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Chapter 5: A Gift or a Curse?

St. Freya Academy, principal's office.

Theresa folded her hands and rested them under her chin, with a rare solemn expression on her face.

Anti-Entropy attacked Saint Freya, and Kiana encountered an enemy who called himself the Anti-Entropy leader Walter Joyce. However, Theresa knew very well that Walter Joyce was dead and it was impossible for him to be resurrected. The real Anti-Entropy leader Walter Yang had briefly joined forces with Skyrim in the Second Collapse, and Theresa was not very clear about the news after that.

The news given by Grandpa Otto Apokalis was that Walter Young was dead, but on the night of the Anti-Entropy invasion, Liesel Einstein denied Otto's statement, but she couldn't say where Walter Young was.

In addition, while blocking the surveillance, Liesel also told her the truth about the Second Great Collapse that she did not know.

Grandpa used Walter Young and wanted to kill him, even at the cost of letting the Second Herrscher go.

She knew that she shouldn't believe the words of Anti-Entropy as an enemy, but Liesel did help her, Siegfried and others in the Second Collapse, and... the things found in the basement of St. Freya's Cathedral shocked her deeply. She didn't know why her grandfather was conducting experiments there... That was Cecilia's clone. If the Shanyiat family found out, would her grandfather really not worry about the attitude of the Shanyiat family at all?

Regarding the discoveries made underground in the church, Liesel also proposed to cooperate with Theresa in order to exchange attitudes with the Shaniyats, or at least ease the Shaniyats' hostility towards Anti-Entropy.

Theresa refused after a slight hesitation, and said that if Liesel insisted on taking the clones from the basement of the church, then she would not hesitate to become her and Cocolia's enemy.

Although the quantized Titans brought by Cocolia were a bit tricky, she also brought Judas with her, so it was easy to annihilate those quantized Titans. Even if Cocolia and Liesel fought her head-on, Theresa could be completely sure of her victory. Even if she had retreated to the second line now, after all, she was a real S-class Valkyrie before, so it would not be a big problem for her to take down two anti-entropy executives who were not good at fighting.

Liesel didn't ask her why she refused, as both parties knew the reason, and Liesel just tried it casually.

Handing these evidences over to Anti-Entropy can indeed ease the conflict between Anti-Entropy and the Shaniyat family, but this will not do any good to Mandate, and may even be all bad. Theresa may be disgusted with what Otto did, but she must consider the stability of Mandate.

Even though Otto is the current bishop of the Mandate of Heaven, the position of the Shaniyat family in the Mandate of Heaven is also crucial. The exposure of this matter will only alienate the relationship between the bishop and the Shaniyat family and cause turmoil in the Mandate of Heaven, which will not bring any benefits.

Theresa was very confused. What was Otto trying to do? He was willing to create a clone of Cecilia even at the risk of falling out with the Shanyat family. Was he studying the power of the holy marks on the Shanyat family or something else?

However, at this moment, no matter how incomprehensible Otto's actions were to her, she could not part ways with Otto.

Because... Kiana is still in Saint Freya, and considering Kiana's sensitive identity, Theresa cannot break up with Otto directly.

Then there is another strange thing, that is, why is Cecilia's clone in the basement of St. Freya's Academy Cathedral? Why did Otto do this at the time? Is there an undercover sent by Otto inside St. Freya now?

Theresa didn't know, but she was sure that there were some tricks. When it came to playing tricks, she knew very well that her grandfather, who had lived for five hundred years, was an old fox and she could not beat him.

Although she is now the principal of St. Freya Academy and the leader of the Far East Branch, but... in the final analysis, she is just being willful within the scope defined by Otto.

She couldn't challenge Otto.

As a result of all these factors, although she finally refused to hand over the relevant evidence to Anti-Entropy, she agreed to some of Liesel's conditions and reached some cooperation with Anti-Entropy.

