My Boss, the White-haired Nun

"But now...is not the time."

The 17th Chapter [-] The Gambling of the World

Another three months later, the headquarters of Destiny.

"My lord bishop. This is the latest report." The Valkyrie with a white single ponytail and a golden eye patch walked into the bishop's office.Handed a report to the blond man's desk. "It's from England."

"Huh? They're in England now." The blond man put down the game in his hand.Received the document from the Valkyrie. "Isn't that our Nicholas' base camp—if the anti-entropy side doesn't count with us."

"He took the Second Herrscher to meet the Queen of England. Our people didn't know what they talked about, but it is said that after the last meeting, the Queen of England specially arranged for someone to teach the Second Herrscher about royal etiquette."

"Tsk, he really dotes on his blood sister. She obviously swung his sword at Honkai itself without hesitation." Otto flipped through the documents in his hand in amazement. "Didn't those British people suspect that he came up with such a big child? Learning royal etiquette... Don't they gossip? For example, this is actually the illegitimate daughter of Her Majesty the Queen and our Nicholas? I remember that the queen's husband died very early, right? Then the time is right, right?"

"Britain has been Nicholas' biggest and most staunch ally since the Elizabethan era." It seems that he has become accustomed to the fact that his bishop always seems quite abnormal every time he faces problems related to Nicholas.The Valkyrie continued in a calm voice. "From their point of view, even if they agree to some of Nicholas's strange requests, it's normal."

"No, no, Amber, you are wrong." However, Otto corrected her words with a wave of his hand. "Remember, the whole world is Nicholas's ally, and we are the most powerful party in this world, so we are their biggest and most steadfast ally, understand?"

"Yes, my lord bishop." The Valkyrie known as Hu Po lowered her head and replied like this.

"However, judging from the current trend, Nicholas is really planning to put all his chips on the Second Herrscher."

It seems to be quite satisfied with the attitude of Valkyrie.Otto lowered his head and continued to read the report in his hand. After a while, he seemed to feel bored again, and threw the document back into the pile of documents next to him with a flick of his hand.

"It's really a reckless decision, but my teacher always does things by instinct, and it's normal for him."

"Since Lord Nicholas has made the decision. Shall we call?" Amber asked softly after hearing the words.He walked to the desk and began to help Otto organize the messy pile of documents.

"Call?" Otto raised his eyebrows and said with a smile. "No, no, no, we won't call. Only dead people have the right to bet in this game. So no one will call this bet—I, anti-entropy, or the world snake or the watch world That Her Majesty the Queen will not follow, this is beyond doubt."

"Amber doesn't understand." The Valkyrie raised her head from the pile of documents.Tilting his head and looking at Otto, even though he was wearing a blindfold, his confusion was clearly shown. "Master Nicholas took Sirin all the way around the world, isn't he seeking help from the forces he has participated in before? At first, the Shenzhou alchemy series, later the Far East Shrine series, and now the United Kingdom. Sir Nicholas Isn’t that what you’ve been doing all along?”

"Did you think so about what he was doing during this time? It really is the world in the eyes of politicians." Otto smiled.

"However, that man is not someone who would do such a thing. He just wanted to share his life with Sirin."

"You mean. Whether it's Britain or other forces, they didn't place any bets?"

"If you ask this question, it means that you haven't understood the essence of this matter." Otto put his hand on his chin and said with a smile.

"Do you think this is a gamble where all parties divide the power of the world?" The blond man shrugged. "No, this is a bigger thing. What we are betting on is the future of mankind."

"Fate is not someone's destiny. Not me, not you, not anyone's destiny." Seeing Amber, she still didn't understand.Otto explained aloud. "The Destiny is made up of all the people in this group. Everyone in this group has placed a bet on a future called the Destiny. So just as Europe stands behind us, and North America chooses anti-entropy, Because of its relationship with Nicholas, the United Kingdom is qualified to act as a buffer zone. We are both the betting party and the betting point itself. We are betting on ourselves. The same is true for the anti-entropy side, so in this case unless you admit defeat and stay No party in the inheritance will bet on others in this game, only the dead are eligible to bet."

"But there is only one person who is different, and that is Nicholas. He is the supervisor and banker of this game. He is detached from the world and is therefore qualified to choose the future of the entire human race." He tapped lightly on the table with his fingers. "In a sense, the current situation is exactly what he, Nicholas, deliberately maintains. The bright side of the world stands on its own side, and the dark side of the world suppresses anti-entropy. Third parties also have room to grow."

"Why did Lord Nicholas do this?" Amber was a little confused. "Isn't my lord born with destiny? And wouldn't a unified world be more conducive to gathering forces to fight against Honkai?"

