K424 of the Collapse World

"By the way, the meeting time is this afternoon, right? In that case, Mr. Raiden Ryoma, shouldn't we also make some preparations?"

"Hmm... Well said. Kiana, this is a rare friendly meeting between the Anti-Entropy Organization and the Destiny Organization, so you should dress a little more formally."

"Okay, I understand. Sister Shilis, shall we go back together?"

"Ah? Oh, then let's go together..."

Shirley was stunned for a moment, then she smiled and responded softly as usual. But what she didn't know was that the sadness in her eyes was easily noticed by Kiana and Thunder Ryoma...

However, even though Kiana noticed Hillis's annoyance, she only moved her eyes slightly but didn't say much. She left the office with Hillis.

Listening to the footsteps gradually fading away outside the door, the serious expression on Raiden Ryoma's face gradually relaxed, turning into a half-smile.

As the saying goes, a bystander sees more clearly, and Raiden Ryoma is also a father himself, so he can naturally see what is going on between Kiana and Shirley...

"It's really hard work, Miss Shirley... or rather, Miss Cecilia. The one who really can't let go of the feelings should be you... You probably still care about Theresa, your sister, so you want Kiana to make peace with her. But this approach is a bit inappropriate..."

Recalling something that happened just now, Raiden Ryoma shook his head helplessly, his smile faded slightly, and there was a hint of disappointment in his expression.

"Kiana should have figured it out. You want her to forgive Theresa. So, even though she was reluctant, when she called you mother just now, she just wanted to confirm your thoughts and then obey your opinions. Alas... Such a sensible child is rare. Even my Meiyi is probably not as good as her. But you, facing your daughter's awakening, actually said one thing and meant another like a child. On the one hand, you said you would respect your opinion, but on the other hand, you showed that kind of pitiful and sad expression, just like a child who was upset... Alas, even if Kiana is not angry, she is probably full of questions. She doesn't know what you want to express, or she may even feel guilty for doing something wrong... I really don't understand who is the daughter and who is the mother. Miss Cecilia, you are acting like a spoiled child in front of your daughter. I'm not saying that you are really not a competent mother... huh?"

While talking to himself, Raiden Ryoma suddenly thought of something and burst into laughter. The slight dissatisfaction in his heart towards Shiris also disappeared.

"Haha... I see. That's why you decided to treat her like a sister at that time. But I feel that Shirley is more suitable to be a younger sister. Forget it. Maybe the relationship between you two doesn't need outsiders to dictate..."

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At this moment, in the corridor of the ME Club, Kiana looked at Shirley who was walking side by side with her, and gently approached...

"Sister Shilis, you actually want me to forgive Miss Theresa, right?"

"..."

In response to Kiana's question, Shirley was silent for a while and shook her head slightly.

"I've already said it before, your wishes are the most important. I'm your sister, not your master. I... will never force you to do something you don't like."

"Is that so... Yeah~ I understand."

Although she still had doubts, after hearing what Shirley said, Kiana smiled, gave a simple reply, and then stopped talking...

300 Meet

Far Eastern Branch, St. Freya Academy...

After the anti-entropy attack the day before, many areas in the academy were destroyed. The vegetation and walls on the academy island became dilapidated, especially the dormitory where Kiana and Mei lived, which had become a ruin.

However, these are minor matters. The destroyed school building can be repaired. Fortunately, in such a large-scale battle, none of the Valkyrie students of Saint Freya were killed. At most, they were crushed by the collapsed buildings. With the physical fitness of the Valkyrie, this level of injury is only a minor injury. They can recover in two days.

On a relatively intact tree-lined avenue, two young girls walked side by side on the cobblestone-paved road. The girl with silver braids was slightly ahead, holding the hand of the black-haired girl next to her tightly.

"Mei, hurry up! I heard that Captain Houraiji was injured while fighting against anti-entropy. Let's go to the infirmary to visit him.

Let's take a look at her~ It's a good opportunity for me to ask her why she can become a captain with the rank of colonel at such a young age..."

"Hehe... maybe she's not as young as she looks, just like Principal Theresa. By the way, Kiana, are you really okay? You suddenly fainted yesterday. Were you injured in the battle?"

