Chapter 166

After all, the belief in snakes is so deeply ingrained that many people would never guess he was a member of the World Serpent if he didn't reveal his identity.

The president of UBS, who was also a member of World Serpent, transferred 50 billion euros in an emergency when his identity was exposed, and then deliberately died in a car accident.

These are fanatical followers of the World Serpent, who readily sacrifice their lives for the lofty ideals depicted by the Gray Serpent.

It's important to understand that this event occurred less than a month ago, yet it has already had a huge economic impact on various countries, and even the credit of Swiss banks is plummeting.

Freya's smear campaign against World Serpent, calling them terrorists, isn't entirely wrong. After all, the plans she learned from Jackal seem more and more like accomplices to the Honkai.

Therefore, Freya genuinely believes that Kiana's ancestors had their brains caught in an ultra-hard metal door.

Forcibly activating Stigmata, and only those who activate Stigmata are qualified to fight the Honkai in future battles, is a typical brainless idea.

If we consider people as a valuable resource, then people of all kinds are very important.

People who are good at planting, people who are interested in biology, people who are talented in arithmetic, and top students who claim they didn't study hard but always got perfect scores—even if these people can't activate the Stigmata, they are still so important that no one can replace them.

Imagine a scientist who could triple food production in the future dies because he can't adapt to the reconstruction of the Stigmata. How much damage would that cause to the world?

Imagine a couple whose future child can build an ark to carry the seed of humanity away from this planet, but they both die because they cannot adapt to the regeneration of the Stigmata ...

If a foolish couple can produce a world-class scientist and a superhuman, who can guarantee that a world filled with the supernatural power of Honkai won't give birth to some new human beings who are born with the Honkai Energy?

Freya captured the World Serpent, but she never intended to end their lives easily. Even though she could sue them for crimes against humanity and sentence them to death at any time, or use her Schicksal mandate to carry out vigilante justice, she ultimately considered the continuation of humanity. Internal strife was a pointless act.

Freya also gave those researchers she had sentenced to death some opportunities, allowing them to use each other as research subjects.

"Not everyone in the World Serpent is mentally unstable. Many of the people I've captured surrendered decisively and provided some intelligence about the World Serpent."

Besides Jackal, the highest-ranking officer, Schicksal captured many high-ranking officers of the World Serpent.

It's a pity the arrest was rushed; otherwise, with the Swiss bank president in her hands, she wouldn't have had to worry about funding for a while.

"I see..."

"You want the World Serpent to capture Otto for you, but the World Serpent is ultimately Kevin's follower. If you can't surpass Kevin in reputation or ability, you will never be able to completely control the World Serpent. Hmm, I can have Schicksal slow down the capture operation against the World Serpent, or you can select members of the World Serpent to reorganize an organization for external operations."

When members who can only hide in the ruins can operate within Kiana's new organization without being captured by Schicksal, it greatly enhances Kiana's reputation.

"This is really complicated, Xiao Er. What kind of strange books do you usually read?"

"Hmm? The art of war? The self-cultivation of an old schemer? But all of that is easy. If you look at the history of Schicksal's development a bit more, you'll find that if that bastard bishop wanted to rule the world, he could have done it long ago with Schicksal's resources. He even had many opportunities to form a pan-human alliance against the Honkai..."

However, Otto really didn't care at all about the development of Schicksal.

As long as Schicksal's status remains at a certain level, he will start to disappear until Schicksal's status begins to decline, at which point he will reappear to take charge.

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185. Sister Tesla should see it first.

Otto not to develop Schicksal may have stemmed from his concerns, or perhaps from other personal factors.

Powerful nations are often viewed with suspicion, and this is especially true of a powerful international organization like Mandate of Schicksal that has no territory. However, Mandate of Schicksal's power is beyond the control of any nation. If it weren't for Anti-Entropy's assistance in developing the technology of various countries, none of them would have had the slightest right to refuse.

Of course, Freya wouldn't let this rare opportunity slip by.

