Summer Island Grand Operation, Begin!

If Xing raises the sword of rebellion against Schicksal, will I still stand by his side?

For a moment, Theresa almost thought she had misheard. In her mind, her unexpected son's strength should have reached the peak of A-rank Valkyrie, but there was still a gap between him and S-rank. What made him say such a thing?

"Tell me the reason, or even if you are my child, I will not show mercy." Theresa remained silent for a long time before finally saying these words with difficulty.

Am I going to fight him? If we fight, I probably have no chance of winning, right? Judah listens to him, Rita obeys him too. My chances of winning are less than ten percent.

"The reason? Before answering that question, could you please answer one of my questions first?" Xing's face still wore an inscrutable smile, but her tail wagged faster and faster.

P. S.: The more nervous Xingxing is, the faster her tail wags.

"What?" Theresa gripped the hem of her skirt tightly.

"Is the rice ready?"

Theresa: "..."

Why did you ask that?! Theresa roared inwardly, shouldn't you be asking something serious?!

"It's burning, it's done."

"Oh, let's go back and have dinner first. People need to eat, otherwise they'll get hungry." Xing pulled the bewildered Theresa and turned to leave, with Rita following closely behind.

Dinner time —

"These mashed potato and chicken wings taste really good! Did You make them, Theresa?"

Seeing Xing enjoying his meal so much, Theresa should have been happy, but she was feeling listless. "(Little Xing called me Theresa directly instead of 'Mom,' did my answer just now hurt his feelings?)"

"Yes, I specifically asked Mei for advice. I'm glad you like it," Theresa replied listlessly, her eyes vacant.

"Open your mouth!"

Theresa instinctively opened her mouth, only to have it stuffed full of food. The white-haired dwarf blinked, his silly little eyes unable to hide his expression.

"Don't overthink it. I still love you, my Silly Mom." Xing flicked her forehead, her words full of helplessness.

Yeah!

Theresa's previous unease vanished, and she began wreaking havoc on the food on the table. It was clear that she had channeled her grief and anger into her appetite, and she started fighting with her son for food.

Rita looked at Sachi, who still maintained the speed type of a child, her eyes sparkling with anticipation.

The food was all taken away.

"So, can you tell me now?" Theresa wiped her mouth, still wanting more, and asked impatiently.

"Don't rush, please answer one more question for me. I promise this is the last one." Xing pressed her shoulder, stared into her eyes, took a deep breath, and said seriously, "Please answer me with your most honest thoughts, leader of the Fire Moth Squad, the girl who always wanted to take advantage of me and become my sister, who is full of enthusiasm for everyone around her and responds to the world with love, do you acknowledge her as your niece?"

"Of course, Kiana is my own niece! Cough, you don't mean to say that I'm not related to her by blood, so it doesn't count, do you?" Theresa was puzzled by this question, and for some reason, a bad feeling rose in her heart.

"Then, what if she isn't 'Kiana'?" Yuki asked slowly after a moment of silence.

This is a problem we were destined to face, so it's better to say it sooner rather than later.

He believed Theresa, believed that even after learning the truth, she would still treat the adorable white furball the same as before. But he didn't know how to tell Kiana about it.

Because this is tantamount to shattering everything she has always believed in.

"What, what do you mean?" Theresa suddenly felt a strange panic, as if she was about to learn a shocking secret.

"The real Kiana, or rather, the Kiana Kaslana from the beginning, is not the Kiana we know now." Sachi recounted the whole story to Theresa in as calm a tone as possible.

"You're lying! How could this be, how could this be?!" Theresa trembled, grabbing his collar and shouting, "You're lying to me, how could my niece be..."

Fortunately, he didn't say anything, but patted a Feather Crossing Dust on her head and shared with her the memories of Sirin that he had seen when he first Bonded Weaponry with Kiana. Theresa's eyes widened.

After a long while, she recovered from the shock and looked at Rita pleadingly. "Is everything Little Xing said true?"

Theresa looked at Rita with the helplessness of a drowning person grasping at a last straw. Rita felt as if her heart was being stabbed, but she still nodded with difficulty.

In an instant, as if all her strength had been stripped away from Theresa, she swayed a few times and collapsed onto Sachi.

She murmured to herself, "I can't do anything..."

Wake up, your animated short film hasn't arrived yet.

"Um, Theresa, no, Mom, I didn't say she was dead," Sachi said, glancing at Rita and comforting Theresa.

"Really?!" Theresa suddenly raised her head, her eyes gleaming with a last glimmer of hope.

