Beng San, I have an unfinished date with her

As the "strongest destiny", I was almost defeated by the obstruction of my mortal enemy, Anti-Entropy, and the interception mission also failed... Not only myself, but even the glory of destiny may be stained by the hustle and bustle of the world.

But this is not a big problem for Youlandel, and it is not enough to affect her mind at all.

She just felt...this was her first failure.

It's just a bit of a bitter taste when you taste it for the first time.

Youlandel found a direction high in the sky, avoiding the eyes and ears of the citizens and moving towards the city of Singapore.

Perhaps because of the big battle in the sky just now, the urban area of ​​Singapore was very quiet. With the help of local government staff, police personnel, A·L security personnel, etc., almost all citizens and tourists started to move when the first sky change occurred. Evacuate.

This makes it easier for Youlandel to go to Tianming's intelligence point in Singapore without anyone paying attention, which is the small shop opened by the ghost himself, not the bar of the unlucky bartender.

The high altitude wind kept blowing over Youlandel's body and face, and the cold wind slightly suppressed some of the discomfort in her body...

She didn't feel it at all before, but now she felt that the wind was so cold...

She was surprised to find that there was a sense of remorse and regret lingering in her heart, which made her enter a state of emotional sensitivity. Even the slightest change in the temperature of the wind around her body would affect her mood.

Youlandel shook her head and said to herself:

[This is not okay, this is not like me. I should have a more confident smile, or open my eyes as if I don't understand the world to get through all difficulties. 】

【…】

She thought of another person, a person who had been with her since she joined Tianming and graduated from the training team.

[Perhaps, if Rita is around, I will feel much better? 】

[Hmm...So I am already so dependent on her? 】

With her head full of thoughts as complicated as a ball of wool, Youlandel landed in front of the real shop belonging to the ghost... She wanted to take a rest and then immediately set off back to the Destiny Headquarters.

Up and down, go to the deepest: 227. Go straight to Rita's Hollander (5.5k)

a few days later.

In a spacious and bright laboratory at Tianming Headquarters, several scientific researchers are constantly working on their dashboards, and the whole room is filled with the hum of instrument operation and the sound of data flow and analysis.

Otto is holding a "file module" with a virtual projection generator function, standing in the center of the room like a starring role under the spotlight, looking at the data flow in the virtual projection screen in his hand.

"Your Majesty Bishop, Lord Hollander is back from Singapore." Amber appeared behind him and saluted.

"Well..." After hearing this, Otto disappeared the virtual projection module and put it aside. The expression on his face suddenly changed, from the thoughtfulness during research to the disgusting cynicism - it just meant something. To put it bluntly, Otto's cynical smile when facing Hollander was a bit "gentle".

He turned around and said to the girl who came in with Amber: "Welcome back, Hollandelle."

Facing Otto's smile, she did not look directly at it as before. Instead, she focused slightly on other places like a child who had done something wrong... But she seemed to feel that this was inappropriate, and He raised his head and looked directly into Otto's eyes openly.

Otto felt happy in his heart and his eyes fluctuated slightly.

Hollander then bent down and saluted very solemnly: "I'm sorry, Bishop Otto."

"I failed to live up to your expectations. The mission failed. I failed to stop them. The Lunar Eclipse Armor was almost collapsed due to my use. I am afraid that the legacy of the previous civilization will be difficult to repair-" She paused and raised her head, looking directly at Austrian. Tona's eyes, which did not look angry at all but were full of strange energy, said: "The Destined S-Class Valkyrie Youlandel is willing to accept the punishment."

"Haha~" Otto even laughed happily a few times. He discovered this situation, raised his hand to cover his mouth with a fist, suppressed the joy in his tone and said: "Well, I don't blame you for that, You Lauder." Hey, the enemy's strength and quantity far exceeded expectations, your performance is very good, you can be regarded as the leader among S-class Valkyries."

"But your mission did fail. Tianming is a large organization with strict rules and regulations that fights for mankind. Punishment for mission failure is unavoidable. Then, as the Bishop of Tianming, I declare that you-" He deliberately prolonged his voice. , which firmly raised the chord in the hearts of everyone in the room, and then said: "The holidays for this quarter are gone."

