48. Herrscher of Sentience: I'm a Valkyrie. What's Wrong with Protecting Schicksal? / 49. This Is the Real Deal-A Pseudo Black Hole

Otto nodded slightly and patted Xi's head.

"But... although she's conscious, Sister Fu Hua doesn't seem to be waking up at all..."

"This is also what I'm wondering about. I originally thought that my old friend used Feather Dust to transfer his consciousness out."

"But now it seems her consciousness is still dormant within her body..."

"That's strange. Could it be that because I repaired her physical body in advance, her mental replenishment didn't keep up?"

Otto pondered for a moment, then said to Xi:

"Little Xi, thank you for your hard work today. For the next few days, let's do one check-up on Fu Hua every day... That's all for today, you can go back to your room and rest now."

"Your Lord Bishop, aren't you coming along?"

"As for me, I still need to have my old friend's health checked again..."

Otto glanced at the surrounding instruments, a headache forming in his eyes. "It's really cost a fortune to repair her body..."

"Your Lord Bishop, rest assured, if you run out of money, I can sell my paintings to support you."

Xi put his hands on his hips and struck a smug pose.

She wasn't lying. Because it was easy to carry, had excellent effects, and consumed Honkai Energy from Xi, Xi's painting was indeed a highly sought-after item in the Schicksal Headquarters, with demand exceeding supply.

It can be said that as long as Xi dares to sell her paintings freely, she can easily complete her plan to recover the Valkyrie's wages at headquarters.

However, neither Rita nor Otto allowed her to do so, mainly because this thing would consume Xi's own Honkai Energy no matter who used it. If she encountered any emergency and someone else happened to absorb some of her Honkai Energy, it would cause a big problem.

"Haha, it's good that Little Xi has this thought, but I, the bishop, won't starve to death. Even if I do starve to death, I can just get a new body."

Otto burst into laughter, completely unaware of what he was about to face.

After leaving the lab, Xi returned to her room, which wasn't too far from Otto's lab. She could be there whenever Otto needed her.

However, in recent days, Xi has been keeping a close eye on the progress of Flame Willow's situation every day.

As the saying goes, it's fun to watch the drama unfold, and the more you watch, the more fun it is. Anyway, even if Sirin really wakes up, at most he'll just kill Otto and then wreck his house. After all, I have a pretty good relationship with Fu Hua, and Sirin would never lay a hand on me.

"Little Xi, are you busy?"

Beside them, the floating doll Su suddenly opened its eyes.

Once the armed doll opened its eyes, it meant that Su was controlling the doll herself, rather than the doll's autonomous personality, which made Xi immediately put down her paintbrush.

"No, Su, I'm very free right now."

"But you, what brings you here to chat with me today?"

Xi tilted her head. After all, most of the time, as long as she didn't call out, Su had no intention of disturbing her life. The fact that he took the initiative to speak today meant that he had something important to say.

"If you're not too busy, Little Xi, why don't you show me around the headquarters of Schicksal?" Su made a very strange request.

"On your way back, I sensed something unusual about the environment around the Schicksal Headquarters, like... something was about to descend."

"Is it because the Herrscher of Consciousness is about to awaken?" Xi guessed.

She had told Su about Sirin's situation a long time ago, and Su had no objection to this consciousness being "born" using her comrade's body.

"I'm afraid it's not that simple... This feeling is somewhat familiar to me, as if I've encountered it before. Unfortunately, I'm a puppet, so I can't perceive it clearly. I'll have to trouble you to show me around."

"Okay, I'll go tell Otto."

Xi jumped out of bed, put on her shoes, and went back out of her room.

However, before she even reached the door of Otto's laboratory, she heard a loud bang.

"That sound... sounds like breaking glass?"

Xi listened intently, somewhat uncertainly.

"Could it be... that Sirin has awakened?"

"I'm afraid so. I can sense the strong energy fluctuations of Herrscher in the laboratory."

Su, who had been floating to the side, landed on Xi's shoulder, and a circle of emerald green energy flew out from his short hand and surrounded Xi.

"Then... would you like to save Otto's body?"

