Back in reality, Kiana looked at her hands.
After a while, she said, "Good night, other me."
The next morning.
Theresa stopped everyone who was about to go to class and exercise.
"Theresa, is there a mission?" Elysia asked directly.
"Huh? How do you know there's a mission?" Theresa scratched her head.
"Aunt, if there wasn't a mission, you'd be eager for us to hurry to class," Kiana pouted.
Rita walked out at this moment, "This mission was specially prepared by Lord Bishop for Miss Kiana and you all."
"Prepared for us?" Kiana pointed to herself.
"Yes, Lord Bishop believes that it would be too decisive to directly deem you unqualified, so he's giving you another chance."
Rita took out a terminal.
"If Miss Kiana and you all can complete this mission, you will be promoted to A-rank Valkyrie."
After speaking, Rita handed the terminal to Kiana, letting her look at the mission information on it.
"The Oceania Branch has lost contact due to a Honkai Energy impact. The mission requirement is to retrieve the gem of desire?" Kiana scratched her head after reading it.
"What is this gem of desire?" Kiana asked, pointing at the mission objective.
"The gem of desire is a high-intensity Honkai Energy gem held by Schicksal, used for experiments at the Oceania Branch," Rita explained briefly.
"Then what does this gem look like? We can't just go there and look at every single stone, can we?"
"Sigh." Speaking of this, Theresa sighed, then tapped a few times on the terminal, "The gem of desire is in her leg."
Looking at the girl on the projection, "The gem of desire is in her leg?"
"Yes, Kiana, the gem of desire is in Wendy's leg." Theresa clenched her fists.
"Wendy, is that the name of this cute girl?" Elysia stood next to Theresa, taking Theresa's hand to help her relax a little.
"Kiana, your goal is to bring Wendy back." Theresa looked up at Elysia, then spoke to Kiana and the others.
"We'll depart shortly. We'll be responsible for suppressing the local Honkai Energy." Theresa looked at Wendy's image on the terminal again, then returned the terminal to Rita.
The Hyperion once again began preparing for a mission.
Standing on the bridge.
"Theresa, that Wendy must be very important to you too," Elysia said, pulling Theresa on the bridge and looking at the scenery outside.
Theresa didn't speak, only sighed softly.
"Alright, tell me. When you saw Wendy's photo, Theresa, your reaction was so strong; you must know her."
"It's not just me, everyone else noticed it too," Elysia said, leaning on the railing.
"Mm, I know her, or rather, I'm very familiar with her," Theresa said with a bitter smile.
"After all, she was my very proud student. I often took Wendy to other branches to show her off back then." Theresa reached out and gripped the railing.
"If it weren't for me, Wendy might have already been promoted to S-rank, just like you all."
Elysia didn't speak, just quietly listened to Theresa.
"Two years ago, after the Third Honkai Impact, Schicksal hoped to use the gem of desire to develop weapons that could rival a Herrscher."
"At that time, I was the one who recommended Wendy for the experiment."
"In the end, the experiment failed, but after the gem of desire was implanted into Wendy's leg, it stabilized."
"So the Oceania Branch decided to use Wendy's body to preserve the gem of desire, and I did nothing." Theresa said, clenching her fists.
The railing Theresa was gripping deformed from the force.
"Alright, Theresa, while we're on this mission, why don't we just bring Wendy back?"
Elysia squatted down, holding Theresa's shoulders, making Theresa look into her eyes.
"Being so downcast isn't like you, Theresa. Now that the Oceania Branch is gone, are we really going to be unable to take Wendy?" Elysia said, looking directly at Theresa.
"Alright, little Theresa, if you're truly feeling guilty, then think about how to compensate her after we bring Wendy back." Elysia directly hugged Theresa and whispered into her ear.
"You're right, I need to bring Wendy back first before I can think about how to compensate her," Theresa said with a bitter smile.
But that child probably wouldn't forgive her, after all, the former S-rank candidate had become like this.
When she saw the photo, Theresa couldn't even admit that she was seeing Wendy.
The once spirited and confident Wendy now could only sit in a wheelchair, looking lifeless.
"It seems Theresa has recovered, then let's go to the command room together." Elysia didn't let go of Theresa, but directly picked her up.
"Eh?! Put me down!" Feeling herself suspended, Theresa quickly told Elysia.
"I'm just giving you a hug, it's fine, Theresa ♬ ~" Elysia said with a light laugh.
Just like that, Elysia carried Theresa towards the command room.
On the way, they also encountered other Valkyries. Theresa immediately buried her head in Elysia's neck, continuously muttering, "Don't look at me, don't look at me."
The Valkyries on the way greeted Elysia warmly when they saw her.
Although she had just been promoted to S-rank, she had always been in the Far East Branch, and Elysia had already accumulated great popularity when she was A-rank.
Someone also asked who Elysia was holding, and Elysia originally wanted to just say.
But Theresa bit Elysia directly on the neck, and when Elysia looked down, she even gave Elysia a threatening look.
Elysia quickly made up an excuse and then hurried away.
However, two people with better hearing still heard them.
"That's Headmaster Theresa, right?" Valkyrie A whispered to B.
"Definitely, only the Headmaster always wears that outfit. I didn't expect them two to have such a relationship," B said, laughing a few times.
These few laughs made Elysia quicken her pace.
"You know, Elysia and Fu Hua were already together, so when did the Headmaster join in?" A turned to look at Elysia again, and also took out her terminal to snap a photo.
"If you ask me, is it possible that Elysia met the Headmaster first?"
As the distance grew, the voices gradually faded.
In an empty corner, Elysia quickly put Theresa down.
Theresa's face was now bright red, and Elysia wasn't much better.
"It's all your fault, now all sorts of rumors are going to spread around the Academy," Theresa kicked Elysia's shin.
"How would I know?" Elysia took out a tissue to wipe her neck, where Theresa's saliva was still present.
After wiping, Elysia even specifically recovered, making the red mark Theresa had bitten disappear.
"You have no idea how popular you are in the Academy," Theresa bit her lip.
Now her reputation was completely gone.
"What does this have to do with my popularity? Never mind, never mind, let's go quickly." Elysia patted her cheeks, then hurried away.
"Hmph, now you're timid, but when you hugged me just now, why didn't you think we'd run into people?" Theresa jogged to catch up, still muttering in a complaining tone.
"When I hugged you, Theresa, you didn't resist either, did you?" Elysia retorted directly.
The two quickened their pace and arrived at the command room shortly.
Standing at the entrance of the command room, the two exchanged a glance before swiping the access card and walking in.
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