Sky Striker Princess, but the swan song of Valkyrie.

Zero agreed to Chris's request without hesitation.

"Ah, that's wonderful, phew, Amu."

Chris, having received permission from Rei to take leave, leaned comfortably against the back of the sofa in a cheerful mood. She then casually picked up the snacks Rei had placed on the table around the sofa and popped them into her mouth.

"Get some rest. Oh, right, not yet, Chris. There's something else I can do right now, so I can't rest yet."

Seeing Chris slumped on the sofa, Lingyi walked over and said this.

"What? What else do I have to do? Lingyi, I can't take it anymore. I really have no strength left. I can't do any work anymore."

Seeing Lingyi's movements, Chris couldn't help but let out a painful cry; she really couldn't move at all.

To give an analogy, Chris is currently in a situation similar to the penalty mechanism in some games where the stamina bar is about to run out. She can't move anymore until the stamina bar recovers to a certain level.

"...Chris, I think we should try to improve your physical strength when we have time in the future. You know, the workload I've assigned you is less than half of my workload."

Looking at Chris's grumbling, Zero said helplessly.

She didn't think Chris was lying, after all, according to the data analysis of the outfit she put on Chris, her body had indeed reached its limit.

“呜倭jiu齐锥#咎意3扒瘤~-

Chris, slumped on the sofa, turned her head away.

"Fine, since you've already made your move, there's no stopping you."

Faced with Chris's complete lack of energy, Zero made a decision after thinking for a while.

"So that means I can continue resting?"

Seeing Lingyi deep in thought, Chris asked happily,

"...Of course not. For the sake of efficiency, I don't want to put this work off until later. Delaying it now will only increase the workload in the future."

Lingyi immediately dissuaded Chris from her idea with words.

"Ah, what should we do then? Let's make it clear first, I'm really unable to walk right now."

Seeing this, Chris was confused.

"It doesn't matter.'

Seeing Chris's confusion, Zero simply said this while moving a little closer.

"Since you can't move, Chris, let me help you. First, take off your clothes."

Then, under Chris's questioning gaze, Zero placed her hand on Chris.

"Oh, wait, Zero, what are you trying to do? Is this something you can do in this place!?"

Chris's pupils dilated violently.

"...What are you thinking? Or do you want to stay here wearing these clothes covered in dirt and dust? Even if you do, I don't want to get myself dirty."

Lingyi paused for a moment, and after seemingly restraining herself, she explained to Chris in this way.

"Oh (one?) Lingyingqi Siwu Jiushi Jiuba, I'm sorry, I misunderstood. So what are we going to do?"

Chris breathed a sigh of relief upon realizing that the other person only wanted to take off their outer clothes, and then asked.

"Go to the bathroom."

Lingyi gave a concise answer.

“!!?”

Chris also succinctly expressed her thoughts through her facial expressions.

"Stop looking at those weird things. It's just that the clothes you're wearing are almost full of dirt. I need to clean out the dirt and change you into a new one."

Zero, realizing that Chris had once again been thinking of some strange place, explained after a moment of patience.

"Um, don't you have any clean clothes? I think this kind of thing is really too much..."

Despite Zero's explanation, Chris still couldn't quite accept it.

"No, do you think clothes with so many functions are so easy to make? Some of the materials used to make that garment were obtained by dismantling my spare work clothes."

Lingyi lifted her inner lining and pointed to her underwear, patiently explaining to Chris.

Chris quickly noticed the similarity in material between Zero's underwear and her own straitjacket.

"Wait, Zero, do you mean this outfit I'm wearing is a modified version of the clothes you wore?"

Then, Chris, whose experience was growing rapidly, inexplicably caught some crucial information in Zero's words, and forbidden knowledge kept surfacing in her mind.

"Otherwise, how do you think I could make clothes that comfortable so quickly? I don't have time to make new ones now, so unless you want me to have no clothes to wear, there are no spares to change into."

Lingyi put down her inner lining and said in a matter-of-fact and irritable manner.

"...It's not that it won't work, ah, no, I mean, that's what you used, Rei. Wait, that's not right either."

In her confusion, Chris uttered incoherent and nonsensical words that were terrible in every sense of the word.

“I think I should try to physically destroy that website… Also, just to remind you, it only used the material from my work clothes, and any traces of it were cleaned up during the dismantling process.”

Lingyi's expression visibly crumbled slightly. After calming herself down, she gave Chris this explanation with a hint of gritted teeth.

"I'm sorry, I'm very sorry, but if it's just about washing that garment, I can just give you the garment underneath, right?"

As Zero explained, Chris regained her senses, and upon regaining her senses, she felt even more ashamed of Zero's initial suggestion.

"That's possible, but it's too troublesome. Switching back and forth like that, although the main purpose is to remove the dirt, it would be better to do the other things in one go while we're at it, for efficiency reasons."

Lingyi tried her best to remain calm and said that no matter what kind of mentality Chris showed, it would not affect what she was going to do next. Time waits for no one, and efficiency is life.

"what?"

Chris couldn't help but let out a cute groan, because as Zero said that, she had already started to take off her already dirty outer clothes, and Chris couldn't put up any effective resistance at all.

"Don't look at me like I did something to you. This is just a normal, healthy action. What's not healthy is your brain, Chris."

Lingyi, looking exasperated, put Chris's coat aside, intending to wash it later.

"BAKA, how is this kind of thing healthy? I know, I understand, the next part of the story is going to be..."

Chris hugged a cushion on the sofa, her face flushed as she continued to complain.

There's no way around it; although from Zero's perspective, she was treating Chris's body without any emotion, from Chris's perspective...

Yes, a girl he didn't dislike and even liked used her strong yet warm hand to grasp his wrist.

