Su Qing'an's Personality Profile

May 9, 2014, night.

Inside a guest room at the St. Freya Academy.

The girl sat at the table in a silk nightgown. Her somewhat playful sheep horn Katyusha hat had been removed. Her short, gray-gold hair was wet, with a few strands sticking unruly to her fair cheeks, creating a charming contrast to her usual impeccable demeanor.

She twirled a strand of hair between her fingers, her focused and serene face appearing somewhat docile at that moment.

She memorized the vast amounts of data and retrieved records bit by bit. To seriously understand a thing, a phenomenon, or a person is a long and complicated process.

From raising doubts to self-diagnosis, and finally discovering the problem, one can then prepare to begin calculating the answer.

Su Qing'an.

Rita murmured the name to herself. Among men, there were very few who had successfully transplanted Artificial Stigmata; in fact, it could be said to be the only truly successful case to date.

The Artificial Stigmata did not erode him to death at an extremely rapid rate after the transplant stabilized. According to some higher-ups, Su Qing'an, like Valkyrie had a normal Artificial Stigmata transplant, had a ten-year durability period.

Time is the perfect tool for use on the battlefield.

Rita herself naturally disliked this notion; to her, being Valkyrie was a noble mission.

Taking it upon themselves to protect the world and its people is one of the core principles that Valkyrie must uphold.

Therefore, she cannot accept being referred to as a Valkyrie by some people.

One of the reasons for this aversion is that, in a distant memory, when Rita was still a child, she was once saved by a passing Valkyrie.

This event was the reason and the initial motivation that led her to embark on this thorny and death-ridden path.

Rita Rossweisse.

Before her profession as a maid, she was first and foremost an excellent Valkyrie.

She naturally carried out the tasks assigned by His Lord Bishop diligently.

For example, she has now successfully observed K423's current mental state, interpersonal relationships, combat strength, personality tendencies, and other data.

Rita is very good at profiling people; even professional psychological profilers might not be as good at it as she is.

Just as Kiana's intuition told her, in a sense this woman truly had the ability to see into people's hearts.

K423.

She is a determined and qualified warrior who has been tempered by life-and-death battles, but as Valkyrie, she still has many areas where she is somewhat immature.

She possesses an extremely sensitive intuition, almost like that of a wild animal, and seems to be able to distinguish lies and malice to a certain extent. At her core, she is aloof and sensitive, seemingly easy to approach, but difficult to become a close friend.

They have doubts about their origins, but are in a stage of subconscious self-deception.

Currently, there is a certain thirst for power, and the mental state occasionally leans towards anxiety.

Siegfried Kaslana was her trusted father, holding an extremely important place in her heart.

Within the academy, there are no more than ten people in her social circle.

Among them, Raiden Mei, Satou Yunona, Bronya, Su Qing'an are the few people she can consider as friends.

She treats Murata Himeko, Theresa Apocalypse, Nishikujo Sara, and others with the same affection and trust one would show to an elder.

It is predicted that if something happens to these people, it will greatly stimulate K423 himself, and may even lead to him going berserk. It is recommended to bring people in his social circle under observation.

Rita wrote down a rough but accurate assessment on the draft of her report, and then added a sentence without hesitation.

K423 possesses exceptional combat instincts and intelligence. Based on her past experiences and behavioral observations, it can be concluded that she possesses the ancestral spirit and will of the Kaslana family, and is unhesitating in helping others, demonstrating a strong sense of justice and awareness.

I believe she can become a Valkyrie perfectly embodies the ideal.

After writing this passage, Rita chose to cross it all out.

That Lord Bishop doesn't need this information. Even if he presented his own judgment, it would be considered as almost unnecessary information filtering, and his stance and opinions would be seen through.

Even if I didn't say anything, that person might be able to guess my thoughts, but directly presenting my choice might be a bad attitude.

There's no reason for me to accept these risks.

Besides, doing so would be meaningless to anyone.

Rita had her own considerations regarding whether the risks and benefits of having a vessel that could potentially transform into Herrscher at any time and a potentially outstanding Valkyrie could be proportional.

