A few days after Moonlight Throne landed at Saint Freya.
"Huh? Sister Rita, why are you here?" Kiana asked in surprise, seeing Rita in the living room after returning home from school.
"Of course, it's because of your excellent performance, Kiana. I'm here on behalf of Headquarters to conduct your assessment," Rita said with a smile.
"Our excellent performance? Could it be? Are we going to be promoted to A-rank Valkyrie?!" Kiana's eyes widened.
"Mei, Mei, we're going to be promoted to A-rank Valkyrie!" Kiana hugged Mei next to her and said excitedly.
"Kiana, Sister Rita said it's an assessment. We still need to pass the assessment," Mei said somewhat helplessly.
After finally pushing Kiana away, Mei prepared tea and sat next to Rita.
"Sister Rita, what form will the assessment take?" Mei asked after pouring Rita a cup of tea.
"Miss Mei, I can't reveal the test questions in advance," Rita said, taking a sip of tea.
"However, for excellent Valkyries like yourselves, I can give you some hints," Rita said after putting down her teacup.
"Really? Really? Can Sister Rita really tell us the test questions in advance?" Kiana looked at Rita with starry eyes.
Looking at the excited Kiana, a drop of sweat ran down Rita's forehead.
"Miss Kiana, don't be so excited. The assessments are normal assessments. As long as your foundations are solid enough, you will all be able to pass."
"But if we can know the test questions in advance, wouldn't our chances be even greater?" Kiana directly grabbed Rita's arm, "Sister Rita, hurry, hurry!"
"I can't tell you the specific test content, but I can say it's very similar to your final exams."
"That's still saying nothing," Kiana pouted, "Sister Rita is lying."
"Kiana," Mei called out helplessly, "Sorry, Sister Rita, Kiana is a bit too excited."
"It's fine. After all, Kiana is so energetic, no one would dislike that, right?" Rita shook her head and said.
"What about Miss Aili and Miss Fu Hua?" Rita asked, somewhat confused.
"Elysia and the others should have just finished training. They probably won't be home for a little while," Mei said, looking at the time and estimating.
"Is there another mission that Elysia and the others need to carry out?" Mei asked, somewhat confused.
"No, besides your assessment, Miss Aili and the others also need to undergo an assessment. If they pass, then Tianming will have two more S-Rank Valkyries," Rita said in a calm tone.
"What? Did you say Elysia and the others are going to become S-Rank Valkyries?" Kiana stood up directly, her eyes wide as she looked at Rita.
"Yes, Miss Aili and the others' strength has already reached the standard of an S-Rank Valkyrie. This assessment is what the Lord Bishop wants to give them both."
"So it's for Elysia and them. It feels like we're just an afterthought," Kiana pouted.
"Miss Kiana needs to be more confident. After all, you are also Valkyries participating in the assessment, aren't you?" Rita couldn't help but reach out and rub Kiana's head. She always felt that Kiana was like a Little Kitten.
"One day, I will catch up to Elysia and the others!" Kiana said with a determined tone.
"Yes, I believe Miss Kiana will grow into an S-Rank Valkyrie."
At this moment, the sound of the door opening came from outside.
Fu Hua walked in, carrying Aili on her back.
Aili looked a bit disheveled.
"Rita? Why are you here?" Fu Hua asked when she saw Rita in the living room.
Aili, on her back, also came to her senses and looked at the living room, "Huh? Rita, didn't you just go back not long ago?"
"Good evening, Miss Aili, Miss Fu Hua," Rita nodded to both of them.
"Because the Lord Bishop believes that your strength has reached the standard of an S-Rank Valkyrie, he sent me to conduct a test for both of you."
"What are you two…?" Rita finished speaking, then looked at Aili, somewhat confused.
After Fu Hua put Aili on the sofa, Aili immediately collapsed onto it.
"Just overtrained," Fu Hua said, straightening Aili's body, then sat next to Aili.
"You two are progressing so quickly in strength, you're truly diligent," Rita said, though she still looked at Aili with curious eyes.
To be able to tire Aili out like this, how intense was their training?
"Rita, I was just purely getting beaten up," Aili said, and her upper body tilted towards Rita.
Rita quickly reached out and supported Aili.
"Hua's training is simply not something a human can endure!" Aili said, then started to cry.
"Cough, cough." Fu Hua coughed twice, "This is what you said, Aili, that you wanted to increase the training intensity."
"Hua! What about later! I already said to stop!" Aili directly hugged Rita's arm, then turned her head to protest to Fu Hua.
"Training must have a beginning and an end, and not be abandoned halfway," Fu Hua said this, her gaze drifting to other places.
To be precise, Fu Hua's body had recovered a part of its strength, and she also wanted to test how much power she could use.
And then Aili just happened to want to increase her training intensity.
Fu Hua then suggested sparring.
And then, it became the current situation.
"Oh, right, Rita, what you just said, is it that Hua and I are going to become S-Rank Valkyries?" Aili didn't release Rita's arm and turned to look at Rita.
"Yes, the Lord Bishop has already seen the combat data of the two of you in the Memory Battlefield, and your data has also been recognized by most Valkyries," Rita took out a piece of paper.
The paper contained information about Rita's mission to Saint Freya this time.
As for why it was a piece of paper, Rita was also very confused. Recently, many mission information transmissions at Headquarters had been changed to paper-based information.
"My and Hua's data?"
"Yes, the video of you two battling Durandal in the Memory Battlefield has already spread throughout Headquarters, and the data from that battle has also been saved as a training target for Valkyries."
Rita spoke a long sentence in one go.
To summarize, Aili and Fu Hua's data in the Memory Battlefield was being challenged daily.
"Ah?" A question mark appeared above Aili's head. Her data was being challenged daily, but she didn't know it.
Why didn't anyone inform her? Has it changed so much just because she hasn't been to the Memory Battlefield for a while?
"In short, as long as you both perform normally during the assessment, you can be promoted to S-Rank Valkyrie," Rita said, nodding.
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