After finishing their meal, everyone gathered in the living room.
"Aunt, what kind of mission is it? You can tell us now, right?" Kiana asked anxiously.
"Alright, what's the rush?" Theresa said after glancing at Kiana.
"Regarding Himeko's physical condition." Theresa looked at Himeko, and after Himeko nodded, Theresa continued.
"You should know a little about Himeko's physical condition."
"Himeko's body is in very poor condition due to the side effects of the Artificial Stigmata."
"I won't explain the side effects of the Artificial Stigmata too clearly to you; you just need to know that the side effects of the Artificial Stigmata will make Himeko endure pain every day."
"Endure pain? But I saw Sister Himeko..." Kiana looked at Himeko.
"Don't speak. Wait until I finish before you ask," Theresa said with a frown.
"Ah, oh!" Kiana quickly nodded, then covered her mouth with her hand to indicate she wouldn't interrupt again.
"As for how to solve the side effects, our idea is to find a natural Stigmata for Himeko."
"So, this mission is to search for a natural Stigmata."
Theresa said this and projected a historical record on her communicator, a History about Jiulin.
"In this History, there is the place where Jiulin died. We believe that Jiulin's Stigmata did not disappear."
"And then, regarding the location of Jiulin's death, it is Jiuyou." At this point, Theresa looked a bit dispirited.
"But we haven't found the exact location of Jiuyou."
"I know the location of Jiuyou," Xiao Xuan said, floating next to Fu Hua.
"You know?" Theresa looked at Xiao Xuan in surprise.
"Yes, I know very well. After all, it was my creator who sealed Qi You back then," Xiao Xuan nodded.
"Sealed Qi You? Wait, in History, wasn't it Jiulin who sealed Qi You?" Theresa asked.
"Besides Jiulin, there were other people. After all, Qi You is a Judgment-class Honkai Beast. Jiulin, that little girl, couldn't seal it alone," Xiao Xuan floated to the table and then jumped onto it.
"At that time, there were three people who sealed Qi You." Xiao Xuan reached out and touched the projection on the communicator.
The projection immediately changed, then projected the images of three people.
When Fu Hua saw them, she felt a sense of familiarity but couldn't recall who they were.
"Those who sealed Qi You, according to the myths of Shenzhou, were Jiulin, Nuwa, and Fu Xi."
"Xiao Xuan, this Fu Xi in the projection looks so much like you," Kiana said, looking at the projection and then at Xiao Xuan.
"Of course, it looks like me! I was created by Danzhu in the image of her older sister, Cangxuan. Otherwise, why do you think I'm called Book of Fuxi?" Xiao Xuan pointed at Nuwa in the projection.
"Oh, Nuwa is my creator, Danzhu, and Fu Xi is Danzhu's older sister, Cangxuan."
"Does Jiulin have a natural Stigmata on her?" Theresa asked.
"Stigmata? Of course, she does! It's just that Jiulin's Stigmata might not be compatible with Himeko's body," Xiao Xuan said, looking at Himeko. "Besides, why not just remove the so-called Artificial Stigmata? That should be very simple, right?"
"Because I still need that power," Himeko said.
"Xiao Xuan, as for whether the Stigmata is compatible or not, don't we have to find it first to know? Please tell us the location of Jiuyou first," Elysia said.
"The location of Jiuyou..." Xiao Xuan tapped a few times on the projection, and then a map appeared.
After overlaying this map with the current map, Xiao Xuan pointed to a location and said, "It's at this location."
Looking at the location on the map, everyone realized that Jiuyou was in the ocean.
"Aunt, when are we going on the mission?" Kiana asked Theresa.
"What's the rush! Wait until the holiday!" Theresa glared at Kiana.
"Eh, but if we get the natural Stigmata earlier, Sister Himeko can use it, right?"
"Kiana, I don't need you to worry like this. If we just go on the mission now, what about the other students? So, it has to be during the holiday," Himeko said.
"Regarding the place where Jiulin died, Xiao Xuan, I need to tell you in advance, it's inside Qi You," Xiao Xuan said.
"Inside Qi You?"
"That's right! After all, Qi You is a Judgment-class Honkai Beast, so it's definitely not easy to deal with. Otherwise, my creators wouldn't have chosen to seal it," Xiao Xuan nodded.
"Judgment-class? How could it be Judgment-class?!" Theresa exclaimed in surprise.
(Here, Theresa and the others thought that in ancient times, at most, only Emperor-class would appear, but they didn't expect it to be Judgment-class, thinking that History exaggerated.)
