I Am a Saintess in Schicksal Chapter 27

Theresa bared her fangs and froze for a moment.

K422 didn't care how stunned Theresa was. As soon as the game started, she immediately controlled her game character and charged fiercely at the blond Grand Bishop.

She leaped up and unleashed a heavy punch, followed by three crouching light kicks. This dealt a small sliver of damage to the blond Grand Bishop and left him briefly stunned.

"Waaah, Kiana, how could you ambush me?!"

Theresa fumbled to defend herself.

At this moment, she naturally didn't hesitate to control her game character to get close to the blond Grand Bishop, grab him, and perform a suplex. While the blond Grand Bishop was on the ground, she unleashed three crouching light kicks, then summoned a golden cross and smashed it down on his head.

By the time the blond Grand Bishop got back up, she had already controlled her game character to create distance.

Theresa watched the blond Grand Bishop's remaining seven health bars with great frustration.

She had originally wanted to win a round before dinner, and had even cheated by picking the hidden character.

After all, this game was sponsored by her grandfather, Bishop Otto. To curry favor with Bishop Otto, the game company had naturally created an incredibly powerful hidden character.

K422's combo earlier should have taken off half the health of other game characters, but it only took off three health bars from the blond Grand Bishop.

He was, after all, a hidden character with attack and defense stats twice that of other characters.

Theresa even worried that picking such a hidden character might upset Kiana.

"Kiana... how about we start over? I'll switch characters."

"Switch what? Aunt Theresa, are you going back on your word? I think Aunt Theresa is better with this character; it can compensate for your clumsy hands and lack of skill."

"..."

Theresa, inexplicably hit where it hurt, became even more depressed.

That was true. Even with her cheat character, she had lost three health bars, but the character Kiana controlled hadn't lost even a single bar.

The hidden character could only help her last a little longer.

"Since Kiana said so, Auntie won't be polite anymore."

Then, the blond Grand Bishop was once again slammed to the ground and then brutally beaten on the head with a golden cross produced by the white-haired woman.

"???"

Why was she still the one getting hit?

"Aunt Theresa, don't hold back, let's play another round!!"

As she spoke, K422 quickly inputted the ultimate command. The white-haired woman lowered the golden cross, and countless chains emerged from it. The blond Grand Bishop, who had just gotten up and was swaying in a daze, was lifted by the chains and began to lose health rapidly.

"Grandpa!"

The blond Grand Bishop, who had lost three health bars from the ultimate attack, had just hit the ground when K422's controlled character swept him up with a heavy kick. This was followed by a series of consecutive charge attacks against the edge of the screen, which ruthlessly depleted the blond Bishop's remaining single health bar.

K.O!

Perfect!

He hadn't lost a single health bar this round; it was an extraordinary performance.

"???"

Theresa looked astonished. She had clearly used a cheat character, but why had she lost even more miserably?

"Aunt Theresa, let's go again."

"Kiana, how about we eat first?"

"How can we do that? Aunt Theresa was the one who wanted to win a round before dinner. If you haven't won, you're not allowed to run away."

"???"

Theresa felt that something was off.

Normally, in this kind of situation, it would be the loser who reneged and insisted on winning one more match before ending, but why was it reversed for her?

Then, Theresa started another round, and this time she still chose the blond Grand Bishop.

The blond Grand Bishop character was quite overpowered. Normal light attacks dealt half a health bar, heavy attacks dealt a full health bar, and if the ultimate skill was unleashed, it would instantly clear ten health bars.

"..."

Thirty seconds later, Theresa watched her controlled blond Grand Bishop being pinned in the corner of the screen and ground down to death by cheap tactics.

Despite her best efforts... she had only managed to take off a little over two health bars from the opponent.

Theresa was so discouraged that she began to question her life choices.

"Aunt Theresa, keep going! I'm going to smash this bastard's head in!"

At this moment, Otto, who was traveling in a flying vehicle, saw the monitored footage through his communicator and fell into deep self-doubt.

Although he knew he had done many outrageous things, why did K422 harbor such deep-seated enmity towards him, like a blood feud?

Given such profound hatred, why didn't she just elope with the leader of the Anti-Entropy organization?

At the same time, Otto also felt that it was time to train his granddaughter's gaming skills.

She was so clumsy that even he couldn't bear to watch.

K422 had only just started playing this fighting game today, and her granddaughter only managed to win a few matches this morning.

"Sigh, the most crucial part is that K422 used Kallen's character to fight, and my image was used as a hidden character, only to be beaten mercilessly by Kallen's character. My feelings are truly complicated..."

On the monitor, Theresa was already begging for mercy.

This time, K422 used even more unfair tactics, leaving Theresa flustered.

"Waaah, wait a minute! How can you attack from behind! The front is no good either!"

Theresa gripped the controller tightly, her body swaying left and right as if that would make her character more powerful.

But K422 cruelly used her character to grab the blonde Grand Bishop, and then, when Theresa broke free, she used a light attack, causing the character she controlled to slap the blonde Grand Bishop in the face. She then immediately closed in and grabbed the blonde Grand Bishop again. As soon as Theresa's controlled blonde Grand Bishop broke free from the embrace, she would immediately use a light attack, and then quickly grab him again.

