Chapter 204
Just like this time, although we didn't lose, we certainly didn't win either.
Freya originally intended to take Otto by imitating his personality and actions to trick him, but Otto is Otto after all, and her scheme was seen through by him.
No matter how much you scheme, it won't be of much use once you see through it.
Otto originally wanted to teach Freya how to use her power to intimidate others in a fair and just manner, but Freya was already quite adept at this without any formal instruction and was very good at using her power to intimidate others, so Otto didn't pay much attention to Freya's growth.
The priest was a little nervous. After all, he was officiating a wedding for an important person. If he messed it up and made the important person feel ashamed, the priest was worried that he would be thrown to the Siberian Plains to dig for crystals.
It is said that the Acting Grand Bishop liked to do this, and many important figures she disliked were thrown into the Siberian Plains by her.
Throwing those elderly VIPs out into the freezing cold is practically murder.
The priest felt that he was already forty years old and could no longer make a living by his own body, let alone go to the Siberian Plains to dig for crystals.
Unlike the Valkyrie and researchers whose status is constantly rising, the priests under Schicksal are merely remnants of the original religion.
The priest's words at the wedding ceremony generally follow a fixed format. For example, the priest asks, "Groom, do you take this bride to be your wife?" and the groom answers, "Yes, I do." The priest then continues, "Whether she be rich or poor, healthy or unhealthy, will you stay with her forever?"
"Yes I do!"
The groom, Welt, said this.
Then the priest turned to the bride and repeated almost the same lines to her.
Despite being viewed with suspicion by everyone, Otto did nothing.
"... So that's what the priest's wedding speech is like. The last line, 'In the name of the Holy Spirit, the Father, and the Son, I declare the bride and groom to be husband and wife; now, the groom may kiss the bride,' what right does a mere priest have to represent the Holy Spirit, the Father, and the Son?"
"..."
Are you asking me?
Freya looked at Otto with a hint of confusion.
"My beloved Kiana, do you know if the Holy Spirit... no, the Gods, exist?"
Otto asked Freya.
"It shouldn't exist... If there really are gods in this world, they wouldn't stand by and watch humanity suffer so much."
Faced with Freya's somewhat naive answer, Otto smiled and shook his head. He did not deny Freya 'Freya opinion, but he also did not agree with it.
In Otto's mind, however, there were indeed beings who could be called 'gods'.
He once directly confronted that incarnation existing in a higher dimension during the Second Eruption War, an existence that the Second Herrscher, Sirin, called a god.
In reality, it was just Honkai unified consciousness.
But Otto believed that 'that being', which transcended human wisdom, did indeed fit the impression of an omniscient and omnipotent god.
To resurrect his beloved, Otto had long since disregarded life and death; even if it meant opposing the gods before him, he would not back down.
However, when faced with Otto's consciousness intruding into that higher-dimensional space, the so-called Honkai Consciousness, the so-called god, did not speak, but the answer from 'that being' was directly transmitted to Otto's mind.
When Otto sought help, 'that being' said it would do its best to assist him.
The unexpected answer made Otto hesitant to believe it, so he decided to test 'that being'.
Before Otto could even ask his question, the answers were already flooding his mind.
Even if all the wise minds of the past and present were combined, they could not withstand the countless truths flooding into Otto's mind at this moment.
In that instant, Otto understood why 'that being' had helped him—
He is the Grand Bishop of Schicksal, the enemy of the Honkai, and he considers himself the smartest person in the world, but what does it matter? To that being, humanity is nothing more than ants.
Otto knelt humbly before 'that being'.
The Schicksal was originally transformed from a religion that believed in God, and kneeling down before the gods is the reverence that believers should have.
Whether the 'being' before him was a true god or Honkai unified consciousness was of no importance to Otto.
In that pure white space, free of any gloom, Otto clasped his hands together in prayer to the gods.
Kneeling on the ground, Otto showed utmost reverence, praying to the gods to tell him how to truly bring the dead back to life.