"To keep one family from dominating. Nicholas never trusted me on this kind of issue. It's been like this for hundreds of years." The blond man smiled. "That's why I said that he put all his bets on Sirin. He hoped that even after his passing, the people of the world could still maintain the status quo, so there must be a new supervisor to take his place, and that person must be strong enough , strong enough to be able to balance all parties with one's own power, and calmly deal with the backstabs of some of the human beings. At the same time, it can stand at the forefront of the fight against the collapse, and withstand the pressure from the doomsday and the Herrschers who are born one by one .”

"Fifty years ago, he chose the First Herrscher. He paid a lot to train the First Herrscher, even at the risk of fighting with the true god avatar, but Walter Joyce still died. And as Joey Yang, who is the successor of Adams, is on the same team again, which is unacceptable to Nicholas." He sneered when he said this.

"It's ridiculous that those women thought about trying to win Nicholas into anti-entropy back then. It's ridiculous to have such a big dream without even understanding the most basic things."

"Then what should we do?" The Valkyrie looked at Otto in confusion. "Although the choice of Lord Nicholas is actually beneficial to us, after all, we are now the dominant side, and maintaining the status quo is naturally the best for us. But if you want to go further, this is indeed an opportunity..."

"We're not going to do anything." Otto interrupted her, however, laughing. "No matter what Nicholas chooses, we are all winners. It is nothing more than a question of earning more or less. So we just wait quietly."

"And even if you really want to maximize the benefits, you don't really need to do anything." He picked up a glass of red wine on the table and looked at the reflection of the scarlet liquid under the light. "The chess game has been laid out, and the script is being staged in an orderly manner."

"Someone will take the initiative to do everything for us." He smiled slightly.His long and narrow eyes were as cold as ice. "It's been half a year, they..."

"You can't bear it anymore?"

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"I have to say that World Snake's patience is indeed better than I thought."

At nine o'clock in the morning, the red-haired man leaned against a tree and sat on the lawn of Hyde Park in London, looking from afar at Sirin who was surrounded by a group of white pigeons with a handful of pigeon food, and said this to the phone. "To be honest, I thought they would have made a move a long time ago, but I didn't expect that there is still no movement at all."

……

"Do you need me to help you suppress them for a while?"

At this moment, on the top of a tall building in New York, Tesla, wearing a short black skirt, is sitting on the edge of the roof of the building, swinging his two slender and tight legs hundreds of meters above the sky, looking at the neon dream in front of her. city, asked on the phone.

"If we exert some pressure here, they probably won't have time to trouble you, right?"

"Don't worry, you've already helped me a lot. The relationship between the two sides is awkward now, and if you do more, they will be hard to explain." A man's voice came from the other end of the phone.There is some emotion in the tone.

"But to be honest, back then I really didn't think that our Miss Tesla would actually be the only person I could talk to in the current anti-entropy. It's really weird when you think about it."

"I can't help it, that old woman in Edison was the one who was responsible for tearing your face apart." Tesla's mouth curled up with an extremely subtle smile, and the frequency of the swinging of his two big white legs seemed to speed up a little, but his voice remained the same. Very indifferent, did not reveal the slightest joy.

"Jiwotou is the most serious person, so she hurt the most. Emma has no complaints against you, but after all, she is the big housekeeper, and she has to take care of everything. Only me, the [rebellious girl], can come and talk to you. You talked."

She raised her head and looked at the night sky in New York where she couldn't see a single star due to light pollution.

"Actually, they miss you very much. Ai Yin's bed still has the picture of the three of us going out for a drink without a key and unable to return home. We can only sit side by side on the street and look at the stars—do you remember that day? An evening in the streets of London in the winter of [-]?"

"Of course I remember, that day was Christmas. You were still wearing the deerskin boots I gave you." Gong Ming on the other end of the phone also had a flash of reminiscence in his eyes. "I took the two of you out for dinner that day, but I thought Ai Yin would bring the key, Ai Yin thought I would bring the key—neither of us expected you. In the end, the three of us didn't bring the key when we went out. The hotels are closed again. I can only stay in London to watch the stars."

"Yeah." A man's chuckle suddenly came from the microphone. "I still remember that it was a cloudy day, and I said I was looking at the stars, but in fact I couldn't see anything at all. It was just me and Ai Yin who were very innocent and sat on the street with you, who was drunk and in a daze."

"I didn't get drunk enough." The red-haired girl retorted with her eyes widened. "I remember things very clearly! I even remember the thing that Ai Yin sneaked into your room and kissed you while you were sleeping after we got home the next morning! How could I be so drunk!"

"Did such a thing happen back then?" However, the man on the other end of the phone just smiled slightly when he heard the words, full of a kind of relief as if everything had passed. "But what impresses me the most is the starless night sky that night. Other things are relatively blurred. After all... almost fifty years have passed."

"...Actually, so do I." The red-haired girl was silent for a moment.He raised his head and stretched out his hands towards the sky, and looked at the night scene rendered by neon lights in various colors through the gaps between his open fingers.