So, they needed someone to watch over and supervise everything—someone strong enough, and neutral enough.
After thinking it over...
Forget it. She would trick Kiana onto the pirate ship first.
Kiana was still very easy to fool.
First, she would push open the door and mooch a lavish dinner.
Amid the steaming dinner, Fu Hua gently set down her chopsticks and shook her head as she said to Kiana, "I calculated it. Your credits are nowhere near enough for graduation. I happen to have a mission here. I can take an apprentice Valkyrie along on field duty, and it'll help raise your internship credits. Are you interested?"
"Hm?"
Kiana put down her chopsticks, her eyes full of suspicion.
"Can I not go?"
"There's still some time before the mission begins. I'll train your stealth skills so you won't be so conspicuous."
Fu Hua said this as though she had not heard Kiana's question at all.
There was no room for refusal.
Before Mei could even react, Kiana was dragged away. Her chopsticks were still stuck in the rice, the stool was still warm, yet the door creaked shut. All of a sudden, Mei had become an empty-nester too.
"Busy, everyone's busy..."
Mei felt a little dejected. She no longer even felt like washing the dishes, so she sat down and sighed.
"It's good to be busy."
Just when she thought there was no work left for her, there came a sudden knock at the door.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Mei opened the door in confusion and found Bronya standing outside. Behind her were two familiar little girls—the newly transferred nonhuman students. They wore apologetic expressions, their heads covered in dust, as though they had done something outrageously destructive.
"Mei, please help Bronya."
Bronya pushed the two little girls who had caused