The World Serpent was severely injured by her and retreated back to its serpent cave. Anti-Entropy, which had always been at odds with Schicksal, also began to gradually expand its cooperation with Schicksal.

In the consciousness space, Freya gave her advice and then began the daily routine.

Kiana recounted her experiences living in the Previous Civilization's shelter. Because the shelter's supplies were not particularly abundant, she once again tasted that subtly flavorful synthetic food.

Especially the green food that comes out like toothpaste, which is supposedly a kind of vegetable compound, but tastes even worse.

Aurora's daily life, on the other hand, always feels more like a light novel story about a clueless male protagonist building a harem at school.

In fact, Aurora also intended to join Schicksal, or rather, Anti-Entropy, and participate in the Valkyrie selection at the St. Freya Academy.

Freya naturally agreed, and even began to secretly fabricate a background for Aurora.

All I can say is that the character Otto created before was very useful. Giving her a sickly and incurable disease could have been applied to Aurora.

Aurora was portrayed as Kiana's twin sister, and her identity was kept secret from the public because she was born weak and sickly.

Of course, Freya didn't create a triplets concept, mainly because triplets are too easy to expose, while twins can be somewhat concealed.

Freya simply ignored Kiana's objections.

She will push forward with this plan as long as Kiana doesn't come back.

Anyway, this persona plan will allow Aurora to appear in front of everyone with dignity in the future.

However, to get Aurora to appear, several performances were needed. In order to hone her acting skills, Freya herself also took the initiative to participate in the Propaganda Department's performance activities.

Aurora finished telling her story, Freya and Kiana applauded enthusiastically.

Even though the two are currently having a falling out, their affection for their younger sister has not diminished at all.

In fact, the younger sister's healing smile also calmed their hearts.

The next morning, Freya opened her eyes and saw the familiar ceiling, and pouted.

Last night, I still couldn't get Kiana to let go of her obsession. She even tried to persuade me to create a triplets setting. It seems that I'll have to continue to have disagreements with this girl.

Therefore, Freya's mornings still start with a terrible mood.

Liv, who had already gotten up, was wearing Maid Dress to the side. When she noticed Freya had woken up, she quickly greeted her.

Freya's aristocratic lifestyle had made her somewhat accustomed to the restraint of a maid.

Even though he had a very close relationship with his maid.

"Good morning, Sister Liv."

Good morning, Kiana.

Because of the hasty bowing, the Maid Dress that had just been put on was inevitably a little messy.

The glimpse of her fair and translucent skin peeking out from her bodice was truly soothing to her eyes. Freya let out a whistle, ending her terrible mood that had started the morning.

"Kiana..."

Upon hearing the esteemed Acting Grand Bishop whistle, Liv naturally adopted a stern expression.

Even though the two were so close that they often slept together, Liv, as a maid, still had to correct the other's bad habits.

"Okay, okay, I admit my mistake, Sister Liv. By the way, what's for breakfast?"

"It's a fried egg dish."

"Oh, is that so? Then let's eat in the room."

Freya's gaze fell on the whiteboard she had turned over; its contents were indeed not suitable for too many people to know.

Even with Liv and Rita, who slept with her, Freya told them not to be curious about what was on the whiteboard.

"Awoo~"

Beside her, Rita, who had overslept, rubbed her eyes and let out a cute yawn.

Although the system for selecting Valkyrie has changed, Rita has a natural talent for serving as Valkyrie in the intelligence unit, and Freya has indeed trained her in that direction. This has led to her studying until very late every day, leaving the usual service work to Liv.

Of course, Liv was a maid, while Rita was just doing it as a hobby.

The intelligence unit she will command from now on will be the one she trusts most.

"Good morning, Kiana -sama~"

"Rita, you're so lazy," Liv said angrily.

"Sister Liv, Rita was studying too late, don't blame her."

Freya quickly defended Rita, but Liv still glared at Rita with annoyance.

