Although the Helios was just an escort ship for the Hyperion, the fact that it flew all the way here just to be wrecked at Schicksal HQ still caused quite a bit of trouble.
The biggest trouble was that Amber found out about it...
"Just stay at HQ for a few more days. Forget about borrowing an aircraft to go back. You managed to wreck a transport ship as big as the Helios... I don't even dare to lend you a regular plane now."
Without a second thought, Amber rejected the aircraft application Ryn had just submitted.
"A-rank Valkyrie Murata Himeko will be coming to Schicksal HQ in a few days with the Hyperion for maintenance and upgrades. You can go back with her then!"
After speaking, Amber waved her hand, telling Ryn and Kika to leave quickly. She still had a mountain of work to deal with.
Kika was grinning from ear to ear. Staying at Schicksal meant Kiana and the others would be training with Durandal, so she could have some quality time alone with Ryn. How wonderful.
After wandering around Schicksal for a while longer, Ryn and Kika returned to their small room at the headquarters and tidied up the bedroom for the night.
Then, Kika, unable to contain her excitement any longer, eagerly dragged Ryn to go find Kiana and the others. Such happy news! If she didn't tell Mei to piss her off, Kika's conscience wouldn't be clear.
As soon as they entered the training room, they heard the wails of Kiana and Bronya, while Mei was already exhausted and collapsed on the floor.
Mei looked up and saw Kika and Ryn walking over, talking and laughing. Thinking about her own arduous training all day, and then looking at Kika's vibrant appearance, an expression of both wanting to kill Kika and extreme envy appeared on Mei's face.
Seeing Mei's expression of gritting her teeth, wanting to kill her but being unable to do anything, Kika did a flying leap and flopped down in front of Mei.
"I've always wanted to see this look on your face, this look of you being jealous of me, ahahahaha~"
Mei was about to grind her molars to dust, but she was so tired she didn't have a shred of strength left. She could only watch this bitch Kika show off in front of her.
"For the next few days, Mei can only watch as Ryn and I have fun together, ahahahaha~"
Kika laughed wantonly as she got up from the floor, preparing to go back to Ryn.
But Ryn was standing right behind her. He flicked Kika on the forehead, causing tears to well up in Kika's eyes from the pain.
"Stop bullying Mei all the time. They've had a rough day and are already very tired." Ryn helped Mei up from the floor and said to Kika in annoyance.
Mei immediately turned and hugged Ryn tightly, then looked at Kika triumphantly.
Although Mei really wanted to mock Kika in that moment, Kika herself walked up and clamped a hand over her mouth.
"Mmmph mmmph—"
"Alright, alright, you're already so tired, you shouldn't talk. Here, let me help Mei. Ryn, you go find Kiana!"
With that, Kika immediately hugged Mei and pried her out of Ryn's arms.
Mei couldn't stand this bastard Kika anymore and bit down hard on her shoulder.
"Aaaah, Raiden Mei, are you a dog! Let go!"
With Mei and Kika, this pair of bickering rivals, Ryn could only give Mei an apologetic look, silently promising to spend time with her next time, before turning to find Kiana.
I have to say, Durandal has a real knack for training team spirit. Kiana and Bronya, those two frenemies, were now united.
Kiana carried Bronya and ran, while Bronya focused wholeheartedly on controlling Project Bunny to block Durandal's attacks.
Originally, Kiana's plan was to carry Bronya and, when Durandal charged, throw Bronya to block her. Bronya's plan was to use Kiana to conserve energy, and once Durandal caught up, she would abandon Kiana and have Project Bunny carry her away.
The fantasy was beautiful, but when the real fight began, neither was willing to abandon the other. But even so, Kiana and Bronya were still verbally tearing each other down, accusing the other of being dead weight.
"Stupid Kiana, run faster, Durandal is catching up!"
"Shut up, you little brat! Why don't you have Project Bunny block Durandal a few more times!"
Kiana and Bronya shouted to the sky in unison: "Aaaah, Durandal is still chasing me—"
Seeing Kiana and Bronya running over, Ryn raised his hand and waved to them.
"Kiana! Bronya!"
Kiana's and Bronya's eyes lit up when they saw Ryn.
"Project Bunny 19C!"
With a shout from Bronya, Project Bunny appeared in Durandal's path and threw a punch at her. Seizing the moment Durandal raised her spear to block, Kiana immediately accelerated and ran behind Ryn.
But unfortunately, Durandal didn't block with her spear. Instead, she sent Project Bunny flying and charged forward without losing any speed.
"Durandal!"
Ryn waved at Durandal, signaling for her to stop.
But Durandal didn't slow down at all.
"I can't stop! Ryn, take this!"
The moment Durandal's lance touched Ryn, it stopped instantly. She changed the thrust to an upward flick, sending Ryn high into the air before slamming him onto the ground.
"Phew~ That feels better."
Durandal wiped away non-existent sweat. She had been chasing Kiana and the other two all afternoon, unable to use her full strength, and was full of pent-up frustration.
For some reason, Durandal felt a sense of reluctance when fighting Kiana. But when fighting Ryn, for some reason, she always felt like a prize pig had stolen her cabbage, and hitting him was very satisfying.
"This is a personal grudge! You vicious woman!" Ryn rubbed his butt as he got up from the ground.
Durandal planted her spear in front of her and stood her ground.
"I'll just stand here and let you hit me back."
"Forget it. It was just my butt that hurt a little, and it doesn't hurt anymore."
Ryn gave Durandal the middle finger, then helped Bronya and Kiana up.
The two little ones had been on edge the whole time, their adrenaline masking their fatigue. Now that they relaxed, they immediately collapsed on the ground, exhausted.
"Let me help Kiana, you can just help Bronya..." Durandal asked Ryn tentatively, carefully.
Ryn gave Durandal a meaningful look.
Durandal quickly blushed and explained, "No, Ryn, don't get the wrong idea! I just think Kiana is really cute and want to hug her... no, I mean, it's inconvenient for you to carry two people, I can share the load."
Ryn's gaze towards Durandal became increasingly wary. Finally, he scooped up Kiana with one arm and slung Bronya over his shoulder, then turned and ran.
This world is so messed up, why is it full of lesbians!
Thank goodness he made his move early, and Kiana, Mei, and Kika's sexual orientations are still relatively normal.
Otherwise, Ryn figured he'd probably die alone.