Kiana, having eaten seven four-leaf clovers, had only partially regained her sanity.
She was not in a truly safe state.
Under certain specific circumstances, this white-haired, blue-eyed Yandere Valkyries could still become dangerous.
Just like now...
Kiana, with golden light flickering in her eyes, was about to explode.
Lucas, with ninety-nine cycles of experience, was very clear about this.
He was used to the situation where he had just calmed Theresa down, and then Kiana would go crazy again, so his blood pressure wouldn't rise because of it.
Stating the pros and cons and continuing to use his words was the only thing Lucas could do now.
"Kiana, calm down... Theresa is your Aunt, aren't we here to propose marriage? Don't..."
Hearing these words, Paramecium was indeed stunned, and the golden light in her eyes showed signs of dimming.
This was thanks to Kiana having eaten seven four-leaf clovers.
If she hadn't eaten them yet, the process of her eyes changing color would be almost irreversible, and it couldn't be resolved without a tranquilizer gun.
Before Lucas could even sigh in relief, Theresa also caused trouble.
She frowned and looked over, saying, "Propose marriage? What do you mean?"
Kiana hadn't fully recovered yet, her mind seemed blank.
Only Lucas could answer the Headmaster's question.
"Theresa, because I've decided to marry Kiana, I specifically came to you to propose."
"Marry... propose..."
Theresa was struck by lightning.
In an instant, Lucas felt as if the Headmaster had lost all color, becoming black and white.
"That's right, we're here to propose marriage."
Kiana, finally reacting, added.
Theresa mumbled, "Marry... Kiana... Homu... No..."
"This isn't real! This isn't real!!!"
The Headmaster shouted, clutching her head.
The shrill sound carried far.
Kiana was about to say something when she saw Theresa throw a punch.
Paramecium, who had been alert all along, was prepared this time.
Her long white legs retreated, and the Headmaster's delicate fist was narrowly dodged.
Kiana retreated several steps, saying, "Aunt... is indeed no longer the Aunt I knew..."
As she said this, she drew pistols from the void.
The golden light in Kiana's eyes surged again.
The incident happened too quickly.
Before Lucas could even react, the Headmaster and Kiana had already exchanged a move.
"I don't believe it... I don't believe it... It's fake, all of it is fake!"
Theresa, with red eyes, attacked Kiana, summoning her familiar Key of Restraint—Judah's Oath.
The cross, larger than the Headmaster herself, crashed down heavily.
Kiana continued to dodge.
Although Theresa's attacks were fierce, she couldn't hit Paramecium at all; she was like a slippery loach.
Logically speaking, Paramecium shouldn't be able to easily avoid Theresa's attacks.
It should even be difficult to dodge the Headmaster's attacks, but the current Kiana was not in her normal state.
Instead, she had activated an upgraded version of the Herrscher of the Void's authority, just like Bronya, who could control the Herrscher of Reason's authority, or the Cook, who had the Herrscher of Thunder's authority.
However, when Kiana fully activated her Herrscher of the Void powers, unlike those two Yandere Valkyries...
Lucas had to tightly shut his eyes.
Otherwise, he would die inexplicably.
Regarding why he would die.
Lucas also had a guess: if he opened his eyes and saw Kiana, it would provoke the Paramecium to kill him.
Using the Herrscher of the Void's power to directly pinpoint and tear apart an ordinary person's body.
This was probably a very simple matter for Kiana.
"Lucas is going to marry me, that's a fact, Aunt... it's useless even if you don't agree!"
Kiana raised the twin pistols in her hands, attacking as she spoke.
Theresa was furious.
"Homu... Bad student? Lucas... He won't marry you!"
The Headmaster wielded her giant cross.
She easily blocked all of Kiana's attacks, bullets striking Judah's Oath and producing countless sparks.
"First, I need to clarify one thing... I'm marrying Kiana, not the other way around."
Lucas, standing aside, loudly asserted his presence.
Unfortunately, no one paid him any attention.
At this moment, Kiana's eyes were almost completely golden, fully transforming into her Herrscher of the Void form.
Lucas could only close his eyes and continue to try and salvage the situation.
...
[Current Checkpoint: St. Freya Academy.]
Lucas died, but he didn't know how.
The man with his eyes closed.
In his ears were the clanging sounds of the two Yandere Valkyries fighting.
The man, completely helpless in such a situation, could only say, "Stop fighting," from the sidelines.
Then, for some unknown reason.
He suddenly dropped dead.
Perhaps Kiana or Theresa found him too noisy and killed him in passing.
Or maybe he was caught in the aftermath of the battle...
In any case, the final outcome was that Lucas reincarnated again.
"If only the death replay speed could be a bit slower."
Lucas, sitting up from the bed, gently rubbed his forehead.
If the silent film rewind of reincarnation could be slower, he might be able to see the cause of his death.
However, the death replay was very fast.
Shaking his head, he cast aside distracting thoughts.
Reaching out to feel his muscles, Lucas felt refreshed, enjoying a body free from illness.
Indeed, a healthy body was better.
The previous body, so terribly eroded by Honkai Energy.
It caused Lucas pain at all times, just thinking about it was exhausting.
In the last reincarnation...
Lucas gained a lot of information.
At the same time, he ruled out one wrong answer—taking Kiana to Theresa to propose was not going to work.
These two Yandere Valkyries would start fighting each other.
"Still have to try."
"Continue to try Kiana? The whereabouts of Ling also need to be put on the agenda."
"Think carefully."
"Actually, I could just go ask Kosma."
Anyway, this reincarnation had just begun.
Lucas didn't need to consider sunk costs; even if Kosma killed him, it was no big deal.
But was it really nothing?
Thinking that he might be killed.
Lucas's heart was still a little heavy, but compared to death, he was more concerned about the unknown.
After all, no one knew what methods Kosma would use.
Exhaling a breath.
Lucas quickly shook off the negative emotions.
As a knock sounded.
Lucas locked the door, packed his luggage, and continued his night adventure in the Inner World.
The focus of this reincarnation was changed to trading with Kosma.
If Pardofelis was a merchant who traded items.
Then this Ember named Xu Guang was a merchant who traded information.
However, one traded with money.
The other traded information for equal value.
"I wonder how Kosma kills people; as long as he doesn't get gay, I can actually accept it..."
Lucas muttered in his heart as he walked in the darkness.
Thinking of Kosma's appearance.
Lucas stroked his chin and said, "Kosma only has one head left, so he probably can't do that."
Thinking this way instantly put him more at ease.
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