Siegfried was taken back to Schicksal Headquarters and, accompanied by Cecilia, went to the Archbishop's room.
Siegfried had expected to see Otto, holding a glass of red wine, looking at him haughtily and proclaiming his victory.
But reality was completely different from what he imagined. Not only was Otto not holding wine, but he was also on the sofa, smiling as he watched a girl sitting opposite him eat pastries.
Siegfried felt like he was seeing a ghost, or perhaps he hadn't fully woken up. Otherwise, how could he dream of his wife discovering his magazines and Otto smiling?
He was shocked. This feeling was just like Cecilia's smile back when he secretly looked at other female crew members of the Hyperion and touched their butts during the time he was married to Cecilia.
Even though he had been disciplined more than once, Siegfried still hadn't corrected his behavior and continued these harassing actions.
As a result, he ended up touching the butts of all the female crew members on the entire Hyperion. Of course, his ribs were also broken several times; each time, Cecilia would break them and then fix them, then break them and fix them again, repeating the process.
Anyway, with the Black Abyss White Flower, she wasn't worried that Siegfried would be beaten to death by her. Even if he only had one breath left, she could save him by using the power of the Black Abyss White Flower.
"Cecilia, what exactly happened? Why is it like this? Isn't Otto that…"
Siegfried whispered into Cecilia's ear. In the past, many rumors about Otto's sexual orientation circulated within Schicksal.
Otto had never shown any interest in any female member of Schicksal. The only one he had a relatively close relationship with was Theresa, whom he treated as his Granddaughter.
Some even rumored that Otto was actually gay, leading to a gay, gay atmosphere spreading throughout Schicksal at the time. Especially Siegfried, as the only one in Schicksal comparable to a Valkyrie, was the subject of many fantasies by those fujoshi.
Even Siegfried accepted this narrative, but Otto's current behavior was completely like a young man in love!
(Siegfried: This is definitely not the Otto I know! This is fake!)
"Actually, you should know this girl's identity, Siegfried. She is also a member of the Kaslana Family."
"kaslana? Impossible. Mother and Father are already so old. Based on this girl's age, she should be in her twenties. If Mother really had a daughter, she wouldn't not tell me."
Siegfried's mother loved him very much. Back when Siegfried escaped from the family, even though his mother pleaded with his father, no personnel were dispatched to bring him back.
If his mother really had a daughter after he left the family, he would surely have received news. What exactly is this…
"Oh my, what are you thinking, Siegfried. Her name is Kallen Kaslana, the Saintess of Schicksal from five hundred years ago. Do you still think she's your sister?"
Cecilia was a little impressed by Siegfried's thought process. She was a person from five hundred years ago, yet he still thought of her as his own sister.
Even if Kallen looked very young, she was still over five hundred years old. She was more like his ancestor.
"Five hundred years ago… No way."
Siegfried looked at Kallen in surprise. The two of them waited for Kallen to finish her snack, patting her stomach contentedly.
"Now that you two are back, it's time to get to the main point."
Otto stood up from the sofa, leaning against his desk, facing Siegfried and Cecilia, his formal smile reappearing.
"Bringing you back this time isn't to blame you. That person specifically asked me to treat you well, and your arrest warrant was canceled a few hours ago."
As he spoke, a virtual screen appeared before Siegfried, showing the cancellation of the warrant and restoring Siegfried's former position in Schicksal.
"What does this mean? And what exactly is going on with Cecilia? Did you clone Cecilia's cells, like Kiana, and make a clone to bring me back?"
"A clone? No, no, no, you've misunderstood me, Siegfried. K-423 is undoubtedly a qualified experimental subject, but cloning a replica of Cecilia is harder than imagined. At least Schicksal doesn't have the capability to do that right now. The Cecilia standing before you is not a so-called clone. I'm sure you can see that yourself, can't you?"
As he spoke, as if remembering something, Otto pulled up some data and showed it to Cecilia.
"This is what the Valkyries found in your house when you left Schicksal. That house has been sealed, but since you plan to return, I can immediately return the property rights. However, before that, there are some things Cecilia needs to see. I believe these should be your treasures."
"What?"
Siegfried was drawn in by Otto's words and looked up, wanting to see what it was.
But the moment he saw it, Siegfried raised his hand to stop it, only for his left hand to be caught by Cecilia.
"Cecilia… let me explain…"
"Let me finish reading, then I'll listen to your explanation, darling~"
With a trip of his left foot, Siegfried's legs lost strength, and he knelt on the ground, watching helplessly as Cecilia perused what could only be called 'secrets'.
