The Transfer Student at St. Freya

Is becoming a homeroom teacher too big a leap?

"It's because St. Freya Academy didn't recruit many teachers."

Ragna also said with a hint of helplessness, "To be honest, I have absolutely no confidence in teaching academic subjects."

"Ah... I understand."

"So Himeko, you're now the teacher of academic subjects."

"...ha!?"

Himeko was taken aback.

"Wait, wait, wait! The academic subjects... are you going to make me take on all of them?"

The concept of "academic subjects" is very broad...

"No, Himeko, you'll be in charge of physics and chemistry, I'll be in charge of Chinese and English, and math will be taught by a regular teacher."

"It would be much better if I, a Far Easterner, taught Chinese..."

Himeko complained when she heard about this arrangement.

"There's nothing we can do; you're our only high-achieving student."

Ragna patted Himeko on the shoulder.

Although there are many ordinary teachers in the academy, well... it would be better to use Valkyrie possible, right?

Furthermore, Himeko's academic qualifications are indeed very high... such a degree is truly one in a million among Valkyrie.

You could just throw him into a research institute as a researcher, no problem!

"But then again..."

Ragna leaned close to Himeko's ear.

"The Anti-Entropy side has sponsored many ordinary teachers at Theresa Academy, but Theresa Academy has to pay these teachers' salaries."

"Ah?"

Wait a minute? What does this mean? She's not paying us?

Himeko was immediately annoyed.

"Well, our salaries are handled by Anti-Entropy."

Ragna added.

"The treatment will be the same as that from the Schicksal side... But speaking of which, we've run into some trouble with our fake identities."

This time, Ragna pulled Himeko aside.

"We have too much information on file with Schicksal, so it's impossible to deal with fake identities."

Himeko has gone on over a hundred missions in two years, and that's not a long time, not to mention she has Ragna, a "veteran of the battlefield," by her side...

Although the database defenses around Schicksal's perimeter aren't very tight, it's not a little girl who can be easily manipulated.

Once a photo is posted, it can be detected in minutes.

Using a fake photo is feasible... but if the Schicksal Headquarters comes to inspect, the whole thing will still capsize.

And if one were to become a completely unqualified teacher... it would be obvious with just a little subtle probing from the students.

"Waaah..." Himeko looked at Liu Bai.

"Aren't you very knowledgeable about hacking networks? Can you think of a way?"

"The solution... First of all, Otto isn't stupid, and secondly, I can't find the intrusion ports that involve the core database—unless it's at Schicksal Headquarters."

Liu Bai was also quite helpless. There was nothing he could do about physical isolation. Even online ghosts have to abide by basic laws, you know?

Moreover, this online ghost still has various limitations.

"The nature of external databases and internal databases is completely different. External databases can be hacked by any of the Schicksal's own devices—like that tablet from before. But internal databases... are physically isolated, you know? They don't interact with the outside world; they're self-contained."

Of course, although it sounds impressive, Liu Bai could actually hack into the Schicksal Headquarters as long as he found a networked electronic device.

But the problem is that we can't get it right now...

"... Is it really necessary to be this twisted?" Himeko understood a little bit.

"It is necessary."

Don't they even consider how much classified information Otto has inside—for example, knowledge obtained from some Imaginary Archive, experimental projects related to Kallen's resurrection, research experiments on the Herrscher Core... a whole bunch of classified information, okay?

If the database containing this information is manipulated like a spoiled child, then things will get very serious.

"And even if we take a step back, your mission data isn't so easy to tamper with—after all, you just died, okay? Hmm... wait a minute!"

Liu Bai suddenly thought of something.

"Is the tablet still there?"

"Yes!" Ragna immediately took out his tablet and handed it to Liu Bai. "You have a solution?"

"Yes, didn't I forge a leave slip for Himeko back then?"

"... Yes, that's true."

However, after the Sirin matter was resolved, Liu Bai canceled the leave request.

"But what does that have to do with this matter?"

"Because I need to forge it back," Liu Bai said in a deep voice. "This is one of the few places where we can interfere with the Valkyrie's state in the external database."

"...?"

Seeing Ragna's puzzled look, Liu Bai patiently explained, "As long as there's a leave slip, Himeko will naturally be considered 'not killed in battle,' and it's less than a day since the incident, so there's still room for maneuver..."

A day is neither long nor short. It takes time for Schicksal to realize that the Valkyrie Assault Team has lost contact, time to organize a rescue, time to search for traces, time to determine the situation and the intensity of the battle, and even more time to report the situation and confirm the fate of the team members.

