Leisure Time with Raven

Okay, so it's basically that every time Nagatsugu forges a sword, he makes him possess the sword and ask for its blessing—but Liu Bai always chooses to possess the forging hammer instead.

"Why don't you call them back and listen to their work report? You really want to discuss stockings for half an hour?"

Liu Bai reached out and tapped Mei's head.

"By the way, if you really want to discuss this issue, you can go find Mei."

Most of the others are just "playing pretty big," but Mei is "playing extremely big."

So after understanding Liu Bai's meaning, Mei's expression became very strange.

It's precisely because that girl was playing such high-stakes games that I can't accept it!

Mei felt that if she started discussing stockings with Mei, the conversation would quickly veer off into the topic of stocking bondage...

Even Mei wouldn't order Raven to take off Raven stockings like she would with Mei —if she dared to talk to Mei like that, Mei would dare to tie Mei up with stockings.

It must be said that their almost identical appearance did indeed eliminate a certain barrier, resulting in Mei having virtually no respect for Mei.

If Mei provokes trouble first, Mei's counterattack will be swift and decisive.

Mei 'Mei view: Full-figured and mature, calm and wise—as long as it doesn't involve emotions, perfect, this is a super-powered version of herself.

Mei looks at Mei: young and beautiful, gentle and virtuous—as long as it doesn't involve anything risqué, okay, this is a super-powered version of herself.

The two of them were very annoyed with each other, but Mei really couldn't Mei... Not to mention that Mei had long since stopped training, even if she hadn't, she would just be a little lighter than she is now. Beating Mei dream.

"... Let's forget it. There might be some distance between me and that child."

Mei declined without much thought.

The initial excitement of meeting you was completely wasted; we're simply not on the same wavelength.

"I think the only person I can talk to about relatively open topics with Mei is Xiao Seele."

Mei and Seele have been in quite a bit of contact. She's always been puzzled as to how such a sensible child could have such a brain full of her mother's lewd thoughts. A couple of days ago, the two were chatting, and that girl kept saying shocking... no, outrageous things with an extremely shy expression.

Well, "damn it" is an interjection, not referring to Cocolia.

Can even one's own teacher fail at education? No, maybe the problem lies with Seele's mother.

Yes, this time it refers to Cocolia.

"Generally speaking, Seele can keep up with the conversation, Bronya can too— Bronya is actually quite knowledgeable about stockings."

Although that girl's so-called research was actually strangling people with stockings in her early years.

"Huh? Her?" Mei felt like she had uttered this question more than once today.

"Bronya actually brought Seele to bed with her the other day," Liu Bai said quietly.

Liu Bai had previously thought Mei was a bit off-topic, and wondered where she had learned rope bondage and such. But somehow it had somehow gotten on his mind, so much so that whenever they talked about rope, the conversation would naturally veer off-topic.

Liu Bai always thought Seele and Bronya were decent girls... Then a couple of days ago, while Liu Bai was analyzing the Imaginary Archive, these two girls came over and acted cute and pitiful, trying to get into bed.

"You two are both seventeen, and you're still acting cute and crawling under the covers?" Liu Bai thought to himself that these two girls were treating him like an idiot.

But then Liu Bai thought about it again and realized that the two girls seemed to be hoping he would pretend to be stupid.

After all, getting into bed is something that kids can understand. Bronya looks like she's only fourteen, and she always has a blank, loveless expression. Seele, on the other hand, looks like she's thirteen or fourteen if you don't look at her chest, and she always looks weak and begging for affection.

Liu Bai knew perfectly well how old the two people were, but others might not have known.

If Liu Bai were to use taking care of the girls as an excuse, most people wouldn't suspect anything unless they thought about it carefully. But in reality, these two girls are legally entitled to marry according to the laws of their birthplace...

If I had pretended to be stupid or had been soft-hearted and agreed back then, then... well, that would have been a case of half-hearted consent.

So after this incident, Liu Bai realized that these two girls weren't exactly decent girls after all—especially Bronya, that brat must be pretending to be expressionless right now.

Liu Bai's preconceived notions were too strong; he never found it strange that Bronya had the same emotionless expression as in the original timeline...

"... Oh wow, they really are something."

Hearing all this gossip around Liu Bai made Raven crave a glass of soda, clapping and sipping it all—unfortunately, it was her boss's gossip, so she couldn't clapp it.

"Anyone else? Surely those two girls aren't the only ones who have designs on you, sir?"

Isn't this the one next to you?

Liu Bai manifested a physical body and pointed at Mei. After seeing Mei's eyes light up, he returned to his ghostly state.

