(TL: Well I'm back and I gonna continue this fanfic~ man~ it's been a while and I'm going to name the other Seele to Veliona from now on oki~ That all bye~bye~)
Chapter 113: Check-in & Planning
"This is..."
Arriving at St. Freya Academy, Seele stood in front of Kirataka's dormitory and looked up at the house.
In terms of scale alone, it is not inferior to the villa where she and Kirataka lived in the fantasy world.
Of course, the girl didn't care so much at the moment. For her, being able to reunite with her sister Bronya after a long absence was already a very happy thing.
Bronya said softly:
"Well, Seele will live here from now on."
"Then... Brother Kirataka also lives here?"
Seele thought of something and looked at Kirataka beside her.
"Of course, it's better to say that this was originally my dormitory."
Kirataka waved his hand.
Because of someone's strong request, he continues to maintain this cohabitation.
Seele heard this, crossed her hands in front of her chest, and said with a smile:
"That's great. I can see Sister Bronya and Brother Kirataka every day."
Then, Kirataka opened the door of the house with ease.
Regarding Seele's enrollment in St. Freya, Bronya can just report to Theresa tomorrow.
With Seele's extremely outstanding Honkai energy talent, it is not difficult for her to enter this academy.
As for her origins... well, since Bronya was able to get in, it shouldn't be a difficult task for Seele...
Although it was already late at night, the two girls and a little fox who stayed in the house did not rest.
When they came to the living room, they could see Mei sitting on the sofa holding a Homu pillow, while Kiana and Higokumaru were sitting in front of the game console, pressing the handles and buttons in their hands quickly.
Kirataka took a look at the screen on the game console. Hmm, it was a fighting game.
Obviously, Kiana was unilaterally beaten by Higokumaru in this regard.
"... I lost again..."
As the loud [KO] sounded, the white-haired girl fell to the ground dejectedly.
First, it was Bronya, then it was Higokumaru. Could it be that she could only defeat Mei, who had hardly touched these things, in games?
That's natural. After all, Kiana is challenging the "Herrscher of Corruption."
Higokumaru put down the handle, flew to Kirataka's shoulder at lightning speed, and said happily:
"Master, Sister Bronya, you're back!"
—After Kirataka and Higokumaru discussed it, he finally changed her way of addressing him from "big brother" to "master."
As for "Big Sister's" speaking habit, it is probably hopeless and cannot be changed.
"Well, we're back."
Kirataka touched her ears and tail affectionately.
Mei also stood up and said softly:
"You must be very hungry after just coming back. I'll make you something to eat."
"I want to eat too!"
When Kiana heard about food, she became excited. She immediately flipped over from the ground and came to them.
The two girls stood up and finally noticed the new face behind Kirataka and Bronya.
"Kirataka, Bronya, who is this?"
Kiana asked curiously.
Kirataka glanced at Seele, smiled, and said:
"She is Bronya's sister and will live here from today as well."
Well, although she's not a real sister.
"Bronya, you have a sister? Why haven't I heard of it?!"
Kiana exclaimed.
"… Stupid Kiana, you better stop making a fuss."
The silver-haired girl said expressionlessly.
If you count Rozaliya and Liliya, she has many sisters.
"Hello everyone, I'm Seele Vollerei. You can just call me Seele."
The blue-haired girl bowed sincerely, asking for the good of Kiana and Mei.
On the way back here from Nagazora City, she had already heard Bronya and Kirataka briefly introduce the two girls in front of her.
"...Anyway, when we were on a cleanup mission in Nagazora City, we happened to meet Seele who had wandered there, and we brought her back with us."
Kirataka picked up the words he had prepared in advance and told the two of them.
"Is Nagazora City a place with treasures? Last time you saved Yuna, and this time you brought back Seele."
Kiana clicked her tongue in amazement.
It seemed like every time Kirataka went there, he could pick someone up from there.
"Perhaps it is."
Kirataka shrugged.
That place is indeed a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery.
Yae Sakura was revived in Nagazora City, where Cocolia created the third Honkai Eruption. Raven happened to pass by and saved a group of children. Kiana, who was an important experimental target of Otto, also happened to wander here.
With the "previous experience" of rescuing Yuna last time, it is not surprising to have another Seele this time.
Mei tilted her head slightly, thought for a moment, and said:
"There should be a vacant room on the second floor, Seele, you can live there."
"...Bronya, take Seele to the campus supermarket to buy daily necessities. Stupid Kiana, go clean up her room."
Bronya said silently.
Helping a girl clean her room and buying daily necessities are things that should be done by girls.
After their respective tasks were arranged, the girls dispersed.
Kirataka, who had a little free time, looked at Mei who was about to go to the kitchen to work, and asked:
"Can I help you?"
The purple-haired girl shook her head and said gently:
"No, you just came back from a mission, you should take a good rest."
…
Kirataka, who had nothing to do, simply sat on the soft sofa, listened to the pleasant sounds coming from the kitchen, and took out Schicksal's communication terminal.
With one hand, he was stroking the fur of the little fox lying on the mat, and with the other free hand, he opened the internal communication software of Schicksal.
Coincidentally, a new message appeared on his communication terminal.
It's already this late... Who would message to him at this time?
Kirataka's eyes fell on the name in the latest news.
Anna Schariac.
It's her…
Anna: "Kirataka, good evening!"
Kirataka: "Well, good evening, Anna."
Anna: "This is my first time using this kind of communication software to communicate with people... How have you been recently?"
Kirataka: "...I think it's quite fulfilling, right? How about you, how is your stay at the headquarters?"
Since the last time they parted in Manila, Anna temporarily returned to the Schicksal headquarters to await transfer and reassignment.
Now that some time has passed, her follow-up arrangements have probably been made.