"Ugh... the sun is so strong today, I suddenly don't feel like going out. I've decided, I'll go back and rest for a minute before going out."

With a gloating smile on her face, Xi went straight back to her room.

As for Otto? What Otto? Little Xi doesn't know.

Chapter 48 Sirin: What's wrong with me, a Valkyrie, protecting Schicksal?

Only after the sounds in the laboratory gradually subsided did Xi emerge again and re-enter the laboratory.

The laboratory was now a mess, alarms were blaring, and Otto's body, beaten beyond recognition, lay in a corner, its former glory gone.

Sirin, who was gazing happily out the window, turned her head slightly and said, "Ah, it's you, Little Xi."

"What, are you here to avenge Otto?"

"Revenge?" Xi tilted her head. "The Lord Bishop killed Sister Fu Hua once, so isn't it reasonable for Sister Fu Hua to come back for revenge? Why seek revenge?"

"Ha, what you said makes sense, that's right, I like to hear it." Sirin was taken aback, and the expression on her face softened a lot. "No wonder Durandal and Rita care about you so much, you really are very likable."

"However, this feeling about you is... so familiar."

Sirin instantly moved from the window to Xi's side, his eyes fixed on the doll floating beside her shoulder.

"I see... no wonder it felt so familiar." Sirin stroked his chin. "I didn't realize it before. So you're Su's successor."

"Hmm, if that's the case, then you're even less likely to be in cahoots with Otto."

Sirin nodded in satisfaction and patted Xi's head. "We're comrades after all. So, if you run into any problems in the future, just say my name and I'll protect you!"

Ah... so they've become one of us? Herrscher of Sentience really is... Several question marks seemed to pop up above Xi's head. Herrscher of Sentience is so easy to talk to, making her feel like she was a bit stupid after spending so much time figuring out what to say.

"Then... Sister Fu Hua." Seeing that Sirin didn't seem inclined to fight, Xi suddenly became bolder, walked over, and gently tugged at Fu Hua's sleeve. "Since you've already vented your anger on the Bishop, could you please stop destroying things belonging to Schicksal...?"

"These instruments are so precious; once they break, they're hard to replace. Those old men will definitely ask me to draw up temporary replacements for them, which is exhausting..."

"What? There's such a thing?" Sirin's eyes widened. "Those old guys dare to exploit child labor like this? Fine, then I won't dismantle the equipment. Let's go teach them a lesson!"

"Hey? No, no, no..." Xi quickly grabbed Fu Hua: "You can't hit people either! Sister Rita said hitting people is wrong!"

"Sigh... Rita has taught you to be too obedient. You should be more carefree and not follow so many rules."

Sirin scratched his head and stopped in his tracks. "I was too conservative before, which is why I failed to protect anything I wanted to protect... But now, I'm completely different!"

"I can do anything..."

Before they could finish speaking, a violent shaking came from beneath their feet. The sudden tremor caused Xi to lose her balance and fall into Sirin's arms.

Ugh, it's so hard, my nose hurts so much...

Quickly putting aside her disrespectful thoughts towards the immortal master, Xi looked up at Sirin, her eyes filled with astonishment.

"Wait, wait a minute, don't look at me! I didn't do this, I haven't even started yet!"

Sirin, who was being stared at by Xi, quickly raised his hands to indicate that it had nothing to do with him.

"But if it weren't for Sister Fu Hua..."

Another tremor came, and this time Sirin was prepared. She first helped Xi to her feet, and then immediately spread her mind to explore the outside world.

As a result, this investigation gave Sirin a fright.

"Who on earth is behind this... Wait, what's that Herrscher's aura?!"

Now Sirin couldn't think about getting revenge on Otto anymore. She quickly opened the window, intending to fly out and check, but a completely different alarm sound saved her that effort.

"Damn it, this is Schicksal one alert from Schicksal... A Herrscher- class enemy has descended near headquarters?"

Xi was stunned for a moment. She never expected that one day she would be caught up in the gossip herself.

Why aren't you teaming up with Rock Herrscher Ice Herrscher instead of running around here and causing trouble for Sirin?