"That's true." Raven glanced at Mei and nodded in agreement.

"..."

Mei silently turned her head and sent a message to Nagatsugu, who was Elizabeth.

Less than half a minute later, Elizabeth, holding the documents, knocked symbolically on the door and then pushed it open to enter. Actually, knocking wasn't very common here, since knocking might interrupt one's train of thought. Usually, one would quietly open and close the door. If one wasn't busy, one would just say so; if one was busy or thinking, one would find a chair and wait quietly.

However, given what just happened, Elizabeth will probably knock before entering the room from now on as a reminder.

"Have you two finished discussing reproduction?"

A red-haired scientist wearing a monocle and with an indifferent expression walked in.

"...I hope you're not referring to me and Dr. Mei when you say 'you two,'" Raven sighed. "Our three-way alliance's big boss is also here."

"Nice to meet you."

This time, Liu Bai showed himself on the chair next to him and made a gesture of respect towards the 17th Nagatsugu.

"... It's a pleasure to meet you, Your Lord God. Your legend has been passed down through the Nagatsugu lineage. It is an honor to meet you today."

The seventeenth prince of Nagatsugu nodded to Liu Bai with a serious expression, his eyes showing only a faint curiosity—clearly, as a legitimate scientist, even though he inherited the name of Nagatsugu, he was not particularly interested in gods or anything like that.

However, when the legend became reality, Elizabeth was still somewhat curious.

"I'm rather curious about the legends surrounding me from the Nagatsugu lineage... Well, no need to guess, it's probably something like 'the Lord God can bestow extraordinary power upon artifacts,' right?"

"Not much difference." Elizabeth nodded. "It's just that, I don't know from which generation, your story became a fairy tale... Please forgive me."

Elizabeth hoped that Liu Bai wouldn't blame their faction—after all, the Nagatsugu faction was probably the only one with written records about Liu Bai. According to Otto's arrangement, they were "followers," but in reality, they were hardly even known about the matter, let alone followers.

"It's just something that happens with the passage of time." Liu Bai didn't mind at all. "By the way, the title 'Nagatsugu'... does it mean that the directors of the St. 1504 Institute automatically receive this title?"

"Yes." Elizabeth nodded. "In addition, the first Director Changguang is currently in the library cramming on the technological changes of the past five hundred years."

Elizabeth saw through the question Liu Bai was about to ask.

"I thought Nagatsugu would try it out first before learning," Liu Bai smiled. "Thank you, Miss Elizabeth."

"It's my duty."

"What a brilliant and capable scientist..." Raven muttered to himself.

After Liu Bai came out, this person never mentioned words like "reproduction" again—come to think of it, was he joking about what he just said?

Seeing that Liu Bai had no intention of continuing the conversation, Elizabeth turned to Mei: "Dr. Mei, the prototype of the fifth-generation Valkyrie Armor is complete. Should we proceed with testing?"

"Testing..." Mei thought for a moment, "Forget it, it's pointless now—Senior Sister is really something, she was left with hundreds of Keys of Domination back then, and she squandered them all."

The Keys of Domination also suffered a terrible fate. More than a hundred of them were destroyed by the Kalpas as soon as they were made, and then a large number of them were destroyed on the battlefields of the Previous Era.

The remaining amount—about two or three hundred pieces—was intended for Hua to use to guide civilization appropriately, but... well, it was only Keys of Domination, it was actually quite thrifty.

My eldest sister is quite trustworthy when it comes to being thrifty and managing the household well.

If the Keys of Domination cannot resonate with its wielder, aside from not decaying, it's just a high-quality weapon with a bit of Honkai -specific attack. It's a god among white-grade weapons, and a white-grade weapon among god among god-grade weapons. Moreover, once it breaks, it basically breaks along with the core.

"Let's wait a little longer." Mei wasn't in a hurry; fresh Domination Cores would be delivered soon anyway.

"I'm leaving now." Raven has had enough of this place, and there's no need for her to get involved in the work from now on.

At this moment, Liu Bai also stood up. "Count me in."

In his physical form, Liu Bai had no distance restrictions from his host, so he decided to go out for a stroll.

Mei, now in work mode, simply nodded.

"...I thought you would keep it." After leaving the house, Raven looked at Liu Bai with great curiosity.

"Are you saving this up so that you end up in a situation where you're both alone together?"

Liu Bai pouted.

Even in my ghost form, I don't want to be alone unless absolutely necessary, let alone in my physical form.

Do you think Schicksal isn't chaotic enough already?

