As an island floating above the Mediterranean sea, except for the gigantic clouds everywhere, outside the protective dome, we can see an enormous moon accompanied by thousands of stars in the night sky.
That moon shines so brightly, as if to say that I'm very special, and will always be here to watch over you.
"Ughh... Where does she go? The nights here are quite cold." Aurora regretted going out without wearing her jacket.
Since she set foot in the Schicksal headquarters and was taken by her sister, Bianka, to the training room to meet her squad members. Aurora has now officially joined and become a member of the Immortal Blade squad.
Squad Immortal Blade was just founded a year ago which is led by Bianka, and has a deputy leader held by Rita.
To be honest, even though she already knew that her older sister also had her own intentions of incorporating her into the Immortal Blade, Aurora didn't really care.
Just like Bianka and Thea who have their own reasons why they want to become a valkyrie. She also has her own goals that she wants to achieve.
"Turns out she was there."
Lifting her head to look up, Aurora could see Thea who was currently sitting on a high platform, silently staring at the moon hanging in the sky.
The moonlight illuminates her white hair, giving off a very soft reflection. Bending her legs together, and hugged her tightly, Thea currently looked like a princess being blessed by the moonlight.
So elegant, yet so lonely at the same time.
"It's so rare to see you get gloomy, are you homesick?"
Aurora opened a portal next to her, and she immediately stood next to Thea in the blink of an eye.
Noticing that around them was currently a thin barrier made of Imaginary energy, and prevented the night wind from entering. Aurora raised her eyebrows curiously.
Uses Imaginary shield as wind shield, interesting.
I will use it too.
Thea shook her head: "I'm not gloomy, I just want to enjoy the view of the moon in this place. Then how about you, can't sleep?"
Hearing this, Aurora clicked her tongue in annoyance: "Someone forgot to enter the stigmata room as agreed. Kiana there became very noisy, and I was forced to look everywhere for you."
"Ah?"
Was confused for a moment with what Aurora meant at this time. Realizing that Aurora was talking about her, Thea patted her forehead with apologetic eyes.
"My bad, I seem to have forgotten again. I'll be going in there right now."
Aurora shook her head, and she sat next to Thea quietly.
"No need to rush. I also have something I want to talk to you about."
"About what?"
Sit alone on the rooftop platform, and enjoy the beauty of the moon together. Aurora, who had made up her mind, dared to ask.
"If I summoned Bella now to this place, what would you say?"
" Benares? You want to summon Benares to Schicksal? What for?"
"Her name is Bella." Aurora corrected Thea's words very sharply.
Paused and looked at her little sister quietly. Thea thought for a moment, and she seemed to be starting to understand a little why Aurora wanted to go with her to Schicksal's headquarters.
It turns out that Aurora's goal has always been Bella. A Judgment-class honkai beast that had appeared in the second honkai war.
"There are a few things I don't quite understand. Bella's body is currently still in Siberia, frozen in the thick ice. Besides, if you want to summon Bella, then you can just summon her now since she is still following your orders."
Aurora looked at Thea with a look of a fool: "Then let her die again?"
Thea's mouth twitched: "What exactly do you want? Don't beat around the bush like an old lady. Tell me your true intentions."
"Hum! I was a woman to begin, no, I'm Herrscher! I mean, do you have a way to keep Bella from being targeted by the valkyries when she reappears?"
Hearing Aurora's question, Thea's attitude also started to turn serious, and she started thinking about a solution carefully.
"Bella's situation is very different from Sirin's. Schicksal has the Benares database records in their data which is very difficult to deceive the public eye."
"On top of that, Benares was very famous in the second honkai war because she had wiped out many valkyrie teams. Even though I saved most of them from the fate of death, there are still many valkyries here who hate her."
To put it crudely and simply, all the veteran valkyries wanted Benares dead.
"Even if I can persuade Otto to announce that Benares is harmless again, and was successfully tamed by us. Then Schicksal's reputation will be at stake here. The hearts of the valkyries will be in utter disarray."
Valkyries exist to eradicate Honkai. Their families and loved ones also died under the honkai's attack. So, wiping out all the honkai is normal, right?
If a third party appeared, and initiated provocative actions, then Schicksal would immediately enter a state of disarray.
