Perhaps because it was now noon, the weather above St. Freya High School had improved slightly. The gloomy, cold wind was finally replaced by the sun peeking through the clouds, its winter rays bringing a trace of warmth to all things.
"So... you've caused trouble again..." Theresa said, looking at the bewildered Li Xuan sitting on the sofa with a look of utter resignation, a teacup in her hand.
You know, even her idiot niece didn't cause this much trouble in just a few days... Hmm, probably... maybe... not, right?
"But... I did say from the beginning... that I was afraid the commotion might be a bit big... and you said the underground lab was fine and I could do whatever I wanted..." Li Xuan began to cry out in grievance... Who knew that although the lab didn't leak any Honkai energy during the wish, it still couldn't block the golden pillar of light that appeared?!....
"Shut up!~" Theresa shouted, her face flushing red in a tsundere-like manner. Only after her outburst did she realize her words had been a bit rude. Theresa averted her gaze, raising her teacup to hide half of her embarrassed face as she spoke.
"Ahem... I understand... I'll help you cover up this incident... ahem, I mean, handle it..." Theresa tried hard to maintain her composure..
"Also... I'll give you ten thousand Crystals within the next few days..." Theresa said seriously. She leaned forward, placing her small hands on the slightly cold desk, and looked down at the innocent-faced Li Xuan with a grave expression.
"So... no, I'm begging you... please don't cause any more trouble for me..." Theresa said as if on the verge of tears. She was now beginning to doubt whether inviting Li Xuan to study at the academy had been a foolish decision...
Well... compared to his identity as a Stigmata wielder... none of this was a big deal.
"By the way... why are you in such a hurry to create weapons? Since you've enrolled, you should be studying hard, you little brat..." Theresa, having seemingly calmed down, sat back down and spoke in a condescending, adult-like tone.
"Little brat..." Li Xuan silently glanced at Theresa, who was sitting in her office chair with only the top half of her head visible above the desk. He felt a complex mix of emotions... Her loli-like appearance and short stature were truly misleading...
"...Well, isn't the 'Infinite Abyss' competition about to start? I want to get first place... and I want to become stronger... to defeat the people who used to bully me!" Li Xuan said seriously after thinking for a moment. He didn't have any grand ambitions, he just wanted to get a little stronger... to get a little closer to his dream... hmm, strong enough to go home..
"Hmm? The people who bullied you?" Theresa asked, a bit curious. "What are their names?"
"Uh... I remember they were called..." Li Xuan recalled, "They were called... 'Anti-Entropy'!"
"Pfft!" Theresa, who had just taken a small sip of the hot milk her adjutant Yuudachi had brought her, spat it all out... She looked at Li Xuan with a terrified expression... 'An-Anti-Entropy...?!' Theresa felt she had still underestimated the extent of the trouble this boy could cause...
"By the way... what does that 'Anti-Entropy' organization do? How can there be an organization that uses mechas?" Li Xuan glanced at the astonished Theresa and asked, puzzled.
"Haha~" Theresa lowered her head, her expression a little unnatural as she averted her gaze, looking like she wanted to brush the topic aside. "That's confidential... y-you'll find out later..."
"Ahem... right, what exactly is that shiny golden sword in your hand?" Theresa coughed lightly, awkwardly forcing a change of topic.
"..." Li Xuan was slightly taken aback by Theresa's abrupt change of topic... but since she was unwilling to talk about it, he couldn't press her... 'I'll cross that bridge when I come to it,' he thought.
"This... this is..." A golden sword, as if forged from pure gold, materialized in Li Xuan's right hand. The Divine Land-style longsword shimmered with a faint golden light in the sun, its blade exuding a terrifying sharpness.
"Xuanyuan Sword!..." Li Xuan couldn't help but say with a hint of pride. Although it only had the characteristics of being absolutely sharp and indestructible, plus some unusable 'power of the origin', one could say its practicality wasn't high... but! ... Whether it's powerful is one thing... but whether it's cool is a matter for a lifetime!
"Xuan, Xuanyuan Sword..." Theresa froze, holding her teacup. As the principal... she possessed a vast amount of knowledge, and as the commander of the Far East Branch, she had access to Schicksal's core data... Therefore, she had also heard the legends about this 'Xuanyuan Sword' on the Divine Land...
If... she wasn't mistaken, the real Xuanyuan Sword in history was definitely a [Holy Relic] left behind by the previous civilization.
"But... it's a replica, not the real Xuanyuan Sword," Li Xuan said with a hint of regret. 'If only it were real...'
"Phew!..." Theresa took a deep breath to calm the excitement stirred up by the false information. So it turned out not to be the real Xuanyuan Sword... If it were... that would be... incredible.
"Alright, alright... let's go. I'll cover for you this time, but you'd better behave yourself lately," Theresa said, mentally and physically exhausted. Facing this child, Li Xuan... as an elder and the principal, she really didn't know what to say...
"Okay (⊙v⊙)... well then, Principal, I'll be going. Thank you!~" Li Xuan said, bowing politely. He needed to go study the abilities of this 'Xuanyuan Sword'... It was a golden Divine Weapon, after all, so it couldn't be too bad, right?
"Go on, go on...." Theresa, slumped over her desk, waved her hand to dismiss Li Xuan. She silently watched his back disappear through the office doorway...
"..." Theresa silently glanced at the computer in front of her. On the screen was new top-secret data that Schicksal had previously released to her... Only the core high-ranking members were qualified to access this kind of top-secret information, and even then, the data had to be destroyed after viewing...
Because Schicksal's top-secret data contained not only various secrets about Honkai in this world, but also many... undisclosed secret incidents related to Schicksal's humanitarian affairs...
You see... in the world today, the nations and 'Schicksal' still keep the secret of [Honkai] under wraps. Ordinary humans know nothing about the [Honkai] that seems to target and seeks to destroy humanity... Ordinary people still live their normal, happy lives... while the truth and despair of the world are shouldered by a small group of people...
"..." Theresa glanced at the top-secret file on the screen again... [The Founding of Anti-Entropy]...
[The Founding of Anti-Entropy]... In 1965, Schicksal HQ discovered that the American Branch was conducting unauthorized research... They dispatched a squad to apprehend the branch members... but were ambushed by a group led by Professor Einstein, because... In the end, the Schicksal squad's operation failed... From then on, the American Branch changed its name... They called themselves—[Anti-Entropy]!
"Sigh!~" Theresa took one last look at the file, which even had passwords on its key sections, and finally, with a sigh, clicked to destroy the entire document...
In this world, there is no true right or wrong...
(End of Chapter)