Chapter 200
Freya shrugged, no longer caring about the results of the experiment a month later.
During her brief rest, Freya was also considering how to find out the true target Otto had set for the 13th batch of new students.
One solution was for her to also enroll in St. Freya Elementary School.
After all, judging from her appearance and age, she meets the requirements for enrolling in St. Freya Elementary School, but she is already the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, so there seems to be no reason for her to attend the affiliated elementary school.
Even if she were to attend St. Freya Elementary School, it's likely that only the Special Class could accommodate her. Other classes would only cause a disturbance and disrupt the normal teaching progress. Before even revealing Otto's intended goal, St. Freya Elementary School would already be in trouble.
The second method is for Freya to become a teacher at the academy.
Freya was quite confident in her knowledge and abilities, whether it was teaching new students or providing them with basic training.
However, being a teacher also has its troubles. Freya knows that she is a celebrity, which may arouse the suspicion of targets hidden among the freshmen.
Given Freya's current status, it's not very reliable for her to become a teacher or attend elementary school.
Or rather, Freya had no reason to do so.
"The driving slots have already been allocated, so... let's leave them to Ryoma. He's a meticulous worker, so we can trust him with that responsibility."
"I trust Mr. Ryoma to do things, but the matter I want to entrust to you is not this one. This matter will have a result in a month, and it will definitely be the result of our Schicksal and Anti-Entropy winning."
Freya pursed her lips. If it weren't for testing the new Titan's combat capabilities, she might have wiped out Nagoya City herself.
"I was thinking that since Mr. Welt is planning to go on his honeymoon with Sister Tesla, why not... take a cruise for a honeymoon? I'll give you two months' vacation, let alone a month's. I'll also take care of things with Aurora."
"A honeymoon at sea, Your Acting Grand Bishop... what brings you here?"
Welt frowned, realizing that things were not so simple.
This Acting Grand Bishop who used him as a tool is actually so kind.
"Let's investigate a few places, since Mr. Welt can fly."
"I was just drifting... Okay, I'll take a look for you. You can take a two-month leave, but Tesla and I will be back to fight after a month."
"Whatever you want, but are you still nervous now?"
"Still nervous, phew... I mean, Acting Grand Bishop, am I dreaming?"
Welt, who was having a serious talk with Freya about the plan, still couldn't calm down his excitement about marrying Tesla.
229. If this is a dream, I really hope I don't wake up.
Freya looked at Welt with a hint of helplessness.
"Mr. Welt, the wedding is starting in three hours and twenty-five minutes... what are you nervous about now! What are you excited about now!"
"..."
Although there weren't many guests in the cathedral, and everyone inside was one of their own, Welt still wanted to remind Freya not to use such vulgar language.
As a not-so-young adult male who is about to get married, being looked down upon by a young girl is a very complicated feeling.
It wasn't that he had awakened any strange attributes, it's just that sometimes, Welt felt that Freya's gaze was really piercing.
"Your Acting Grand Bishop, today is really important to me. How can I not be nervous?"
"... Is that so? But in my opinion, it's just that the time has finally come to harvest the fruit of the reverse Genji-style upbringing of a strange older sister who is more than ten years older than you. Ah~ the ripe fruit."
Freya teased with a delighted expression, saying that because Rita liked reading romance novels, she had also picked up a few to read during her breaks, and happened to have read one about raising a Genji in reverse.
Of course, in most romance novels, there is a lot of upbringing involved.
The Count of Earl, for example, was a great man who was trained by Genji.
It is said that great people like those who are younger than themselves. Freya pondered that Tesla was also a great man in history, and Welt was just over ten years younger Tesla.
"Acting Grand Bishop, please don't tease him."
Welt knew perfectly well that Freya was teasing him, but there was nothing he could do about it.
"No, I'm just wishing you well. To be honest, for the executives of Anti-Entropy, the drama you and Sister Tesla have been putting on that makes them, the bystanders, so anxious is something they're bound to get back at."
Freya shrugged. On this point, members of Anti-Entropy, including Ryoma, Einstein, and Planck, as well as the founders of Anti-Entropy, all held the same opinion.
