"Why is it me getting beaten up every time? This young lady is clearly... clearly very gentle, okay? Gentle and beautiful, yet every one of you just thinks about hitting me, hmph!" Kiana puffed out her cheeks like a little hamster stuffed with pine nuts.
"Maybe that's just how idiots are. Even if we don't hit you, you'll still end up covered in bruises."
Bronya delivered a cold retort, causing Kiana to shoot her an unhappy look.
"That's not it! I cherish myself too; I'm not some rebellious kid."
Kiana argued, but her voice grew smaller as she spoke. She thought about the future scenes that appeared in the space; almost every time, she was injured—sometimes forced, sometimes out of necessity for her ideals.
"See, even Idiot Kiana doesn't believe herself."
"Alright, you two, quiet down for a bit," Mei said upon hearing this, looking at the silent Fu Hua. "Let's let the Class Monitor analyze it. After all, this might involve the Class Monitor's fate."
"Combining this with the previous Skyfire Meteor incident, we can now piece together the sequence of events. The reason Kiana was so desperate in Sky Dome City, even leading to the Herrscher of the Void's backlash, was likely caused by Himeko's death."
"Deep in Kiana's heart, she actually loves Himeko dearly. That profound bond between teacher and student, and between friends, left Kiana in agonizing pain after Himeko's death."
Fu Hua pushed up her reflective glasses and analyzed word by word.
"Kiana, I didn't expect you to love me so much in your heart. Sigh~ no wonder you almost never skipped my classes." Hearing this, Himeko had a sudden realization.
Kiana blushed slightly, a thin layer of crimson rising to her cheeks like the afterglow of a sunset.
Having Fu Hua put it that way made her feel a bit embarrassed.
From the side, a faint voice added: "Actually, it's not... it's just because Teacher Jizi's classes are all practical combat, so Kiana can come out to play without skipping."
"Bronya, are you asking for it! Take a punch from this lady!"
"Bronya is not afraid of idiots."
—Be quiet!"
The two were pulled apart by Mei, and seeing this scene, Rita covered her mouth and chuckled.
"Principal Theresa, your students are truly lively."
"Ugh~ this, this is the teaching method of our St. Freya Academy—vivid classrooms," Theresa stammered.
Just as Fu Hua was about to continue her analysis, Kiana spoke up first:
"Class Monitor is so pitiful, being killed after being used by Otto. It seems Schicksal Headquarters is full of bad people."
"Looking at it this way, the reason I was taken away by the Class Monitor earlier was probably because it was very dangerous. Denouncing Otto and all that—as expected of our upright Class Monitor."
"That stinky Otto is truly detestable, actually wanting me to kill you all with my own hands—"
"Stinky Otto!"
Kiana grew angrier as she spoke, practically pointing at the nose of Schicksal's Bishop, Otto, and cursing him.
Theresa, standing nearby, looked at Rita and saw that she was currently looking down at her nails, pretending not to hear.
After all, this kind of thing had already violated human nature and did not conform to the spirit of the Valkyrie regulations.
Moreover, Rita saw in the background prompt that she was there as well, and had even stopped Fu Hua.
If the others were to get riled up and start a fight later, she wouldn't be able to beat several Herrschers.
Were Herrschers actually all around her?
"HSN-B46 Serum can neutralize Honkai Energy, allowing a Valkyrie to return to being a normal human and saving Himeko's life?" "Is Aunt Himeko's body failing now?"
Kiana's pupils contracted as she read this message, and she spoke with distress.
Valkyries could obtain great power, but they paid a price—their own lives. Under the long-term erosion of Honkai Energy, very few Valkyries could die of old age naturally.
"I feel fine; it's not as dangerous as the prompt says. Kiana, don't overthink it."
Feeling a bit uncomfortable under Kiana's concerned gaze, Himeko rubbed her aching shoulder.
"But why would you give up the only serum? You could have lived on properly. By giving up the serum, Aunt Himeko, you would definitely lose your life."
"...Uh, I don't know. Maybe I had too much to drink at the time?"
"But since it's you, you brat, maybe I wouldn't have saved anyone else," Himeko said, pretending to be indifferent.
Himeko comforted Kiana for a while and managed to soothe her with just a few words.
In fact, Kiana had come to her own conclusion; she said she would absolutely not let this ending happen.
"Previous Era armor... I didn't expect it to be hidden so deeply, yet it's still known by this space."
"I'm becoming more and more curious about this space."
One must know that Divine Keys are the collective name for thirteen weapons made using herrscher cores and Soulium by the civilization that resisted the Honkai in the Previous Era.
After the collapse of the Previous Era's civilization, the Key of Blankness, along with other Divine Keys, was passed down to this era. Otto discovered it and studied it as a prototype for Valkyrie armor, subsequently developing various types of Valkyrie armor for this era.
In Schicksal's database, the Key of Blankness had another name—the Fourth Generation Valkyrie.
God-Slaying Armor Prototype.
Crimson Knight: Eclipse!
This was a secret known only to a few at the very core of Schicksal.
Rita's red eyes scanned her surroundings as she sighed in admiration.
"Then you should be careful to avoid suffering a backlash," Yunduo reminded her seriously.
"Thank you for your reminder..." Rita smiled.
"Did that mop-head participate too? Eh eh eh, wait—Moonlight Throne, when did it become the Hyperion's main cannon?" Tesla muttered to herself, her voice suddenly rising when she saw a line of text.
She hadn't told Einstein about her secret infiltration into the Far East Branch.
"Moonlight Throne, what's that?" Kiana asked, puzzled.
"The Moonlight Throne is a black-tech level converter capable of transforming Honkai Energy into real-number energy. If this equipment could be used on a large scale, it would not only alleviate the energy crisis, but most importantly, theoretically, the Moonlight Throne could completely erase the existence of Honkai from Earth. Our Anti-Entropy developed it based on the Previous Era's civilization."
"According to historical records, in the final battle against the Final Herrscher in the Previous Era, the Moonlight Throne placed in low Earth orbit once weakened nearly 30% of the Honkai Energy within the Final Herrscher."
Tesla didn't hide anything; she felt that Anti-Entropy would definitely form an alliance with the Far East Branch.
"Hiss~ that's terrifying?" Kiana was dumbfounded.
"Fortunately, it wasn't fully charged. If it were the Moonlight Throne at 200% overload power from the final battle of the Previous Era, the poor Herrscher of the Void would probably have died on the spot."
Tesla remarked with a sigh.
Little did she know that Kiana had already broken out in a cold sweat: "Why is it always me QAQ"
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