"Aunt, what level of Honkai Beast is Judgment-class? Doesn't the textbook only go up to Emperor-class?" Kiana asked, scratching her head.
Theresa didn't pay attention to Kiana's words. Theresa and Himeko exchanged glances, both of them looking very serious now.
"This mission, we'll talk about it later. Himeko and I need to consider it." With that, Theresa picked up her communicator and pulled Himeko upstairs.
"Huh? What's going on?" Kiana asked, looking at the two who went straight upstairs, a little displeased.
"Kiana, regarding Judgment-class Honkai Beasts, you just need to know that they are much stronger than Emperor-class ones," Xiao Xuan walked over to Fu Hua's side and then sat in Fu Hua's lap.
"But, we can't just leave Sister Himeko alone, can we?" Kiana looked in the direction of the stairs.
Subsequently, everyone went upstairs to rest.
In the early hours of the morning, Kiana's room door was quietly opened.
Kiana poked her head out and looked left and right, then stealthily walked down the stairs.
As soon as she reached the entrance, the light at the entrance turned on.
Mei and Bronya stood by the light switch.
"Bronya knew Kiana would sneak out," Bronya said, looking at Kiana.
"After all, that's just Kiana, isn't it?" Mei said helplessly.
"Eh heh heh, Mei, Bronya, you can't sleep either?" Kiana turned her head to the side and scratched her head.
"Isn't it because a certain hot-blooded idiot would definitely run off?" Elysia said, yawning as she walked out of the living room. "I just didn't expect you to come down so late."
"Elysia, you're here too," Kiana said weakly.
Elysia walked over and ruffled Kiana's hair. "Alright, go rest. As for going to Jiuyou, we'll all go together after the holiday, okay?"
"That's right, Kiana. We can go after the holiday. If we just leave like this now, Sister Himeko and the others will worry even more," Mei also walked over and said.
"Elysia, Mei, I understand," Kiana said, lowering her head.
"Mei, just take Kiana directly to your room. I'm afraid she'll run off again." Saying that, Elysia walked upstairs.
After all, Kiana's strange actions at the end of the discussion definitely proved that she had no good intentions, plus they knew her personality.
So, Elysia and the other two had already been waiting downstairs.
After going upstairs, Mei directly pulled Kiana into her room, and Bronya followed them in.
Lying on the bed.
"Mei, is it really okay to not do anything?" Kiana whispered.
"Kiana, don't worry, there will definitely be a way," Mei said, turning to look at Kiana. "I know you care a lot about Sister Himeko, but at the same time, don't forget that Sister Himeko and the others also care a lot about us."
"I know," Kiana said, a little dejected.
The next morning.
When Mei went to call Elysia for breakfast, Elysia's room was empty.
Then she went to look for their class monitor, Fu Hua. She had already been curious earlier that morning why she hadn't seen Fu Hua while making breakfast.
When she opened Fu Hua's door, all she saw was a neatly made bed.
After reading the message in the living room.
Mei's mouth twitched twice.
So, when Elysia said to let them rest assured, did she mean that she and the class monitor had snuck off themselves?
When she sat down at the dining table.
Mei sighed. The Academy Head and Sister Himeko weren't there either.
So, the three of them were left behind, weren't they?
"No! Mei! I want to go too!" Kiana said, slapping the table.
"But we don't even know where Elysia and the others went," Mei sighed.
"Anyway, as long as we go to Jiuyou, can't we find Elysia and the others?" Kiana said.
"Then what about the location of Jiuyou?" Mei retorted.
"Bronya knows." Saying that, Project Bunny appeared from behind Bronya, and then projected the map that Xiao Xuan had shown last night.
"Mei, we have a destination! Let's go!" Kiana said, pointing at the map.
"But they didn't take us, probably for our safety, right?"
"Don't you want to go, Mei?" Kiana said, directly taking Mei's hand.
"Of course, I want to go." Mei pursed her lips, after all, Sister Himeko was her family now too.
"Then that's good! Let's go, we're off!" Saying that, Kiana pulled Mei towards the door.
Bronya had Project Bunny carry the breakfast from the table, then followed behind Kiana.
To go to Jiuyou, first, they needed to get their equipment.
They were already official Valkyries, so applying for equipment was relatively simple. Their armor had already been issued when they became official Valkyries; the main thing was their weapons.
After getting their weapons, the last thing was transportation.
They definitely couldn't apply for the Academy's transportation, but Bronya was already prepared.
While they were getting their weapons, she had already bought boat tickets to near their destination. Now they just needed to get on the boat and go.
After disembarking, they would use diving equipment to go to Jiuyou.
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