In summary, although almost twenty hours have passed since the incident, it's still uncertain whether Schicksal has found the battlefield left behind by Anti-Entropy in Eastern Siberia.

After all, the battle between this timeline and Sirin was quite "mild," and Siegfried didn't cause any big commotion like Judgement of Shamash: Unleashed.

As expected, the peripheral data of the Stormtroopers' Valkyrie was not transferred or archived.

Then the rest is simple: forge Himeko's leave slip again.

Reason for leave: Going home to sweep the tombs.

After confirming several times that there were no problems, Liu Bai silently erased the traces and exited the Schicksal Outer Database.

"Someone from headquarters should come to our door in a couple of days. We can just go home and wait for them."

After arranging these matters, Liu Bai added.

"It's all just for show anyway. We can change Ragna's information when we get to headquarters."

However, only Himeko can use this method of requesting leave.

Ragna, as captain, couldn't possibly ask for leave, and there was no need for anyone else to resort to this tactic.

"Don't worry, I understand."

Himeko nodded. "I'm not that little girl anymore. I can handle this little thing."

Is this really a trivial matter?

However, Ragna felt reassured that with Liu Bai by his side, there seemed to be no major problem.

"Alright, in that case, I'm going to tidy up my dorm room."

"Dormitory?"

"These luggage items were arranged with the help of Principal Theresa."

Ragna raised the luggage in his hand and pointed to Wendy was also carrying a bag of luggage.

"That child volunteered to take your share."

"... Captain, you're really popular."

Himeko exclaimed from the bottom of her heart.

"Don't worry, Himeko, you'll be popular too—you have class this afternoon, good luck." Ragna patted Himeko on the shoulder.

"..."

Why am I suddenly feeling so much pressure?

Can I have someone play for me?

For example, the ghost next to me?

Although Himeko acted quite like a teacher in front of Kiana, the thought of actually teaching dozens of trainee Valkyrie...

How did the team leader manage to become so familiar with the students so easily?

Okay, our captain is the "Instructor of 800,000 Imperial Guards".

"Then I'll take that child for a walk... By the way, why doesn't the headmaster teach her himself?"

Himeko was actually quite puzzled by this.

After all, even though the person has changed, according to the seniority of "Kiana", she is still her niece, right?

Could it be that the other party actually cares about this a lot?

That short school principal doesn't seem like a narrow-minded person...

"It's best if we don't gossip about other people's family affairs."

Ragna shook his head.

"By the way, I see you and that child get along quite well, don't you?"

"That's right... maybe. I have a feeling that my future teaching career will be full of hardships."

Kiana looks like the kind of kid who's always causing trouble.

Ragna patted Himeko on the shoulder again, smiled, and beckoned Wendy to walk away.

Kiana then walked over to Himeko's side.

"?"

Why is this child suddenly so proactive?

"That..."

Kiana hesitated for a moment, a touch of haughtiness in her expression.

"Um... you mean Dad left me here because I'd be a burden?"

"... Ah, that's right."

After all, this excuse is quite suitable for stimulating competitiveness.

"Just now... that Wendy told me that this school is where outstanding Valkyrie are trained?"

"That's right." Himeko nodded, a smile appearing on her face. It seemed Wendy and Kiana had talked quite a bit. "What, don't you feel like I've kidnapped you now?"

"Gulp..." Kiana's little face showed an embarrassed expression.

"It's alright, why don't you call me 'teacher' and let me hear it?"

"Um... Himeko..."

Chapter 202 St. Freya's Transfer Student

Just two days after Kiana reluctantly accepted Himeko as her teacher, the people from Schicksal Headquarters unsurprisingly came knocking on her door.

Of course, although it was a "visit," Otto still respected his granddaughter Theresa and notified her in advance to bring Himeko over, which saved Theresa from having to go back to Himeko acting role beforehand.

However, just to be on the safe side, Anti-Entropy still fabricated a complete set of tomb-sweeping traces.

As expected, Himeko, upon returning to headquarters, was received by Archbishop Otto.

But what he said... was rather formulaic.

While the news of the Valkyrie Stormtroopers' demise was a devastating blow to most Valkyrie, for Otto, it was probably limited to a feeling of "regret."

On one hand, Otto is just like that; on the other hand, things are different now than they were four or five years ago. Schicksal's strength is gradually recovering, and A-rank Valkyrie are no longer as rare as they used to be.