"Is this the St. Freya Academy Auntie was talking about...?" The white-haired girl stroked her chin as she examined the imposing academy before her.
"Yep. As long as you become an A-rank Valkyrie, you'll be able to find out where your dad is." A certain unscrupulous ghost added, "Though from what I can see, that'll be even harder than getting you through class without falling asleep."
The girl's eye twitched as she snapped back irritably, "Who cares about that bastard dad of mine? Finding him is just incidental..."
"I wonder what Siegfried would think if he heard that. For the past few years, you only realized he'd been secretly keeping an eye on you after I pointed it out."
"Hmph... who knows what he's thinking... If Fu Hua and Bronya weren't both planning to enroll here, I wouldn't have bothered either." The girl looked around. "Speaking of Auntie promising to tell me where Dad is once I become an A-rank Valkyrie... I remember you telling me that, once the time was right, you'd tell me about yourself too, right?"
"That's right."
"So when exactly will that be?!"
"Hmm... let me think. At the very least, you'll need to be an S-rank Valkyrie."
"...Wasn't it you who just said becoming an A-rank Valkyrie would already be hard for me?"
"Is that a contradiction? No. You and your father will eventually reunite, but as for my affairs... do you remember what I told you when you were little? You have the courage to bear the world on your shoulders, but before you earn the right to bear it all, courage alone is useless."
"...I asked you how I could earn that right too, and your answer was..."
"...I hope you never have a time when you're forced to accept that right."
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