Humans are in chaos, despicable outsiders.

Then the white-haired loli noticed a medium-sized humanoid doll being held between the maid's arms.

"Huh... what's that in Rita's hand?... a plush toy?"

The headmaster stood on tiptoe and poked the face of the Bella doll that Rita was holding with her finger... The veins on the gray-blue doll's face were clearly bulging. Just as Theresa was about to continue poking, Bella opened her mouth and bit her finger.

"Wow—this toy can bite!"

Theresa’s screams of pain echoed through the airport as she flailed her arms, trying to shake off the doll that was clinging tightly to her arm. However, Bella’s grip tightened with each swing.

"Alright, Miss Bella, please release Lady Theresa."

Rita, seeing Theresa waving her arms around and even about to roll on the ground, decisively stopped Bella's behavior for the sake of the dean's last shred of dignity.

The doll, having heard Rita's request, finally released its grip, floating in the air and glaring at the rude person who had come up to it and started poking and prodding at it.

"Hiss... Rita, where did you get this grumpy little guy? Is he some new achievement from the Schicksal headquarters lab?"

Theresa winced and rubbed her fingers, then glared back at the doll in front of her, not to be outdone.

Seeing Theresa sulking over the Bella doll, Rita smiled and explained to the white-haired "loli".

“Lady Theresa, this is a gift from Lord Snow to Miss Kiana. According to Lord Snow, it is an armed doll made using Honkai Beast materials and combined with the technology of the previous era of human civilization.”

"According to Lord Snow's message, these armed dolls are all very individualistic little guys... Lady Theresa's behavior just now must have offended her."

The maid's smiling, perfect face and words were flawless, without a trace of deception. Theresa's mind quickly accepted Rita's account without much thought, and she turned to look at the blue-gray doll-like girl—

"I'm so sorry, my cute little one!"

Theresa apologized to the doll girl who had been returned to Rita's hands, and then looked at Rita again.

“Since it’s a gift for Kiana, let me take you to the Valkyrie’s dormitory first, Rita. Kiana should be in the dormitory now.”

"Also, Rita, you said this was a gift from Snow? Can you tell me what Snow has been up to lately...?"

"She hasn't come back since she went back to Europe last year... I asked Jiuxiao and the others, but they said they didn't know either..."

"As for Grandpa... it must be some plan of his that kept her busy, right? Rita, what do you know?!"

"And another thing, Rita, why do you call Snow an adult too?"

Theresa's barrage of questions didn't faze Rita. The grey-blonde maid smiled, tightened her grip on the doll girl who had caused her trouble, and calmly explained to Theresa.

"This is indeed a gift from Lord Snow to Miss Kiana—but Archbishop Otto doesn't know what Lord Snow himself is doing, let alone me, Tirrita..."

Rita shook her head, indicating that she didn't know anything about the blonde girl's current situation.

"Oh, so that means it has nothing to do with Grandpa... Then Rita, you should know where Snow is now... After all, she asked you to bring the gift over, right? Also, Rita, you haven't explained why you address Snow with the respectful title of 'adult'?"

Theresa's curiosity did not seem to stop there, and she continued to press the maid in front of her with questions.

"Uh... Lord Snow shouldn't be in this world right now..."

The maid's words momentarily halted Theresa's thought process, causing her to tense up considerably.

"Rita, explain yourself! What do you mean by 'no longer in this world'?!"

The dean looked somewhat agitated, and his tone was urgent.

"Lady Theresa, you misunderstand... Lady Snow is only temporarily not in this world, literally. According to Archbishop Otto's guess, she has gone to an alternate dimension called the Sea of ​​Quanta... She should return soon."

Rita looked at Theresa, who seemed somewhat flustered, and felt a little helpless.

"The Sea of ​​Quanta...? I've never heard of that place, but as long as everyone's safe..."

Theresa patted her barren chest and let out a long sigh.

"According to Lord Snow, this doll was also found in a bubble world that exists after the quantum realm..."

Rita continued to lie without batting an eye, her grip on Bella tightening, making the blue-gray doll wish the two of them would arrive at the Valkyrie's dormitory immediately so it could break free from her clutches.

"Finally... as to why Rita addresses Lord Snow as 'Lord'... Lady Theresa actually knows better than I do, doesn't she...?"

The maid gave a composed smile.

"Snow... oh, she must be some cardinal's adopted daughter or even biological daughter, right... In that case, Rita, do you know who he is?"

The headmaster's gossipy nature began to burn brightly, but was immediately extinguished by the maid.

“I’m sorry, Lady Theresa, at that person’s request… Rita cannot reveal his identity.”

The Valkyrie shook her head, declining Theresa's question.

"Huh? Rita already promised not to reveal it?"

"Hmm... never mind then, after all, breaking promises isn't a good habit..."

Theresa shook her head in disappointment, but then regained her energy. The two had already entered St. Freya's dormitory area.

"That's the building up ahead, Rita, let's hurry!"

