"I choose B!"
Mei was too lazy to think and just picked an answer at random.
Why did she choose B?
Well, she really had no idea how to solve this problem.
Does this choice look good? Isn't it?
[Correct]
Mei was stunned.
Hey, is it true? She guessed it right with just one random choice?
She rubbed her eyes in disbelief, and after confirming again, she finally realized that she was right.
However, Mei was not happy about it.
Instead, she looked at the answer she chose, feeling confused.
The secret to becoming a Herrscher was to shout that she couldn't do anything?
This is too much.
Feeling that this was totally unreasonable and lame, Mei pinned insult into the Q&A space that was trying to play a prank on her.
Really, how can someone become... just by saying that they can't do anything?
Image appears...
In the picture, Mei had shorter hair than now and wore a blue-purple patterned outfit for easy movement. She was holding a sword, and a blonde woman in a military uniform was holding a spear in one hand.
"It's Durandal!"
Because she was not unfamiliar with this person, Theresa exclaimed in an instant, her face becoming uncertain.
"How can Mei fight against this woman?!"
She had left the headquarters earlier, but even Durandal at that time— the strength she showed was far beyond her own, even beyond the former Cecilia.
And Mei would actually confront this silly goose? This was definitely not a good thing.
Sure enough, as Theresa expected—
In front of the tyrannical strength of Durandal, Mei could only say that she was struggling, and even Theresa could see that it was purely because Durandal didn't use much strength.
"It's not... over yet..."
Mei tried her best to stop it, gritting her teeth.
"I won't give Kiana... to you!"
Perhaps touched by Mei's firm eyes, Durandal slowly spoke.
"Nice eyes."
"But now you don't have the strength to match this will."
Durandal took Kiana and jumped up, like a flash of light shooting into the sky.
Before Mei could react, the flash in her sight disappeared into the distance, leaving her alone on the deserted street.
Mei desperately chased after him, trying her best in the hazy night.
However, no matter how hard she tried, she could not catch the trajectory of the light.
After running for an unknown period of time, Mei stopped running, exhausted. In the afterglow of dusk, she held the only torn coat left by Kiana in her arms, tears falling from the corners of her eyes.
"I can't do anything..."
Mei's body trembled constantly. Regret, unwillingness, self-blame— all emotions burst out at this moment. Durandal's understated actions and words were like a blade hanging on her heart, making her unable to breathe.
Every time she recalled it, her heart became heavier— she had just watched the most important person to her being taken away so easily.
But Mei couldn't keep Kiana.
The peaceful days of St. Freya Academy in the past seemed like yesterday.
In the blink of an eye, she had become the Queen of Honkai, showing a hideous smile.
Now that they finally met again, she watched her being taken away by Durandal.
Everything had changed, and the only thing that had not changed was the weak self who remained in the same place.
She understood that the current Kiana was getting farther and farther away from her.
The image is blurred.
Looking at the helplessness and sadness of her other self, the originally persecuted Mei who had a sudden rise in blood pressure became powerlessness, her mood becaming heavy.
Kiana put her hand on Mei's shoulder. She didn't know what to say.
She didn't understand the information revealed in the image, but she could clearly feel the sadness and pain of Mei in the image— because of her.
Kiana wanted to comfort her, but Mei now was much more helpless than herself.
Become stronger.
After understanding this, she no longer needed to embarrass herself by putting out her improvised words.
Mei put on her glasses and temporarily got rid of her heavy emotions.
While she was touched by everything that happened in the video, she did not forget to get useful information from it.
"The things in the video should have happened after the battle at Schicksal HQ."
Mei determined the timeline of yhis incident.
But she had no idea what happened in between.
The information that could be obtained from this video was only a little—
But it was also enough to make their future smoother.
Red arcs flashed in her crystal lenses, and the rationality brought by them could not hide the waves in Mei's eyes.
She spoke to Kiana.
"I am different from the helpless me in the video. I will not let anyone take you away from me, Kiana!"
Hearing this, Kiana smiled like a flower.
"Well, I won't leave you either, Mei."
She responded.
"I say you... you should be more careful."
Theresa was not surprised by the orange atmosphere between the two.
After all, her own Saint Freya Academy was full of such people. Even she was also like this, although she was still single because she was bullied by a bastard.
"Don't underestimate Durandal."
Theresa's face was full of solemnity, and she spoke helplessly, "Although I am very unwilling, but to be honest, even if everyone present is packed together, they may not be the opponent of that woman."
After saying so, she paused when she landed on Fu Hua.
Wait, don't I still have a 50,000-year-old antique left over from the previous era?
As the Immortal Phoenix who had been guarding Shenzou for thousands of years, Fu Hua should be able to beat that stupid goose.
After learning about Theresa's thoughts, Fu Hua shook her head slightly and confessed.
"If it's Bianka... even I am not her opponent."
It was also one of Otto's trump cards. When she was at the headquarters of Schicksal, she had fought with the girl named Bianka several times.
Except for the initial advantage, Fu Hua won less and lost more afterwards.
Of course, if she was in her peak state, Fu Hua was sure to defeat Bianka.
And now... her strongest means is to simulate the power of the past through Fenghuang Down.
Not only does the simulation cause great loss, but it also has extremely serious side effects.
She had tried to use Fenghuang Down on her before.
The first time, Bianka was easily taken down.
The second time, she still took her down, but it was not so easy.
The effect of Fenghuang Down on Bianka became less and less effective as the number of times increased.
Although there was no contact later, However, up to now, Fu Hua was very skeptical about how effective her Fenghuang Down was on the other party.