Levi's "speaking from the bottom of his heart" made Kiana, for the first time, start thinking about herself.
In her mind appeared the image of Raiden Mei.
Although Kiana often said things like "I like Raiden Mei," the actual amount of time the two spent together was only about two days.
And part of that time was actually Levi interacting with Raiden Mei.
If you talk about who knows her better, she doesn't even know Raiden Mei as well as Levi, that outsider.
Her liking for Raiden Mei was more like how she couldn't move her feet when seeing a beautiful woman.
Simply put, Kiana was greedy for Raiden Mei's beauty.
In her mind also surfaced Levi when she first crossed into Luofu.
And that sentence, "With you alone, that's enough."
Kiana admitted she really was flirted with by that.
But what she had for Levi was more like the fondness between good bros.
The two had experienced soul-level communication, making Kiana trust Levi even more.
But that didn't mean Kiana could be bent by him.
'Did you see Kiana's family name?'
'Ka.s.la.na!'
With just that little bit of affection, there's no way you can accomplish the great feat of bending a Kaslana.
As if he had thought it through, Levi shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't say any more 'from-the-bottom-of-my-heart' stuff to you."
Power is very tempting, but the method of obtaining it cannot be sloppy.
If you're not careful, you'll end up as a villain and get killed by the future protagonist.
By that time, "Kiana's harem group" would become his/hers instead.
How could Levi accept that?
So he had to be a partner of justice.
Never do anything shady.
Waking up from her thoughts, Kiana wailed, "Don't! I haven't even experienced what it feels like to reject someone yet!"
Although Kiana's looks were top-tier, for some reason almost no one ever came to confess to her.
From start to finish she'd never experienced what it felt like to turn someone down.
To Kiana, this was a bit of a pity.
One less life experience.
"You're using me to farm experience?!" Levi complained.
He really didn't expect Kiana to care about the fact that no one confessed to her.
Aren't all Kaslanas lady-copper?
Regardless of gender, all uniformly like women.
And she still cares about confessions from men?
Besides, what he meant by "from-the-bottom-of-my-heart" wasn't even a confession.
———
Time quickly reached the exam period.
Levi, Raiden Mei, and Bronya sat together, curiously watching the Valkyries taking the test.
The exam venue was the St. Freya Academy simulation device.
Within this device, within a specific range, Honkai beasts and Valkyries would be simulated in battle.
A Valkyrie only needed to defeat the Honkai beast to pass the assessment.
BOOM!
Inside the simulation device, the Honkai beast, as huge as a mountain, collapsed with a thunderous crash.
At its feet, Fu Hua slowly withdrew her palm, looking calmly at the Honkai beast that dissolved into data.
"Who is she? Her strength doesn't seem on the same level as Kiana the Valkyrie."
Kiana looked at Fu Hua and asked.
The Valkyries before her also easily defeated Honkai beasts, finishing them off in no time.
But none of them knocked one down with a few punches like Fu Hua just did.
"Fu… Fu Hua." He said it smoothly, almost calling her Fu Xuan.
Levi looked at Fu Hua, who had easily taken down the Honkai beast.
"Fu Hua, also known as Hua, is one of the Flame-Chasers from the Previous Era. Her minimum age is 54,000 years."
'Old monster in age, flat monster in chest.'
'She looks about the same as that baby, Lumine.'
'Hiss, maybe even smaller than Lumine.'
Should he find a chance to let those two compare?
Feels like he might get beaten.
Putting away his scattered thoughts, Levi continued, "She's from Shenzhou's Taixu Mountain. There she's known as the Red-Feather Immortal. A few hundred years ago, when Schicksal invaded Shenzhou, she was the one who stopped them."
Kiana was stunned.
This string of introductions…
Why does it sound like, "A final-boss entering the newbie village, hiding and waiting to destroy any 'hero' who shows up…"
'Wrong. She's not the final boss, she's the hero's cheat.'
Levi smiled slightly. "As long as you can break through her heart that's been frozen for 50,000 years, she'll become your helper, solving anything you can't."
"Well? Tempted? Want to give it a try? Friendly reminder, right now she's in an amnesiac state, so the difficulty has dropped by 99%~"
Levi's voice was exactly like a shady merchant trying his hardest to sell his goods.
Of course, it wasn't that Fu Hua had problems, it was that Levi clearly had bad ideas.
"Tch~ fine, don't do it then."
As if his lie had been exposed, Levi curled his lip, looked at Fu Hua, cupped his hands around his mouth, and shouted loudly, "Fu Hua! Fu Hua! Fu Hua! Fu Xuan! Fu Hua! Fu Hua!"
Hearing his shouting, the surrounding Valkyries, who had been staring wide-eyed, started boiling.
"So strong! Looks like first place this time will again be Fu Xu-pfft! I mean Fu Hua-senpai's!"
"Every exam she gets full marks. With Fu Xu-Fu Hua here, trying to get first place is hopeless."
The Valkyries began discussing Fu Hua, but every time someone mispronounced her name.
They all thought it was their problem, until things grew quiet and they heard Levi's cheering.
"Fu Hua Fu Hua Fu Hua Fu Xuan Fu Hua Fu Hua!"
The Valkyries immediately locked their gazes on the peeking Levi, eyes sharp.
'So it was you, brat, messing us up and making us say the wrong name!'
Raiden Mei also noticed the strange looks from the Valkyries around them.
She reached out to hint at Levi.
Levi looked around and snorted, "You're just jealous my voice is louder than yours!"
'I'm jealous of your rubber-mallet throat!'
'If you're going to cheer, at least say the right name?!'
'Who's Fu Xuan?'
'Fu Hua's cousin?'
"Next examinee, Raiden Mei!"
The broadcast sounded. Raiden Mei practically fled from Levi's side.
Bronya sat in her seat, eating her snacks, watching Levi verbally battle the group.
When she heard something interesting, she even told Heavy Bunny to record it so she could use it later on rude players in games.
———
[In the Monitoring Room]
Theresa watched Levi stand up in the audience area and start cursing with the surrounding Valkyries. She held herself back from face-palming.
"…%#…#%￥#%!"
———
'(Belabog swear) (Luofu swear) (Penacony swear) You wanna curse with me? Think you can out-curse me? I can speak more than fifty foreign languages! (Anti-Entropy swear) (Schicksal swear)'
'Stop cursing, stop cursing, I still want a peaceful school life!'
Kiana said tearfully.
Looking at the Valkyries who were getting red-faced and angry from Levi's insults, she felt that her future life in St. Freya Academy might not be good.
'Relax, watch me say one sentence and they won't dare bother you again!'
He comforted Kiana.
Levi hooked his lips into a forty-five-degree smirk, swept his gaze sideways across the Valkyries, then lifted his chin arrogantly.
"The headmaster of this school is my aunt! Who dares mess with me!"
"You want trouble? I'll tell my aunt to give you all a hard time!"
———
"Kiana!"
Theresa's roar came through the broadcast.