At the port of Schicksal HQ, Theresa and Ryn emerged from the landed aircraft.
Before they left, Theresa wanted to remind Ryn one more time.
"Do you remember our mission this time?"
"I don't know who I am, I don't know where I am, I only know I'm going on a rampage!"
"I'll kill you first, you bastard!!"
Theresa jumped up in anger and punched Ryn a couple of times.
"Ryn, do you remember or not!"
"I remember, I remember. You go confront Otto, and I'll hold off the attacks from the Schicksal HQ Valkyries." Ryn even pulled out the mission requirements again to double-check, just in case he had missed something.
"But I don't get it. You're confronting Otto, so why do I need to hold off the other Valkyries? Are you planning to kill Otto?"
Theresa waved her little fist. "Hmph, how could I kill Grandpa? But I'm definitely going to give him a good beating!"
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Because Theresa's trip had been reported in advance, someone soon came to lead Ryn and Theresa to Otto's office.
As Theresa was about to enter the office to meet Otto, she reminded Ryn again and again.
"Don't let anyone in! And no eavesdropping!"
Ryn stood at attention and gave Theresa a salute. "Don't worry, mission guaranteed."
After Theresa went into the room, she peeked her head out from behind the door again.
"No eavesdropping!"
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Not long after Theresa went in, Amber came out and stood guard at the door with Ryn.
"Amber, are you here to guard the door too?" Ryn asked curiously.
Amber didn't even glance at Ryn and coldly replied with a "Mhm."
"You weren't this cold when we first met! Why are you so aloof now..."
Ryn sighed helplessly. The first time he met Amber, she had the image of a caring and sunny big sister.
"Hmph, I don't want to talk to a money thief." Amber snorted coldly. One stole her money, and the other nearly killed her. Ryn was now classified as someone as annoying as Theresa in her book.
"Then if I give the money back, will you stop hating me?"
"Hmm... I'll consider it!" Amber hesitated. If Ryn returned the money, she didn't seem to have a reason to hate him anymore.
Ryn took out his phone, tapped it a few times, and transferred all the money to Amber. The stolen money had long been stolen back by Otto, and the rest were small amounts. Besides, it was all money that Cortana had hacked from various countries' banks, so Ryn didn't feel bad about it at all. And the recipient was Schicksal, who would dare to question it.
"I've transferred it back to you, you can confirm it."
"Okay, one moment."
Amber tapped her yellow crystal visor, and strings of data appeared on the lens.
After confirming that Ryn had indeed returned the money, Amber smiled happily. With this money, Lord Otto could afford to be a spendthrift for a while longer.
"Confirmed, received. Ryn, you're such a good person!"
Amber immediately changed her previously cold expression and gave Ryn a sweet smile. Although Amber only smiled for a moment before composing herself, Ryn could still see that at least under the visor, Amber was no longer looking at him with disdain.
*Thud—*
A loud noise came from Otto's office. Based on the frequency of the ground shaking, Theresa had already taken out Faux Judah.
Ryn put down his phone. The commotion was a bit loud; a Valkyrie squad should be coming to inquire about the situation soon.
"Why aren't you worried at all? Otto might be in trouble, you know?!" Ryn reminded the unfazed Amber.
Amber shook her head and said, "Lord Otto told me to stand guard outside and not let anyone in."
As soon as she finished speaking, a Valkyrie squad arrived.
"Amber, is something wrong with the Overseer? Do you need reinforcements?" the squad leader asked anxiously.
Amber and Ryn stood in front of them to prevent them from suddenly rushing in.
Amber held up her hand, a command to halt. "It's nothing. Lord Otto is just playing with Lady Theresa, which caused the commotion. You can stand down."
"But..." A new recruit in the squad clearly had questions, but she was stopped by a look from her captain.
"Don't ask what you're not supposed to ask. Lord Otto must have his reasons for doing this. Since Amber said so, we will withdraw for now."
The captain nodded at Amber and then led the squad away.
Several more squads came later, but they were all dismissed by Amber with a simple "It's nothing."
Seeing this, Ryn turned his head, thought for a moment, and transferred some more money to Amber.
Otto had once joked to Amber, "If one day Schicksal is wiped out, I'll have to wander the streets..."
Although it was an offhand joke from Otto, the simple-minded Amber took it seriously. Otto must have had a deeper meaning in saying that. So Amber created a private slush fund, saving up her salary to support Otto if he ever became homeless.
And now, looking at the soaring amount in her private slush fund, Amber looked at Ryn in surprise.
"What are you doing? Haven't you already returned the money you stole?"
"Sister Amber's impressive figure, her commanding presence, this unrivaled aura, fills this little brother with immense admiration, making me want to show my respect to you, sister." Ryn said, looking at Amber with a lovesick expression.
Amber disgustedly distanced herself from Ryn.
"Speak human."
"Thighs, weak, hug."
"Uhh..."
Although Lord Otto called her a dummy every day, Amber felt that she was quite sharp and intelligent most of the time. How could she possibly condone Ryn's act of bribery!
Amber wiped her eyes and looked at Ryn's transfer again.
"Cough, cough, cough... Alright, as long as your future requests don't conflict with Lord Otto's, I can grant them."
It wasn't that Amber was greedy, but that Ryn had moved her with his sincerity. This amount of money was much more than what she had saved up in her slush fund over the decades. With this money, Otto's wandering days in the future would be more comfortable...
Amber had worried herself sick for this family.
But the two couldn't be happy for long, because the door behind them had opened silently long ago. Theresa and Otto had been watching their little scheme for who knows how long.
"Ryn!!!"
Theresa ran over in a huff, and using Faux Judah's height-enhancing mode, reached up and grabbed Ryn's ear. "You don't learn any of the good things, but you pick up the bad things in a flash!"
"Theresa?!! Ouch, ouch, ouch. I'm just securing a future subordinate for you in advance. Theresa, I'm doing this for your own good!"
"Don't make excuses! Wrong is wrong!"