"Yes. And you, Lord Su Luo—have you remembered Rita?"
The maid nodded obediently, then leaned closer and bent at the waist. Her beautiful face came right up before Su Luo's eyes.
Su Luo was sitting, while Rita was standing, so when she bent down like that, the distance between them became incredibly close. At this range, Su Luo could clearly study the fine texture of Rita's skin in detail. Even from this close, he could not find a single flaw. Her complexion was on par with Kiana's.
But as for that alluring charm…
To be fair, Rita surpassed Kiana by several dimensions in that regard.
The girl before him seemed to radiate endless charm every second of every day. Especially in this posture, with her waist bent forward, her graceful figure was displayed to the fullest. Su Luo was actually a little worried whether such a slender waist could really support such a full chest. Compared to her, Kiana carried a much lighter burden.
Always worrying about the physical well-being of girls—such was Su Luo.
"Uh… to be honest, I really can't remember. How about you give me a few more hints?"
He could clearly see the anticipation in Rita's eyes. This girl truly wanted Su Luo to remember her.
But unfortunately, despite how stunning she was now, Su Luo really had no impression of her. When he had saved Rita back then, she had still been young—far from the peerless beauty she was now. And besides, it had happened on a battlefield. It was only natural that he couldn't recall her.
"…I see. Then it seems that in Lord Su Luo's eyes, Rita truly is just an unimportant person. After all, I am not Miss Kiana. If it were Miss Kiana, surely Lord Su Luo would have remembered her at once."
The disappointment in her eyes flashed by for only an instant. Then the maid quickly returned to her usual composure and sat back down across from Su Luo.
Her black silk-clad legs gently drew together, overlapping as she sat with her knees bent. If Su Luo had said he remembered her just now, even knowing he was lying, Rita would still have been very happy. Perhaps tonight the maid girl might even have gone and fulfilled the proper maidly duty of warming his bed.
But who told Su Luo to be so utterly insensitive?
Rita casually brought up Kiana's name, as if it were unintentional. For some reason, Su Luo felt as though the air had suddenly taken on a sour note.
"To be fair, if it were Kiana, I might actually remember."
Su Luo stroked his chin and thought seriously.
Kiana's appearance was rather distinctive. White hair and blue eyes—those features would stand out even on a battlefield. And according to Kiana herself, she had been very cute ever since she was little, so even childhood Kiana was probably someone he could have recognized.
Su Luo was speaking purely in terms of physical traits like hair color.
But after Rita heard that, her cheeks puffed up slightly, and the sourness in the air seemed to grow even stronger.
She's just a useful piece of furniture. Why does Lord Su Luo value her so much? Rita would definitely be even more useful than her!
Clearly, Rita herself had been the one to bring up Kiana, but now she was the one getting upset because of it. She turned her head slightly away, refusing to look at Su Luo.
Lord Su Luo simply hasn't tasted fine grain yet. He's only had a bit of coarse grain, so he thinks it's some unparalleled delicacy of the human world.
Rita had her own selfish motives for bringing Su Luo to headquarters.
Once she let him properly experience what true fine food was like, he would naturally stop treating that coarse food like treasure.
Rita had absolute confidence in herself. In terms of being "useful," she believed she was unquestionably superior to everyone else. Over the years, it wasn't only her strength that had grown. Rita still remembered the expression on Su Luo's face when he had carried her out from the ruins back then, clearly bothered by how bony and underdeveloped she'd been at the time.
Now she had already grown into the most perfect state possible.
She could absolutely give Su Luo the ultimate experience.
At that point, he probably wouldn't keep thinking about Kiana all day long anymore.
After all, now was the perfect time to snatch the peach.
"Uh… why are you smiling?"
At some point, the sourness in the air had disappeared.
Su Luo looked at Rita, who had suddenly broken into a smile for no apparent reason, and felt completely baffled. What was going on? Just a moment ago her expression had still been rather cold—so why was she smiling now?
That mercurial mood of hers actually felt a little similar to Kiana. Did girls all like being like this?
Come to think of it, why did he keep thinking of Kiana now?
Hadn't he only just parted ways with her? Why hadn't he missed her this much before today?
The image of that white-haired girl's bright, happy smile surfaced in his mind. He wondered what she was doing right now.
Probably stressing over her makeup exams.
"It's nothing. Rita merely thought of something pleasant… Lord Su Luo, look—that is the floating island of Schicksal Headquarters."
Rita smiled faintly, hiding her thoughts away in her heart. For now, it was better to keep that pleasant matter to herself.
By then, the warship was already nearing its destination.
Rita pointed toward the window. Above the blue sky and white clouds, a gigantic man-made floating island filled with advanced technology appeared before the two of them.
Seeing such a sight, Su Luo was genuinely stunned.
Schicksal Headquarters… it really did look extraordinary.
"Originally, Schicksal Headquarters was located in Kolosten. Since the Middle Ages, headquarters had been established there. For the sake of command and coordination, Schicksal's new headquarters had been under preparation for a very long time. Even now, it hasn't been in formal operation for all that long. Lord Su Luo, look—that is the Third Air Harbor, one of the key entrances into Schicksal Headquarters. If one wanted to launch an attack against Schicksal, the Third Harbor would be quite a good point of entry…"
Su Luo pressed himself against the window, admiring the Schicksal Headquarters before him.
Standing obediently at his side, the maid explained all kinds of details about the headquarters. Like a tour guide, Rita proceeded to tell Su Luo everything there was to know about Schicksal Headquarters.
The adjutant who had come in to report, however, was left hesitating, wanting to speak but stopping herself.
The Valkyrie was truly conflicted. Had she come in at the wrong time?
Lady Rita, you really can't keep talking like this!
These classified details really can't just be told to people so casually!
Why was she even casually revealing the passwords for controlling the mechs?
As far as the adjutant remembered, Lady Rita had never been this kind of person before. What exactly was with this current attitude of telling Su Luo everything, holding absolutely nothing back?
Alvitr felt that no matter what Su Luo asked now—even if he asked for the password to the Overseer's office computer—Rita would probably answer truthfully.
Watching her superior openly make mistakes right in front of her eyes, Alvitr truly had no idea what to do.
She was already regretting coming in at all.
These things… really were not something she was supposed to be hearing.
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