Chat Group: Starting by Body Swapping with Elysia? - Chapter 138 Part 1

Chapter 138: You’ll Understand Me, Won’t You, Bronya?

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For giving Jiang Qiao and the others a ride, Anti-Entropy naturally wouldn’t have any objections. After all, when it came to the goal of stopping Cocolia, they were on the same side. Moreover, 【Bronya】 had already become the inheritor of the Herrscher of Reason — from a status perspective, she was undoubtedly a member of Anti-Entropy.

But—

“A Schicksal S-rank Valkyrie? What is she doing here!”

Looking at Rita standing beside 【Bronya】, Dr. Tesla’s projection instantly became agitated, her face full of tension.

Although it was somewhat embarrassing for Anti-Entropy, at the very least, they were relatively well-informed about the intelligence of Rita and Durandal, these two publicly known Schicksal S-rank Valkyries.

Precisely because they knew so much, the appearance of Rita Rossweisse, who was essentially Otto’s white glove, made them even more panicked than the other S-rank Valkyrie, Durandal.

For instance, Welt had already silently drawn out the Divine Key Star of Eden that Einstein had brought.

— Even though he had lost the power and core of the Herrscher of Reason, this former Herrscher of Reason still possessed formidable strength that couldn’t be underestimated.

Rita, who noticed this hostility, didn’t mind at all. Instead, she smiled gracefully, stood elegantly, and performed a curtsey with considerable maid-like etiquette before explaining:

“The sovereign of Anti-Entropy and the two scientists? Well… if it were under different circumstances, Rita’s duties would indeed prevent her from turning a blind eye to you all. However, right now, you don’t need to harbor such hostility toward Rita. It’s somewhat embarrassing to say, but Rita is currently staying by 【Bronya】’s side as a captive.”

“Mm.”

In response to Einstein’s inquiring gaze, 【Bronya】 nodded noncommittally, confirming Rita’s statement.

At this moment, both Welt and Einstein relaxed considerably, with only Tesla still maintaining a suspicious attitude:

“A captive? Are you sure she’s reliable?”

No matter how you looked at it, Rita didn’t seem like a so-called captive at all — after all, what kind of captive could run around freely like this?

Shouldn’t she be locked up in a cage?

“There’s no need to worry, Rita is absolutely reliable.”

The silver-haired girl said casually, showing no concern that Rita might cause any problems.

Although Rita was indeed that old man’s white glove, without a doubt — Rita, like Durandal, was the type who would never betray someone once she gained their trust.

What bound Rita were her duties as a Valkyrie, important friends, and family.

A Valkyrie’s duty was to defeat Honkai. As long as he could prove to Rita the feasibility of defeating Honkai, then Rita, who knew very well what kind of person her Overseer was, wouldn’t mind offering her loyalty to Jiang Qiao. As for important friends, this needn’t be said much, since Jiang Qiao had the white-haired fluffball by his side — sometimes, he would even be 【Kiana】.

Even if it was just for the purpose of protecting an important friend’s sister, Rita couldn’t betray Jiang Qiao.

As for family, that was naturally also very important. It was precisely because of this — Rita would still be a Schicksal Valkyrie and remain Otto’s white glove.

“…I really don’t know where you get such confidence.”

Tesla fell silent for a moment, then sighed.

Although her wariness toward Rita hadn’t diminished, since their own inheritor of the Herrscher of Reason was so certain and confident, even if she disliked Schicksal people, she couldn’t continue to show it.

Moreover, in reality, she didn’t particularly dislike Schicksal’s Valkyries — after all, although the Valkyries were Otto’s pawns, their more essential nature was that they were warriors who used their lives to resist Honkai.

She resented Schicksal’s practice of training young girls into warriors, which led her to choose a path centered on mechs and Titans. But toward those lovely Valkyries, despite being beaten into retreat, Tesla couldn’t bring herself to hate them.

After all, there was once a Schicksal S-rank Valkyrie who had sacrificed her life to help them.

“How long will it take to reach New Zealand?”

Without continuing to chat about those meaningless things, 【Bronya】 got straight to the point.

While he was accompanying Misteln and picking up Kiana and the others from the cruise ship, Anti-Entropy’s warship had been sailing at a normal speed.

Through the Imaginary space jump, Jiang Qiao’s side had crossed a large distance.

“The warship has entered full-speed sailing mode. We should reach New Zealand in about 30 minutes.”

“But the bad news is that Cocolia seems to have already begun her operation. I received word — Schicksal’s Oceania branch in New Zealand has been attacked.”

Although it couldn’t compare to Otto’s intelligence network, since it was their own affair, Einstein, with deliberate and careful investigation, shared this somewhat heavy intelligence.

“Has a Honkai eruption occurred?”

“No signs of that have been detected. That’s good news.”

The absence of a major Honkai eruption meant that Wendy, who was the 4th Herrscher vessel, hadn’t exploded yet.

Einstein, who roughly understood the operating principles of the 2nd Herrscher’s authority, actively suggested:

“Your Imaginary authority should be able to jump with the entire warship, right? We have New Zealand’s real number coordinates.”

Although 30 minutes wasn’t long, it definitely couldn’t be called short either.

“No, the imaginary space in the direction of Oceania is currently in an extremely chaotic state.”

【Bronya】 shook her head.

If he could do that, he wouldn’t need to bring Kiana and the others to hitch a ride on Anti-Entropy’s warship. He could have jumped directly to New Zealand.

Perhaps due to The Cocoon’s actions, the chaotic imaginary zone affected not only the Previous Era but also Oceania in the current civilization.

Under such circumstances, imaginary space travel was quite dangerous. Even a complete Herrscher of the Void authority couldn’t guarantee safe and normal arrival at the destination.

However—

There were ways to go faster.

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