Auntie, you smell like Mom

Kiana's earlier panic made her feel as if something bad had happened, and she felt a little uncomfortable.

This panic she's feeling now is as if she's about to encounter something important, but she's not prepared at all.

How strange! From mental preparation to physical preparation, I've even prepared tactics and backup tactics.

Furthermore, Bronya also said that she would help me find a solution in case of emergencies.

No, I just can't figure it out. I've come this far, what is there for me to panic about?

After preparing for so long, I can't just have someone fall from the sky tomorrow and disrupt my plans, can I?

It seems I was really too nervous; I've even started to think about non-existent special circumstances because of my excessive anxiety.

No problem, Kiana, you can definitely do it.

Tomorrow, I'm going to tell my senior what I'm thinking, and then I'll take action and win him over on the spot!

This battle...

Only victory is allowed, defeat is not permitted!

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We're about to be taken down, so we'll just have to step up our efforts and continue tonight, though it'll be a little late.

Since it's the end of the year, upon reflection, I think the extra update today can be considered as paying off a debt.

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There's nothing we can do about it, but if we make it into the top three, I'll add an extra chapter anyway.

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I'll see if I can finish writing it tonight, but I suggest not waiting; I don't think I'll be able to squeeze it out.

Happy New Year! I suggest everyone go to bed early. I'll delete any chapters that might interfere with reading tomorrow.

Chapter 207. Auntie, you smell like Mom.

The next day, near a certain coastline

Durandal, who had just completed most of the small and medium-sized Honkai -related missions around the world yesterday, felt that her friend was giving her a strange feeling today.

"Rita, I'm so glad you woke up safely, but the problem is..."

Looking at Rita's smiling face, Durandal thought for a moment and then asked Rita directly.

"What exactly are you planning?"

"What are you planning...?"

Hearing Durandal's question, Rita smiled and said to Durandal.

"I just feel like we haven't seen A'yu in a long time."

"Durandal, you're free this time, and the Bishop has also given both me and A'yu a day off. Since everyone's free, it wouldn't be a bad thing to get together and meet up."

"... That makes sense."

Thinking about what had happened recently, Durandal felt that the three of them had indeed been in contact with each other less lately.

During the time Rita was unconscious, Durandal and Lin Yu actually contacted each other several times.

It was only because Durandal was too busy that, although the two kept in touch, the time they spent communicating was actually pitifully short.

To be honest, Durandal really wanted to talk to Lin Yu more.

The problem is that Lin Yu's mental illness is too severe, and she doesn't have the ability to cure it. So, talking too much might not be helpful in many situations.

As a Valkyrie takes hard work as one of her tenets, Durandal knows very well that sometimes it's better to do what you can do well than to do things you're not good at.

Her specialty is dealing with Honkai Beast.

Some time ago, Bishop Otto confined Lin Yu to the Far East Branch and prevented him from leaving.

In this situation, Durandal's thinking becomes very clear.

Lin Yu was confined to his quarters → Durandal, with the Blade of the Unbroken, resolved the other Honkai incidents → Even if Lin Yu's mental illness couldn't be cured yet, without the Honkai attacks, he wouldn't have the chance to go crazy → The problem was temporarily suppressed.

This is a very simple deduction, but Durandal felt there was nothing wrong with it.

As for the possibility that the next large-scale Honkai will force Lin Yu to risk his life...

To be honest, the Third Honkai Outbreak and Fourth Honkai Outbreak Honkai were completely accidental.

The Third Honkai Outbreak might not have happened originally, but Cocolia brought it to the Honkai.

As for the Fourth Honkai Outbreak... according to Bishop Otto, if Dr. Mags hadn't stolen the Tranquility Gem, the Fourth Honkai Outbreak wouldn't have broken out so easily.

Ultimately, although a large-scale Honkai is a randomly selected Honkai event that occurs in a specific region, such large-scale Honkai usually only happen once every very long period of time.

In Durandal's eyes, the fact that a large-scale Honkai was threatening Lin Yu's life...

This is clearly a low-probability event. To scare yourself over such a low-probability event is, in Durandal's eyes, just like an ordinary person worrying about choking on water—a complete overreaction.

As for whether Rita was plotting something, Durandal felt there was no need to be so suspicious.

They've known each other for so long, and Rita has always protected Durandal as a senior, a friend, and even an older sister in name only, which Durandal can sense.

Now, to doubt the people close to you because of some inexplicable feeling is, in Durandal's opinion, just a waste of time.

But right now, Rita, who's standing next to Durandal, is actually...

—Just as Durandal had guessed, he was indeed plotting something.

Rita certainly didn't want to harm Durandal.

Although Durandal is currently very powerful, she is still quite immature in terms of temperament.

Rita, who considers him an important person, naturally wouldn't want to harm him.

However, after this long period of slumber, Rita felt that she had had an "epiphany".

