In Zongman, he transformed into Fu Hua at the beginning

Although it was a question, the concern evident on Shiori's face showed that she was sure that Kotori was in a very bad condition.

Shiori Gokawa has not been in a good mood recently. The most important reason is that his sister often looks tired recently.

"Kotori, you won't be able to cheer up if you don't eat properly!"

Tohka wasn't quite clear about the twists and turns, but she saw Kotori's condition and Shiori's worry, so she expressed her concern in her own way: "I... I'll share some of my potato pancakes with you!"

"That's not necessary. My appetite is still normal."

Kotori didn't immediately respond to Shiori's concerns. Instead, she walked straight to her seat and sat down. Then she said, "It's true that there have been some things recently, but the thing I was most worried about has been resolved. The others don't worry me too much. It can be considered a relief from the busy schedule."

"Oh……"

Shiori didn't know much about Kotori's work. He only knew that she had attended a meeting yesterday and looked very tired when she returned to Fraxinus, but she felt a lot more relaxed after returning home.

"Don't look so worried. I'm an elf after all... even if I don't have much spiritual power right now."

She was not pretending to be relaxed. Ever since the last incident with Tohka, Kotori had been under a lot of pressure. The most important thing was what Alti had left behind. The public disclosure of the cooperation between Tenmei and Ratatoskr would inevitably affect Shiori's life. During this period, she had been worried about how to ensure that Shiori's daily life would not be disrupted.

Now that the biggest problem has been solved, Kotori has been relieved of her heaviest burden. Although things like internal struggles are not easy afterwards, they will not make Kotori unable to sleep well.

Her tiredness today was not due to a lack of rest, but rather the accumulated fatigue that came all at once after she relaxed, causing her to look unsightly.

She had spent far less time with Kotori in Commander mode than in Sister mode, but they were the same person after all. Shiori could tell that Kotori wasn't being arrogant, so she relaxed a lot: "Then I'm relieved."

"Let's call Youlan Daier over soon, or we can just come to her house. After all, she helped me solve my biggest headache."

"Eh? Yulandel?"

Shiori didn't expect to hear this name at this time. After all, Kotori's job is Ratatoskr, and Yulandel is Destiny, which doesn't sound very connected.

But putting this aside, Shizhi felt that it was surprisingly normal that Yulandel was the one who helped.

Shizhi felt a little embarrassed when he thought of this: "I always feel that Yulandel has been helping me recently, and I really should do something for her... If I come to visit, I don't know what gift would be more suitable for a Valkyrie... By the way, what is your biggest headache, Kotori?"

"If Youlandel likes something, why not just ask Rita? I'll leave this matter to you."

Kotori replied first, then explained: "I asked Yulandel to help me find a Valkyrie to be your bodyguard. She is the kind who will protect you during school to prevent some self-righteous and dishonest people from getting close to you."

"what……"

Shiori then remembered what Kotori said yesterday, that someone with ulterior motives would be targeting him. He didn't expect that Kotori had been worrying about this issue for a long time.

Shiori, who has always been a high school girl, really has a hard time realizing that she has suddenly become the 'center figure'. She always feels like she has become a big shot with bodyguards in a TV drama.

"Anyway, you and Tohka can just go to school normally today. I don't know how that Valkyrie will protect you, but Yulandel's vision and selection of people should be reliable."

Kotori put an end to this topic.

"I see."

Shiori nodded.

Although the most troublesome problem was solved, it did not mean that there were no other things that needed to be solved. After quickly finishing breakfast, Kotori returned to Fraxinus, leaving Shiori and Tohka to go to school as usual.

Along the way, although Shizhi paid special attention to whether there was anything unusual around him or someone following him, he found nothing except that his eyes were dazzled.

As expected, it's impossible for an ordinary person like me to find the tracking protection of an 'agent'... Since Kotori said that I should just live my life as before, then I won't worry about it.

Thinking of this, Shiori regained his normal state of mind. Influenced by Tohka's always energetic attitude towards life, he came to school talking and laughing, and returned to his seat in the classroom amid the discussions that he was somewhat accustomed to.

In this school, Shiori is somewhat famous. Although she does not have the exquisite and perfect facial features of other elves, it does not mean that she is not good-looking. With Shiori's appearance, she is at least a "beauty that appears once in a century". Coupled with her easy-going and friendly personality, she is still very popular with boys and girls.

And such a Shiori, suddenly became inseparable good friends with a more beautiful girl a few days ago, and they often engaged in unusually intimate behavior, which naturally attracted the attention of many people.

Tohka even publicly stated that she wanted to be with Shiori forever, which was a blatant yuri declaration.

As a result, the two people's fame has since reached a new level in this school.

"We have new classmates today."