If Joachim, who inherited Welt's name, were to fall for any woman, he would only choose between Tesla and Einstein, who had always been by his side.
Einstein clearly had a favorable impression of the original Welt, while Tesla's feelings for Welt gradually changed as he accompanied Welt through his growth... and this was especially true for Welt.
After losing his family and giving up everything, the Anti-Entropy pioneers, led by Tesla, stayed by his side.
Tesla treated her like a sister or a mother.
For Welt, by his early twenties, his filial piety had already soured, even earlier than Tesla's emotional change.
For various reasons, the two made no progress and even intentionally or unintentionally avoided each other.
After all, Tesla believed that Welt should treat him like a sister or a mother, but he actually wanted to sleep with him.
Welt believed that Tesla only saw him as a second generation, as a friend's child, but he actually wanted to sleep with her.
Eight years ago... during the Second Eruption War in 2000, facing the threat posed by the Second Herrscher who had become a five-core Herrscher, Welt resolved to die. Tesla and Welt danced before the final battle, and at that moment, they both realized their true feelings.
So when the Second Eruption War ended and Welt's core was returned, and he suddenly sat up from his coffin, elders including Einstein and Planck all felt that the two should have made progress.
And then... the two of them made no progress and dragged it out for another eight years.
For Einstein, Planck, Ryoma, and others, it was enough to drive them crazy—no, they wanted to strangle the two of them.
So when Welt and Tesla were finally getting married, the elders, including Einstein, and newcomers like Ryoma who had joined in the last decade or so, didn't think of offering their blessings. Instead, they were amazed that Welt and Tesla's long love marathon had finally come to an end, and they really wanted to bury Welt, this big blockhead, in the ground.
They, the group of runners, almost died on the road, and even the 80-year-old Planck was about to give up.
In fact, during the six months Freya worked with Welt and Tesla, she was almost driven to the point of wanting to fast forward by their frustrating atmosphere.
However, in reality, there is no button to fast forward.
Members like Ryoma have been in the spotlight for over a decade, and especially in the last eight years, the tense atmosphere between Welt and Tesla has intensified several levels.
Meanwhile, founding fathers like Einstein and Planck have been exposed to the public eye for almost forty years.
Honestly, the veterans of Anti-Entropy are very grateful to Freya, otherwise this show could have gone on for another ten or twenty years.
Planck once thought that if he wanted to see a wedding photo of Welt and Tesla, he would have to ask Einstein to burn it for him.
"..."
After hearing Freya's words, Welt didn't know what kind of expression to make.
He seemed to be aware of the resentment that Ryoma and the others held towards him.
"In this respect, I also feel very sorry for others..."
The relationship between Welt and Tesla may have been ambiguous eight years ago, but the dance on the eve of their decisive battle eight years ago contained a great deal of meaning.
It's exactly the same as a confession like "The moonlight is beautiful."
The fact that Walter was brought back from the dead Welt the war should have deepened the already clear relationship between Welt and Tesla.
But the two of them had reached this point and then made no further progress. It is said that Planck almost died because of this.
If he were to die, the cause of death would probably be that he was driven to death by anxiety.
In many works, it is a common theme for men to return to their hometowns after the war and marry the lovers who are waiting for them there.
Even in a story where the protagonist's wife is a detective loli, he marries the detective loli who is waiting for him to return to her hometown after the war ends.
"Mr. Welt, this is not sincerity. You need to show some sincerity."
Freya was in a fairly good mood, and at this moment she couldn't help but tease Welt.
To be honest, as a victim of the frustrating experiences of Welt and Tesla, Freya harbored deep resentment towards Welt.
Perhaps outsiders are unaware of the atmosphere between Welt and Tesla.
But for Freya, who had worked with them for more than half a year, every moment was torture... Only Theresa was so oblivious that she didn't react at all.
The unspoken understanding between Welt and Tesla, where they could communicate with just their eyes.
Almost immediately when Welt needed a pen, Tesla handed it to Welt without any prior communication between them.
When Tesla's mouth was a little dry, Welt pushed the black tea in front of him towards Tesla.
So... given all this, why aren't you married yet?!
