In Nagazora City, two divine beings fought, turning the sky and earth dark. Two different types of Honkai energy continuously collided, generating intense Honkai energy fluctuations.
At this moment, thousands of meters in the sky not far from Nagazora City, a behemoth floated silently. It was the battleship of Schicksal's Far East Branch, the Hyperion. Schicksal was an organization created by the joint efforts of various nations to deal with Honkai phenomena. The Hyperion's primary duties were to monitor the Honkai phenomenon in Nagazora City and to cultivate "Valkyries," talents who fight for humanity against the Honkai.
Due to the abnormal Honkai energy fluctuations in Nagazora City, the Hyperion had long since detected them. All personnel on the battleship were fully armed and ready to investigate the cause of the phenomenon.
However, at this time, the second-highest-ranking officer on the Hyperion, Major Murata Himeko, who also served as the commander of St. Freya High School's Valkyrie Combat Unit, Fifth Division, was nowhere to be seen by the crew. Instead, she was fast asleep in her bed.
Major Himeko, a notoriously messy sleeper, was sprawled on her disheveled bed, a bottle of wine still clutched tightly in her right hand. Unfinished wine spilled from the mouth of the bottle, soaking the mattress and emitting a strong, alcoholic aroma.
She lay on her back, her impressive 94B chest rising high. Her long red hair was scattered across the bed. With her delicate and mature features, she resembled Sleeping Beauty from a fairy tale—assuming, of course, one could ignore the private lingerie strewn all over the bed, her thunderous snores, and the suspicious trickle of liquid from the corner of her mouth.
"Daddy..." Murata Himeko mumbled unconsciously in her sleep, her tall frame curling into a ball like an injured kitten. The communicator on her bedside table was set to silent mode, but it still flashed with a red light, vibrating slightly.
The office of the highest-ranking officer on the Hyperion, Principal Theresa Apocalypse, was tightly shut. A sign hung on the door: 'Principal is handling an urgent matter. Please do not disturb!' This reassured the crew members who had intended to report. Seeing this sign meant the principal was already dealing with the sudden abnormal Honkai energy fluctuations, right? Nothing to worry about, the crew thought.
But at this very moment, their most respected superior, the supposedly more reliable Principal Theresa Apocalypse, was doing something completely unreliable.
A large leather boss chair was turned with its back to the principal's exclusive desk. The desk, made entirely of purple sandalwood and with a supercomputer embedded in its center, was likely worth a villa on its own. The LCD screen was currently flashing with a red alarm light, a warning from the battleship's monitoring system about the Honkai energy fluctuations.
"Haha~~" On the leather chair sat a petite, silver-haired girl in a black and white nun's habit. She wore a pair of pink headphones, and her crisp laughter sounded like a warbler's song.
Principal Theresa, with her silver hair and blue eyes, had a half-open manga balanced on her lap. The comic featured a yellow doll-like character fiercely fighting a clear villain to protect a pink doll-like character—a classic hero-saves-the-damsel story. Yet, Principal Theresa was thoroughly enjoying it.
Her situation was probably similar to that of Chinese children who love watching stories about a wolf that can never catch a flock of sheep.
"Slurp~ Sweetened milk is still the best~ The standard plain milk at the academy is terrible," Theresa said, holding a carton of children's sweetened milk in her left hand, sipping it with a blissful expression, her eyes narrowed. Occasionally, she would stick out her tender pink tongue to lick the milk residue from the corner of her mouth, just like a kitten. This, of course, was all done in secret. If a student were to see this, what would become of her authority as principal?!
The computer screen on her desk continued to flash red.
An unknown amount of time passed. The red light on the computer screen abruptly stopped, and the page returned to its simple blue display.
"O(∩_∩)O Hah!~~" The great Principal Theresa had finally finished her relaxing moment for the day. She stretched and swiveled her chair around. Holding the manga over her head, she looked like a sleepy salted fish.
"Knock knock~ Principal! I'm coming in." Suddenly, there was a knock on her office door.
"!!!" Theresa's eyes flew open, like a slumbering lioness awakening—only this lioness was a bit flustered. She nimbly leaped from her chair. Her Valkyrie physique allowed her to reach a speed of ten meters per second in that instant.
With a reluctant expression, Theresa instantly appeared by the window of her office. She opened it with one hand and, with her other hand moving so fast it was a blur, threw the manga out.
A spirited young woman walked into the principal's room. Her refined and quiet face, adorned with a pair of black-rimmed glasses, gave her an intellectual air. Her long, jet-black hair was tied only at the very end with a hair ornament.
"Ah, Fu Hua~ Is something the matter?!" Theresa asked with a smile. After all, this was St. Freya High School's top student; as an elder, it was only proper to be amiable.
"Yes!" The girl named Fu Hua stood at attention, gave a military salute, and said, "Has the principal finished handling the urgent matter?"
"...Mhm," Principal Theresa said, her gaze shifting slightly towards the window, her expression a bit complicated. "...It's handled."
Oh, so the principal has already handled it. It seems I was too nervous, too immature. How rude of me. Fu Hua's eyes revealed her admiration for the principal. "In that case, Principal, I will take my leave..." Fu Hua saluted again, her expression respectful as she exited and gently closed the door.
"..." At that moment, the principal she so admired was pressing her face against the window glass, her cheeks puffed out like a little bun, muttering resentfully to herself, "My collector's edition manga..."
A manga with a yellow doll-like character on its cover fell from a battleship thousands of meters in the sky. Carried by the high-altitude winds, it drifted down towards Nagazora City.
A young girl walked through the ruins destroyed by Honkai Beasts, her long pink hair swaying gently in the wind. She suddenly looked up at the sky, where a book-shaped object was falling.
Without dodging, the object landed with a "smack!" right on the girl's delicate face.
Being hit by an object dropped from a high altitude is quite painful... but the girl didn't even frown.
"..." The girl reached up and took the book off her face.
It was a manga titled
Adventures in Homu.
(End of chapter)