Just as Shiori and Tohka continued their lives as usual, the teacher's voice caught Shiori's attention.

Along with the voice of the homeroom teacher Okamine Tamae, a pretty girl with short black hair and blue inside, who looked a little shy, walked into the classroom.

"This is a transfer student from Estonia. She will be attending school with you this semester."

As she spoke, Zhu Hui wrote the girl's name on the blackboard.

"Sylphle..."

Chapter 56: I have to find an opportunity to scare her.

Shiori Gokawa is not a cunning or suspicious person, but even Shiori feels that the timing of the girl named Seele's transfer to school is too coincidental. In addition, the fact that she is a girl naturally makes Shiori think of Valkyrie.

However, now is not the opportunity or place to discuss this, so Shizhi just looked at Seele with curiosity like everyone else.

'A group of people who have never been baptized, each with a clear and stupid look in their eyes.'

Black Amber made her assessment of this place. Although she had long thought that this was definitely not a place where she could live comfortably, this group of students still made her feel a little uneasy.

Morning self-study had just ended when a group of boys and girls gathered around and chattered about questions that they were not interested in and too lazy to answer. Fortunately, Black Amber never did anything without preparation, and had already sorted out the possible questions and answers.

"Should I call you Xi'er or Fule'ai? Fule'ai is your last name, right?"

"I heard that people in foreign countries call each other by their names, so I should just call her Xi'er, right?"

"Why did Xier suddenly come to Japan to study?"

"Xi'er, your skin looks so good. Is it foreign cosmetics?"

Faced with the questions, Black Amber patiently maintained her girlish shyness, but in the face of everyone's enthusiasm, she responded one by one: "People around me usually call me Xier, so you can just call me by my name."

"Because Japan is where my family is on a business trip, we will probably stay in Japan for a long time."

"It's not foreign cosmetics... Xi'er is not old enough to use cosmetics yet."

A person's appearance can very intuitively determine others' first impression of him or her. Seele's delicate face is no less than Tohka's, and her shy yet courageous attitude in responding to everyone gives everyone a warm and friendly feeling.

Although I know that this new classmate is not very good at dealing with the current situation, I am more enthusiastic in asking questions because of factors such as "She looks cute when she is panicking" and "I want to build a good relationship with her quickly".

"Xier-san's Japanese is so fluent! Her accent isn't awkward at all, is it?"

"Seele-san calls herself 'Seele'? So cute! Just like a little kid! But she definitely doesn't look like a high school student!"

"What kind of job does Xi'er's family have? They've been away on business for so long, are they diplomats or something?"

Black Amber's temples twitched at these questions, and she couldn't help but recall when she faced those cursed children in the previous world. Those children could chatter all day long. Fortunately, she was the "mother" at that time, so she didn't need to say anything, just smile.

Shizhi felt that if the students continued to pester him, something bad would happen. He quickly walked over and said with a smile: "Everyone, Xier-san seems to be a little troubled. If you want to understand Xier-san, why not take the next moment to do it?"

As one of the "big names", Shiori's words are still very effective among her classmates. After all, she has good character and good academic performance. With these two things, she can get ahead in the school.

Everyone looked at each other and felt a little sorry, but they also knew that they couldn't really make things too difficult for the new student, otherwise it would become bullying.

The flock of birds finally dispersed. Black Amber reluctantly gave Shizhi some points in his heart, but on his face he smiled obediently and gratefully: "Thank you, that..."

"I'm Itsuka Shiori, and this is Yatogami Tohka."

Shizhi gave a brief introduction.

"Hello, Xi'er, you are the destiny... wuwu!"

Tohka and Shiori thought of the same thing. She just didn't like to use her brain, but it wasn't like she had no brains. With a little thought, she realized how coincidental the sudden appearance of the transfer student was.

But before she could finish, Shiori covered her mouth.

This isn't something you can just casually say...

She glanced around and found that everyone was just puzzled by their actions, and not curious about what 'Destiny' was. She breathed a sigh of relief, and when Xi'er in front of her didn't show any surprise, she said, "Um... shall we go talk outside?"

"it is good."

Black Amber nodded.

The figures of the three people walking out together attracted the students' attention, and they started discussing only after they could no longer see their figures.

"As expected of the transfer student killer, Gokawa-san is really good at dealing with transfer students? It's only the first day, and he can't wait to take the transfer student for himself."

"Yatogami-san also took a liking to Itsuka-san right from the moment he arrived, and they became inseparable. Could it be that Itsuka-san is actually some kind of lesbian queen?"

"I can't stand it."

The three of them didn't hear the discussion in the class. If Shiori knew that this was how she was seen by others, she would probably be heartbroken.

"Xi'er, um... you are indeed destined..."

Arriving at a place where there were not many people, Shizhi asked curiously.

