When They Were Her Heroes, in Honkai Impact

"Cecilia, you lost again this time."

"Mm, Bai Ge, thank you for being willing to guide us."

"It's fine. I had nothing better to do anyway."

Bai Ge shrugged, then sat down on the sofa and pulled Cecilia onto his lap, enjoying the soft warmth of the girl in his arms without caring in the slightest about the public display of affection around them.

The only people who knew Bai Ge occasionally dropped by Schicksal were Theresa, Cecilia, and the five members of the Snow Wolf Squad.

Then, somehow, it had turned into Bai Ge occasionally helping train the Snow Wolf Squad, like he was doing now.

"You all have plenty of potential. With my training and suitable Valkyrie armor in the future, every one of your teammates has a chance to become an S-Rank Valkyrie."

Bai Ge looked approvingly at the five girls he had easily defeated.

If nothing else, every one of them was easy on the eyes.

A-Rank Valkyrie: Cheng Lixue.

Fu Hua's disciple, codenamed the Frost Swordsman. A gray-haired, gray-eyed young woman dressed in an ancient style, she wielded the Sword of Dominion, Ruo Shui, and could be called Schicksal's strongest A-Rank Valkyrie.

A-Rank Valkyrie: Salome Jokanaan.

Codenamed the Groomer, she had originally been a genius dancer. A black-haired, blue-eyed girl with the air of a young artist, she once displayed her graceful figure onstage before becoming a Valkyrie. After joining Schicksal, she danced a dance of slaughter upon the battlefield.

A-Rank Valkyrie: Shub-Niggurath.

Codenamed Spawn of Chaos, she was a red-haired, green-eyed beauty with the temperament of a rabid dog. She had repeatedly been declared dead while carrying out dangerous missions, only to reappear a few days later as lively as ever. Bai Ge knew that this was because the alien lifeform brought by the