dtnovels Chapter 27 What to do about Mei?
Chapter 27 What to do about Mei?
"Qiong, where does it hurt? Should we go to the hospital? Do you want some water? Do you want to sleep?"
Alvitt, almost incoherent, was obsessed with Sora, and Kiana and Theresa couldn't help but sigh that Alvitt was such a thoughtful and kind person.
But if they listened and looked closely, they would have noticed that Alvitt's voice trembled with concern, and her eyes showed fear in addition to worry. The reason was simple: Alvitt felt she had made a terrible mistake.
She had sworn to Rita that she would absolutely protect Sora, practically signing a written pledge. As a Valkyrie and a soldier, Aylvit knew perfectly well that what she had done was, at best, a serious dereliction of duty, and could result in her being expelled from the Undying Blade and exiled to the newly established Neo-Siberian Far East branch to dig potatoes or sent to the Moroccan branch in North Africa to grow rice in the desert; at worst… it would be a death sentence.
Seeing Sora in such a miserable state, Alvit was devastated; she didn't want to leave the Undying Blade!
The stolen medicine will at least earn him a major demerit.
There aren't many options left. One is to appease Qiong. If Qiong puts a good word for her in front of Rita, maybe they can get away with deducting half a year's salary.
At worst, she could just be a little shameless and borrow some money from her friend Susana to get by for a few days. Although Susana seemed to have just been assigned to the West Asia branch, Alvitt firmly believed that their relationship would not fade because of the distance... But I digress. In short, the most important thing for Alvitt right now is to make up for her mistakes and try to get Rita's leniency.
"It's okay, I told you I'm fine."
Qiong waved her hand, picked up her baseball bat from the ground, and placed it next to the Dragon's Roar in the Box.
"Little Grey, did that woman leave this sword behind?"
"No, this sword is mine."
"yours?"
Apart from Theresa, the other two expressed their doubts.
"Where did you conjure that sword from?"
Arvit glanced furtively at the Dragon's Roar sword in its case, only to find Theresa examining it with a strange glint in her eyes.
“This sword seems to be of the style of Shenzhou… and it seems unusual,” Theresa murmured, as if she was deep in thought.
Kiana's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Qiong Zhen really had a treasured sword? Then why didn't he take it out and use it before?
"I just remembered I have a sword, and now is not the time to be concerned about swords, is it?"
"You just remembered?"
Kiana picked up the sword, and for some reason, she stopped talking as she focused on it. Theresa and Alvitt then had time to ask about their business.
"Qiong-kun—I'll call you that for now. According to you, the woman who ambushed you was the waitress who lured me here? And her target was a bottle of potion?"
Yes, that's right.
Qiong nodded as she looked at Theresa in front of her. At this time, Theresa had not yet been forced to mature and was still just a little girl who was fifty years old in physical age but fifteen years old in mental age.
Oh, Magical Girl Trillie, Uncle Yang has watched her grow up since she was a child.
"That woman calls herself Raven the Mercenary, and she throws out flaming black feathers to hurt people."
Putting aside the strange thoughts in his mind, Qiong pointed to the burn marks and what appeared to be blade scratches in the room. In addition, the Honkai energy detector kept beeping. The situation was clear: the other side was also using Honkai energy to fight, and they were at least at the level of a B-rank Valkyrie. Otherwise, they couldn't have beaten a grown man like Qiong into such a terrible state.
"Don't worry, we won't stand idly by and we will definitely catch that criminal. But before that, we hope you won't make a fuss."
The headmaster went on her first long trip to pick up a teacher's family member, but the family member encountered a life-threatening situation. Although she survived, she was almost beaten to a pulp. If this were to get back to the school and Himeko and the others found out, how could she maintain her authority as headmaster?
"That's right, Qiong. I'm so sorry that you got hurt because of my negligence, but I still hope you can not tell anyone for the time being—or rather, please, I beg you!"
For similar reasons, Arvit also made a request.
Although she didn't know the reason, Qiong chose to believe in these two.
"Oh, right."
Theresa seemed to remember something.
"Qiong, come with me to the Far East Branch. Your parents miss you very much."
"My parents?"
How could a star core spirit that appeared out of nowhere have a parent?
"Yes, I'll treat you first before we go. You don't want your family to see you looking like this, do you?"
"Lady Theresa, what about Miss Asakura and me?"
"Let's take them together!"
How about hiding at the Far East branch for a few days? Arvit felt that using the bishop's granddaughter as a shield to avoid trouble wasn't a bad idea... Don't forget, she was still wounded. Going to the Far East branch to recuperate for a few days seemed reasonable, right?
Most people had no objections, except for Qiong.
They've all gone to St. Freya, what about Mei? What about Bronya?
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"Grey Snake, Jackal, I got it, I got it!"
Raven didn't dare linger at the hotel. After all, those Valkyries had already seen her. If Qiong identified the "waitress" as the enemy, there would definitely be trouble. Raven wasn't confident she could defeat Theresa, who was wielding Judah. Besides, it was best not to use the Seven Thunders of Purification if possible.
But it's always good to curry favor with the snakes and wolves within the organization and get paid first. Raven can't wait to choose an island and build a villa!
Although building a villa costs extra.
"Well done! Bring the medicine back to me right now!"
"Don't worry, don't worry, you can trust me to do things."
That's four times the reward!
She secretly rejoiced, thankful that she had managed to get Jackal to add so much money after she had made some excuses, otherwise it wouldn't have been so fast.
"But this time it was really dangerous. I even had dealings with Theresa from the Far East branch."
It's better to report the danger a little more than to say you beat up a man and then stole the potion and ran away.
"Raven, have you been exposed?"
"No, but a man over there actually called out my code name... Grey Serpent. Could it be that our organization has already been discovered by Destiny?"
"A man who can call you by your code name? Doesn't that mean you've been exposed?"
Hearing the jackal's somewhat anxious voice, and considering the reward that was about to be received, Raven felt that although the jackal was a madman, he could be quite human at times.
"Come back quickly! It doesn't matter if you die out there, just don't let fate take my medicine away!"
Well, how could that crazy, dog-headed man who talks nonsense possibly be human?
"And that person looks quite like the Lord of Paradise."
The raven thought for a moment and added something.
"Except for the hair and eyes, they look alike in every other way."
"That's not surprising, Raven. You can find many similar flowers over a long period of time. Perhaps if you look carefully, you can find several people in the past and present civilizations who look very much like you and have the same voice."
For example, Raiden Mei looks quite like Dr. Mei.
"Raven, stop working for a while. If Destiny has its eye on you, it's hard to guarantee they won't notice the rest of us. It seems we 'Snakes' will have to hibernate for a while..."