Chapter 296

This meant she had to spend time studying these Herrscher powers.

Freya explained the importance of the Diva Project and also briefly expressed her dissatisfaction.

"I apologize, Your Saintess Lord, I took it upon myself to make the decision."

Ryoma also felt a bit guilty at this moment.

"I understand your thinking. If it were someone who wanted to profit from charity, I wouldn't even participate in this charity event... Since the person who asked you is my little fan, what reason do I have to refuse? I just hope that Mr. Ryoma won't make decisions for me next time, but at least ask for my opinion first."

"Yes, Your Saintess Lord."

For the meticulous Ryoma, it might be even harder to refuse the requests of those little fans.

Having lost their families due to the Honkai incident, their only support is the Saintess Lord they worship.

"Freya, Ryoma has admitted his mistake, so don't pursue his responsibility too much."

"Theresa, I don't think I've really looked into his responsibilities. Um, let me emphasize again, the Diva Project is necessary, not just some kind of weird hobby."

"Huh? Is that so?" Theresa looked at A-374 beside her with a puzzled expression.

A-374, acting as Theresa's stand-in, nodded in response, thus answering Theresa's question, before lowering her head to continue working on the documents in her hands.

But she quickly pulled out a document and said...

"... Lord Freya, here is an application record. It seems that there is an abnormal consumption of inventory at Workshop 7073. We suspect that someone is reselling the inventory. The intelligence department wants to apply for a search warrant to investigate Workshop 7073."

"Approved, Rita. Also, send a few members of your Dark Rose Squad. This is too egregious and must be severely punished."

"Yes, Lord Freya," Rita nodded in response.

The fact that the Dark Rose Squad Covert Mobile Force, was dispatched demonstrates Freya's level of concern about this matter.

Then the meeting topic returned to the Diva Project once again.

Ryoma still wanted to oppose Mei's participation in the experiment, but under Freya's insistence, he finally relented.

After discussing the charity event, the Diva Project, and the abnormal depletion of inventory at Workshop 7073, Freya and the others had to deal with other daily issues.

Even though some routine issues were handled by their adjutants, Ryoma had the most work among all the adjutants.

Not only does he participate in charity events, but he also leads his MEI Corporation in weapons research. MEI Corporation itself is involved in various fields. At the same time, Ryoma also leads the alliance's engineering team to carry out construction projects everywhere, earns funds for the alliance, and even signs contracts with several extremely beautiful Valkyrie and sets up an idol artist management company.

Well, Ryoma is somewhat familiar with the unspoken rules of the industry, so his strong opposition to his daughter was simply overthinking things.

That's right. Ryoma thought that if his daughter became a songstress, she would definitely become the world's number one songstress. At that time, there would be many people who wanted to take advantage of his daughter, and many stalkers would appear.

Naturally, this caused Ryoma, the old father, to strongly object.

However, Freya's Diva Project was ultimately for the purpose of researching the power of consciousness, not for actually setting up a talent agency.

339. I can just teleport there; there's no need for all that trouble.

"Let's put the charity event and the Diva Project aside for now. The theme of this meeting was originally intended to be Otto's 'legacy'... but it seems that we'll have to postpone that for a while."

Freya leaned back against the chair, crossed her right leg over her left, and looked at him with a hint of helplessness that she couldn't shake off, which eventually turned into a soft sigh.

Seeing Freya's complicated expression, Ryoma asked curiously.

"Lord Freya, what is Otto's 'legacy'?"

"You all know that Otto's whereabouts are unknown," Freya explained, noticing the question on Ryoma's and the others' faces.

"He hasn't appeared since Kiana assassinated him, and Theresa reported the locations of Otto's several secret bases... Not long ago, the Dark Rose Squad, leading several Covert Mobile Force, finally recovered the items from the secret bases."

"The reason those items are called Otto's 'relics' is because Otto has been missing for so long. Although the regulations vary from country to country, if someone goes missing for three years due to an accident, they are basically considered dead."

Of course, Freya's lips curled up slightly; she simply couldn't believe Otto was dead.

But she wanted to call those things 'relics'.

"..."

Seeing that Freya was in a good mood, Ryoma didn't say anything more.

Clearly, the term "relics" is a person's perverse sense of humor.

Ryoma was also very curious about what the 'relic' was.

"Lord Freya, you said the meeting was originally about Otto's 'relics,' but what exactly are those 'relics'?"

"... Are you curious?"

