"Girl, why is there so much more money in my account recently? Did you do it again, huh?"
Receiving a call from this roaring sister early in the morning, Yowane expressionlessly pointed the phone into the air. However, even so, she didn't forget to add her verbal tic, which utterly impressed Yowane. And people nowadays~! How strange, why do you refuse money when given it? Do you want me to marry you or something?
"Don't worry! I didn't do anything bad, nor did I engage in compensated dating. This is just my song royalties."
After Eisou finished her rant, Yowane said into the phone.
"I've told you countless times, I lack nothing here, and you don't need to worry about me. Just take care of yourself."
After Yowane finished speaking, Eisou's voice on the other end of the phone noticeably softened. She spoke to Yowane with a somewhat moved and melancholic tone. After all, she had raised this child, and seeing her grow to this point made her very happy. She had never asked anything of Yowane! Her days in the 'Anbu' had taught her the preciousness of friendship.
As an adult, she had her adult dignity. If this continued, she felt like she was being kept by a child, which made her feel embarrassed. Therefore, she strongly resisted Yowane's actions, even if they were for her own good.
"Don't joke with me. I know a bit about your teachers' salaries, and Anti-Skill members don't get paid. If I can give you some help, accept it gratefully! After all, this city owes you, and you maintain the surface peace. I just want to do a little something for you."
Recalling Komoe's dilapidated apartment and Eisou's inability to afford a house, having to rely on connections for a loan in the original work, Yowane felt a pang of heartache. Before, from another dimension, she could only sigh, but now that they had lived together for so long, could they not develop any feelings?
"Girl, you..."
Hearing Ruo Yin's words, Eisou found it hard to deny she was touched. It was as if she had watched a child who was playing in the sand suddenly grow up. Her heart felt warm, and her eyes were a little moist, so much so that she even forgot to add her usual verbal tic.
"Also, I love you the most, Eisou-jie."
"This girl."
She hung up the phone after speaking. Ruo Yin sighed deeply. These weren't just pretty words; they were sincere. After so many years together, anyone with a bit of humanity would be grateful to those who were good to them. Regardless of whether she truly needed it, Ruo Yin wanted to offer her some help.
Listening to the phone disconnect, Eisou smiled blissfully. For the first time, she experienced the feeling of being a parent. Every bit of her 'child's' growth filled the 'parent' with immense relief and happiness.
"I need to give those guys a raise. How long has it been? All I've seen is pay cuts, never a raise. They'll go crazy with joy, ~chan!"
"Take good care of yourself, ~chan!"
Eisou, walking out of the bank, looked at the familiar person on the large screen of the department store opposite and felt a surge of emotion. She only hoped that the dark side of Academy City wouldn't find the girl. She wished her cheerful dance moves and moving singing would remain beautiful forever.
With this thought, Eisou got into her car and started heading towards the rendezvous point.
In the 'Windowless Building' in Academy City's Seventh District, a person wearing green surgical scrubs, suspended upside down in a red liquid within a life-support device made of tempered glass, four meters in diameter and ten meters long—a person described as 'like a man yet like a woman, like an adult yet like a child, like a saint yet like a sinner'—was, at this moment, using special nanomachines. Approximately fifty million machines called 'Control Circuits' throughout Academy City were recording every corner of the city.
"What do you think, Aiwass?"
At this moment, Ruo Yin's latest song, 'Pure Land of Bliss' MV, was continuously looping on hundreds of split screens.
"You've already watched it dozens of times, and you're still asking me what I think."
"From my perspective, this song is addictive."
In the empty space, a second voice suddenly appeared. Judging by the voice, it seemed to be a female. She was currently complaining to someone who could be considered an old friend, with whom she had been together for an unknown number of years.
"Is that so? I was just spacing out."
Her face showed no change as she stated the fact of her distraction, which was extremely frustrating.
"Then turn off the screen."
While these two major figures, capable of shaking the world, were conversing, Ruo Yin also began her normal life, with various ability tests commencing.
"Telekinesis: Bomb."
Three telekinetic crystals, compressed with a large amount of telekinetic energy, instantly slammed into the alloy used for testing. Accompanied by three massive explosions, the entire Tokiwadai Middle School shook. After successfully garnering a large number of admiring gazes from her fangirls, Ruo Yin, upon receiving her test results, began looking for a cool place to rest.
"You finished your test too?"
Unexpectedly, Misaka Mikoto had already been waiting by a cool tree for a long time. Seeing Mikoto's summons, Ruo Yin slowly walked over.
"Eh! Ruo Yin-sama, and that Railgun Princess, are actually together!"
"Really, I must report this to Queen-sama immediately."
"I'm more supportive of Ruo Yin-sama and Mikoto-sama being together."
"You heretic! Queen-sama and Ruo Yin-sama are the true way!"
Ruo Yin, with her excellent hearing, paused her steps. She ultimately decided to ignore their gossip and walked to Mikoto's side. She took the cool water Mikoto offered, thanked her, and began to rest.
"I listened to your new song, it's amazing."
As soon as she sat down, Mikoto, like a little fangirl, started talking to Ruo Yin about her new song. Ruo Yin could only offer an awkward smile. How could a transmigrator's work be considered plagiarism?
"How do you plan to spend this winter break?"
Interrupting Mikoto's fangirl state, Ruo Yin changed the subject.
"Me? Probably alone again!"
Thinking of her worried mother at home, and then her current situation, Mikoto's face dimmed considerably. It seemed she missed her mother too.
"This year, would you like to spend it with me?"
Seeing Mikoto like this, Ruo Yin realized she had touched a sore spot, so she offered an invitation to make amends.
"Really? Is it really okay? Won't I be bothering you and your family?"
Mikoto, receiving such an invitation for the first time, asked excitedly yet cautiously.
"No, they'll be very happy if you come."
"That's great!"
The happy Mikoto didn't notice that Ruo Yin said "they" and not "he."
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