Chapter 295
Of course, Freya rarely sings or dances in her room, nor does she dance in front of others; even Rita has never seen her sing or dance.
On the contrary, whenever she was in a bad mood and happened to run to the training room in the Alliance building's training area to beat up Honkai Beast, Freya would subconsciously hum a song after she got into a rhythm while beating up the Honkai Beast.
Perhaps it's the way one moves around amidst thousands of Honkai Beasts that makes it look so much like dancing.
Therefore, what she did was less like singing and dancing and more like some kind of barbarian berserker using the body of Honkai Beast as a war drum to hum an original tune.
Freya recommends the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Pvanty (commonly known as the Ice Pig). Its massive body and sturdy shell, along with its extremely resilient skin, make it difficult to even scratch with swords. The sound of such a powerful Honkai Beast 'beating' is the most pleasant to hear.
Freya can even make a sound similar to a drum kit by hitting the Ice Pig.
From a certain perspective, Freya does indeed have a talent for singing and dancing, but she refuses to sing and dance in front of others.
Freya had no idea how Ryoma knew about her little hobby. You see, Freya had put in a lot of effort to disguise herself as Saintess who fit the image of Saintess in people's minds.
Of course, she mainly wanted to hone her acting skills as well.
"Putting that aside, the Diva Project is a must-try. Isn't that bastard Ryoma planning to have me sing and dance at the next charity event? Then I'll arrange a three-year world tour for Mei."
Although she lost the title of Acting Grand Bishop, she did not relinquish her position as the ruler of the alliance, and it was clear to everyone that she was the true leader.
It's not that they don't acknowledge Theresa; in terms of popularity, Freya may have surpassed her by a large margin, but that doesn't mean Theresa has no supporters. The Senate of Schicksal has now sided with Theresa's camp.
Freya wields immense power and can appoint whomever she wants, granting him a three-year term. For Ryoma, a doting father, this is more painful than a sword stabbing him in the heart.
"When the morning meeting starts today, I will definitely give a good scolding to that serious daughter-obsessed guy. Seriously, that old bastard is really ruthless, he actually brought so many people to see his miserable state."
Freya couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Although she didn't know how Ryoma understood her love of singing and dancing, Freya had no intention of singing and dancing in front of a bunch of greedy old men at some charity event!
Although the Diva Project is absurd, Freya has no intention of abandoning it.
Regardless of whether the power of faith can be observed, Diva Project needs to undergo a period of testing.
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338. Naturally, this caused Ryoma, his father, to strongly oppose it.
No matter how much Ryoma insisted, there was no way she would sing and dance at charity events, and there was absolutely no way he would oppose the Diva Project.
Although making Mei dance was Freya's way of getting revenge on Ryoma, who was a serious daughter-obsessed person, it doesn't mean that the Diva Project was worthless. After all, Freya originally planned to implement the Diva Project and had already chosen the candidates.
No one is more suited to be at the heart of the Diva Project than her sister Aurora.
Rita looked at Freya with a mixture of amusement and exasperation.
"Lord Freya, please don't deliberately provoke Lord Raiden. He's only thinking about the development of the alliance."
"Rita, the Diva Project is an important experiment, I'm not kidding about that... Alright, I won't deliberately go against Mr. Ryoma at the morning meeting later."
Freya, who had originally intended to embarrass Ryoma, also put aside her temper.
Although the other party was secretly planning to include singing and dancing in the next charity event to raise more funds for the alliance, she shouldn't have lost her temper. Of course, Freya felt that she had a good temper, and the Diva Project was ultimately for the greater good. Well, if Freya really wanted to take revenge, then the original plan of the Diva Project should have been to have Raiden Ryoma dress up in women's clothing and sing and dance.
This is true revenge.
Freya realized she was still too soft-hearted.
In fact, Aurora and Mei are the most suitable candidates for the Diva Project.
The former is her and Kiana's younger sister, who possesses the core of the Second Herrscher within her body, while the latter, Ryoma's daughter Mei, was selected because she possesses the Conqueror Gem, which symbolizes the Herrscher of Thunder Core.
Mei was already on the shortlist, but Ryoma's secret involvement in the singing and dancing segment only fueled Freya's anger.
Yes, in Rita's view, Freya's revenge was more like a prank she played out of anger and embarrassment.
