"Li Sushang!"
"Ehm... Auntie Otto, there's no point in looking at me like that."
Li Sushang scratched her face.
"I am not a chosen one, I am the legitimate successor of the Taixu Sword Sect... Although it is a bit unpleasant for me to say it, I am on the same side as the old lady, even if you call my aunt, it will be the same."
"..."
This statement was so right that Otto did not know how to refute it.
"Do not forget that you hold the title of S-rank Valkyrie in Schicksal."
Rita and Bianca looked at Li Sushang with some surprise upon hearing this.
So their most mysterious colleague was this person?
"Then I can resign, it's not like I have to keep working here," Li Sushang said sincerely, scratching her head.
"..."
Otto was furious; she felt like she was going to lose her mind with rage today.
How is it that they are all traitors?
"But they do not belong to the Taixu Sword Sect, are you just going to let them run wild like this?"
Otto pointed at Rita and Bianca.
"Isn't this a case of joining forces when you can't win?"
Li Sushang said this as a matter of course.
Since I am not one of the chosen ones, there is no need for me to fight to the death against Rita for Otto.
Since she couldn't argue with Rita, she joined in to reserve a spot.
The reasons are not contradictory, right?
She wasn't too happy about the other person's behavior either, but wasn't it because Rita's smile looked too much like her aunt's?
Li Sushang considered that it was not shameful to back down for this reason.
"You!"
"Rita! Don't tempt your luck!"
The sudden cry of anger calmed Otto considerably.
But when she turned around, she saw that the one who had said that was Hua.
Eh... Although this Azure Empyrean Immortal seems to have been a bit out of it since her resurrection, she will remember this favor for speaking up and helping at this moment.
And look at yourself, Kallen!
Are you still my friend?
Otto glared at Kallen, while Kallen looked at the ceiling as if nothing had happened.
Kallen didn't bother to do it for a simple reason: it's not something one can just do because someone says so.
Even if we did, we should at least wait until the God has a physical body, shouldn't we?
And going a step further, do you think someone will try to trip you up after you do this?
Therefore, Kallen was not nervous at all.
In her opinion, Otto has completely lost her mind because she saw the God.
Didn't Rita say before that there were a dozen or twenty women surrounding the God?
Why the rush?
Kallen even went so far as to think that if Rita and Otto really reached an agreement, everyone else, including herself, would undoubtedly unite to finish them off; they would become public enemies.
If Rita is not a fool, she is simply trying to make Otto look bad.
However, Kallen never expected Hua to get involved in this matter...
Well, she also realized that this Immortal lady did not seem to be very intelligent.
Well, Otto took the blame for this.
The transformation of the Immortal maiden into a fool can only be attributed to the shot fired by the AI.
Wait until Cheng Ling Shuang and her group cause them trouble.
"Sushang, as the successor of the Taixu Sword Sect, you must come now to help your Grandmaster."
"Eh...~~"
Li Sushang looked up with a reluctant expression.
"Is that how you treat your Master?"
Senti looked at Li Sushang with a threatening expression.
"Aha..."
Li Sushang nodded her head superficially.
Although what you say makes a lot of sense, I seem to remember that our Taixu Sword Sect is a sect that surrounds the Master.
Li Sushang would not say this directly to offend her Master, but it was clear that she wasn't going to pay attention either.
And speaking of which, why does our Grandmaster look so foolish today?
Li Sushang sighed.
Although she didn't have a good impression of Hua, her childhood memories still allowed her to imagine a cold and ethereal immortal who seemed oblivious to worldly affairs.
Calling her an old lady is just a way of speaking.
If she keeps acting as if she is above worldly concerns, Li Sushang wouldn't mind calling her Master.
After all, Li Sushang still felt a certain degree of reverence toward the "immortals" and "celestial beings" in the stories her aunts told her.
However, the way the other person looked today made her too embarrassed to call her "Master."
"Traitor, traitor!"
Senti looked heartbroken.
"You have no right to speak ill of others!"
Seeing Senti's expression, Tian Shi felt an inexplicable urge to hit her and, with a grim face, gave her a slap on the back of the head.
"Master Tian, what is it?"
After the knock on the door, Senti immediately turned with a flattering smile and snuggled up next to Tian Shi.
Li Sushang: "..."
Seeing this scene, Li Sushang unconsciously rubbed her temples.
