I Am a Saintess at Schicksal

Otto, naturally, wouldn't let such an excellent subject go to waste. His brainwashing education was still ongoing anyway, so even if she couldn't be sent to the battlefield as a warrior, he could still collect relevant data during her training.

After finally managing to pacify K423, the little mentally challenged one, the 'evening talk time' for tonight also came to an end.

"...See you tonight."

Sensing that she was about to wake up, True Kiana felt a pang of reluctance.

She didn't ask K422 to sleep longer to extend this happy time.

"See you tonight," she replied with a serious expression.

After saying goodbye, she opened her eyes and woke up from her dream.

This time, she learned the name of an ancestor of the Schariac family from True Kiana.

She was also becoming more accustomed to the identity of Kiana Kaslana.

14. Let me show you something good~ (Revised)

"Today, we'll learn about the history of the Schicksal organization..."

The blonde, busty, and long-legged older sister arranged by Otto held a pointer and gestured to the content on the whiteboard.

The pointer, black stockings, and the female teacher's outfit were all for atmosphere.

It was simply the older sister's personal preference.

Well, personal preferences are great!

The older sister's attire and excellent teaching quality indeed boosted their enthusiasm for learning.

If she had had such a home tutor in her past life, getting into a top university wouldn't have been a problem.

In her words, the Schicksal organization, established with the goal of eradicating Honkai from the world, advocated for universal love, equality, and freedom, fought for the people, and promoted a positive spirit, and so on.

Simply put, the Schicksal organization in her description was a legitimate organization. Although it had religious elements in its early days, which would be considered a cult pyramid scheme nowadays, back in that era, it was called comforting the people's spirits.

After hundreds of years of development, the religious overtones within Schicksal had long since faded significantly. Except for the leader still being called the [Grand Bishop], the most powerful Kaslana Family was still called the [Knight] Family, and the Schariac Family, acting as its image ambassadors, still selected the [Saintess] for each generation. In reality, Schicksal had already developed into a conglomerate.

Throughout Schicksal's history, countless Schicksal warriors had sacrificed themselves fighting against Honkai.

The most memorable was naturally the Second Eruption in 2000. Humanity was on the brink of extinction by the Second Herrscher, and it was Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie, Cecilia, who saved the crisis.

The older sister spoke very earnestly, her words filled with admiration for Cecilia.

"Hmm, another fangirl of my mom's..."

It had been several days since she left the cultivation tank, and she had encountered quite a few of Cecilia's fangirls.

Because of the enthusiasm of these fangirls, she was living a life of constant struggle every day.

She remembered someone saying in her past life, "Life is like rape; if you can't resist, just lie down and enjoy it."

She originally wanted to say that sentence was complete bullshit.

Then she proved with facts—you're damn right!

As for the history written on the whiteboard, she didn't believe a single word of it.

Given what the Grand Bishop of Schicksal was doing now, if she were told Schicksal was clean, she'd eat her keyboard.

Who is the keyboard? Why would she eat a keyboard?

She'd put the keyboard issue aside for now.

In her opinion, organizations related to religion were nine out of ten unclean, and the remaining one was a cult composed of lunatics.

Schicksal originated in Europe and even possessed immense power to interfere in the politics of other nations at the time.

Even foreign monarchs needed to be appointed by the Grand Bishop of Schicksal.

Nominally, they acted under the guise of God.

This was the so-called divine right of kings. Several kings who disagreed with Schicksal were consequently stripped of their thrones by the organization.

And the whiteboard recorded it like this... Schicksal overthrew tyrannical kings with the support of the people.

Because her first impression of Schicksal came from Otto, she knew very well that Schicksal was definitely not as great as described on the whiteboard.

Setting aside the whiteboard's descriptions of Schicksal as righteous and its smearing of tyrannical kings, the actual content of this historical event was Schicksal's political interference.

A religious organization, wielding popular support, demoted several kings to commoners.

It would be a miracle if an organization with such immense power were clean.

Of course, Schicksal's ability to wield such great power was also because the political direction at the time was to fight Honkai.

So, she just listened to Schicksal's history casually.

After all, history is always written by the victors, and Schicksal had always been the victor.

Even her mother Cecilia's mutual destruction with the Second Herrscher, if explained with conspiracy theories, meant that Bishop Otto, fearing his mother's fame would threaten him, interfered during her mother's battle with the Second Herrscher, leading to a fight that could have been won turning into a mutual destruction.

In fact, such conspiracy theories had supporting evidence.

She and True Kiana were the best proof.

Not long after Cecilia's death, True Kiana's father, Siegfried, mysteriously disappeared, and True Kiana was imprisoned by Otto. For years, Otto created over four hundred experimental subjects.

So, the Schicksal organization isn't exactly evil, but they're not exactly clean either, and Otto is completely rotten to the core.

"Heh, studying history won't save True Kiana. Besides, what's history on a whiteboard compared to a pair of long legs?"

K422 thought to herself.

Even so, she still memorized all the history on the whiteboard.

Even if this history lacked truth, it was enough to pretend she was studying diligently and accepting brainwashing education.

After three hours of studying while admiring legs, Bishop Otto, who hadn't appeared for days, walked into the classroom.

