Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

"Huh, do you know the teacher, Kiana, and that big sister who keeps making noises?"

Belatedly realizing what was happening, Xiao Kong broke free from the raven's blindfold and looked curiously at Xiora.

"...Promise me, Xiao Kong, you are the most obedient child in the nest. Never, ever learn from those two fussy, nagging Herrschers who put on a lovey-dovey act in front of others and then run away."

"Oh, this..."

"People like this, in the teacher's eyes, would be burned at the stake!"

Seeing the two people slip away without even helping her move some supplies, Siola stomped her foot on the floor.

Chapter 293 I, the silly goose, disagree with this door—

"This is the Valkyrie Squad of the Undying Blade of Destiny, the transport ship Hermes. You have entered our warning range. Please state your purpose—"

A long, silver-white transport ship sliced ​​through the sky and appeared near the old city of Changkong, attracting the attention of the Undying Blade squad, who had already escorted the Second Divine Key to this location.

"This is the Hermes transport ship. I am Bronya Zaychek, an A-rank Valkyrie belonging to the Eastern Destiny. I have long admired your name, Miss Alvette."

Bronya, recognizing who was on the other end of the communication, greeted them while reporting her identity.

"Huh? Does Miss Bronya know me???"

Arvit was caught off guard by Bronya's greeting on the other end of the communication.

“Of course… Bronya often hears people mention the title of ‘reliable tool’ in private conversations among the Valkyries of Destiny, especially the Valkyries of your Undying Blade Third Squad.”

"Hehehe, I see... Ahem, let's get down to business. A-rank Valkyrie Bronya Zaychek, can you tell us your mission here? We may need to report your arrival to Bishop Otto—His Excellency has some important experiments to conduct in the old town of Changkong City. Please forgive us, Miss Bronya."

Arvit scratched his head, gave Bronya a somewhat goofy smile, then his smile faded and he adopted a serious expression.

“Bronya received a mission from Bishop Theresa to go to Changkong City to find and bring back her niece, the former Schicksal B-rank Valkyrie Kiana Kaslana.”

Bronya knew that her purpose in coming here was obvious to everyone, so she couldn't hide it. She decided to report the truth and see how Lord Otto would react before making any further decisions. With that in mind, she truthfully stated the purpose of her trip.

"Oh... Bronya, are you here to see Captain Durandal's sister? I'll go report to His Holiness the Archbishop right away. Please wait nearby for a while."

After giving Bronya a military salute in front of the screen, Alvitt hurriedly stood up from her seat and headed towards the bishop's office at the Undying Blade's base.

"Bishop Otto, I have something to report—"

.....

"Hmm... I know everything, right, Alvitt? Let Miss Bronya in and tell her not to interfere with our plans."

Otto, standing in front of a piece of equipment, simply nodded after hearing the report from Yalvit, signaling the latter to let him pass.

"Huh? Lord Otto, don't we need to have someone specifically watching over Miss Bronya? Isn't her target the Second Herrscher's physical body...?"

Hearing the instruction to proceed directly without further intervention, the Valkyrie scratched her hair, somewhat confused.

"Hehe, we can't control her. The A-rank Valkyrie, Arvit—that Miss Bronya Zaychek, is, without a doubt, the infamous Siberian Silver Wolf who was once notorious in Eastern Europe. Even your vice-captain Rita has to respectfully call her senior in terms of seniority."

Otto smiled and shook his head—

"Besides... just as you said, she's here to reclaim the Second Herrscher... no, we should call that child the Herrscher of Flame now... we just need to make sure that Herrscher is under our surveillance—"

"I understand. I'll go contact Miss Bronya now!"

After bowing to Otto in return, Arvitt hurriedly returned to the communications room—

"Wait a minute, Alvit, have you seen your captain? Why can't we see her in the camp?"

Otto called out to the Valkyrie, who was about to leave.

"Hey, Bishop, are you asking about Captain Durandal?"

"Well... here's the thing. We've been monitoring Kiana's movements. She followed the adopted daughter of a World Serpent executive to a miniature hive city. According to the agreement you reached with World Serpent, we didn't interfere there. But shortly after, a transport plane marked with the World Serpent insignia landed there, and the executive codenamed Raven seemed to have brought some supplies to that hive city."

"And she brought with her an unexpected individual, the fully awakened Third Herrscher, Raiden Mei... Then, after the Third Herrscher and the Second Herrscher exchanged a long string of sweet nothings, they suddenly kissed..."

"So? What does this have to do with Durandal?"

Otto looked at his subordinate with some confusion.

"Um... Your Excellency, when the Third Herrscher and the Second Herrscher were intimate... Lady Durandal was in our intelligence room... She rushed outside right then and there... The patrolling team members said that Lady Durandal was like a tigress whose food had been snatched from her jaws?"

Arvit tilted her head, unsure.

"Hmm... Your Excellency, do you have any other questions? If not, I need to get the money to reply to Miss Bronya. If we keep people waiting too long... perhaps Miss Bronya might do something very dangerous..."

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"Hmm... why hasn't Miss Alvitt returned yet—Seele, wake up, we might have to move out soon..."

Bronya, waiting for everyone to return for a long time, sat on the bridge, looking out the porthole at the Schicksal base not far below, and an extremely dangerous thought formed in her mind—

Should we just smash the Hermes down...? No, why am I thinking that...? It's too dangerous. Bronya, you're not a terrorist anymore.