"But please tell me first, what is your attitude towards Kiana now? After knowing all this, will you still treat her as your own niece?"

"Of course, that will never change." Theresa's answer was without the slightest hesitation or hypocrisy; it was a sincere statement.

"Well, how should I put it? Her situation is a bit special right now, but you can rest assured that she has been doing very well all these years, Otto has not mistreated her in the slightest," Sachi said to Theresa, continuing to observe Rita's expression.

"Tell me where she is right now?!" Theresa grabbed his collar anxiously. "I need to know now, tell me quickly!"

"Even if you knew, what could you do?" Xing retorted. Hearing this question, Theresa lowered her head and remained silent.

P. S.: If you told Theresa that the Clumsy Goose is True Kiana, she would be devastated. Hmm, how to describe it? It's like having a cute junior classmate you've studied with for three years, and on the day you finally mustered the courage to confess, you were told she's your daughter. Just imagine how you'd feel.

"I learned all this from Rita through the ability of the Key of Consciousness, Feather Crossing Dust. Would you like to hear my plan, Mother?" Sachi cupped her cheeks and asked softly.

"Mmm," Theresa replied, burying her face in his chest.

"I've partnered with Anti-Entropy," Xing said casually.

"Oh... what did you say?!" Theresa, who had thought she was already numb, jumped up again upon hearing this news, looking at Xing in disbelief, "So you were in Changkong City last time..."

"Um, to be precise, it was at the St. Freya Academy. You might not believe it, but the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance has been our history teacher for quite some time." Xing looked at Theresa and silently apologized, feeling that she had experienced more shocks tonight than in her entire life.

Rita blinked, feeling like she'd overheard something she shouldn't have. She wondered if Feather Crossing Dust would erase her memory afterward. And where did Xing's Feather Crossing Dust come from? Could Fu Hua have betrayed them too?

No, Fu Hua's actions weren't betrayal, they were helping her own people.

"Are you kidding me?" Theresa's voice was softer than a mosquito's buzz, because she noticed that Xing's expression was incredibly serious.

Should I retire as the headmaster? The enemy leader has been lurking in my territory for so long without being discovered. I'm so useless...

"Don't be discouraged, Rita didn't notice either, did she?" Sachi quickly comforted her, while also taking a jab at the innocent maid.

Yeah, I'm so useless... Rita is feeling depressed—

Next, Sachi briefly described to them the various grievances she had with Anti-Entropy. After listening to the end, even Rita's gaze towards Sachi showed a hint of numbness.

"So, you raided the stronghold of Cocolia, the Anti-Entropy representative of the Anti-Entropy faction, gained the appreciation of the Alliance Leader Welt, and had a good relationship with those two doctors. One of them is even now serving as a technical advisor for the Fire Moth Squad?" Theresa patted her dizzy head, wondering if she was dreaming.

Son, are you cheating? No, that's not the point—

"So, you put yourself in danger multiple times without my knowledge?!" Theresa released her ripped collar, grabbed his shoulder, and angrily questioned, "Tell me honestly, how many other things have you been hiding from me? Tell me everything, and you'll be treated leniently if you confess, and severely punished if you resist!"

Xing turned her head guiltily. "That's all, that's all."

"Do you think your mother is stupid?" Under Rita's envious gaze, Theresa grabbed his incessantly wagging fox tail. "Will you tell me or not? If you don't, you'll be sorry!"

"Let go! Be gentle, you idiot!" Xing's face flushed red, her body stiffened and then went limp, collapsing into Theresa's arms.

"Huh, such a big reaction?" Theresa looked at the fox tail in her hand, which had also gone limp, and unconsciously squeezed it, eliciting a few muffled groans from Xing.

"It seems that there are a lot of nerves and blood vessels distributed in its ears and tail, so it is very sensitive." Rita's fingers brushed from the base of the tail to the tip, taking the opportunity to rub it a few times.

"That's right, so please don't touch it casually. Because it's you, he wasn't on guard." Under Theresa's incredulous gaze, countless pink petals poured out of Sachi's body and gathered into the shape of a Fox-Eared Miko.

Yae Sakura chuckled softly, and that single smile was enough to lower Theresa's guard. Rita glared hatefully at the detestable Fox-Eared Miko; if it weren't for her and Judah, she would have succeeded long ago!

Yae Sakura took Sachi from her hands, her jade-like fingers touching the Stigmata on his right hand, helping him switch back to his power type. The next second, a dazzling white light illuminated the room, forcing Theresa and Rita to close their eyes. When the white light dissipated, a bewildered white-haired girl lifted her head from Yae Sakura's arms, seemingly somewhat at a loss.

