After Aili left.
"Otto, as you instructed, I have already explained it to Miss Aili," Rita said to the empty space beside her.
A phantom projection appeared as Rita spoke.
"Well done." Otto looked in the direction Aili had left.
"Otto, why didn't you just explain it clearly to Miss Aili? With Miss Aili's personality, your evasiveness will only make her more wary," Rita couldn't help but ask.
"Haha, Rita, for Miss Aili, if I were to explain it directly, she wouldn't agree, because all experiments carry risks."
"And Miss Aili doesn't like risks."
"Or rather, Miss Aili, for my experiment, is the risk."
After Otto finished speaking, he looked at Rita.
"I've already had someone place the subsequent potions in the hidden compartment."
"Continue the experiment."
Upon hearing this, Rita lowered her head slightly, not letting Otto see her eyes, "May I inform Durandal?"
"No, it's enough that you know." Otto gave Rita a deep look, then his projection disappeared.
Otto, sitting in his office, watched Rita get up to clear the tea set from the table, "Even if I told you not to inform her, you would still tell Durandal, wouldn't you, Rita?"
"Don't disappoint me, Rita. Another girl named Kiana has arrived by Durandal's side. When will you be unable to resist telling Durandal her identity?"
On the other side, Aili breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Bronya's reply.
If the data on paper was correct, then the trace amounts of Honkai Energy in the potion were indeed harmless to them, and would even continuously maintain their body's vitality.
But Aili wasn't sure if Otto would truly be so kind.
Everything Otto did was for the sake of resurrecting Kallen.
On Kiana's body, the only thing that attracted Otto must be Sirin.
Was it to awaken Sirin? But Sirin is always present now.
"Tsk." Aili punched the sandbag in front of her.
"What's wrong? You seem to be in a very bad mood today," Durandal said from the side.
"Durandal, in your eyes, what kind of person is Otto?" Aili asked after sighing.
"Bishop Otto? To me, he's like a father figure." Durandal looked at Aili somewhat strangely, "What, did Bishop Otto do something to upset you?"
"A father figure, huh? Sigh, Durandal, do you know about all the experiments Otto has conducted?" Aili stopped her training and asked Durandal directly.
"Experiments? Which experiments are you talking about? I haven't kept track of the experiments Bishop Otto has done."
"Experiments related to Herrscher."
"Experiments related to Herrscher, huh? If it's about experiments with gems, I know a bit. Bishop Otto wants to find someone who can accommodate a gem."
"Then, to grant the person who accommodates the gem enough power to fight against a Herrscher."
"But now, there should only be one gem left. Has Bishop Otto already prepared for the experiment?" Durandal guessed casually.
"I don't know if he's prepared for the experiment." Aili shook her head, "I just feel like Otto is plotting against me."
"Hahaha, don't worry." Durandal patted Aili's shoulder, "If Bishop Otto wants to plot against someone, even if you know, what can you do?"
"Even I, when Bishop Otto wants to conduct an experiment, need to cooperate."
"Because even if I don't cooperate, there will be many coincidences that directly involve me in the experiment."
"Don't be troubled. If you want to resist, you also need strength to support it."
"When Bishop Otto conducts experiments, he has never publicly stated his goals. Since you are already guessing that he wants to conduct an experiment."
"Then you, or we, can only prepare to deal with it." After Durandal finished speaking, she continued her workout.
Watching Durandal slowly run further away, Aili quickly followed her.
"You just said, perhaps we all need to be prepared to deal with it?" Aili asked curiously, wondering why Durandal was so sure that she was also within the scope of the experiment.
"If Bishop Otto needs me to cooperate with an experiment, he will directly tell me the experiment content. Clearly, I haven't received any notification, which means I am also part of the experiment," Durandal said while running.
"Or rather, even our current conversation is within Bishop Otto's calculations."
After hearing this, Aili stopped talking.
Now, besides training diligently and being more vigilant, there was nothing else she could do.
As for confronting Otto, Aili could only think about it; after all, this was Schicksal Headquarters, and who knew what other tricks Otto had up his sleeve.
If it were just Aili alone, she might have gone directly to Otto, but Kiana and the others were still there.
During training, Aili kept thinking, even considering taking Kiana and the others away from here directly.
But Otto definitely wouldn't let them escape so easily.
And even if they did escape, what then?
This is Schicksal Headquarters, Destiny...
Could it be that they, too, would be wanted by Destiny, like Siegfried?
In the end, Aili gave up.
Just because of Destiny...
Otto, what exactly do you want to do?
If he wanted Sirin to help him with experiments, couldn't Sirin recover just as well in Saint Freya?
Why must it be at Schicksal Headquarters?
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