This time, however, the gods did not answer him.
Memories of the past surfaced in Otto's mind.
The people he hurt, the lies he told, the crimes he committed...
Will Otto feel guilty when he sees these memories? Will he regret them? Maybe he will, but not now.
Otto only wanted the answer to truly bring the dead back to life.
'That being' ultimately transformed a cross into a blade and stabbed itself, before its body disintegrated in front of Otto.
'That being' ultimately said nothing, and there was no way to interpret its final act of self-inflicted suicide.
Back in reality, Otto felt countless pieces of information flooding into his brain like a tidal wave, only to quickly dissipate because his brain couldn't hold such a massive amount of information.
The only image that remains is the moment when the god pierces himself with a sharp blade.
To this day, Otto still hasn't been able to decipher the answer that 'that being' left for him.
Looking back to when the Mandate of Schicksal first rose to power, it raised the banner of the shepherd of 'God,' treating the people as lambs to be exploited at will, while waging war against forces and countries that did not agree with its doctrines.
Looking back now, how ridiculous it all seems.
The 'being' I saw was undoubtedly on the side of the Honkai.
As a result, the god that people worshipped was the Honkai Consciousness, and the wars that Schicksal launched repeatedly in the name of fighting for the god actually helped the Honkai reduce the human population.
The only way to completely Honkai the war is to defeat 'that being' that exists in a higher dimension.
Otto shook his head and chuckled, "Anyway, I've had a good show to watch today."
After seeing Welt kiss his bride, Otto, who missed Kallen even more, closed his eyes. Rather than seeing his rival find happiness, Otto wished he could truly bring the dead Kallen back to life.
"My lovely Kiana, I'll head back now. After all, the experiment has reached a critical stage. As for the Humanoid Honkai Beast and the Second Divine Key you mentioned, I am indeed very interested. Remember to input the data into the database after you've finished your research."
Seeing Otto's body suddenly liquefy, Freya stood up abruptly.
"Don't move!!"
The Anti-Entropy enforcers, who had been on guard against Otto, also shouted, but before they could even get into position, Otto had already vanished from his spot.
To be precise, Otto shrunk in size and became Amber.
"That bastard!!"
Freya could tell that Otto attending the wedding was just an avatar, but she didn't expect Otto to use Amber's body as a medium.
In reality, Amber's body has been modified countless times, and almost the entire body is made of Soul Steel.
No wonder Otto seemed to appear out of nowhere.
It wasn't that Otto suddenly appeared at the wedding; rather, Amber was currently staying in the accommodation area of the frontline headquarters. Although the security level in the accommodation area was not low, it couldn't stop Otto, who had the highest authority.
While everyone was focused on the front-line headquarters to prevent Otto from causing trouble, Otto brazenly controlled Amber's body and walked directly from the dormitory area to the cathedral in the Dogmatic District, with no obstacles along the way.
When he directly disconnected his consciousness, all that remained was Amber, abandoned by Otto —at least that's how it appeared on the surface.
235. In a way, this wedding is destined to be unforgettable.
Otto's departure by logging off directly left the Executors and Siegfried, who wanted to intercept him, completely dumbfounded.
Even Welt, who had just kissed Tesla, was completely bewildered.
The priest, who was reading the lines to the two men, hurriedly ran away clutching his Bible, feeling as if he had discovered something extraordinary.
The Acting Grand Bishop actually referred to the Grand Bishop as "that bastard".
The enforcers of Anti-Entropy are clearly hostile to Otto.
This is clearly far from the image promoted by the two organizations, and perhaps the position of Acting Grand Bishop was not obtained through legitimate means.
The priest immediately imagined all sorts of scenarios, such as palace intrigue, usurpation, and filial piety.
Freya didn't pay much attention to the priest who was fleeing in a disheveled state. She sat down again and leaned against Rita beside her.
"Sir... are you alright?"
Seemingly sensing that she was not in a good mood, Rita asked with a worried expression.
