Hiss...it sounds like it makes sense?
"From a normal perspective, since the Bishop has already made experimental results that can control the consciousness of the Herrscher, then there is no need for him to hide this experimental result."
"But he chose to hide everything from everyone. Not only that, even the upright Lord Yulandel chose to keep silent after knowing all this... This means that in their judgment, only by doing this can the experiment be successful and achieve the greatest effect."
Rita paused.
"Even in this situation, do you still doubt and want to get the truth from Lady Yulandel?"
Theresa remained silent with a complicated expression.
Being able to control the consciousness of the Herrscher - if Otto can really do this, then it can almost be said that Sentence has taken a crucial step that will be the final word in the fight against Honkai.
She was not a researcher who had done in-depth research on Honkai, so she did not understand the principle of this ability. Therefore, even if she knew that according to Otto... or even Yulandel's judgment, only by "hiding everything from everyone" could "maximize this ability", Theresa had no way to make an effective rebuttal.
After a long silence, she couldn't help but ask, "But, there might be clones of you in this experimental field!? Don't you care?"
"Of course I care, but if this is the sacrifice I need to make to fight the Honkai..."
Rita sighed softly. Although she didn't finish the second half of her sentence, Theresa had already understood the implication of her words.
Listening to the conversation between Rita and Theresa, Yulandel felt as if she was in a fog. She blinked her big blue eyes, which were as clear as Aqua's, and looked at this and that. She felt as if she was a very inappropriate light bulb.
No, can anyone tell me why the conversation between Rita and Theresa could be so off-topic? !
I don't understand what happened in that coffee shop, but why can't she understand anything about her own world?! ?
"Tsk..."
Theresa couldn't help but smacking her lips.
As a Valkyrie, she certainly couldn't blame Rita's choice, but from the perspective of the dean, she couldn't agree with it.
"Since you don't want to tell me, I can't force you to do it." Theresa pursed her lips gloomily. She suddenly turned her head and looked at Yulandel's confused face. "Yulandel, you should still be able to see the cafe now."
"Huh? Ah... yeah." Yulandel nodded, "Yes, I can still see. What do you want to do?"
"Nothing." Theresa turned her head and stared at the empty space with a sharp gaze. "Since you are unwilling to give me the information about the coffee shop, I will find a way to investigate it myself."
"As long as I know it's still here, one day, I can find this cafe myself, just like you and Mei before me!"
Hyperion Cafe.
The young store manager lay on the empty bar like a dead dog.
"I'm so tired..."
A voice that sounded almost like someone was about to die floated out from the store manager's mouth, which was emitting a cloud of white mist.
"…Rita, can we take a day off?"
"Of course not. This is only our second day of business. You set the rest days yourself. As the store manager, how can you back down so easily?"
A gentle and elegant voice came from the kitchen.
However, to the store manager's ears, the sound sounded like the howl of a devil.
"Seven hours..." the store manager complained in a voice that was almost tearful, "You guys tortured me for seven hours. I didn't sleep all night."
"Tsk, what's there to complain about? Do you think you're the only one who didn't sleep last night?"
Snap, a small hand slapped the manager's head.
"Okay, cheer up. Today is my first day at work. As the manager of this cafe, you should set a good example for me, a newcomer."
"Aren't you tired? Silin, you even made two uniforms for Kiana and Mei last night."
The store manager raised his eyes and directed his gaze towards the purple-haired girl who placed her hands on her head.
"If you feel sleepy, why not drink a cup of refreshing potion?" Xilin showed an incomprehensible expression, then she stretched out her hands to the manager's armpits, trying to lift up the manager who was like a puddle of stagnant water, as if pulling a carrot, "So! Please don't look so listless! Dean Cecilia and Buluo and the others will be here soon! You can't go to see us like this!!"
"What?!" The store manager was shocked and said, "My mother-in-law is coming to visit today? Why didn't you tell me earlier?!"
Chapter 4: Xilin's Past (k)
"Mother-in-law?" Xilin was stunned for a moment, and didn't react for a moment. "Who, who?"
"Principal Cecilia, isn't she your adoptive mother?" the store manager responded subconsciously.
"She is my adoptive mother... That's right." Xilin also came to her senses and nodded blankly. Then her face suddenly changed and a drop of cold sweat ran across her forehead. "Wait, wait, now that you mention it... I... I don't think I have introduced the store manager to Dean Cecilia yet."
"You haven't told her about me yet?" The manager was stunned.
"I would say there is no chance. After joining the Magic Security Bureau, we magical girls who were deployed to the frontline rarely contact our families." Xilin's cold sweat became more and more profuse, and her voice trembled unconsciously. "Besides, she is the dean of the magic academy... Captain, you know, after Senior Buluo and the others got into trouble, I was a little repulsive to the magic academy for a long time, so..."
"So, this time she came to our cafe, maybe she was not only looking for me, but also for you." The manager raised his head and glanced at Xilin, who looked panicked. "But... isn't the dean your adoptive mother? Why are you so afraid of her?"
