Chapter 29: Siegfried's Rebellion

Miss Raven erected a tombstone above the dilapidated village. Even though the land was filled with unclaimed tombstones after the wrath of the Second Eruption, Raven felt that she had finally put a period to her past and her brother's. She didn't want her life to be entirely defined by her brother's death or avenging herself against Honkai.

With this in mind, looking at the newly erected tombstone, Cioara asked Bronie, "Sometimes I wonder, if another Honkai Eruption were to happen, how many children like me would there be? So I have this idea of establishing an orphanage. Would you support me?"

"Establishing an orphanage? Or a global chain of orphanages? That's actually a good idea, but if you really want to open orphanage like that, it might affect your mercenary business."

"I'm quite confident in hiding my identity. At least my two accounts are in the top ten on the Charon List, and no one has found out yet."

Cioara knew what Bronie was referring to. Once mercenaries have their vulnerabilities exposed and investigated, future missions become extremely difficult. When a secret is known to a third person, it ceases to be a secret.

"Now that you've figured out how to do it, I'll support you. I can also help you with identity concealment. After all, the information age is just beginning, and mercenaries tend to prefer traditional methods, right?"

"It seems you're quite familiar with this industry?"

"That's because you keep mentioning the Charon List, and I've had some thoughts about Silver Wof of the Ural Mountains."

"Hiss, he's a living legend. What did he do to pique your interest?"

"Nothing much, I'm just a little interested in his network skills, although a bit naive, his skills are visibly growing."

"Weird."

Is Bronie still taking on apprentices in the network? And is she even looking for the number one ranked Ural Silver Wolf in the mercenary rankings?

No, that doesn't seem right at all!

A fifteen-year-old girl teaching on the internet, with the top-ranked mercenary as her student?

"There's nothing to be surprised about. The most interesting thing about the online world is that you can always hide your identity and take off your mask at will. This is an important channel for gathering information in the future. You can't completely avoid it, so I've taken care of it for you in advance."

"I won't pay for that!"

Although Cioara reminded her like this, Bronie responded with a smirk, "I'll deduct it from your bonus."

"Tsk."

The two fell silent again.

It was indeed a bit inappropriate to joke around in front of the tombstone.

So Bronie projected some paper money and lit it.

"Although this is a custom from Shenzou, burning paper money can bring comfort to one's heart. Would you like to try it? Perhaps your brother also needs money in the afterlife."

"If this is according to the customs of Shenzou, then should we come here every year to visit?"

Cioara took the paper money, feeling that this custom was quite good.

Do you believe in the afterlife? From Spiritfarer, Cioara could somewhat sense that Bronie seemed to believe in such things to some extent.

"If not busy, it's good to come and visit. A person has three deaths in total in their lifetime. The first is the death of the body, the second is when they are buried, and everyone knows about it. This is the social death. The last death is when the last person who remembers them completely forgets, when no one remembers that they ever existed. That's the final death."

"So, bringing future children here to take a look and passing down this tradition means that the traces of the other person's existence will be forever remembered, right?"

"That's right."

"Then you should come here with me in the future and take a good look at him. But as for the reward, I can probably only offer you a plane ticket and accommodation at most!"

"It doesn't matter. At least I know that if it weren't for your brother protecting you during that Honkai Eruption, we wouldn't have met in this world. I should thank your brother."

"Hmm, maybe..."

...

After a long absence, the recent Schicksal began to get busy again.

Apart from Otto starting to work zealously, the other reason was the anomaly in the Kaslana family.

Whether it was because the Schicksal was not doing enough for the Kaslana family or because Siegfried had not received compensation from Otto all along, the long-planned escape plan by Siegfried under the Schicksal was now officially underway.

...

"Is it really okay? Siegfried, although I know you have grievances against Grandpa, the Schicksal still remains the primary force against the Honkai in the current civilization. If even a hero like you leaves the Schicksal, the impact on the Valkyries of Schicksal would be immeasurable."

Theresa returned to the Schicksal HQ, and Siegfried entrusted her to help. Theresa did not completely refuse him.

It might be because of Otto's influence, Theresa didn't completely oppose Otto, but instead advised Siegfried not to retaliate against Otto in a too extreme manner.

Indeed, in Theresa's eyes, Siegfried's actions were completely impulsive and immature revenge. Revenge for Otto's inaction, revenge for Otto's order to deploy the Honkai Fission Bombs during the Second Eruption.

"Theresa, do you know the mental state of the Valkyries who experienced the Second Eruption? If my daughter continues to stay in Schicksal, will she end up like those Valkyries in the future? Or... destined to become a sacrifice under Otto's command... As a father, this is not the future I want to see. Which parent would throw their own child into the cesspit?"

Siegfried had long planned this plan, and now, with the cooperation of Anti Entropy, it was officially underway.

"But Kiana has my protection, even I can't..."

"Can you guarantee that Kiana will not become a Valkyrie in the future?"

"I... I can't..."

"So that's the problem, and you know it too, otherwise you wouldn't help me prepare the plane. And Otto is conducting a very dangerous experiment, he is trying to resurrect the Second Herrscher, do you know what that means?"

"I understand, I will assist you well, but Grandpa won't give up his experiment. Just one sabotage may not change anything."

"So the core of the Second Herrscher is the key to the experiment, if it is lost, the experiment will not work."

