Chapter 19: Unraveling the knot

Low effort chapter because for some reason mum dragged us to eat outside‚ so I'm rushing this.

'Dies'

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"Kiana, you must know that no one in this world can decide their own birth. The only thing we can decide is what kind of person we will become in the future."

Himeko stretched out her hand and gently pat Kiana's head,

"The name is just a code name, whether you are Kiana or K423, what we know is that you are Kiana for us. Not the so called 'Real Kiana' who is a stranger to us‚ got it?"

"Himeko-Sensei..." Kiana stared at Himeko blankly, her eyes gradually turning red, "But I hurt a lot of people, if it's the real Kiana..."

"Idiot, why are you still talking like this?"

Himeko directly punch (Fist of love) Kiana's head and shoved back her decadent words.

"Remember what I said to you? A person's life will only move forward. Cherish and recall everything that has ever happened in the past, because you can't regret it later, once you regret something from the past, you deny yourself living."

(Smebius: sorry guys this paragraph is just ass)

"Kiana, do you regret coming to St. Freya Academy and meeting us?"

"No, no! I have never ever regretted meeting everyone one of you!" Kiana shook her head vigorously.

"Isn't that all right?" Himeko said with a smile.

"Kiana, look at your side, Mei, Bronya, Fu Hua and Theresa. Do they care that you are K423? Do you think the time you spent with us is fake? From the time you spent with us‚ making friends‚ fighting together and making enemies along the way."

"Everyone....."

Kiana looked at everyone and she clearly saw that, whether it was Mei‚ Bronya, her Aunt Theresa, or even Fu Hua, they didn't look at her with the slightest disgust‚ only a deep worry and concern for her.

'Yes.... I'm not fake, even if my identity is fake and my name is fake, but this... everything i experience with them is real.'

"Kiana, you said that you wanted to protect us, and I believe that you can do it, because you are my student." Himeko looked at Kiana tenderly.

"Himeko-Sensei... everyone... I understand..." Kiana bit her lip, rubbed her eyes from tears.

"It's me who is wrong here. I shouldn't assume that everyone will hate me because of who i am."

"Idiot, how can your Aunt hate you?" Theresa sniffed. Seeing Kiana's heartbroken look just now, she almost couldn't hold back her tears, but she managed to hold back.

"Aunt Theresa... can I still call you my Aunt?"

"Stupid niece, of course you can call me. Don't you want to recognize me as your Aunt?"

Theresa tiptoe to Kiana to raise her hand and pat her head.

"Mei, Bronya..." Kiana looked at the two again.

"Kiana you don't have to worry about it because no matter who you are, you are the Kiana I know and I will always be by your side." Mei said solemnly.

"Bronya is the same, Kiana." Bronya said softly.

In the end, Kiana turned her attention to Fu Hua.

"Class monitor, thank you for telling me this."

"Kiana, you don't have to thank me, I just said it because you would have known about it sooner or later."

"But if you didn't tell this to me now and i didn't know it until later that i didn't have anyone by my side‚ i would have definitely lost myself."

"Really? ... Then, do you know what you are going to do next?" Fu Hua asked.

"I.... I want to go to the Schicksal Headquarters and rescue the real Kiana." Kiana said without hesitation.

Since they have already known that the real Kiana is still in the Schicksal Headquarters, it is impossible for Kiana to continue and be idle about it.

"Do you think with your current strength, you can take her away from the Schicksal headquarters?" Which made her felt that Fu Hua poured cold water on her.

"Even Siegfried and the Principal of the academy couldn't take away the real Kiana from the Schicksal Headquarters, and even if he could take you, I think it was Otto's intention."

"And the thing is that, the real Kiana is not at the Schicksal Headquarters now."

"What? Where is she?" Theresa asked her impatiently.

"I don't know about this. As for her whereabouts, maybe only Otto himself knows." Fu Hua shook his head.

Theresa's expression suddenly became very ugly. In fact, she already knew that with their current strength, let alone taking the Real Kiana from the Schicksal Headquarters, they don't have enough strength to challenge against Otto's numerous Valkyrie.

"But you have chance to contend against the Schicksal."

"what do you mean?"

Fu Hua pointed down.

"This Q&A Space is your biggest trump card."

"I never knew there was such a magical space that could predict the future and even reveal my secrets."

"So if it's really that magical, you may learn about Kiana(Real) whereabouts in the future."

(Smebius: gonna label Real Kiana like this until they introduce her as Durandal.)

When everyone heard this, their eyes suddenly lit up.

Isn't their biggest advantage right now this Q&A Spacepace?

As long as they continue to answer it's questions, they will unveil dark secrets which is hidden from the world and the future itself. The rewards they get from the Q&A Space can also make them stronger quicker.

Given time, they might have the power to compete against the Schicksal Headquarters!

"You're right, this Q&A Space is our greatest advantage." Theresa nodded, then said to Kiana "Kiana, let's answer the questions first, then we'll talk about it when we go out of here. Whether it's your business or... her business, we all need time to digest everything slowly."

"Well then Aunt Theresa‚ I understand." Kiana nodded. Although her voice was a little hoarse, she finally came back to her senses.

Within this short period of time, she seems to have undergone a transformation. Although the changes were not very obvious now, it is like a seed that will bloom sooner or later.

"Then, let's go back to the question just now. What was the question again? I almost forgot."

Theresa rubbed her brows, because she focused on the second half of the question, and she had forgotten what the first half was about.

"The question just now is: Why is Fu Hua, known as the Empyrean Jingwei, willing to join Otto's ranks to become a Valkyrie and follow his orders to go to St. Freya Academy to monitor Kiana?"

"Although our attention was attracted by the latter words, the problem of this lies in the first half."

Bronya said calmly, looking at Fu Hua at the same time.

"Class monitor, I believe no one know the answer to this question better than you, right?"

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To be continued.