Theresa's controlled blonde Grand Bishop had his ten health bars depleted by one slap after another.

Theresa, who had lost so badly, almost cried. K422 raised her right hand, forming a V-sign in a victorious pose.

Seeing this, Otto's mood became even more complicated.

30. She Got Her Wish

In the following days, K422 continued her usual extreme training.

Theresa, who had been beaten to the point of questioning her life, didn't continue to hinder her training. Instead, she secretly practiced her game skills. Bishop Otto also seemed to want her to improve her skills.

K422 also occasionally chatted with the leader of Anti-Entropy, who was disguised as an assistant.

Because the leader of Anti-Entropy was currently mixed in with the medical research team as a newbie, he couldn't communicate with her without bypassing other medical researchers, and naturally, he couldn't share information with her.

Of course, the other party had indeed quietly launched an investigation.

It's just that K422 didn't believe the leader of Anti-Entropy could find True Kiana's whereabouts.

Even she and True Kiana could only contact each other at night in the Dream World. In reality, no trace could be found of True Kiana's actual location.

So even if someone's smelly old dad ran to Schicksal headquarters, or even tore through Schicksal headquarters, he would only find her, the imposter.

After all, True Kiana was likely not at Schicksal headquarters.

In these seemingly unchanging days, the biggest event was undoubtedly Himeko undergoing the Valkyrie modification surgery that afternoon.

Even she had taken leave for once.

She wasn't very interested in the courses Otto arranged anyway.

Captain Ragnar of the Assault Team and his team members were already waiting outside the laboratory.

Even though Schicksal's modification surgery was very mature, there was still a certain chance of failure.

If the modification surgery failed, she could very well become a cripple.

Perhaps becoming a cripple was an acceptable outcome.

Captain Ragnar didn't mind Himeko taking on a desk job after becoming a cripple. In fact, she had never agreed with Himeko becoming a Valkyrie in the first place.

After all, unlike them, who grew up in Schicksal headquarters and received Valkyrie training from childhood, Himeko was just an ordinary girl.

Becoming a Valkyrie meant she only had two possible endings in the future.

One was to die on the battlefield fighting the Honkai.

The other was to survive by chance, but with severed limbs, she could only spend the rest of her life in a nursing home.

Of course, her lifespan would be significantly reduced after undergoing Valkyrie modification, so there was really only one ending.

Most Valkyries and candidates chose this path because they had all experienced the pain brought by the Honkai events.

Ninety percent of Valkyries and candidates had lost their families due to the Honkai events, thus hating Honkai Beasts and Corpses.

However, if the Valkyrie modification surgery failed, there was a chance of becoming a Corpse.

To want to fight against the Honkai, only to end up becoming a part of it, was truly ironic.

"That fool... I told her to reconsider." Ragnar grumbled softly.

Many team members were also silently praying.

Schicksal's predecessor was a religious organization.

Even now, it retained some religious customs, and many welfare facilities were in a church style.

Seeing the Assault Team members' practiced prayer gestures, K422 fell into thought.

The etiquette she had been learning recently had this church-like style.

After all, religion, even in modern times, could still effectively control people's hearts.

The Saintess of Schariac was also a Saintess of Schicksal.

Even though the position of Saintess had been significantly weakened in modern times, and Bishop Otto had reduced her original power to merely a symbolic representation, she still held a very high status.

Status naturally represented benefits.

K422 had learned from many sources that the position of Saintess could bring enormous profits.

It's just that the previous Saintess of Schariac didn't like to do promotions. Several generations of Saintesses had brought immeasurable wealth to the Schariac family just by taking on advertisements.

This was why, after the death of the previous Saintess of Schariac, the Schariac family prepared to introduce a new Saintess.

After all, it's all about the money.

During this time, K422 had met with her maternal grandmother, Cecilia's elderly mother.

She was an old woman who, despite her age, was still imposing and majestic.

The elder woman wanted her to return to the Schariac family and didn't mind her serving as Saintess concurrently with the current candidate, Maria.

While having two Saintesses would indeed double the resources required, the benefits brought by two Saintesses would certainly not be small.

Of course, K422 refused.

If it weren't for the fact that this old woman bore some resemblance to Cecilia, she wouldn't have wanted to meet such a snobbish old woman at all.

The most crucial point was the ownership of the Black Abyss White Flower.

This old woman proposed that she could share possession of it with Maria, and based on this alone, K422 couldn't bring herself to like her.

The elder woman valued the Schariac family too much.

To her, K422 wasn't Cecilia's daughter, but a Schariac Saintess who could bring in profits.

After K422 refused, the old woman's expression soured considerably.

She simply left with a parting remark not to regret her decision.

Even though they were family, K422 felt absolutely no familial affection from her.

Judging by the old woman's attitude when she left, K422 could imagine the competition for the Schariac Saintess position between her and Maria would become fierce.

Especially concerning the ownership of the Black Abyss White Flower.

That was already a confrontation between Schicksal headquarters and the European branch.

She had no idea how much support Bishop Otto could offer her.

"Sigh..."