Chapter 376 Leisurely Time with Raven

"I really never imagined that one day I would be able to stroll side by side with you at the Schicksal Headquarters."

Raven and Liu Bai walked side by side in the Schicksal Square. Raven suddenly sighed.

"Honestly, I'm pretty scared right now that I might suddenly hear a glass shattering, and then a bunch of fully armed Valkyrie will come out and pin me down."

Taking a walk with his own materialized boss is an honor that is somewhat difficult for Raven to bear.

"Then their next move will probably be to kidnap me. Then I'll have to rely on you, my bodyguard, to save me." Liu Bai continued, half-jokingly.

However, the Raven's reaction was indifferent. "Then I certainly won't go to save you."

"Why?" Liu Bai asked, looking puzzled.

"Because if you want to run, you can run away by yourself. If you really call for my help, I feel that instead of rushing to save you, I should hurry up and get some condoms from the logistics department."

Raven's logic was so clear that Liu Bai was speechless.

You, a ghost that no one can catch, deliberately got captured and then called on me for help. Isn't that implying that I, your bodyguard, should prepare insurance measures for you?

"...Too."

"... You're not really going to hint at that to me later, are you?"

Liu Bai's helpless answer immediately made Raven nervous.

"You guess?"

"... I don't want to go to the logistics department alone and say to the staff, 'Give me a box of condoms'... No, maybe one box won't be enough."

Raven couldn't understand why Schicksal's logistics department would provide Valkyrie with such things, let alone how those who applied thought about it or even mustered the courage to ask for them.

"You're exaggerating... Even if you went to ask for it, no one would say anything to you."

Liu Bai first sighed because of Raven's exaggerated statement, and then stroked his chin.

"Actually, we've seen all sorts of situations in the logistics department. Generally speaking, when people see the logistics department's daily necessities list for the first time, they think, 'Why not take it?' and get a copy of most of the items, except for the ones that take up a lot of space."

Liu Bai wasn't unfamiliar with working at Schicksal. At least at Schicksal Headquarters, the Valkyrie benefits were truly exceptional. If you needed any daily necessities, you could just go to the logistics department to get them. Especially the first time, looking at the dazzling list, it's perfectly normal to buy everything with the thought that "it might come in handy in the future."

Well, actually, those Valkyrie Stormtroopers were never used before they switched sides...

As for why the logistics department would prepare this, it's even simpler—this is something you might not use, but you can't be without!

"And if you just ask for a whole box, the people in the logistics department might be more enthusiastic—after all, they just need to give you directions, and then you can carry it yourself."

"... The Valkyrie of Schicksal is really too bourgeois." Raven sighed from the bottom of his heart. "If Gray Serpent could give me this kind of benefit, my loyalty would increase by at least ten percent."

Wait, why does this make me sound like a traitor? Wasn't I legitimately transferred and legitimately being kept by a sugar daddy?

The Raven looked up at the sky.

While World Serpent may be small, it's not exactly a cash-strapped organization, is it? But in Raven's memory, it seems like she's always been self-reliant.

I seriously suspect that bastard Jackal stole my little bit of money...

"You can still go to the logistics department and freeload all you want right now," Liu Bai said, glancing at Raven, who was deep in thought.

"...Forget it, I have my pride." Raven was tempted for a moment, but then calmed down. "Besides, it will save those people from saying that you didn't give out enough benefits or something."

"You're making it sound like Schicksal isn't mine," Liu Bai said, glancing sideways.

Liu Bai's words silenced the Raven.

It seems... that's really the case?

Although everyone assumes that Otto is the leader of Schicksal, Raven thinks that if anyone says that Schicksal isn't their boss, Otto would smash that person's head in.

"If it were something truly priceless, it certainly wouldn't be in the logistics department. Just think of it as a large supermarket where you can buy things for free—I don't believe you can take three or four pots at once... Oh, wait, you really can."

Raven hearing this, the raven's expression immediately turned resentful. Liu Bai then remembered that this fellow was also a troublemaker in the kitchen, and pots and pans were consumables.

"Ahem, that's the gist of it. If you carry too many big items, you'll end up having to move them back to the original owner because they take up too much space. At most, you can send a couple to your family. I've never heard of any Valkyrie doing something like reselling."

You're already getting paid like Valkyrie, a life-saving wage, and you're still going to resell furniture? That's truly an eye-opening spectacle that will go down in history... However, legitimate Schicksal black technology items are still subject to strict inspections, and the average moral standard of Valkyrie is extremely high. Putting aside the issue of their stance, the desertion rate among Valkyrie is approximately 0.