Mei looked at the girl beside her with some concern. Noticing the concern in Mei's eyes, Kiana waved her hand nonchalantly.

"It's totally fine. Didn't the doctor find any injuries in the infirmary? He said it was just fatigue. That should be it... When I passed out, I had auditory hallucinations and had a strange dream. Maybe it's because I stayed up too late playing games recently..."

The silver-haired girl said this with a slight twinkle in her eyes. But soon, she returned to her normal self, smiling and leaning her head on Mei's shoulder.

"But, Mei, are you concerned about me? Hehe... I just had a small incident, and you're so anxious? As expected, the relationship between us is that special!"

"Hehe...Okay, don't be so anxious, Kiana. Anyway, since this has happened, the academy has already announced that classes will be suspended for a week, and you don't have to rush to class in the afternoon, so there's no need to run so fast."

The two girls were chatting and laughing as they strolled along the quiet path. Because of the attack, classes at St. Freya Academy were temporarily suspended, so on this day, there were few other girls on campus...

Suddenly, Mei noticed something and subconsciously glanced at a bush, and indeed found a slender figure of a girl there. However, after seeing the face of the girl not far away, Mei was stunned and could not take her eyes away.

“Eh…?!”

After Mei came to her senses, she looked at Kiana beside her, rubbed her eyes, glanced at the silver-haired girl in the bushes as if to confirm, and couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Huh?! What's wrong, Mei?"

The companions around her suddenly stopped and let out a cry of fright. Kiana immediately stopped and looked around nervously, fearing that another enemy would come to attack.

"Kiana, look over there! There's someone who looks like you!"

"Eh? Could it be...where is it?"

Hearing this, Kiana's heart trembled, and she immediately thought of some of her experiences before entering St. Freya, and hurriedly looked in the direction that Mei pointed. However, all she saw was a neat bush and a few cherry trees, and no one else.

"It was clearly... what? What happened? Why did it suddenly disappear......"

Mei looked at the empty bushes in surprise, her eyes full of confusion. She rubbed her eyes in disbelief, but still saw nothing, as if the figure of the silver-haired girl that appeared in her eyes before was just an illusion...

"Hey, Mei... There's nothing there, right? Are you kidding me?"

"But I just saw it clearly... Oh, forget it. Maybe I am seeing things. I mean, how could there be two people who are exactly the same..."

"Hmm... Isn't Mei satisfied with having me? Humph~ Even if there are other Kiana, I won't let them take Mei away from me!"

"What are you thinking about? How could there be another Kiana in the world? Don't worry, no matter what happens, you are my best friend..."

At this point, Mei no longer thought about the strange scene just now, and the two girls continued to talk and laugh as they walked away. At this time, behind a cherry tree that Kiana and Mei passed by, a girl in a coat appeared with the faint arc fluctuations. Under the hood that covered most of her face, a few strands of silver-white hair shone slightly in the sun.

She watched the two girls walk away with a gentle smile on her lips. Soon, this kind smile began to turn bitter.

"Kiana and Mei... If possible, I really want to see you and them getting along happily together. What a wonderful thing it would be... Kiana."

Talking softly to herself, she slowly sat down against the cherry tree, looking at her thin fingers covered with gloves, her eyes quietly becoming dim.

"They are all great girls... Of course, Bronya and Seele are the same. My wish is that you can live happily together as the original development trajectory. Seele's tragedy has been redeemed, and Kiana was successfully rescued. Such a thing should have been easy... Alas."

Thinking of Kiana's obvious hostility towards her when she mentioned Theresa, Shirley sighed in distress.

"Forget it, there will always be a way. Kiana, you should

You should make some real friends instead of living in my shadow. If you and Kiana and Mei here can accept each other, and stay in St. Freya Academy under Theresa's protection, you should be able to live happily in the future..."

(After all, I can't accompany you to the end...)

After gently rubbing the damaged ligament on her right leg, Shirley stood up again and pulled the hood on her head lower.

"Of course, the premise is that the world has restored peace. But this doesn't seem to be too complicated. As long as Honkai and Otto are eliminated, the world can return to normal, right? Anyway, let's deal with the current affairs first. Well, according to the time, they should be here soon..."

