Schicksal's Beloved Textbook: Bishop Theresa Knocks Down a Honkai Beast with a Pebble

"Confess? Confess what! I've been scratching myself for five minutes, just ask me!"

Theresa's words made Xia Ling twist and turn even more violently.

"Well..."

Theresa paused for a moment, then looked at Kiana, who was "executing" her, and asked, "What were we talking about asking each other?"

"I can't get there?"

Kiana IQ is inversely proportional to the number of teammates around her, looked dazed and innocent. She just felt a strange pleasure in "bullying" Sister Xia Ling, so she volunteered to take on the job.

As for what to ask... it seems like Elysia has already explained most of it?

The situation suddenly became somewhat awkward.

"You guys are just seeking revenge, aren't you!"

"Ahem, actually, Bronya has a question to ask."

At this moment, seemingly sensing that the atmosphere was right, Bronya cleared her throat and said.

"Sister Xia Ling, we now understand fairly well the purpose behind your creation of this trial, but..."

"You haven't revealed anything about the fate of the Herrscher of Corruption in the real world, or about the pure white space where the Herrscher was discovered..."

"You should have said you wanted to ask this earlier!"

Xia Ling, who was almost laughing through her tears, finally broke free of Judah's chains, stretched her wrists, and said.

"Let's talk about that space first... to get straight to the conclusion, that place was discovered by Otto."

"He made a deal there with the so-called Honkai Will —the kind of Authority of Binding and False God he later used—and then told me about that place."

"Then when I went in and chatted with the Honkai Will, I picked up the corruption of this era."

"Chatting with the Honkai Will...?"

Xia Ling's actions immediately surprised everyone.

"Well, how should I put it? Although He didn't answer anything, for some reason, I felt like He was pretty speechless towards me..."

Xia Ling guiltily looked away. "As for finding the Herrscher of Corruption, it's because I thought I couldn't leave empty-handed, so I just looted it a bit, and the result... you know."

This was a story Xia Ling had prepared long ago. Although she did go there with the intention of finding Little E, her words were not a lie.

Without being able to read minds, even Sirin could only sense that she hadn't finished saying some things.

"And this Ending 5 story is something I found in the observation data of the Thousand Worlds Layered... So don't overthink it, for us, it's just a story."

After offering Mei a word of comfort, Xia Ling continued.

"As for the trial itself... Bronya should have already guessed it, right?"

"That's right. Even if Bronya were given all of Mr. Welt's accumulated knowledge, it would be very difficult for Bronya to replicate such a complex trial system."

"Plus, there was that omnipresent, mysterious Herrscher power in the trial... I suppose the Herrscher of Corruption must have played a significant role, right?"

"If possible, I'd still prefer you to call her Little E." Saying this, Xia Ling glanced at Sirin, whose expression was strange, and smiled, "It seems... she shares the same name as Sirin?"

"What do you mean, Sirin? You can just call me the great Herrscher of Consciousness, I don't mind," Sirin immediately said, hands on her hips.

"Yes Sirin, I Sirin."

"Hello!"

"So... could you let Little E come out and introduce herself to us?"

Durandal asked curiously, "Don't worry, I won't have any ill intentions towards her because of the ending. I'm just... simply curious."

"Uh... this..."

Xia Ling closed her eyes and exchanged a few words, then scratched her head and said, "She seems... a little shy?"

"It's alright, I'll take care of this."

At this moment, Elysia, who had been watching everyone's interaction with a smile, stood up. "Little E is indeed a little shy, so let the lovely Miss Fairy cheer her on. Please wait a moment."

"See, that's it." Xia Ling shrugged. "Actually, Little E and Elysia have a very good relationship, just like me. In short, you've all seen her birth process. As long as she's properly educated, she will definitely be a good child."

"Hey, I'm telling you, you can talk about her all you want, why are you all looking at me like that..."

After Xia Ling finished explaining, the strange looks from the others made Sirin blush slightly. She turned her head and said, "Never mind, I'm not interested in her anyway. I'm going back to my Old Fossil body to sleep."

"This child..." Fu Hua smiled helplessly and looked at Xia Ling: "By the way, Xia Ling, so... now you have inherited Elysia's Origin Herrscher powers?"

"About this..." Xia Ling scratched her head in confusion. "To be honest, I'm not too sure. I did inherit some Origin Power and some rather abstract authority, but... I can't do what Elysia does."

"Perhaps it could be said that I am currently an incomplete Origin?"

"Is that so...?"

"Look here, look here?"

Not long after, Elysia's voice rang out from behind everyone.

The pink Miss Fairy waved to the crowd while pulling along a Faded Miss Fairy looked exactly like her.

And this shy, Faded Miss Fairy... is naturally Little E.

"They really are... exactly the same..."

Theresa had just hugged Elysia the longest, couldn't help but sigh.

"Of course, after all, this is the result of my voluntary sharing of my data, and Little E meticulously replicated it."

"Um... hello everyone?"

Little E, hiding behind Elysia, peeked shyly through the hole.

"Regarding the trial... I'm sorry I kept it from everyone..."

"Um..."

Bronya stared at Little E, pondered for a moment, and then decisively said, "Letting such a cute child play this kind of villain, indeed, we still can't let go of this wicked Sister Xia Ling."

