"Sister Durandal! Rita said you weren't feeling well... Is it that time again? - Sister, who the hell is this woman on your bed??!"
In Schicksal's North Africa Branch, Durandal, who was being targeted by Imhotep, and Stan were facing another kind of disaster... Well, a disaster that could lead to social death if not handled properly -
Just as the golden-haired Goose was trying to figure out who this cat-girl actually was... her dear little sister burst in without any warning... Although Miss Durandal fully understood Kiana's concern for her, and would have rushed over just as urgently if she were in the same situation...
But sister, could you not be so eager this time, and could you please not be so loud? Half the base heard you!!!
But this was only the beginning of Miss Bianka's nightmare day. Kiana, who completely failed to understand her older sister's frantic hints, threw out another extremely loud, fatal question...
"Sister, why is this girl on your bed and not wearing any clothes???!"
The white-haired girl's voice even increased by double this time, making Otto, who was handling documents in the upstairs office, reveal a curious glance... However, out of respect for the ladies' privacy, the Overseer did not decide to go downstairs and get involved... After all, if he went down now, he might actually be silenced by the ladies...
The Overseer, who imagined what was happening downstairs, decisively shook his head and shifted his attention back to the report in front of him.
"Kevin Kaslana, the ancestor of the Kaslana family from the Previous Era, does not match the records of the Kaslana family... In reality, he was a woman..."
Otto frowned, lost in thought...
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And Miss Durandal's situation now became worse and worse... Only after Kiana's reminder did she suddenly realize that the Stan in front of her seemed... to have no fabric on his body at all.
What was worse came from the kitchen, where the sound of glass bottles and jars shattering could be heard... Not smashed, but the sound of someone crushing them with their bare hands—and the only person who could be in the kitchen at this moment was...
—Miss Rita Rossweisse.
Lady Durandal felt that her life was like a flickering candle in the wind, and she immediately began her struggle!
The blonde Valkyrie grabbed the clothes by the bed like lightning, put them on theonlooking Stan Meow beside her, and then, at a speed that Kiana could swear Wendy couldn't even achieve in her entire life, she threw open the window and hurled the ill-fittingly dressed Stan out using a javelin throw motion...
Sorry, Stan. They say cats have nine lives, so today I'll borrow one of your cat lives in exchange for my goose life.
"Gosh..."
Watching Stan disappear into the horizon, Kiana could only utter this one sigh... And then, amidst the increasingly urgent footsteps coming from the kitchen, she met Durandal, who turned her head with a gaze like a wolf or tiger.
"Sister, I didn't see anything..."
Quick-witted, Kiana instantly flashed a brilliant smile, as if nothing had just happened... No unclothed woman, let alone one on Miss Bianca's bed.
"Hahaha, Kiana, you were just joking just now, right?"
Durandal hooked her arm over Kiana's shoulder, likewise flashing a wide, easy smile, pulling her sister close...
"Yes, yes, yes, Miss Rita, we were just joking around, just joking..."
The two broke out in a cold sweat as they laughed nervously to the murderously aura-filled maid, who had arrived carrying a scythe...
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Flying in the air, Stan experienced what it meant to "ascend the cat" for the first time in a long while... but this time, she might find a fellow sufferer.
With a loud clang, Stan smashed into a metal door. Just as she was reeling from the impact, a young man, who also looked completely dazed, popped out from behind the door.
"Uh... Miss, are you alright?"
Stan recognized this man; he was one of the World Serpent's executives.
"Were you thrown out by your own boss?"
However, Owl did not recognize the drastically transformed Stan. He simply looked at the little girl who had fallen from the sky with some sympathy.
Looking at the man before her, and recalling the action of her "poop scooper" who had actually dared to throw her out the window, the little cat came up with a plan and nodded vigorously at Owl.
What kind of bad intentions could a little cat possibly have?
"Ah, well... how about I take you to find your boss?"
Owl looked at the girl in front of him and offered his suggestion.
"It just so happens that I was also kicked out of the company by my boss, and I probably won't be able to go back for a while."
Stan nodded vigorously in ecstatic agreement. This was exactly what this cat had in mind!
"So, little girl, where do you live?"
The cat-girl thought for a moment before pulling out a pen and paper and drawing.
"Is she a mute child who can't even speak?"
Seeing Stan doodling on the white paper, Owl was infuriated!
"Hmm...? Is this a Schicksal base?"
Looking at the doodles, Owl formed a guess about the location described on the paper.
"Whatever, what's Schicksal anyway... Those Valkyries won't recognize who I am regardless..."
Muttering quietly, Comrade Owl looked back up at Stan.
"Alright, I think I know roughly where this place is. Now, little girl, who is the boss who threw you out?"
Owl posed another question.
"Oh oh oh... blonde hair, blue eyes, a great figure...? I understand. There's no time to waste, little girl, let's set out right now!"
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Inside the Schicksal North Africa Branch
"So, Lady Durandal and Miss Kiana are just joking around...?"
Rita sized up the two sisters with suspicion as they exchanged awkward smiles. Her maid's intuition told her that these two were definitely hiding something from her.
"Yeah, yeah, I heard you say that Sister Bianca wasn't feeling well, so I came to check on her... only to find out that Big Sister is just being lazy and refusing to get out of bed today..."
"And then I used the same method Kyuusyou and the others at St. Freya used to wake me up back then to wake up Sister Bianca.... It seems like it was really effective, huh."
Quick-thinking Kiana immediately came up with an explanation that sounded plausible enough.
"I see.... Well then, Miss Kiana, let's not do that again, okay."
Rita seemed to have finally accepted the girls' story after all....
"Hello, is that Lady Durandal? There's a gentleman with a young girl outside the base looking for you..."
"The gentleman said he met the young girl on the way, and she seems to be looking for you! The young girl also said you threw her out of your room???!"
An inappropriately timed broadcast suddenly crackled to life...
...Upon hearing this, Rita glanced at the window that had been shut tight but was now wide open.
"Lady Durandal..."
"Rita, I was wrong!!!"