Chapter 69: The Wisdom of the Herrscher and Sleeping Beauty
"Mei~"
After completing the cleaning task of the corresponding area with Bronya, Kirataka said goodbye to Bronya and came to where Mei was.
Well, after all, no matter where she was, she was too conspicuous, so there was no need to look for her.
Jumping down from the ruins, he landed next to Mei.
Before he could stand firmly, a bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the sky without warning and hit him directly. The sound was huge and quite scary.
However, Kirataka was not seriously injured and walked out of the lightning strike unscathed.
—Possessing the same ability to manipulate electromagnetics, he had a certain resistance to the same type of attacks, so the damage he suffered was naturally greatly reduced.
Of course, the main reason was that the girl in front of him did not use any ruthless force.
If she really wanted to, she could easily break anything down into atomic fragments.
"What are you doing here?" The Herrscher personality within Mei now completely occupied this body.
She was obviously a little unhappy now because she had witnessed him and Anna living under the same roof.
"Looking for you, what else can I do?" Kirataka said.
"Heh, why don't you go hang out with that Valkyrie named Anna?" Sister Lei Lu mocked mercilessly.
Her expression was puffed up, and she was obviously still angry.
Kirataka coughed twice and explained:
"Mei, you may have some misunderstandings..."
"Hmph, I see you're quite popular here, so why don't you just not go back to Saint Freya and go back to the Schicksal headquarters with her."
Sister Lei Lu snorted coldly and continued to mock.
The city of Manila had been completely destroyed, and the Snow Lotus Team that was originally stationed here had been wiped out except for Anna. So, after she completed the disaster rescue, she would naturally return to the Schicksal headquarters.
As for where he will be assigned next, that is another matter.
Moreover, except for Anna, the other Valkyries who came to support the disaster had also heard about his deeds of leading away the Honkai Beast alone. In addition, he himself was a minor celebrity among the Valkyries, so he was indeed quite popular in this Schicksal camp.
"We just have a good relationship, it's not what you think..." Kirataka explained weakly.
"By the so-called good relationship, do you mean sleeping in the same room together?" the girl questioned.
—This was much more serious than them moving into Kirataka's house to live together. These two people were almost sleeping in the same bed!
After all, no matter what, they were not squeezed into the same room with Kirataka.
"...Ahem, isn't it because the number of dormitories here is limited?" Kirataka tried to explain.
He indeed moved in without knowing it, and when he woke up, it had already become a fait accompli.
However, the girl in front of him had a look of "Yeah I believe you."
The purple-haired girl immediately turned her head away, pretending that she didn't want to hear her explanation.
Seeing the girl in front of him losing her temper, Kirataka was at a loss for a moment. He touched his head and asked honestly:
"Then what should I do so that you... you can stop being angry with me?"
Sincerity was his ultimate skill—
Hearing this, Sister Lei Lu raised her eyebrows and asked:
"Any conditions are acceptable?"
"Um."
"We can stop being angry with you, but we have a condition. If you agree to it, then this matter will be over," Sister Lei Lu replied quickly.
"Okay, go ahead, as long as I can do it." Kirataka nodded.
After hearing that he agreed, a sly look flashed across those scarlet eyes, and she quickly said:
"In fact, our original house had already been repaired when you were traveling in Europe. However, we don't plan to move out and will continue to live with you. This is the condition."
This sentence was spoken very fluently, and it was obvious that she had been planning this for a long time.
—The maintenance team that Theresa hired to rebuild the house was quite efficient. In fact, the house had been almost repaired when he just left.
It was just because Kirataka happened to leave, and a certain kind of Paramecium found it troublesome to move repeatedly, and a Miko who transformed into a little fox was quite popular among the girls. The three factors combined made the three girls decide to continue living in his dormitory.
Originally, they were supposed to move back after returning to St. Freya Academy.
Now...
"As long as you are willing, I don't mind." Kirataka shrugged.
Well, in a sense, living with beautiful girls was a win-win for him, so of course there was no reason to refuse.
"It's settled then," Sister Lei Lu said easily.
"..."
Watching the girl in front of him change her expression quickly, Kirataka couldn't help but feel that he had been tricked by her.
Did the two of them plan this out and deliberately create such a quarrel?
"Okay, let's change people."
Her mission had been completed, and now it was time to return control of the body to that other coward.
Along with the exchange of souls, Mei's scarlet eyes turned back to bright purple in an instant, and the expression on her face became much softer.
Mei looked at Kirataka nervously and whispered, "Well, isn't what she said a bit too much..."
She actually didn't hate Anna. After her initial contact, she thought Anna was a very good girl.
"No, no, well...she's doing this for your own good," Kirataka waved his hand.
After Mei regained control of her body, the lightning that kept falling around her also dissipated, and the atmosphere suddenly became much quieter.
"Anyway... the nearby Honkai beasts have been almost cleared out, shall we go back?" Kirataka suggested.
The purple-haired girl nodded and walked side by side with him on the way back.
On the way back, Kirataka received a new message in his email, a reply from Raven.
He opened his email, read the content of the email, and a smile appeared on his face:
——Raven has already investigated the whereabouts of Raiden Ryoma.
Of course, she didn't reveal his location in the email but only mentioned that she did have the relevant information.
According to Raven, this transaction is an offline one where money is exchanged for goods, so Kirataka has to wait until she goes to Nagazora again and talks to Raven in her [Nest] in person to find out the specific location of Mr. Ryoma.
After receiving this message, Kirataka was in a good mood.
Two important operations in the future, one is to find Seele, and the other is to rescue Mr. Ryoma, will be launched soon.