Unable to figure it out, Xi had no time to think about it now. At this moment, the floating island of the Schicksal Headquarters had raised a Honkai Energy shield. Relying on the headquarters' several floating island power plants, Schicksal Headquarters could support this shield with several times the energy consumption of Herrscher.

If it were a regular Herrscher, this method would be fine, but the opponent is the Herrscher of Rock.

Xi, who had just been carried away by Fu Hua, immediately felt an indescribable gravity pulling her towards the ground. Judging from the degree of tremors on the ground, the floating island was clearly experiencing the same treatment.

Xi instantly understood what the Herrscher of Rock wanted to do. This unfamiliar Herrscher seemed to want everyone at Schicksal Headquarters to collectively cosplay as a prisoner.

"Damn it, even though Otto is dead, I'm still at the Heavenly Spirit Dream, |First|-Death Headquarters!"

Seeing the Herrscher of Rock dragging the floating island downwards with an air of indifference despite the headquarters' counterattack, Sirin was immediately furious.

"You dare to disregard me? Today I'll show you what the Great Void Sword God truly is!"

"Hey, hey, wait a minute, Sister Fu Hua!"

Xi quickly peeked out from the painting. "If Sister Fu Hua were to fight him here, the Schicksal Headquarters would also suffer heavy losses as a result!"

"What can we do then? We can't just leave him to die, can we?"

Frustrated, Sirin stretched out his hand and subconsciously conjured a tuft of black feathers.

Just then, Sirin suddenly looked at the feather in his hand and paused for a moment.

"So, take me with you."

Xi blinked, but she didn't notice anything unusual about Sirin.

She took out a painting and said, "As long as I can get close to him, I can pull him into my territory, and then Sister Fu Hua can fight without restraint."

"You? But..." Sirin hesitated for a moment, but after looking at the Herrscher of Rock was still gathering gravity, he nodded helplessly.

"Let me make this clear first, you absolutely must stay close to me. If anything happens to you, I won't be able to explain it to Sue and Rita."

"Don't worry, I have a lot of experience making keychains!"

Xi immediately shrank back into the painting, turning into a paper decoration, which was then pinned to Sirin's collar.

Meanwhile, in Kolosten.

In a secluded room, Otto's eyes snapped open.

Then, countless memories resurfaced in his mind.

"My old friend has become a bit strange... Is that really her? Even if she was extremely angry, she shouldn't have acted like that."

Otto picked up the terminal and began to examine what had happened after his death.

Then...

"What?! The Herrscher of Rock has descended upon Schicksal Headquarters?!"

Chapter 49 This is a genuine Simulated Black Hole

"Why would the Herrscher of Rock descend at this time...?"

Otto frowned and paced back and forth in the room.

He was already controlling one of his combat-specialized Soul Steel clones to rush back to headquarters, and at the same time he sent a message to Rita, asking Durandal to return to provide emergency support.

Even so, he was still somewhat uneasy.

"Should I unfreeze Li Sushang now...? But at this point, there's still a long time before my plan is finalized, and the situation regarding the Herrscher of Domination is also subject to many variables..."

Otto's expression was uncertain as he struggled with whether he should change his carefully laid plans for Xi's safety.

"..."

However, Otto ultimately couldn't make up his mind.

On the one hand, judging from Amber's report, Fu Hua seemed to be getting along quite well with Xi after attacking him; on the other hand... when it came to Kallen's resurrection, he dared not gamble, nor could he afford to.

"Well..."

Otto sighed and focused his attention on his Soul Steel clone, which was on its way to headquarters.

Meanwhile, at the Schicksal Headquarters.

"Wait, does this guy have some kind of grudge against Schicksal Headquarters? We've attacked him right in the face and he's still maintaining that B gravity?"

Black feathers appeared in the air, instantly transforming into chains that wrapped around the Herrscher of Rock.

However, the opponent showed no intention of stopping the attack. With a slight tap, the distorted force field stopped the chains in mid-air, and then continued to focus on pulling the headquarters floating island down from the sky.