"This is betraying Schicksal! Schicksal has eyes and ears all over the world, you cannot escape their pursuit."

"So we have to involve Anti Entropy."

Anti Entropy also has Gems in their hands, and doesn't Schicksal covet those gems? Of course they do.

So without a doubt, Anti Entropy is indeed a good place to go.

Moreover, during the Second Eruption, they had already cooperated. Their ideology indeed gained Siegfried's approval. Throwing girls onto the battlefield is indeed too much!

"Well, I accidentally lost my access card. Help me find it. Even if you find it, don't use it, remember to give it to me as soon as possible."

Saying this, Theresa accidentally dropped something like a card from her skirt.

"A plane to Siberia is about to take off. Kiana is mischievous and likes to hide in some corners. I don't think she'll be on the plane, right?"

Siegfried actually wanted to ridicule Theresa's acting skills, they were really bad.

But if she could help him, that would be the best thing.

What else is there to complain about now? Siegfried embarked on his own path of revenge

...

"Cioara, do you like to follow the gossip of the Schicksal?"

Returning to her hometown of Sky City, Cioara reopened her bar. Since returning from Siberia, Cioara felt that her life had become more colorful.

Bronie started creating new folders, and she gradually got the hang of making games. Art, music, and text, unexpectedly, were all created by her own power, similar to that of the First Herrscher.

Cioara couldn't help but comment that no wonder Bronie's game production efficiency was so high. But since she had done all this, did Bronie's company still have a reason to exist?

At least Cioara didn't think there was much need for it. After all, even in programming, Bronie seemed to have created an artificial intelligence to assist in programming.

That's the power of technology.

But just as Cioara watched Bronie gradually complete the game, Bronie suddenly asked this question.

"Schicksal? The main force organization against the Honkai in the current era? What gossip could there be in there? Is it just a multi-angle love affair between Valkyries?"

Yes, Cioara's stereotypical impression of the Schicksal turned out to be this. But thinking about it carefully, in an organization crowded with Valkyries, it was only normal for girls to stick together like this. Multi-angle love affairs and such were just a part of it.

"A n S-Rank of Schicksal named Siegfried who fought against Honkai have betrayed Schicksal, taking the core of the Second Herrscher with him."

"That's quite a big deal. It seems like the World Serpent will be issuing missions soon?"

"That's right, but I think at most it will cause varying degrees of Honkai Eruptions. Following that, the Schicksal will block it, and then there will be no room for the World Serpent to intervene, right?"

"So I will take the route of the tasks issued by Schicksal through the intermediaries of mercenaries. I hope that my business won't be too affected by it."

"Schicksal currently conceals the existence of the Honkai from society, so what kind of tasks could they issue? I'm afraid at most it's just cleaning up the battlefield on the periphery, nothing that mercenaries would do."

Bronie maintained a different opinion, and Cioara also agreed.

"So there's almost no room for us to intervene in this matter?"

"After all, it's the core of the Second Herrscher, if we could get it, it would be great to let Vill-V make another Cosmic Juggernaut in the Elysian Realm. Maybe interstellar travel won't be a problem in the future."

"There's no such good thing in the world. Do you have enough resources to want to make a Divine Key? So why tell me about this? You can't even touch it, and you tell me, are you trying to tempt me to death?"

Cioara knew that Bronie had also had a mercenary career. Basically, mercenaries have a bad habit. That is, they will try to seize any opportunity.

"It's nothing, I'm just gossiping with you. I think you might like this topic, or do you want to talk about the topics that only girls can talk about, like how your figure grew up?"

"Let's forget about that, I thought you wanted to help me smash the core of the Second Herrscher."

"It seems you still have grievances against the Second Herrscher."

"It's just a pity that she died too early, so I didn't have any chance to retaliate against her. But you really won't get involved in that matter, right? I think it's quite dangerous, and without the World Serpent backing you up, you don't have the ability to confront Schicksal head-on."

"I never fight battles without assurance, so if I do take action, I definitely won't fail! But in a while, I plan to go to Siberia again, to experience the artistic atmosphere there."

"Can you see the expression on my face? Do you think I believe what you're saying? What do you want to do over there? What else could be worth your desire there?"

"Of course, it's beautiful girls! Meeting beautiful girls is my source of happiness, and it's like an early preview for when facing Honkai disasters in the future, so I won't be completely helpless."

It seemed that Bronie was determined to go?

Cioara arrived at the front of the bar and pulled down the rolling shutter.

"Why did you suddenly close the door?"

"Do you think I would feel at ease letting you go out randomly? Although I don't know what you want to do, I can't just watch you throw your life away, right? So it's best for you to speak up about any plans you have. If I can help, I won't cause trouble."

And there was one more important point. Even she didn't know the location of this incident, but Bronie seemed to have already investigated it!

"It seems that I hold quite an important position in your heart! I'm glad, but rest assured, Haxxor deals with things absolutely reliably. As a teammate, I'm absolutely reliable!"

"So what about the game? Are you not going to work on it?"

"Don't worry, the game won't be neglected. It's just that my pet AI's programming tasks takes time, so before they finish the tasks I've assigned them, I'll have plenty of time to do what I want to do."

"Well, if there's anything too dangerous that requires my intervention, I'll definitely charge you afterwards. Don't complain when the time comes~"

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