Freya was somewhat surprised, but she quickly realized that Raiden Ryoma was, to some extent, a semi-researcher.

"... That's right, it's not surprising that you have such curiosity. How should I put it, it's some of Otto's research and conjectures, and it also includes some speculation."

Freya shook her head helplessly.

"Although his character is questionable, no one can deny his abilities. At least in the current civilization, Otto is definitely one of the top-tier researchers."

Just as there was a Dr. MEI in the Previous Civilization, Tesla, Einstein and others in the current civilization are qualified to become Dr. MEI, but the researcher who is closest to becoming Dr. MEI is Otto.

Although Herrscher are given titles such as First Herrscher Second Herrscher based on their order of birth, and the Divine Key made from Herrscher Core are also given the titles of First Divine Key Second Divine Key, the order in which the Divine Key are made is not strictly in accordance with the order in which the Herrscher are born.

The Void Archive, known as the First Divine Key, appears to be the last Divine Key created by the Previous Civilization.

Of course, although the Twelfth Divine Key was sealed in the Divine Box, there was no news of Twelfth Divine Key completion until the destruction of the Previous Era.

Therefore, the First Divine Key, Void Archive, can indeed be considered the last Divine Key of the Previous Civilization.

The Void Archive can analyze things and depict and reproduce them.

Previous Civilization used it to record the advanced science and technology of that era.

Even if Tesla and Einstein had greater potential, Otto was standing on the shoulders of giants from Previous Civilization. Even if the two had greater potential, it would be difficult for them to catch up with Otto in a short period of time.

"Although Otto's main goal was to revive Kallen, he also conducted a lot of research in the process of reviving Kallen..."

Freya opened her mouth and answered.

Freya did not elaborate, however, considering that Welt and Tesla were not present.

Ryoma, whose curiosity had been piqued, looked even more pained.

"Lord Freya, can't you just say it directly?"

"No, some content is not suitable for public release. Let's wait until Mr. Welt and Sister Tesla are here before announcing it. However, there are some things that do need to be investigated."

Freya did it on purpose, of course.

While her quirky sense of humor played a part, a large part of the reason was the sheer volume of information.

Otto's conjecture mainly revolves around the duality, namely the opposition Imaginary Tree Freya had previously neglected, and the Sea of Quantum.

In fact, both the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quantum are too far removed from current civilization.

The primary enemy of modern civilization is the filtering mechanism of the Imaginary Tree, also known as the Honkai.

If the current civilization cannot even completely eliminate the Herrscher created by the Honkai, how can it intervene in the conflict between this tree and the sea?

"Lord Freya, please give your orders."

"It's nothing. I remember we've already brought the Second Divine Key back. Just arrange a research team to take charge of the Second Divine Key. Hmm, let Aurora participate too. She has the power of the Herrscher of the Void, so she should have a very high synchronization rate with the Second Divine Key."

Freya gave Ryoma some instructions, then turned to the next document.

That being said, investigating the Sea of Quantum is indeed of utmost urgency.

Even if they cannot intervene in the conflict between the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quantum, they should still understand the Imaginary Tree and the Sea of Quantum in order to find a way to avoid being caught in the crossfire.

The opposition between the Sea of Quantum and the Imaginary Tree might offer a way to combat Honkai from the Sea of Quantum.

In any case, the Alliance knows far too little about the Sea of Quantum.

After discussing a few more topics, the morning meeting ended. The remaining less important matters were handled by their adjutants. A-374 watched Theresa and Freya leave, then looked at the large pile of documents on his desk and immediately showed a look of utter despair.

She was both the Grand Bishop of Schicksal 'Substitute Grand Bishop of Schicksal and his adjutant, and because she lacked identification, she couldn't be registered, resulting in her receiving no salary whatsoever.

Although the alliance provided three meals a day and accommodation, she was still essentially working for Theresa for free.

This caused A-374 to let out a cry that sounded like the mournful howl of an animal on its deathbed.

Ryoma looked at him with sympathy, but then he suddenly looked around and saw that the two governors of the Anti-Entropy faction had gone to attend their adopted daughter's school festival, and the other adjutant hadn't even come to the morning meeting.

On the Schicksal hand, Rita accompanied Freya away, but she would come back later to handle some documents. Theresa also had Amber as her adjutant and A-374 as her Stand.

Because the four governors have different responsibilities, their adjutants will only handle the official business within their scope of responsibility. However, since Einstein is mainly responsible for research, some of her official business will end up in Ryoma's hands.