In the past, she would strive to complete the tasks assigned to her by Otto, and it was precisely because of this that Otto regarded her as a very important subordinate, allowing her to quickly rise to S-rank with sufficient strength and ability.

But looking back on her actions over the past few years, Rita felt that she had been far too passive.

Otto says, and tries her best not to do things that Otto dislikes; this is Rita's 'survival rule'.

However, due to the sudden outbreak of the Fourth Honkai Outbreak and the problems with Wendy, Rita finally realized something.

My boss is not only not a good person, but also a complete madman.

The active creation of Herrscher can also be explained by the need for sufficiently powerful vanguards to combat the Honkai.

Deliberately creating large-scale Honkai to slaughter innocent civilians from hostile nations seems highly efficient, but...

Human life is not just a string of numbers.

If Lin Yu hadn't stopped the Fourth Honkai Outbreak in Singapore in time, the massive Honkai triggered by Otto would have easily killed millions of people in Singapore.

Once she realized how ruthless her boss had become, the awakened Rita could no longer continue to use the same modus operandi as before.

Rita had always found Bishop Otto's actions unpredictable.

Now, after taking a nap and figuring things out, Rita feels that she really can't place all her hopes for fighting the Honkai on Otto Apocalypse.

Rita's parents have now been placed in Kolosten by Otto, and as long as Schicksal is not completely Honkai by the Honkai, her parents will not be in mortal danger.

However, when Otto, like Cocolia, began to actively create Honkai, there was no place in the world that could be considered absolutely safe.

Rita is a Valkyrie mind and values are, to some extent, normal.

Any Valkyrie with a sound mind would be well aware of just how terrifying a massive Honkai eruption and the birth of Herrscher truly are.

If she hadn't noticed what Bishop Otto was doing, then she could have continued to be a high-level tool.

Now that Otto is already doing bad things, Rita feels that if she doesn't prepare a backup plan, sooner or later her boss will force her to do something that might betray humanity.

Since the boss can no longer be relied upon, Rita feels that finding another way out is definitely not an option.

Currently, besides Schicksal, only Anti-Entropy and World Serpent are fighting against the Honkai.

However, Anti-Entropy, having just successfully united the radical faction, was still no match for the Anti-Entropy, despite its Honkai.

World Serpent's approach to fighting the Honkai is too extreme, so extreme that Rita would never consider joining World Serpent.

In this situation, all Rita could do was pull the people she cared about out of the vortex and then try to improve her status so that the Bishop Otto would be a little more 'tolerant' of her actions.

Rita doesn't have a mature plan on how to do it specifically.

But now that Rita has truly realized how crazy Otto, she definitely doesn't want Lin Yu and K423 to continue getting close.

As the older sister, it's not appropriate for her to intervene in this matter.

But—Lady Bianca is different!

Today, Rita brought Durandal to the vicinity of the party venue where Lin Yu and the others were having, and even prepared a swimsuit for Durandal in advance, all for this purpose.

As long as A'yu and K423 have a high enough level of intimacy, Bishop Otto will definitely move his plan to the next stage at the right time.

If we think about it the other way around, as long as A'yu and K423's affection level isn't that high, then Bishop Otto will wait a little longer for the sake of the plan's stability.

As for how to reduce the level of affection between the two—the problem will be solved as long as someone more suitable for A'yu to fall for appears.

In terms of feelings, A'yu and Lady Bianca have a foundation of affection.

In terms of looks and figure, Lady Bianca is not only no worse than Miss Kiana, but she is even better than her.

In this situation, all we need to do is let Lady Bianca show her charm, and everything will be fine.

As for the claim that A'yu and Miss Kiana have developed an overly intimate relationship...

If it really comes to that, then we can only take it one step at a time.

Based on what Fu Hua and I said in private, A'yu hasn't had any particularly close relationships with the girls in the dorm lately.

Fu Hua is a serious and reliable person; he wouldn't lie about this.

Under this premise, everything can be salvaged.

Let's pull A'yu out of this mess first, then we can think about other things.

As for the possibility that His Holiness the bishop might reprimand me because of this...

Ultimately, it was just a normal meeting between siblings and relatives.

If His Holiness the Bishop won't even let me do this kind of thing, then it's not too late to find another plan.

Now that I'm already here, as long as I continue with the plan and make A'yu realize that Lady Bianca is not just a 'girl next door,' I'll have achieved my goal for today.

"Rita..."

Upon hearing Durandal's call, Rita immediately smiled and turned to look at her friend beside her.

"What's wrong, Durandal?"

"Can you feel that a gaze is watching us?"

"Now that you mention it, I do feel that way."

At that moment, the two Valkyrie, with their keen senses, simultaneously turned their gazes in the same direction.

As expected, there was a slight 'reaction' in the direction the two were looking.