“My Queen, task accomplished.”
Inside the ornate, magnificent hall, Theresa, Cecilia, and the members of the Snow Wolf Squad bowed in unison toward Sirin seated upon her throne.
Cecilia stepped forward and handed the box containing the Herrscher of Reason Core over to the adjacent Queen’s Imperial Guard.
“Everything went smoothly, I take it?”
Sirin was in a fantastic mood.
She didn’t even bother to touch the Herrscher of Reason Core herself, tossing it casually into her warehouse inside the Imaginary Space.
She honestly hadn’t expected everything to go this smoothly.
Welt got wiped out cleanly without causing a single splash, while Theresa, Cecilia, and the others had been completely converted into Imaginary Space lifeforms.
Still, she couldn’t afford to get careless.
Absolute power corrupts, so getting cocky was strictly off-limits!
“Gather my Imperial Guard.
It’s time to go meet your commander!”
Sirin stepped down from her throne and gave the order to the surrounding Imperial Guard.
“Understood!”
The girls of the Queen’s Imperial Guard flushed with excitement.
In truth, Bella had already been capable of breaking out of her shell a while ago.
It was just that Sirin hadn’t anticipated Cecilia getting assimilated without Bella even needing to take the field, let alone Welt getting instantly flattened so effortlessly.
After that, there was even less need for Bella to deal with mere mortals.
“My Queen…
I have a request,” Cecilia hesitated for a brief moment before finally speaking up.
“Speak.
What is it?”
Sirin paused her footsteps and turned to look at Cecilia.
Theresa, the rest of the squad, and the Queen’s Imperial Guard all turned their gazes toward her as well.
“Please grant me permission to go back and rescue my daughter!” Cecilia pleaded earnestly.
She simply couldn’t bring herself to leave her dear daughter, Kiana, in the hands of humanity.
Sirin raised an eyebrow.
She wasn’t surprised in the slightest by Cecilia’s desire to retrieve her child.
Kiana’s importance in Cecilia’s heart went without saying.
Otherwise, back when Cecilia was being assimilated and having her memories suppressed, Sirin wouldn’t have encountered such fierce resistance.
In the end, Sirin had no choice but to leave Cecilia’s memories regarding Kiana intact.
“Fine.”
Sirin nodded in agreement.
“Thank you, my Queen!” Cecilia’s face lit up with joy.
“However, you don’t actually need to go barging into Schicksal HQ.
Do you still remember what Schicksal HQ looks like?” Sirin added, looking at Cecilia.
“Yes, my Queen, I remember it clearly.” Cecilia nodded quickly.
“Alright then, everyone follow me.”
Sirin sliced open a portal leading into the Imaginary Space and stepped through first.
The Queen’s Imperial Guard followed close behind, with Cecilia, Theresa, and the others bringing up the rear.
Every concept inside the Imaginary Space was defined by Sirin herself, including spatial distance.
Even though Siberia was immensely far from Schicksal HQ, Sirin only needed the coordinates of Schicksal HQ from Cecilia’s memories to instantly bridge the gap and arrive right at Schicksal HQ through the Imaginary Space.
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Siegfried was pushing a baby stroller around, taking Kiana out for a stroll through the district.
He held various little toys in his hands, desperately trying to cheer up Kiana, who was sitting sullenly inside the stroller.
Ever since Cecilia left, Kiana hadn’t stopped crying.
Siegfried was completely at a loss and tried everything he could think of to make her happy, but nothing worked until Kiana finally cried herself to sleep out of sheer exhaustion.
With no other options, Siegfried could only push Kiana around Schicksal HQ, anxiously waiting for any news regarding Cecilia.
What he didn’t know, however, was that Otto and Amber were currently enforcing a total information blackout regarding Cecilia and Welt losing all contact.
An active Herrscher and an elite S-rank Valkyrie had completely vanished within less than 24 hours of stepping foot in Siberia.
This was something that instilled genuine terror into Otto.
As a result, he had no choice but to issue a strict gag order.
For now, Siegfried was destined to receive zero updates about Cecilia.
“Kiana!”
Inside the Imaginary Space, the moment Cecilia caught sight of Kiana’s swollen, tear-stained face, her heart flared with intense fury.
“Hold on a sec, don’t rush.”
Sirin gently calmed Cecilia down.
“Is that a relative of yours?” Sirin suddenly noticed a young girl whose features bore a striking resemblance to Cecilia.
“Huh?
Ah, yes.” Cecilia took a glance at the girl and nodded.
