Bianka really wanted to show them what a brain looked like.
...No, from a certain perspective, it wasn't like she had only known them for a day.
(If you put it that way, I bear some responsibility too.)
"Lady Bianka! Have you ever engaged in a filthy rivalry with Lady Rita over ○○?"
"—I said no filthy questions!"
"Have you ever asked Lord Liu Bai whether he wanted to eat first or eat you first?"
"Ugh..."
"Even a cold-hearted archvillain like me has to feel sorry for that little girl."
"Perhaps you have softened up a little, Lady Illusion Moon."
Rita smiled. After dumping most of the trouble onto Bianka, the group followed the Herrscher of Dominion deeper into Schicksal.
"I'll take that as flattery."
Illusion Moon's tone was full of perfunctory dismissal. Clearly, she neither thought nor wished to admit that she had become softer.
—For a Lord of Destruction, softness was practically synonymous with destruction. Though no one stood above her anymore, her instincts still strongly rejected that assessment.
"By the way, Dominion, do you know what Otto was doing before he left?"
"I don't. Otto was far too vigilant. If I hadn't been able to make up excuses, I would have been discovered long ago."
The Herrscher of Dominion, dressed as Susana, complained.
She genuinely thought there was something wrong with Otto.
"Actually, I still haven't managed to crack the core laboratory... If I fail and trigger an alarm, the relaxed atmosphere we worked so hard to create will be ruined."
What was most likely to trigger a military response? Obviously, a piercing alarm.
Though Rita had scolded the Valkyries for their lack of decorum, they had never slackened their training because of Otto's disappearance.
"Then leave it to me. I may not be skilled at