Bronya shook her head vigorously, banishing certain incredibly Showa-era and alluring thoughts from her mind.

"What's wrong, Bronya?"

When Seele was woken up, she looked at Bronya, who was talking to herself, and tilted her head in confusion.

"Ah...it's nothing, Seele, we'll be there soon—"

"Hi, hi, hi, sorry to keep you waiting. Something came up with the bishop and the captain, which took up a little of my time. Bishop Otto said that as long as Miss Bronya doesn't interfere with Schicksal's experiments, you can do whatever you want, and we won't interfere."

Just as Bronya was about to tell Seele her conjecture, the communication was reconnected... Alvit's large face appeared in front of Bronya once again.

"Thank you for your help, Miss Alvitt."

"No trouble at all, it's nothing, just a small favor. This is what I do for a living, and besides, I've kept you waiting so long, I should be the one apologizing... um..."

"Here's a little tidbit for you—just recently, Captain Durandal saw the Third Herrscher and her sister kissing... and stormed out of the camp in a rage—Miss Bronya, perhaps you could check where the commotion is loudest in this city later?"

"Hmm...maybe we can find some clues?"

"Understood, then thank you for the information, Miss Alvitt."

Chapter 294 Creating Her, Krishna!

"A huge commotion... There's a huge commotion somewhere—"

Having received the information kindly provided by Alvit, Bronya had the Hermes stand by at the city's edge while she rode a heavy motorcycle transformed from a bunny, speeding through the flooded city with Seele in tow.

The motorcycle roared through the city streets and ruins, crushing countless remaining Honkai Beasts and zombies along its path. Behind it, the emanating energy wove into a dazzling ribbon of light...

If there's any major commotion at this moment, it's only Miss Bronya and her heavily armed bunny speeding through this dead city.

"Bronya-neechan—driving this fast shouldn't make any loud noise, right...?"

Seele, who was holding Bronya tightly in the back seat, spoke with a trembling voice, and tightened her grip on Bronya's waist.

"That's another issue, Seele. Our operation, in essence, aims for a two-way flow... while simultaneously creating a huge commotion to attract the other side..."

"Furthermore, as far as Bronya knows... if Mei, now fully awakened, were to make a scene, her noise would be far louder than Bronya's motorcycle..."

Before Bronya could finish speaking, a thunderclap boomed overhead, striking everyone in Changkong City. Dark purple lightning bolts crashed down from the sky, striking a distant rooftop.

"Where is... Chiyu Academy?"

Following the direction of the powerful lightning strike, Bronya saw a very familiar building... the weathered Thousand Feather Academy teaching building.

"Chiba Academy, a lightning bolt falling from the sky, and Kaslana... Bronya, this scene seems so familiar... I hope Mei is alright..."

"Hold on tight, Seele! Bronya's about to accelerate!"

Turning the throttle lever all the way, the Heavy Rabbit brand motorcycle left a blue trail of light behind it as it sped towards the battlefield in the distance, where it was reunited after many years.

"Eee--Bronya, slow down!"

"The situation is urgent, we can't delay!"

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After a heartfelt confession upon their long-awaited reunion, the two, needing to cool down, seemed to be of one mind and arrived at the rooftop of the teaching building at Qianyu Academy at the same time.

"Oh, hi... Mei, you're here too...?"

Kiana awkwardly greeted Raiden Mei, who had also come to the rooftop to clear her head, and for a moment didn't know what to say...

"Hmm...yes..."

Raiden Mei, equally unsure how to respond, simply hummed in agreement. The two remained silent, leaning against the railing of the rooftop eaves...

"I still remember this place... the way you tried to pull me up from the edge of the rooftop..."

After a long silence, Raiden Mei took the initiative to break the silence between the two and start a conversation.

"Ah... well, in the end I couldn't pull Mei up from the roof, and we both fell down together..."

Seemingly stirred by Raiden Mei's memories, Kiana also began to recall her past.

"That Snow guy just appeared out of nowhere, kicked us both down, and even called me a 'troublemaker'..."

Looking at the pile of sponge mats below the teaching building, weathered by wind and rain and scorched by the sun, completely unrecognizable from their former state, Kiana sighed...

"But even when I fell, you protected me at that moment."

Looking down at the weathered cushion, Mei seemed to recall the feeling of being hugged from behind by the girl, and her face flushed slightly...

"Yes, yes, yes, I am a knight of the Kaslana family. Protecting others is only natural for me, let alone you, Mei!"

Kiana..

Upon hearing this, Raiden Mei suddenly grabbed the girl's shoulders and stared intently into her eyes.

"Promise me, okay? Don't go through this alone anymore... I know you want to protect everyone and don't want us to get hurt... But when have the people of St. Freya ever thought the same thing?"

"We want to protect you too, Kiana... But sometimes you need to rely on everyone's strength..."

The black-and-purple-haired queen tightly embraced the knight with a high white ponytail in front of her. The subtle difference in height gave Kiana a chance to experience what it meant to feel like she was being cleansed.

In the past, she might have tried to take advantage of the situation a little, but... the current white-haired cat only felt a bit suffocated, as if it couldn't breathe... and Raiden Mei, seemingly unaware, tightened the hug...

"Mei...that..."

Kiana, her head forced to bury itself in front of Mei's voluptuous heart, let out a soft, labored moan...

"What's wrong, Kiana...?"

Mei looked at Kiana, whom she was holding in her arms, and she seemed oblivious to anything amiss...