"Well, that's that then. Thank you for telling me so much today, father-in-law."
Ana, Elena, and Friedrich these three people would undoubtedly become Shun's family in the future.
But… Shun still couldn't lay all his cards on the table with them. To prevent the butterfly effect from amplifying to a point where Shun could no longer control the situation, he had to tell many lies.
If he told Friedrich now that Cecilia had not been brainwashed by Otto and that this was her own choice, Friedrich would undoubtedly feel much better. Unfortunately, Shun could not say it.
"What's there to thank? Although I really don't want to admit it, we should be family from now on." Friedrich looked at Shun. The gritted-teeth expression from their first meeting was gone; instead, he seemed to have let go of some things.
Shun nodded and prepared to leave the living room. Suddenly, he thought of something and turned back to Friedrich, who was planning to go outside to set up bait after Shun left.
"There's one more thing, father-in-law. What exactly is your relationship with Cecilia?"
Friedrich, who had already touched the doorknob, froze. After a pause, he said, "She's my sister. My biological sister."
Shun hadn't expected his own thinking to still be too conservative. Cecilia was actually Friedrich's biological sister.
"There's one more thing…"
Friedrich, who had just been about to open the door, staggered. "Can't you finish it in one go?"
"May I ask for the contact information of Theresa Apocalypse, the head of Schicksal's japan Branch?"
...
The kid had finally left. After hearing Shun go upstairs, Friedrich waited for quite a while longer to confirm that Shun really had nothing else to ask him.
With the mood of someone certain he could catch a full bucket while night fishing tonight, he pushed open the door and spread his arms wide.
"Farewell, cage!"
The next second, a pillow slammed into his face. "Get back here and sleep!"
"Hahaha, this must be fake, fake." Friedrich pretended nothing had happened and turned to reach for the doorknob again.
But just as he was about to rush out, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind, tightly grabbed his collar, and yanked hard, dragging his whole body back.
"I can't tell them apart! I really can't tell them apart!"
From Shun's room, Friedrich's wails could still be heard. Was this what it meant to be thirty and have no choice? And his mother-in-law was almost forty this year too. Tsk tsk tsk.
Shun lay on the bed and used Cosmic Juggernaut to cover the room with a layer of vacuum film, isolating all external sounds.
In Shun's hand was the note with Theresa's contact information. He sat on the bed.
Next, he had to contact Theresa, because Shun wanted Ana to transfer to japan instead of returning to Southeast Asia like in the game and going to guard Coral Island.
Only by obtaining St. Freya's household registration would it be convenient for Ana to pull out her flag. Moreover, St. Freya was full of hidden talents; Shun's master Fu Hua would also arrive there soon. It could be said that Ana going to Japan Branch was definitely the best option.
However, Ana was just an ordinary A-rank Valkyrie. Although Snow Lotus Squad had already become a heroic squad, it wasn't impossible for Ana to choose her own branch.
But based on Shun's understanding of Ana, she definitely wouldn't give up so easily on the Southeast Asia she had always protected.
Theresa, however, was different. As Otto's most doted-on granddaughter, it was perfectly normal for her to want to take Cecilia's biological niece the last lucky survivor of Snow Lotus Squad under her wing for protection after learning about it.
Let Theresa go find Otto and make a fuss herself. Given Theresa's personality, it was also normal for her to act spoiled toward Otto over this matter. Anyway, Shun couldn't take the initiative himself.
He had also just inquired about Ana's relationship with Cecilia. Using this as a token of sincerity, Shun refused to believe Theresa wouldn't get involved.
Shun took out the phone that his good adopted son Gray Serpent had given him. This phone connected directly to World Serpent's internal servers and had strong concealment; it wouldn't be tracked by Schicksal.
Holding the note with Theresa's contact information, he entered the numbers one by one according to its contents.
"Du du du..." After quite a while, the call finally connected. Theresa's cute yet slightly lazy and impatient voice came through.
"Who is it… calling at this hour."
"Theresa, if I say I'm Siegfried, would you believe me?"
"Siegfried? You still dare to call this old lady? I #*#×￥#%..."
Shun hadn't expected that the small, fragrant, and adorable academy principal in his impression would have such a foul mouth. Just how deep was her resentment toward Siegfried?
This scolding seemed to have woken Theresa up. Gradually, her voice grew quieter until she finally stopped the dirty words.
"You… you're not Siegfried." On the other end of the phone, Theresa's embarrassed voice came through. She was probably digging her toes into the ground right now inside those delicate, exquisite, delicious jade feet wrapped in white knee-high socks.
"Dear Principal, I only said 'Would you believe me if I said I'm Siegfried?' I never said I actually am Siegfried. Did the Principal just wake up and not hear clearly?"
"Uuu… s-sorry, that was my mistake, but… I definitely wasn't sleeping during work! Absolutely! Not!"
After realizing she had misunderstood someone, Theresa very conscientiously apologized and even heavily emphasized that she hadn't been sleeping just now.
"Yeah yeah yeah, Principal Theresa definitely wasn't reading Homu comics at work, wasn't sleeping at work, and didn't dump all the work on Himeko to go slacking off herself."
Every sentence from Shun stabbed straight into Theresa's heart. Her originally modest chest began to heave violently.
"I definitely didn't!!!"
After roaring, Theresa finally calmed down. Who was this person? He shouldn't be her subordinate or acquaintance. She had no impression of this voice at all.
Moreover, he was using her private contact information, and the incoming number was displayed as a string of garbled code.
So annoying. Her head was itchy; she was about to grow a brain. Whatever! Just ask directly.
"Hello, who exactly are you? How do you know my private contact information? And what do you want from me?"
"I'm here to trouble you." Shun got straight to the point.
There was a moment of silence on the other end before Theresa spoke: "You… you really aren't polite at all. Go on, what is it?"
"It's like this. You should have heard about Snow Lotus Squad, right? My fiancée Ana Schariac is the last survivor of Snow Lotus Squad. I want you to go to Schicksal Headquarters and take over the squad's establishment. In all of Schicksal, only the Principal has the authority to do that."
"…I haven't returned to Schicksal Headquarters in a long time." After hearing Shun's words, Theresa could only say she was powerless to help. If possible, she wanted to keep hiding in Japan forever.
"I see. Actually, Ana is Lady Cecilia's biological niece. Her father is Lady Cecilia's older brother." Seeing that a simple request wouldn't move Theresa, Shun finally brought out the first reason.
"Where!?" The simple two words proved Theresa's determination.