Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 34 Who will accompany the Star Core Essence?

"What Grandpa said? What do you mean by 'if people don't want to, then so be it'?"

After a brief conversation with Otto, Theresa received a very straightforward reply: if he doesn't want to, then forget it.

Theresa tried to get Otto's reason for his reply, but Otto didn't explain and immediately hung up the phone, using Amber's job as an excuse.

"Theresa, what did His Holiness the Bishop say?"

Theresa glanced up at Himeko Murata as she slowly approached, then took out a bitter melon juice from beside her.

"Grandpa said if they don't want to, then so be it. I really don't understand what he's thinking. Does he really want to plant a time bomb in the academy? By the way, would you like a drink?"

"You know I don't like this."

As a warrior, Himeko is also a complete alcoholic, since the numbing effect of alcohol can relieve her pain—and it's really addictive.

"You should drink less; it's not good for your health."

"Let's not talk about this anymore."

Himeko could only change the subject.

"Since the bishop has expressed this opinion, Theresa, what do you plan to do?"

Himeko had a premonition that she was probably the only one who would fully support Theresa's operation right now, and if she really tried to take a hard line, she would most likely fail.

"Sigh, then we'll just have to resort to the brute force method..."

"A stupid method? What is a stupid method?"

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"Qiong, we know you don't like the feeling of having your life threatened, so after consulting with the Bishop of Destiny, we unanimously agreed not to plant the bomb."

In Theresa's view, whatever the motive, the previous bomb threat would definitely cause Sora's opinion of her to plummet. To show goodwill, she specially covered Sora's dinner expenses—to be precise, Theresa treated everyone present to dinner, including Sora.

Oh, and there's also a Kiana.

"Huh? Auntie, why did you put a bomb on Gray Hair?"

"Children shouldn't interrupt adults when they're talking!"

Then, Theresa witnessed a scene that left her speechless.

Kiana, with food in her mouth and food still in her right hand, reached out with her left hand to pat Sora's shoulder while muttering something under her breath.

"No way! This little gray-haired guy is my underling. I promised him I'd protect him if anything happened! If you want to mess with him, you'll have to get past me first!"

Although it doesn't seem very useful, he really is a good brother! Qiong silently gave Kiana a thumbs up in her heart for her loyal behavior.

"Kiana, we had our reasons for doing this, the headmistress didn't—"

"I won't listen, I won't listen, I'm going to protect that little gray-haired girl!"

Himeko tried to explain for Theresa to avoid the two aunt and niece, who hadn't seen each other for many years, from having a misunderstanding like "Auntie is a bad person," but Kiana wouldn't listen, while Theresa was still shocked by Kiana's lack of dining etiquette and her siding with outsiders.

There's absolutely no table manners. How does Siegfried raise his child? This kid isn't close to his aunt, but instead strongly supports this Herrscher kid?

Oh, it seems Siegfried hasn't been taking care of the child much. This child has only just recognized him as his aunt. Oh well, it's alright.

"The headmistress has her reasons, and I hope you can understand, Sora."

"I understand."

Since Old Yang has said so, Qiong must understand. You can't undermine Welt, after all. And since Qiong understands, Kiana naturally doesn't bring it up again.

"I'm glad you understand, but I still hope you can accept that for the next period of time, we require you to have a teacher accompany you..."

"Then I want Uncle Yang."

Qiong pointed to Walter at the other end of the table.

After all, if the teacher responsible for "accompanying" and monitoring is Lao Yang, then it's the same as not monitoring at all.

"No, Professor Walter is not good enough."

Theresa refused Dora's small request without even thinking about it.

The accompanying teacher must be a Valkyrie, at least with some combat ability, and even if she's not the best, she can't be worse than Arvit, whom she just saw off back to headquarters, right? Otherwise, it would be troublesome if she died before the crucial moment could be reached.

"Then I am..."

"I'm sorry, Teacher Bai can't do it either."

"Why don't we take over? We can look after him from now on," Song Que said with a grin, volunteering.

Theresa sighed. This Valkyrie sent by her grandfather always gave her the feeling that she was reckless, slippery, and even less capable than Alvitt in combat. Was she suitable?

"Ms. Maria, you should probably give up," Himeko advised. "Besides, taking care of an adult male who's about your age would damage your reputation. Aren't you unmarried yet?"

"Ha ha……"

"Teacher Bai, what are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing, I just thought of something happy."

"Teacher Bai!"

Song Que glared at Bai Ji. How could he still laugh at a time like this?

Is it funny to say she's not married yet? You've been a bachelor for years, haven't you?

Marriage? In Qiong's view, everyone at this table was pretty much the same: some hadn't married for who knows how many years, some were indifferent to love and immersed in their careers, some were too young to get married, and some were destined to die without a husband.

Except for one unmarried leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, everyone else is single.

However, after taking turns expressing their stances and not seeing her cheap master, Qiong knew that Theresa, that little dwarf, hadn't given her a choice at all; the only person she would arrange for her was that one.

"So I hope that you will be spending time with Himeko-sensei for the next period of time. I'm sorry, we have to observe for a while, and then we will consider giving up this companionship. Is that okay?"

"Ok."

After a moment's thought, Sora agreed. Compared to the bomb, Himeko looked at him much more gently. It was just a matter of restricting his personal freedom—so what? Himeko usually had to attend classes and occasionally pilot the Hyperion to fight Honkai. Could she watch over him? She would definitely leave him to be looked after by others, and it was just these few people in front of her.

"Then it's settled. You can move in with Teacher Himeko later..."

"Then I want to move there too!"

"no!"

Theresa couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed by her niece's capriciousness.

"I'm your aunt! I live with you."

"No, I want to protect my little brother."

Theresa was a little upset.

"You really don't believe what Auntie says? And you really don't want to be with Auntie?"

"Let's leave that aside for now; I have something else to ask."

Qiong interrupted Theresa, who might have pulled out Judah because of a breach in her defenses.

Where are my weapons?

"What weapon?"

Himeko expressed her curiosity.

"A baseball bat, oh, and a sword."

"..."

Theresa fell silent.

"Where are my weapons? Weren't they supposed to be with Alvit? Where is she?"

"She's gone back to Schicksal headquarters. As for the weapons, probably..."

"Alvitt, I f***ing—"

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"I'd better hurry back to headquarters. I still need to report to His Holiness the Bishop in person. I'm a little nervous... Sigh, isn't this Qiong's weapon?"

Arvit, who was bored while checking the contents of her suitcase on the private jet arranged by Theresa, arrived at the headquarters of Destiny. She accidentally discovered a gleaming baseball bat and a sword with a Chinese style, which was probably a good sword.