Liar, liar, liar! Otto, you bastard, you really are a massive liar!
K423 roared soundlessly.
Did I get hit in the head by Great Aunt? To think I actually believed Otto would just let Kiana go!
K423 truly never expected that this man would actually take advantage of Kiana falling asleep to carry her straight onto the battleship heading for Schicksal HQ.
As expected, this man could not be trusted at all.
Looking at his ugly, smug face filled K423 with so much rage she wanted nothing more than to strangle the Queen floating next to her just to vent her frustration.
Kiana was also quite dissatisfied.
Puffing her cheeks out in an angry pout, she put on her clothes in front of Otto. She had painstakingly built up the resolve to leave his side for a while, intending to blow him away with her growth later on... only for Otto to ambush her while she was asleep!
It was as if her grand resolve had been eaten by her Great Aunt—utterly useless.
All her previous agonizing and internal struggling now looked incredibly foolish and naive.
"There, there. Headquarters has far more outstanding personnel. When it comes to Valkyrie education, St. Freya doesn't even come close to HQ," Otto coaxed with a smile.
"Top-tier Valkyries like Fu Hua, Durandal, and Rita—you can learn a great deal from them. Furthermore, in the near future, the Himeko Murata you know will also be transferred to Headquarters."
"Moreover, Headquarters also has Valkyrie candidates of your own generation. I will introduce them to you when the time comes. Having peers to compete against and motivate one another will be highly beneficial for you."
"Oh, right, their names are Raiden Mei and Bronya. They are both exceptionally talented Valkyrie candidates."
Otto was speaking to Kiana, but in truth, these words were entirely meant for K423's ears. It was his way of saying: Everyone you care about is at Headquarters. Stop trying to instigate marital separation between me and my wife.
Sure enough, upon hearing those names, K423 fell dead silent.
Good lord, did Otto completely hollow out St. Freya Academy?!
She had originally thought she only needed to rescue Mei, but how on earth did that girl Bronya get tricked into joining Schicksal too? Wasn't she from Anti-Entropy?!
K423 let out a helpless sigh.
It seemed they really did have to go to Schicksal HQ. With everyone gathered in one place, it would at least be easier for her to protect them all.
Otherwise, if that bastard Otto did something horrible to Mei and Bronya, she wouldn't even know about it.
Sitting on the floor of the consciousness space with her arms crossed, K423 realized she could no longer see the path forward. The present was completely, fundamentally different from the history she had experienced.
At this point, K423 felt that no matter what happened next, she wouldn't be surprised.
After all, something as utterly bizarre and horrifying as Kiana falling madly in love with Otto had already occurred.
Meanwhile, after Otto finished getting dressed, he wrapped his arms around Kiana from behind and gently rubbed her flat stomach.
"Alright, alright, it was my fault."
He took the initiative to admit his mistake.
Fully intending to never, ever change his ways.
But this was only a minor issue. The moment Otto kissed her, Kiana completely stopped caring about it.
Thus, Otto successfully smoothed over the entire incident.
When the battleship finally arrived at the Schicksal HQ airspace, Otto supported a limping, unsteady Kiana as they went to find Yae Sakura. Sakura was still unfamiliar with the modern era; if Otto didn't guide her, she might have actually gotten lost inside the massive ship.
Moreover, Einstein needed to undergo another rapid medical checkup to ensure there were no lingering aftereffects.
However, the moment Kiana laid eyes on Einstein, her brows furrowed deeply.
Why is there another girl?!
To be perfectly honest, she had always felt that the competition around Otto was far too fierce! Why was every single woman this man knew a high-quality, top-tier beauty? Even his secretary was a tall, gorgeous woman like Miss Sakura!
For Kiana, who had been abandoned by her father in the past, this triggered a severe lack of security—which was exactly why she had so frequently sought 'security' from Otto during the night.
Is that... Dr. Einstein?!
Unlike Kiana, who was busy sizing up Einstein as a potential romantic threat, K423 instantly recognized her. After all, K423 had operated alongside Anti-Entropy for a very long period in the future.
But why is Dr. Einstein here? Was she captured by Otto?!
However, both K423 and Kiana frowned simultaneously.
Because they both noticed the name carved directly into Einstein's face.
You animal!
K423's eyes widened in horror.
Fury surged within her. Dr. Einstein had helped her immensely in the past; she owed the doctor a massive debt of gratitude.
Meanwhile, Kiana looked at Otto with an incredibly weird expression.
Is my man the type to play with these kinds of hardcore kinks? Carving his name into a woman's face... isn't that a bit too twisted?!
Noticing Kiana's exceedingly bizarre gaze, Otto merely chuckled and explained.
"Kiana, I believe I've mentioned Cocolia to you before, right? The letters on her face were originally carved by Cocolia in an attempt to frame me."
Cocolia?
Kiana felt the name was familiar. She quickly remembered that back in Nagazora, Otto had indeed talked about Cocolia.
She was a bad woman.
But why would that bad woman carve Otto's name into someone else's face?
Whoa, don't tell me that bad woman Cocolia is secretly in love with Otto too?! And she used such a twisted method to express her affection!
Damn it, there are way too many vixens coveting my Otto!
Kiana felt an immense, mountain-like pressure crushing down on her.
K423, however, frowned slightly. Cocolia carved this name? Is Anti-Entropy suffering from internal infighting? Or is Otto just spinning lies again?
But with a girl's face mutilated like this—and forcefully branded with the name of her greatest arch-enemy of several decades—Einstein would likely never be able to show her face in public again.
Otto's name would forever accompany her.
K423 felt a deep pang of worry for Einstein.
Despite having experienced countless tragedies, the inherent kindness within the heart of "Kiana Kaslana" remained absolutely unchanged.
"Bring her and follow me," Otto instructed.
Yae Sakura picked Einstein up and followed Otto and Kiana off the battleship.
The moment they stepped off the ship, a figure appeared before Otto.
"Lord Overseer, you have finally returned."
A white-haired woman wearing a high-slit nun's habit and a pair of pale yellow, crystalline goggles bowed respectfully to Otto.
Otto took a deep silent breath.
This was his secretary, Amber.
But he had only ever interacted with her once.
Back when he had just transmigrated, before he had even warmed the seat of the Schicksal Overseer, he had immediately thrown himself off the Schicksal floating island. On his way to perform that parachute-less skydive, he had nearly crashed right into her.
He sincerely hoped she wouldn't notice any discrepancies in his behavior.
Otherwise, he would have no choice but to serve her a memory-wiping combo of Jizo Mitama and Fenghuang Down.
Meanwhile, Kiana, who was leaning heavily on Otto for support, felt completely numb.
Why is there YET ANOTHER girl?! And she's wearing the exact same shameless nun outfit as Sister Sakura!
Damn it, why are there so many vixens in Otto's house?!
However, when the literal vixen, Yae Sakura, laid eyes on Amber, a violent wave of emotion surged through her.
Theresa had only allowed Yae Sakura to see a faint shadow of Kallen. But the white-haired girl standing before her now... even though she wore a visor, Sakura could still perfectly discern her facial features.
It was an absolutely identical match to the Kallen in her memories!
But Otto had perfectly predicted her emotional reaction. Before Yae Sakura could even act out her excitement, he raised a hand to block her path.
"Allow me to introduce you all."
"This is my secretary, Amber."
"She is a clone of Kallen Kaslana. In a certain sense, she could be considered Theresa's older sister."
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