Although this possibility was very small if Otto took over. Compared to the advantages of owning Benares, the gains were still so small that most people didn't want to take the risk.
"I knew this would be very troublesome... Tch!" Aurora gritted her teeth in annoyance.
Seeing her little sister in trouble, only to save Bella. Thea smiled, and she patted her head.
"Don't worry, there is still second sister here. You can leave everything to me."
"If you really want to save Bella, then I will help you. Big sis has the way. So, you just have to wait."
Seeing Thea's soft purple eyes, and her smile that could calm an uneasy heart. Aurora felt a little uncomfortable, and she took a few steps back.
"I don't need your help, I have my way. Besides, you are third sister not second sister, don't forget that." Aurora stared at Thea with eyes full of disdain.
Silent for a long time, because of Aurora's cold words. Thea's body shook, and she laughed out loud.
"Puh~! Hahahaha...~"
"...W-Why are you suddenly laughing?"
Thea shook her head: "No~ I'm just glad you understood the joke I made. Thank you Aurora, you make me feel better."
"It that a joke?"
This time, it was Aurora who fell silent.
The jokes you make really make me even more worried.
What's wrong with you...
You're not angry for suddenly becoming third sister?
Where did stubborn Thea go!?
"Whatever, I will go."
"Yeah, it's late. Good night, Aurora. We will meet again in stigmata room." Thea waved her hand lightly.
Seeing Aurora go straight into the portal without looking back. Thea also got up from where she was sitting, and she started to stretch the stiff muscles of her body.
"Well, looks like it's time to get to work again."
____
A month passed quickly, and their progress with the application of wearing the stigmata increased by leaps and bounds.
Aurora's words to her a month ago made her recall what meant the power of government.
If she has the same achievements as Otto, and is respected by many people. So when she wanted to free Benares, and take her under her wing. Then no one would dare to disobey her orders.
Otto's proposal to make her the leader of Schicksal doesn't sound like a bad thing.
But...
Thea will still reject this proposal.
This position was too dangerous.
She couldn't directly enter the snake nest residence, which had dangerous traps everywhere. She was afraid that her skin would be directly skinned inside and out without knowing what was really going on.
Compared to being the leader of Schicksal, Thea has other alternatives that she can choose for now.
"Become the Saintess of the Schariac house?"
Otto stroked his chin seriously: "Right, as you said, the identity of the Saintess can indeed help us in the spread of the Stigma project. But my friend, I want to ask you one thing."
"What makes you think that I would agree to induct you as a Saintess?"
"You know very well the current condition of Schariac's house, don't you?"
Otto saw Thea sitting in front of him with a playful smile.
In the European continent, there were three great houses that were famous against Honkai at the forefront from time immemorial.
House Apocalypse, House Schariac, and House Kaslana.
These three houses have their respective roles in maintaining balance among each other.
The House Apocalypse has the role of "Overseer" and they usually don't produce any warriors, so they lack the strength to fight the honkai, and makes them very dependent on the other two families.
The current Patriarch of the house of Apocalypse is Otto Apocalypse himself, and he is also the leader of the famous organization called [Schicksal.]
For the Saintess position that Thea was aiming for right now, it was the patriarch position of the House Schariac.
Ever since Otto took the throne of the house of Apocalipse, he made the Schariac house and Kaslana house decline every day, which caused no leader to appear between the two houses.
The former patriarch of Kaslana's house was Siegfried Kaslana, that is, her father. But ever since he became a fugitive Schicksal after the second honkai war, his status in his family was revoked, and he is no longer the patriarch of the Kaslana house.
Meanwhile, Schariac's house, which had the role of a "Saintess" or "Divine Maiden", was currently in internal and external chaos, which caused this house like Kaslana's house, to be full of chaos.
The previous patriarch of the Schariac house was Cecilia, her mother. But ever since she was pronounced dead thirteen years ago, the position of patriarch in the Schariac house had also become vacant.
Honestly, any smart people here could see that the house of Apocalypse, which was under Otto's leadership, was suppressing these two families under their banner.
Although these three houses used to unite to look after each other's interests. When the scale of balance is shattered, then the strong will definitely devour the weak.
Today these two famous families, Kaslana and Schariac, are rarely heard of, and only leave traces of their legendary past.