At this moment, Ryoma showed an expression even more utterly hopeless than A-374's.

Freya left the meeting room in a good mood, after seeing Ryoma's utterly dejected expression.

"So he's using his daughter to blackmail us. Come to think of it, today's the school festival..."

Although the 13th batch of freshmen are now Type-B Valkyrie, and several of them have even received titles from her, their identities are still those of the 13th batch of freshmen.

Freya had the idea of protecting these girls, but some of them were indeed exceptionally talented. If they were restricted by age, it would only waste their talents.

Of course, even though they all became Valkyrie, and some even became researchers and joined the research institute affiliated with the St. Freya Academy, they still have school activities, such as this school festival.

"Rita, I'm going to the St. Freya Academy."

"Yes, I will arrange a boat for you immediately."

Rita lowered her head and said, Freya nodded slightly, naturally feeling very reassured.

"I can just teleport there, no need for all that trouble."

"All right..."

Rita replied helplessly, feeling that this was too unrefined.

Then, looking down through the glass windows of the Alliance Building, one can see the completely transformed Changkong City.

After three years of development, Changkong City, which the Far East government leased to the Alliance, has been completely transformed.

Because most of the technology and research are highly confidential, Changkong City has a very strict security system with strict restrictions on personnel entering and leaving.

Six renowned middle schools, including Senba Academy, along with ten universities and research institutions, were transformed into Academy City, an affiliated institution of the Alliance.

The Alliance also surrounded the entire suburbs of the Academy City and Changkong City with walls, and formed a special guard force of ordinary Valkyrie to block the invaders. At the same time, there were also Floating Battleship patrolling the air around the clock, monitoring the inside and outside of Changkong City at all times.

Meanwhile, St. Freya Academy, which belongs to the alliance, is located on an artificial island in the sea and is also within the monitoring range of the Floating Battleship, which are doing their best to prevent the possibility of invasion by external enemies.

That being said, Changkong City receives many invaders every day.

There were even assassins who poisoned Freya.

Frankly, she's no longer human. If poisoning works, what's the point of having Valkyrie?

Even ordinary Valkyrie have extremely high resistance to poison; even if poisoned, Valkyrie can recover thanks to their regenerative abilities.

But some people are just out of touch with the times and still think they can assassinate their targets by poisoning them.

Although the transformed Changkong City adopts an exclusionary policy, it does not mean that they prohibit anyone from entering. It simply means that there are strict restrictions on the people who can enter. Even if the person applying to enter Changkong City is a diplomat from the Far East government, they can only stay for a few days.

From a certain perspective, the Alliance is occupying Changkong City, carrying out illegal modifications, and even more outrageous, erecting walls to enclose the land, making it seem as if it is trying to separate Changkong City from the Far East. Anyone who doesn't know the situation might think that the Far East government has allowed the Alliance to build a country within a country.

In fact, the diplomats sent by the Far Eastern government came to protest.

It's one thing to rent the land to your alliance, but to also acquire the suburbs where several middle schools, universities, and research institutions, including Senba Academy, are located, and the Far East government can turn a blind eye, but to surround the area with a fifty-meter-high metal wall is really going too far.

Unfortunately, the league's attitude was also very tough.

It's just two words, not counting punctuation.

--hehe.

Yes, this is the Alliance's attitude towards the Far Eastern government.

Of course, the alliance's attitude was not without reason. First, in order to obtain the lease rights to Changkong City, the alliance negotiated the terms with the Far East government and offered to retake Nagoya City as a condition for obtaining the lease rights to Changkong City.

Ultimately, the alliance successfully recaptured Nagoya City and eliminated all the Honkai Beast within Nagoya City.

However, the Far Eastern government intends to change the original contract, changing the indefinite lease to a 30-year lease, and also wants the alliance to share some technology.

Then, the cabinet minister who proposed changing the original contract was reportedly killed in a car accident and presumably went to another world.

It's said that light novels about isekai (another world) stories in the Far East are all written like this: the protagonist who goes to another world is basically hit by a car and dies, occasionally encounters a murderer, or is flushed into another world by a toilet.

The Far Eastern government then immediately changed its tune and agreed to honor the original agreement with the alliance.

However, just as the Alliance began to transform Changkong City and was relocating its research institute to the Schicksal Floating Island, the Far East Government planted spies who wanted to steal the Alliance's technology and secrets.