"Well, Xier was entrusted by Yulandel to protect Yulandel's friends."

Black Amber didn't want to accept the thanks. After all, she didn't care at all. It would be better to give the thanks to Amber: "Yulandel can't act easily, so this matter can only be handed over to others."

"Ah, I know. After all, if it's Youlan Daier, every move she makes will attract attention."

Of course, Shizhi never thought of asking Yulandel herself to be his "nanny", not only because Yulandel's identity could not be concealed at all, but more importantly, in Shizhi's eyes, Yulandel was definitely a super busy person like Kotori, and it was impossible for her to have so much time to accompany him to school.

"I feel a little embarrassed to bother her all the time even though we've only known each other for a short time... Of course, I'm also very grateful that Xi'er is willing to come. You should have other things to do right now, right?"

Indeed, even if it is just researching something casually to relax, it is more like a serious job than being a bodyguard.

But this is another request from that idiot. It's the first time he's asked me to do this in such a long time, so of course I'm happy to complete this little thing.

"Seele doesn't have any 'business' to do... well, besides, protecting Shiori is for the sake of the cooperation between Tenmei and Ratatoskr, so what you're doing now is also business."

"Hey, are you that Yulandel's friend? You don't look very powerful."

Tohka looked around at Black Amber and said, whether it was Ellen, Yulandel, or even Alti and Mana, Tohka could feel a strong 'aura' or confidence from them, but the human girl in front of her gave her a feeling that was completely different from these strong men.

There was no malice in her tone; she spoke out of pure curiosity, but to a normal person, this statement could easily be misunderstood.

Shiori quickly explained: "Sorry, Tohka didn't mean any harm!"

"It's okay, but don't worry, Xi'er is also a qualified Valkyrie and can protect everyone."

Black Amber smiled sweetly, but in his heart he was thinking about finding an opportunity to scare Tohka.

Chapter 57: Shizhi sheds tears.

Westcott was in a very bad mood.

As someone who also understood elves and had conducted research on them, he had already prepared himself for Mebius's progress to be faster than his, but he did not expect that the degree of "faster" seemed to be beyond his imagination.

"Isaac?"

As soon as she walked in, she saw the other person's gloomy face. Ailian said worriedly: "Is there anything I can do?"

"The progress of the nun's research is far too slow. At this rate, we've even lost the capital to compete with Mebius."

Sitting in the chair, Westcott kept thinking about all the ways he could save the situation at this moment, but he was shocked to find that under the current circumstances, he seemed to be at his wit's end.

He only half believed what Mebius said, such as "there are ways other than killing elves" and "every time an elf is killed, the next generation will be stronger." Westcott knew that Mebius would not talk nonsense, but he did not believe the "there are ways other than killing elves" at all.

In other words, the direction of the letter is different from that of others.

Others may think that Mebius wants to live in peace with the elves, but Westcott only thinks that Mebius has mastered the means of utilizing the elves more sophisticatedly than himself, so he intends to stop others from hunting and capturing the elves.

She must want to hold all the elves in the hands of destiny, and as a qualified opponent, Westcott has no reason to let her achieve what Mebius wants to achieve.

But... just as he was worried about at the moment, Westcott's research progress on elves had stalled, and it was even more difficult to capture other elves under the nose of Destiny.

A way to break the impasse must be found, such as finding an elf before the destiny and then capturing that elf, or making a breakthrough in the research progress of the nun in a short period of time.

But these are not something you can achieve just by thinking about it, and luck plays a big role in it.

"Let's not talk about that for now. How is your investigation going?"

Since it cannot be solved at the moment, there is no need to waste brain cells on this matter. After rubbing his eyebrows, Westcott asked.

"Yes, according to the intelligence department's report, the central figure in the collaboration between Ratatoskr and Tenmangu is Gokawa Kotori."

Ellen handed the information in her hand to Westcott: "Yesterday's meeting was also attended by Gokawa Kotori, the young-looking red-haired girl. She is currently in the third grade of junior high school."

Westcott also had an impression of this. After all, she was a stranger who attended the event on behalf of Ellen's sister and followed Elliot. But at that time, Westcott only regarded her as a magician like himself and others, which was why she maintained her youthful appearance.

But from what Ailian said, it seemed that this was not the case.

After flipping through the information in his hand, Westcott revealed an expression of great interest and summarized: "A survivor of the Tiangong City fire five years ago, he joined Ratatoskr shortly thereafter and rose rapidly in the position within five years."

This situation was obviously abnormal. As an old acquaintance, Westcott didn't think that Elliot would let a girl take such a powerful position so quickly, even if she was a poor girl.

"She has an older sister, Itsuka Shiori..."

Seeing the next page, Westcott's eyebrows frowned again.