"Awake?"
"...Um."
Question: What should I do when I hear a strange male voice next to me as soon as I wake up?
Suppressing the urge to punch the air, Rita felt that in that instant her lifespan had shortened by at least three years.
"How did you sleep last night?"
"Thanks to you, I feel like I had a nightmare, but I can't remember it clearly."
Rita said calmly; of course, the nightmare was fake, and she slept soundly.
This might really be a Guardian Angel or something.
"What about you? How was your night?"
"I was scaring the girl in the hallway."
"Is it done cleanly?"
Rita was silent for a moment after asking this question.
Why did this question sound like an attempt to destroy evidence?
But she also didn't want there to be rumors that there was a haunted place outside her room.
"Cleanly, destroy the body and cover up all traces... ahem, I just wanted to scare you."
Tian Shi used some tricks to create a low-temperature illusion for Rita.
"To this extent..."
Rita raised her eyebrows slightly. Although this illusion was meaningless to a Valkyrie who had experienced many battles like her, if used at the right time...
Rita suddenly became a little interested in the abilities of the "Guardian Angel" beside her.
Now that she has decided to accept the existence of the other party, Rita feels that she should deepen her understanding.
"Mr. Ghost, would you like to go to the training room to practice a bit?"
Rita smiled gently at the air around her.
Mr. Ghost... This title reminded Tian Shi of Mobius again.
"I don't mind... but won't it be discovered by your Schicksal Archbishop or others?"
According to Tian Shi's impression, things related to Otto are usually accompanied by trouble.
"I have my own training room, and the Bishop is very busy every day. It doesn't matter, as long as there's no abnormal data," Rita seemed indifferent to this.
Valkyries trained for a period of time every day, and some even trained all the time except for eating and sleeping. How could Otto have time to specifically watch these things?
There are so many Valkyries in Schicksal, even with ten times the speed, I'm afraid it will take a day.
Tian Shi nodded after hearing Rita's explanation.
"..." Rita looked at her pajamas and the air beside her, and couldn't help but have a headache, "Mr. Ghost, I'm going to change, can I trouble you to go out first?"
Seriously, it felt like living with a strange man.
Rita thought she might need to get used to it for a while.
But the advantage is that her Guardian Angel is very good at talking.
After feeling another breath leave, Rita breathed a sigh of relief... For her, this was the first time the opposite sex had seen her in pajamas.
Luckily I slept well.
Rita blushed and checked her pajamas... fortunately, they were buttoned up honestly, and the collar, so nothing should have been seen, right.
...
"Her figure is slightly inferior to Mobius's."
Tian Shi, who was floating outside, curled his lips. Of course, what was more important was that Mobius never shied away from Tian Shi's presence when she changed clothes.
Most of it is the attitude of looking if you want to, although Tian Shi only took a glance.
"I'm done."
Not long after, Rita, who had changed her clothes, pushed the door open and came out.
"Aren't you going to have breakfast?"
"I ate while changing clothes," Rita smiled.
"Really fast."
Tian Shi couldn't understand how Rita managed to finish breakfast in just a few minutes of changing clothes.
"Ding Di——!"
Just when the two were about to head to the training room, the communicator on Rita's wrist suddenly rang.
"From Master Otto?"
Rita looked at the communicator for a moment, then looked at the air around her.
"It seems our preliminary plan has to be delayed."
"Did something happen?"
"The Second Herrscher is suspected to have appeared in Sky City."
"It seems I'm on a mission."
Rita said lightly, "But it shouldn't be too long."
Sky City?
Tian Shi was stunned for a moment, which means the current time is about four months after the Queen's arrival. In that case... isn't that bad?
As long as my simulator is powerful, I might have a chance to change the outcome of that battle.
"Oh, anyway, I'm the Guardian Angel behind you; I can only follow you wherever you go."
"..."
The calmness of the Angel behind her was beyond Rita's expectations; if possible, Rita would prefer that he not follow her.
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Night, Sky City
"Lord Bishop, I have arrived at Sky City, please give the next instructions."
Rita, wearing the Valkyrie armor "Stalker : Phantom Iron", communicates with Otto through a communicator.
Tian Shi only glanced at Otto and then looked away—he had seen enough of Otto in his previous life.
Damn it, I have no curiosity at all.
Tian Shi's eyes stayed on Sky City at night.
Starting in the morning and arriving at night, Tian Shi didn't know if this speed was fast.
Or... deliberately arriving at this hour?
Tian Shi looked at the mechanical dog at Rita's feet... well, the scientific name is "Carbon-Based Hunter", an autonomous tracking weapon.
To be honest, Tian Shi is more interested in this dog than Rita.
[Poltergeist lv5: You can interfere slightly with reality, and you can increase your level of interference with reality by possessing a non-living, non-intelligent body.]
Fifth-level troubles, small curses, and hallucinations are all integrated, and with a slight improvement, the power that can be used has reached the standard of ordinary people; of course, these were all trivial matters.
The most important thing is the last part: it can possess non-living, non-intelligent objects.
That mechanical dog... an autonomous weapon, it's definitely something non-living, but can it be considered intelligent?
According to the definition of wisdom... it shouldn't count, right?
I've long wanted to take the dog and become Miss Rita's dog!
It was just a joke, but Tian Shi was really moved.
He wouldn't lose anything by trying—anyway, he had nothing.
Try it, just try it.
Out of curiosity, Tian Shi decisively used the Poltergeist skill on the dog under Rita's feet.
"Clear."
At that moment, Rita finished communicating with Otto and then felt that an important part of her Valkyrie armor lost its response.
It's the part related to the Carbon-Based Hunter.
"?"
Rita was surprised and then looked at the Carbon-Based Hunter at her feet.
At least 30% of this Valkyrie armor is on the Carbon-Based Hunter.
If the Carbon-Based Hunter suddenly fails, then she might consider retreating for the time being.
But then Rita saw a scene she will never forget.
—The Carbon-Based Hunter at her feet stood up like a human.
Yes, it stood up, like a man.