"Huh?" So how did Otto know? Shun had calculated everything thousands of times and still never expected that, after guarding against it for so long, he still couldn't prevent it.
Ana looked at Shun with a face full of surprise, her big pink pupils filled with confusion. Then, as if she thought of something, she said,
"Ah, I forgot Shun, you're not from Schicksal, so you don't understand this rule. Actually, Schicksal Valkyries have always had to request permission from His Grace the Bishop for marriage. If His Grace has free time, he might even officiate the wedding for the couple himself. But even so, His Grace only receives a few applications a year."
"So that's how it is…" Hearing this outrageous explanation, Shun couldn't help feeling speechless. Good grief, Dog-Otto, you're really bored, huh? What does other people's marriage have to do with you, an old widower?
But thinking about it, it made sense. Although in the plot Otto was best at destroying beautiful things, in reality, the one who loved beautiful things the most was also him. Perhaps Otto really did have a hobby of enjoying other people's weddings watching the warmth and beauty nourish his soul steel body, who knows.
Seeing Shun's somewhat forced smile, Ana asked uncertainly,
"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"
"No, no, no. I'm just surprised that the famous Archbishop of Schicksal is such a down-to-earth person. I don't even know what to say." Seeing Ana starting to blame herself, Shun quickly explained.
"That's good then." Ana immediately breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "Actually, His Grace is very easy to get along with, and he's always cared a lot about us subordinates. It's said he even remembers the names of all the Valkyries in Schicksal over the past five hundred years, and…"
As if to dispel the anxiety in Shun's heart, Ana told him everything she knew about Otto's best qualities.
But the more Ana said, the more Shun felt a chill run down his spine. Was this really Otto's image among ordinary people?
Humility, honor, sacrifice, bravery, mercy, soul, honesty, justice… It was as if every good quality in the world could be applied to him. Compared to Jesus, he seemed more like a saint in the eyes of the world.
He was the true god of the secular world, evaluated by Kevin as "the king of the human world." If Shun were an ordinary person living in the Honkai world and knew humanity had such a great leader, he would probably feel very reassured.
But unfortunately, Shun was a transmigrator the second person in this world besides Otto who truly understood him. Deception, selfishness, ruthlessness, doing whatever it takes to achieve his goals that was the real Otto.
After all, in the original plot, if the protagonist group couldn't defeat the false god, Otto really would have rewound the native world by five hundred years rather than create a parallel one.
For Otto, he had already tricked the few people he cared about into coming to Kallen's side. As for the remaining seven billion people what did they have to do with him?
He was exactly the type who would sacrifice the entire world for the sake of the few he cared about. Forget Kallen if Theresa died and the condition to revive her was to kill seven billion people, Otto would definitely smile while raising the butcher's knife.
Finishing his recollection of Otto, Shun controlled his emotions and looked at the expectant Ana, saying against his true feelings,
"So that's how it is. Looks like Bishop Otto really is a good person. Although I'm a bit nervous, I'm already looking forward to meeting him."
Shun felt a bit bitter inside. As someone who understood Otto, he still had to praise him in front of Ana.
At this moment, neither Shun nor Ana had noticed at all that their interaction was being clearly captured by the roadside camera and transmitted straight to the computer screen in the loyal office of the Archbishop of Schicksal.
This Archbishop was staring intently at the man on the screen, more seriously than he had ever looked at the recreated Kallen in virtual imagery.
After a while, he raised an eyebrow, confirming that his guess was correct.
"It's really been a long time, old friend." Otto tried hard to control the corners of his mouth that kept rising, but his usually excellent expression management failed him here.
There weren't many things in this world that could make Otto lose control of his expression, and the appearance of this old friend happened to be one of them.
Should he go see him right now? Otto paced back and forth in the room, but after thinking it over, reason made him give up.
He had already waited five hundred years, what were a few more?
"Besides, he probably doesn't recognize me yet!" Otto sat back down, calming himself. This time, he didn't choose to keep spying on Shun.
Kallen Fantasy, activate!
Otto opened his beloved Kallen Fantasy and decided to vent by beating a few rounds against that pink seductive fox. Looking at the leaderboard where the number-one spot "Cecilia" was already shown as banned,
He refused to believe that as a decades-long hardcore player, he couldn't beat Cecilia's casual record.
Don't underestimate pure love, you bastard!
Just as Otto was about to show off his skills "Your Grace, are you in the office? I'm coming in."
The person who entered without any sense of boundaries just knocking once before coming in was Otto's secretary Amber, the "true" Archbishop of Schicksal.
Sure enough, as soon as Amber entered, she saw Otto playing Kallen Fantasy. Looking at the stack of documents taller than a person that she had just finished, she immediately got angry.
"Your Grace, you're playing games again. How many times have I told you you can only play after finishing work…"
Even Otto had no way to deal with Amber. After all, Amber was the limiter he had set for himself.
"I know, I know. Sigh." When there was no serious business, Otto was still very obedient to Amber.
"Seele, what are you looking at?" At this moment, on Taixu Mountain, Fu Hua found Seele gazing down from the steps at the mountaintop.
"Sister Fu Hua, has Brother come back?" Although only one day had passed since Shun left, for Seele who hadn't left Shun's side since coming out of the Sea of Quanta it already felt extremely uncomfortable.
"Your brother's matters have been handled, but he has new urgent business over there, so he can't come back right away. But he said he's very safe now, and we don't need to worry."
Actually, Fu Hua had received Shun's message last night, but since it was late, she hadn't disturbed Seele. She didn't expect Seele to stay up all night waiting here.
"I see. Seele knew Brother is the strongest, but… Seele feels like she's never really helped Brother with anything. It was like that in the Sea of Quanta Seele was always protected by Brother. After coming back to this world, it's still the same."
It was only yesterday, when Shun said he had to go do something dangerous alone, that Seele realized all this time she had just been Shun's little tail.
Back at the orphanage, she always followed behind big sister Bronya. Now she always followed behind Brother. It seemed like she had always lived by relying on others.
The only time in her life she mustered courage was when she took Bronya's place to participate in the X-10 experiment.
She really seemed useless unable to do anything. She had to change!
"Seele, you're still young. There's no helping it." Fu Hua comforted her. Seele was a good child, and Fu Hua genuinely liked her from the bottom of her heart, but expecting Seele to immediately stand on her own might be asking too much.
"No, being young isn't Seele's excuse." Because of Bronya, Seele knew better than anyone that when Bronya was younger than her, she had accomplished far more impressive things.
"Sister Fu Hua, Seele wants to work hard to become stronger. Can Sister Fu Hua help Seele?" Seele seemed to have made up her mind and said to Fu Hua.
Fu Hua was a bit surprised. She hadn't expected the usually so gentle Seele to show such determination.
"Alright. Since that's the case, don't blame me for being strict."