"It's said that Lady Theresa is the close friend of my aunt Lady Cecilia. Maybe that's the reason, or perhaps Mom wasn't reassured about me staying in Southeast Asia any longer, so she asked Lady Theresa to keep me by her side to take care of me."
In the end, Ana still found a reason for herself and convinced herself. Sure enough, humans were such creatures. Shun had only told Ana the general situation of the matter.
He didn't even need to guide her. Ana used the existing information to arrive at a wrong but firmly believed answer. However, that wasn't important. As long as Ana felt it was correct, that was enough.
Seeing this, Shun no longer added unnecessary details. When the time came, he would just match statements with Theresa and his mother-in-law. Although Elena was unaware of this matter, once Shun told her, she would definitely agree 100%.
That way, if Ana asked later, there would be an explanation and Shun wouldn't be exposed.
On the plane, because the flight was very early, Ana, who had woken up early, was drowsily dozing off in her seat.
"If you're sleepy, just sleep. I'll wake you when we arrive. Anyway, the European continent isn't that big, and the flight won't take long. Consider it catching up on sleep."
Shun, who often stayed up late, was used to such extremely irregular sleep schedules, but the well-behaved Ana was probably not.
Unless it was a relatively long campaign that required several days and nights, Ana always kept a regular schedule.
Ana squinted her somewhat sleepy eyes, nodded, gave a soft "Mm," put on the eye mask and earplugs provided on the plane, rested her head on Shun's sturdy shoulder, and fell asleep.
Under the continuous turbulence and the familiar scent enveloping her, Ana gradually regained consciousness. She opened her eyes and only saw the back of a head and the lively streets around her.
Both were clearly things Ana was familiar with. The back of the head belonged to her fiancé Shun, and the lively streets around them were the old Schicksal headquarters Kolosten town.
"Shun, have we already gotten off the plane?" Ana wrapped her arms around Shun's neck and rubbed against it. Just waking up, her instinctive laziness made her unwilling to leave Shun's back.
As someone whose normal combat power could go five-five or even six-four with Raiden Mei, Shun naturally noticed the moment Ana woke up.
"Mm, we left the airport less than ten minutes ago. Is it too noisy around here?"
Because they were on the street and would occasionally come into contact with crowds, and since Kolosten was the old Schicksal headquarters, there were definitely Honkai energy detection devices, plus there were many ordinary people nearby, Shun did not use Cosmic Juggernaut to provide Ana with a quiet environment.
"It's fine. I slept very comfortably. There's still plenty of time before the summons. Let's stroll around here."
In the end, was it a woman's natural shopping genes at work? The first thing Ana thought of upon waking was to go shopping here?
"Sure, sure." Shun agreed and pretended to look for an empty spot with no one around to put Ana down.
Unexpectedly, Ana clamped her legs that were being supported by Shun in a coquettish manner and said, "No~ Today you have to carry me."
Damn it, this little Ana actually wants to ride on my head, King Shun! You already have a way to court death!
So in extreme anger, Shun got angry for a second, then lifted Ana, who was starting to slip, higher on his back.
"Let's go. Where do we head?" Joke. Even a certain three could be carried by little Mai. Although Shun wouldn't say he was deeply in love with Ana, they had gone through life and death together.
It was just carrying Ana while shopping. He could even carry several hundred pounds of fish for Ana's old man and walk dozens of kilometers. What was carrying his fragrant and soft girlfriend?
"Um… Then let's go take a look at Violet Iris Square, which commemorates the great Saint Kallen. Lady Kallen is the second Valkyrie I admire the most." Ana thought for a moment and said.
"Uh, okay. Let me check the map." How should he put it? Ana's decision was like going on a date with your high school first love, only for her to not take you to the commercial street shopping malls or any natural or cultural attractions.
Instead, she personally took you to a red revolutionary base. Although it wasn't impossible, it always gave off a very ridiculous feeling.
Shun carried Ana through the bustling crowd and arrived at Violet Iris Square in Kolosten. As a tourist attraction, it actually restricted foot traffic and prohibited loud talking. How bizarre.
However, Shun saw Otto the old man's selfish motives in it. He had clearly opened a square to commemorate Kallen, obviously wanting people to pay their respects to her.
But he didn't want too many noisy voices to disturb Kallen's long sleep. This Violet Iris Square was once a execution ground of Schicksal and the place where Kallen died.
That Otto b*stard even installed a protective shield on the Kallen bronze statue in the square to prevent people from touching it. It could be said that his heart was obvious to everyone.
What? Afraid others will touch your Kallen, huh? Shun looked at the bronze statue that bore an 80% resemblance to Kallen and felt like laughing.
Otto was still a bit petty. He was generous enough to pass Schicksal's inheritance to Joyce, yet he wouldn't let admirers of Saint Kallen from all over the world touch her bronze statue. Shun could smell that possessiveness from miles away.
Moreover, in this world, there was a bizarre international law: no one could produce items or literary works related to Saint Kallen without Schicksal's authorization.
Otherwise, you would see a secret force far more terrifying than Disney's legal department invite you for tea. Anyone who had maliciously slandered Saint Kallen had probably long sunk into the sea.
After visiting this revolutionary-base-like place, Ana suggested going to Saint-1491 Square, which commemorated Otto leading the rebel army to overthrow the old Schicksal.
Shun could barely hold it in. Ana really liked these revolutionary bases, huh? But Shun didn't have much objection.
Although these places weren't suitable for a romantic date, as tourist and pilgrimage sites, they were far more attractive to Shun, who had never been here before, than to Ana, who had visited many times.
Compared to the heavily restricted Violet Iris Square, Saint-1491 Square had fewer rules. However, as one of Schicksal's holy sites, the people visiting here consciously became solemn.
Otto's status in the secular world could be called that of a saint Jesus's status wasn't even comparable. In some sense, in terms of holiness, this place was far more orthodox than Jerusalem.
No one stopped them from entering the interior of the church. This church was where Otto would ascend to godhood in the future. Although it was a false god, he still held the position of a god.
Arriving at the familiar place, Shun looked left and right and found that no one was watching him right now.
So he spread his arms and shouted the classic line of the false god Otto.
"Throughout heaven and earth, I alone am honored!"
"Rise! Great noon!"
However, Shun, who was still completing "Top 10 lines I most want to say after coming to the Honkai world," completely failed to notice that the cameras in the church were transmitting the entire scene of his chuunibyou moment to the Bishop's office at Schicksal headquarters.