Good News, Bad News

"Hey, why are you asking that? Does it have anything to do with what we were talking about?"

Seele reclined her seat slightly and lay back comfortably, her eyes half-closed.

"Shut up. Don't disturb my rest."

"Oh, okay." Han Jiang obediently fell silent.

The armored vehicle continued forward as an escort, and a beeping communication alert sounded inside.

Han Jiang casually projected the display in front of him onto the windshield before the passenger seat.

"Kiana, what is it?"

"Oh, you're with Seele?" Kiana blinked twice as she asked.

Han Jiang glanced at Seele, who was pretending to nap. "Yeah. Bronya, Rosaliya, and Liliya are in the other vehicles, protecting the children in the middle."

"Didn't we just talk yesterday? What happened today?"

Even though there were no longer any real traffic safety regulations, Han Jiang did not dare stare at Kiana's projection for too long. What if the vehicle veered off course and something happened?

"Hehe." Kiana flashed two rows of white teeth and kept blinking. "Guess where I am right now?"

Han Jiang gave her a casual glance and continued driving. "Where? Himeko finally agreed to send you out on a mission!? Alone!?"

Han Jiang suddenly stomped on the brakes. Seele instantly sat upright and glared at him.

"What are you doing?"

Kiana had yet to fully master a Herrscher's abilities. Her identity as a Herrscher being exposed had drawn the dissatisfaction of many council members within Anti-Entropy territory.

Coupled with Schicksal watching covetously from the sidelines, Kiana generally stayed at St. Freya to train and learn how to control the Herrscher's power.

Even when she went on missions, she did so with several fairly reliable companions.

So if Kiana had come out alone, it meant she had completely mastered the Second Herrscher's powers!

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