Youlandel blinked her big eyes, a little unbelievable.

"Oh haha ​​- what, don't you think the punishment is not enough? Then add your salary for this quarter?"

Youlandel trembled and shook her head quickly. Her salary still required shopping and more delicious food.

"Then go down and rest, Youlandel. I'm not that unkind. Besides, although your mission failed, you did show your destiny's majesty. The arrogance of the traitors in North America was severely hit. .”

"It's...Bishop." Hollandel was about to leave, but after taking a few steps, she remembered those things again, stopped and turned around to ask Otto: "Bishop Otto...you, really Was it accurate from the beginning? That recording—"

The cynicism in Otto's smile completely disappeared and became mysterious: "I am the bishop of destiny. Wouldn't it be a bit derelict if I can't even see this?" He spread his hands and his tone changed and rose: "—— I’m not my vicious sister Lisa and my stupid nephew Marcel.”

"..." After getting the information she wanted, Hollandelle clenched her fists, but in the end she had nothing to say. She had to admit that Otto deliberately let her go after seeing defeat, and was playing a trick on her. The suspicion is there... However, how could Tianming give up the core of the Herrscher to others - he is Tianming's strongest combat power now, who can he rely on if he doesn't take action?

Youlandel loosened her fist again, and at the same time she thought of another thing...

She has already felt and understood that her body is indeed powerful and the Honkai energy is extremely adaptable. However, the damage caused by directly connecting to the imaginary space to manipulate the Herrscher's power is far more than a simple matter of physical adaptation - erosion. It's all-round, and something will target you.

Just like the malice the Herrscher had when he was first born.

But after taking off the Lunar Eclipse Armor, Hollander discovered that she was the real deal, and her spiritual consciousness had not been greatly eroded, or that she had not suffered much substantial damage.

She found out why - it was that strange power that protected her consciousness.

...So she wanted to know, if even she was so dangerous, why would Otto say that he was the only one destined by fate, and that she and another stranger could use the Eclipse Armor and control the Herrscher on it? core?

It's not that Hollander is bragging...she knows her own strength well. If she has to rely on that extra power to protect her spirit and consciousness, wouldn't it be possible to think that Bishop Otto and the stranger are also ...

Hollander looked at Otto, but she really couldn't feel anything unusual about Otto. He didn't even have any energy fluctuations in her perception... let alone that kind of strange energy.

From this, she wanted to know who the stranger was, so she asked: "Bishop Otto... Forgive me, but it was mentioned in your recording that there are people who can control the lunar eclipse besides you and me. There is a member of Destiny whom I don’t know, I..."

"You want to meet her, right?"

"Her?" Youlandel was startled, and after capturing one of the key pieces of information, she quickly said, "Valkyrie?"

The scientific research laboratory had become much quieter while Hollander was thinking, because the scientific researchers were driven out by Amber's various gestures and hints.

Otto rubbed his chin and looked at Hollander again. He was thinking...

Otto didn't expect that the people opposite him didn't notice Hollander's identity. Well... although the hair color did change during the genetic engineering debugging process... she looked quite close to Cecilia. , Kiana and Siren.

The Second Herrscher was also unaware of the ability to perceive and disturb the imaginary space brought about by the application of part of her body...

Walter didn't even notice the existence of the bloodline power. Fortunately for himself, he felt that Walter had that power directly applied to his body many times. As the Herrscher of Reason, he should have noticed it quickly...

He even gave the Sky Fire to Hollander for use, but Siegfried was still so slow, as expected, he was as stupid as he was when he was a child, and it was hard for people to like him.

[But... I didn't expect it to be this bad. Youlandel still failed to start the trial... What did the ancestor of Bloodline Will do? 】

[Obviously Youlandel has initially acquired the basic power in the bloodline inheritance... She has even moisturized her body for so many years - but she still hasn't started the trial. 】

[It is completely different from the way I and Cecilia obtained their power, and it is also different from those who are compatible in the world...even having some power in advance. 】

[Perhaps Youlandel can also be considered an affinity person? ...That's really interesting. 】

Otto finished thinking quickly and saw that Youlandel was still looking at him eagerly.