"As a maidservant to her master, no matter how exhausted she is, she should be ready before her master wakes up, let alone use her master as a body pillow..."

"I'm just a little maid doing this out of interest. Huff~ We're hugging each other. Kiana is hugging me too. Ouch, my back hurts so much. Kiana, you were really rough last night."

Rita stretched, her slender body exuding a natural allure with her languid movements.

The words uttered from those alluring lips inevitably lead one to think in a perverse way.

"...What a little devil."

"???"

Rita was confused when she heard Freya's words.

"Kiana, sometimes... your comments are really like those of an old man."

Liv sighed, rubbing her forehead. It wasn't just his speech; sometimes even his gaze was that of a middle-aged man, just like the lolicon she remembered.

However, the Acting Grand Bishop she serves is actually a clone created by Otto, and is only 2 years old at the time.

Liv didn't know how to respond to the other person's remarks.

"Ah, I'm sorry, Sister Liv, I'm sorry, Rita..."

Freya, whose mood was gradually improving, naturally prepared to begin her work for the day. Of course, before that, she asked her maid to help her wash up, as the image of the Acting Grand Bishop was of utmost importance.

Then...

Freya, who had just finished breakfast, saw Theresa in the office with her hair disheveled, clearly someone who had overslept and rushed over.

With her mouth stuffed with fried egg, she was completely out of line with any semblance of a presentable image.

Freya couldn't help but sigh deeply, worried about the impact the other party would have on Mandate of Schicksal after becoming the Grand Bishop. The best outcome would probably be that her own rank would rise, or that Theresa would step down after taking over.

"Is it tasty?"

"Mmm, delicious~" Theresa raised an eyebrow and replied when Freya asked.

Then, she continued to praise the chef who had made the fried egg dish.

"I really envy you for being able to eat such delicious food every day."

"What's there to be envious of? Didn't I ask them to prepare an extra portion for you too?"

Although it was Otto who prepared the chef team for himself, Freya didn't mind sharing the delicious food with Theresa.

Speaking of the culinary team, we must mention the female chef who joined the team six months ago.

Freya tried to meet with her several times, but was refused by the other party with various reasons.

After carefully investigating the other party's background, I found that there wasn't much suspicious about them... just kidding.

The other party must have a deep connection with Schicksal, otherwise her information would not have been blocked, and even with the authority of the Acting Grand Bishop, it would be impossible to access her information.

Freya realized that her supposed supreme authority was probably fake.

Even with the authority of the Acting Grand Bishop, the other party's information could not be accessed, indicating that the other party's identity is very special.

Freya spent more than half a year observing, but the other party acted like an ordinary chef, so much so that she still didn't know who the other party was or what purpose he had infiltrated the chef team.

Incidentally, the other party sent half of his first year's salary to Laguna and even invited Laguna to dinner, as if he really treated Laguna as a benefactor.

Freya was also confused by the other party's behavior.

Of course, she also asked Laguna, but Laguna's assessment was... that this woman named Fu Hua was not an enemy.

With Laguna's assurance, Freya lowered her guard somewhat.

Since the other party was unwilling to see her, she didn't force it; perhaps it was just a matter of timing.

"Alright, let's get to work."

Freya ignored Theresa, whose cheeks were puffed out like a squirrel's, and sat down in the main seat.

Meanwhile, Welt and Tesla, who had already started working in the office, frequently glanced at Theresa's upturned ahoge (cowlick) on her head.

"Um?"

Theresa, noticing the gaze, stopped stamping.

Is there anything strange about me?

"Uh, Your Acting Grand Bishop, regarding this document..."

Welt quickly turned around and hurriedly handed Freya a document.

Freya was immediately speechless. Welt had clearly not read the contents of the document, which was a protest letter from some of the Valkyrie.

After all, the system for selecting Valkyrie has been reformed, and many candidates who were originally supposed to undergo the modification surgery have lost the opportunity to do so, which is a great blow to the candidates who are about to become Valkyrie.