone did it on purpose." Cocolia said while pondering the other party's identity.

"Hmm? Miss Jizi, I'm afraid we can't continue chatting. I can feel that the star core is about to connect with me. From now on, you should rest here. It's time for me to do what I should do..." Cocolia said with a grim expression.

"Okay, I understand. Remember not to be bewitched by the star core. It is not a good thing..." Ji Zi nodded and said.

Then Cocolia walked out of the room and went straight to her desk.

"Hello, Ms. Cocolia." A male voice came at this time.

"Who is it?" Kokolia looked around but saw no one.

"I had a very pleasant chat with Teacher Jizi just now." The voice was still speaking but no one was seen.

"Who are you?" Cocolia suddenly found a man with black hair and purple eyes sitting in front of her, drinking coffee calmly.

"Hmm~ As expected, the coffee brewed by Sister Jizi is strong enough." The person who came was Ye Tianyu. "Oh! I forgot to introduce myself. I am one of the unknown guests of the Starry Sky Train, Ye Tianyu. I came here this time to discuss something with you."

(End of this chapter)