Freya shook her head, turned her gaze to the executors, and said coldly, "Sit down, all of you. If he were so easy to deal with, then... you would have won long ago. Mr. Welt's wedding is not over yet. Today is an important day for him. There is no need to keep such a murderous look."
"Yes, Your Acting Grand Bishop."
"I'm very sorry, Acting Grand Bishop."
"I'm sorry, Your Excellency Bishop, I'm sorry, Lord Alliance Leader."
Upon hearing Freya's words, all the Anti-Entropy Executors restrained their murderous intent.
After all, when Otto led the Schicksal, the researchers or Valkyrie who climbed to the top would find that Otto had no intention of fighting the Honkai at all, and the Schicksal itself had problems with its system. Researchers and Valkyrie with a sense of justice would have conflicts with the Schicksal itself.
Ultimately, these righteous researchers and the Valkyrie became the targets of Otto's purge.
She lost her important family members and companions who shared the same ideals Otto, and ultimately embraced Anti-Entropy hatred for Otto.
To be honest, almost half of the executors in the Anti-Entropy organization are people who wish they could kill Otto.
They were all people who deserved revenge against Otto.
Although for Freya, the only person qualified to take revenge on Otto is Kiana Kaslana, she herself does not want Kiana to live in hatred forever.
The reason why the executors of Anti-Entropy obeyed Freya was because Freya was considered a disciple of their Alliance Leader.
Although the title of special advisor was just for show, Freya asked Walter to take on this role because she hoped that Walter could guide her when she was still immature.
If Kiana hadn't run away from home, Freya might have chosen to imitate Welt.
Ultimately, Freya concluded that Otto's approach was correct, and thus began to imitate Otto in everything from his hairstyle to his personality.
The Anti-Entropy Executors have also noticed that Freya is becoming more and more like Otto lately, especially today when Otto and Freya sat together like a real parent and child... Theresa, who was sitting in front of them, had no presence at all, and even Otto ignored Theresa.
Some Anti-Entropy enforcers even suspect that the Acting Grand Bishop is actually a clone created using Otto's DNA and Cecilia's DNA.
Many people looked at Siegfried with sympathy.
Of course, not many people knew that Freya was an Executor of a clone, but such rumors still spread from unknown sources.
However, unlike the previous situation that might have caused Freya trouble, Freya has accelerated the development of the Schicksal one after another, and her position is already difficult to shake. Moreover, Freya has also won over the Aristocratic Faction.
The only one who can truly threaten Freya's position is the first in line to the throne.
However, this Grand Bishop's Aide had no intention of being hostile to Freya at all; instead, he obediently served as her mascot and human seal.
The executors all returned to their seats, but the priest had already run away. Most importantly, the wedding lines had all been spoken, but most of the executors' attention was on Otto, so they didn't know that Welt and Tesla had already kissed.
"Uh, Alliance Leader, where's the priest?"
"Yes, where did the priest go?"
"I think I just saw the Alliance Leader kiss Tesla. Is it all over?"
"Huh? What did I miss?"
The seated executors began to whisper among themselves, only to find that they had been so focused on Otto's relationship that they had missed an important scene.
Welt and Tesla on the stage were also helpless.
Tesla was so angry it almost cried.
This was the most important day of her life, but something unexpected still happened.
Although Otto did nothing and attended the wedding like any other guest, Tesla decided to pin the blame on Otto.
"Otto, I'm not done with you yet!"
Seeing that Rita's face was almost as dark as the bottom of a pot, Freya didn't let Rita catch the escaped priest. Anyway, the entire wedding process had already been recorded, Raiden Ryoma said he would replay it on the big screen immediately.
He also managed to cover up the fact that he hadn't even noticed the two kissing on stage.
"Hateful!"
Siegfried stomped his foot in anger; he still wanted to follow Otto.
What a load of rubbish! Otto's already turned into Amber!!
How is he supposed to track them down?!
Siegfried could only sulk to himself; he still wanted to catch Otto to cheer up his eldest daughter.