Didn't you go to Teyvat to earn money to support me?

Claire shrugged. "Well, what can I do? I'm just too enthusiastic. Enthusiastic people are never appreciated."

Brunhilde straightened his clothes, preparing to return to his office. Although he was young, as Claire's "daughter," even if he wasn't a superhuman, he was qualified to be a temporary employee of the Nordic branch. The Kaslana family was, after all, a top-tier superhuman family in Nordic countries, so this job assignment was acceptable.

Once she graduates from university, she will be able to directly take on the position of finance manager for the Nordic branch. As for the positions of branch manager and company president, they will definitely be filled by Siegfried on a part-time basis in the future.

The head of the Nordic branch is usually the Kaslana family head, but it's essentially a nominal position that Claire has maintained for years without doing any work. This is one of the few remaining sources of income for the Kaslana family; even if the family were to completely collapse, the presence of the Nordic branch would prevent them from becoming destitute.

"I heard Phil is engaged to that saint?" Claire suddenly asked.

"Hmm." Brunhilde straightened her clothes in front of the mirror. Her style was always somewhere between "looking like a fashionable young woman but also androgynous." For example, she never wore typical women's clothing like skirts, stockings, and high heels, but she would wear bodycon t-shirts, hot pants, tank tops, and the like quite normally. If you really wanted to, boys would wear these things too, but even if he wore men's clothing, you couldn't tell at all.

Aren't you sad?

"Why should I be sad?"

Claire blinked her beautiful eyes, her face lighting up with joy. She ran over and hugged him from behind, saying, "Bubu, move in with me!"

"Do you think that's possible?"

“Living next to your older sister and Leah is such a waste of their time. Give them some privacy. It’s fine if you don’t move in with Mom, but you can come over and stay a few days a week.” Claire nuzzled his hair and said sweetly.

Brunhilde knew exactly what Claire was up to. Aside from work, Claire rarely had any contact with him. If he was away from her for even a short while, Claire could do whatever she wanted… she wouldn't even let a lunch break pass by, let alone staying together for several days?

To avoid this crazy woman, Brunhilde stayed at the hotel. Cecilia had thought that the hotel only had three rooms, which was inconvenient for Claire's frequent visits, and wanted to switch to a suite with four rooms, but Brunhilde strongly refused.

With three rooms, Claire couldn't resist coming to the hotel once a week; with four rooms, she would have to stay at the hotel permanently.

"You guys created a group chat behind my back?" Brunhilde suddenly asked.

“Oh, right, you’re a boy, so there are some things I can’t talk to you about,” Claire said shyly. “Phil, Cecilia, Kira, and I are all inside.”

Claire thought to herself, "Can you join the group? Most of the pictures we post in the group are of you. I've saved a whole bunch of them. If you find this channel, where am I supposed to find your photos?"

She complained that Brunhilde didn't even want to leave her a single slightly private photo, always worried that she would post it indiscriminately. Even Shigure Kira had quite a few photos of them sleeping together, showing that Brunhilde could sleep with any girl and have them stripped naked and photographed everywhere with flash, but she was extremely wary of her.

Fortunately, the girls were quite well-behaved and didn't actually strip her naked; they just liked taking pictures of her sleeping faces. And since Brunhilde wasn't in the group, everyone spoke freely.

One time, Claire took a picture of waking Brunhilde up in the morning. The little Ragdoll cat, who was almost glowing white in the sunlight, was lifted from the air conditioning blanket and stretched lazily. The picture was very cute, but the most eye-catching part of the picture was not the action, but the tent-like outline of the little Ragdoll cat's pajama pants.

Claire noticed that the three people scrolling through pictures on their phones had strange expressions, but they were all staring intently at the screen. This made Claire, who originally wanted to show off her close relationship with Brunhilde, jealous instead.

"Have you really let go of Cecilia?"

"How interesting. What exactly is your relationship with Cecilia and me?"

“Honey, why don’t we continue before we get off work? There’s a secret room behind my closet, used by the past heads of the Kaslana family for their trysts.” Claire pursed her lips, changing the subject with a mischievous grin. “Anyway, we have nothing to do this afternoon, we have plenty of time. You’ll have to put up with it when you get home, won’t you?”

Brunhilde paused slightly as she stepped out the door.

For boys, the greatest temptation is a beautiful married woman saying seductively, "Yaranaika~"

Although he showed disdain, Brunhilde was in the most restless period of adolescence, especially with Claire's obedience. Even if she was driven by evil thoughts and asked to do extremely humiliating things, she would only whine and agree... The combined pleasure of this revenge made him fall into the trap, even though he knew it was Claire's scheme to make him addicted to depravity.

