Radicals Cause Trouble

St. Freya was a Valkyrie academy, theoretically an all-girls school. Naturally, men were scarce, few and far between.

Thus, Zhang Wei and Welt had a hard time finding the dormitories. They had walked for ages, and the whole experience was hard to put into words. There was no doubting how luxurious they were, but they were also absurdly remote. Were they really that afraid the men would peek into the girls' dormitories?

They had not considered that Valkyries possessed a certain degree of strength. Even if men were here, how many would dare risk their lives to peep on them?

There was another problem facing their male compatriots: aside from the dorms, it was hard to find a restroom. On the very first day, Zhang Wei went to Theresa and proposed adding men's restrooms. They could not exactly shamelessly use the women's restrooms.

Theresa was briefly stunned before readily nodding in agreement. She wanted a peaceful campus, absolutely not because she wanted to slack off and read Hohom comics.

She did not want to keep receiving complaints like this either. Men's restrooms had not been included in the design in the first place. After all, who could have expected men to actually meet St. Freya's admission requirements?

2010—

"Bastards, what are you trying to do?"

"Let go of Kiana!"

On the Siberian snowfields, Seigfried panted heavily as he held Skyfire Judgment, glaring viciously at the soldiers dressed in uniform.

If they had not been holding Kiana hostage, Seigfried would have blasted them to ashes long ago. He regretted not keeping Kiana by his side. Nothing had happened all this time, and he had never expected them to exploit this opening.

It seemed the past few years of peace and mutual restraint had dulled his vigilance. If he had not installed an alarm at the house, Kiana might have been taken away already. The thought terrified him, and his glare at them grew even harsher.

With Kiana in their hands, Seigfried could not act recklessly for fear of hurting her. He could tell these were not Schicksal troops, which meant they were most likely from Anti-Entropy.

"Tesla, what the hell is wrong with your people?!" A father's fury burned in his voice. Seigfried stared fixedly at the soldiers as he activated his communicator. In any case, they would not stop him.

Tesla was utterly bewildered. What the hell had gotten into Seigfried?

"Seigfried, I *****beep*****(Anti-Entropy profanity)"

With Tesla's explosive temper, there was no way she could swallow that. She immediately turned into a foul-mouthed telegraph operator and cursed him right back. Seigfried was left dumbfounded too. He had only spoken a little harshly. What was wrong with a father worrying about his daughter?

"Mr. Seigfried, what happened?" Einstein finally took the communicator away. Otherwise, Tesla could have cursed for an entire day.

"These are Anti-Entropy's people, aren't they? I want an explanation!" Seigfried photographed the fully armed soldiers and sent the image over. He suppressed his anger, guessing this probably had nothing to do with Tesla and Einstein.

At Anti-Entropy's secret base, Einstein fell silent. Even Tesla, who had just been cursing up a storm, went quiet. As Anti-Entropy's upper echelon and researchers, how could they fail to recognize the soldiers' equipment? Yet precisely because they recognized it, they fell silent.

These people were Anti-Entropy suicide squads, specially trained to carry out dangerous missions.

The conservatives did not have the death wish to provoke Seigfried. That meant it could only be the radicals. They still had not given up on K423, the Herrscher of Void's vessel.

Welt had gone to St. Freya undercover—on vacation—and few people knew about it. They wanted to use the Herrscher's power to seize complete control of Anti-Entropy. What monstrous ambition.

"I'm very sorry, Seigfried. These people belong to Anti-Entropy's radical faction," Einstein said apologetically.

"Those bastards, beep******"

Tesla began cursing again, transmitting a stream of profanity. Clearly, their stupidity had infuriated her.

"Seigfried, wait there. I'll take a Titan over and deal with them!"

Tesla shook her lobster-like hair and stormed toward the armory. Einstein did not stop her. She hung up and followed Tesla. Anti-Entropy was at fault in this matter. If Seigfried lost his mind and unleashed Skyfire Unleashed on Anti-Entropy, harming innocent people, they would truly be finished.

Seigfried's expression darkened. Tesla, Einstein, and Welt had invited him to join Anti-Entropy before, but he knew the situation within the organization.

It was precisely because the factions were at odds that Seigfried had not brought Kiana there. Bringing the Second Herrscher with him—anyone could figure out what kind of temptation that would be for those people.

"For the last time, let go of my daughter, or die!"

The back of Seigfried's hand had begun to transform into that of a Honkai Beast, black and bizarre carapace emerging over it. His twin pistols merged into one, becoming the Skyfire Greatsword. Scorching flames melted the surrounding snowfield, exposing the black frozen earth beneath.

This was the flaming sword that guarded the Garden of Eden, the heavenly fire that burned Sodom. Only in this state could Seigfried avoid being easily incinerated by Skyfire Judgment.

"Seigfried, if you want your daughter dead, then go ahead and swing!" The captain leading them was not intimidated by the display. He knew the Skyfire Greatsword's strikes covered a wide area. Kiana was in their hands, so Seigfried would not dare act rashly.

"Dad, don't worry about me! Kaslana family members aren't cowards, so do it already!"

Little Kiana gritted her teeth. She knew she could not become Seigfried's burden, no matter how frightened she was.

"Don't speak!"

The soldier holding Kiana pressed his gun to her head and barked sharply.

They were all trembling inside, afraid that Seigfried would truly disregard Kiana's life and wield the Skyfire that even Herrschers feared.

"..."

Seigfried fell silent. He truly could not bring himself to swing Skyfire at his own daughter. That was his bottom line as a father.

"Anti-Entropy?"

"These clowns actually dared to show themselves. Then let me see whether the Queen of Honkai will appear this time!"

"Deploy the Valkyrie squad. Have them stand by nearby and act whenever I give the order!" Upon receiving the report, Otto was dismissive at first, then spoke with interest.

The screen before him displayed a live feed from the scene, showing everything with perfect clarity. When he saw Kiana fall into Anti-Entropy's hands, a playful expression appeared on his face.

However, upon seeing Seigfried's Skyfire Greatsword, a trace of wariness surfaced in his emerald-green eyes. When the Key of Destruction, Skyfire Judgment, operated at its rated output, it wielded power that even made him keep his distance.

And Seigfried, who could achieve this without suffering the fatal backlash that had claimed Kaslana warriors in the past, was undoubtedly an unforeseen variable in the plan. Back then, when Otto directly launched the Honkai fission missile, had he not also wanted to eliminate the threat Seigfried posed? In the end, however, Cecilia stopped it at the cost of her life.

Otto did not take the current Seigfried seriously. He was merely a reckless brute with little brains. If Otto had not been too lazy to deal with him, he would have captured him long ago.