Even Mei, who had mastered the power of the Herrscher of Thunder, still had no chance of winning against Durandal; the gap was too large to be bridged in a short time.
Mei knew that she couldn't rush things and could only nod dejectedly, her heart filled with anxiety about how to protect Kiana.
Just then, a chibi-style image of people popped up on the screen, and the people on the screen were Mei and Kiana from Sky City!
Everyone's curious gazes were focused on the light screen, but Mei's eyelids suddenly twitched.
She had a bad feeling. Was the scene mocking her weakness again?
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The scene that first appeared before everyone was one that made Bronya furrow her brow:
Bronya, dressed in a flowing skirt and with her hair styled in loose, bouncy pigtails, was lying prostrate on the ground, sobbing softly. The short-haired girl beside her reached out to comfort her, trying to keep her from falling back into her arms.
To retain the core of the Herrscher of Reason, which was stolen by a certain white-haired man and bore the inscription "Driver's License".
"Such a cute art style, but..."
"What's that? Bronya's driver's license has been revoked?"
As Bronya listened to everyone's speculations, her eyelids seemed to twitch uncontrollably, even though she clearly had lost all ability to control her facial expressions.
She was barely shown at all, and then the moment she appeared, her driver's license was revoked... which means her Herrscher of Reason core was taken away?
How is this any different from her being used as a tool to provoke Kiana in the Herrscher of Dominion's theater?!
This is an absolute humiliation! To humiliate her in front of everyone at St. Freya Academy!
However, what calmed Bronya down a little was the short-haired girl comforting her beside her in the light screen.
The person in the scene who is tenderly comforting Bronya after her "driver's license" has been taken away is none other than her close friend Seele.
Although many years have passed, Seele in the picture still seems as innocent as she was when she was in the orphanage.
This calmed Bronya down a bit. It seemed that although Seele was missing, she was safe and sound, and they would reunite in the future.
The scene that immediately followed was Bronya getting her comeuppance, leaving everyone blinking in confusion.
Mei thought it was another instance of her being persecuted and having Kiana snatched away right in front of her, but she never expected...
The focus of everyone's efforts to comfort Mei shifted to Bronya, offering solace to the silver-haired little girl.
However, the screen soon switched to showing what was happening in Sky City.
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"Some people, in order to fulfill a promise to their mentor, sacrificed their lives to save others, putting themselves in dire straits."
Amidst the narration of some unknown blond clown-like man, a small white cat holding a bomb aloft suddenly came into view.
The Kiana figure in the image is not her usual Valkyrie Chaser attire, but rather her queenly form when fully wielding the power of the Herrscher of the Void.
Her kitten-like face showed signs of strain and sweat as she pushed the chibi-style bomb upwards into the sky with all her might.
Although it was a chibi-style replay of the awe-inspiring "Celestial Meteor," the students of St. Freya Academy still instinctively gasped in surprise—
"Kiana is so cute!"
Mei blinked, looking at the especially adorable Kiana chibi figure, and felt as if all the confusion, helplessness, self-blame, and remorse she had felt earlier had been washed away.
"I'm not used to Kiana being this cute and silly; the chibi version of her as a paramecium suits her better."
"Bronya..."
Kiana muttered Bronya's words, but in the midst of this teasing, Bronya and Mei's resentment at seeing her get the short end of the stick dissipated considerably.
After Kiana raised the Honkai Bomb and left the sky, the scene that followed was her facing the explosion and falling to earth—
The meteor's light was so dazzling that everyone scrambled to grab it.
"They may be coveting that dazzling shooting star, or they may simply want to save it."
Kiana, falling from the sky, became a shooting star, attracting a great deal of attention and competition, just as the narrator said.
This included Durandal, the strongest Valkyrie who stopped Mei.
Although the image only showed the back of a woman with long, wavy blonde hair, everyone recognized her at a glance as Durandal.
In the scene, Durandal's chibi-style figure speeds forward, snatching Kiana from the falling sky before Mei can reach her.
They even thoughtfully wrapped the unconscious Kiana in a blanket covered with five-pointed stars that perfectly matched her image.
Durandal, clad in the God-Slaying Armor [Radiant Knight: Lunablade] specially designed for her, could carry the unconscious Kiana without even needing to move her legs; she could soar through the air solely thanks to the armor's power.
That's why Mei, who was right behind her, couldn't keep up with Durandal at all, and could only follow behind her, crying and inhaling the exhaust fumes left behind by Durandal and Kiana.
Although she couldn't catch up with Durandal and Kiana, Mei even remembered to put Kiana's fallen coat on her back.
