Seeing Theresa awaken, Himeko and Hiyamaru stopped. Since she was awake, there was no need for Hiyamaru to carry her anymore.
"I'm... You people..."
Theresa slowly opened her eyes, looked at Himeko and Hiyamaru in front of her, then glanced around, still not quite processing what was happening.
After hesitating for more than ten seconds, she finally came to her senses. "Who exactly are you? What do you want? Are you enemies, or..."
"Don't worry. For now, we don't count as enemies. As for who we are... Valkyries. Or at least, we used to be..."
Resting her greatsword on one shoulder, Himeko answered Theresa with heroic poise.
Chapter 34: Terrified Theresa
"Valkyries? How come I've never seen you before?"
Theresa looked doubtful. She had been in Schicksal for so many years; there was no way she would not remember them at all.
"Isn't it perfectly normal that you haven't seen us? How much do you really know about Schicksal? You, who live in a greenhouse."
"..."
"What's wrong with Schicksal?"
Theresa was even more confused. She had been in Schicksal for so many years... nearly thirty, perhaps? Could there really be things she did not know?
Although some of the things Grandpa did were hard to accept, Schicksal as a whole was good. For humanity... for the protection of the world, Schicksal's Valkyries had remained on the front lines for centuries, never retreating.
If Schicksal had not rushed to the front lines every time Honkai erupted, this world might have been far less peaceful.
"Do you know where Valkyries' Stigmata come from? You... forget it. Some things can only truly be understood after seeing them with your own eyes. Words can never paint the full picture."
Himeko had been about to tell Theresa something, but the moment she began