Chapter 127

The scene depicts a clear sea where the Valkyrie of the St. Freya Academy are enjoying their holiday barbecue on the beach.

Bronya and Kiana started playing around on the beach again, chasing each other, Himeko was having a great time.

"Come and play tricks on me! Come and catch me!"

Kiana turned around halfway through her run, aimed her twin pistols at Bronya, and fired long, thin streams of water.

Bronya then summoned Heavy Machinery Rabbit, and light gathered on Heavy Machinery Rabbit's arm. "Fire!"

Did you think I was afraid of you?

Kiana leaped up, holding a cannon taller than herself, and the two began firing at each other on the beach, splashing water everywhere.

Kiana only remembered that there were other people on the beach when she landed on the ground.

Kiana put down her twin pistols, letting them fall into the sea, and turned to run towards Mei.

"Are you alright, Ya...?"

Kiana's tongue seemed to get tied in knots halfway through her sentence, and she couldn't utter a single word.

The splashing water soaked Mei's entire body; Kiana could only see her back now, water droplets dripping from her hair, then her face, and finally her sleeves.

Like a lily after the rain.

Raiden Mei lifted her hair to reveal the earring on her ear, making Kiana stare wide-eyed.

"I'm fine, Fu Hua, are you alright?"

Kiana's gaze gradually shifted to Fu Hua, and the previously ambiguous atmosphere instantly changed.

"Kiana!"

Fu Hua turned around, muttering Kiana's name like the whisper of death.

Pardofelis: "Sister Mei, you're so beautiful!"

Elysia: "Phoebe?"

Himeko Murata: "A beauty that could topple kingdoms."

Fu Hua: "So beautiful that the moon hides its face and the flowers blush with shame."

Kiana: "... Why do you all have to use modifiers? I can't think of a single one!"

Even if the Himeko thoroughly reviewed all its knowledge, it still wouldn't know what to say; they had already said everything that needed to be said!

Kiana swears it's definitely not because she simply doesn't have the knowledge in that area!

Raiden Mei: "It's not as exaggerated as you guys make it out to be, Kiana. Forget about it. Even if you figure it out, I won't give you an extra serving of barbecue."

Kiana: "No, Mei, I think there's still hope for me. Let me think about it some more."

Raiden Mei: "Okay, okay, take your time thinking about it. I'll give your portion of barbecue to someone else then."

Seeing Kiana sitting there racking her brains, unable to come up with a single solution, Raiden Mei found it somewhat amusing.

The Herrscher of Reason: "Does thinking about it mean I can have an extra barbecue? Let me have it, let me have it, cough cough!"

Little Senti coughed lightly twice, then faced the sea directly, placed one hand behind his back, and struck a pose of otherworldly elegance.

The Herrscher of Reason: "Only that... beauty emerging from the water, as ethereal as a fairy, her painted eyebrows adorned, hand in hand, so delicate and graceful; a single sword strike, thunderous for thirty thousand miles— the Herrscher of Thunder in this world!"

Raiden Mei: "Why does this feel a bit like chuunibyou?"

The Herrscher of Reason: "Can this be called chuunibyou (a Japanese term for someone with delusions of grandeur)? Sigh, never mind, you little girl, of course you wouldn't understand. Old Timer, what do you think? Isn't it much better than you?"

Fu Hua: "When did you learn all this?"

The Immortal Crimson Bird pondered that he had never taught the Herrscher of Reason to compose poetry or prose, so could this be a talent?

Chapter 210 What persecution did the Raven of the Puppet Academy suffer?

The Herrscher of Reason, "I was born with it, why would I need to learn it? I have more, I have more, written for myself."

The Herrscher of Reason: "A hundred weapons, a thousand strengths, the mortal world is a sea of suffering; the shadows of swords and the glint of blades are not my desires; though I come without a trace, I go with a mark!"

Elysia: "Impressive, impressive, Little Senti is very talented!"

Himeko Murata: "Tsk, Kiana, you should learn from her. Little Senti 've never been to school, yet my cultural background is better than yours."

Kiana: "Teacher Himeko, how can that be the same? The Herrscher of Reason is completely cheating!"

Born with five thousand years of experience and wisdom from the Immortal Crimson Bird, how could he not know a few words?

Across from her Herrscher of Reason was pulling Fu Hua along, insisting that she say a few words too. Kiana could only sit on the beach, racking her brains, really wanting to shout something.

I can't utter a single word!!!

[In the scene, Kiana and Bronya's water gun battle accidentally injured people outside the arena. The culprit Kiana, has now been captured by Fu Hua.]

"Time for a barbecue!!!"

Theresa's voice came from the beach.

"Good."

The three of them straightened their wet clothes and went to the beach to prepare for a barbecue. Raiden Mei even brought out the delicious food she had carefully prepared.

This is teriyaki sauce that I just made this morning.

"It looks delicious."

Fu Hua picked up the glass bottle and glanced at it.

"How was this done?"

If that's the question, Raiden Mei says you've come to the right person.

"First, sauté the chopped onions and ginger in a pan until fragrant. Then add Japanese soy sauce, pineapple juice, and honey. Add water and bring to a boil, then simmer over low heat for 15 minutes. Thicken with cornstarch slurry, turn off the heat, and let the sauce cool... That's it."