Walking out of the grove that blocked the sky, Shirley raised her head and looked into the distance. She easily saw a slowly enlarging black dot in the sky.

"Tesla and the others are very punctual... Although I sneaked in early, it seems that I am not much earlier than them. Forget it, I'll just take it as a check on Mei's condition, and then tell Raiden Ryoma."

As she spoke, the girl's figure turned into an illusion again, leaving a few footprints on the lawn before disappearing completely...

"Welcome to Saint Freya Academy, a subsidiary of the Far East Branch... guests of Anti-Entropy."

After the dark blue medium-sized aircraft landed on the apron of the academy, the etiquette lady in charge of reception came up and said with a formal smile. However, her smile was a little complicated.

300 Meet>>

The night before, it was this Anti-Entropy Organization that attacked them, and several of her friends were injured in the battle. It had only been less than a day, and the two sides were going to cease fire and hold this so-called "friendly talks", which was really hard for her to accept...

However, even though she felt uncomfortable, as a professional Valkyrie in charge of chores, she still completed her task quite seriously, watching as the representatives of the Anti-Entropy Organization stepped out of the aircraft one after another and came to the open space on the apron in front of her.

Among these anti-entropy members, there are adult men wearing suits who look normal, a red-haired girl wearing glasses who looks no older than 18, several other young girls who look a little strange, and even two little girls who look like children, and at the end, a strange woman wearing a hat who looks mysterious...

"Is this Saint Freya Academy? Tsk... Why does it look so shabby? The facilities of the Savior Organization aren't that great either."

Suddenly, the red-haired girl with twin ponytails spoke casually, with a hint of indifference in her eyes, as if she knew nothing about what had happened before...

Hearing this, Miss Etiquette's breathing became heavier, and her eyebrows trembled. This place was indeed attacked by a few missed mechas. Although they were quickly annihilated by the Valkyries on guard in the area, they still inevitably caused a lot of damage to the surrounding environment during the battle. In such a short time, it is naturally impossible to repair the damaged areas so quickly.

(Yes, it was because of the anti-entropy attack that it became like this...!)

She thought angrily, but she still maintained the smile required for her job and bowed to the red-haired girl who spoke.

"I'm very sorry that you saw the imperfect side of Saint Freya. It was because of the accident last night. As I recall, it seemed that the stray dogs of your organization ran in without knowing the reason and caused some damage to our campus. Please forgive me..."

Although she kept smiling, she said these words almost through gritted teeth. Hearing the gunpowder in her words, Tesla's temper was aroused at once, and he sneered and looked at the Valkyrie in front of him with contempt.

"Oh...really? We do have a lot of mad dogs in Anti-Entropy, but why don't they go somewhere else to run wild, but come here? Could it be that there are a lot of filthy things here that attract them?"

"Humph, if all the members of the Anti-Entropy Organization are people like you, no wonder Anti-Entropy will always..."

Before she could finish, another Valkyrie next to her interrupted her.

"That's enough, Yuuko! Have you forgotten Lady Theresa's order? Stop talking nonsense. It's neither necessary nor worth it! Okay, everyone, I'm sorry to have wasted your time. Our principal Lady Theresa is waiting for you in the conference room. Please follow me."

After that, she turned around and walked forward, without any intention of continuing to talk nonsense. Seeing this, Tesla also glared at the Valkyrie before, and followed with his companions.

At this moment, the girl in the hat seemed to have noticed something, paused slightly, and turned to the empty place next to her. The next moment, the silver-haired girl in the coat quietly appeared in the Anti-Entropy team, without attracting the attention of the members of the Destiny.

"Welcome back,

Sister Sis...what were you doing before? Why did you set out alone?"

"It's just to confirm something... It's all right now. Let's go and clarify everything with Theresa and bring Aiyin back!"

Shiris whispered, nodded to Thunder Ryuma, Tesla and others around her, pretending that she was in the team from the beginning, and followed the Valkyries who led the way to a building.

