diskusbooks Chapter 376 Rice Cake, you're not dead?
Chapter 376 Rice Cake, you're not dead?
Inside the teachers' office at St. Freya Academy.
"Ugh—so sleepy..."
On a lazy afternoon, Songque, who had no classes, stayed in the office. With her eyelids drooping, she did not resist the call of sleep and slumped onto the desk, then drifted off to sleep.
In her dream, she, along with Serim and the lamp, bound Sora and Mei in a small room, and then...
The three sisters had a falling out.
After turning against her, as if divinely inspired, she wielded a mechanical staff and managed to punch Serim and kick Saffra... With a thought, she bound the two of them together with Raiden Mei, whom they had previously captured and intended to subject to extreme mental torture, using the strongest ropes.
"We won! We won! Yay! We're number one! Number one!"
Just as Song Que was immersed in the joy of victory, the door to the room suddenly opened a crack. Song Que looked closely and saw that the trophy, which had been tied up like a dumpling by the three of them, was wriggling and trying to escape their control while the invincible Sparrow Goddess and her sisters were fighting over the order of seniority. But she could only think about it and not think about it. How could she make such a low-level mistake?
"Qiong, stop, don't hurt yourself... Don't you understand? How much we love you..."
Wielding a mechanical staff, the ten-phase purification technique and the celestial pole of the pine bird relentlessly pursued the helpless Qiong. With her free hand, she gently gathered her hair, her beautiful face capable of making any hot-blooded young man stare in disbelief...
"Hmm, my charm is no less than it was back then!" Having confirmed her own state, Song Que gave a knowing smile to the three women who wanted to tear her to pieces: "Sisters, we're all family, aren't we? Don't worry, as long as I have a bite to eat, you'll have a bowl to wash. Just wait for me to take the first blood!"
Mei too, let the teacher check your goods. One more or one less won't make a difference!
"Qiong, your senior sister is here~ Don't be nervous, your senior sister can be shy too... Actually, your senior sister is just following the rules. Sister Nian Gao's will was that you should have several wives, and your senior sister is helping you fulfill your promise!"
That's right, Ms. Songque wasn't driven by lust; she was different from other women! She was fulfilling Sister Nian Gao's last wish! As one of only two people who heard the will (the other being Nana, who wasn't human), she had an obligation to help the deceased rest in peace and fulfill her last wish…
Rest in peace, Sister Rice Cake. We will take good care of him from today onwards.
Confident of victory, Songque followed Qiong, who had already burst through the door and swayed into the living room—ha, it doesn't matter, it's just a matter of walking a few more steps. If Qiong and she are both shy... then maybe the others in the room will have to hear the noise first.
"My dear junior brother Qiong, stop resisting—"
Upon entering the living room, Song Que was stunned: How did Qiong manage to break free of the rope and stand up?
"Qiong, what's wrong with you?"
The living room was very spacious, and Qiong had nowhere to hide. In fact, he had no intention of running away.
He stood there with his back to me, saying something to a familiar figure who also had his back to me...
Who is this figure? So familiar, so very familiar, but…
Before Song Que could react, the familiar figure turned around and looked at her with a half-smile.
That face is rice cake!
"Year, year, year..."
In that instant, Song Que felt everything go black, the mechanical staff in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter, his knees went weak, and he collapsed to his knees.
"Nian, Nian Gao, you're not dead? Oh no! I mean, you're still alive! No, no..."
"Nian Gao" did nothing, but Song Que felt as if she heard the whispers of death... Before she could continue to argue, the chain blade and the muzzle of the gun were pressed against her neck and forehead.
Lantern Girl and Serim? When did they appear?!
"Everyone, haha, you're all here!"
At this moment, Song Que could only laugh awkwardly and cast a pleading look at Nian Gao, the only one who could see her eyes. She had only one thought: Gao Gao, please spare your sister for the sake of this will!
"Go to hell, Teacher Maria!"
"Mochi" remained unmoved by the sparrow's pleas for mercy. Then, a purple figure blocked her view—it was Raiden Mei. At this moment, Miss Mei, whose entire body was electrified, raised a kitchen knife at her teacher.
"No, no! Rice cake, help me! Please spare me, please spare me!"
……
"Have mercy on me! Ouch!"
"Ouch!"
The moment Song Que awoke from the nightmare, she jumped up from her seat in fright, but accidentally bumped into someone's chin.
"Ouch! That hurts... Ms. Maria, what's wrong?"
Because of the pain, the sparrow rubbed her head and felt much better. Looking at the unlucky guy whose chin she had bumped... oh, it turned out to be Mr. Potio, the teacher in charge of physical education.
Seeing Siegfried covering his chin, the sparrow felt a little embarrassed.
"I'm so sorry, Professor Portio! I just had a terrible dream..."
"A terrible dream?"
Siegfried raised an eyebrow curiously. What kind of terrifying dream could frighten a Valkyrie teacher like that?
"Is the rice cake you can't finish chasing you?"
Upon hearing Siegfried's words, Song Que was taken aback. Had she been talking in her sleep? Then she nodded, brushed it off, and said, "That's fine."
But to her surprise, Siegfried didn't complain about her; instead, he laughed.
"Hahaha... Teacher Maria, your dream is too outrageous. An endless supply of rice cakes! I remember telling Qi—my daughter—when she was little that in the faraway land of China, everything eaten on New Year's Day is called rice cake."
