I Am the Saintess of Heavenly Mandate Chapter 4

What made the "True Kiana" want to leave the most was the strange things Bishop Otto occasionally did to her.

Oh, that's because "True Kiana" couldn't express herself clearly.

She was only eight years old, so her poor language skills were understandable.

It took her some effort to realize that the "strange things" True Kiana meant were blood draws and examinations.

From the moment Bishop Otto took "True Kiana" away, he had been constantly using her for experiments.

Six years of experimentation and house arrest had made "True Kiana" extremely withdrawn, even fostering the belief that her father had abandoned her.

Even if she wanted to help "True Kiana," she was powerless now.

After all, she was only eight years old herself.

No... from the perspective of a clone, she might have only been created recently.

In fact, the crying little girl designated K423 still reacted like a baby, at most crying out "Mom" once or twice.

Normally, she should have reacted the same as K423.

But her situation was special.

Although she had the appearance of an eight-year-old, she and K423 were both essentially newborn infants.

She shrugged inwardly.

╮(╯▽╰)╭

Under these circumstances, she truly had no power to act.

Could she refuse Bishop Otto's arrangements?

That man looked like the final boss of a game—the kind who never showed his health bar until the very end, making countless players gnash their teeth in frustration.

Well, for now, she'd pretend to comply...

Having made her decision, she looked around the room but didn't spot the white-haired woman.

The person assigned to sleep with her hadn't even gotten into bed, and now she was just gone.

She crossed her arms over her chest and let out a soft sigh.

What a decline in moral standards, how hearts had grown cold.

People these days were utterly unreliable, forgetting the virtue of cherishing the young.

Unsure if there were cameras in the room, she didn't act rashly.

After waiting in bed for over ten minutes, Amber returned to the room, followed by several little maids.

Clearly, she had been carrying out Bishop Otto's orders.

She hadn't expected that Bishop Otto's promise to have Amber find her maids was actually real.

Moreover, these little maids were all very cute, aged around twelve to sixteen, and they squealed excitedly when they saw her.

Although she knew she was a fake, Bishop Otto clearly treated her as the real thing.

Her identity now had Bishop Otto's official seal.

As the daughter of Cecilia Schariac, the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, her status was naturally extremely noble.

The little maids hadn't expected to get the chance to serve her.

Their chattering voices were full of praise for Cecilia Schariac and respect for her, the little girl who aspired to become the strongest Valkyrie like her mother.

It was quite pleasant to listen to.

Keep flattering, keep going! Don't stop!!

4. Each time... a living life would slip away (revised)

The maids Amber found came from Schicksal's subsidiary organizations.

Naturally, they had received Schicksal's education and greatly admired the Valkyries who fought against the "Honkai."

They especially worshipped Cecilia Schariac and her Snow Wolf Squad.

Being praised by several sweet and cute little maids would make anyone feel lightheaded.

Cecilia Schariac, who saved the people of Siberia during the Second Eruption, had been shaped by Schicksal's propaganda into an image of gentleness, bravery, mercy, and holiness.

She was adored by countless young and lovely girls.

So these little maids, thinking they could serve her daughter, couldn't help but drool.

Listening to them praise her and her mother Cecilia naturally put her in a good mood.

But what came next wasn't so pleasant.

"Wait, what are you doing? Why are you taking off my clothes!!"

"Of course, to change Lady Kiana's clothes."

"That's right, Lady Kiana, what you're wearing isn't pajamas."

"Lady Kiana's clothes are ready, please let us help!"

"Yameloo!!"

Wow, Kiana's skin is so smooth!

Kiana's cheeks are so bouncy and soft!

Idiot, Kiana's butt is the best part, super soft!

Yeah, Lia, I touched it too, Kiana's butt is really soft!

No, Kiana's skin is the best, it smells like a baby's milky scent!

Where's the milky scent? But Kiana's shy face is so cute!

Surrounded by a few little maids, she was stripped bare in no time.

Then they dressed her in a pretty white little dress and braided her white hair into pigtails.

By the time the little maids had finished changing her clothes, she felt like she'd lost something important in that very moment.

Crossdressing is only once and then countless times...

