During dinner that evening, Aili looked at the dining table, noticing that one person was missing.
"Mei, where's Kiana?" Aili asked Mei, a little confused, as Mei was the most concerned about Kiana's whereabouts.
"Kiana went for special training with the Headmaster," Mei said, her movements pausing for a moment.
"Special training?" Aili tilted her head. "Kiana actually went for special training on her own? Was she provoked by someone?"
Mei turned her head to glance at Aili, then at Fu Hua beside her, and finally sighed without speaking.
Aili could only give an awkward smile in response.
After all, for the other students in Aili and Fu Hua's class, the two of them were indeed a bit too exceptional.
But their ages were a factor; they were much older than Kiana.
If they really had to compare, weren't Durandal and Rita both of a higher rank?
After dinner, Aili and Fu Hua went upstairs to wash up first, while Mei and Bronya were still clearing the table downstairs.
As soon as they finished clearing the table, a knock came from the door.
Mei went to open the door and saw a man wearing a hood.
"May I help you?" Mei asked the hooded man outside the door.
"Excuse me, I am Headmaster Theresa's new secretary. Headmaster Theresa needs Miss Mei to come to her office." The man placed his bandaged hand on his chest and bowed.
Bronya looked at the man warily. "Bronya will go with her too."
"Oh, that's a bit difficult, because Headmaster Theresa only called for Miss Mei."
"Bronya will explain it to the Headmaster," Bronya said, taking out her communicator.
"How troublesome. In that case, I'll just take her by force."
The man raised his hand, and Mei's body, which was beside him, floated as if bound.
"Project Bunny! Fire!" Behind Bronya, Project Bunny instantly appeared, its particle cannon already charged.
The moment it appeared, the particle cannon fired.
A large cloud of dust instantly rose from where the man had been standing.
"Oh dear, Cocolia repeatedly begged me not to kill you," he said, as a dark blue ray of light pierced through the dust and directly struck Project Bunny, which was blocking Bronya.
Then Project Bunny's body slowly dissipated.
"Today, I'll let you off the hook, so you should thank your mother properly." With that, the man waved his hand again, and Bronya's body flew backward as if struck by something.
But Bronya was also caught by someone.
"Is it really okay to bully my students like this?" Himeko gently put down Bronya, who was in her arms, while flexing her wrists.
"It's Miss Himeko. However, can the third herrscher also be your student?" The man ran his hand through his hair, then looked up at Himeko and said.
"Oh, by the way, I heard Saint Freya recently obtained a new Divine Key. May I have a look?"
"It seems your ambition isn't small. However, what does Mei's identity have to do with her being my student?" Himeko showed a dangerous smile and slowly approached the man.
"If you know what's good for you, give my student back to me."
While Himeko was attracting attention, Fu Hua suddenly appeared from behind the man.
Just as her fist approached the man, it was blocked by a thin shield.
"Heh, naive. Did you think I didn't notice you?" The man glanced at Fu Hua.
At the same time, the man also raised his hand to block Himeko's punch.
"You are just weak Valkyries. Don't hinder me, or I will get angry." The man lightly slapped Himeko, and she was immediately sent flying backward, crashing into the wall behind her as if struck by something.
"Manipulating air?" Fu Hua looked at the man warily.
"Wrong, wrong, wrong. What I possess is not the garbage ability to manipulate air; what I possess is the manipulation of gravity!" With that, the man pressed his palm down towards Fu Hua.
Fu Hua immediately dodged to the side. The ground where she had just stood instantly shattered.
"You're quite good at dodging." The man floated up with Mei, hovering outside the house.
Fu Hua looked at where the man was floating, silently mourning for him for a few seconds.
"Oh dear, interrupting a beautiful girl's bath is very impolite, you know ♬~" As the voice sounded, a pink ray of light struck the man.
Feeling the threat of this attack, the man immediately focused his attention on it. Layers of shields unfolded before him.
As the shields deflected, the attack was redirected elsewhere.
The man then turned his head to look in the direction of the attack. There, a beautiful girl was wrapped only in a bath towel.
"Tsk, how troublesome," the man said, looking at the three people surrounding him.
"However, one of my objectives has been completed, and you cannot stop me." With that, the man floated up into the sky.
"Little Kevin, get Mei back," Aili whispered towards her room.
Then a red stream of light rushed out of Aili's room and slashed at the side of the man's body that was controlling Mei.
"Divine Key of the Sky, unsheathe." The voice was very cold.
The man was then directly smashed to the ground by this blow, and Mei was also released from control in mid-air, falling towards the ground.
Then she was caught by the attacking figure.
However, Little Kevin's body was simply too small, so Little Kevin was standing beneath Mei, holding her up.
"This really makes me unhappy," the man's angry voice rang out from the ground.
But the man now looked extremely miserable.
Half of his body had burn marks.
"Don't you dare look down on me! I am the First Herrscher!" he shouted, as blue patterns appeared on his face.
"Cough, cough." With that, the man coughed up another mouthful of blood, but he still stared intently at Little Kevin beside Aili.
"Regret not killing me directly!" Dark blue ripples spread from the man's body, and the ground covered by them showed signs of shattering.
Just as it was about to reach the house, a purple lightning bolt struck the man.
The house was thus saved.
"Damn it, damn it, cough, cough." The man coughed blood, looking at Mei beside Aili.
"You all just wait." The man used his remaining hand to forcefully slap the ground beneath him, then flew towards the sky.
"What a perfect target," Aili said with a smile, drawing her bow.
After narrowing her eyes and confirming the target's position, she said, "It's so cold flying up there, so, just come down."
With that, Aili released the bowstring.
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