Now that things have passed, Theresa could never forget the scene she saw in the basement of the cathedral. She wanted to question Otto, but was worried that someone from the Shaniat family was nearby... She thought Otto should contact her later to at least give her some explanation, but so far there has been no news from Otto.

She thought that Anti-Entropy had secretly taken some evidence out, but after paying attention to the news from the headquarters for a few days, it seemed that nothing had happened.

This put Theresa in a very tangled situation.

She didn't know whether the clones in the basement of the church were still being used for experiments, nor did she know who was in charge of these things. Anyway, there was no doubt that Otto was the final source. When Otto was about to go to the cathedral to fight against the anti-entropy that day, his unquestionable attitude showed that Otto was definitely aware of it.

"Hmm... I'm so upset..." Theresa reached out and scratched her hair. Her mind was now filled with a series of doubts, but she had no place to look for answers.

Suddenly, the communication screen lit up. Theresa subconsciously answered the call, then looked at the figure that appeared on the screen and almost jumped up in surprise.

"Oh, Senior Theresa, why do you look like you've seen a ghost? Is it because we haven't seen each other for so long that you're surprised?" The brown-haired girl on the screen said with a smile.

"Maria?" Theresa forced a smile and said, "Why did you contact me suddenly? Is there something wrong?"

"Hmm..." Maria stroked her chin and stared at Theresa. "Senior Theresa, are you worried about something? Why do you look so guilty?"

Huh? Did I behave so badly? This… this is all my grandfather's fault, right? ! Yes, it's all my grandfather's fault!

Well, okay, part of the reason is that I'm worried that Maria will find out about Kiana...

"Uh, well..."

Theresa was still thinking about how to explain to Maria, but Maria herself said, "Could it be that before I contacted you, you were reading comics?"

Theresa could only laugh awkwardly: "Ahahaha...you discovered all this..."

Maria's expression became a little speechless: "Senior Theresa, I remember that when Bianca was considering studying at the Valkyrie Academy, she also considered Saint Freya, right? But when the child arrived at Saint Freya, she criticized you for liking to read comics."

Theresa's face was filled with black lines. Yulandel... She just read the comics for a short while to relax, but ended up being nagged by this junior all day long, almost driving her to collapse.

Forget it, since it has been covered up, it's all good. Let it be misunderstood. Anyway, I was almost reading comics at this time.

"Ahem..." Theresa coughed twice and said in a serious tone, "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this for now. Maria, what is the reason you contacted me this time?"

"It's not a big deal." Maria said nonchalantly, "Aren't there a new batch of freshmen and new B-level Valkyries coming to Saint Freya? Tianming has arranged a test for them, and they will arrive soon."

"Eh? Why is there a test all of a sudden? Isn't it the usual test time yet?" Theresa was a little surprised. Normally, the Valkyrie tests arranged by the Sky Mandate Headquarters were carried out by people from the Shanyat family or the Kaslana family, and for Saint Freya... should I say it's lucky or unfortunate? Because of her relationship with Cecilia, the people who came to Saint Freya every year were people from the Shanyat family...

Theresa felt her scalp tingling when she thought of the clones in the basement of the cathedral and how she used to take the Shaniyat family members who were responsible for testing to the cathedral first.

Not to mention that apart from the clones, once the Shanyat family comes, Kiana's affairs will be untraceable...

"It's like this. The Helheim Laboratory of the Heavenly Mandate has updated a batch of test equipment. Didn't you just produce an A-level Valkyrie Fu Hua? The bishop thought there might be other suitable seedlings, so he asked us to send them to you first and collect the data of your Valkyrie." Maria said, "Apart from anything else, every time the Heavenly Mandate updates the training equipment, the bishop always thinks of you, Saint Freya, first."

It seems that Maria doesn't know about Anti-Entropy's attack on Saint Freya, otherwise she would have brought the Shanyiat family to Saint Freya to learn about the situation and then fight Anti-Entropy.

"So who is the person in charge of this test?" Theresa asked. She had to find out who it was first, and then find a way to help Kiana cover it up...

