Chapter 74

Rita, her face flushed with an alluring blush, breathed slightly.

"Really? After all, you have to keep your promises."

K422 spent an afternoon driving around Valhalla with Rita, yet he remained completely unfazed.

"Rita, are you tired?"

"... I thought Kiana on me. I'm just an ordinary person."

Rita replied with a hint of resentment; she truly hadn't expected K422 to take her around for an entire afternoon, and even now, it was still full of energy.

She couldn't help but wonder if this was the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal's future.

The little girl, who looked only eight or nine years old, was so strong that she couldn't break free at all. She was also carrying her uniform, new bedding, and other items.

Something weighing at least several dozen kilograms was treated like cotton in the other person's hands.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to."

K422, who was so overjoyed by the specially designed room and the Black Abyss White Flower, said embarrassedly.

"Of course, Kiana didn't mean it. It's just that my feet are hurting from walking. I wish someone could help me walk."

Rita stuck out her tongue. She didn't mind getting along well with the other person, whose status was obviously very high. Getting along well with her would also benefit her life at the Schicksal Headquarters.

Although she hadn't heard much about Kiana Apocalypse, as the girl took her around, Rita could feel respect, care, and a strange maternal instinct in the eyes of the Valkyrie around her.

Before coming to Schicksal Headquarters, Rita never expected that the Valkyrie there would be so overflowing with maternal instincts. It seems that Valkyrie really do have a hard time finding boyfriends... cough cough, no, that's not it...

Rita felt that she had been influenced by Captain Ragnar quite a bit.

After all, Captain Ragnar and several Valkyrie are of marriageable age, but they have never had any luck with men, and now they are becoming very impatient.

Banishing her wild thoughts, Rita gave a friendly smile. "Kiana, if only you could lend me a hand."

Big shots naturally have no shortage of sycophants who want to please them, but Rita certainly doesn't intend to take that approach. In the end, a sycophant will only end up with nothing, and she has her own goals.

The Honkai that occurred in her hometown almost cost her everything, and the feeling of weakness and powerlessness still lingers throughout her body.

She wanted to become Valkyrie quickly, to become a powerful Valkyrie, and to gain a sense of security.

The only one who can help her quickly realize this wish is the Schicksal Saintess before her, the second in line to succeed the Grand Bishop, and the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal in the future.

K422 tilted her head, knowing that the history museum they were visiting was quite far from where Rita was staying. She estimated that it would take Rita a long time to walk back from here, and she might not even make it in time for dinner.

"Oh, is that so? Should I help you walk? No, I'll just carry you on my back."

"???"

Rita stopped thinking abruptly.

"Don't worry, Rita, I will definitely take you back."

"Kiana?"

Then, to Rita's bewildered gaze, K422 hoisted her onto his shoulder.

"..."

At that moment, Rita had an urge to dig a hole and crawl into it.

On the way back, they were naturally surrounded by Valkyrie.

Well, in a sense, she did achieve her goal by getting involved with the second in line to the Grand Bishop's throne.

But she really didn't want to do it that way.

No wonder Captain Ragnar advised himself not to flaunt his cunning; cunning is completely countered by being single-minded, and the Kaslana Family members are all single-minded.

"Waaah... I'm so embarrassed."

"Rita? What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing, Kiana, I'm very grateful to you."

Rita, tears welling in her eyes, stubbornly replied that she had no right to say she wanted to take advantage of the other person.

Perhaps it was her innate talent, Rita knew very well that in such a crowded place, there would always be all sorts of struggles, which is why she wanted to cling to someone who could protect her.

Laguna requested K422 to take extra care of him because of this idea.

Under the strange gazes of the Valkyrie on both sides of the passage, K422 delivered the items to Rita's room and then led Rita to the restaurant.

Because of what had just happened, Rita inevitably found herself surrounded by the Valkyrie after entering the restaurant.

Rita clearly didn't want to go to crowded places; she was naturally shy.

However, completely oblivious to Rita's expression, K422 grabbed her hand and insisted on finding a spot where there were many people.

"... Waaah."

Was it intentional? Did Kiana do it on purpose?

Under the curious gazes of those around her, Rita was clearly feeling uneasy.

"Rita, are you alright? Sit here for a while, I'll get you some food."

Fearing that he hadn't fulfilled Laguna's request, K422 volunteered to get food for Rita.

"Kiana, wait..."

Watching K422's departing figure, the surrounding Valkyrie slowly approached with gossipy expressions.

Rita found herself like a wolf cub whose sheep's skin was about to be peeled off, trembling in fear surrounded by a group of hungry red-hatted older sisters.

After dinner, an exhausted Rita was taken back to her room by K422.

"Rita, are you really alright?"

"I'm really alright, Kiana, thank you for your concern."

Rita almost gritted her teeth as she answered, but K422, whose mind was no longer on her, nodded happily instead.

"It's alright, it's alright. But if you need anything, you can contact me. I've already entered my contact number into your communicator."

After K422 left in a few quick steps, Rita closed the door and collapsed weakly onto the bed.