Why does my Master look so much like Auntie Otto?
"All right, sit there properly."
Tian Shi reached out and pushed Senti's head away.
"And Rita, you are a scammer."
"How can you call this scamming people?"
Rita smiled.
"This is a personal decision of Her Excellency the Bishop, and I think Miss Sushang is very pleasing to the eye, it is a very beautiful story that the three S-rank Valkyries of Schicksal marry under the supervision of Her Excellency the Bishop, isn't it?"
Otto's face darkened even further.
As soon as Tian Shi opened his mouth, Otto realized that Rita was setting a trap for her.
But hearing the rest... Otto suffered an even more serious stroke.
What have I done to deserve this?
The three S-class Valkyries of this generation are traitors, trying to steal the man from the boss.
What a wonderful story!
I don't think it's a wonderful story at all!
"Okay, okay, Otto, come, have some water."
Kallen patted Otto on the back and offered her a glass of water.
It seems my best friend has definitely lost this round.
If she fails to reverse the situation in the future, she might have to become a concubine to her subordinates...
Thinking about it this way, doesn't it seem a bit funny?
"Since Mr. Tian has said so, let's leave this topic aside for now."
Rita sighed.
Although she didn't feel particularly intimidated by the bishop's authority, she was very curious to see if she could make the bishop faint with rage...
However, it is certainly better to stop while ahead.
Of course, this matter is only set aside "temporarily."
It would be very nice to bring it up from time to time to provoke Her Excellency the Bishop.
In addition, after this incident, Rita temporarily abandoned her plans to change jobs.
After all, the number of "love rivals" on the Anti-Entropy side is much larger than in Schicksal.
Now that she and Otto no longer have a major conflict, there is no doubt that she will neither stay nor leave.
Furthermore, Rita vaguely sensed that, given this trend, as long as Tian Shi remained present, these three families would eventually merge.
If they kept switching sides and waiting for the future merger, the situation might become awkward.
Besides, she now has an advantage over the bishop, something she had never dared to imagine before.
"By the way, Theresa, you are here too."
Otto finally looked at her namesake granddaughter.
"Good afternoon, Grandma?"
Theresa was also having trouble deciding what to call Otto.
"You don't need to call me Grandma, call me Bishop," Otto sighed.
"Oh... Good afternoon, Your Excellency the Bishop, and also Lady Kallen."
Otto did not react, and Kallen reached out and ruffled Theresa's hair.
"Please stop, don't stay here, go and help me find someone."
Otto did not feel the same kind of emotional attachment to Theresa as the AI, based on false memories, so her tone was quite indifferent.
"Help me find the person in charge of World Serpent; we need to talk about serious matters."
"The person in charge?"
Theresa looked at Tian Shi with a contradictory expression.
To be fair, isn't this guy also the one in charge of World Serpent?
"Go find Dr. MEI and Grey Serpent, and while you're at it... call Ein."
Tian Shi looked at Theresa, who was completely bewildered, and offered her some advice.
Then Theresa realized what was happening and turned to run away.
"Should I say this? What exactly is the growth curve of a Kaslana?"
Tian Shi watched Theresa's receding figure and fell into deep thought.
"Otto, what do you say?"
"Only God knows."
Otto also showed a pensive expression after Tian Shi said that.
As everyone knows, a Kaslana was a fool in her youth, but upon turning thirty, her intelligence skyrocketed.
While they may not become wise men, they should be extremely responsible adults.
But Theresa turns 45 this year, okay?
"Maybe it's because of the Honkai Beast genes?"
"Don't be silly, the Kaslana family has Honkai Beast genes, and this is not the way to recover ancestral genes."
Tian Shi stroked his chin.
"Although I don't quite understand the men of the Kaslana family, perhaps the women use their breasts to nourish their brains?"
Everyone present looked at Kallen's voluminous chest.
Does that seem to make sense?
"What are you saying, Your Majesty?! It's impossible for something like that to happen!"
Kallen felt she couldn't accept it at all.
If this is admitted, the Kaslana family will lose its last vestige of authority.
"No, considering Amber, I think this statement might be true."
Otto looked at Amber with a pensive expression, which startled her so much that she immediately covered her chest.
Everyone nodded again as they observed Amber's pronounced V-neckline.
Everyone here knows Schicksal and knows Amber.
Who would dare to say that Amber's intelligence is on par with Theresa's?
