The sun broke through the clouds and had already risen high in the sky. In the blink of an eye, it was noon. St. Freya High School was not as bustling as usual, with students flocking to the cafeteria for meals or returning to their dorms noisily.
Due to the sudden Honkai energy reaction incident, all students were forbidden from leaving their dormitories. As a result, the academy fell silent for a time... with only the occasional chirping of birds... The entire campus seemed deserted.
Of course... this was only near the dormitories...
In contrast to the dormitory area, the main road of the academy was a scene of clamor. A team of fully armed Valkyries surrounded a group of strangely dressed and noisy girls with a vigilant look...
"Mr. Li Xuan, you've been a great help this time...." The serious-looking blue-haired girl with twin ponytails, 'Sol', bowed slightly and said. "If it weren't for Mr. Li Xuan's intervention, Master and the others might have started fighting and killing again..." Sol looked helpless.
Sol understood that if her Master, 'War God Musou', took the lead in a fight, all the Norse-series folks would probably follow along...
"...It's nothing. But how did you all suddenly awaken again?" Li Xuan waved his hand, indicating it was what he should do, then asked with a puzzled expression. He remembered that Sol's first awakening was due to the Stone of Stellar Resonance he had wished for... So what was the cause this time?
"Mm, about that..." Sol closed her eyes as if recalling something for a while before saying with some confusion, "I didn't feel much at the time, just a surge of power into my body... and then I woke up..."
"Mm, the strange thing is... when I woke up, I was in a room, but the wall of that room was broken..." Sol said strangely. In fact, not only that... the room was also blocked... If she hadn't had a bit of divine power to open the room, she might still be trapped inside.
"Haha... is that so?" Li Xuan forced a laugh, but cold sweat broke out on his back... He had a bad feeling... With his mediation just now, these 'Gods', who were existences similar to Familiars formed from the awakening of Kiana's Divine Weapons, had finally come to realize that this was no longer their era... They had also accepted the inquiries from the Valkyries of St. Freya High School about their respective information and so on...
"In any case, thank you very much, Mr. Li Xuan... When you come to the academy in the future, I will be sure to treat you well!" Sol took Li Xuan's hand and said with sincere gravity.
"Okay, if I have time..." Li Xuan scratched his head, feeling a bit embarrassed. The current Sol seemed to be more mature than before...
"Ahem... Sol, hurry up, I have to go." War God Musou, with her two side ponytails, coughed lightly and stood next to Sol, pulling her along.
"Yes, Master..." Sol noticed War God Musou's words, turned her head, and said one last thing to Li Xuan, "Then, goodbye, Mr. Li Xuan!"
"Mm, goodbye." Li Xuan looked at Sol's bright, smiling face and smiled back faintly.
"Hmph!~" War God Musou, pulling Sol quickly towards the main group, turned her head and shot him a fierce, vigilant, and annoyed glare.
"Eh?…" Li Xuan looked on, puzzled, as Sol and War God Musou quickly joined the large group of 'Gods' from the awakened Divine Weapons and, under the escort, or rather, surveillance, of the St. Freya High School Valkyries, boarded a massive transport warship.
By the way... why did War God Musou give me such an unhappy glare just now?
"Alright... Student Li Xuan, shouldn't we have a chat now?" Before Li Xuan could finish his thought, a small hand patted his shoulder forcefully, and a voice came from behind him, sounding sinister.
"Haha... Good morning, Principal Theresa." Li Xuan was startled, breaking out in a cold sweat... He forced himself to turn around, a strained smile on his twitching face as he spoke.
"It's not early anymore~ It's already noon. Time really flies when you're busy, doesn't it..." Theresa looked up at the somewhat dazzling midday sun, then looked down and said with a 'friendly' smile.
"I-is that so?"
"Mm, it is... I think it's time we had a chat about the cause and effect of this incident~" Theresa said, gripping Li Xuan's shoulder tightly.
"I get it, I'll talk..." Li Xuan helplessly gave in. 'Sorry... Kiana, it's not that I don't want to help you... You really messed up this time...' Li Xuan thought, silently praying for Kiana in his heart...
"Actually, it's like this..." Li Xuan dejectedly explained how Kiana, in order to steal back her weapon 'Mjolnir', had dragged him along to the basement, and had her newly subdued Familiar, the 'Raccoon Girl', dig through the underground tunnel to bypass the main gate and enter the 'treasury' where the weapons were stored...
Then came a series of accidents: the wall was dug through, the Honkai energy crystals shattered, and Kiana fainted... Finally, according to Li Xuan's reasoning, all the Honkai energy crystals were absorbed by the weapons... the Divine Weapons awakened, transforming into the 'Gods' praised or feared by people in history.
"Sigh~..." Theresa sighed helplessly. After understanding what happened, she felt very frustrated. The trouble Li Xuan and Kiana could cause together was simply terrifying.
"Next month's allowance is canceled..." Theresa said with a stern little face. "Because the trouble you two caused damaged the academy's buildings and various facilities... so this is your punishment!"
"No, Principal Theresa!... It had nothing to do with me!" Li Xuan's eyes instantly turned red. Without a living allowance next month... his family of three would have to live on air!
"Hmph! No..." Theresa said firmly, hardening her heart. If she didn't give them some punishment... she felt they would eventually cause even bigger trouble.
"..." Li Xuan's whole world turned gray.
"Alright... I'm off to clean up your mess. You just behave yourself for a while. If you perform well, I might still give you a bit of an allowance." Theresa said, displaying a masterful skill in managing people, giving Li Xuan a carrot after the stick.
"Wait... Principal Theresa," Li Xuan suddenly said.
"What is it? Begging is useless, you know," Theresa said with a blank expression.
"That's not it... I want to know where my friend 'Sol' and the others are being taken," Li Xuan asked with some curiosity and concern.
"About that..." Theresa turned her head and revealed a sweet smile. "They are going to a place that belongs to them, to learn all sorts of knowledge... Mm, it's an academy."
"The name of the academy is... [Babylon Academy]," Theresa said as she turned and walked towards the warship, her snow-white hair, tied up slightly, fluttering gently in the breeze.
Meanwhile... in the infirmary of St. Freya High School, the girl 'Kiana' lying on the snow-white hospital bed slowly opened her eyes. Her blue eyes stared blankly at the snow-white ceiling of the infirmary, and a faint, barely perceptible golden glint flashed in her right eye.
(End of Chapter)