"Lady Cocolia, the unit led by Lady Bronya has..."
Inside the Anti-Entropy base, a member in a black suit reported the battle situation to the woman in the military green overcoat.
As expected, Anti-Entropy had been utterly defeated by Schicksal, the organization that ruled half the world, unable to mount any effective resistance.
Whether it was Warping Titans or Godfather Titans, none were a match for the Valkyries.
The result was cold and cruel, extinguishing any shred of hope in Cocolia's heart.
"And my daughter?"
"Lady Bronya's life signs are normal. She has not been harmed by Schicksal."
Cocolia didn't speak, but she already had a premonition.
"Additionally, it seems Lady Bronya has been taken hostage by the Valkyries."
"..." Cocolia's expression was cold and unfazed.
"Taken hostage" was the nice way of putting it. The uglier word was "betrayal." Her daughter had, in the end, betrayed her, her own mother.
Before joining forces with Schicksal, Bronya still needed to keep up appearances. Now that she had the support of the Far East Branch, she could naturally switch sides on the spot.
Cocolia didn't know what Bronya was thinking.
But as for her actions...
"My dear daughter, you are still too naive."
Although the Herrscher of Reason clones were highly unstable due to technical issues...
Faced with the advantage of being mass-producible, a mere incompletely awakened Herrscher and some Schicksal Valkyries were...
"The advantage is mine!"
...
Niece...
And nephew-in-law?
Little Theresa's brain stopped working.
She remembered from the intelligence she got from the Far East Branch that although there was a complicated emotional relationship between Brian, Raiden Mei, and her grandniece...
Kiana didn't have any romantic feelings for the only boy of the three, did she?
Kiana liked Raiden Mei and was hostile towards Brian. Brian and Raiden Mei were in love with each other and had ill intentions toward Kiana. Raiden Mei kept Kiana as a pet and was in a passionate relationship with Brian.
No matter how she thought about it, there was no way her one-track-minded grandniece could have changed her mind in such a short time.
She was a Kaslana with the surname Apocalypse. How could she not know the nature of a Kaslana?
Could it be that her grandniece had been forced to consummate the relationship these past few days, and was about to raise her own seniority by another level?
Theresa didn't understand, but she obediently followed Bronya.
Thanks to the Far East's underdeveloped public surveillance network, hiding three people in the city was far easier than finding three people.
Bronya had only to make a few arrangements, and the trio of Brian had found a safe hiding place to await Theresa's arrival.
Led by Bronya, Theresa finally saw her target.
"Kiana, I haven't seen you in so many years. I can't believe you've grown so big." The petite girl grabbed Kiana and looked her up and down.
Her enthusiasm wasn't feigned; it was truly the care of a long-lost relative for a younger member of the family.
Kiana, encountering this situation for the first time, was at a loss and could only scratch the back of her head.
"Um, Great Aunt... I think I was injured when I was little and forgot all my previous memories."
She couldn't remember what had happened when she was a child, nor did she know what relatives she had.
But based on Theresa's enthusiasm alone, as well as her identical white hair and blue eyes, Kiana accepted the existence of this great aunt.
Same Kaslana, same brain tumor duality.
Even if there was no actual blood relationship between them, she would accept this great aunt.
As for her stinky old man's opinion... that wasn't important.
"You forgot?" Theresa was stunned for a moment. "It's okay. Memories are things we can create together again."
Of course she knew what was going on, but she couldn't just say it out loud.
If a slip of her tongue led to another Great Eruption, she would be a sinner for the ages.
The top priority now was to bring Kiana back to the Far East Branch to prevent her grandfather from getting any funny ideas.
Theresa was very confident in the bad ideas brewing inside her grandpa's Soulium head.
Also...
"Kiana, is this the nephew-in-law you found for me?" Theresa's gaze shifted to the two people behind Kiana.
Raiden Mei, the vessel for the Gem of Conquest, currently coexisting peacefully with the Herrscher inside her. Brian, the man who could do as he pleased with a Herrscher.
Two of them, even.
The entire world couldn't produce a second man as valiant as this one!
Kiana: "???"
Kiana's bug-brain overloaded. She felt as if her head was completely empty.
My great aunt, what are you talking about? I don't understand at all!?
Seeing her grandniece's expression, Theresa immediately assumed she had hit a nerve about her love life, which was why she was so shy her bug-brain overloaded.
Girls, young people, it's very normal.
Middle-aged couples can go at it with real weapons at the slightest disagreement, until one of them has to hold onto the wall to walk.
Youngsters at this age probably get a racing heart just from holding hands.
Understandable, very understandable.
Though she possessed the same world-shaking Kaslana wisdom, Theresa's thoughts in that instant went far beyond Kiana's.
The cute little nun stood on her tiptoes and patted the still-dazed Kiana's shoulder.
As Kiana's face filled with bewilderment, she said in a solemn tone, "Kiana, don't you worry."
"Your great aunt will approve this marriage for you. Even if that guy Siegfried shows up, I won't let him break you two up."
Little Kiana's brain almost shut down.
The problem wasn't why her great aunt thought this, but how her personal cook would react after hearing these words.
She did not want to be stewed in an iron pot!
Under the threat of an empty stomach, Kiana's muscles reacted first: "Great Aunt, what are you talking about! I don't have a boyfriend, let alone any marriage plans."
"..." A question mark appeared over Theresa's head, and she looked at Bronya.
Are you lying to me?
Of course not.
Bronya replied: "The Bronya never lies. Kiana has already admitted it herself."
"Alright! You malicious little thing, how dare you slander me!" Kiana was furious.
She never thought this Russian loli would be so wicked, trying to get her stewed in an iron pot.
However...
"I have proof."
Let's see the VCR.
Project Bunny temporarily acted as a projector, providing ironclad evidence of Kiana's crime.
In the projection, the Herrscher of Thunder and Durandal were fighting to the death, while Kiana and the young Brian held hands, fingers intertwined. The snow-haired girl had a sorrowful look on her face as she accepted the young man's confession.
Considering their situation at the time, it clearly looked like a young boy and girl who were in love but dared not express their feelings due to the Herrscher's tyranny.
At least, that's how it looked to an outsider.
But to the two people involved...
Bronya has wronged me!