Then, with a force that completely disregarded her own will, she brutally yet gently did to herself things that could only appear in a small notebook.

Chris can still recall the warm breath that Lingyi exhaled when she approached, a breath that carried a certain scent, and it hit her face.

"...

Lingyi was at a loss for words.

She first silently listed Chris's mental health treatment and the physical destruction of a certain website as two things she had to do.

Then, ignoring Chris's strange behavior, she pulled the exhausted, limp girl up from the sofa and, in the most convenient way possible, picked up the white-haired girl with a lewd mind.

"Hmm"

After picking her up, Chris's head seemed to emit a steam-like roar.

But this had nothing to do with Lingyi. She was fed up with the inefficient and pointless conversations. At this moment, all she wanted was to quickly finish processing the dirty white fur she was holding according to the standard procedure, and then move on to the next task.

As for Chris, she was on the verge of fainting, her mind a jumble of chaotic images that eventually coalesced into a single sentence.

Why is it a princess carry!?

P.S. Good morning.

Chapter Seventy-Nine Bathing

The steam rose and dispersed into a thick fog, filling the entire medium-sized bathroom covered with white tiles.

“Very good, the water temperature in the bath looks just right.”

Sensing that the temperature had reached its optimal level, Lingyi casually removed the clothes that were binding her.

"Gurgle."

In stark contrast to Zero's composure was Yukine Chris, whose face was flushed red as if it could drip blood, whether due to temperature or physiological reasons.

Although she kept trying to mentally prepare herself, the effects of the forbidden knowledge that had invaded her mind by opening the door to a new world could not be eliminated overnight.

"...If Chris really can't stand it, I can give you anesthesia. As long as you can't feel it, it'll be fine, right?"

Seeing Chris's state beside her, Zero felt somewhat helpless and made this suggestion.

Because she was busy with work and didn't have much time, she didn't understand what Chris was thinking about every day.

However, judging from the phenomenon alone, if this level of physical contact elicited such a reaction from her, then logically speaking, if they were to engage in intimate contact in the usual sense, Chris's body would likely experience some strange adverse reactions.

"Anesthesia, could it be the kind that numbs the body, and then when the numbness wears off, all sensations return, and all the sensations experienced while numb burst forth all at once...?"

Chris said in a panic, her face as red as if it were bleeding.

It seemed that Zero's words activated Chris's strange memories, reminding her of a strange CG scene in a game she had played, where the protagonist was healing from paralysis.

"That's impossible! Regular anesthesia won't produce the kind of strange effects you're thinking of!"

Seeing this, Lingyi immediately stepped forward and punched Chris on the head, stopping her wandering thoughts.

She couldn't understand why, even though she had tried to guess Chris's thoughts with the strangest of ideas, Chris could always think from a completely unexpected angle.

"Yes, is it true that Master Leng has already stopped?"

Clutching her head, Chris asked in surprise.

Perhaps because she has never had any relevant experience, she sometimes finds herself unable to distinguish between illusion and reality.

"Of course not. Even I would need to think for several days to create an anesthetic that achieves that effect. A normal anesthetic will just put you to sleep."

Lingyi complained irritably.

"Oh... wait, so Rei, you can make that kind of anesthetic?!"

Then, Chris's ability to pick up irrelevant information continued to perform steadily, as always.

"That's not important. So, Chris, do you want to be anesthetized? My suggestion is that you do. I happen to have some tranquilizer grenades for shockwaves here. Give me one, and I guarantee you'll see the sun rise tomorrow in peace."

A grid pattern appeared on her forehead as Lingyi smiled gently and replied. A white portal had already opened beside her, and she reached her hand inside.

"No, no, no, I think I can accept it. Besides, I've figured it out. Those things are all fake. In reality, taking a shower won't actually happen like that."

Seeing Zero's aura gradually becoming dangerous, Chris quickly refused, while making this promise.

It seems that after several explanations from Lingyi, she finally began to understand that there is an insurmountable gap between fantasy works and reality, and they cannot be completely equated.

"Oh, really? That's good. I hope you can maintain this healthy mindset, Chris. Okay, are you going to take it off yourself, or should I help you?"

Seeing that Chris seemed to have returned to normal, Zero also resumed her usual expressionless demeanor.

"Yes, I can take it off myself."

Chrissy answered immediately.

She always felt that if she did anything abnormal again, Lingyi would definitely give her anesthesia. She wasn't a pervert, and she didn't like being given a tranquilizer gun for no reason. Oh, no, even a pervert wouldn't want to be given a tranquilizer gun.

Soon, under Zero's coercion, Chris quite normally took off her inner and outer clothing and handed it to Zero. Zero, without any emotion, took it and threw it into the still-open battle knife machine.

Why does it feel like Zero's teleportation portal has every function imaginable...?

Seeing this, Chris couldn't help but think that this was the umpteenth time she had seen Zero use portals to do this kind of chores. She still had no idea what was on the other side of Zero's portals.

"Alright, go inside. After you wash, these should be clean. Ugh, I don't understand, it's just a routine body cleaning, why is it so difficult for you, Chris?"

As Lingyi spoke, she pulled the bewildered Chris into the bathroom.

The bathroom door opened, and as the two moved, the steam rising from the hot tub surrounded them, draping the girl's flawless body in a misty veil.

"...…call."

The warm mist eased Chris's tension, and the jumbled thoughts in her mind seemed to dissipate outwards with the warmth and relaxation of her body.

"Hmm... this water temperature should be just right, Chris. Don't just stand there. I've already adjusted the water temperature for you. Do you want to do it yourself, or should I help you?"

After testing the water temperature of the showerhead and confirming that it wouldn't burn anyone, Lingyi handed it to Chris and said...

"I can handle this myself!"

Chris said, and was about to take the showerhead from Zero's hand.