He himself had only worked with the two for a little over half a year and he was already so anxious. How much more so for Ryoma and the others who had worked with Welt and Tesla for over a decade? The founding members of Anti-Entropy had been watching the relationship between the two change and had been anxious until now.
"Sincerity... I will sincerely apologize."
"No, I think you should be prepared to be buried in the ground by us once."
"Acting Grand Bishop, the way you say that... I seem to be getting more nervous. You don't seem to have any intention of calming me down at all."
Welt was left speechless, both amused and exasperated.
Even the most oblivious person would realize at this point that Freya was doing it on purpose.
However, he also sincerely felt that he had done something wrong regarding his procrastination with Tesla, which made those around him anxious.
But at that moment, all he could think about was that he couldn't disgrace the name.
We cannot relinquish the name and responsibility we inherited from Welt Joyce.
Therefore, he gave up everything except his name and responsibilities.
In fact, the name Welt Joyce and the responsibilities it represented were far heavier than he imagined.
If it weren't for the companionship of Tesla and Einstein, and the guidance of Planck and others, Welt doesn't know if he could have persevered.
When Welt was a teenager, he had a nightmare in which all his friends were killed by Otto.
In that nightmare, Welt Joyce died, Tesla and Einstein died, Planck and others died.
Having lost everything, he used the power of the Herrscher of Reason to slaughter Valkyrie and ordinary people, as well as any force connected to Schicksal.
In my dream, I was like Honkai Apostle, filled with hatred for everything.
Without the companions who showed him the beauty of the world, Welt found the world so ugly that he wanted to destroy it.
When he was awakened by a nightmare, Tesla, who thought he was waking up in pain because of the rejection between the Herrscher Core and his body, stayed by his side all night.
The side effects of fusing with the Herrscher Core were severe. After all, he was not an Apostle chosen by the Honkai. During the fusion process, he endured excruciating pain as if his entire body's cells were being torn apart each time, and he rarely had time to sleep peacefully.
Perhaps it is this fear of the future that prevents him from stopping.
According to Welt, a nightmare is a nightmare because it serves as a warning to him.
To prevent the future from becoming like this, Welt relentlessly searched for the remnants of Previous Civilization, as if forcing himself to do so, in order to find ways to protect Tesla, Einstein, and others.
"... It really doesn't feel real."
Even knowing that in just a few hours, his beloved Sister Tesla would become his bride in the presence of a priest, Welt still felt like he was dreaming.
If past dreams were nightmares, then the dream I'm having now must be a beautiful one.
"If this is a dream, I really hope I don't wake up."
"Hmm... Mr. Welt, can I interpret this as you preferring to live in a dream rather than give Sister Tesla a real commitment in reality? Hehe~ I think I can interpret this as you wanting to maintain your original relationship with Sister Tesla."
"Acting Grand Bishop, please don't interpret it that way!"
Upon hearing Freya's misinterpretation, Welt had no choice but to back down. If he had explained it that way, Tesla might have forgiven him, but his eighty-year-old sister Planck would definitely have torn him apart.
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230. Of course, I'd choose my little angel!
Even at the age of eighty, Sister Planck still cherished the memory of her two younger relatives being together.
Perhaps worried that Planck might suddenly die on the spot, Welt's tension had lessened considerably.
Looking back at the early days of Anti-Entropy, it was not easy at all.
Especially given the social environment at the time, no country had the ability to defy Schicksal. Anti-Entropy developed amidst stumbles and setbacks, under the pressure of Schicksal.
Emma Planck was the one who devoted herself to Anti-Entropy at that time.
As the founder of Anti-Entropy, the nominal head of the original North American Branch Schicksal, and the mentor of Einstein, Tesla, and Schrodinger, she naturally shouldered the heavy responsibility of leading the organization forward when Anti-Entropy was weak, and also bought time for her students and Joachim to grow.
If you were to ask Welt who he respected most, he might say Welt Joyce without hesitation, but if you gave him a few minutes to think about it, the name that would finally come out of his mouth would be Emma Planck.
Welt Joyce died in battle with Otto, Planck founded the Anti-Entropy organization in his name. Joachim, disguised as Welt Joyce, spread Welt Joyce's beliefs.