"Uh... the list was chosen by the head of the family. To be honest, I don't know her very well. But she has watched Bianca's test before and competed with Bianca a little bit. She is quite capable." Maria said as she transmitted a file to Theresa. "This is her file. Don't make a mistake when the time comes. That's it. Remember to go back to Tianming when you have time. The bishop has always been thinking about you."

Is he worried about me... Theresa sighed softly in her heart. After all, in her grandfather's eyes, she is just a bird in a cage, right?

"I understand." Theresa said.

After the communication was interrupted, Theresa opened the file transmitted by Maria and fell into deep thought as she looked at the pink-haired girl in it.

"Ellie Shaniat?"

She knew almost all of the Shanyat family, but Theresa had no impression of this Ali Shanyat. However, her name reminded Theresa of Alicia Shanyat, one of the two ancestors of the Shanyat family. According to legend, Alicia also had pink hair...

No, what am I thinking about? The era in which Alicia lived is thousands of years away from now. How could it be that Alicia's ancestor...

And this is only similar in tone. There is still a big difference between the English names Ellie and Elysia.

"Is it from the Shaniyat family branch in Greece?" Theresa nodded thoughtfully. If it was the Shaniyat family branch in Greece, then she really didn't know much about it and had relatively little communication with them.

Theresa immediately slammed her head on the table and said frantically, "Isn't this the end?"

Although the Shanyatid family has different branches, when it comes to dealing with Anti-Entropy and Siegfried, all the Shanyatids have the same attitude. If it was the Shanyatid family at the Schicksal Headquarters, Theresa could still think of a way, but the one who came from Greece, Theresa herself was not familiar with her and did not know her character. How could she cover for Kiana?

Otherwise... I could just find a way to get Kiana to take a leave before that day, and then change Kiana's name myself...

Well, that’s a good idea, let’s do it!

Theresa straightened up, rubbed her brows, and looked at the girl in the file. After a while, she looked away.

Pink hair and a name that sounds similar in tone, it's easy to think of the legendary Alicia. However, there have been descendants of the Shaniyat family with pink hair in history, so this should just be a coincidence.

Just like Lucifer has silver hair, Cecilia is also associated with Lucifer's gift because of her silver hair. It is said that when Cecilia was young, she followed the instructions of her inner voice, picked up the Black Abyss White Flower, and was recognized by the Black Abyss White Flower surrounded by new branches. This incident is still well known to people of Destiny.

When Cecilia told me about that incident, she also said that she didn't remember what happened at that time. When she came to her senses, she was already holding the handle of the Black Abyss and White Flower's gun. She, like everyone else, believed that it was the honor bestowed by the ancestor Lucifer.

During the Second Great Collapse, the power of the Black Abyss White Flower purified the Honkai energy that permeated Siberia and saved the homes of countless people. It was also considered a gift from Lucifer to Cecilia, because according to theoretical calculations, even if Cecilia used up all the holy blood in her body, she would not be able to completely purify Siberia's Honkai energy, not to mention that Cecilia had been consumed by the Second Herrscher at that time, but the fact is that she did it.

"Lucifer's gift... rather than a gift, it's more of a curse..." Theresa whispered. The meaning of Lucifer's name is "the glory of God" and "the rebellion of God". Cecilia received Lucifer's gift, but in the end she died in the Second Collapse because of Lucifer's gift.

If Lucifer really existed, was the gift he gave her really a gift? If he was omniscient and omnipotent as the legend said, why couldn't his power save Cecilia but instead sent her to her death?

Lucifer’s gifts were not uncommon in history, but those members of the Shaniyat family who received the gifts either died on the battlefield or disappeared; none of them had a good ending.

Therefore, in Theresa's eyes, it was more of a curse from Lucifer than a gift from Lucifer.

However, it seemed that she was the only one who thought so. The Shaniyat family's worship of Lucifer was almost fanatical. If she said this, the first person to object would probably be Cecilia herself...