Seeing that he could no longer stop it, Siegfried glared furiously at the mastermind who exposed these things.
It was this guy, he was the one who exposed his 'secrets'.
"Why do you have these things, Otto! Didn't I delete everything when I left!?"
"Are you stupid? This is Schicksal Headquarters. You used Schicksal's network to find those things, so of course Schicksal's database would keep a copy."
Otto looked at Siegfried as if he were looking at an idiot.
When this guy searched for these things using the Schicksal network, why didn't he consider that the central system would keep a copy?
Even if Siegfried's database was deleted, Schicksal's database would still retain a copy of some of the things Siegfried had searched for.
"Hey, Otto, what is it? It seems very interesting."
Kallen curiously wanted to see what could make Siegfried react so strongly, but Otto pulled her away.
"Kallen, this is nothing worth paying attention to. These are secrets between a husband and wife. As outsiders, we shouldn't know too much."
"But didn't you give these things to Cecilia? Aren't you an outsider then?"
Kallen blinked. If outsiders couldn't see these things, then Otto, who gave them to Cecilia, wasn't an outsider?
"Of course not. I witnessed Siegfried and Cecilia's wedding. As their witness, I have the duty to supervise them well."
Completely ignoring the constantly trembling Siegfried who was staring at him, Otto spread his hands and said with a matter-of-fact expression.
"These files are precious content from after Cecilia's death, allowing her to understand what her husband has been doing during her absence. I am very…"
"Bull— [beep]! Otto, you have the guts to come here! Even if I die today, I will take you down with me using Judgement of Thunder! You devil!!! I won't let you off!!!"
"See, look how happy he is. So happy he's almost jumping, Kallen."
"Oh… but I feel like he wants to fight you to the death, Otto."
Siegfried's gaze clearly indicated he wanted to drag Otto to hell with him. It didn't look like a happy expression at all.
At this moment, a portal suddenly appeared in the center of the room, and Inaba Tsukiyo's small head poked out from it.
"Mr. Otto, has Cecilia brought Siegfried back? I've had some problems here; the resistance has been unexpectedly fierce."
After speaking, Inaba Tsukiyo seemed to be pulled by someone and was yanked back in, but quickly poked her head out again.
"Never mind, whether she's back or not, I'll send the person over first. Otherwise, if Anti-Entropy finds out, it'll be hard to act."
With that, Inaba Tsukiyo pulled hard, and two figures were yanked out of the portal.
The person pulled out spun several times in the air before landing. Her cherry-blossom long hair made Kallen's eyes light up, and she ran over.
Kiana, who was brought over on the other side, looked at the surroundings nervously. She recognized it as Otto's office.
Why did Inaba Tsukiyo bring her back?
With this doubt, Kiana saw Cecilia and Siegfried's location and completely froze.
Siegfried, kneeling on the ground, noticed Kiana's gaze towards them, his mouth twitched, and he reached out to greet her.
Just as Siegfried was about to greet her, a pink fist came flying at him, hitting him hard in the face.
Siegfried, still kneeling, lost his balance from the punch and fell to the ground.
"Wait! Wait! Kiana! I can explain! I can explain!"
"I'm not listening! I'm not listening! I, Kiana, am going to give you, this stinky old dad, a good beating today! Otherwise, I really can't let this go!"
Cracking her knuckles with a 'snap', Kiana walked towards Kiana (should be Siegfried).
"Mom, I want to teach Dad a lesson, that should be fine, right?"
"Yes, as long as you don't kill him, I can use Black Abyss White Flower to save him. Oh, never mind. Don't use it. Siegfried's vitality is quite tenacious anyway, he should be fine even without Black Abyss White Flower."
Cecilia, who had finally finished reading, stood beside Kiana, putting down the Black Abyss White Flower in her hand.
"I want to join you, is that okay, Kiana?"
"Of course! Today, we'll both give that stinky old dad a good lesson! Let him know that we're not to be trifled with!"
'I already knew you two weren't to be trifled with!'
Siegfried looked at the approaching Kiana and Cecilia with tears in his eyes, then turned to Otto and Inaba Tsukiyo, hoping they could help.
However, Otto's gaze was drawn to Kallen and Yae Sakura; he still couldn't quite stomach Kallen and Yae Sakura's intimate interactions.
As for Inaba Tsukiyo, it was even less likely that she would help him.
Siegfried, isolated and helpless, could only watch his wife and daughter walk towards him.
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