"What do you know?!" Xilin couldn't help but yell at the manager, but she felt that her tone seemed a bit harsh, so she lowered her voice again, and the action of grabbing the manager's head became a little gentler, "You know, after what happened to Senior Buluo and Senior Fuleai, I didn't dare to trust the Magic Security Bureau at all."
"At that time, I thought that the magic academy that had been training magical girls was just like the Magic Security Bureau, and that they were just using everyone as consumables. But who could have imagined that..."
Halfway through her speech, Xilin's tone unconsciously became a little awkward.
"Who would have thought that Principal Cecilia has actually been preserving the souls of those magical girls who used forbidden magic... and she has used her power to..."
By the end of her speech, Xilin's voice had become as thin as a thread, and an emotion called embarrassment spread in her eyes.
For a long time, she actually had a strong resistance to the Magic Security Bureau and the Magic Academy. Since the Magic Security Bureau was full of guys who treated the lives of magical girls as consumables and used them at will, then according to normal logic, the Magic Academy, which had been training magical girls for the Magic Security Bureau, was of course not unrelated.
After all, the one who taught these magical girls the "forbidden magic" that could only be used at the cost of one's soul was not anything else but the magic academy founded by Cecilia.
It is also because of this relationship that although Silin still regards Cecilia, who adopted her, as her mother, after the magical girl Brollo and the magical girl Freya both "sacrificed" in the Demon King's Castle, the friendship cultivated by several years of college life made her really unsure of what attitude she should use towards the dean and mother who founded the magic academy.
This complex feeling of resentment and love for one's child was not alleviated until recently. After the rules of her world were reshaped by the manager, Xilin realized... she seemed to have always misunderstood the Magic Academy and Cecilia.
Although the people in the Magic Security Bureau are still scum who treat magical girls as consumables, the Magic Academy and Cecilia have always been protecting these magical girls in their own ways.
These magical girls have always believed that the "forbidden magic" can only be used at the cost of one's soul. The "cost" in this sentence means being burned to ashes.
But the fact is that using forbidden magic does not require burning one's soul.
It’s more like the opposite. Only by using forbidden magic can those frozen souls be preserved intact.
After understanding Cecilia's good intentions, Xilin's misunderstanding of the magic academy was naturally resolved. However, it was precisely because of the resolution of the misunderstanding that Xilin felt embarrassed and ashamed for having wrongly accused her own mother that she lost the courage to face Cecilia again.
Seeing Xilin's embarrassed expression, the store manager couldn't help but raised his arm and gently patted Xilin's hair.
"You don't need to worry so much. You know your mother better than I do. You should also know that it's impossible for her to be angry with you from the bottom of her heart, right?"
"That's true...but I still feel a little uneasy." Xilin's voice sounded obviously a little nervous.
"If you really feel uneasy, then apologize to her." The store manager shrugged, looking calm and calm, "We are all family, there is nothing that cannot be discussed."
"Humph, that's easy to say. Didn't you almost jump up when you heard that Dean Cecilia was coming over?" Xilin squinted her eyes and snorted in dissatisfaction. "Why, you can lecture me so well, but you can't do it when it's your turn?"
"I..." The store manager was speechless. He lowered his head dejectedly, "She is your mother, not mine..."
"Uh..." For some reason, Xilin felt a tightness in her heart when she saw the manager's frustrated expression. "I, I didn't mean that. I'm sorry."
"No, what you said is actually right." The manager scratched his head and honestly admitted that he was indeed a little panicked.
No, to be more precise, he was panicking.
In most of the world bubbles that reflect certain information of the intrinsic world, the name Cecilia Shaniat almost always runs through a tragic history, and at the same time, she is also a famous figure in that history.
Therefore, even though there is not much memory left before the time travel, the name Cecilia is still not unfamiliar to the store manager.
Of course, since this name has been recorded in history, it also means that in these world bubbles, Cecilia is basically a character living in people’s memories.
To put it simply, they are basically dead people.
As long as there is a world bubble with St. Freya's College, and the dean of St. Freya's College in those world bubbles is Theresa, then no matter whether that world bubble is peaceful or dangerous, or whether it is invaded by the Honkai, Cecilia will inevitably leave her life in the past history for some reason.
In the process of traveling through countless world bubbles in the Quantum Sea, the store manager has met many people with completely different identities and experiences, such as Kiana, Bronya, Raiden Mei, Fu Hua, Yulandel, Rita, Theresa... and so on.
But the only one is this strongest Valkyrie in the history of the previous generation of Destiny. Even after traveling to so many world bubbles, the store manager still has never had the experience of facing her face to face even once.
——There is no doubt that even if the concept of "homotopy" is included, the store manager and Cecilia are undoubtedly meeting for the first time.
If it was just a simple meeting with a stranger, the store manager would not feel panic, at most he would feel a little nervous.