Whether it was because of their endless internal and external conflicts that were provoked by Otto, or because the number of members in their family was getting smaller every year...
These two great families were truly walking towards their annihilation.
"So you want the position of Saintess of the Schariac house? I understand your thinking, but you have the wrong person. They decide who will be their leader. Not me."
Hearing Otto's utterly hypocritical words, Thea shook her head.
"No, you can. Isn't Abyss Flower, the 6th divine key still in your hands? You have enough of a role to influence the decision of taking the position of patriarch in Schariac house."
Within the three houses, apart from the factor of receiving family members' approval, the role of the divine key also played a very important role in the patriarch's selection process.
An example is the Kaslana house, the home of the knights. The selection of their leader was quite simple, that is, apart from having to be the strongest person, successfully using the Judgment of Shamash, the 7th Divine Key, freely unharmed, would be instantly guaranteed the position of patriarch. Just like Siegfried's previous election.
This is also true with Schariac's house.
As long as one manages to control the Abyss Flower without being contaminated with the honkai energy, and can use it normally. She had already obtained the approval of most of the Schariac family members.
"Are you sure you want to take the position of Saintess? I'm not forbidding you, but don't you have a better position here?" Otto closed his eyes in pain.
Thea wore a disgusted expression, because she understood what Otto was trying to say at this point.
Become the leader of Schicksal?
keep dreaming!
I won't fall into your trap!
Otto sighed in disappointment: "Well, since this is my good friend's request, then I will be willing to help you at a small cost."
Has another meaning, you have to pay more.
"Alright, I'm not an ungrateful person either. I'll pay for it according to my ability."
Otto nodded his head, and he smiled very broadly.
"Okay, then we have a deal. The situation at Schariac's house is currently still very complicated, so for announcements and negotiations, it will probably take as long as a dozen days. Would you mind waiting a bit?"
Thea shook her head: "It's okay, this is enough for me. I will remember this favor of yours."
"Don't be so polite my friend. Isn't it proper as friends to help each other?"
Hearing this, Thea's mouth twitched slightly.
How hypocritical are you?
You mean the definition of a friend is someone who can easily be betrayed and shot in the head without feeling the least bit guilty, right?
I don't want to become the second Fu Hua.
You can go be friend with yourself.
"Okay, then I'll be waiting."
____
During the next dozen days, while monitoring the development of Schariac's house in between times. Thea not only stayed in place, and she began to train her body once again with even greater intensity.
After finishing the evolution, the stigmata which is the original body changes to become more perfect.
The stigmata of the Kaslana family, the stigmata Herrscher of Void, and the stigmata Herrscher of Death, had assimilated into one, becoming a part of her that would never be separated.
She had done a major upgrade of all aspects.
The ordinary special stigmata of the Kaslana family could even make a fleshly mortal body into the body of a god beyond Herrscher. Plus she had already completed her upgrade, Thea even now still didn't know the limits of her body's current strength.
She only felt that her current body was getting stronger with the more training she did.
Feeling the flow of power entering her body increasing at a rapid rate, it was like there was no stop button. Thea now knows why Bianka likes training so much.
The feeling of getting stronger every day can indeed make a person very addicted.
In the training room....
Rita who had just finished cooking lunch, took a walk in the hallways of Schicksal headquarters, while holding three boxes of lunch that were quite large in her hands.
As an elit level maid, it was only fitting that she control the nutritional intake contained in the homemade dishes that her master would eat. This dish is her love for master Bianka, and her two cute little sisters.
Rita felt very happy to serve the three of them, and she smiled slightly.
"Oh, did someone break the rankings record again? The atmosphere here is quite lively."
Standing at the door of the training room, and saw that all the valkyries had gathered in front of the monitor screen. Rita approached them curiously, and she immediately heard the sound of a cold breath.
"Did you see that? captain Durandal simulation data record was beaten again! Now captain Durandal has entered the Memorial Arena to challenge her again! Those two are truly monsters!"
"I didn't know that other than captain Durandal, we have another valkyrie that is very challenging the sky here... Are they both still human?"
"Look, Captain Durandal has broken another record! The simulation data record has been fixed again!"
Hearing the discussion of the valkyries who were very excited. Rita, who was behind them, coughed lightly.
"Excuse me, could you explain to me exactly what's going on here?"
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