She crossed her arms and, very seriously, explained the process of making teriyaki sauce word for word.

"Oh."

Fu Hua nodded, but it was unclear whether she understood.

The two started grilling on the grill, preparing squid, meatballs, beef... the ingredients for today's seaside barbecue were quite complete.

"Mei, come here for a second."

While she was cooking squid, Raiden Mei heard Himeko Murata's voice.

"You go ahead, I'll handle things here."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to the class monitor."

"Here, here, bring the orange juice over first."

Mei and Teacher Himeko were busy working nearby, while Fu Hua also focused her attention on the barbecue grill.

The sauce has been applied, and the oven temperature is just right.

Fu Hua placed the skewers on the grill and began to slowly control the heat. He was once the Immortal Crimson Bird of Mount Tai Xu, whose martial arts skills were unparalleled.

For something as trivial as this, it's no problem at all.

However, before the aroma of the grilling could be smelled, Fu Hua noticed Kiana squatting next to the grill, looking at her expectantly.

"..."

"Please wait a moment, Kiana."

Fu Hua sprinkled spices onto the grill, and the aroma instantly filled her nostrils. Fu Hua turned around and invited Raiden Mei and the others to come over.

"It's done baking, you can eat it..."

Before she could finish speaking, the girl, as swift as the wind, swept past Fu Hua. By the time Fu Hua realized what was happening, she turned around and saw that all the barbecue had vanished.

Sitting next to him was a bulging-bellied paramecium, finishing the last piece of Himeko.

Kiana... I didn't let you take it all!

"Ugh, he's starting to act silly again."

Theresa sat on a bench and silently shook her head.

Fu Hua kept chasing, Kiana kept running, even making a cute cat gesture. The scene ended there.

Fu Hua: "Kiana, is the barbecue delicious?"

Kiana: "Wait a minute, class president, I didn't do that! I haven't done it yet!"

Although that person is definitely myself, and I can't deny it, it wasn't my current self who did it. How can I pin something from the past or future on her now?

Fu Hua: "Is that so? But why were there a few skewers of barbecue missing just now, Kiana? Don't you think you need to explain?"

Kiana: "It wasn't me, class monitor, it really wasn't me! You know, if it were me, I wouldn't have only lost a few strings!"

To emphasize the weight of her words, Kiana even lifted her clothes, revealing her smooth belly.

She's been eating ever since she arrived on the island; most of the sea crabs Wendy caught ended up in Kiana's mouth.

If it weren't for the abundance of marine life, a small, ordinary pond would surely have wiped the sea crabs out of existence.

Bronya: "Bronya can testify that Kiana really didn't do it this time."

Raiden Mei: "Yeah, I've been making food for Kiana the whole time, so she probably didn't have time to sneak a bite of barbecue."

Pardofelis: "Then who could the suspect be?"

Kiana: "Pardo, for no apparent reason, someone just popped into my head."

In an instant, everyone's eyes turned to Pardofelis, the meaning in their eyes was self-evident.

Pardofelis: "Wait? You're not talking about me, are you? I'm innocent! A few sea crabs are enough to fill you up, any more and you'll be stuffed. I don't have a [Gluttony] stomach. I've been lying on the beach sunbathing for the past two hours."

The cat insisted that it was truly innocent.

She's still full all by herself. I'm a little envious of Kiana; she can eat whatever she wants.

Himeko Murata: "No, we're not talking about you, Pardo, we're talking about a certain habitual thief..."

Pardofelis: "Canned Food?!"

Raven: "Hmm... The villa system just sent a message that the Canned Food broke through the encirclement and escaped. I didn't expect that fat cat to be so agile."

Canned Food: "Meow!!!"

Canned Food expressed its sincere dissatisfaction regarding being chased by the maid robot and the entire villa.

[Q&A begins.]

[In the Puppet Academy, what kind of persecution did Teacher Chi Yuan and Xiao Ran inflict on Principal Raven?]

[A: The Principal Raven was thrown into the pile of Honkai Beast.]

[B: Principal Raven into bankruptcy.]

[C: They blew up Principal Raven's villa island.]

[D: They demolished Principal Raven's house.]

Raven: "Puppet Academy? What's that?"

Theresa: "How should I put it? It's like a really fun- World Bubble, where Kevin is a security guard, the Immortal Crimson Bird is a chicken farmer, Herrscher of Reason is a con artist..."

Raven: "What the hell is that?"

From the moment Kevin became a security guard, Raven already found it all rather baffling.

Raven: "Don't talk nonsense. If you're trying to fool me, don't make jokes like this. Do you really think I'm a child?"

Welt: "Miss Raven, it's true. Kevin checked my teacher's ID when I entered the school today. I remember the other day I forgot my ID and tried to climb over the wall, and Kevin even pulled out his Fehu."

Kiana: "I've had that experience too."

Raven: "?!!"

Why do I feel like I'm the one who's abnormal?

Raven always felt that the problem wasn't with her, but with all of you.

Chapter 211 Difficult Dungeon, Theresa's Great Escape