Despite their hostile relationship, Claire's words became increasingly audacious and daring. She knew that as long as she didn't do anything outrageous, and only involved Brunhilde herself without affecting those around her, his bottom line would naturally lower over time.

Compared to girls like Cecilia and Siegfried, Claire is a real woman... and a woman who graduated with him. The allure of women is indeed much greater than that of girls.

"Get out," Brunhilde said coldly.

But don't presume to come over; at least for now, Brunhilde doesn't think she's qualified to act like someone "close to you."

Claire smiled lightly. She knew she definitely wouldn't succeed, but she had to try anyway.

Because no matter how powerful Brunhilde is, she's still just a boy, and no matter how strong a boy's energy is, it can't compare to a Valkyrie's, whose stamina recovery is inexhaustible. As long as she keeps lowering Brunhilde's bottom line and constantly demanding more, the more time Brunhilde spends on her, the less energy she'll have to appreciate the beauty of other girls.

Besides, what is Cecilia anyway? A holy goddess who knows nothing and has no sense of romance... She's bound to lose sooner or later. Now that she's married to Siegfried, even Bubu isn't upset! Victory is clearly in sight!

"Baby, are you really not coming?" Claire stroked the smooth feel of her body, which was covered by high-end black stockings, and smiled.

"I told you to get lost."

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After a six-month-long blind date, Claire finally made the decision to send Cecilia and Siegfried on a world tour to cultivate their love.

A month-long trip included seeing the Northern Lights in Iceland, visiting the headquarters of Destiny in the UK, drinking barley wine in Germany, surfing in Somalia, watching the winter festival in Okinawa, and enjoying Cantonese dim sum in China. And just these last two days, I'm back in Norway.

After getting off the plane, Cecilia, wearing a sun hat, looked down at her phone. Siegfried, also dressed in Hawaiian-style women's clothing and wearing sunglasses, did not change into men's clothing. He simply carried his luggage and walked happily with Cecilia.

"Who's picking us up today, Leah?" Siegfried smiled as he watched her receive a message, knowing she was in contact with the person picking her up.

After a month of traveling together, she could now call Cecilia by her first name and no longer needed to address her as "Miss Saint." The deepening of their relationship made Siegfried even more enamored with the young saintess, and Cecilia showed no objection to Siegfried's change in address, indicating that she also accepted his affectionate form of address.

“It’s Qiluo and Ling Shuang. We’re getting married soon, and all my comrades and sisters will be coming.” Cecilia continued typing without looking up. “After all, the Snow Wolf Squad will probably be reorganized after I get married, and everyone will leave. This will be one of the few days we can get together in the future.”

"Isn't that unnecessary? After we get married, your Valkyrie squad can still be kept, right?"

"Your public identity is male, so how can you form a Valkyrie squad? My Valkyrie squad... consists of my sisters, it's inconvenient for a man to join in."

"The settings my mom gave me are really inconvenient."

"But Bubu could be added."

"Bubu is a real boy!"

"After all, the main reason is to avoid causing a public outcry. In everyone's eyes, she's a girl, and that's what a real girl is," Cecilia laughed.

"Wow, I'm so envious of Bubu."

The casual chat wasn't important. Cecilia's messages were indeed with Shigure Kira, but they weren't about picking her up from the airport at all.

Shigure Kira: Lady Cecilia, Kira got hit by a car this morning, and I still have to come pick you up from the airport, sob sob sob.

Cecilia: What happened? (A shocked expression) Is it serious? Armored vehicle or tank?

Shiyu Qiluo: It's nothing, it's just that my butt got bumped hundreds of times, it's all red.

Cecilia: ?

Shiyu Qiluo: Bubu is so amazing every morning when she first wakes up. She's so cute and energetic. Wow, even the Valkyrie can't keep up with her.

Cecilia: ...

Cecilia: What have you actually learned in the past six months? Where is my innocent and adorable Kira? Where is Kira who called me Saintess Sister?

Shigure Kira: Lady Cecilia, aren't you envious!

Cecilia: Make sure the security measures are in place and that no one dies, or Mrs. Claire and Siegfried will take you to a military court.

Shiyu Kira: Hmph, why is Lady Cecilia's tone full of envy, jealousy and hatred? I can even hear the sourness in her voice.

Cecilia: ...

Shigure Kira: While you were away, Bubu has become Kira's woman. I'm not afraid of the Kaslana family at all. At worst, we'll get married because she's pregnant. Lady Cecilia, you'd better use the power of the Shaniat family to stand up for me! I'm just a commoner; I have no power to take legal action against the Kaslana family. (Smug expression)

Cecilia: Shigure Kira, your arrogance feels foreign to me. I can't stand it anymore; it reeks of the sour smell of romance.