Damn, she never thought she'd become a crossdressing master one day.

And during the changing process, there was no shortage of wandering hands groping her body.

She was just an eight-year-old kid!

Pfft, these drooling perverted female hooligans!

She, Kiana Kaslana, was not done with them!

Though burning with humiliation and anger, she chose to endure.

Whether to help 'True Kiana' or to consider her own future, she had to swallow her pride for now.

"...Kiana, please follow me to the dining hall," Amber said.

"Dining hall?"

"Of course. After the experiment ended, Kiana rested for a day. Relying solely on IV drips isn't enough; you need to take in plenty of nutrients." She gave a slight nod.

"..."

The moment Amber finished speaking, images flashed through her mind—Peking duck, mapo tofu, zhajiang noodles, big pork trotters, candied sweet potatoes, siu mai and sticky rice chicken, tendon-bursting beef meatballs, braised spare ribs, Yangzhou fried rice, sweet and sour pork, lǘdagun, stinky tofu, four-joy meatballs, and more...

Drool was already dripping down.

Foods she had no memory of kept surfacing in her mind at that moment.

Her stomach also started growling right then.

"It seems Kiana can't wait. Please follow me."

Amber smiled, stepping out of the room first.

After she followed, the little maids obediently trailed behind.

And they started dueling over who would wash her clothes, ending with a little maid named Lia winning with scissors, grabbing the 'patient gown' she'd just changed out of and running off happily.

"..."

She had no idea if she'd ever get that clothes back.

Pfft, all of them were female hooligans!

Under Amber's lead, their group soon arrived at the dining hall.

Along the way, Valkyrie candidates and relevant personnel they encountered saluted both Amber and her.

This indirectly highlighted Cecilia's greatness and the heavy burden she was about to bear.

When a lie is repeated enough times, it becomes truth. Since everyone in the Schicksal organization treated her as the real Kiana, she would become the real Kiana, while the real Kiana might lose everything, and might even be hidden away by Bishop Otto.

Though she'd only met that man twice.

Ever since the first meeting, she felt he would do something like that.

As for Bishop Otto's intentions, she was helpless.

In truth, she was far too weak right now.

Just the distance from the restroom to the dining hall made her breathing heavy.

Even something as simple as sitting down in a chair required Amber's help.

Amber chose a spot in the center of the dining hall, and many gazes fell on her from all around.

She glanced around and saw that the looks from the dozen-or-so-year-old girls were incredibly fervent.

As if they could blurt out 'Mommy loves you' at any moment.

She hadn't expected to successfully win over these girls and capture their hearts.

But thinking about how similar those fervent looks were to the ones the little maids had given her earlier, she couldn't help but shiver, afraid these girls might turn into female hooligans too.

Seeing her suddenly become very reserved, Amber smiled slightly and began introducing the restaurant to her.

But the content Amber was explaining was far too profound for someone who had never formally come into contact with Schicksal.

Whether it was Schicksal itself or the Valkyrie system—she could read every character individually, but when they were strung together, they might as well have been written in a foreign language.

She listened for a long time before finally giving up on thinking.

Or rather, she stopped thinking once again.

"..."

Amber looked helpless.

If she weren't certain that K422 really wasn't the real Kiana, she might have thought that K422's frequent dazed expressions were an act of playing dumb or pretending to have amnesia.

At this moment, Amber had no idea what to do with her and couldn't muster any frustration.

How could Amber possibly know that she genuinely couldn't understand Valkyrie A, B, C, D...

Wait, did that A, B, C, D refer to cup size?

As Valkyrie ranks rose, their bust measurements plummeted, eventually ground down into flat planes.

Alright, she was just spouting nonsense.

But it was also closely tied to her intense resistance toward the 'dishes' laid out before her.

Before coming to the cafeteria, she had been looking forward to it.

But after arriving, she felt a bit relieved—clearly, this place wasn't at the point of being unable to keep the pot boiling.

However, she realized she might have been exposed, so she wanted to escape from here as quickly as possible.

Though her reasons were different, she did indeed want to flee as fast as she could, because the Nutrition Package A set before her looked terribly unnutritious.

Oh, mostly because it was enough to kill one's appetite.