Even if she explains the importance of the Diva Project and the reasons for Mei being chosen as the songstress, Freya will definitely use Mei to blackmail Ryoma before that.
For a certain person who is a serious daughter-lover, his daughter is his biggest weakness.
"Lord Freya, you should explain the details of the Diva Project to Mr. Ryoma properly. If you really don't want to sing and dance at the charity event, then you should ask Mr. Ryoma to cancel it."
"Tsk, isn't this letting him off too easily?"
"The Saintess of Schariac were originally skilled in singing and dancing, but starting with your mother's generation, they all became the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal."
As Freya's adjutant, Rita possesses extremely high authority and naturally knows some of the inner workings of the Schariac Family. This family, which symbolizes the 'Saintess,' also has a tainted history, but in modern times, the Schariac Family pays more attention to its image and brand.
After all, although the Schicksal is jointly managed and operated by the three major families, it is actually under Otto's dictatorial management.
To avoid provoking the Grand Bishop of Schicksal's bottom line, the Schariac Family relinquished most of their power and shifted their focus to money and diplomacy.
If Cecilia Schariac hadn't shown some special qualities, she would have been just like the previous Schariac Saintess.
Of course, although the Schariac Family changed its policy, the standard for Saintess remained the same: the most talented girl in the family.
However, after Cecilia Schariac was left in the Schicksal by Otto, Maria was the only remaining candidate for Saintess who met this standard.
Maria, however, felt unworthy of the title and had no intention of inheriting the name of Saintess even after Cecilia's death.
It took the acting head of the Schariac family a long time to ease Maria's insistence, but then Kiana Apocalypse suddenly appeared.
The three families represent the bishop, the Saintess, and the knight, respectively.
In medieval Europe, bishops represented divine authority and supreme power, while the duties of Saintess were to win public support through their appearance and establish reputation in the hearts of the people through charity and various forms of propaganda. Only knights were considered true warriors.
"Well, Aunt Maria, who is a candidate for Saintess, is very good at singing and dancing. Although Aunt Angelina was excluded from the selection of Saintess since childhood, she was raised as a noble and famous person and is proficient in many musical instruments. As for Anna ... she has talent in combat, but she hasn't shown any other talents yet."
Unlike Maria and Angelina, who were raised by the Schariac Family, Anna, although born into the Schariac Family, was specially arranged to enter St. Freya Academy to show her support for Freya, the Acting Grand Bishop, and became a freshman in the 13th class.
"I don't dislike participating in charity events. Every time I do a charity event, it's a good way to relax and have a vacation."
At this point, Freya was somewhat displeased with Ryoma's unauthorized actions.
"... This matter can only be attributed to Lord Raiden's impatience, but it is also related to Lord Freya's popularity."
Rita sighed softly.
As her adjutant, or rather, the best-positioned observer, Rita knew the whole story.
Since her father resigned from his position as Acting Grand Bishop, he has been engaged in research almost every day, only occasionally attending some charity events, not only those organized by the alliance, but also accepting invitations from charity events in other countries.
As Freya herself said, charity work was just a vacation for her.
However, she underestimated her popularity.
As the strongest force in the anti -Honkai united front alliance, Schicksal is seen as Freya guardian deity by ordinary people. With her outstanding appearance and the related products launched with Jackal, Freya has created an image of Saintess who is almost compassionate and merciful.
When Ryoma traveled to South America to discuss charity events with local officials, several little fans, only four or five years old, ran up to Ryoma and curiously asked if the Saintess Lord could sing and dance.
Ryoma didn't know how to answer at first, but he also felt that Freya should be able to do everything, so in the end he said in a roundabout way that the Saintess Lord could sing and dance.
Then, he was surrounded by dozens of fans who pestered Ryoma, begging him to let the Saintess Lord sing and dance.
Although it was just innocent childish talk, Ryoma found it hard to find a reason to refuse.
Moreover, singing itself can dispel the gloom in one's heart, while so-called charity activities are mostly for raising funds for survivors in areas with large numbers of casualties.
Even though both the Alliance and the World Serpent Organization have sophisticated monitoring methods, once a Honkai event occurs, their support will ultimately arrive too late.
Just like the South American region where Ryoma is located, a Honkai occurred half a month ago, resulting in 71 deaths, 526 serious injuries, and paralyzing villages and towns with thousands of people.