Shigure Kira: After all, Bubu is my husband now. (Smug expression)

Cecilia: If you say that again, I'll post the screenshot in the group chat! (Angry emoji)

Cecilia put away her phone and followed Siegfried out of the airport. Sure enough, outside were Shiyu Kira and Cheng Lixue waving flags and holding phones. Cheng Lixue had also brought a medical team with her.

"Lady Cecilia, Lord Siegfried, welcome back to Norway. You must be tired from your journey. The wedding venue, which will be held in three days, is all set up and we are just waiting for the newlyweds to arrive." Shigure Kira spoke to Siegfried in a rare friendly tone.

“Lady Cecilia, this is a member of the K4 project team sent by headquarters,” Cheng Lixue introduced. “They have been in Norway for some time now.”

"So those are the artificial human project members sent by the Destiny Headquarters to congratulate our two families on their marriage?" Cecilia wondered thoughtfully.

She knew the purpose of this medical unit. Siegfried was a woman, and women could only reproduce through cloning, an astronomical expense. The fact that Schicksal headquarters was providing the best medical unit free of charge was essentially Otto's wedding gift.

“The Kaslana family thanks headquarters,” Siegfried said with a hearty smile. She didn’t need to worry about revealing her gender; everyone here was trustworthy, even this medical unit was Otto’s private laboratory.

Cecilia looked at the medical team with an even calmer expression.

This means she will bear the child of the Kaslana family, and it also means there is no turning back for her.

This wedding will erase everything that happened before, both overt and covert, all the back and forth. Those feelings that were somewhere between friendship, love, and family, those ambiguous relationships and unrequited love, will all be severed.

She will become Siegfried's woman, bear his child, and have nothing to do with anyone else.

But precisely...

“The best time to carry out a conspiracy is when everyone thinks that things are under control and beyond repair.” Cecilia and Shigure Kira exchanged a glance and both showed guilty smiles.

P.S.: We've gotten into a familiar rhythm, and Bubu is starting to pull off the usual "girl-hunting" trope. And aligning it with Earth's future timeline is about enough.

Chapter 59 Everything Captured by the Camera

After six months of peaceful life, Siegfried and Cecilia were already engaged. For these aristocratic families, it was customary to take a pre-wedding trip after engagement to solidify their relationship. So they embarked on a month-long backpacking trip and have only just returned.

The date of their return is also the date the wedding can begin; the dates are all set. One ceremony will be held in Norway, followed by another in Germany. The Norwegian ceremony will take place at the Kaslana family's Bygdo Royal Estate, originally a territory gifted to Queen Eve by King Haken of ancient Norway, which was later acquired in full by the Kaslana family.

Currently, most of the manor is rented out to the government as a tourist attraction, but for the newlyweds' wedding, the Kaslana family temporarily reclaimed the manor, spending a fortune to renovate its facade and inviting everyone from the extraordinary Valkyries to the political and business tycoons of Scandinavia in the secular world to witness the ceremony. During this time, the royal manor has been bustling with visitors, and the manor, which can accommodate thousands of people, is now almost full, with all the hotels at the foot of the mountain booked out.

After all, this was a marriage alliance between two of the three great families of Destiny. The Kaslana family's reputation was relatively secure, but the Shaniat family was at the height of its power, controlling half of Destiny's territory. The Saintess's wedding was arguably the largest event in the Extraordinary Realm in recent decades, and the Kaslana family had received more gifts in recent days than their revenue had in the past few years.

After dealing with yet another representative from an extraordinary family who had come from England, Siegfried returned to his room in the manor, exhausted. He quickly washed up and went to bed.

The wedding is in three days, and she's very busy. Even her good-for-nothing mother, Claire, is with her every day, directing the work at the manor.

Cecilia wasn't at the manor; she hadn't seen Brunhilde for a month and had already told him she wanted to spend the next few days with Brunhilde and relax before the wedding. So, Cecilia, Shigure Kira, and Bubu would stay at the hotel for the next few days and go to the manor on the wedding day.

Siegfried originally thought a few more days wouldn't make a difference, wouldn't it be better to go to the manor together? But Cecilia and Shigure Kira both protested, saying that the pre-wedding bachelorette party was the Valkyrie's last freedom and should not be violated. They also said that our bachelorette parties were just for sisters to whisper secrets, and we wouldn't go out and do anything immoral or find random men, so don't worry, we wouldn't even leave the hotel.

Siegfried thought to himself, "They didn't invite me to the bachelorette party? I was single before I got married, and I'm not a sister anymore?"