Theresa, who had been reading comics, saw her communicator ring and had no choice but to shove the comic book under her chair. That both hid it from view and made her look taller.
"Himeko, how's the mission progressing?"
"Not bad—"
Himeko immediately noticed that Theresa had somehow gotten taller and said,
"There's someone here claiming to be your old friend. You should take a look first."
With that, she turned the camera toward Siegfried.
Theresa: An old friend? I don't remember having any old friends. Aside from Grandpa and Cecilia, almost everyone I knew back then was long dead. Could it be Lewis?
During the Second Honkai War, Theresa had met Lewis, who was also one of the few true Valkyries to survive.
Then Siegfried appeared before Theresa.
"Siegfried... Ghost!"
Theresa was stunned for a moment before jumping in fright. Trembling, she said, "Weren't you dead already?!"
In this parallel world, Cecilia had not died in the Second Honkai War. Siegfried, however, had tried to separate the Second Herrscher Core that Lord Green Otto had implanted into Kiana. Though he had ultimately succeeded in separating out one Sirin, he had died as a result.
Also, this world's Siegfried had not rebelled and run away, so there had naturally been no story of him accidentally saving Cecilia and falling in love with her overnight. Thus, the two had truly entered a political marriage.
After Cecilia gave birth to Kiana, she divorced the genuine playboy Siegfried.
Cecilia was now hiding at St. Freya Academy, serving as its Vice Principal.
Since Theresa was afraid of ghosts, seeing Siegfried naturally scared her senseless. After all, she had rushed to the scene back then and knew the truth behind Siegfried's death.
Siegfried: "..."
So I'd already kicked the bucket in this world?!
"Theresa, why