After thinking about it again and again, he felt that there was really no problem, but maybe something more interesting would happen... Some evil thoughts suddenly appeared in his heart, which made him say to Hollander: "Well, think about it again. I think I can tell you the identity of that person.”

Curiosity surged onto Youlandel's face, and her big eyes were full of curiosity.

"Well, that person is... the deputy principal of St. Freya Academy, the commander-in-chief of the Far East Branch Valkyrie Force, and the former S-class Valkyrie of Destiny - Cecilia Chaniat." He put his hands behind his back, closed his eyes and muttered something.

Hollander's expression changed, and her big eyes kept blinking: "Cecilia Shaniat... I remember she is the wife of Siegfried Kaslana, but Siegfried is not Already..." Youlandel stopped and thought about the words, but found that she couldn't find any other way to describe it and had to continue: "Have you betrayed the destiny? And... you took your daughter with Sai. Celia escaped together, and it is reported that Bishop Otto personally blocked it at that time, so that the Destiny Headquarters suffered huge damage and even almost fell."

"Could it be that Cecilia Shaniat is still a member of Destiny under such circumstances?"

Otto grinned: "The complexity of the things behind this is beyond your imagination, Hollander. You need to explore it yourself and draw your own conclusions. I will not interfere with or give you what belongs to [my own] The answer.”

"In short, Cecilia Shaniat has lost her status as a Valkyrie, but she is still employed by my coquettish granddaughter Theresa and works for her in the Far East Branch, which means—— They are Theresa’s personal mercenaries.”

Otto clapped his hands: "Okay, Hollander, you will have the opportunity to meet Cecilia in the future."

"Now, you go and rest first. There are still a lot of things that need to be done recently."

"Yes, Bishop Otto." The intention of seeing off guests was obvious, and Youlandel had no choice but to leave directly.

"..."

"Your Majesty Bishop, we have information."

After a while, Amber came in again with the scientific researchers. The scientific researchers did not say anything and quickly returned to their seats to continue their previous actions.

Otto didn't say anything. He took the data file in Amber's hand and read it, murmuring: "Interesting, it was Ms. Jackal who sent the World Snake... It seems that Dr. Mei in Bella's mouth is not the same." Not purely someone who is affiliated with Anti-Entropy.”

As he spoke, Otto swiped the screen, and the data changed. There were photos showing a lot of or sparse information about several people: a man with long brown hair, wearing lower-frame glasses, wearing traditional-style decorated clothes, elegant in manner. A lady full of knowledge - Catherine, the curator of the British Museum; a mysterious woman wearing a strange costume that combines elements of a doctor or scientist's white coat, and a mask with elements of an Egyptian mythical jackal; and a famous but A mercenary with very little information.

"This combination is not anti-entropy in any way. The World Snake...has finally shown its tail."

"I just don't know, who do you belong to~?" Otto had an intriguing smile on his face.

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"Rita, I'm back!"

Hollander rushed into her dormitory and opened the door excitedly. After looking at the situation in the room, she chose the kitchen and went straight.

"Hey? Wait a minute, Master Youlandel, I'm cooking."

Most of the uncomfortable feeling on Youlandel's body has been eliminated, but there is still some impact.

This caused her original intention to give Rita a big hug, but she lost control of her feet and threw herself directly on Rita, hanging on her neck.

Rita was stunned for a moment in panic, and then quickly stabilized her body to avoid being knocked down by Hollander. After all, there was soup behind her.

He hugged Youlandel well with one hand and put the spoon back on the countertop with the other hand.

Rita's stunned expression quickly changed to her usual friendly smile when facing Hollander, like a family member who could accommodate everything she had to offer.

Rita patted Hollander's back, touched her long hair and said: "Welcome back, Lady Hollander, I received the message from the Bishop and am preparing for your homecoming banquet. "

"Um... Rita, let me hold you for a while." Youlandel made a rare voice that was almost coquettish, and buried her head in the hair on Rita's shoulder.

"Ah -? Well, it's okay, Master Youlandel." Rita chose to accept Youlandel's hug silently.

In fact, it's not that she doesn't feel strange, it's just that Rita can quickly hide and suppress her emotional fluctuations.

