Vollkommen: Humility is key.

Akibastar City, Starbucks, 2nd level, VIP Room

"Yeesh, whaddya playing, Chris?" Alito peeked at her lover playing her Game Boy Advance.

"Heh…Super Mario Bros. Classic games for the win!" Chris smiled cheerily.

"Ah, the soundtrack of most gamers' childhood; who would have known this game would have survived nearly two decades since back in our world?" Alito grinned.

Chris and Alito chuckled at the quirkiness of the soundtrack.

A short while later, a long yellow-green hair woman with a shady spectacle, a well-rounded face, and wearing a white casual dress with pink jacket, slowly opened up and softly knocked the door.

"Welcome there, Minami!" Alito waved hello.

Minami looked around her, her breathing sounded nervous. Both Chris and Alito could see Minami's eyes quickly darting around as she scanned the corridor despite the translucent lenses of her glasses.

"It is okay, Minami. It's just you, me, Alito, the walls, and no one else." Chris smiled calmly.

"T…thank goodness, I thought someone else was following me because of the fiasco, the mayhem I…caused. I mean some…" Minami shook her head.

"Don't worry. I assure you that none of the things we're going to say will be heard. I got the sound proof tech ready to deploy once we get started." Alito nodded.

Minami could see the close ties that both Alito and Chris shared. As soon as she sat down on her chair at the coffee table, Chris lifted up her right hand.

"Minami, we forgive you…" Chris smiled gently.

Minami's eyes went wide with astonishment, her irises shrunk, another lips quivered slightly.

"Wait…what? Am I not hearing things?" she blinked her eyes several times.

Chris sighed; her eyes no longer possessed the usual piercing glow, at least not for now, as it met Minami's. Instead, it's a genuine and altruistic glance.

"I know you have been through a lot, attempting to prevent history from repeating itself. To prevent the Center Novae from unleashing once more, to prevent any loss of Idols, am I right? You're not bad, Minami…just misunderstood. Why don't we just forgive each other; surely there are better way out of this, right?" Chris replied, tilting her head towards the left.

Minami hung her head low in guilt, she didn't expect forgiveness, and yet the first person who was willing to forgive her, ended up being the person who most likely won't forgive her had the latter not let go of her nightmares…

"I…I thought you're going to kill me…As like what you did to the DES and DGTO bungholes…" Minami shook her head.

"Look, if we want to kill you, Chris here would have done it now. We know that you're just misunderstood because you wanted to stop the Novae from happening, but we wanted to meet you, because we can discuss better ways to unleash the Novae, right?" Alito smiled.

Minami nearly cried as she held Chris's right hand tightly with both hands.

"Thank goodness…and I thought there's someone who won't understand my intentions to prevent it in the first place…" she sobbed.

"There…there…Minami." Chris consoled.

Minutes of recollecting oneself later…

"Thank you so much…Chris and Alito. I really thought that someone won't understand my intentions of the stopping the Center Novae initially. I know my intentions are at most parts…questionable, but when I saw the bonds you shared with Alito, the way you helped out the Idols from losing themselves from who they are, and even noticed that you summoned the Center Idols without disappearing, I knew that there is some alternative ways to combat the DES and DGTO. Someway to unleash the Center Novae…" Minami sighed.

"You gotta admit, it's pretty ironic when we think about it; preventing AKB0048 from unleashing the Center Novae by enlisting DES and DGTO's help, so that they can think of alternative solutions to the Center Novae without having to resort to disappearing Center Stage Idols." Alito chuckled softly.

"Yeah…but looking back, I realized what an utter dumbass I am. Now that I realized that both of you have what it takes to unleash the Center Novae properly." Minami smiled.

"Us?" Chris and Alito wondered.

Minami nodded.

"Love, that's another way to unleash the Center Novae without disappearing. Both of you shared that element immensely despite your dark pasts, especially that intimate bonds both you shared between each other? Yeah…that." Minami replied.

"Uh…But doesn't that mean Chris will disappear, because the Center Idols themselves can feel love too." Alito wondered.

Minami chuckled, and she shook her head.

"Chris did what the rest of the Center Idols didn't, well maybe except for Katagiri to a certain extent, humility. She honored her promise to the Fuschias, and kept that promise even until this day, but humbles herself. She doesn't let success; mistakes, money, glory, nor excessive passion ruined what made her, Chris 'Quattro' Fuschia. Yes, those elements encouraged Chris to carry on her last will, but she balances it with the fact that she will err along the way and she's willing to learn. You didn't let all those elements get to you either, Alito. If you were to unleash the Center Novae, you will not disappear too!" Minami replied.

Chris looked at her family necklace…

"I'm not an AKB0048 member, so a Center Idol I ain't. I did the Center Novae emulation only to send for the former Center Idols. That way, I can prevent the Idols from playing 'The Blame Game'." Chris gently dismissed.

"Science alone can't emulate the Center Novae, Chris…It can only emulate from emotions. You might emulate the frequency and the brightness of your aura, but without your heart the Center Stage Idols cannot be materialised. Be proud of who you are, Chris. I can't deny that you constantly aim for the best of the bunch, and to do what you love to do, but your love for your parents and relatives give you that humility needed to just be yourself. Even when you transition to a goddess-human hybrid, you still stood your ground like Alito, proving that they do not raise you in vain. They are proud of you, Chris." Minami smiled.

Chris recalled a teaching from one of the books she had seen a day after her redemptive awakening.

"The principles of living greatly include the capacity to face trouble with courage, disappointment with cheerfulness, and trial with humility."

More often than not, Chris would often try hard in becoming the best of the bunch in the automotive industry, to make her parents proud and to excel what she loved most, mechanical engineering.

However, she understood that there would be people who were better than her; she had to take it one step at a time despite being an automotive prodigy. She knew her parents would be disappointed if they knew that she lost herself. Her love for her parents, her relatives built to that strong foundation called humility…

It made her realized another thing. Sometimes, she just got to enjoy life as it was. Striking a balance between fun and humility is key to life, always have, always will.

Chris smiled and closed her eyes while clutching her necklace, silently thanking her parents and relatives. No longer was it a badge of guilt, but a badge of her humility, and the good memories spent with her relatives that gave her the strength she needed to move on.

Alito placed her right hand on Chris's hands and squeezed hard while smiling warmly.

Minami looked on becoming confident that Chris and Alito might just be what AKB0048 need, a breath of fresh air…