After sitting at Fu Hua's place for a while, they were driven away. Fortunately, before leaving, Shun still managed to ask about Seele's whereabouts.
She hadn't slept all night yesterday, so she was still sleeping now… It was strange. How could a well-behaved child like Seele stay up all night until dawn?
But Shun didn't bother thinking about it. He still remembered the kind of feelings Seele had developed toward him before. Now that he was married, Seele had probably given up.
Ana carefully took out that gift. She saw the soul steel outer shell of the Divine Key gradually melt in her hands, as if it had gained life. As the shell flowed and deformed, it began to slowly change, eventually condensing into a huge scythe. Its length was a full two meters, exuding an awe-inspiring aura.
The scythe's ice crystal-like blade edge emitted extreme low temperature. It seemed that with this weapon, Ana's Gods' Throne series weapon, Skadi of Eternal Frost, could retire.
There were also differences among Gods' Throne weapons. The absolute top-tier was definitely Durandal's Everlasting Silence of Helheim. The weakest was definitely something like Thor's Hammer that Kiana used in the plot.
But how could this kind of weapon compare to a Divine Key? Even if the Key of Domination was mass-produced, with a full one thousand of them.
"Have you already thought of a name for it?" Shun watched Ana waving it around happily on the training ground, as if she couldn't put it down, and couldn't help but ask.
"Let's call it Frost Khaione." Ana adopted a naming method similar to the Gods' Throne series. The difference was that she borrowed the name of the Greek mythology snow goddess Khaione.
"As expected, she just can't get along with ice…" Shun muttered to himself. All kinds of coincidences always gave him a feeling of destiny.
"However, with me here, Ana, you will definitely be fine." Shun looked at Ana and promised seriously.
On the training ground below, Ana had already activated Memory Battlefield mode and was challenging the holographic projection of Rita, vice-captain of the Immortal Blade. It seemed she wanted to test whether, with the help of the Divine Key, she had the ability to defeat this S-rank Valkyrie.
Well, as expected. If it was just Rita wearing 3rd generation Valkyrie armor, she wouldn't be able to beat the current Ana who had a Divine Key. Moreover, Memory Battlefield couldn't completely replicate all of the opponent's strength.
Shun estimated that when Otto developed a 3SSS-level battlefield like in the game, it should be possible to replicate the enemy's strength in the battlefield.
But even so, Ana being able to defeat Rita in Memory Battlefield was already very impressive. It seemed Ana had still been getting stronger these past few months.
But thinking about it, both Ana and Wendy had extremely high talent. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been possible for them to become Herrscher vessels. The prerequisite for becoming a Herrscher vessel was extremely high Honkai energy adaptability.
But… speaking of Wendy? She should still be studying at St. Freya right now?
However, Shun didn't have any position at St. Freya, so he didn't know if there was such a student in the academy. Looking at Ana below who was still challenging various Emperor-class Honkai beasts, Shun felt he shouldn't disturb her for the time being.
The phone finally connected, but the other party seemed to take a long time before picking up.
"Hello… who is it?" Theresa's voice came through the receiver, carrying thick drowsiness and fatigue.
"Theresa, it's—" Before Shun could finish saying the words "it's me," they were abruptly cut off. The busy tone of the call being hung up came from the other end. Shun couldn't help but be stunned, somewhat at a loss.
Why did she suddenly hang up the phone? But listening to Theresa's state on the phone just now, it seemed like she wasn't in a very good condition.
Yesterday she still looked fine. How come today…? Shun couldn't help but feel a bit worried. Although Theresa was an adult, she had always been unable to take good care of herself.
Looking at his wife below, then thinking about Theresa, Shun pushed open the door of Training Field 7 and with one shot turned the Ashvap that was still fighting Ana into a skewer.
"What's wrong?" Ana's mouth puffed up slightly. She was somewhat dissatisfied with Shun suddenly coming in and stealing her opponent. It seemed that if he didn't give an explanation today, he shouldn't think about going to bed.
"I just called Theresa and found that her condition seemed a bit off, so I plan to go check on her." After thinking it over again and again, Shun still felt it would be better to report to Ana first before going to find Theresa.
"Alright, I'll wait for you here." After getting Ana's approval, Shun activated the Cosmic Juggernaut and arrived at Theresa's bedroom.
Shun looked around. There was no one in the bedroom. The giant bitter gourd hug pillow he had given Theresa lay quietly at the head of the bed, replacing the position originally occupied by Big Homu. Other than that, the room's arrangement was no different from the last time he came.
However… although there was no one in sight, Shun smelled a strong scent of alcohol, pungent and obvious, as if it was wafting from the direction of the living room.
Shun gently pushed open the bedroom door. An even stronger smell of alcohol hit him. He took a step and felt as if he had stepped on something.
He looked down and saw it was a beer can. Shun bent down to pick it up and found that some unfinished beer still remained inside.
As expected, Theresa had been drinking. When Shun smelled the alcohol in the room, he had already made such a guess. Now seeing the physical evidence in his hand further confirmed this guess.
Following the pungent smell of alcohol and the beer cans scattered along the way, Shun finally found Theresa at the dining table. She was lying on the table, surrounded by piles of beer cans.
Shun roughly counted — at least several dozen bottles. It seemed she had been drinking beer like water. Moreover… there was also her vomit under the table. That pungent smell was coming from there.
At this moment, Theresa was still wearing the white dress she wore as a bridesmaid. Her face was flushed red, full of fatigue, her eyes were red and swollen, and her makeup had been completely ruined by tears, making her look extremely disheveled.
The only light source in the dim room was the phone screen that was still on. The screen displayed the contacts page with a red heart added. The name on it was also very familiar to him — it was his own.
Seeing this, Shun already had a bad premonition. This kind of experience, he had also had before. How familiar… Although the situation was different from Theresa's current one, this appearance — even a ghost would know why.
Even so, he couldn't just leave her alone. Moreover, Theresa looking like this really made one feel a bit heartbroken.
He carefully picked Theresa up, his movements gentle, afraid of disturbing her sleep. Fortunately, her clothes hadn't gotten stained with vomit. Shun gently placed her on the bed in the bedroom and gently covered her with the blanket, ensuring she could rest steadily.
Next, he should clean up this messy living room that smelled of alcohol.
The first thing that caught his eye was the puddle of vomit on the floor. After carefully observing it, Shun discovered that it was almost all water. It seemed that yesterday, besides drinking, Theresa had hardly eaten any food.
Some places on the floor had already dried, and walking on them would give a sticky feeling. This kind of situation was all too familiar to Shun.
Shun: Kids, I've done it too.
After cleaning up the trash and throwing it away, and mopping the floor clean, everything was basically done.
Shun walked lightly to the side of Theresa's bed and carefully wiped away the makeup on her face that had already turned into a mess with a wet tissue. After finishing cleaning, he gazed at this girl he had once pushed for.
"Don't go, Shun… please." Theresa let out a weak sleep-talk from the bed.
This scene made Shun's heart filled with mixed feelings. He seemed to understand why Fu Hua didn't let him go see Seele. Looking at Theresa's still peaceful sleeping face, Shun didn't stay any longer and silently left this room.