Inside the highest building of Schicksal Headquarters, Kiana sat upon the Overseer’s throne, which represented the supreme power of Schicksal.
Her white hair was styled in Roman curls, held by a Chameleon Hairclip.
The Senba Academy school uniform she wore looked somewhat out of place against the backdrop of that throne.
“So this is the seat of Schicksal’s supreme power…” Kiana stretched her waist and shifted her hips, feeling that it wasn’t nearly as comfortable as her gaming chair.
“Mei, Sister, do you want to try sitting here?” Kiana asked her companions.
As for power?
What a joke.
She and Mei were a Community of Fate; it was just a seat.
If Durandal or Raiden Mei wanted it, she would just give it to them.
“Is it really okay?” Raiden Mei was also curious about how the Overseer’s throne felt.
After receiving permission, she sat down cautiously.
Whether it was psychological or not, she felt as if she could command thousands of troops the moment she sat in that position.
“I’ll pass.” Durandal shook her head.
Realizing something about her best friend, she turned to ask her sister, “Kiana, have you seen Rita?”
“Ah…” Kiana blanked for a moment.
She remembered that after they had knocked Rita out, they hadn’t checked on her.
Which meant…
“Um…
Miss Rita is probably, maybe, possibly…
still unconscious?” Kiana felt a bit guilty.
Hearing her sister say this, Durandal felt helpless and hurriedly went out to find Rita.
“I’ve already contacted Theresa.
Yo, sitting in that spot actually looks quite impressive, little girl of the Ryoma family.” Siegfried sat on a chair in an unrefined manner.
All the fine wine Otto had collected was now being enjoyed by Siegfried.
“You’re joking, Uncle.
This seat is more suited for Kiana.” Raiden Mei smiled and shook her head, then stood up from the throne of Schicksal’s supreme power.
Although the throne was grand, compared to Kiana, Raiden Mei wouldn’t trade her for the whole world.
“Roughly how long until Theresa arrives?” Kiana asked curiously.
After receiving an answer from Siegfried that it would be another half hour, she simply hooked her arm through Raiden Mei’s, planning to return to Senba Academy.
Theresa has opened a school specifically for training Valkyries~”
“But will Yuna’s parents agree?” Raiden Mei was a bit worried.
After all, Yuna was also a member of their Community of Fate, a partner who could not be left behind.
“It’s fine, we’ll go in the name of Schicksal.
After all, besides dealing with the Honkai, Schicksal also has normal companies, and they’re quite famous.” Kiana and Raiden Mei talked it over and happily went to pick up their other friend.
As for Bronya?
Raiden Mei felt she might just be an afterthought.
…
“Siegfried!
What do you mean my grandfather is dead?!” Theresa pushed open the door to the Overseer’s office, only to be hit in the face by the domineering aroma of a beef fat hotpot.
The spacious office no longer contained the documents, desks, and computers of Theresa’s memories.
Those facilities had been tossed somewhere unknown, leaving only a large round table.
On that round table sat a large stainless steel pot with red broth boiling inside.
The aroma of the ingredients made Theresa involuntarily swallow her saliva.
Inside the office, hearing the commotion from Theresa, nine people looked toward her at the door simultaneously.
Some of them were people Theresa didn’t recognize.
“Why is Teacher Yang here too?!” Theresa was a bit surprised to see Welt, but then her bratty loli voice rang out in annoyance: “Curse you, Siegfried!
You’re having hotpot and didn’t even invite me!”
“Is now the time to be focused on hotpot?!” Raiden Ryoma, who had been picked up from prison on the way and brought here to eat hotpot, couldn’t help but complain.
He then used the serving chopsticks to pick up a slice of fatty beef for his daughter.
“Uncle, you should eat too.
I’ll take care of Mei!” Kiana’s cheerful voice made Raiden Ryoma’s expression twist slightly.
Originally, he had felt quite grateful toward this girl upon hearing she had saved him, but after learning she was Siegfried’s daughter and seeing the way his own daughter looked at her, Raiden Ryoma’s mindset shifted to that of someone looking at a punk trying to steal his daughter.
“Um…” Yuna was still a bit nervous.
She had been in the middle of class when Kiana and Raiden Mei dragged her here.
Without a word, they had thrust a bowl and chopsticks into her hands, and she had ended up eating hotpot with these people in a daze.
“Don’t be nervous, Yuna.
No one here is a bad person.
Just treat this place like home!” Kiana chirped like a lark, but she wasn’t annoying.
Yuna nodded sheepishly, then cautiously poked Kiana and whispered, “But Kiana, what I wanted to say is, that little sister at the door seems to be in a bit of an emotional state.”
“Ah?” Kiana’s gaze met Theresa’s, and sure enough, she saw tears in Theresa’s eyes.
She immediately realized that the other girl might be mistaking her for the real Kiana—that is, Durandal.
At this thought, Kiana took Durandal’s hand and walked over to squat down in front of Theresa.
She began to introduce them: “Hello, Theresa.
I am K423, and also the Second Herrscher.
I am not the real Kiana.
You already know the person beside me; she is the real Kiana.”
Kiana explained everything about what happened to Durandal back then to Theresa.
There was so much information that Theresa had trouble processing it.
Finally, Siegfried couldn’t stand it and spoke up: “Back then, I thought my biological daughter had died, so I gave her name to the little Kiana who, even at that age, dared to fight Honkai Beasts to protect others.”
“So that’s how it is…” Theresa looked at Durandal, her eyes filled with apology and self-reproach.
“I worked with you for so long, yet I failed to recognize you…
Durandal…
my dear niece, I’m sorry.”
Durandal looked at Theresa’s self-reproachful expression and gently shook her head, her voice tender.
“No one would think a child could survive falling from a height of a thousand meters.
Siegfried…
Father didn’t tell you because he was afraid you would be overcome with grief, Aunt.”
Durandal’s voice paused for a moment before she finally used that title, making Siegfried’s eyes turn a bit red.
“And then, you…” Theresa looked at Kiana.
Seeing her gentle expression, Theresa simply reached out and gently stroked Kiana’s head, accepting her as a niece.
“Since Durandal and Siegfried have both acknowledged you, how could I not?
Child, if you don’t mind…
you can call me Aunt too.”
Kiana laughed at Theresa’s apprehensive expression.
Her beautiful face looked strangely like a succubus when she smiled, causing even Durandal to daze off for a moment, let alone Theresa, who was taking the full force of that beautiful strike.
“Then, hello, Aunt~”