Kiana lowered her hand and muttered,
"And isn't there Auntie?"
As the saying went, lilies attracted lilies. The reason Kiana had gone astray was not only because the Kaslana family had always liked girls, especially beautiful girls like Mei. (After all, Ancestor Kevin was a devoted Mei fan. Otherwise, why would he tell the housewife how to transform into the Herrscher of Thunder again? Wouldn't it have been simpler to capture Kiana directly and take her three cores? Why create an unstable factor like a Herrscher?)
There had also been Theresa's influence over the past decade or so. (Grinning face.)
In the end, Kiana decided to let Theresa out to cause trouble. After all, Theresa was useless at everything except causing trouble, where she ranked first.
"Give seven parts of my heart and keep three parts of joy; sweet feelings, you are my Schicksal—"
The phone in Kiana's pocket suddenly vibrated and rang.
"This... who is it this time?"
Kiana took out her phone and saw that it was not the Senpai Mei she had been hoping for, but a call from Kyuushou.
"Hello... Kyuushou, what is it?"
"Kiana, hurry and find Senpai Mei!"
Kyuushou's anxious voice came through the phone. In the fewest words possible, she told Kiana—the one she sensed could truly save Senpai Mei—about the prophecy she had suddenly seen from the Apocalypse: "She should be on the school rooftop right now. Hurry and save her—"
After hearing Kyuushou's words, Kiana ran off with the phone in hand, even forgetting to hang up!
And the place she thought of was where the two had first truly met: that familiar rooftop.
"Goodbye, Kiana..."
Standing by the rooftop railing, Senpai Mei looked into the distance. Listening to Old Herrscher of Reason's incessant nagging in her mind, she ultimately