Chapter 47: Theresa: Kiana! Do you want to be crushed by Judah?!
The comments in the stream calling her "Auntie" directly left Theresa in a daze.
"What... what are you talking about? Teriri is forever eighteen! It's impossible for her to be that old!" In order to maintain her persona, Theresa began acting youthful.
[Teriri is only on Chapter 2? Hehe, you'll find out if you keep playing!]
[Isn't Teriri the prototype for the Principal? Isn't that the Auntie?]
[We're playing Honkai 3rd today, right? Play it, play it! I can't wait!]
The bullet chat urged Theresa to start playing Honkai 3rd, leaving her somewhat confused. Regardless of what they said, Theresa was ready to continue the game. As she pushed through Kiana's plot, she finally understood what was going on.
The Chapter 2 story takes place after Kiana's group resolves the Selene incident and returns to school. Although Bronya had previously lost control and darkened, Himeko Murata was unaware of the situation because communications had been cut. Mei and Kiana chose to hide the matter, while Bronya underwent a comprehensive physical examination.
After returning to school, the atmosphere in class became tense because the annual Valkyrie Exam was about to begin. Daily combat training was constantly being ramped up. To pass the exam successfully, the entire academy became busy. Academic subjects were not Kiana's forte, so she naturally became a "focus of concern."
["Kiana! Class is about to start. Where are you going?" "De... Theresa! I'm just on my way to class!" "Don't call me by my name in the academy, and don't call me Auntie! You must respectfully call me 'Principal,' do you understand?" "I know, Theresa... uh, no, Principal!"]
Suddenly, Theresa fully understood that the character "Theresa" in this game was the "Principal" of St. Freya Academy.
"Giving me such a role? It seems that girl Kiana is quite sensible."
But soon, Theresa couldn't laugh anymore. The content of Chapter 2 revolved around the Valkyrie Exam. To "sharpen the blade"—no, as foreshadowing—Su Mu had intentionally added a lot of daily-life plot. This included Theresa loving bitter melon juice, loving to secretly read manga, and frantically tearing the manga to shreds and stuffing it into her mouth to eat it when caught...
[Pfft, Theresa is way too short! When she sits on the chair, her feet can't even touch the ground!]
[Bitter melon juice? Do people really like drinking that? What a bizarre taste?]
[She's clearly 45 years old, why does Theresa look like a young girl?]
[Don't talk nonsense! Theresa is definitely like Teriri! Forever eighteen!]
"Kiana!! How could that girl arrange her Auntie like this in the story! Giving me such a high age, do you want me to suffer social death!!!"
Theresa's biggest taboo was people mentioning her age, and Kiana was practically dancing on a landmine!
"That cursed Kiana! Do you want to be crushed by Judah!"
In her agitation, Theresa blurted out the lines from the game. In reality, Kiana was truly innocent; the scriptwriting had absolutely nothing to do with her—it was all Su Mu's doing! Theresa naturally assumed that, given Kiana's personality, she must have "added fuel to the fire" in Su Mu's ear! Therefore, it was all Kiana's fault!
[WWWW, Teriri is furious!]
[Wait, is Kiana really Teriri's niece?]
[I thought it was just a game setting, I didn't think it was real?]
[They are exactly the same!]
Realizing her slip of the tongue, Theresa quickly tried to maintain her persona: "What... what are you talking about? Teriri doesn't know anything~"
[Brothers, do you realize I've discovered a blind spot?]
[If the 45-year-old Theresa in the game looks like this, could it be that Teriri actually looks like this too!]
[A 45-year-old magical crone?!]
[Isn't she a legal loli?]
[I've been a fan of Teriri since twenty years ago. Looking at it now, this avatar is definitely Teriri herself!]
[Wait? Is Teriri's real name Theresa?]
[That's enough, you above me. It's written in the HOMU-pedia, okay?]
The fans in the stream didn't care about Teriri's "persona collapse"... instead, they enthusiastically discussed the possibility of Theresa being an ageless young girl.
"I can't... I can't... Even though the persona almost collapsed, it's being maintained in another way... Uh..."
Seeing the fans connecting the game's Theresa with the real-world Theresa, she felt a bit embarrassed. This wasn't a game world; how could someone look like that at 45! To Theresa's surprise, even though her persona had shifted into a 45-year-old ageless girl, her followers didn't decrease; instead, they increased?
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What on earth are you all thinking!
Theresa continued playing. She saw Himeko as a teacher, how she lectured the mischievous Kiana, and how she worried about being a single woman of a certain age... Of course, most indispensable were the warm interactions between Kiana and Mei...
"Although I knew my idiot niece liked Mei, I didn't expect..." Theresa looked at the intimate bond between Kiana and Mei, her head full of black lines. "Is this game really not just something Kiana made for her own selfish desires?"
With her understanding of her idiot niece, that was a very real possibility! Fortunately, the plot eventually got back on track, at least moving away from the "must-tell" story of the short Principal and Judah...
Because Kiana's academic level was too poor, Himeko invited the Class Monitor, Fu Hua, to tutor her. Fu Hua was a "young" A-rank Valkyrie. It was true that A-rank Valkyries were powerful, but the "A" was also very real. Wearing a uniform, glasses, and looking serious and old-fashioned, Fu Hua prepared various ways to tutor Kiana. After testing Kiana, Fu Hua gave her evaluation.
["Student Kiana. Attack: A, Reflex: A, Intelligence: E. Comprehensive evaluation: E. You only rely on your excellent physical condition to fight."]
Pfft! Theresa laughed unethically. "Is this really a game Kiana made? With an evaluation like that?"
But soon, Theresa couldn't laugh. As the plot progressed, St. Freya Academy welcomed a major event—Schicksal dispatched a Valkyrie to the academy to confirm Theresa's report on the Selene. Furthermore, she told Theresa that the Overseer wished to observe today's Valkyrie Level Exam...
This person appearing in the game...
"Rita? Rita? Why... why is that girl appearing in the game too!!"
At this moment, Theresa clutched her head, transforming into a one-to-one replica of the famous painting The Scream! Just that single name made Theresa want to call the police!
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