"I want you to… not recognize Durandal for now." Shun thought about it and decided not to make a direct request. It was better to let Theresa owe him a favor. That way, when he took advantage of her later, Theresa's tolerance toward him would equal how important this matter was to her.
As for not letting Theresa immediately reveal and recognize Durandal, naturally he didn't want to provoke Otto's nerves.
Durandal was currently Otto's strongest combat power. What if Durandal defected and Otto flipped the table?
A Otto who still followed rules on the surface was far less terrifying than a Otto who ignored rules and hid in the shadows.
With Durandal in Otto's hands, Schicksal's strongest combat power was locked in place. The key point was that Durandal had a rather straightforward personality and inherited the Kaslana family's lack of a brain.
She could be fooled on many matters, but fooling Otto? Was that possible?
"This… why?" Theresa didn't understand. She had finally gotten the chance to recognize little Kiana why couldn't she do it?
"Theresa, look. What does Durandal call you now? It doesn't seem to be 'great-aunt,' right?" Anyway, Shun had to convince Theresa today, or everything would really be ruined.
Right now Kiana probably hadn't even arrived in Nagazora City yet. If Theresa recognized Durandal now, what about Kiana? Return the name to Durandal and change it back to K423 or Sirin?
Wouldn't the Herrscher of the Void come out and destroy the world then? Moreover, for the current Kiana, the only important person was Siegfried. Without forming so many bonds, the still-immature Kiana couldn't defeat the Herrscher of the Void at all.
Even for the sake of the world, they couldn't give up on Kiana. Besides, this was the girl who had spent six years with Shun.
"She seems to… call me Senior Theresa right now… but that's only because I didn't know before!" Theresa thought that if she had known earlier that Durandal was Kiana, when she visited St. Freya, she should have tied her up and not let her leave.
"Yeah, and you also don't want your grandpa to know that you found out about Durandal's identity, right?"
"You..." Theresa pointed at Shun angrily, but quickly lowered her hand.
Because Shun was right. Otto had always hidden Durandal's identity, so he definitely had some plan. This matter absolutely could not be known to her grandpa.
"I understand. I'll calm down." In the end, Theresa still yielded.
"Then what do you plan to do next?" Theresa asked.
Right now she felt Shun was quite reliable in handling things and knew his limits. The key was that they were now half-allies.
Having such a useful external brain, Theresa naturally wanted to make use of it first. For now, she'd stop thinking about those complicated matters.
"Wait, bro. You actually trust me this much?" Theresa's sudden trust caught Shun off guard. Was Theresa in the game this easy to trust others?
Even when he had been led by Anti-Entropy people to see the Cecilia clone in the St. Freya dogma district, she had only verbally agreed to an alliance.
The real alliance only happened after Kiana was taken by Otto, when Anti-Entropy's active reinforcements made Theresa make up her mind.
"Are you going to tell me or not? If not, forget it." Theresa wasn't that easy to trust others, but Shun was different. It was as if a voice in her heart said "He is worthy of trust."
Theresa's current state was like she had been bewitched by Tang Buddha. Anyway, she would just listen to whatever Shun said.
That was why Theresa held such great goodwill and trust toward Shun on their first meeting.
Shun really couldn't understand what Theresa was thinking, but fortunately her unconditional trust was a good thing for him.
"Alright. Since you sincerely asked, I'll mercifully tell you." Shun helplessly spread his hands and said.
"Regarding Durandal's identity, if you're not at ease, you can still secretly investigate. But make sure your grandpa, that old man, doesn't find out."
"Unless you insist on saying something like 'I trust you far more than cold numbers.'"
Unknowingly, Shun had driven the Kevin car again. Honestly, he was quite curious if he seriously recited Kevin's lines in front of him, would Kevin feel embarrassed?
"Even if you didn't say it, I would still investigate." Actually, in Theresa's heart, Durandal had already been equated with Kiana, because the more she compared, the more suspicious points she found on Durandal.
Amnesia, invincible Honkai adaptability, ability to use Abyss Flower, Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie, and that face that looked like it was carved from the same mold as Cecilia's.
Oh my god, why had she never noticed these suspicious points on Durandal before… Theresa really wanted to beat up her past self right now.
"Next, I still need to talk to you about Siegfried. Although you might not care whether he lives or dies, he still got you an extra niece over there."
Shun hadn't expected that just a casual remark would immediately make Theresa blush with anger.
"What! That guy Siegfried actually dared to have an affair? I..." Sure enough, Theresa had taken the current Kiana as the child born from Siegfried's affair.
"Alright, alright, calm down. Siegfried didn't have an affair. The extra niece you gained is the clone K423 that Siegfried took away."
Hearing Shun's explanation, Theresa finally stopped cursing Siegfried. "Clone? The one from grandpa's experiment back then? Since she also has Cecilia's genes, she really counts as my niece."
After thinking about it, Theresa still accepted K423 as her niece. However, unlike the game plot where Theresa thought the real Kiana was dead and only K423 remained, so she initially treated K423 as a substitute the only daughter of Cecilia. Later she gradually accepted her as real. But now, for Theresa to truly accept K423, Kiana herself would probably need to work harder.
"What name did Siegfried give her? Both husband and wife are terrible at naming. Little Kiana's name was chosen by me. Where are they now? I feel uneasy leaving her with Siegfried." It was obvious Theresa felt Siegfried definitely couldn't raise a daughter well.
"Of course it's Kiana Kaslana. After all, for Siegfried, experiencing the pain of losing his wife and then his daughter was real. Plus, the clone K423 earned Siegfried's recognition through her own efforts."
"He believed she was qualified to inherit the Kaslana name and Kiana's name, so he gave his daughter's name to her."
"I see. Then how should I address the two of them?" After listening, Theresa only quietly nodded.
Shun had thought Theresa would be furious hearing that Siegfried gave Kiana's name to K423, but thinking about European naming habits sons sharing names with grandfathers, fathers with sons it was quite common.
Europeans name to commemorate someone in their hearts, while people from Shenzhou avoid taboos in naming.
"Just call Durandal Bianca. That's the name she chose herself, and Bianca also really likes her little sister Kiana. She should be very happy to give the name to her."
Although Shun didn't know that Bianca would later become a siscon, based on his understanding of her, this shouldn't be a big deal.
"Alright, I'll listen to you." It seemed Theresa really trusted Shun a lot.