Those young fans who surrounded Ryoma also lost family members in this disaster.
Faced with this fact, Ryoma took it upon himself to arrange a singing and dancing segment for Freya at the charity event.
Ryoma couldn't refuse.
But his behavior eventually disgusted Freya.
"Lord Freya, given your personality, you should have found out the truth long ago."
Rita tried to persuade Freya, at least to stop embarrassing Ryoma at the morning meeting.
From a certain perspective, Ryoma's behavior was an overreach of authority, and he was also interfering with the superiors of other companies.
"Yeah, but I'm still not happy."
Freya understood the survivors' desires. Although she had a showy intention in participating in the charity event, she also wanted to give more help to the victims of the Honkai.
Dozens of families were torn apart by a single Honkai incident.
And they just so happen to be big fans of Freya.
In their hearts, Freya is invincible; her singing should be the best, and her dancing should be the most beautiful.
Especially after learning from Ryoma that Freya was a talented singer and dancer, they naturally wanted to hear it with their own ears and see it with their own eyes.
Let alone Ryoma, even Freya, when surrounded by these little fans, would definitely have made a promise to them.
However, Freya was still very unhappy.
Rita shook her head, indicating that she would no longer interfere in the matter.
After enjoying a delicious breakfast, Freya headed to the conference room on the top floor of the Alliance Building.
Rita, as the adjutant, began processing the documents for the day.
"Didn't Sister Tesla and Mr. Welt come?"
Freya glanced at the number of attendees in the conference room and frowned.
A-374 nodded slightly and said, "Lord Freya, today is the school festival of the St. Freya Academy, and you two are attending as parents."
"... That's true, tsk, I think I reminded the two of that before."
Nothing is more important than making Aurora happy, so Freya granted both of them a day off to cheer up her little sister.
Rita's eye twitched.
But she eventually gave up complaining about her adult who was both a sister-obsessed and brother-obsessed parent.
"Mr. Ryoma, let's have a proper discussion about the issue of your unauthorized decision, and also about the details of the Diva Project."
Freya eventually softened and listened to Rita's advice.
Instead of embarrassing Ryoma, she patiently explained what the power of faith, the power of consciousness, and the power of emotion are.
The Herrscher of Consciousness will eventually descend. In fact, the Previous Civilization deduced that there were fourteen Herrscher. To be precise, the Previous Civilization will be destroyed after the arrival of the Fourteenth Herrscher.
Even though she possesses the ability to absolutely control Honkai Energy, the Previous Civilization did not refer to the Fourteenth Herrscher as the Herrscher of Domination or the Herrscher of Control, but instead called her the Finality.
Perhaps only the Herrscher who ends a civilization can be called the Herrscher of Finality.
Or perhaps when the fourteenth Herrscher was born, the current Honkai Energy intensity was not high enough to bring about the Finality, so only an ordinary Herrscher was born.
Of course, these are all just speculations.
Ultimately, the Previous Civilization was defeated by the Herrscher of Finality.
Will the current civilization repeat the fate of the Previous Civilization? And are the Herrscher born in the current civilization related to the Previous Civilization?
The existence of the Eleventh Herrscher is Honkai's response to Honkai Energy weapons invented by humans, such as the Divine Key and Fusion Warrior, which led Dr. MEI of the Previous Civilization to propose the idea of 'Will of Honkai'.
The birth of the Herrscher was highly targeted due to the interference of the Will of Honkai.
In reality, whether it is the Previous Era or the current civilization era, the First Herrscher is the Herrscher of Reason, and the Second Herrscher is the Herrscher of the Void... Therefore, it cannot be certain that the Herrscher born in the current civilization will be in the same order as the Herrscher born in the Previous Civilization.
The liquid Soul Steel quantum computer provided by our ancestors contains numerous records of battles between the Previous Civilization and the Herrscher, including records of the Previous Civilization's battle against the Eighth Herrscher, the Herrscher of Consciousness.
Whether it's the power of emotions or the power of faith, it's ultimately about understanding the conscious power possessed by the Herrscher.
Freya possesses the power of multiple Herrscher, but these powers exist primarily as instincts. She doesn't need to understand the principles behind these powers; she simply knows that the power she wields can achieve her goals.