Chapter 6 Elly Shaniat

St. Freya's Infirmary.

"So... Doctor Su, what's my condition?" Kiana said weakly to the doctor in front of her. Mei and Bronya beside her also looked at the doctor.

"Well... it's not a big problem. It may be due to irregular work and rest and diet, as well as some side effects caused by excessive use of Honkai energy. It will be fine after a few days of rest." Doctor Su said gently, "Don't try to use Honkai energy in the next few days. Have a good rest, Kiana."

"Eh?" Kiana looked confused, "But... this has never happened to me before?"

"Just because you didn't have it before doesn't mean you don't have it now. Let me write you a prescription. When you go back, just follow the instructions and you'll get better soon." Doctor Su took a piece of paper, wrote his prescription on it, and handed it to Kiana.

"Well...it seems like I won't be able to take the test tomorrow." Kiana looked at the prescription in her hand with mixed feelings. Her spirit hadn't awakened yet, which had already made her feel depressed. And now she had this inexplicable cold symptom that prevented her from taking the test...

I heard that the people who were in charge of the Valkyrie tests in Saint Freya before were all from the Shanyat family, that is, relatives of my mother Cecilia. If I could meet with that person in charge, maybe I could learn something about my past, or know the truth about my father Siegfried's defection.

But at the same time, she didn't really want to meet the Shaniyat family because she was not ready to face her unknown past.

In the stories his father told him about the past, he hardly mentioned the situation at Shanyat's house, and of course, the situation at Kaslana's house was not mentioned much either.

She didn't know what kind of impact knowing the truth would have on her current life, so it wasn't that hard for her to accept that she suddenly "sickened" and had to miss the subsequent Valkyrie tests.

"Is there really no way, Dr. Su?" Mei's voice interrupted Kiana's thoughts. She looked at the girl beside her with a concerned look on her face, lowered her eyes, and a helpless bitter smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.

Then, it was Bronya's voice: "Doctor Su, can you give Kiana a more comprehensive examination?"

Yes... They all knew that as long as they became an A-class Valkyrie, they would know the whereabouts of the father they had been looking for. In this test, if they performed well, they might be recognized as an A-class Valkyrie by destiny. They all wanted to help them.

However, the various entanglements in my heart are only known to myself and a certain spirit behind me who is currently offline.

"Given Kiana's current condition, no matter where you go for a checkup, you'll get the same result as me." Doctor Su's tone remained gentle. "Before you came here, the principal actually came to ask me about it. No matter what, the principal still hopes that Kiana can take better care of your body and give up the Valkyrie test this time."

Theresa...has her period come?

Kiana raised her head and looked at Dr. Su, then looked away helplessly. Dr. Su had been squinting his eyes the whole time, so her eyes couldn't be seen at all, and there was no way to know what he was feeling inside... However, what did Dr. Su's words just now seem to be hinting at?

My aunt hopes that I can give up the Valkyrie test first... Come to think of it, before I got sick, my aunt did call me over and gave me a box of candy. Could there be something wrong with the candy?

Kiana looked down at the prescription in her hand again, and then found that it seemed to be different from the prescriptions she had seen when she worked in a pharmacy before. It seemed that this was not the prescription for treating colds? This looked a bit like the medicinal food in Shenzhou? Combined with what Dr. Su said before, her period came to him in advance, so could it be considered that her period did not want her to participate in this Valkyrie test?

After reading the prescription, Kiana calmly put it away, then stood up and said to Dr. Su: "I see. Since it is the doctor's opinion, I will definitely listen carefully. Mei, Bronya, it seems that I will not be able to take the Valkyrie test this time."

"Kiana..."

"Let's go, maybe there will be a turning point later." Kiana smiled, bowed to Dr. Su, and left the infirmary first. Mei and Bronya looked at each other, thinking that Kiana was disappointed because she couldn't take the Valkyrie test, and hurriedly followed her.

After watching the three people leave, Doctor Su opened his eyes. He had purple-red irises and green pupils. He stared in the direction of the infirmary door and fell into thought.