"Yes, Lady Theresa."

Chapter Ninety-Nine: People are destined to grow taller, except for Theresa.

Theresa opened the dormitory door and led Rita into Kiana's dormitory. At this moment, Jiuxiao and Bronya were circling around the white-haired girl in front of the living room. The sofa and coffee table in front of the girl were piled with a large number of textbooks and test papers.

At this moment, the white-haired knight is sailing far away in the ocean called knowledge—no way! Kiana, looking at the math problem in front of her, angrily bit off the pencil she was holding in her mouth and complained loudly:

"Ughhhh... Why is mathematics even possible?!"

The girl's blue eyes stared at the textbook in front of her, her gaze seemingly capable of spitting fire and burning the workbooks on the coffee table to ashes.

"You idiot Kiana, have you ever really studied math?"

In Bronya's flat tone, everyone present could hear a hint of confusion from the high-achieving student.

"So there's really no problem with that... Didn't Kiana spend all over the world searching for her father's whereabouts?"

"So naturally you didn't get to go to school properly... And Bronya, have you ever heard a saying from Shenzhou...?"

This time, Jiuxiao chose to stand on Kiana's side, defending the white-haired girl.

"In the language of Shenzhou? Sister Jiuxiao, are you referring to proverbs?"

Bronya looked somewhat confused.

"No, it's a saying that circulates among students in that country who are tormented by math: Friends will betray you, women will leave you, money will tempt you, life will make things difficult for you, but math won't. If you don't know it, you just don't know it, no matter how hard you try."

With a mocking expression, Jiu Xiao spoke of the resentment of the students in that ancient country on the other side of the sea...

"It feels like this sentence contains a lot of people's terrifying resentment..."

Bronya nodded, then changed the subject—

"But you idiot Kiana, you still need to study math so you don't fail your academic exams..."

"...Bronya, how can you utter such cold words from a mouth that's 36 degrees Celsius?!"

"Bronya is simply stating the facts."

The future is the future, and the present is the present. At least for now, the Knight Lady must face humanity's final trial, known as the Exam. Rita stood at the doorway, watching everything unfold before her with a gentle smile, until Theresa interrupted her—

"Alright, alright, Kiana, you guys should take a rest."

The white-haired nun interrupted the conversation of the group.

...

Did I just hear my period?

Kiana looked up from the sea of ​​questions and glanced around, but didn't see the source of the voice.

"Huh, am I hallucinating?"

"No, Bronya heard the Headmistress's voice too..."

Bronya shook her head, denying Kiana's suspicion of hallucination, and looked towards the door.

"This... big sister, may I ask who you are? Why is the headmaster's voice coming from your direction...?"

Rita, startled by Bronya's question, glanced down at Theresa, whose face darkened as she prepared to call upon Judah to attack her student, then looked at the sofa where the girls were sitting—the backrest was just the right height, about a meter, so the girls sitting there couldn't see Theresa, who was partially obscured by the sofa and other furniture...

"Pfft..." Rita chuckled softly, reaching her hand under Theresa's armpits—

"Hey! Rita, what are you doing! Put me down! And you lot, how dare you ignore the headmaster! That's outrageous!"

The grey-blonde Valkyrie lifted the white-haired little nun from the ground, giving the somewhat bewildered group a gentle smile...

"The headmistress is so short... Bronya has gained a whole new understanding of Headmistress Theresa's height... Heavy Bunny 19C - Defense Mode!"

Bang-!

The gray-haired girl's voice was followed by the sound of Judas, who had been shrunk to the size of a book, and the super alloy shield of the heavily armored bunny colliding "friendly."

"What happened?"

The loud noise coming from the living room drew Mei's attention, who was busy in the kitchen. She peeked out from the kitchen and looked at the people in the living room with some curiosity... and then she saw Theresa being lifted up high by Rita.

"Dean, you... *pfft*"

The comical scene of the "girl" being lifted high by Rita broke the composure of the usually quiet and virtuous black-haired girl.

"Rita—! Put me down!"

"Yes, Your Excellency Theresa." The cunning maid placed the white-haired nun back on the ground.

"Ahhh, my dignity as the headmistress...! Rita—!"

The academy headmaster, his feet touching the ground again, let out a furious roar of resentment, only to be finished off by Jiu Xiao and a certain maid.

"Lady Theresa is still as lovely as ever."

"Huh? Who's the one who pretends to be a lost child and tricks their students into giving them lollipops on Xueyuan Road?!"

The Theresa cannot be restarted.

"So, what brings Aunt Flo here today? And who is this?"

Kiana pretended to be curious as she looked at the somewhat unfamiliar Valkyrie in front of her.

"Ahem! Let me introduce you. This is Rita, an inspector sent by the Destiny Headquarters. She will also be attending tomorrow's practical assessment as a guest."

"Also, Kiana, Snowto brought you a gift."

"A gift? That golden-haired monster actually brought me a gift? Could it be some kind of prank package?"