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At St. Freya Academy, Kiana saw Mei crying on the light screen and exclaimed in surprise, her heart fluttering!
"Mei is so cute! I really want a figure like that."
The chibi version of Mei, crying and sobbing, looks exactly like a little crybaby, completely different from the gentle and serene Mei she usually is.
However, Kiana quickly realized that Mei, the one who had been wronged, was still beside her, and immediately shut her mouth in embarrassment, blinking as she looked at Mei—
Mei watched helplessly as the scene of Durandal taking Kiana away was replayed on the light screen, and the girl in the scene could only watch her best friend being taken away. She clenched her fists on the spot!
Mei nearly ground her back teeth to powder as she watched Durandal's chibi-style figure grind gleefully after snatching Kiana from the screen!
Everyone around Mei actually liked the chibi version of Mei, the little crybaby, on the screen, but seeing how angry Mei looked, they didn't say anything and just silently watched the screen.
Soon, as if sensing Mei's resentment, the light screen replaced the scene of Mei being persecuted with a scene of her triumphant triumph—
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"Since there is competition, there will always be a loser."
As the voiceover from some unknown blond clown-like man began, Mei, who was crying and struggling to catch up with Durandal and Kiana, suddenly tripped and fell heavily onto the street.
The chibi versions of Durandal and Kiana seemed to have noticed Mei falling behind, and curiously turned around to see what was wrong with the little crybaby.
Mei's eye twitched violently outside the light screen, but fortunately, a burst of crimson lightning flashed across the screen immediately afterward—
"The desire for her loved ones to return to the light is even stronger, driving the girl to seek her best friend back even if it means falling into darkness."
Accompanied by the narration, Mei, who had just fallen and fallen behind, suddenly changed into the crimson lightning-wrapped armor she wore after mastering the power of the Herrscher of Thunder, and fiercely chased after him, raising her long sword that was flashing with lightning!
In the picture, Mei, with her long hair flowing down her back, has fierce demon horns on her head, and her face, whose eyes are obscured, flashes a scarlet, menacing light!
That menacing demeanor startled the chibi versions of Durandal and Kiana!
The scene of Mei and Durandal chasing each other suddenly shifts, leaving only the afterglow of the setting sun and three stick figures chasing each other in the sunset.
The stick figure running at the front, with long, wavy hair, looked like Durandal, but had left Kiana, whom she was supposed to carry, behind—
Kiana didn't know why she followed Durandal either. Wrapped in a blanket, Kiana could only wriggle and jump like a worm.
Running in the sunset—that's their fleeting youth...
As for Mei, the stick figure following behind them, her forty-meter-long sword that seemed to cleave the sky finally came crashing down!
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Inside St. Freya Academy, everyone fell silent as they looked at the abstract scene.
Mei turned into the Herrscher of Thunder after taking a fall? And she can even chase after the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal while carrying a forty-meter-long sword?
Even Kiana was so frightened by her that she scurried around, preferring to run with Durandal rather than look back.
Mei, however, didn't notice the strange looks she was getting from everyone.
Seeing her on the light screen finally able to hold her head high and even chase after Durandal, the strongest Valkyrie, wielding a forty-meter-long sword, Mei finally felt a little better.
Although it was supposed to be a "baby teeth" scene, at least there were some rare moments in the footage where she didn't get the short end of the stick.
but……
Mei suddenly felt so sorry for her.
The chibi-style figures on the screen were clearly an exaggerated and entertaining replay, so how could she actually take it as her own dazzling achievement?
I'd seen it before in the light screen; even though she controlled the power of the Herrscher of Thunder, Durandal still handled it with ease.
How could there possibly be a scene like the one just now, where she was chasing after Durandal and Kiana and hacking away?
Thinking about it carefully, Mei felt a pang of grievance again.
How could this be? The scene shown on the screen was clearly her chasing after Durandal, hacking and slashing; it was clearly the first time she had wielded the power of a Herrscher; it was clearly the first time she had ever truly triumphed.
How could it make people feel even sadder? It's like a pathetic wretch deceiving themselves.
Is this scene of coaxing her to be happy, like "tricking a child," another form of subtle persecution?
Mei felt the persecution emanating from the light barrier, and sensed an intense malice.
While Mei was feeling down, Bronya, standing to the side, was at a loss for words.
What was supposed to be a chibi-style replay of [Celestial Meteor] was instead shown at the very beginning with the scene of her having her "driver's license" revoked, meaning her core as the Herrscher of Reason was stolen.
Even though she wasn't involved in the Sky Meteor Shower, Bronya was already upset because she had fallen behind and couldn't keep up with Mei and Kiana.
In the replay, they even showed her being humiliated and made to suffer?!
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