"Ah, then Amber's size is about the same as mine when I was twenty-three or twenty-four."
Kallen suddenly remembered.
"I was quite naive then."
"Actually, Amber is also a bit naive."
Otto replied.
"Don't tell me you didn't notice."
"..."
Kallen's lips twitched slightly.
"And what about her?"
Kallen pointed to Bianca.
"Me?"
Bianca, who had been watching from the sidelines, tilted her head.
What does this have to do with her?
"Eh..."
Kallen realized she had said something inappropriate upon seeing Bianca's expressionless face.
"Otto! Where is Otto?!"
Just as Kallen was trying to find a way to cover it up, an extremely violent male voice came from outside.
Everyone turned their heads and saw Siegfried dragging the Judgment of Shamash, charging with murderous intent, followed by Theresa...
"Here."
Otto waved her hand at Siegfried.
"Looking for revenge?"
"..."
Siegfried, who brandished a greatsword and gave off a murderous intent, fell silent upon seeing the blonde girl in front of him, who had no imposing presence at all.
This, Otto?
"Can't you let me finish what I have to say?"
Theresa, standing behind him, was about to cry.
If she had known that Siegfried would fly into a rage, she shouldn't have told him because of their relationship!
"Dad, Dad! Why are you walking so fast?!"
Kiana ran in after her and saw Otto, Kallen, and the others.
"Waaah... Now there are even more guys around the teacher..."
"Theresa, you can keep asking more people to join."
Otto waved her hand at Theresa, signaling her to leave, and then looked at Siegfried.
"Anyway, there are things that must be said sooner or later, you arrived just in time, please, sit down."
Siegfried's eye trembled, but due to his deep hatred toward Otto, he had no time to worry about gender or anything like that.
Then Siegfried, in a bad mood, pulled up a chair.
"I have nothing to say to you."
"That's the same thing you and my AI said back then."
Otto smiled wryly.
Siegfried paused for a moment.
"That was for my daughter, now..."
The murderous aura stirred once more in the wind.
Li Sushang stood up without any expression and planted herself in front of Otto, while Ragna also approached and held Siegfried back.
Rita and Bianca instinctively clenched their fists, and Kiana realized something and placed her hand on the two pistols at her waist.
"Are you going to fight?"
Senti laughed upon seeing them.
"Speaking of which, I feel like Otto and I have unfinished business."
"Because of your daughter?"
Otto ignored the tense atmosphere and smiled at Siegfried.
"Then we can still talk now."
"Talk? Do you want to use your power to intimidate me?"
Siegfried looked at Ragna, who was holding him, and the girl standing in front of him.
And there still sits the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance.
"Aren't you going to do anything about it?"
Kallen asked Tian Shi calmly.
"It's not the right time to intervene," Tian Shi sighed.
"It's not up to me to get Siegfried to give up his hatred, the only thing I can do is restrain him before he explodes and let them settle their differences once everything has calmed down."
"It's true, but don't worry."
Kallen gestured for them to continue reading.
"Don't worry, it's not a major trend."
Otto shook her head.
"Although the current situation may oppress you, I have no intention of dealing with you once the situation is over; ten years ago it was for your daughter, now it's for your wife, how about we talk?"
"Eh?!"
Siegfried's eyes widened in fury and he stood up immediately.
"You dare to mention Cecilia?!"
"She is not dead," Otto said naturally.
The person is not dead?
Those three brief words instantly extinguished Siegfried's anger, and with a thud, he sat back down in his chair.
Kiana looked on in disbelief.
"Eh... do you mean my mother?"
"Yes, Cecilia Schariac."
Otto said calmly.
"At the end of the Second Honkai Impact, someone rescued her... although she is still in bad shape."
"What do you mean by bad shape?"
Siegfried's expression was unpredictable.
"From a physiological point of view, the person is undoubtedly still alive, but without consciousness."
"..."
"That is, a person in a vegetative state, in simple terms."
"..."
Siegfried's expression darkened, but he said nothing.
Having experienced the vicissitudes of the world, he has come to accept many things.
"All right, I can take care of Cecilia for the rest of my life, once you send her back, our debts will be settled."
"Let me finish: I understand Cecilia's symptoms a little and can try to treat her."
While Otto spoke, she looked at Bianca.
"By the way, I will also give you your daughter back."
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