After all, leaving aside his personality before traveling through time, the experiences Yufan had encountered in the years since he came to this world also destined him to not be a person who is afraid of socializing and contacting strangers.
But that person's name was Cecilia.
Kiana Kaslana Origin (original), now known as Bianca Yulandel Atagina's biological mother; Kiana Chong Kaslana's social mother; and Sirin's spiritual mother.
Now, let's recall what the store manager did for her three precious daughters yesterday.
He first teased Kiana, who was in 2013, and then mercilessly knocked her out with a blow to the head.
This Kiana was easy to deal with. Regardless of the reason or motive for the action, the store manager had sufficient reasons and was confident. So even if he met her elders, the store manager was not afraid at all, and could even be said to be justified.
But the others, such as Kiana, Yulandel and Xilin, are heavyweights. To sum it up in one sentence -
- In order to prevent Yulandel, whose body and soul he had completely controlled inadvertently, from losing her virginity on the spot, he accidentally alarmed Xilin while calling Brownie. While a series of ridiculous things happened, Kiana and Yulandel watched it from beginning to end, allowing these two pure and innocent girls to enjoy an action drama that probably had an unprecedented impact on their outlook on life and the world.
When the store manager thought about the possibility of having to face the mothers of these three girls for various reasons in the near future, he suddenly felt sweaty and his calves were shaking as if they had cramps.
No, don’t panic, think about the good things first.
First of all, the best news - Yulandel is not in the cafe.
When he was satisfied enough to no longer send "commands" to Yulandel unconsciously, he wisely released the golden goose, whose brain had probably turned into a ball of paste, back to the world where she originally existed.
Therefore, he does not need to face a mother whose own daughter was suddenly taken away by a man who appeared out of nowhere using a method that seemed extremely despicable but was actually just a coincidence.
Secondly, although he let Kiana watch an action drama that was enough to have a huge impact on her life, in the final analysis, it was Kiana's own choice to watch it and it had nothing to do with him.
Finally, and most importantly -
——The Cecilia in this world is not really their mother!
Yes, what am I afraid of? The store manager, who had made up his mind, suddenly became confident again.
However, before he completely expanded, the store manager still had some things he wanted to confirm with Xilin.
"Xilin, how much do you know about your mother-in-law?"
"what do you mean?"
"It's just... interpersonal relationships, and personality..."
Xilin frowned, and suddenly loosened her hands that were rubbing the manager's head, and said a little warily: "What do you want to do by asking these questions?"
"Uh..." The store manager tilted his head, a little confused, "Do you need a reason to get along well with my mother-in-law?"
Although this made sense, Xilin still did not let down her guard immediately:
"Let me tell you in advance, Principal Cecilia is a married woman, so please don't mess around, Manager."
"What do you think I am? A humanoid self-propelled pile driver?" The store manager was a little amused.
"...Anyway, I'll give you a bargain, but don't set your sights on Dean Cecilia."
"Don't worry." The store manager muttered in a low voice, "If it weren't so difficult to hide, I wouldn't want to face her..."
Although Cecilia is not strictly speaking the mother of Kiana and Yulandel, the question is, how could something like isotopes in parallel worlds be able to divide everyone so clearly?
If possible, he would rather not face Cecilia alone. Even if he really had to face Cecilia, it shouldn't be such an urgent situation.
We need to give him at least three days... no, a week of buffer time!
Moreover, he was so unlucky that he kidnapped Kiana and Raiden Mei to use as laborers when Cecilia was about to visit.
When the young store manager thought of the two people sleeping in on the second floor, he suddenly felt his blood boiling.
Although the store manager knew that he was just venting his anger on others without any reason, how could a store manager in this world drag his tired body to work after being drained of energy and deal with all kinds of sudden emergencies, while the employees in his own store could still lie in bed?
Xilin seemed to realize that something was wrong. She turned around and glanced at the kitchen behind her, then put her mouth close to the manager's ear and said, "By the way, manager, are we the only two and Rita in the store today? Where are Brownie and the others?"
"Yuexia is the type who tends to be sleepy during the day. After a night of hard work, she should have fallen asleep by now. Brownie and Guanxing will probably have a hard time getting out of bed for a while." The store manager sighed, "Actually, judging from yesterday's situation, the two of us and Rita were the abnormal ones."
"Is it very abnormal?"
"Of course it's not normal. Humans are creatures that need to sleep!" The store manager suddenly laughed at himself, "But then again, there are only a few normal humans in our store..."
He looked up and glanced at the clock on the wall. It was already eight o'clock. The sunlight shone in from the frosted floor-to-ceiling windows. It seemed to be a pretty good day outside.
Chapter 4: Social Death of Rita (k)
The store manager thought for a moment, then suddenly opened the drawer in front of him, took out a pure white sign the size of an A4 paper, then stood up and walked towards the door.
"What are you going to do?" Xilin asked.