The day of settling accounts with Cocolia won't be far away.
......
In the next five days, Kirataka, Kiana, and others carried out their disaster response tasks as normal.
Of course, there were some slight changes in where he slept - he gave his original bed to the three girls, and as for himself, he simply chose to sleep on the sofa to spend the night.
After carefully cleaning up the Honkai beasts in the ruins, the normal rescue operations in Manila City also came to an end.
42 Valkyrie teams, totaling 114 people, were put into the battle, and more than 5,000 rescue teams of various types were dispatched successively. Ultimately, the disaster-stricken area was completely controlled within the city of Manila, and it did not spread further.
The evacuation and rescue of personnel have been completed, and the wanton destruction of Honkai beasts has also been cleared out. After that, it is only necessary to regularly observe the concentration of Honkai energy here.
Kirataka and his team completed their mission and soon it was time to return.
Outside Schicksal's camp, Anna stood with the others, bidding farewell reluctantly.
Although the time was short, she did get to know the other three girls and became friends with them.
——This was also the first time Anna communicated with the Valkyries from St. Freya Academy. They were indeed different from the Valkyries trained from the headquarters.
Should I say... more lively and youthful?
Anna said with some regret:
"After that, I will be returning to the Schicksal headquarters... I'm afraid I won't be able to meet you again for a long time."
She will take the aircraft back to the headquarters, while the four people in front of her will return to the Far East Branch along the same route.
'After this separation, I wonder when we will meet again?'
Thinking of this, Anna's eyes couldn't help but drift towards Kirataka.
Kiana answered readily:
"It's okay, Anna. We'll have plenty of opportunities to meet again in the future. Besides, we can also keep in touch online."
"...You mean by connection, playing games together online, right?" Kirataka complained silently on the side.
"Stop talking!"
Having her true intention exposed, the white-haired girl stretched out a finger in dissatisfaction and poked his waist with lightning speed.
After Kiana's observation, she found that this was Kirataka's weakness. If touched here, he would instinctively shrink away.
"Anna, if you have the chance, you are also welcome to visit Saint Freya," Mei responded gently.
"Sister Anna, goodbye." Bronya also waved.
"Yeah, bye everyone," the chestnut-haired girl waved her hand vigorously, said goodbye to everyone formally, and then boarded the aircraft.
......
After saying goodbye to Anna, they also set out on their return journey.
It only took two or three hours to return to the Far East from Manila. After returning to the Far East in a small aircraft, the four returned to the academy.
Kirataka stepped onto the academy grounds after a long time and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.
Well, compared to the climate and scenery of Europe, this place is indeed more pleasing to the eye. This place can be considered his "home" in this world.
The four of them walked on the path back to the dormitory, Kiana and Bronya a little ahead, and he and Mei behind.
"Mei Mei, I've been so tired on missions these past few days. I want to eat something delicious tonight," Kiana said in a coquettish manner.
"Okay, what would you like to eat tonight, Kiana?" Mei nodded gently.
"I want fried chicken wings!"
"Stupid Kiana, all you know is eating," the silver-haired girl at the side said mercilessly.
——Well, when the four of them are together, Bronya and Kirataka always take turns to make fun of Kiana.
In response to their complaints, Kiana has already developed a unique "retaliation system."
The way to deal with Kirataka is to poke the waist, and the way to deal with Bronya... naturally, it is pinching the face.
"B-Ro-N-Ya--" Kiana stretched out her jade hand and wanted to ravage Bronya's face, but the silver-haired girl dodged it nimbly and launched a counterattack without any hesitation. The two of them fought and played all the way and entered the house first.
Then, Kiana happily took off her shoes and trotted to the living room.
Every time after completing a mission or combat training, her favorite thing to do is to pounce on the soft sofa and then spin a few circles.
But this time she couldn't get what she wanted.
"Great, number one! I'm finally back...?"
The white-haired girl's eyes fell on the living room. She was suddenly stunned, and her expression changed from happy to surprised, as if she saw something that shouldn't exist.
"What's wrong, Kiana...?"
The second person to enter the living room was Mei, who had taken off her shoes. She followed Kiana's gaze and showed the same expression as hers.
"..."
Bronya followed closely and saw the scene in the living room.
Because of facial paralysis, her expression did not change much, but her eyes changed obviously.
However, her eyes were not as surprised as the first two girls. Instead, she had a feeling of "as expected."
"...What's wrong? What happened?"
Kirataka, who was walking at the end, looked at the expressions of the three of them, frowned slightly, and was about to step forward to find out what was going on.
'Did they have any unexpected guests in their house?'
'I have the impression that there won't be any troublemakers these days...'
'Could it be that Cocolia has done something again, or is it that Otto has done something...?'
Just when Kirataka came to the living room and was about to open his eyes wide to see clearly, the white-haired girl and the silver-haired girl beside him stretched out their hands at the same time and covered one of his eyes each to prevent him from seeing the scene in front of him clearly.
"No, Kirataka, you can't look at that," Kiana and Bronya said in unison.
Having said that, despite their quick movements, Kirataka still managed to catch a glimpse of the strange scenery above the sofa.
——On the sofa, a pink-haired girl with fox ears was naked with her eyes closed.
She was sleeping there quietly like a sleeping beauty, curled up in her arms.
Although the scene looked very erotic - otherwise the two of them would not have covered their eyes.
However, judging from the beads of sweat quietly sliding down Yae Sakura's face, her condition was not good.
Sleeping Beauty was not able to sleep peacefully and was also suffering torture in her dreams.
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