Sacrifices are inevitable on the path to fighting the Honkai, and even if Rita doesn't like it, she can't deny its correctness.

A nation that simply sings praises of love and peace cannot withstand the brutality of war. Schicksal may not be the glorious and righteous organization she initially envisioned, but at least this world cannot exist without Schicksal.

This colossal entity, with its network spanning the globe, wields most of humanity's power, controls all resources, and pours everything into the cause of fighting against Honkai. The sacrifices and filth it produces are undeniable, but if it were to stop, the outcome would only be worse.

Shaking off her inner reverie, Rita focused on the work at hand.

She had largely completed her observation of K423; it wasn't a particularly difficult task.

Next up is Su Qing'an.

If this boy is as good-looking and stylish as K423, then perhaps this few days at the St. Freya Academy will truly be a relaxing and leisurely trip, just as the Lord Bishop said.

As the only male student in the entire St. Freya Academy, Su Qing'an appeared exceptionally detached from worldly desires, maintaining a superficial attitude and habit with almost everyone else.

Murata Himeko is the only person in this world who can be considered family. His parents served Schicksal and made great achievements in some fields. They later died in an expedition to excavate ruins.

For this reason Schicksal transferred a large sum of compensation to Su Qing'an's account. If the amount were to be described, it would be roughly equivalent to several years' worth of funding for the St. Freya Academy —including the deficit.

After investigation, aside from the daily losses incurred by the coffee shop in Changkong City, there was no indication that the money had been squandered.

At this rate of spending, he estimates he could only spend the assets left to him by his parents in his lifetime; the Schicksal benefit would be as meaningless to him as a passing cloud.

From this perspective, the purchase record of that Kawasaki H2R is perhaps quite rare, as it must be a rare preference of Su Qing'an.

Strangely, this motorcycle also played a crucial role in escaping the pursuit of the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Ganesha.

Of course, individual ability plays a greater role in this.

She obtained in advance the data on the Hyperion's assessment of the Ganesha's route and applied to have a corresponding virtual scenario created. Afterward, she meticulously verified the route against the previous aerial photographs and detailed maps of Changkong City.

Finally, Rita can draw a conclusion.

That means Su Qing'an acting very strangely. Based on Ganesha's speed at that time, the Kawasaki H2R's horsepower and RPM would have to be pushed to the limit to make an escape.

Driving at such speeds on streets with extremely unstable road conditions is practically like dancing a close dance with death.

Such mental fortitude, motorcycle skills, and unwavering will should not be found in a 17-year-old whose life has been remarkably uneventful.

It can be confirmed that Su Qing'an must possess a very strong learning ability, which is likely inherited from his parents. His father Su Jinyan, and mother Chen Luoqiu, are both rare high-IQ talents, so this explanation does not seem far-fetched.

However, this learning ability is primarily biased towards physical aspects, and is excessively exaggerated, making it difficult to explain this phenomenon further based on the reasonable inferences above.

The same applies to martial arts. With the physical abilities of an ordinary person and a sword of only average quality, Su Qing'an was able to kill multiple stages of Zombie. This is something that only Valkyrie who has been trained since childhood could do.

However, Su Qing'an had less than half a year between first learning martial arts and actually practicing it in combat.

Rita frowned slightly. Perhaps she could test the waters to see if the so-called learning ability was really as exaggerated as it seemed during their interactions.

Even though the data alone could prove many things, she still preferred to believe in the principle of seeing is believing.

But in short, as His Lord Bishop said, this person is indeed somewhat different from others.

From a normal person's perspective, Su Qing'an is an absolute genius, but in a world where fighting against the Honkai is the main objective, he is just an ordinary person.

Su Qing'an's Honkai Energy resistance and adaptability are just right at the threshold of not being Honkai Infection. Without the support of the Stigmata, in Rita's eyes, he doesn't even have the qualifications to become a B-rank.

His current experience can be described as having a lot of bad luck, and it is already remarkable that he has survived to this day.