"?!"

Xia Ling's eyes widened immediately.

"Bronya —you wait until I get back and tell Seele all about you!"

Chapter One: The Lesson on Schicksal and Grace - Bishop Theresa Shoots Down the Honkai Beast with a Stone

"Clang—Clang—Clang—"

Before even entering the bishop's office, Xia Ling heard Theresa bang her head against the wall outside the door.

This guy must be on the verge of a breakdown from work again... Xia Ling quickly guessed the reason for Theresa's outburst, sighed slightly, and pushed open the door to the office.

"Waaaaah, Xia Ling— "

Upon seeing Xia Ling enter, Theresa, who was slumped over her desk, let out a mournful cry.

"Help me think of a solution, I have so much work to do!"

"You idiot..."

Xia Ling expertly poured a glass of bitter melon juice and placed it in front of Theresa. Helplessly, Xia Ling pushed Theresa aside and sat down with her in the large chair.

"I told you not to use Collapse recklessly the day before yesterday. Now look what happened, you've lost the chance to work overtime with Collapse. Now you know how painful it is, right?"

"How can you blame me!" Theresa buried her head in Xia Ling's soft bosom, replenishing Xia Ling's energy fiercely. "It's all Xia Ling's fault for tempting me, causing me to spend so much time that day... In the end, I couldn't finish my work, so I had to use Collapse State to replenish my energy."

"I'm not taking the blame for this; it's clearly Theresa's lack of self-control..."

Feeling the warm, moist breath on her chest, Xia Ling blushed slightly, pushed Theresa away, and said, "Besides, aren't Apocalypse and Amber there to help you with your work? How could you not finish?"

"Because of the preparations for the merger with Anti-Entropy, there is some resentment in various departments of Schicksal, especially those guys who were previously firmly suppressed by Grandfather, who have started to rebel."

Theresa turned around, leaned against Xia Ling, and said gloatingly.

"Apocalypse took on this part of the work. Those old guys are probably going to be lucky. I wonder if they'll have a heart attack when they see 'Otto' come back to life."

"Doesn't that sound pretty good?"

"It's really quite good." Theresa pouted as she said this, "But he only took on this part of the work. Most of the affairs of Schicksal still have to be handled by myself... under the pretense of training my processing speed."

"But you didn't refuse, did you?" Xia Ling pinched Theresa's cheek. "You're such a hypocrite!"

"When it comes to saying one thing but meaning another, who can beat you!"

Unable to win an argument with Xia Ling, Theresa decided to use physical means to persuade Xia Ling. So, she decisively pressed the seductive little girl into a chair.

Just then, the office door suddenly opened.

"Lord Theresa, Himeko asked me to remind you about the Hyperion space exercise that was planned earlier..."

"Well..."

Watching the two little girls, one in black and one in white, playfully frolicking on the chair with their clothes disheveled, a strange thought suddenly crossed Amber's mind.

If Lady Rita knew that being a bishop's secretary would often involve such situations, she would probably go all out to run for secretary.

"How about... I come back later?"

"No need, no need!"

Theresa quickly stopped Amber, who was about to turn and leave. "It was just a little lesson for that guy who didn't respect the bishop's authority. You can report anything directly."

Bishop's authority... does Lord Theresa really have such a thing? Besides, Xia Ling and Lord Theresa's playful banter often seems to disappear mid-combat...

"Alright, regarding tomorrow's space exercise on the Hyperion, Himeko says she needs you to go to the Hyperion in advance to make preparations, and also to conduct..."

"Wait, wait, wait!" Listening to Amber's long list of tasks, Theresa suddenly felt dizzy and disoriented. "Amber, just tell me, how much time do I have left to handle the work on Schicksal's side?"

"Conservatively speaking, it will take a morning."

"Clang--"

Theresa collapsed onto the table.

"Okay, I understand, Amber."

Xia Ling answered for Theresa: "I will help her with the work. Leave it to me."

"If it's Lady Xia Ling, then of course there's no problem."

Amber nodded readily. She knew Xia Ling's work ability; she was much more reliable than Theresa. As for whether there would be any confidentiality issues with Xia Ling overstepping her authority in handling the bishop's affairs...

The two of them are sleeping in the same bed, so who cares about this?

As soon as Amber left, Theresa looked at Xia Ling with teary eyes.

"Xia Ling, help—"

"Okay, calm down, let's take a break and look at these easy tasks first."

Xia Ling casually glanced at the pile of documents on Theresa's desk, then took out an approval document for the Schicksal Weekly and handed it to Theresa.

Then, she picked up a stack of Valkyrie training schedules and began working.

But...

"Pfft—cough cough cough..."

Theresa almost spat out a mouthful of bitter melon juice.

"What's wrong now?"

Xia Ling glanced at Theresa with a puzzled look, while the latter pointed at the documents on the table with a distorted expression.

"Is there something wrong with the weekly magazine? I remember there was one of my submissions in this issue..."

"Well..."

Xia Ling's expression immediately became quite interesting.

The Bishop of Schicksal uses stones to shoot down Honkai Beast.

[Returning from the Anti-Entropy visit, Bishop Lisa completely disregarded her physical exhaustion...]

Xia Ling looked at the author with a tense expression.

Oh, Susanna, that's not surprising.