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

As they were pondering, the frail beauty in the white nun's habit with gold trim turned to look at the group, smiling, "Are you all staying here to continue testing the Shaniat family? Or are you planning something wicked with little Pandora?"

This is a threat. It seems that the "Shaniat family" is even more intimidating than a Valkyrie like Durandal, who is destined for greatness.

“Mr. Pandora, we certainly wouldn’t dare to pry into it,” Ekaterina said somewhat helplessly, “but please understand, this is the Key of God…”

Shen Liang was already prepared to hand over the Divine Key; he didn't care who it went to anyway, and in the current situation, he was too lazy to ask for money back.

"The Key of God?" The woman smiled slightly. "Just tell your superiors, the Key of God, the Shaniat family has taken it, and all accountability will fall on the Shaniat family. Hmm, I'm a dying man, and I'm just worried about not having left my daughters any great achievements worth writing about. If you dare, then try it."

This is a classic case of the barefoot not fearing the feet. In the past, the Shaniat family would never have dared to utter such arrogant words; it was practically a blatant threat to the five permanent members of the UN Security Council. But now everyone knows that she…

Ekaterina snapped out of her thoughts and shrugged.

Who cares? Since she's already made such a bold statement, we should still show some respect to a saintess who's about to die... If she really gets angry, even ten United Nations Valkyries wouldn't be enough to silence her.

The sickly woman walked up to Shen Liang, glanced at the little girls surrounding him, and observed them with interest, noticing their wary and hostile expressions. Then she turned back to examine the boy more closely.

Shen Liang, feeling lost and helpless, clutched the heavy Black Abyss White Flower. He was unusually flustered; for some reason, he, who could remain calm in the face of countless powerful figures and strong individuals, was now sweating profusely. He was about ten centimeters shorter than the woman, and with his head bowed, he could only see the hem of her pristine nun's dress, the strappy high heels faintly visible beneath the long skirt, and her delicate toes adorned with white nail polish.

Then the frail woman scooped Shen Liang into her arms. Because of her height, she easily used her high, soft breasts to bury Shen Liang's head, and smiled smugly: "I wanted to hug you when I saw the photos! Little Pandora! So cute!"

Instant oxygen deprivation!

Although it was a happy trouble, Shen Liang was in no mood for it at the moment. To his surprise, he was even a little annoyed. After struggling to break free from her embrace, he shouted angrily, "Please respect me!"

"Huh? You don't like it?"

"This isn't a matter of liking or disliking!" Shen Liang looked at the flashing spotlights around him, feeling like crying. At this moment, there were more than a hundred or a thousand extraordinary media people gathered in this square to watch the show. He was sure that this scene would be posted on various extraordinary forums and websites. He was so angry that he almost lost his mind. "Someone like you will definitely have sagging breasts after you turn thirty!"

The frail woman paused slightly, then her smile widened. "Thank you."

Thanks?

Shen Liang was somewhat surprised. He had just spoken without thinking and was now feeling terrified, yet he received a thank you? Then he noticed that he was still being held in the arms of this sickly woman, who had a large enough body to even free up a hand to pat his head.

Despite her frail appearance, this woman... possessed strength that he could not possibly overcome.

"Little Pandora?" the sickly woman chuckled softly.

"you……"

"Don't use 'you,' just use 'you.' We're family, no need to be so formal." The sickly woman's voice returned to its soft, gentle tone, as if this was her true nature. "Look up at me?"

Shen Liang carefully raised her head, and then felt her breathing pause slightly.

Just as he was briefly stunned by Kiana's perfect beauty when he first saw her, the frail woman's beauty almost dazzled him as well. If Kiana and Sirin were delicate and charming young girls, then the woman before him was a truly flawless beauty.

A figure that was both voluptuous and slender, perfectly proportioned, with long, white hair that reached past her waist and exuded a maternal aura. The woman before him appeared to be about twenty-one or twenty-two years old, the prime of a woman's youth and beauty. Although Shen Liang had always considered Kiana to be the most beautiful girl he had ever seen, the moment he saw her delicate and beautiful face, Kiana was forced to take second place.

Behold her fair skin and jade-like bones, as poets rave, "The silver moon shines, the white horse gallops."

Kiana's older sister? Isn't Kasiri already a young lady? Is there someone even older?

"Beautiful." After struggling for a while, Shen Liang could only manage a dry compliment.

He wanted to slap himself as soon as he finished speaking. It was obvious this woman was a big shot in the Shaniat family! His first words to her were complimenting her looks? Was he really that direct and harassing? He'd ruined her first impression!

