"What? On what grounds! Why do I have to attend St. Freya High School too! I'm a Herrscher! A Herrscher, you get it!"
"Who isn't a cuckold? You're not qualified to be a teacher, and you'd definitely be unwilling to do menial work, so just be a student at St. Freya High School. Ryn, you don't want to be separated from Kiana, do you?"
"..."
"By the way, help me look after my adorable granddaughter Theresa. It would be even better if you could send me some daily photos of her, don't you dare keep them for yourself... Also, she likes to eat..."
Beep beep beep—
Ryn directly hung up the communication with Bishop Otto. This conversation was going nowhere. After arriving at St. Freya High School and arranging for Kiana and the others to be admitted to the hospital, Ryn reported the situation in Nagazora City and the fact that he had become a Herrscher to Otto.
Regarding him becoming a Herrscher, Otto was silent for a moment, then just told him to come to Schicksal HQ to provide some experimental data when he had time, without asking anything more. But he did tell him to stay at St. Freya High School as a student.
Damn it, I still can't escape the fate of being a student. But whatever, this way I can be close to Kiana every day.
"By the way, what did Otto mean by 'who isn't a Herrscher'? Could it be... Otto is also a Herrscher?!" Ryn was deeply confused by this. Unfortunately, he didn't know that Otto had said "cuckold", not "Herrscher".
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Schicksal HQ.
Otto opened his locker. Inside were Kallen's relics, and also Yae Sakura's relics... These were things Otto had personally collected and maintained when Schicksal was dealing with the Herrscher's influence in Yae Village.
Otto himself didn't hate Yae Sakura and had long accepted the fact that he was a cuckold. Otto knew why... When Kallen tried to leave with him, he had refused her... At that moment, any possibility between them was gone.
Afterward, Kallen met Yae Sakura and fell in love with her. Otto knew everything... Otto wrote many letters to Kallen but never sent a single one. It wasn't until Kallen was about to be executed that Otto confessed to her. One could only say the timing was wrong... and the confession was far too late...
Kallen was not at fault... Yae Sakura was not at fault... The only one at fault was himself, who didn't dare to express his feelings and was indecisive.
But since Yae Sakura was dead anyway, he had no intention of reviving her. Letting Ryn make some games to bully Yae Sakura and vent some frustration was fine; it wasn't like she could climb out and hit him.
As for the problem of Ryn becoming a Herrscher, Otto felt a bit speechless. He had previously claimed to be from an ordinary world, and not long after, he had plundered the Honkai energy of a major Honkai Eruption where a Herrscher descended, becoming a Herrscher himself.
This guy... was a bit beyond his control. Sigh... forget it. The stronger he is, the greater the chance of success for the Herrscher of the Void plan. With the Second Divine Key's whereabouts unknown, the Herrscher of the Void plan absolutely cannot fail. It's one of only two ways to reach the Imaginary Tree... He needs to obtain a method to resurrect a person from the Imaginary Tree...
He still didn't understand the Honkai God's revelation, but he was certain the Honkai God couldn't resurrect someone. In that case, he would seek out the Tree of Existence—the Imaginary Tree.
(Ryn: If you want to see the Imaginary Tree, just ask me! I'm Its child in a broad sense. But if you want to resurrect someone, you'd have better luck with the Sea of Quanta. The Sea of Quanta can reverse time and space.)
Kiana Kaslana. Once Theresa finds out about her, she will definitely keep her at St. Freya High School. In that case, let's have Ryn stay there too.
However, my dear granddaughter... you wanted Kiana Kaslana, and I sent her to you... Yet you thought Durandal was too rigid and would interfere with your slacking off, so you sent her back.
Sigh... I really can't rest easy with Schicksal in your hands. You might as well continue playing house at your St. Freya...
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Back at St. Freya, after ending the call with Otto, Ryn headed towards Kiana's room to take care of them. However, the principal of St. Freya High School, Theresa, was already there.
The petite Theresa was sitting on the Oath of Judah, quietly watching Kiana. Looking at Kiana's face, Theresa couldn't help but think of her mother, Cecilia. She and Cecilia were the best of friends, and this academy was founded on Cecilia's ideals. So, Cecilia's daughter, Kiana, must stay here and attend school...
When Ryn saw Theresa, he was a bit shocked. Otto had told him that St. Freya High School was one of the few Valkyrie training bases in the world, yet there was such a small child here.
"Little girl, are you?" Ryn took a candy from his pocket and offered it to the child. It was something he usually kept on hand to feed Kika.
"Oath of Judah!"
Theresa directly lifted the Judah, which was bigger than herself, and swung it down on Ryn. Then, with a snap of his fingers, Ryn made Theresa float in the air, but the Judah could not be fully controlled by his powers.
This stunned Theresa as well. She had intended to hold back, but with Ryn's interference, she couldn't hold on to Judah anymore.
With a loud clang, Theresa floated in the air, but the Judah in her hands still fell in free fall and smashed onto Ryn's head.
Then, on Kiana's bed, lay two people who had been knocked unconscious.
Right up until he passed out, Ryn couldn't believe that a small cross could weigh half a ton... and he couldn't believe even more that the domain of this weapon was several times stronger than Theresa's domain...
Theresa tossed Ryn onto Kiana's sickbed as well. The soundly sleeping Kiana sniffed the air; she seemed to smell Ryn. In her sleep, she turned over and hugged Ryn directly.
"Huh? Kiana and Ryn's relationship is this good?"
Theresa looked at the two embracing each other and sighed like a dwarf gazing at the sky. Then she silently picked up Judah and continued to sit on it. Kiana was about to wake up; she had to quickly assume the posture of an elder.
Just as Theresa's patience was wearing thin, Kiana finally woke up.
Slowly opening her eyes, the first thing Kiana saw was Ryn, whom she was hugging. She then happily closed her eyes again, snuggling into Ryn's embrace as usual, ready to go back to sleep.
"Wait... why is Ryn here!" Kiana's eyes snapped open.
The air was filled with the smell of disinfectant, and given the facilities, she should be in a hospital... Did Ryn save her? She wondered how the others were doing...
Then Kiana saw a golden cross, and on the cross, a little white-haired fuzzball in a nun's habit.
"Hey, kid, what is this place?"
"Kid!! Let me show you the hundred ways to use Judah!"