The Miko was a little embarrassed. "I'm sorry, the power seems to have been turned up a bit."

Rita felt she had learned far too much tonight; would she be silenced? Wait, so Lord Yuki was KK? Does that mean I've become a rival to the Lord Bishop?

PS: In the absence of the enhanced version of Firefly, KK generally refers to Sachi's Kallen form.

The treacherous heart of the maid, which had long been dormant, grew a little more...

Crimson blood flowed from Xing's body, forming the shape of a snake. Luna cautiously peeked out from behind them, "Since even Sister Ying can come out, can I get some fresh air too?"

Fortunately, she pressed the other spirits that wanted to come out back down, saying, "Well, now that no one is watching us, let's come out and stretch our legs."

The moment Theresa saw Luna, her eyes widened. Perhaps because she had been shocked so many times that night, she was no longer surprised. She stepped forward, her trembling fingers touching Luna's face, and said joyfully, "Thank goodness, so Little Xing saved you!"

Under the Luna, tilting its head, it seemed confused. It opened its small mouth to bite her, startling Xing, who quickly pulled away. "Hey, we agreed you can't eat this, it'll make you stupid!"

Theresa wasn't angry when she heard this. She patted her numb face. She had experienced too much joy and sorrow tonight and was tired. "What else is there?" she said.

Rita watched with red eyes as Sachi reverted to her infant form, then was embraced by a blissfully happy Yae Sakura, along with Luna and Theresa.

Damn it, I want that kind of treatment too!!!

Otto, who was working overtime at the Schicksal Headquarters, suddenly sneezed, felt a chill on his head, and felt a coldness in his heart.

Ten minutes later—

The shrine Miko had been punched three times on the head, knelt down to the side and faced the wall in repentance. Under the Luna, she bit Sachi's neck to replenish her energy. Sachi, pale-faced, told them her suspicion that an unknown person had invaded the Golden Ocean Park and suggested that they investigate the place.

Rita frowned. "Although the Golden Ocean has no internal defenses, its external security is extremely robust, making it virtually impossible for it to be breached without warning, unless—"

There's a mole!

Hmm, something feels off.

The three of them looked at each other, feeling a little awkward.

"Okay, it's decided then. Although we don't know who plotted this conspiracy, since we've stumbled upon it, she's just unlucky!" Theresa rubbed her hands together, eager to try.

"We don't have concrete evidence right now, and even if we report it, we won't get a response. How about we investigate each island in turn first? We can make a decision once we find relevant clues," Rita suggested after analyzing the situation.

Fortunately, he didn't have any objections. He had a rough idea of who was behind it all. After all, only Tesla and that woman could create the special Honkai Energy that Fullbottles.

But why would she take the initiative to approach him? Isn't this clearly an attempt to lure him into investigating? What exactly is her scheme?

In any case, we can only take it one step at a time now. Even if we know it's a heated kang bed, we have no choice but to jump in.

Starting with 3 S-class combatants, let's see what tricks you can pull off!

Moreover, with that trump card, unless Kevin himself descends, no World Serpent can muster the power to stop me.

PS: Information about Yuto is currently unknown, and even Sachi doesn't know any specific information about her.

Within the Stigmata Space, the immortal who had achieved perfect harmony between martial arts and magic sat cross-legged on the ground, quietly waiting...

——Love Gate——

"Oh, right, Mom, there's one more thing." Just as the mentally exhausted Theresa was about to go to rest and sleep, Xing called out to her.

"What's wrong, Little Xing?" Theresa forced herself to stay awake; she had just received too much information and needed to process it properly.

"Welcome to the Fire Moth Squad."

Upon hearing this, Theresa paused for a moment, then helplessly patted her son's head. "Is this your ultimate goal this time?"

"Hehe~" The little boy stuck out his tongue, trying to get away with being cute.

"Hey, you! Show me your fox ears and tail! Mom's in a bad mood tonight, I can't sleep without hugging a Jotaro creature!" (Theresa)

"I choose you, Hiyokomaru!" (Sukyuu)

"Big brother, I refuse!" (Hiyokomaru)

"I refuse too, come here!" (Theresa)

"Unlucky)

The light of righteousness shines upon the earth...

Author's Note—

What do you all think of the current pace?

Theresa should know these things now. This way, the development of the Fire Moth Squad will be faster, and when she completely breaks ties with Otto, she will have fewer things to consider.

Next up is the island dungeon battle!

Oh, and one more piece of information.

Theresa's current age: 42 years old