The power of the Destiny Organization should not be underestimated. Along the way, Shiris saw many vehicles and autonomous machine guns deployed the day before, as well as the Valkyries who were temporarily responsible for border security. They looked quite presentable.

However, next to an armored vehicle equipped with a Honkai fission machine gun, a female Valkyrie on guard was lying in front of the car window, using the bright glass as a mirror and gently combing her beautiful long hair. The other female Valkyries also looked like they were used to it. It was obvious that this daily guard mission was not something they took seriously at all.

Seeing this, Shilis sighed helplessly. During the time when she was imprisoned by Otto, she also saw the guard Valkyrie of the Destiny Headquarters. The difference between the two was not a little bit.

In Hillis's opinion, this was a mistake that Theresa could not escape her blame... There was nothing wrong with using the concept of benevolence to train Valkyries, but using such a loose system to manage regular Valkyries was a big problem. The ancient saying that a kind person cannot command an army was not without reason.

(Forget it, it has nothing to do with me...)

Facing the curious gazes of the Valkyries, Shiris ignored the Valkyries who were on guard and followed the guide into the building.

They took the elevator directly to the top floor of the building. The Valkyries, along with Shiris and the others, stopped in front of a big door.

"It's right here. Lady Theresa is waiting for you all."

After leaving these words in a cold tone, the several Valkyries who were there to guide them bowed and left without even looking back.

Raiden Ryuma and Tesla looked at each other, and the latter walked forward and knocked on the door in front.

"Please come in."

Hearing the unchanged girl's voice, Tesla opened the door in front of him and walked in. In this spacious office, a petite silver-haired girl in a nun's uniform sat at the table, looking at the Anti-Entropy members who came to the principal's office with bright eyes.

When she saw Claire, Lillian and the others, Theresa showed a puzzled and solemn expression, but soon calmed down. And then, after seeing Asakura Miyuki and Yae Sakura, whom she had met before, Theresa finally lost her composure.

(A pseudo-hermit! Why would a pseudo-hermit...?)

But the next moment, after seeing the two girls of similar stature walking at the back, Theresa was slightly stunned. She glanced at one of the silver-haired girls wearing a baseball cap, and then firmly turned her gaze to the girl wearing a hood next to her.

"Welcome, representatives of the Anti-Entropy Organization... and my niece, Kiana Kaslana!"

Theresa said as she jumped off the table and walked towards the silver-haired girl in the hood. Amid everyone's surprised gazes that didn't know what to say, Theresa looked at the girl gently and raised her hand to take off her hood.

"Finally... I finally meet you, Kiana..."

Seeing the familiar face of the silver-haired girl, Theresa could no longer hold back her tears. She opened her arms and hugged the girl tightly, leaning her body against her arms.

"I'm sorry... Kiana, you must have suffered a lot over the years... I swear! From now on, I will never let you suffer the slightest harm..."

"Well, please wait."

Suddenly, the silver-haired girl gently pushed Theresa away, took a step back, and raised her hand to stop Theresa from hugging her again.

"Although it may be a bit of a downer to say this, I still feel it is necessary to tell you, Ms. Theresa... You've got the wrong person. I'm not Kiana."

301 Explanation and Confession

As Shirley spoke, the office suddenly became quiet. Theresa tilted her head with a hint of doubt in her eyes.

"Huh...? Kiana, what did you say?"

"I'm not Kiana."

Looking at Theresa who was questioning with eyes wide open, Shilis shrugged and repeated what she had just said. However, what she didn't expect was that after hearing her words, Theresa hugged her even harder.

"I'm sorry! I'm really sorry... Kiana, you must still be angry... Please believe me! I definitely didn't treat K423 as the real you. I only took her in out of pity. In my heart, only you and Cecilia are

is the most important......

"..."

"It's all my fault. If I had been able to rescue you at that time, this wouldn't have happened..."

Hearing Theresa's crying voice, the corners of Shilis' mouth twitched. She struggled to break free from Theresa's arms, but her current strength was not enough to shake the silver-haired girl's arms.

In desperation, Shirley looked at the silver-haired girl beside her for help, but Kiana didn't look at her at all. Instead, she pretended to concentrate on admiring the oil painting on the wall.