To avoid altering too much of history, Otto had racked his brains.
He had even come close to emulating the legendary Yu the Great from Shenzhou mythology, passing by his own home multiple times without entering.
"Alright, enough of that. Let's hope they still end up together as planned."
Not wanting to waste time, Chang Yuan pulled up satellite footage.
On the screen, a white-haired man with a wolf-tail hairstyle was riding a snowmobile at high speed.
"Damn it, I've said it before—I don't want to be the clan leader, and I don't want an arranged marriage. I just want freedom. Why can't Kallen understand that?"
As he spoke, the white-haired man executed a stylish drift.
Meanwhile, Cecilia and her team, escorting weapons to the second laboratory, encountered enemies.
"I really don't want to hurt you. Could you please leave the goods and retreat?"
Welt Yang appeared before Cecilia's squad and spoke.
Truthfully, he admired these Valkyries who risked their lives to protect humanity. So, whenever possible, he avoided conflict with them.
However, Cecilia, who had been entrusted with a mission, wouldn't back down.
She raised the Black Abyss White Flower and pointed it at Welt Yang.
Although Cecilia possessed the Black Abyss White Flower, she couldn't fully control it yet.
Facing Welt Yang, who wielded the 9th Divine Key, the battle was overwhelmingly one-sided.
After some effort, Welt Yang defeated Cecilia's entire squad.
He then took out a syringe and extracted some of Cecilia's blood.
"The blood of a saint? Perhaps it can be used to develop a cure for Honkai corruption."
Welt Yang didn't know that a cure for Honkai corruption had already been developed long before.
"Yang, we need to leave. Otherwise, reinforcements might arrive soon."
"Understood. Let's go."
After packing up, Welt Yang left with Einstein.
A while later, Siegfried arrived on his snowmobile.
Spotting Cecilia lying in the snow, he quickly dismounted and helped her up.
After checking her pulse and confirming she was still breathing, he immediately took her to the nearest town.
The other Valkyries: What the hell?!
"Teacher, is there some kind of inherited cluelessness in the Kaslana bloodline?"
Seeing the other Valkyries lying not far from Cecilia, Otto couldn't help but twitch his mouth.
Anyone paying attention would have noticed more than one person lying there.
Yet Siegfried somehow only noticed Cecilia. Wasn't that fate at work?
"Dad, you're badmouthing Mom again! I'm going to tell her!"
Originally, Theresa had come to ask Otto for pocket money to build the academy she dreamed of.
But instead, she overheard her father badmouthing her mother and immediately threatened to tattle.
"Tsk, what are those Valkyries doing? They didn't even notify me that Theresa was coming."
Otto decided to reassign those Valkyries to other posts.
Then, he looked helplessly at his daughter—his only child.
"Alright, how much do you want this time?"
"Hehe, you know me so well, Dad. 10 billion. In dollars."
Theresa held up a finger, making an outrageous demand.
Otto's mouth twitched, but he didn't refuse.
After all, 10 billion was pocket change to him.
Schicksal now controlled 90% of the world's wealth.
In fact, Schicksal probably earned more than that in a matter of seconds.
This was why countless people were desperate to join Schicksal.
The benefits were unparalleled—even janitors earned a monthly salary of $50,000.
This also meant that Schicksal had no traitors. Who would be foolish enough to betray such a colossal entity?
Except for Anti-Entropy, of course. They were purely ideologically opposed, not traitors.
Soon, the story progressed as expected. Siegfried conquered Cecilia's heart with a bowl of fish soup.
One was a kitchen disaster, the other had no sense of taste—a match made in heaven.
Eventually, Schicksal's rescue ship arrived to take Cecilia back.
However, Siegfried didn't notice the glares from Cecilia's squad members.
They had heard that Siegfried had only saved Cecilia, ignoring the rest of them.
If it weren't for their Valkyrie physiques, they might have been buried in the snow.
So, every single one of them had taken note of Siegfried's interest in their captain.
Thus, they all began plotting how to sabotage this budding romance.
This proved the old adage: never offend the friends of the person you like, or they'll become the biggest obstacle to your relationship.
"Clan Leader Kaslana, Lady Cecilia is the current saint of the Schariac family.
But you're aimless and waste your days. Even if Lady Cecilia is willing to be with you, wouldn't you feel ashamed?"
A Valkyrie sent by Otto to deliver a message shouted at Siegfried.
Siegfried seemed struck by her words, standing frozen in place.
Blessed with excellent genes but unwilling to be bound by his family, Siegfried had never trained seriously.
As a result, his strength was barely at B-rank.
Compared to Cecilia, who had reached A-rank Valkyrie level and could barely wield the Black Abyss White Flower, the gap was astronomical.
Siegfried felt deeply ashamed of this disparity.
His male pride couldn't accept it, so he resolved to train harder.
"Cecilia, wait for me. Give me two years, and I'll come to Schicksal to marry you."
Hearing Siegfried's declaration, Cecilia didn't respond, but her gentle smile gave him the greatest encouragement.
"It seems everything's on track. But really, as you said, Teacher, she was conquered so easily."
Otto had now witnessed the Schariac family's signature "white-giving."
Good grief, there were plenty of talented young men within Schicksal, yet none had won Cecilia's heart.
But Siegfried? He saved Cecilia (who didn't even need saving) and then won her over with a bowl of fish soup that probably didn't even taste good.
Otto couldn't understand how something so absurd could happen.
At this moment, Chang Yuan really wanted to say, "You're not much better yourself."