"Back?" The moment they returned to the temporary base that Theresa had set up, Theresa's greeting voice came.
"Mm, the matter is handled. From now on, I can slack off without any pressure!" Shun tossed Judah into Theresa's arms, then lay down on the sofa, shamelessly putting his feet up on the coffee table.
"You are the Hyperion Captain I haven't officially appointed yet. How can you slack off?" Theresa immediately objected.
"What? Isn't a Captain's job just mopping the deck? I even specially learned how to do aerial splits!"
"Who told you a Captain's job is mopping the deck? A Captain's job is very hard. Not only do you have to command Valkyries in battle, there's also personnel deployment…"
Listening to the work matters Theresa listed, Shun suddenly felt that being a cleaner was pretty good. Anyway, he couldn't do this Captain job.
"Well, I guess you wouldn't be interested in these tasks anyway. If you want to be Captain, you can just be a nominal honorary Captain."
After all, the difficulty of the Captain position was quite high. Theresa didn't think Shun would be interested in handling the proper duties of the position.
Moreover, she was really worried about Himeko's health, so she might as well have Himeko step down. Using this as a reason to let Shun take over temporarily and then arrange someone to replace Shun's work. Maybe Shun wasn't suited to be Captain, but with his strength, he could definitely hold the fort.
Shun didn't know what Theresa was planning, but this outcome was good for him too. He wanted to be the Hyperion's Captain only for the nostalgia.
It would be best if he could, and if not, then forget it. Anyway, besides a little regret, Shun wouldn't lose anything.
After resting in the base for a while longer, the sound of a plane landing came from outside. Mm, it was the dedicated aircraft Theresa had called.
After boarding it, Shun's next stop would be St. Freya Academy.
St. Freya… it could be considered the place where the dream began. Shun felt a little nervous in his heart, but no matter what, going there meant that things were roughly on the right track.
"What are you still standing there for? Let's go! Don't you miss Ana?" Theresa patted Shun's back and said.
Shun came back to his senses belatedly and nodded like a robot. "Yeah…"
Ana… it seemed like he hadn't seen her for several months already? He always felt that between him and her, they had always spent more time apart than together. The time they had known each other was even less than the time they had been separated…
"So annoying…" Perhaps it was the nervousness of returning to a familiar place. For a moment, Shun felt he couldn't move his feet, as if there were sandbags tied to them.
At this time, Theresa, who had been walking behind him, seemed to not notice and bumped into Shun's body, pushing him forward a distance.
Forget it. He had already decided—what was he still dawdling here for… wasn't this being overly sentimental?
Shun glanced at Theresa, who still didn't know what had happened, shook his head, and walked straight into the cabin.
Inside the cabin, the two sat side by side. No one spoke, and the atmosphere seemed to freeze like this. After all, Shun and Theresa weren't actually that familiar with each other.
Their previous connection had been related to information about Kiana and Siegfried. Although they were now collaborators and could barely be considered friends, they had known each other for too short a time.
Perhaps Shun understood Theresa quite well for some reasons, but to Theresa, Shun could be said to be a familiar stranger.
Theresa felt that since they would be together for a long time in the future, they should at least break this awkward situation. She might as well resolve it during this flight to St. Freya.
"By the way, Shun, where is your hometown? You should be from Shenzhou, right…" Theresa planned to start with hometown and family to get closer to Shun.
"Mm… I don't have a hometown. Or rather, this world doesn't have my hometown." Shun answered honestly.
"Ah… hahaha, I see. Sorry." In Theresa's eyes, Shun's hometown must have been destroyed by Honkai.
I'm such an idiot! Looking at Shun like this, he must have been very young when he lost his hometown. How could I use something like this to stimulate others!
No, I must find a way to salvage this… Theresa thought again and continued: "Then, what about your family?"
"I don't have family. But now I have a fiancée and a sworn sister, and… a goddaughter? I don't know what to call Kiana, but I feel like I'm just like her dad."
"Haha… so that's how it is." Damn, I said the wrong thing again! Theresa felt she should slap herself. She had just stimulated the other person's nerves and accidentally stepped on a landmine again.
She felt she was too much of a failure and didn't know how to talk at all. She might as well shut up. If she continued like this, forget breaking the ice—by then it would be good if Shun didn't fall out with her.
"However, Theresa, I have a few questions to ask you." Shun looked at Theresa and smiled pleasantly.
"What questions?"
"Then listen carefully…" Shun cleared his throat lightly, then began a barrage of questions at Theresa.
"Where do you live? Are your grades good? Do you have someone you like? How tall are you? How much do you weigh? What year and month were you born? What ethnicity are you? Are you good-looking? Have you ever dated anyone? Have you eaten lunch? What's your ID number? What's your bank card number? What's your phone number? Who's in your family? Does anyone like you? Has anyone confessed to you? What did you eat tonight? Did you eat any snacks this afternoon? What did you eat for lunch? Did you eat breakfast? Where do you study? What grade are you in? Do you live on campus? How many classes per grade? How many people per class? How many teachers? Is your hair long or short? Do you have nails? Are you using mobile data or WiFi right now? What color do you like? What do you usually do? Do you live on campus or what? Any other questions? Emmm who are you? Are you happy right now? Have you had the first cup of bubble tea of autumn? What do you usually like? What's the name of the person you like? Do you play games? Do you have leg hair? What clothes are you wearing today? What color? Do you have a partner? What are you doing right now? What do you like to watch the most? What do you like to do? Have you finished your homework? How's the weather where you are? How old are you, have you eaten? Have you slept or stayed up late? Do you have double eyelids or single eyelids? What grade are you in? Do you like grandpa or grandma more? Is there a grave in your family?"
"Eh… Eh… What…?" Theresa felt her head explode all at once. What was Shun… asking?
Shun looked at Theresa who had already started going "Aba aba," smiled, and closed his eyes.