A sneaky scheme immediately took shape in Sirin’s mind—one that would allow them to whisk Kiana away without making a single sound.
At that moment, Siegfried pushed Kiana onto a bustling street with heavy foot traffic.
Most of the people here were non-combat personnel of Schicksal or family members of Valkyries.
Quite a few recognized Siegfried and greeted him warmly.
Siegfried held Kiana with one arm while nodding back in response.
Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he spotted a familiar silhouette in the crowd.
Cecilia?!
Siegfried’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Without a doubt, that back belonged to his wife, Cecilia!
But why would Cecilia be here of all places?
Siegfried wondered if his eyes were playing tricks on him, but the figure seemed to be walking away quickly.
Driven by the urgent need to find out, he pushed the stroller and sprinted after the shadow.
Moments later, Siegfried arrived on another street, even more crowded than the last, his entire attention locked onto the silhouette that looked just like Cecilia.
He couldn’t care less about appearances anymore and shoved his way through.
The people on the street were thoroughly annoyed at Siegfried for pushing a baby stroller like a lunatic.
He’s already a father, why is he still so reckless and impulsive?!
“Gone?”
Siegfried chased the figure all the way into a garden, only to lose all trace of her.
“Siegfried, why on earth are you stalking me?”
A girl’s cold voice rang out from the side.
“Who are you?” Siegfried froze.
The girl standing before him did indeed share a slight resemblance with Cecilia.
“Angelia Schariac.
I’m Sister Cecilia’s cousin.”
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Now that you’ve got Sister Cecilia, you’re trying to hit on me too?”
Angelia glared at him with icy disdain.
“No, wait, that’s not it!
I saw your back and thought you were Cecilia!” Siegfried replied with an awkward laugh.
He finally remembered—Cecilia did have a few cousins.
None of them had the aptitude to become Valkyries, though.
He had met them a couple of times during his wedding with Cecilia, but they’d never held a high opinion of him.
“Hmph!
If you’re gonna make up excuses, at least make up a believable one!
You damn well know Sister Cecilia went on a mission to Siberia, so how could she possibly be at Schicksal HQ?!”
Angelia’s disgust toward Siegfried deepened.
Having Sister Cecilia isn’t enough, he’s actually lusting after my body too?!
Is he trying to pull off some sick sister double-combo?!
She had never seen such a brazen, shameless scoundrel in her entire life!
Judging by this, the rumors about Siegfried feeling up every single Schicksal Valkyrie’s butt might actually be true!
“Wait, where’s Kiana?!” Angelia suddenly noticed the baby stroller Siegfried was holding and barked, demanding answers.
“Isn’t Kiana right inside?” Siegfried answered, utterly clueless.
But when he looked down, his heart dropped—the stroller was completely empty!
“WHERE IS KIANA?!” Angelia nearly blew a fuse, yelling at him in a furious rage.
Siegfried was left completely speechless and defenseless.
Wasn’t Kiana literally in the stroller just seconds ago?
Nobody else had even come close to it, so how could she vanish out of nowhere?!
Yet no matter how Siegfried tried to explain himself, the fact remained that Kiana was missing.
On top of that, he had been caught red-handed stalking Cecilia’s cousin, witnessed by a crowd of onlookers.
Once the news broke, the Valkyries’ perception of Siegfried plunged straight below zero.
Cecilia is out there bleeding and fighting in Siberia, while her scumbag husband is back home stalking her cousin, trying to get into her bed!
Countless Valkyries were utterly furious, feeling deeply betrayed on Cecilia’s behalf.
Meanwhile, Otto, who was frantically agonizing over how to keep Cecilia’s disappearance quiet, immediately seized this opportunity.
He spared no effort in fanning the flames and spreading the scandal to redirect everyone’s attention.
Thus, within a matter of days, Siegfried became a universally hated scumbag that everyone wanted to beat up.
Yet Siegfried couldn’t care less about his ruined reputation.
His only goal was to find his missing daughter.
Regrettably, he couldn’t uncover a single clue.
Kiana had simply vanished into thin air.
As for Sirin, she merely smiled in silence, keeping her lips sealed.
…
“Man, mother-in-law and Kiana are so darn cute!”
Ren snapped a screenshot of Cecilia holding Kiana in her arms, saving it as his new desktop wallpaper.
Does he…
like mother and daughter combo?
Bronya sank into deep thought.
Then, her brain entered an intense storm of overthinking until it overheated and crashed.