The woman clearly hadn't expected that the boy's first reaction after staring at her for a while would be this, but she was only taken aback for a moment before furrowing her beautiful eyebrows.

Shen Liang thought to himself, "Oh no, my first impression was definitely wrong. They're definitely going to teach me a lesson."

"What's so beautiful about it?" the woman asked earnestly.

"Huh?" Shen Liang thought he had misheard.

"I'm asking you what's so attractive about it," the woman said with a smile. "If you can't answer, I'll beat you up."

"Uh..." Shen Liang's brain raced. Replying with "You look good everywhere" at this moment would be a completely wrong choice; women hate being given the runaround. But he really didn't know what the correct answer was usually. He didn't like to play along with girls' unreasonable demands, and usually when Coral Palace asked him this, he would reply with "You don't look good now."

"Three seconds left, three, two." The woman began the countdown.

"Hair!" Shen Liang exclaimed hastily. "I'm from Shenzhou, and people from Shenzhou are all fans of white hair. I especially love white hair. I'm also a long hair fanatic. Yes, long white hair is the most beautiful! I just regret that I wasn't dyed white!"

There was no time to make excuses, so he had to blurt out the truth.

"Oh, no wonder you like Kiana."

"No! No, Kiana and I are just innocent friends!" Shen Liang asked, "You...uh, may I ask who you are?"

Kiana, who was about to burst out, immediately jumped out. Just as she was about to speak, the woman covered her mouth with her hand. She gave her daughter a warning look, then turned back with a smile and said, "Lia, Lia Schariac, you can call me Sister Lia."

“Miss Leah,” Shen Liang asked seriously, finally voicing the question that had been lingering in his mind for a long time, “Why…why did you come to save me?”

He asked this question very subtly because Rita and Durandal were still present, and he couldn't directly ask why the Shaniat family would stand up for him and even protect him.

"Hmm, why?" The woman tapped her lips, then smiled slightly. "What do you think?"

"The Key to Godhood?" Shen Liang asked cautiously, "You want the Key to Godhood too?"

The sickly woman's smile visibly darkened, and she pouted unhappily, "That's really too much! I went through so much trouble to save you, and you actually make such malicious assumptions about me!"

"Huh? Isn't that right?" Shen Liang really couldn't understand.

She immediately grabbed Shen Liang's little face and started pinching it angrily, turning it into a fox and a pig. "How can such a young child be so full of strange schemes? Can't you think of me in a better light?"

Shen Liang stared at her, bewildered.

She pinched Shen Liang's cheeks for a while, and seeing that Shen Liang didn't resist, she finally sighed slightly, softened her touch, and continued pinching, but also said, "Little Pandora, you boys always tend to think about things in a complicated way, but the world isn't that bad, and not everyone is only thinking about taking something from you... I'm here to save you because the boy my daughter has her eye on is in danger, how can a mother stand idly by?"

Shen Liang pondered her meaning for a moment, then his face paled. He subconsciously looked up at the frail beauty smiling and gazing at him so close to him, unsure whether to laugh or cry. "Auntie..."

“I’m your older sister,” the woman said with a dangerous smile, which then turned sweet. “Or another more affectionate way to address me, I don’t mind.”

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Chapter 173 The Summit of Earth

7:30 p.m., Consulate of the Federal Republic of Germany in Tallinn.

Although night was falling, the area around the consulate was brightly lit. Luxury cars lined the vast consulate grounds, and private helicopters were parked on nearby high-rise buildings. Inside, the consulate was bustling with activity. A long red carpet stretched from the main entrance to the banquet hall. Waiters stood at the entrance to the banquet hall, bowing to each guest.

"They're really rich." Shen Liang sat on the soft leather sofa, gazing at the magnificent golden hall. On the second floor, there was a symphony orchestra hired from somewhere. Guests were gracefully dancing in the dance floor, and women in beautiful evening gowns with low-cut or backless necklines passed by him one after another. He couldn't help but sigh softly.

As expected of the Schariac family, they were even able to rent the German consulate for rest and recuperation in the immediate aftermath of the war in Elsa. This wasn't just a matter of money; it demonstrated the Schariac family's supreme status in Germany.

Zaibatsu are terrifying organizations, and those aristocratic zaibatsu with a history spanning thousands of years are even more so. He had amassed a fortune by collecting rent from Haiqi Island and profiting from trade between the two worlds, but compared to the truly powerful and wealthy Shaniat family... his money seemed insignificant.

"When did you get involved with the daughters of the Shaniat family?" Rita, still dressed in her exquisite maid outfit, stood respectfully behind him and asked in a silent voice.

