When Fu Hua saw Otto take out Kiana's clothes and ask her to wear them, she immediately recognized them as the clothes Kiana had claimed were "missing." Kiana pushed all the blame onto Otto, and after Fu Hua gave Otto a thorough scolding, she confiscated all of Kiana's unwashed clothes and tossed them into the washing machine.
Thus, the second collaboration between the Herrscher of Knowledge and Schicksal's tyrant was declared broken.
The Grandfather-to-Be, Siegfried
"Mm..."
For once, Durandal was sitting in the training room's lounge, staring worriedly at her phone.
Normally able to focus on nothing but training, she now looked as though something was troubling her.
This caught Kiana's attention. Curious, she moved closer to Durandal, tilted her head, and looked at the screen of her phone.
The display showed a shopping page that seemed rather out of place for Durandal.
"Sister Durandal, is there something you want to buy?"
Kiana blinked and asked.
"Mm." Durandal nodded.
"Rita's birthday is in two days."
Kiana immediately understood.
Rita's birthday was March 1st. The day after tomorrow, she would turn twenty and become a woman approaching thirty, just like Himeko.
"Then let's throw Rita a birthday party!" Kiana clapped her hands together. As the Bishop of Schicksal's wife, she had already made up her mind.
Unlike the First playthrough, Kiana of the Second playthrough had remained at Schicksal Headquarters after the Changkong City incident. Combined with her relationship with Durandal, she was quite familiar with Rita. They were comrades who could entrust their backs to each other.
"Right! We have to keep it a secret from Rita and surprise her!"
Kiana was instantly full of mischievous ideas. After thinking it over, Durandal nodded beneath Kiana's expectant gaze.
"We should properly celebrate Rita's twentieth birthday."
Rita had always worked tirelessly without