Theresa couldn't figure it out. This kind of thing was probably something only Bronya and Raiden Mei themselves knew the reason for.
But even if Theresa asked, she wouldn't say it…
Because "I turned Herrscher because I was too embarrassed" or whatever…
That's way too humiliating.
Raiden Mei decided to bury that memory away, along with Bronya's.
'Maybe I should threaten her a little.'
Looking at Bronya sitting upright and stiff.
Raiden Mei said coldly, "Bronya…"
"Bronya understands!"
Raiden Mei hadn't even finished speaking when Bronya cut her off.
"Bronya was seriously watching Lev… Kiana's exam just now, and did not notice any unusual situations."
"..."
"And Bronya plans to write a reflection afterwards, no less than 1000 words, describing what she learned from Kiana's exam process."
"..."
She's being so sensible it actually makes one's heart ache a bit.
Looking at Bronya like this, Raiden Mei felt a little guilty and gently patted her head.
But Bronya misunderstood, thinking she was about to twist her head off.
Her body froze on instinct.
At this moment, Levi's voice rang out, saving her life.
"Don't look at other girls, okay? I'll get jealous!"
Levi puffed up his cheeks.
Even his hands stopped moving.
Seeing this, Raiden Mei took a deep breath and continued watching Levi deal with the Ash-Born.
'Why are you becoming more and more like Ely… sia?' Kiana asked.
Back in Nagazora, she had already thought Levi's flirting with Raiden Mei felt familiar.
Seeing it again now made Kiana immediately think of how Elysia talked back then.
All cutesy, overly friendly.
But it is indeed the fastest way to get close to someone.
As long as you're genuinely adorable.
Otherwise you'll create the worst possible opposite effect.
"You didn't know?"
Dodging the Ash-Born's attack, then shooting another arrow into it.
'This is the fastest way to win over Raiden Mei~'
Elysia's special anti-Mei secret weapon.
Even though the two had never met, fate had arranged everything long ago.
"From now on, just talk like me and I guarantee you'll win Raiden Mei effortlessly!"
'By then I will be the ultimate winner!'
'Kekekeke!'
Levi gave an insidious grin.
Facing the Ash-Born trying to attack him, Levi pulled his bowstring.
"Call me…"
"Miss. White. Fairy. Lady!"
Flame energy wrapped around the released arrow.
Flames coiled along the arrow shaft, igniting the void along its path.
An arrow mixed with Herrscher power pierced straight through the Ash-Born's skull with zero effort, and its massive body collapsed at Levi's feet with a boom.
"Tell me, what the heck am I supposed to learn from this!"
Bronya really wanted to shout that.
After watching for so long, aside from learning his agile movement technique, there was absolutely nothing useful in Levi's fighting style.
'Learn his archery? Or learn how he flirts with Raiden Mei?'
'The former is fine, but the latter…'
If she dared write that, Raiden Mei would dare crack her skull open.
'Caught between two Herrschers, being a mere human body is so inconvenient!'
"1000 words… I'll just have Heavy Bunny turn it in later."
Bronya still had important work to finish herself.
———
"Investigate! Dig into it thoroughly for me!"
Theresa slammed her hand down.
"Investigate what?" Himeko asked, confused.
"Investigate where Siegfried ran off to!"
Looking at the fallen Ash-Born, Theresa found it hard to imagine Siegfried had managed, in just a few years, to train an S-rank Valkyrie.
That level of Honkai energy manipulation, and the flame at the end mixed with something resembling Judgement of Shamash's aura…
But Kiana didn't have the Judgement of Shamash on her.
Theresa had every reason to suspect Siegfried's understanding of the Judgement of Shamash had already reached a transcendent level, to the point he could recreate an attack like that just with his control of Honkai energy.
Theresa scowled. "I'm going to deploy personally as an S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal's Far East Branch! And bring the wanted criminal Siegfried back!"
'Lock him in St. Freya's prison and torture him!'
'Until he hands over his training method!'
———
[Inside the Simulation Chamber]
Levi lightly hopped onto the Ash-Born's corpse, looking around at the Valkyries.
With an arrogant expression he said, "Anyone else?!"
"No one…"
Theresa covered her face with her palm.
"This kid…"
Himeko secretly took a sip of coffee.
But all the Valkyries were still stunned by the scene of Levi one-shotting an Emperor-class Ash-Born with a single arrow.
No one answered his question.
Seeing this, Levi turned toward Theresa in the control room.
And instead of copying Kiana's "Auntie" nickname, he directly called her by name.
"Theresa, what's my exam score this time?"
"I don't want to hear any ranking except first."
Seeing him so arrogantly in her face, Theresa decided to crush his spirit a little.
"The exam bugged out. Your score is 0. You'll have to take a makeup exam later."
"Hm… I hear you."
He's acting this calm?
Theresa thought he would start yelling about unfairness or something.
That would match Kiana's personality perfectly, but standing before them was Levi wearing Kiana's skin.
Levi calmly raised his bow and aimed at the sky in the distance.
"What is he doing?"
Theresa asked, baffled.
Himeko noticed something, stunned. "That direction… looks like our control room."
At the same time, Levi's voice sounded in their ears.
"If you don't give me first place, I'll let go."
'A threat! A blatant threat!'
Looking at Levi in the monitor, Theresa's nose twitched and her expression turned fierce.
She couldn't give in. Absolutely not.
If she caved, how could she still be the headmistress?
An S-rank Valkyrie being threatened by her own student.
And it worked.
This shame would follow her for life.
Levi waited.
Until the Ash-Born under his feet dissolved into data, and the loud broadcast tone blared.
Fu Hua put down her book, staring at the broadcast in confusion.
"- . -- . …"
"Now no one will find out!"
Theresa put down her phone of documents and spoke into the mic with a fierce tone, "Kiana, get to my office. Now!"
'Daring to talk to your aunt like that, looks like you're begging to get hit by Judah!'
The longbow in Kiana's hand instantly vanished.
Kiana raised both hands and cheered loudly, "I am invincible!!!"
Theresa: "..."
'What is this child going crazy about now?'
Himeko: "..."
'This kid can change personalities?!'
Raiden Mei: "..."
'Looks like Kiana's back.'
Bronya: "..."
'What an idiot. Just wait till tonight, Bronya will teach you a lesson.'
Realizing she had regained full control of her body, and that everyone present had heard her cheer, Kiana slowly lowered her arms under all the staring eyes.
Her expression turned awkward.
Ding-dong!
[Levi: Awkward your butt! Keep cheering!]
[Maintaining the strong-person persona is the key right now!]
Seeing Levi's message in the group chat, Kiana forced her expression into a deadpan and pretended to be calm.
"To everyone here…"
"You're all… trash."
[Kiana: What does "trash" mean?]
[Levi: It means you're praising them as good people… From now on, just call anyone you meet "trash".]