Skadi, returning to infinity

But...

"Sister Skadi...am I really useless...I can't help you with anything, all I do is cry..."

After crying for a few minutes, Hanabi managed to control her emotions.

She pulled away from Skadi's embrace, looked up at her sister, wiped away tears from the corners of her eyes, and asked, forcing a smile.

"Of course not, you're still too young. I won't let you join the fight right now."

"Moreover, you are very talented, and you learn what I teach you very quickly."

"When you have truly learned what I have taught you, you will be able to help me."

"Don't take on responsibilities that don't belong to you right now, it's exhausting."

Skadi patted her head and smiled helplessly. This child was good in every way, except that she wanted to help her too much.

This is perhaps a common problem among people in the Naruto world, because they are in a constant state of war, coupled with the extremely strict education and discipline of ninja clans.

Harsh concept.

Ninjas trained from a young age possess a maturity and sense of responsibility beyond their years.

From the perspective of people in other worlds, this is not a good thing.

But when you think about Rhodes Island in the future, where many little girls will have to participate in the war from a young age, you can understand it a little better.

The boundaries of age, gender, and identity become much blurred when people live in different worlds and face different environments.

Of course, Skadi would try her best to avoid this situation; she wanted to create one that would at least ensure these children wouldn't grow up so young.

The environment in which one participates in war.

After all, there are many more people who can shoulder the responsibility now than there will be later.

“Master, I just went out for an hour and discovered something interesting.”

Medea interjected at this moment. She wasn't familiar with Hanabi, but she could guess that the other person was probably an adopted child like Karen and the others.

Changing the subject was also to prevent Hanabi from wallowing in sadness.

"What's interesting?"

Skadi was somewhat surprised by Medea's words. If there were any unexpected events, Themis should be able to handle them.

"Several hidden caves have been discovered, and energy is emanating from them."

"There are traces of human activity; it seems some organization secretly built it there. Village"

"Their target is very likely here."

Medea was unaware of many things about the situation, but she could guess some of the possibilities through her own analysis.

"Where exactly is it?"

Skadi frowned when she heard her say that.

She was well aware that the Tower of Babel had always been a target of certain beings.

"It's about 30 kilometers away from here, near the underground river basin."

"Of course, it's also possible that they didn't come here specifically; the branch just thinks their behavior is too suspicious."

Medea wasn't entirely sure about her guess either; Skadi and the others would have to verify it themselves.

"Okay, I know."

He nodded. This kind of thing can be easily solved by sending someone to investigate.

If it really is an enemy, then just send someone to deal with it; there's no need to do everything yourself.

"By the way, what were you doing running out there?"

Skadi then wondered what Medea was doing running off to all of a sudden.

"Since I'll be living here, I'm getting familiar with the surroundings first."

"This also makes it easier to set up magic traps, making us safer."

Medea stated the reason directly, but it was indeed a very good habit.

First, check your surroundings to give yourself a greater sense of security, and then do other things.

"Okay, thank you for your help."

"But you can rest assured, there is Losia patrolling the area regularly every day."

"There haven't been any patrols lately because Medea has been accompanying me on missions."

"Those people probably think so too. I doubt Loshia will be able to leave before I get back from Colombia."

This arrangement was somewhat flawed; Losia should have stayed here instead of going on the mission with her.

With Loshia patrolling, the area will be much safer, and these outsiders will be discovered quickly.

"I'll join the patrols from now on. I'll just stay with Master. As for helping Master with missions or anything like that..."

I don't like doing those things.

Medea didn't have any grand ambitions; she just wanted to spend her life with the people she loved and who she liked.

I want to cook for the person I like and love, do housework for her, protect her, and give everything for her.

As for the destruction of the world, Medea wouldn't even care as long as it didn't affect her and her lover.

This is a typical "small happiness" mindset, but it doesn't mean she's wrong; it's just her personality.

Skadi didn't force her to do anything; Medea's patrolling the area was her way of fulfilling her role in protecting the surroundings.

As for carrying out missions, Medea's identity as a magician heroic spirit is actually subject to many restrictions.

Using her to deal with weaklings is a waste. Against powerful enemies, Medea's strength is also insufficient.

Against the agents, each of them possesses strong survival abilities; Medea's pure arcane damage is utterly ineffective against them.

What is the threat?

For various reasons, keeping Medea at home to protect everyone is a good option.

In comparison, Artoria and the Black Knight are more suitable to be kept by one's side.

However, if the Black Knight doesn't have his own person by his side, he is prone to losing his mind.

Artoria, on the other hand, has too strong a personal ideology. The things she wants to do are basically unchangeable, and there are some things that are not suitable for her to know.

Despite their various shortcomings, Artoria and the Black Knight are still excellent companions.

After all, Skadi has many followers, which is a bigger problem than these two Heroic Spirits.

"I've developed a much greater interest in this world, Master. When shall we depart?"

Artoria, who was standing on the spiral staircase between the eighth and ninth floors, spoke at this moment.

She didn't want the atmosphere to be too heavy, and she also wanted to know what to do next and prepare in advance.

"I have one hour left, I'll go and make some arrangements for the aircraft."

"On this trip to Yan Kingdom, only you and Medea will accompany us; the rest of you can stay at home."

Skadi's words displeased Titi, who was eavesdropping in the back of the room. She opened the door, looked at Skadi, and frowned.

"Can't I go either?"

Behind her, Ali stood there with a somewhat helpless expression.

Clearly, Ali had tried to stop Titi earlier, but failed.

"No, Titi."

"Wait for me to come home."

"The situation is delicate recently, and you may run into problems if you follow the past."

Skadi shook her head firmly. Home was the safest place; going out would only make her more vulnerable to being controlled by those guys.

...Is it the deep sea?

Titi remembered what she had done before, and she knew that she had been affected by something from the deep sea for a while.

Although Skadi quickly dispelled it, the fact that it could affect her from such a distance was enough to make the creatures from the Deep Sea quite suspicious.

We have no choice but to be on guard.

Skadi made the right decision, but...

"Alright, alright, once I get back, you won't need to worry about any of this."

Don't worry.

Skadi knew that Titi was worried about her, but she was really not in any danger.

The [Refresher Orb Fragment] she has is enough to handle many things, not to mention she has many other trump cards.

"Hmm." FF

No matter how worried he was, he couldn't help Skadi with many things until the deep-sea problem was solved.

So Titi quickly calmed herself down and went back to her room, curling up on the sofa in front of the balcony.

Seeing her looking somewhat dejected, Skadi felt sorry for her but there was nothing she could do; the guys from the deep sea were having too much of a negative impact on Skadi.

For her safety, staying here is the best option.

"Is Anna asleep?"

Ali quietly came out and closed the door.

Seeing her like this, Skadi put aside her worries about Titi and began to care about Anna's current situation.

"Anna, she has fallen asleep."

Ali nodded gently. After all, with her around, Anna was quite obedient.

"That's good. If she knew I was leaving again, she'd probably cry and make a scene."

Skadi was speaking when she suddenly looked up at Artoria.

Themis stood silently behind Artoria.