Heroic Spirit: I, Shinji, have tried my best.

"By the way, what time is it now? This place without sunlight makes it hard for me to tell the time."

"Well... it's been four hours since you came back."

"Four hours..."

"That's about it. Let's go! Let's go see what Riku is going to do next."

"Ok!"

Shinji and Shubi rushed to Riku's room, thinking about the current situation on the way...

The Dwarves and Werebeasts have basically been dealt with, so the Elves and the Flügel are still missing to bring about the final confrontation.

Among them, the Flügel were the most difficult to deal with, and could only be used as a fixed station, which meant that the next target fell on the Elves...

"Dong dong dong..."

"Crack!"

Ever since he knew that Riku's door was never locked, Shinji would always knock on the door twice symbolically and then go in directly.

Although the other party was very opposed to such an approach, he had no choice. Anyway, he didn't have much privacy, and Shinji would not come here unless it was under normal circumstances...

"What's wrong? What brings you here again today?"

"What are you talking about? Even the wind can't get into your shabby cave. I came here specifically to find out about your plan. Don't be so cold."

"whispering sound…"

Riku glanced at the alliance letter on the table. He originally planned to ask Shinji for clarification, but after calming down, he realized that it didn't seem to make much sense. Anyway, they all knew the facts, so there was no need to make it too clear.

"Here! This is our next goal, and I'm afraid you'll have to accompany me this time..."

Shinji picked up the map that Riku casually threw to him. On it was a zigzag route that started from where they were now and led all the way to where the elves were.

"It seems that you are planning to attack the elves, but aren't those guys very good at magic? Are you sure you can control them?"

That’s why I want you to come with me… I found some suspicious points in the old capital of the elves last time, maybe I can use them to pretend and make her afraid to attack me…”

"Of course I can't guarantee it, so I need you to back me up."

"Well... okay, I'll go with you then..."

"Um…"

Just when the two of them agreed to go to the elf base camp, Shinji suddenly felt Huby pulling him gently again, so he lowered his head and looked at him in confusion.

And Shubi looked at Shinji with his big watery eyes:

"Hubby wants to go too..."

With a cute appearance and a soft voice, it is hard to refuse a request from such a cute little Lolita...

However, Shinji was still able to maintain basic rationality in major matters, and knew that he had to reduce errors as much as possible in important plans, so he had to discuss this matter with Riku.

"How's it going, Riku?"

"Well...actually I have other tasks I want to assign to Hubie."

"Other tasks?"

Upon hearing this, Shinji and Hubie looked over curiously. After all, Hubie had mostly done bodyguard work before and had rarely been assigned any individual tasks.

"…What is Hubie going to do?"

"What you are about to do is also a major event that may affect the entire battle situation!"

Riku's expression suddenly became serious, and he took out a letter from the drawer:

"This is the letter I received from Chloe. They arrived at their new residence the month before last. It's a remote location, so they usually don't get attacked. But that's just the general situation."

"You mean...something happened?"

"That's not the case. Actually, Chroni and the others met a group of Ex-Machinas over there. They were fighting with another race, and the aftermath had affected them, so they wanted to ask me if there was anywhere else they could go..."

"What's the result?"

"Of course not... This is the best place I carefully selected. Other places are more dangerous both in terms of the roads and the environment."

"In the beginning, I wanted you to go and provide some military support, but then I suddenly remembered that Shuvi is also an Ex-Machina, so maybe there will be other Ex-Machinas like Shuvi among them... The best outcome would be to win over the Ex-Machinas to help us, and at least force them to move the battlefield."

"But this is just my theoretical plan. If Hubie doesn't want to, there are other ways..."

"So that's your answer?"

Riku looked at Shubi seriously, listening to his next answer.

Shinji also remained silent at this time. He could not make the decision for this matter...or he could not represent the other party.

Since he first met Hubie, he has been following him around, talking about looking for a "heart" and always obeying Shinji's words...

But Shinji has always treated her as an ordinary human being and would not force her to do anything for any reason, even if Hubie is the one who is willing to accept it.

So this is also one of the reasons why Shinji is reluctant to accept Hubie. After all, he even dared to take action against Sakura, who grew up with him. So, wouldn’t it be easy for him to catch a legal loli who is just a little smaller in appearance?

But looking at the other person's emotionless appearance, he always felt a sense of disobedience...

"Hubby...it should be possible. Hubby wants to help too!"

After receiving a positive answer, Riku did not press the button directly, but looked at Shinji, who was like a guardian.

"Since Shubi has agreed, I will not stop him. However, I remember that we talked about this matter at the beginning. It seems that there is not much chance of success in convincing the Ex-Machina..."

"That doesn't matter. Our current plan is enough to support most of the framework. We just need to fill it up bit by bit. The reinforcements of the [Ex-Machina] are not counted in the necessary combat power."

Shinji felt a little relieved after hearing this. He squatted down, patted Hughie's shoulder and said:

"Don't worry too much about the completion of the task, as long as you do your best, remember?"

"Um…"

Hubie's eyes were evasive... When Shinji mentioned that incident, she didn't expect that the only lie she told would be thrown back in front of her again.

She felt a little uncomfortable for a while...

However, due to the naturally cold face of the Ex-Machina, Shinji could not see much emotional change from it, so after a simple instruction, he stood up and continued to discuss the action time with Riku.

Hubie couldn't listen to what was said next. He put one hand on his chest, his face still calm and at a loss...

[That feeling again... Is Hubie sick...]

In the end, the general plan was basically decided, and Shinji took Hubie back with him, intending to continue his research.

By this time, Shubi had also come to his senses and became normal again. There was nothing wrong with it, so Shinji didn't take it too seriously.

only…

"…Why are you still here…"

Shinji didn't know what expression to use, and could only ask in a speechless and helpless tone...

As for who to ask?

That was naturally the girl who was curled up in the corner of the room with her legs hugged, looking as if she was dead...

When the other party saw Shinji coming back, he ignored the previous grudges and simply ran over crying as if he had found someone to talk to, hugging Shinji's thighs and crying loudly.

"…I remember I should have let you go."

“Wow… It’s supposed to be like this, it should be like this… Wow…”

[This guy…]

Shinji felt a dull pain in his temple and tried not to think too much about it, but the current situation was too complicated and he needed to calm down.

A few minutes later…

"Now tell me, what happened?"

Shinji held his head in front of the table, looking at the little vampire in front of him who had finally stopped crying. He still couldn't figure out what could have made the little vampire cry so sadly...

"Well... actually... actually I was about to go back. I didn't pay attention to the time when I went out, but when I was not far away, the sky suddenly became bright... Even through the thick clouds, I could feel that suffocating light!"

"Then I used all my magic and ran like crazy... but there wasn't even a hole nearby! I really don't know what damn place you humans chose. I almost died outside!"

"…In the end, I had no choice but to rush back. By the time I got here, I was completely exhausted and couldn't even cast a spell. I was afraid that if I tried to suck blood again, I would most likely be killed…"

"So...so I came back again when I had nowhere else to go..."

Lilith wiped her tears with a wronged look, as if she had suffered great persecution.

"..."

"That's amazing, Hubie..."

"Indeed... It seems that the information in the [Database] is not accurate, and the [Seirenes] are not necessarily the dumbest..."