"Mm, not long ago, I applied to the Bishop for an artificial island in the Far Eastern Land. I was preparing to establish a St. Freya Academy there, quietly take in these girls troubled by Honkai, and let them study there—learn to control the Honkai energy within their bodies. I believe that one day, they can return to lives just like ordinary people's, or even... become outstanding Valkyries."
"So, please believe me!"
As she finished speaking, Theresa looked at the girls standing before her again.
The reason she had applied for a location as far away as the Far Eastern Land was something Theresa had considered carefully.
Only by staying far from Schicksal HQ could she secretly take in these poor children. After all, such things were not permitted openly.
Besides... Otto seemed to hate the Far Eastern Land. If it were somewhere else... if Grandpa Otto remembered, he might even come visit Theresa. It would be troublesome if Otto discovered that she was secretly taking in these girls. But the Far Eastern Land... there was a ninety-nine percent chance Otto would never come here.
Otto hated this place, though Theresa did not know why he disliked the Far Eastern Land...
That was also one of the reasons Theresa had chosen the Far Eastern Land as the academy's location.
At that moment, Sirin stood near the experimental subjects, yet no one could see her. When she heard Theresa's words, her expression shifted slightly, and her body seemed to tremble a few times.
But then Sirin recalled her past experiences and the sight of her friends dying one after another, and her face darkened again.
"Humph~ What pretty words!"
It reminded Sirin of the things the Schicksal researchers had told them at the very beginning. Yet what they had experienced