Himeko's words made Theresa look at her again. She had only just gotten approval for an artificial island in the Far Eastern Land. She did want to establish an academy, but she had not even officially begun founding it yet.
"No, you heard wrong! What I meant was..."
Himeko suddenly pointed at Theresa in front of her. "Shorty, the world's number one cutie is Ai-chan!"
As soon as she said it, before Theresa and Patrick could react, Himeko herself was the first to cover her face.
This was simply too humiliating...
Her cringe was acting up, and she even had the urge to turn around and run.
But...
Hearing Ai-chan's delighted voice beside her ear, Himeko barely held herself back.
She had not said it willingly. It was Ai-chan's fault...
"W-What?"
Hearing Himeko's words, Theresa was completely dumbfounded!
Shorty?
Chapter 32: S-Rank Valkyrie Theresa
"You think being tall makes you so great?! Take this from Judah!"
Theresa had not originally planned to fight here, especially not against a human, but she completely blew up!
Her inability to grow taller had always been a sore spot for Theresa. Now she had actually been called a shorty—utterly unforgivable! Anger rushed to Theresa's head, and without thinking much, she tore the palm-sized cross from beneath her neck and hurled it at Himeko.
But right after throwing it, Theresa felt regret. Though she was angry... she should not have used Judah. I didn't really kill someone because of this, did I?
Well, for ease of carrying... unlike Kallen, who had to specifically have someone bring Judas's Oath over whenever she needed to fight.
So over the years, with Otto's help, Theresa had transformed its usual form into a palm-sized cross that she could wear on her at all times.
Whenever she needed