The owner of that sentence seemed to be very far away, yet also seemed to be right beside her ear.
Raiden Mei's arm trembled slightly. This was not her own movement. In her subjective awareness, she had not made any movement at all.
At this moment, that voice sounded again.
'Call him.'
Listening carefully, this voice sounded ninety percent similar to her own. If not for the fact that her own way of speaking wasn't this cold and sharp, it would probably be completely identical.
Raiden Mei knew who the voice belonged to. The expression on her face did not change.
Looking at Levi's back, she asked in her heart, 'Why? Do you know him?'
Could it be that the other party knew the Herrscher of Thunder, which was why she had that familiar feeling?
'Why?'
Facing Raiden Mei's question, the Herrscher of Thunder also didn't know how to answer.
Maybe because they were both Herrschers, she could easily see through Levi's Herrscher identity.
But this was not the reason she wanted to call him.
As for knowing him… the Herrscher of Thunder was the same as Raiden Mei, only having a faint sense of familiarity.
'Very strange.'
Watching his figure about to disappear, a restless emotion surged up in the Herrscher of Thunder's heart.
As if not calling out to him would be some kind of major mistake.
Sensing the Herrscher of Thunder's irritated mood, Raiden Mei's expression became a little strange.
She had only asked for a reason. That shouldn't have offended her, right?
In her impression, the Herrscher of Thunder wasn't this overbearing.
Not even allowing her to ask the reason.
It couldn't be that he was the Herrscher of Thunder's type, right?
'Huh?!'
Shouldn't she like Levi too, just like herself?
Thinking of this, a question suddenly popped up in Raiden Mei's mind.
If the Herrscher of Thunder and herself liked different people, how would she and the other party live?
The daytime would belong to her, the nighttime would belong to the other party?
Raiden Mei fell into deep thought.
At this moment, the irritated Herrscher of Thunder suddenly thought of the books about Herrschers and Honkai that Raiden Mei had read.
A thought suddenly appeared in her mind.
'Could this be a revelation from the Honkai to me?!'
Although she didn't know why, the Herrscher of Thunder once again said to Raiden Mei, who was controlling the body, 'Call him.'
Coming back to her senses, Raiden Mei had just prepared to do as she was told, but Theresa completed it first.
"Wait!"
After glancing at Himeko, who had turned her head away and didn't want to tell her what she needed, Theresa prepared to ask Levi, the one who brought up this matter.
"Tell me, what does Himeko need?"
Levi, who was asked, glanced at Himeko who was staring at him, then helplessly spread his hands at Theresa, "The person herself doesn't want to say it. How can I go against her wishes and tell you about it?"
'I have professional ethics, okay!'
'How can I casually reveal someone else's secret!'
Theresa had already expected this.
"Aren't you the owner of a detective agency?"
Hearing this, Levi's eyes flickered. Himeko hurriedly stopped Theresa, who was about to spend money over such a small matter.
Seeing Theresa's attitude of if you won't say it then I'll ask someone else, Himeko sighed.
She could only tell her own physical condition.
"What?!"
Theresa's shout of shock rang out from the office and carried very far away.
Coming back to her senses from the shock, Theresa jumped down from her chair and started fiddling with Himeko like she was handling a doll.
Himeko sighed.
Being treated like this by Theresa in front of her own students was somewhat embarrassing.
But she also knew Theresa was worried about her.
So she didn't stop her.
"How is your physical condition now?"
"Don't worry. I won't die for the time being."
Seeing Himeko being so unconcerned, Theresa shot her an annoyed glare.
'What do you mean won't die for the time being?!'
'No wonder she hadn't seen her physical data for such a long time. So she had used her authority to block it!'
"Do you even know what kind of consequences your behavior could cause?!"
Theresa's expression carried restrained anger.
Without knowing her physical condition, she could easily assign her even more dangerous missions.
Dragging a broken body into missions that weren't suited to her difficulty level.
Mission failure, or even… sacrifice.
This was something Theresa did not want to see.
Facing Theresa's angry gaze, Himeko also knew she was in the wrong and very awkwardly apologized to Theresa.
Standing in front of Himeko, Theresa kept scolding her, while Himeko kept bowing her head and apologizing repeatedly.
After a while, Theresa's anger finally subsided.
She turned her head to look at Levi, who was waiting for the mission.
From what Himeko had just said, Theresa could also tell this guy really did have some real ability.
Even things she, Himeko's superior, didn't know.
He knew them like the back of his hand.
In that case, what he said about there being something Himeko needed in Nagazora City was most likely true.
Hmm, the matter about Wendy was also very likely.
But the first thing that needed to be handled was Himeko's matter. Wendy's matter could be dealt with afterward.
Theresa stared at Levi leaning against the doorframe.
Originally, after learning about Himeko's physical condition, she had planned to have her withdraw from her Valkyrie duties and peacefully work as a teacher at St. Freya.
But if she did that, Himeko would one hundred percent refuse.
Then there was only one method.
"Tell us where that thing is in Nagazora City."
The only thing that could satisfy Himeko's requirement was a Stigmata.
But the Valkyrie squads she had sent out had practically turned Nagazora City upside down.
They had basically rescued all survivors and still hadn't found anything related to a Stigmata.
"Her location isn't fixed. I'm not too sure where exactly she'll appear."
Maybe she was still sealed and hadn't come out yet.
Maybe she was already wandering in Nagazora City, just deliberately avoiding the Valkyries there.
"Are you even reliable!"
"I..."
Levi's chest rose and fell. For the first time, he was angered by Kiana.
Saying he wasn't capable before he had even tried. If this continued, what would happen in the future.
A moment later, he said calmly, "I'm truly sorry. I'm not capable. You can go look for her yourselves in Nagazora City."
"Also, just to mention, there is currently one Herrscher and two pseudo-Herrschers in Nagazora City. I wish you a safe time clearing the Nagazora City instance."
He made a gesture of flicking his sleeve as he prepared to leave. Theresa's eyes sharpened. Kiana's heart tightened.
———
"I'm very sorry. I shouldn't have said something like that… anyway I'm very sorry!"
Seeing Kiana being forced into a dogeza by Theresa, Levi stroked his smooth chin with the composure of an old man and commented to Theresa, "She can be taught!"
"Haha." Theresa laughed dryly twice, then kicked Kiana's raised backside.
Kiana, meanwhile, trembled while looking at the chain lock hanging in front of her face.
Levi clapped his hands and looked at Theresa. "I can help you find her, but you need to understand, I'm the owner of a detective agency. My help isn't free."
"Of course, of course!"
Theresa nodded repeatedly. "How much money do you need?"
"Tasteless!"
'I don't even live in this world. What use do I have for the money here?'
Even using it as toilet paper would feel too rough.
If he didn't need money… could it be they used items as payment?
Theresa found herself in a difficult spot for a moment. She herself didn't have a habit of collecting things and simply couldn't think of what she could give him as payment.
"..."