Song Que listened absentmindedly as the middle-aged man, who looked like a cowboy, talked about "things about himself and his daughter when they were little." She just nodded, still savoring the dream in her mind—Nian Gao was gone, so why would she have such a dream?
drop by drop...
Siegfried's hearty laughter was still echoing in the office when the cell phone in Song Que's pocket suddenly rang, the urgent ringing interrupting his words.
For Song Que, the call might have come at just the right time; she really didn't want to continue reliving that unsettling dream. She took out her phone, and a familiar name flashed on the screen: Bai Ji.
Master? Why would he make a phone call at this time?
"Excuse me, Professor Potio, I need to take this call."
The sparrow smiled apologetically at Siegfried, then left and pressed the answer button.
"Hello, Teacher Bai... is there something you need?"
Considering that Siegfried was nearby, she did not call him "Master" directly.
There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, followed by a clear and steady male voice.
"Songque, is now a good time? Come over here later, and we'll work together to remove the divine intervention from Xing..."
The work of the gods? Could it be...?
Song Que suppressed the turmoil in her heart and tried her best to keep her voice steady.
"Teacher Bai? Sorry, there might be a signal problem. You just said... whose doing this?"
"The work of the gods, and one more thing... I feel that the strongest Valkyrie of Destiny, Durandal, is the reincarnation of Nian Gao—Song Que, are you still listening, Song Que?"
"Ms. Maria, are you alright?"
In Siegfried's eyes, the sparrow's pupils suddenly contracted, his heart felt as if it were being squeezed by an invisible hand, and then his knees buckled and he collapsed onto a workstation that didn't belong to him.
You're kidding, right? It's definitely a joke! Nian Gao is dead, she's dead! Gone without a trace, not even ashes remain… How could that be…?
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On the Hyperion, Anna Shaniat was aimlessly flipping through recent documents.
As an outstanding B-rank Valkyrie of the Destiny Organization, many documents that Himeko, Sora, and even Ai-chan find difficult or undesirable to handle are essentially a pastime for her, given her exceptional learning ability.
Suddenly, she noticed a rather strange document.
"Electricity bill report... Ai-chan, why was our electricity consumption way over the limit last month?"
Anna looked up at Ai-chan, who was secretly playing Homu's Great Battle. The cabbage-like AI was clearly startled, hurriedly closing the game interface and pretending to diligently organize background data in a self-deceptive manner.
If you ask Anna why she doesn't mind the AI slacking off and playing games, then it's because...
I'm used to it; it doesn't take up much memory anyway. Even highly intelligent AI needs its own leisure time...
"Huh? It's probably because the Hyperion attacked too frequently last month... Oh right, and there's the system maintenance I'm currently doing! Yes! System maintenance also requires a lot of computing resources!"
Anna didn't speak, but silently read the electricity price trend chart.
"Then can you explain why the peak power consumption periods are all during everyone else's rest time, and only you are on duty? And this happens every day... Do our shipboard computers need system maintenance every single day?"
The internal system of Tianming is not Windows 11!
Ai-chan's projection began to flicker erratically, and the sound grew fainter.
"This... might be because..."
Ai-Ei Hyperion didn't know how to explain: he couldn't exactly admit that he was secretly playing games and mining... cough cough, researching esports and cryptocurrencies, could he?
"Anna, the two bosses are back!"
Sensing that the Hyperion identification system had scanned the two people, Ai-chan quickly popped up a notification as if she had been granted a pardon. She then shrank herself and hid in the background, triggering the recognition success signal requested by someone.
"Captain on the bridge——"
"Hey Anna, we're here!"
The bridge door slid open, and the red-haired older woman walked in with a gray-haired man carrying a paper bag.
"Qiong?"
Anna put down the documents in her hand and stood up to greet the two. Himeko smiled and stepped forward, standing between Sora and Anna, and handed the paper bag to Anna.
"Anna, these are some snacks that Qiong brought for you... Don't be shy with him! If you ask me, he didn't give you enough! Qiong, say something!"
"A gift for me..."
Anna accepted the snack, a slight smile playing on her lips. Compared to the snack, the tedious documents held no appeal for Anna—although she had been on missions with Sora almost nonexistently lately, she realized that she had developed feelings for Sora, who addressed her as "senpai" all the time, feelings that went beyond friendship, and were even becoming increasingly difficult to control… Well, it was probably mainly because Sora's mother had said she "didn't approve of Sora and Mei being together" (although it seemed to be a lie), plus Sora's indirect neglect… In addition, her unintentional revelation had led her dear sister Kiana Kaslana to also realize her feelings for Sora, even going so far as to betray her best friend Raiden Mei for the sake of their family… This was nothing short of adding fuel to the fire in Anna's heart, making it even harder for her to hide her feelings…
The only problem is that Sora herself already has a verbal engagement, and doesn't seem to be sensitive to her feelings. From the beginning, she's been playing herself—playing a silly captain who doesn't realize that he's being liked by his beautiful secretary senior.
"Ah... Oh! Senior, I hope you like it."
Qiong blushed, his eyes darting away—don't misunderstand, don't think he was shy, it was actually because his conscience was aching.
He suddenly remembered Anna before coming to the Hyperion, and felt it wouldn't be right for her to come empty-handed after filling in for so long, so he spent some money to snatch the snacks from Kiana. He even shared some with Siles and Bronya to appease them and prevent them from joining the party...