"Lord Bishop..."

The older sister assigned to teach her quickly bowed her head.

This was already a simplified courtesy. In the early days of Schicksal's founding, the etiquette for facing a Grand Bishop would have at least involved kneeling on one knee.

But that wasn't the trend anymore; Bishop Otto had long since had the Schicksal organization change the relevant etiquette.

Of course, some 'families' that had grown with Schicksal still retained certain noble traditions.

"...Lord Bishop."

To feign obedience to Schicksal, she stood up from her seat and also bowed her head.

"Kiana, how's your studying coming along? Have you remembered anything?"

Bishop Otto walked up to her with a smile and delivered a head pat, a move that was particularly effective on little girls.

However, she felt nothing.

She even felt a physiological aversion, getting goosebumps.

"???"

Bishop Otto was very puzzled. This was a tactic that had always worked.

It wasn't bragging, but with his appearance, kind and amiable attitude, and a head pat, any little loli could be won over with this combination.

Even the second daughter of the Schariac family, known for her temper, would become quite docile under his onslaught.

Before, he could have attributed it to her being in a bad state. Now, he had meticulously dressed up and even applied some mature men's perfume, "Father's Scent," which could make any little loli feel a sense of fatherly love.

Even the real Kiana would momentarily forget her hatred for him when faced with this combination.

"It stinks, please don't come near me..."

However, to someone else, it was quite pungent.

Bishop Otto watched K422 take a small step back, feeling as if he had been hit for tons of damage.

He had been having trouble with his research and, on Amber's suggestion, decided to change his mood by observing his experiment subject up close.

"Ahem, it seems Kiana doesn't like the scent of this perfume."

Bishop Otto quickly blamed the perfume for K422's rejection. The main reason was that this perfume mimicked Siegfried Kaslana's scent.

There were many varieties of the "Father's Scent" perfume, and this particular one was designed specifically for Kiana.

He just hadn't expected this perfume to be completely useless.

Considering that K422 might possess the personality of the Second Herrscher, and that the Second Herrscher was chased and attacked by Siegfried with a sword during the Second Eruption, her aversion to Siegfried's scent could be understood.

"The gift I prepared for you will have to serve as an apology."

With that, Bishop Otto beckoned to Amber, who was standing outside the classroom. Amber entered the classroom carrying a giant yellow plush toy.

"Kiana, this is my apology gift."

Thinking that the scent of Siegfried on him was what made K422 look disgusted, Bishop Otto didn't take the plush toy himself but had Amber hand it directly to K422.

"Lord Bishop, this is..."

The giant plush toy Amber carried was larger than she was. It looked like a rabbit, but with a row of sharp teeth, it was surprisingly cute.

"This is a plush toy called a Humo. It was originally intended as a gift."

"A gift? Lord Bishop, why would you give me a gift?"

"It's a small reward for you studying diligently. It seems it has now become an apology. By the way, Kiana, I'll show you something good."

Bishop Otto's tone at this moment was quite like a creepy old man showing a little girl goldfish.

"That's all for today's lesson. Amber, take the plush toy to Kiana's room. I'll take Kiana to see 'that thing'."

Bishop Otto was still being mysterious.

However, with talk of "something good" and "that thing," it sounded rather lewd.

She was indeed starting to become curious about the true nature of what Bishop Otto was deliberately concealing with his mysterious pronouncements.

After bidding farewell to the blonde older sister, Bishop Otto led her to the 'Special Laboratory.'

On the way, they passed through various experimental zones and reserve candidate training areas. The researchers in the experimental zones and the reserve candidates in the training groups were all delighted by Bishop Otto's arrival and greeted him, to which Bishop Otto responded in kind.

This demonstrated Bishop Otto's popularity.

Even though Bishop Otto was rotten to the core, no one could deny his capabilities.

The power of the Schicksal organization can be attributed to Bishop Otto.

"This is it..."

Bishop Otto produced an ancient key and unlocked the electronic lock on the metal door before him. The door, guarded as strictly as a bank vault, swung open to both sides.

Upon entering the special laboratory, the first thing that caught their eye was a white knight's spear with a black hilt, displayed inside a crystal case.

"What is that?"

"The Sixth Divine Key: Black Abyss White Flower. It's the weapon your mother, Cecilia Schariac, used during her life..."

Hearing Bishop Otto's description, her gaze was completely captivated by the knight's spear.

On the outside of the white spear shaft was the family crest of the Schariac family.

After learning from the blonde older sister for so many days, she naturally recognized the family crests of the three major families of the Schicksal organization.

"...My mother's weapon. But why do I feel like it's calling to me?"

"???"

Bishop Otto looked utterly bewildered.

"Wait, it's calling to you?"

"Yes, it seems to be calling me."

As if to respond to her words, the white knight's spear with a black hilt in the crystal case trembled slightly.

"Kiana, hold on a moment. Can you do a test with me now?"

Seeing the reaction of the Black Abyss White Flower, Bishop Otto's eyes lit up, as if he had found a treasure.

He then pulled her over to the adjacent experimental area, commandeered a laboratory, and began a test to manipulate Honkai energy.

The result of the test was that she not only possessed extremely strong resistance to Honkai energy but also the ability to manipulate it.