How could she not be surprised... This was the first time that Youlandel had released her emotions so strongly to her close friend. No matter what Youlandel had witnessed before, she was strong. Bianca Ataljina... would not act in such a "not strong enough" way towards herself as a close friend.

Rita noticed something, gently stroked Bianca's back and hair, and said softly as if comforting a child: "What happened to Lord Hollander?"

"..."

"My mission failed..." Youlandel's voice was small and humming.

Rita's movements stopped, and her eyes even paused: "Oh, oh—so that's it." Rita was completely surprised to hear this news.

She quickly comforted: "It doesn't matter, people always succeed and fail sometimes... The mission is not the most important. It's good that you can come back safely, Lord Youlandel."

"Hmm! Rita, do you think so?" Hollander raised her head and looked at Rita, perhaps because she did not expect her friend to say this at all.

"Thank you, I feel a lot better. Sure enough, with Rita by my side, I don't have to worry about it anymore!" Youlandel became happy and happily swayed Rita's shoulders.

"Uh...oh..." Rita helplessly followed being swayed around by Hollander. She looked so lost and could she recover with just a word of her own?

Rita also felt a strange feeling and didn't know what to say.

Finally, Youlandel swayed for a long time, and was finally attracted by the sound and smell of the soup that Rita was cooking, and stopped the "torture" of Rita's body and mind.

"It smells so good." Youlandel said this and looked at the contents of the soup pot: "It's great to be able to enjoy Rita's craftsmanship when I come back."

"I have over-praised Lord Hollander." Rita raised the back of her hand slightly and said with a smile.

"Where can I find it~" Hollander smiled and left the stove, making room for Rita, and then continued: "Although Rita is British, her craftsmanship is completely different."

Rita suddenly felt dumbfounded: "That's because... Well, in short, Lady Youlandel should go rest and change clothes first. There is still some time for dinner."

"A perfect maid must dedicate perfect meals to those who serve her~"

Hollander tilted her head and said: "But I am not Rita's master, and Rita is not my maid?"

Although Rita was not wearing her favorite maid uniform, she still bent down and performed a maid ceremony with graceful and precise movements and said: "It's okay, Lady Youlandel, it's just that I want to be a perfect maid."

"Oh! By the way, I remembered, because of Ragnar!" Hollandel hammered her hand and said as if she suddenly realized it, then nodded and murmured to herself: "Speaking of which, Ragnar... I don't know her. How is your injury?"

Rita smiled slightly: "Yes, that's exactly the case, Lord Hollander." Then she answered another question from Lord Hollander: "I went to visit Lord Ragnar. She is now active in the training team, but She remained silent as to what happened to her severe injuries."

"Oh..." Youlandel was a little depressed when she heard Rita's answer, but she immediately changed her mood and walked to the bathroom while taking off her clothes.

Rita saw Youlandel leave and was continuing to cook when she heard the sound of water running from the bathroom. She remembered the scene that had just entered her eyes. She pointed her index finger on her chin and looked at the sky outside the kitchen and said to herself: "Yourandale Randall-sama, you didn’t bring any change of clothes.”

Then he put down the kitchen knife, patted and wiped the water stains and small scraps of raw materials on his hands on the apron in front of him, and walked towards Hollander's bedroom.

Completed in one go, very skillful, and full of character as a good wife and mother.

She picked out a set of clothes that looked like home pajamas - because when she thought of the way Lord Youlandel fell down, she must have been very tired, and she might have eaten her own food and returned to the bedroom. It doesn't take long to fall asleep in a familiar bed.

As expected of Rita, she considers every detail.

Night fell slowly, just as Rita expected - after Hollander finished the delicious food, she and Rita watched TV for a while and then wanted to go back to the bedroom to sleep. Rita was also invited to sit on Hollander's bed. I chatted with Youlandel about her mission for a while, but after just a few words, Youlandel's eyelids couldn't hold it anymore.

Rita smiled softly and turned off the ceiling lights, leaving only the timer night light beside the bed.

Seeing how Landale fell asleep in the blink of an eye when she went to operate the light switch, Rita's smile became softer.