Kiana only ran into Ye Feng as the day was nearing its end.
To be precise, it was Ye Feng who took the initiative to appear before Wormy.
Kiana was sitting at a four-person table in the Valkyrie cafeteria. Ye Feng walked over, carrying a half-eaten white peach pudding.
Finally seeing Ye Feng appear, Kiana suppressed her excitement, put on an air of nonchalance, and kept her head down, pretending to be engrossed in her food.
Ye Feng walked up beside her.
"Kiana, I heard you've been looking for me. What's wrong, can't get enough?"
"?"
Kiana looked up, bewildered.
She suddenly felt that the man before her was so cold, so heartless, so cruel.
"The bet between us should be over. For you to be looking for me so urgently, could it be that you're sexually frustrated?"
"Ha!?"
Kiana's brow twitched. She clenched her fist and swung it at Ye Feng.
"You bastard! I'll fight you to the death!"
Ye Feng casually lifted his index finger and blocked Kiana's full-force punch.
"Fight me to the death? Do you have what it takes?"
Kiana's body went limp, and she abruptly bent over, collapsing onto the dining table.
Her eyes grew moist as she panted heavily.
Her perfect, slender waist twitched slightly, like a snake.
This feeling... Speaking of which, ever since the bet ended, Ye Feng hadn't really touched Kiana.
Ah, she had experienced it while bound with the Herrscher of the Void, but that didn't count. Being ambushed by that scoundrel and the Herrscher acting in collusion was a disgrace to all Valkyries!
"How was that? Feeling better now?"
"...Of course not. Stop slandering my good name."
"I suspect you swung at me just to experience this."
Kiana argued with wide eyes, "This lady was just in a bad mood! Do you think you made me feel good? I still haven't settled the score with you for ganging up on me with the Herrscher of the Void!"
And besides, he's always calling me Kiana, Kiana. It's so annoying!
Are we that close?
In the Far East Branch, you should address me by my rank!
This lady is now a bona fide B-rank Valkyrie!
"The Herrscher of the Void? Ah. You mean that time I strung you up? Weren't you having a good time, too? Who knows, maybe you like being tied up, Kiana."
Whether Kiana liked it or not was another matter, but Ye Feng thought it was pretty great.
"You bastard!"
Kiana gritted her teeth. She seemed genuinely furious now, like an angry little lioness.
"Alright, what did you need me for, Kiana?"
"..."
"Don't tell me, was it really for~~ hmm?"
Ye Feng gave Kiana a suggestive wink.
Kiana's eyes darted away for a moment. She slowly pushed herself up from the table, sat up straight, and said:
"Hmph, of course I was looking for you on official business."
"Oh? Let's hear it."
"It's about Rita."
Kiana sat with perfect posture, her hands folded. She looked surprisingly like a proper young lady.
"I am formally commissioning you to bring Rita out of that pure white space."
"Oh, right, there was that. I'd almost forgotten if you hadn't mentioned it. Alright, I'll bring her out tomorrow night."
"Hmph, that's more like it. This lady is leaving!"
She too had started playing the game of hard-to-get.
Kiana stood up and walked toward the exit.
Halfway there, she didn't hear Ye Feng call out to her.
The young woman stomped her foot in annoyance and walked even faster.
Dog Scoundrel Ye Feng!
---o---
Snakey held no ill will toward Rita.
It was just that when Ye Feng had looked at Rita, the admiration in his eyes was practically overflowing, which made Snakey unhappy.
Especially the evaluation of "Herrscher of Lust." Coming from a scoundrel like Ye Feng, Mobius considered it the highest form of praise.
"Snakes are very jealous creatures, you know."
Mobius, dressed in a white lab coat, stared at the giant screen before her. On the screen was Rita, in the pure white room. Analytical data scrolled in the four corners of the display.
Mobius rested her right elbow in the palm of her left hand, a cruel yet beautiful smile on her face. Her vertical snake-like pupils were fixed on Rita.
"What should we test today~?"
They had already tried almost every experiment on the limits of the human body.
The conclusion could be drawn: the Herrscher of Lust was nothing special.
Mobius believed her own performance was clearly superior.
"Tsk!"
Snakey clicked her tongue.
What am I even comparing myself to!
She was in a bad mood.
Mobius didn't know why she was so agitated.
But Rita was about to suffer greatly for it.
In here, there was no need to worry about failure.
Any price could be paid.
Any mistake could be undone.
"Hmm~?"
Mobius's eyes narrowed slightly. A person had suddenly appeared on the monitor.
Immediately, a dangerous arc formed on her lips.
"It's Father~~"
Back in the pure white space, Rita, having entered once again, felt a bit dazed.
The "trials" she had endured here these past few days were unlike anything she had ever experienced.
Forget the nights, she was even in a trance during the day.
Rita had tried to stay up all night, but for some reason, as soon as the time came, she would fall asleep right on schedule.
At this very moment, seeing Ye Feng, her mental state improved immediately.
Though they had only met once, she felt the感動 of meeting an old friend in a foreign land.
"...Lord Ye Feng?"
"I'm taking you out of here."
"...?!"
Rita was stunned at first.
The sentence was spoken so casually, as if asking "What's for lunch today?"
One had to understand, this problem had been plaguing Rita for days.
She had even fallen into a state of fear, wondering if this would go on forever.
And now, the person before her had spoken such words so nonchalantly.
How could Rita not be shocked?
After snapping out of it, Rita looked at Ye Feng in disbelief.
"Kiana commissioned me. Ah, it's a bit of a hassle, though."
Ye Feng looked up into the void, able to feel the resentment being transmitted from Mobius.
The resentment was quite deep, probably only slightly less than her feelings about "Elysia making her wear a pink dress."
Is she being that dramatic?
Although he roughly understood Mobius's feelings... Ye Feng wanted to play with Rita too.
"...Kiana, you say."
Rita lowered her gaze, a complex look in her eyes.
She had come here with a mission, one of her objectives being to monitor the fluctuations of the Herrscher of the Void within Kiana.
While she couldn't say she had malicious intent, she was certainly not friendly.
But after spending these past few days together, Rita understood that Kiana was a good girl with a simple heart.
And now, she was indebted to her for this...
"Come with me."
Ye Feng led the way.
In the pure white space, a stone path appeared beneath his feet.
Upon closer inspection, one could see it was the standard path from St. Freya High School.
Rita pushed aside the distracting thoughts in her mind and followed him.
Mobius watched with wide eyes as Ye Feng led Rita away. She could only angrily bite her handkerchief and spit out through gritted teeth:
"Damn it!"
The low voice echoed through the laboratory.