Shen Liang had asked her why she didn't wear an evening gown. As an S-rank Valkyrie, she held a prestigious position, and few in the world would dare to treat her like a maid. However, he discovered that Rita might have some kind of psychological issue; she genuinely enjoyed being a maid, and even at this Valkyrie exchange meeting, she remained unconventional.

“I’ve never had any connection with the daughter of the Shaniat family,” Shen Liang said in a low voice. “Who knows what this saintess is thinking? I’m confused too.”

"Which one?" Rita asked.

"Which one? What do you mean?"

“Miss Sirin, or Miss Kiana?” Rita asked calmly. “Or is it Miss Anna, who’s always been a little jealous of the way she looks at you? No, Miss Anna isn’t a direct descendant of the Shaniat family; she’s not the Saintess’s daughter.”

Shen Liang realized she hadn't listened at all and felt a little embarrassed. "I already told you I've never dated any of them..."

"No wonder you look down on Rita's plain looks. Yes, how can Rita compare to the princesses of the Shaniat family? They are children who will inherit trillions of dollars in assets. Their mother is the Saintess, the true uncrowned queen of the extraordinary side. What is an S-class Valkyrie in your eyes? The Shaniat family has produced S-class Valkyries generation after generation. Humph."

The maid deliberately turned her back, giving off an attitude of "I'm already jealous".

"Don't act like that anime heroine who gets super jealous when her boyfriend is getting close to a rich and beautiful girl at school, okay?" Shen Liang said in a low voice. "We both know what kind of people we are, so stop pretending. Why are you so concerned about this?"

"Hey, you just took Rita's first kiss last night and you're talking like this? You're such a scumbag."

Just saying.

"Little Pandora—"

A drunken, blonde, flat-chested girl shouted his name, stumbled over in an off-shoulder dress, and then knelt down in front of Shen Liang.

Shen Liang was shocked and exclaimed, "My dear minister, you may rise!"

Thales blinked, not understanding the meaning of the Chinese sentence, so she nonchalantly took another gulp of wine, grabbed his leg and rubbed her face against his, drunkenly shouting, "Are you really a boy?!"

Shen Liang was used to this kind of thing. He was too lazy to argue when faced with it, and said with a sinister smile, "Do you want to test whether I'm a man or not?"

"Yes! Come and be with me, I can't wait!" Thales exclaimed with delight.

Shen Liang's smile froze on her face. Rita sighed, reached out and pinched Taylor's cheek, revealing a kind expression: "Miss Taylor, what are you saying? Mr. Pandora is a distinguished guest of our Destiny. Your behavior constitutes harassment. Please leave immediately."

“I want to be friends with Pandora! What’s wrong with being friends?” Thales argued.

“Looks like I’ll have to perform my maid duties,” Rita said with a smile, shaking her head as she grabbed Thales by her high ponytail and dragged her away. “Preventing you from harassing our esteemed guest is also a maid’s duty.”

"No! Rita! Let go! You have no right to stop me from getting closer to Little Pandora!" Taylor struggled as she pulled a business card from her chest and threw it at Shen Liang. "Come visit me in America sometime, I'll definitely treat you well! Remember me, my name is Taylor! I don't have a boyfriend yet, you're welcome anytime..."

As she walked further and further away, Shen Liang breathed a sigh of relief.

Thales wasn't the first Valkyrie to try and strike up a conversation with him; unexpectedly, he was quite popular at this impromptu gathering hosted by the Shaniat family.

The purpose of this exchange, according to Rita, was to allow the representatives from various countries to get together before they left, and to communicate and resolve any previous conflicts or misunderstandings. Although the Shaniat family had acted a bit domineeringly this time, they were all acting for their own masters, and Valkyries don't hold grudges overnight. It was a good opportunity for everyone to part amicably at the party.

Shen Liang originally did not want to participate in this party, as he disliked such social occasions. However, the sickly saintess requested that he also come and settle the previous conflicts with the many Valkyries.

First, Catherine handed him a room key, implying that he could visit her anytime. Then, Serena shyly came over and invited him to visit France sometime. Later, Victoria asked him to dance. Finally, there was the completely drunk Thales.

If Cheng Ling Shuang hadn't felt embarrassed and gone back to China, he would have collected all the UN cards.

"You'll get used to it."

The frail woman in a nun's habit sat on the sofa opposite him, smiled and said, "That's how the world of Valkyries is. Nobody is a bad person; everyone just serves their own master. If you don't have any responsibilities, everyone will like you."