A Cloud Knight captain looks like a pretty ordinary position.
But at his age, being able to sit in that position already counts as unprecedented.
As for whether there will be anyone after him, that's unknown.
Moreover, from what's understood, that captain is also a disciple under Jing Yuan.
Being favored by that Divine Foresight General, the other party's strength and talent are probably far beyond ordinary people.
Jing Yuan very likely intends to train him into someone with extraordinary strength, like the High-Cloud Quintet back then.
As the next pillar of the Luofu.
Ruan Mei looked at Herta with calm eyes and asked her.
"Can you tell me why you chose to replace him and switch him out for… that diviner?"
"Didn't I already say it in front of Jing Yuan?"
Herta shrugged and said, "I ran into him a few times when coming to the Luofu, I just thought he looked pleasing."
"You know how I do things, I pick whatever looks pleasing."
Ruan Mei didn't refute this, because in her impression, Herta really does things however she pleases.
For example, Asta, the station master of Herta Space Station, was casually pulled in by her like that.
But being able to leave her family, that little girl seemed quite happy.
According to her words, "Managing a space station is easier than inheriting the family business, right?"
"Mm, very cute."
The girl still didn't know that her troubles were something countless people could never obtain even after spending a lifetime.
Seeing that Ruan Mei didn't ask further, Herta stepped forward and walked into the gates of the Divination Commission.
In Herta's eyes, streams of data flashed by. With Jing Yuan's permission, she directly hacked in… connecting to the Luofu network.
After obtaining the detailed map of the Divination Commission, she headed straight toward where Fu Xuan worked.
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"At the port, how many times did I call his name…"
Kiana read out Levi's words word by word, freezing in place, then tilting her head back and falling onto the bed behind her.
Her eyes empty as she stared at the ceiling.
"How many times did I call his name? Sirin, do you know?"
'Pfft, like I'd bother counting how many times you called his name!'
Sirin held back her laughter, 'I don't know the number, but I do know your Mei is probably going to end up in his arms!'
End up in Levi's arms end up in Levi's arms end up in Levi's arms…
After hearing what Sirin said, those words kept echoing in Kiana's mind.
Her eyes even seemed to hallucinate.
The ceiling twisted for a moment and actually turned into a screen.
On it played the married life of Levi and Raiden Mei.
After a brief bout of gloom, Kiana jumped off the bed, her eyes showing a determination far stronger than before.
Unshakably firm.
"No matter what, no matter what!"
She would protect the best Mei in the world, and absolutely wouldn't let her fall into the hands of bad people.
"In the name of Kaslana!"
Kiana walked out of the room with her head held high. Outside, Raiden Mei and Bronya had already reached a consensus.
Seeing her come out, they didn't ask anymore about how the two met.
"Kiana, Bronya and I are planning to hold a gathering to celebrate Teacher Himeko's recovery."
A gathering?
Catching the keyword, Kiana quickly nodded. "Okay okay, I love gatherings the most!"
"I'll notify Auntie right now."
Taking out her phone, she found Theresa in her contacts, about to inform her.
Then suddenly realized she didn't know the exact time of the gathering yet.
She raised her head. "Mei, when is the gathering scheduled?"
Raiden Mei thought for a moment.
"In a couple of days."
The principal and Teacher Himeko had both spent a lot of energy on that trip to Nagazora City.
Himeko, "…"
After some time, once both of them had recovered their energy, inviting them to a meal would be better.
"Oh."
Kiana put down her phone, looked at the remaining food on the table, and smacked her lips twice.
Not full.
She picked up her bowl and chopsticks and continued eating.
Raiden Mei glanced at Bronya. 'Kiana seems to avoid anything related to Levi. Should we tell her about that matter now?'
Bronya looked at her and nodded. 'Better to get it over with sooner than later… long pain is worse than short pain… while she's eating happily, telling her now, even if she gets angry, it can balance out a bit.'
Understanding Bronya's meaning, Raiden Mei no longer hesitated and took a deep breath.
"Kiana, we've decided to invite Mr. Levi over, so…"
"Can you tell him about it?"
"?"
Kiana paused her motion of stuffing food into her mouth, swallowed what she had, and stared blankly at Raiden Mei.
"Why invite him? He's not even part of our St. Freya?"
'Why invite him?'
After all, he was the one who told Theresa and the others about the location of the stigmata, and assisted Theresa in helping Himeko obtain it.
He solved the problem with her body, and also took away that Herrscher weapon.
If they didn't invite him, it would be a bit unreasonable.
No matter what, they should at least personally thank him.
More importantly… the payment was only a bitter melon from the principal.
But judging from how happy the principal looked, the bitter melon was probably still safe.
Rounding it up, it was basically free labor.
"Ah!!!"
Somewhere in St. Freya Academy, a scream rang out across the area.
Ring! Ring!
"Hello? Theresa, we just parted ways. What happened that you're calling me again?"
A terrified voice came from the phone.
"Himeko! Our academy is haunted!"
Hearing the word "haunted," Himeko's first thought was Honkai. In this world, almost everything related to ghosts is caused by Honkai.
So Theresa's implied meaning was that Honkai had appeared at St. Freya?
'That's ridiculous!'
With St. Freya's protective systems, even Honkai would have to register before getting in.
'How could there be Honkai inside the academy?'
Himeko rubbed her forehead. "Stop messing around, Theresa. I haven't even eaten yet. What exactly do you want?"
"It's like this!"
What followed was an extremely detailed description, starting from when Theresa and Himeko parted ways.
Who she met on the road, what she did after going home.
And finally what she discovered, leading to her conclusion that St. Freya Academy was haunted…
To put it simply, her bitter melon was gone.
Yes, the bitter melon was gone…
Just those four words, but Theresa dragged it out for nearly...
Himeko glanced at the clock. More than ten minutes had passed since Theresa called.
Who knows how she managed to listen so seriously for over ten minutes.
Looking at the empty wine bottles on the table, Himeko felt like drinking again. This time it wasn't because of physical pain, but mental exhaustion.
She took a deep breath and calmed her mood.
"Is there a possibility that he took it?"
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
"…"
In the Valkyrie dorm, Kiana thought it over.
She felt what Raiden Mei said made sense, and didn't refuse inviting Levi.
After all, he had helped Himeko quite a lot. If she refused over this, wouldn't it make her seem unreasonable?
[Mei Strategy Handbook Rule 1 (bold): Don't leave a bad impression in Raiden Mei's heart! (Bad grades don't count!!!)]
Bronya looked at Kiana, thought for a moment, and decided to probe the point that both she and Raiden Mei were curious about.
"Strange, very strange…"
Her flat voice sounded, attracting the attention of her enemy... the grasshopper.