[Early Morning At St. Freya Academy]
Since she didn't stay up the whole night studying, Kiana got up early and finished washing up.
Right now she was standing by the window, mouth tilted, looking at the Valkyries outside.
Her whole body radiated the words "self-confidence."
"Ha~ What's wrong with Kiana?"
Raiden Mei yawned as she walked out of the room. Seeing Kiana looking completely different from last night, she asked Bronya, who had also just gotten up and was yawning, beside her.
Yesterday, after finishing her surgery, she relied on the Herrscher body's ability to heal quickly as long as she had Honkai energy, and she recovered fast. After checking that nothing was wrong with her body, Theresa had Bronya bring her to the dorm she shared with Kiana.
Now, after some time resting in the friendly environment of St. Freya Academy, Raiden Mei had more or less shaken off the shadow of Changkong City and returned to her former self.
There wasn't so much negative emotion in her heart anymore.
After a series of psychological evaluations, she was successfully admitted into St. Freya Academy.
Standing next to her, Bronya quietly observed Kiana.
She was very confused by how Kiana was always so jumpy.
One moment she was playing games just fine, and the next she suddenly shot up like she'd been triggered by something and jumped toward Bronya's knees…
Ahem, Kiana merely jumped up; she didn't actually reach Bronya's knees.
Staring at Kiana for a long while, Bronya analyzed, "Maybe she's chatting with Levi, and something made her happy?"
Bronya didn't sound very confident when she said this.
Ever since she learned from Raiden Mei that Kiana had a second personality, the huge contrast between Kiana in Changkong City and Kiana in St. Freya made perfect sense.
At the same time, she had started intentionally and unintentionally observing Kiana, wanting to see when Levi would show up so she could approach him and raise her favorability.
But two days passed and there wasn't even the shadow of Levi appearing.
At most she could overhear Kiana muttering to herself.
To Bronya, who was constantly thinking about Seele, this was somewhat disappointing.
Suddenly, Bronya thought of something.
'It could also be that she knows she has no hope of passing and is in a 'giving-up' state right now.'
Bronya's words seemed to trigger something in Kiana.
Kiana suddenly turned around to look at Bronya, eyes slightly narrowed. "Shorty, do you want to see who gets a better score on this exam, you or me?"
'Stupid Kiana actually dared to challenge genius Bronya?'
Seeing Kiana so full of confidence, Raiden Mei couldn't help being stunned.
Did she judge this Kiana wrong?
Was Kiana not actually stupid?
Facing Kiana's narrowed eyes, Bronya pushed up the nonexistent glasses on her face, looking calm.
"Bronya…"
"Refuses."
'Don't even think about fooling Bronya by acting like a dummy!'
Bronya never fights battles she's not sure of winning.
Especially when Levi, that unknown "Herrscher consciousness," exists.
Seeing the way Kiana looked, Bronya, who had analyzed her nature in just half a day, could see at a glance that Kiana definitely, absolutely had some kind of trump card.
And that trump card was very likely her other self.
Having figured it out in a split second, Bronya was not going to fall for Kiana's trap.
———
Raiden Mei and Bronya quickly finished washing up.
Then, with the help of the not-yet-fully-mature Herrscher of Rice, they made an imperfect breakfast, enough to solve their food problem.
"Kiana, hurry up, the exam's about to start."
Raiden Mei knocked on Kiana's door, and Kiana's voice came from inside.
"Coming, coming!"
So Bronya and Raiden Mei had no choice but to wait for Kiana a bit.
Raiden Mei waited because she was worried Kiana wouldn't find the exam room. Bronya waited because she didn't want to miss any chance for Levi to show up.
While they waited, Raiden Mei looked at the various Valkyries outside.
Back in Changkong City, she had never imagined she would one day become a demon that brought disaster.
Nor had she imagined that even after turning into that monster, someone would still stand by her side and bring her back to the world of normal people.
Even though becoming a Valkyrie didn't quite count as the "normal world," it was enough for Raiden Mei.
Especially after learning from his mouth that her father was still alive.
Noticing Raiden Mei staring blankly at the Valkyries outside, Bronya asked, "Mei-sister, are you worried about the exam?"
Letting two students who had only attended one day of class, and one who hadn't attended any class at all, take an exam…
Even genius Bronya found Theresa's decision a bit crazy.
Although the content of the exam at their level wasn't much, something Bronya finished reading in one night, that was only because she had Heavy Bunny assisting her.
For someone like Raiden Mei, an ordinary person with no understanding of Honkai, it was impossible to raise her score to passing in one night.
As for Kiana…
If she didn't cheat, she'd probably get 20 or 30 points at best.
So the exam didn't matter much for them. They were basically just going to familiarize themselves with the process and make up numbers.
So…
"Mei-sister doesn't need to worry about the exam results. We haven't even had classes, so even if we do poorly, the principal won't make trouble for us."
"But she will make trouble for me!"
After spending the day together yesterday, Kiana believed she had already seen through Theresa.
Principal?
Big Auntie?
Grudgy Theresa.
She bragged so much yesterday, if she didn't do well on the exam, at the very least Theresa would come over to mock her.
And she absolutely didn't want to embarrass herself in front of Raiden Mei.
So Kiana began furiously @-tagging Levi in the chat group.
[Kiana: @Levi, what are you doing! Hurry up and accept the mission!]
[Ding! Commission Mission: Achieve NO.1 on the exam]
[Reward: Kiana's commonly used handgun]
[Client: Kiana Kaslana]
[Accept?]
[Levi: Don't rush. I just finished brushing my teeth. Let me eat breakfast first.]
[Kiana: Eat breakfast? At a time like this you're going to eat breakfast? By the time you finish eating I'll already be done with the exam.]
[Levi: Don't rush, don't rush. At least let me finish washing up.]
[Kiana: Then hurry up.]
After replying to Kiana, Levi looked at himself in the mirror.
Without the pale "Honkai disease" debuff, he was the best-looking guy in Luofu.
He spat out the mouthwash, wiped his face with a towel, and stretched his limbs.
"Accept!"
"Levi! I heard you're cured!"
When Bailu woke up and heard the news, she immediately rushed to Levi's place.
When she pushed the door open, she found the room empty.
"Weird… did he go out?"
Bailu scratched her head, then turned toward Jing Yuan and said politely, "Since Levi isn't here, I'll head back to the Alchemy Commission first. Goodbye, General!"
"Mm. Goodbye."
Watching Bailu leave, Jing Yuan glanced at the still-running faucet in Levi's room, thought for a moment, then walked in to turn it off for him.