Anna: "Yeah, I'm fine here. By the way, I came to you to tell you that I will be assigned to a new place for garrison duty soon."
Because of her outstanding disaster relief performance in Manila, Schicksal allowed her to retain the "Snow Lotus Team" and let her serve as the new captain.
After arranging for fresh blood to join the new Snow Lotus Team, she was then assigned to the Oceania branch for a long-term garrison mission.
The location, unsurprisingly, is Coral Island.
The largest artificial land reclamation project in human history, jointly completed by Southeast Asian countries and Australia, a completely artificial island.
It is also the place where the future Herrscher of Ice is born.
'...Come to think of it, Wendy should still be serving as the Valkyrie in the Oceania branch, right?'
'I wonder if she has already conducted experiments on fusing with the Desire Gem...'
The experiment of combining the Herrscher core with the Valkyrie's body was a highly confidential matter even within Schicksal, so he didn't know the progress of the matter yet.
Finally, Anna sent another message:
"Let's work together!" (with a rather cute expression)
...…
Late at night.
The girls returned to their rooms one after another to rest, and the bustling villa fell silent for a while. Kirataka, who had finished cleaning, stretched and sat down at the table.
Turning around to look at Higokumaru, who was sleeping soundly curled up at the head of the bed, he smiled and turned around to look at the table.
Well, next, he planned to sort out what he should do next.
Moreover, after returning from the Quantum Sea this time, he also gained a lot of new gains, all of which need to be sorted out.
Kirataka took out a piece of white paper, pulled out a pen from the drawer, thought for a moment, and listed the things he should do in the near future:
Recover Kevin's armed puppet. (Replenish combat power)
Raiden Ryoma's rescue operation. (Required)
Visit the Yae sisters and Sirin regularly in the Stigmata space.
Continue to improve your own strength through various means. (Long-term matters)
One by one...
'I have to say that recycling the armed doll is a troublesome task.'
The reason why Kevin was so generous in handing over the control of the armed puppet based on himself to himself was probably because he knew that it would be extremely difficult to obtain the puppet.
It is sealed together with the Divine Key, which is strictly guarded by the World Serpent. If you want to touch it, you must unlock the seal of the Divine Key.
Based on the last experience in London, once the seal is opened, the relevant personnel of the World Serpent will rush to the scene immediately.
The last time, their firepower was attracted by the Hand of Durandal. It would not be realistic to repeat the same trick next time.
Moreover, judging from the time, it has not been long since Otto sent his two S-class Valkyries to London to search for the Divine Key.
Once they break the seal, Durandal will defeat the armed puppet head-on and retrieve it. At that time, even if he has control over the puppet, he will not be able to retrieve it.
So, is there a way to get it out before then?
Or... when Otto sets out to obtain the Divine Key?
Kirataka narrowed his eyes.
It seems that the latter should be a more feasible option. While the World Serpent is focusing on scavenging from Durandal and Rita, he quietly seizes the opportunity to take away the doll.
Going to retrieve the puppet alone in advance means facing the dual challenges of the World Serpent and Schicksal at the same time. It turns out that it is more feasible to take advantage of the situation.
However, the prerequisite for doing so is that he has the ability to conceal his identity.
"...Well, I don't know when the props I asked Su to make for me will be ready."
Kirataka remembered what he had asked the gray-haired woman for before they parted ways in the world.
——Because she expressed her willingness to help him create a prop using [Ether Singularity], so he simply raised a long-coveted request:
He wanted a disguise that could conceal his identity and confuse others.
Considering that there are still many things that need to be dealt with and interfered with in the future, and the situation will become larger and larger, he cannot always step onto the battlefield in the identity of [Kirataka].
Otherwise, as time went on, he would probably end up like Sirin in her original world, being discovered by Schicksal and Otto, and then being hunted all over the world.
"Therefore, necessary camouflage measures are still necessary.
For Su, an expert in mental perception, it is not difficult to make such a prop that can confuse cognition, and she has agreed to it.
In short, as long as Su can make the props before then, it will be fine.
As for rescuing Mr. Raiden Ryoma...
Now, he has all kinds of detailed information about the place of detention.
'When the time comes to rescue Raiden Ryoma, Mei will definitely have to join us, but before that...'
'There is one more event to handle.'
——That is the theft of the Herrscher of Death's core that will happen in Singapore in the future.
Dr. Machi, who had colluded with Cocolia, took the Herrscher of Death Core from within Schicksal and wanted to join Anti-Entropy, but the old witch only wanted to use the Herrscher of Death Core to recreate the artificial eruption of Nagazora in Singapore to give birth to a new Herrscher of Death.
Otto, who had known all this for a long time, arranged for Fu Hua to go and retrieve the Herrscher core. He also took this opportunity to test Sirin's awakening and prepare for the queen's arrival.
This is what Kirataka knew about the incident, and for him, this was also a very good opportunity.
——An opportunity to snatch the core of the Herrscher of Death from Otto.
Having already died once at Otto's hands, he had already prepared himself for an all-out war with that guy in the future.
Therefore, it is just right to trip him up from now on.
Instead of passively accepting everything, he will gradually begin to disrupt the plans set by Otto and prepare for the future.
Let the core of the Herrscher of Death be the first step.
"...Then it's a matter of improving your strength."
Kirataka muttered to himself.
He never relaxed for a moment in his daily exercise, but for him, if he wanted to quickly improve his strength, there were "shortcuts".
The bonds formed with others will also bring him corresponding feedback, giving him new strength to keep moving forward.
After completing this journey in the Quantum Sea, he naturally gained new abilities.
In the next period of time, get familiar with this new power.
The name of this new ability naturally emerged in Kirataka's mind:
——[The power of stopping, a technique with no lower limit]
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