"Where is Kiana injured? She's still so energetic. I must be mistaken."

Rita shook her head, denying her own suspicion, since she had indeed sensed the other person's injury from their gait and the faint smell of plaster.

"After all, she's the strongest Valkyrie of the future Schicksal, so it's not surprising that she has such strength... Himeko- neechan even said that if I can get along well with her, I won't be afraid of anyone in Schicksal things difficult for me, but I feel that Kiana is the one who will make things the most difficult for me..."

On his first day at the Schicksal Headquarters, what kind of achievement was it to accomplish what the second in line to the Grand Bishop had carried on his shoulders?

I have absolutely no desire to complete such an achievement task.

Rita naturally caught in a dilemma in the room.

K422, now back in his new room, excitedly opened the box Otto had sent.

The Sixth Divine Key lay quietly inside.

"Black Abyss White Flower!!"

K422 couldn't help but take the lance out of the box.

"We've finally gotten back Mom's belongings. True Kiana should be able to rest easy now. I need to tell her this good news."

Stroking this beautiful white Knight Lance with a black handle, I felt that although the lance was very light, it carried a heavy weight of different meanings.

K422 wondered if Cecilia would praise him.

"What are you thinking about? Cecilia's mother was already back in the Second Eruption War..."

At this point, K422 frowned.

The Second Eruption War was undoubtedly caused by the Second Herrscher, and the Second Herrscher, as well as other Herrscher, were naturally her enemies.

But Otto clearly intends to use his younger sister to revive the Second Herrscher.

This is the conclusion drawn from K422's analysis of Otto's previously leaked words: it's just that Otto's attention to his little sister decreased after acquiring Honkai Killer.

However, she couldn't guarantee that her younger sister was growing up according to Otto's plan, so Otto reduced his attention to her.

"That bastard bishop... that's a good description. Although it implies that he doesn't lie, he's just like that bastard creature who tricked little girls into signing contracts. He didn't explain himself clearly at all."

The missing sentences or paragraphs in the text are certainly not lies.

K422 changed into her pajamas and lay down on the bed with the Black Abyss White Flower in her arms. She thought she should tell Siegfried about Otto's plans through her younger sister.

Although she personally disliked Siegfried, she believed that Siegfried was more trustworthy than Welt, the Anti-Entropy Leader.

I just hope this guy isn't so awful as to ignore her just because K423 is a clone.

If Siegfried really did such a despicable thing, she would write it down ten times in her mental notebook, making Siegfried half-dead.

Perhaps it was because I had been looking forward to it all day.

K422 lay down on the bed with Black Abyss White Flower in her arms and soon fell asleep.

But this time, she found that her consciousness space had turned into a pure white space.

But she soon realized that this was not her conscious space.

"Where am I?!"

K422 looked around and even asked questions, but received no response.

"What is their purpose? Did they deliberately bring me here to trap my consciousness? Or do they want to use my consciousness as a springboard to invade True Kiana and Xiao San's consciousness?"

K422 could only make bold assumptions, after all, this was the first time she had encountered such a situation.

But the next second, she was suddenly embraced by a woman who appeared, and at the same time, she smelled a pleasant fragrance of lilies.

"You've come, my lovely daughter."

"!!!"

K422 looked up and saw the woman hugging him, and froze.

79. I've finally met you.

What comes into view is a gentle woman with white hair and clear eyes.

The black-dominated, gold-embellished tank-style combat uniform adds just the right touch of heroic spirit.

The woman's lips pursed slightly, curving into a gentle smile.

"... Finally, I've met you."

Warmth slowly enveloped me, and her voice, sweet as honey, reached my ears, making me feel incredibly comfortable.

Every word uttered from her thin lips, to my ears, was like sitting by the window in December, amidst heavy snow, savoring a steaming cup of milk tea. The fragrant aroma of the milk tea filled the air, and the warm liquid gently slid down my throat, warming me from head to toe.

K422's thoughts were instantly paralyzed.

He gave up all resistance and let the woman hold him tightly.

But the next moment, K422 pushed the other woman away and broke free from her embrace. She covered her face with one hand, not wanting the woman to see her disheveled expression.

"Cecilia... I'm sorry, I am not your daughter."

K422 never expected to meet Cecilia here.

He admitted that he had fallen in love with Cecilia at first sight and longed for her to be his real mother.

She can shamelessly compete with True Kiana for Cecilia, claiming that this mother is half of her, and that the already deceased Cecilia cannot deny her claim to be her daughter.

K422 didn't fight with True Kiana for her father partly because she didn't want to break up True Kiana's family, but the main reason was that she was afraid of being rejected by Siegfried.

After all, she wasn't Siegfried and Cecilia's real child.

They were just clones created by Otto.

She even took the place of their real daughter.

A sense of fear began to creep into my heart.

K422 didn't have time to think about why Cecilia was here, nor did she have the extra energy to analyze where she was. She just wanted to escape as quickly as possible, to escape from Cecilia's sight, and to get as far away as possible before Cecilia completely rejected her.

"... How could I mistake someone for someone else?"