"Hey, Su, what are those three kids doing here? Could it be that Kiana came to you to ask you to get her a certificate so that she will have a legitimate reason to skip classes next time?" A slightly brisk female voice sounded.

"Wei Weiwei." Su said, "What do you want to see me for?"

"It's nothing, I just saw the three of them leaving your infirmary, and I was a little curious." Wei Wei said, her eyes turned to Su meaningfully, "So, Su, you really didn't find anything?"

"The performance of the three people is very normal, but Theresa doesn't seem to want Kiana to participate in the test. She even used a short-acting inhibitor of Honkai energy to make it difficult for Kiana to use Honkai energy in the next few days." Su said lightly.

"Heh... After all, her identity is too sensitive for the Shanyatid family. It's understandable that Theresa doesn't want her to get in touch with the Shanyatid family." Velvet shrugged and said, "Unfortunately, it's Alicia who came this time. She has already met the Kiana of Destiny, and now she wants to meet this Kiana."

"That doesn't seem to have much to do with me, right?" Su said.

"It really doesn't matter. I'm just letting you know..." Wei Erwei said as she walked out. When she reached the door, she slightly turned her head to look at Su, and said in a cold tone, "No matter what you and Qianjie are thinking, Yu Feng will definitely come back. You can't stop him. What's more, isn't Yu Feng's return also our common wish?"

Su was silent.

Velvet looked away. "I know that Mebius's ideas and methods are too radical for you, but it's not her fault, is it? After 50,000 years, he walked from the distant other side of time to the vicinity of the Eigenworld... He waited too long, and we waited too long too..."

Su still didn't speak.

"In fact, I think that no matter who the container is, it doesn't really matter, because he will come back sooner or later, and the container will definitely be one of these two people. Now we can't confirm it, so we just need to spend a little more time to make sure that nothing unexpected happens to the two of them." Wei Wei continued, "After all, what Siegfried did in the past cannot happen again."

After saying that, Weiwei left.

After Wei Erwei left, Su sighed helplessly. He looked at the bright sunshine outside the window and whispered, "Yes, no matter who it is, they are all looking forward to Feng's return from the other side... He will come back eventually, and he will definitely come back."

Regarding the matter of Siegfried Kaslana, Su actually had a way to contact his best friend through the Thousand Worlds, but Su also knew that if he contacted his best friend and told him about it, his best friend would probably come out of the Quantum Sea to clean up the mess the next moment.

The civil war hundreds of years ago tore the already fractured Forerunners apart, but as long as that person, as long as Lucifer could come back, all of this could end.

It's just... Yes, Weiwei was right. He didn't object to the fact that others were eager for Feng to come back, even himself. What he objected to was Mebius's overly radical approach...

Among the clones in the basement of St. Freya's Cathedral, Mebius was involved.

She was also one of the first pioneers to collaborate with Otto Apokalis.

In addition, Su actually had some guesses in his heart about who the container was. As a user of the Thousand Worlds One Vehicle, he had observed countless worlds and knew more than others. That person was the only one in countless worlds... Then there was Grayshu. She could see the colors on people, so maybe she knew something or had some guesses. However, she seemed to be prepared to continue observing for a while, just like himself.

Apart from himself and Grayshu, he didn't know whether Alicia would give a clear answer, because Alicia and Feng really had some kind of connection that could sense each other.

the next day.

Because the Valkyrie test had begun, almost all the girls in the school went to the testing site to wait for the test, but Kiana was forced to miss the test because of "illness". Theresa asked her to stay in the dormitory and not go anywhere, but Kiana would definitely not be so honest.

She easily climbed over the dormitory wall. Although she was still a little weak, it was not a problem for her to climb over the wall.

She planned to go to the snack street outside to buy some food. Anyway, her aunt didn't want her to meet the tester from the Shanyiat family, so she would not hang around in the school. Wouldn't it be nice to go to the snack street outside?