Chapter 34: I remembered an old friend
Although he comes here to eat every day, this is the first time he come here at this time.
As soon as you enter the door, you can see an older single woman with fiery red hair lying on the sofa and sleeping soundly.
Come to think of it, it was probably because she drank too much last night.
——Himeko fell asleep on the sofa at some point, and her current state can only be described as disheveled.
A large area of her body was exposed, and the pajamas that were barely big enough could only cover the important parts because of her dishonest sleeping posture.
And that face seemed even more rosy because of being drunk, as beautiful as if it had been painted with blush.
Kirataka just took a glance and then tactfully looked away.
Well, after all, there is another person around...
"Wait... Kirataka, you are not allowed to look!"
Sure enough, Mei quickly reached out and covered his eyes.
"Okay, okay, I won't look at it."
Kirataka said helplessly.
After confirming that he was indeed not looking, the purple-haired girl trotted over, picked up a thin quilt from another sofa, and covered Himeko with it, preventing her from leaking out her spring light and allowing her to have a good rest.
Then, Mei stood up, turned around, and said:
"I... I'll go prepare lunch. Kirataka, you go upstairs to find Kiana. She's in the room in the middle of the corridor."
Kirataka nodded and then went upstairs with the two toys that Theresa gave him, which looked like Homu dolls.
After pushing open the door of Kiana's room, he saw a white-haired girl lying on her bed and sleeping soundly.
There were quite a few books scattered around the bed, and it seemed she was working overtime to make up for her lessons.
In order to make it easier to sleep, she untied her twin ponytails and scattered them all over the bed.
If you look closely, and if she doesn't say anything, she can indeed be considered a beauty.
But as long as she opens her mouth, there will be a kind of beauty that has not been polluted by knowledge.
Kirataka thought about it, stretched out a finger, pointed it at Kiana's calf that was exposed outside the quilt, and shot out a small electric current.
"Ah--!"
The stimulated white-haired girl sat up suddenly.
After seeing that the person in front of her was Kirataka, she suddenly clutched the quilt tightly and hid in the corner of the bed
"You, you, you, Kirataka, why are you in my room!"
"You should call me Teacher Kirataka."
He responded leisurely.
"Huh?"
"The principal has handed you over to me. I will give you remedial lessons in the next two weeks."
Kirataka walked forward and without saying a word, pressed the homu in his hand on Kiana's head.
"Wait, what is this?"
"Learning device. Wearing it will increase your experience points."
Kirataka responded perfunctorily.
"I'm not Pokemon!"
Kiana protested.
Well, actually the name of this device is [Homu Homu Virtual Reality Connector]—a product of the Far East Branch's Science Department. As long as you put this thing on your head, you can enter the database in an immersive way.
"It's a mysterious little prop for studying history. Your great aunt gave it to me."
"Wait... at least let me eat something..."
Kiana wailed.
"I'll eat after that."
Kirataka said impartially.
He then brought another Homu and activated the device.
[Authorization... passed]
[Linking in progress...]
[Creating scene...]
The scene around him was changing constantly. Before entering completely, Kirataka was careful and saved the scene at this moment.
After all, there is a high chance that I will come into contact with Otto next time, so it is always a good idea to be on guard.
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Schicksal Headquarters, floating island, inside the bishop's command room.
The blond man sitting on the bench, holding a glass of red wine leisurely, observed the various data on the screen.
"Your Excellency the Bishop, it has been detected that Kiana Kaslana and Kirataka have entered the Schicksal Database through the Far East Branch's data interface."
As the bishop's secretary, Amber emerged from the shadows and informed the man in front of her of the information.
Kiana Kaslana, as a very important part of Otto's plan, her every move is under Otto's surveillance, and Amber is responsible for monitoring and reporting throughout the process.
At the same time, the image on the screen in front of Otto switched to the perspective within the database.
"Haha, has it entered the database? Maybe that innocent child Theresa did it, but it doesn't matter..."
Otto narrowed his eyes slightly.
To him, Kiana Kaslana had long been a doll in his hands, and her thoughts and behaviors were predictable.
As for the other people, whether it was Bronya Zaychik or Raiden Mei, all their information was transparent before his eyes.
Cocolia's pawns, the down-and-out daughter of ME Club, or the Third Herrscher... none of them would interfere with his plan to resurrect Kallen.
The only person who was left was Kirataka. Even with all the resources and means of Schicksal, no information about his past could be found.
It was as if... he appeared completely out of nowhere during the outbreak of Nagazora City.
Combined with his special ability... it always reminds Otto of a familiar old friend.
He was also born out of thin air during the Honkai disaster, and he also possesses mysterious and changeable abilities.
After it was confirmed that the Herrscher was Mei Raiden and not him, his true identity became even more mysterious.
So, will he also be similarly... out of his control?
As a bishop who has ruled Schicksal for more than five hundred years, Otto does not like any uncontrollable instability.
Once something is beyond his control, he will find a way to eliminate it.
The last person like this was the head of the Kaslana family, Siegfried Kaslana.
Such overwhelming strength forced him to make the decision to launch an Honkai energy fission bomb to wipe it out.
Thinking of this, Otto couldn't help but chuckle and made a straightforward decision:
"It's a good opportunity for me to give him a try."
He pressed a few buttons on the control panel and imported a particular piece of data into the database.
"...Let me recreate a special scene for him and see what choice he will make?"
He chose a special scene for Kirataka.
As the data was imported, a familiar face appeared on the screen.
This is a young man with dark blue hair, light blue pupils, and regular features.
This was a man to whom Otto once sincerely wanted to entrust his Schocksal.
This is a man who, if he had not died young, might have completely changed the world.
He has many nicknames.
[Experimental Subject Ω1], the first acting Herrscher, the son of Honkai, the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, the hero...
Welt Joyce.
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