Later, while searching for old friends in Changkong City, he used the reforged blade to kill multiple Assault-type Honkai Beast and Zombie. Finally, he luckily found them in a gap in the ruins. On the way back, he unfortunately encountered the birth of multiple Chariot-class Honkai Beast.

As a result, Su Qing'an returned with serious injuries.

Although he survived, the wound showed signs of Honkai Energy infection to some extent, and he had no choice but to undergo the transplantation of Artificial Stigmata to save his life.

It ended in success.

As for the girl named Satou Yunona, she also enrolled in the St. Freya Academy.

Rita quickly reviewed the records she had obtained from the headmaster again, and logically there was nothing to doubt.

Even if Rita were incredibly intelligent, she could never have imagined that on that very day, this boy would forcefully drag Satou Yunona out of the abyss of her Honkai Consciousness, thus giving birth to Pseudo-Herrscher with human will.

That's utterly absurd, downright nonsense.

The turning point and inertia of her thinking made her overlook the existence of Satou Yunona, and even the fact that she enrolled in school didn't seem particularly surprising to Rita.

The fact that Satou Yunona didn't become Zombie shows that she has a certain resistance to Honkai Energy. In addition, given the personality of the headmaster of this school, it's perfectly normal that she was able to enroll.

Rita's attention was mainly focused on Su Qing'an. After considering for a moment, she wrote a sentence on the paper.

He is a very solitary person with almost no social circle, but he values the relationships he has already established very much.

This is something you can learn from experience; as for the rest...

St. Freya Academy conducts regular psychological tests before and after enrollment.

Nishikujo Sara is in charge.

Rita found the results of the psychological test in the Far East Branch's database.

The answer that was obtained was quite intriguing.

They have a certain tendency toward alienation, can be intensely obsessed with certain things, are calm and serious, and have a value system that leans toward normalcy.

Even after several fierce battles, he showed no bloodlust or lingering effects.

If there is anything that can be considered a side effect, it is mild war weariness.

And finally...

Severe self-destructive tendencies.

Rita investigated all the records of recreational facilities at the St. Freya Academy, and Su Qing'an's usage record was zero.

Running a coffee shop was his only form of entertainment.

The usage time of the other training and combat equipment was terrifyingly high, almost as insane as Durandal's training regimen.

But unlike that person's innate talent, Su Qing'an's efforts could only yield minor results.

Even the strongest learning ability can only broaden the scope of combat strategies, not significantly increase the limits of combat power.

Even though Durandal always believed that she could reach her full potential through hard work, this idea seemed utterly ridiculous when applied to Su Qing'an.

Isn't Su Qing'an working hard enough?

Rita understood that this idea was too presumptuous for ordinary people, and that hard work always pays off was just a way for adults to trick children into working hard.

But when you become an adult, you'll expose this lie yourself, because you'll understand that hard work is just the most basic thing.

There are countless instances in this world where efforts go unrewarded.

Perfect Equivalent Exchange exists only in utopia.

But assuming utopia truly exists, it will sooner or later drown in lies and newly bred filth.

Rita had no intention of correcting Durandal's thinking, but she understood that herself.

What she didn't quite understand was why Su Qing'an chose to stay at the St. Freya Academy, and why he trained so hard.

Why would someone who loathes fighting crave power?

Why would someone who clearly has a tendency towards personality alienation care so much about the few people in their social circle?

There's also the contradiction between the will to survive in the face of Emperor-class Honkai Beast and the tendency towards self-destruction.

There are too many unknowns and questions that remain unanswered, but upon closer examination, they all seem insignificant.

But this successfully piqued Rita's curiosity.

Su Qing'an is someone whose psychological defenses cannot be disregarded by a frivolous attitude or by judging her by her appearance.

Rita drew a period on the paper, then relaxed and looked up at the warm orange light above her, her wine-red eyes slightly narrowed, looking somewhat languid.

She suddenly laughed and murmured:

"Su Qing'an, Your Lord Bishop, just as you said, is an interesting person."