"Mmm~ Why hasn't my senior replied to my message for so long?"
Susannah rolled around on her soft bed, phone in hand.
After completing her mission, due to the dramatically increased difficulty level, Susannah had been granted an exceptionally long vacation. Coincidentally, her family was also hosting a grand wedding ceremony. Susannah could have skipped it under normal circumstances, but now there was no way she could avoid attending.
From Susannah's perspective, she definitely didn't want to return home so early, because she hadn't yet become an excellent Valkyrie (in her own opinion), and going back would surely mean being pressured to inherit the family business.
But surprisingly, this time she wasn't being called back to inherit the business, but rather to attend a matchmaking session...
Matchmaking? What nonsense!!!
Susannah was completely distraught. Who arranges matchmaking at someone else's wedding?!
Though thinking about it, a wedding is indeed where upper-class family members gather. Going there probably would help find a good partner.
But that wasn't the issue. The issue was that her family had shifted from pressuring her to inherit the family business to pressuring her to get married!!!
Looking at the messages that had gone unanswered for over a week, Susannah felt a wave of regret. If she had known better, she wouldn't have sent them.
She couldn't believe she had been fooled by Misteln into sending such messages to her senior. Now she couldn't even delete them.
"I'm doomed. Making my senior accompany me in a lie... he'll definitely hate me..."
Despite her regret, human optimism still made her wonder: what if?
What if her senior actually accepted her feelings? What if he went with her to meet her parents, proposed to her in front of her mom and dad, and they lived happily ever after...
"Ehehe~ With the little Captain... just imagining it makes my mouth water."
Susannah pulled out her treasured photos of the Captain, which had been shared in their group. Every female Valkyrie connected to the Captain had to share one photo, supposedly for "resource sharing."
Of course, later these became tools to commemorate the Captain, leaving Susannah feeling guilty several times when she entertained herself with these photos. After each transgression, she would apologize to the Captain's spirit in heaven.
But recently, the Captain had returned, and her guilt gradually subsided. Strangely, Susannah actually missed that feeling of guilt.
However, when it came to guilt, Susannah had her own methods.
She flipped to some recent photos of the "little Captain." Small, incredibly cute, yet with a coolness mixed into that cuteness, making her want to rub her face against his.
Looking at the small Captain, Susannah reached her hand toward her thigh, her fingers bypassing the silken underwear as she began to imagine traveling back to when the Captain was younger...
Back then, the Captain was still at St. Freya. He was passing through a small alley when she suddenly grabbed him and pulled him into the alley...
The young Captain looked at her with fearful eyes, while Susannah used her physical advantage to capture the little Captain.
"Cute Captain, let big sister teach you something fun~"
Susannah imagined herself defeating that powerful, wise, sole Captain of the Hyperion.
Then she began imagining the Captain's defeat CG, imagining him having to submit to her domination, unable to do anything...
"I'm so sorry, Captain!!!"
An intense sense of guilt sent powerful shockwaves through Susannah's body and mind. After violent trembling, Susannah felt refreshed and clear-headed.
Just as Susannah was drooling over the Captain's childlike form while contentedly sprawled out, her phone suddenly rang, startling her so much that she dropped it directly onto her face.
"Ow! That hurts..."
Susannah looked at the incoming call through the pain. The screen showed "Major Himeko." "Major Himeko, what can I do for you?"
"It's Jun An, Susannah."
"S-S-S-Senior!!!"
"Stop, stop, stop! I can hear you!" Jun An cried out in pain, caught off guard by Susannah's shocked exclamation. He felt like his eardrums were about to rupture.
"What guilty thing did you do? Why are you shouting so loudly?"
"N-nothing!! I absolutely did not do anything strange to Senior!"
Susannah desperately tried to deny it, covering up her guilt.
Since they were separated by the phone, Jun An naturally didn't know what Susannah had done, but he could see from the video that her face was somewhat flushed.
Additionally, her current attire could definitely be described as disheveled—her pants half removed revealing bear-print underwear, and her shirt had been lifted, exposing her cute navel and the lower half of her chest, though fortunately nothing above that.
It was hard to imagine what she had been doing before answering the call.
But Jun An's thoughts were currently half-sealed by Himeko eating under the table, so he didn't pay too much attention. Instead, he asked: "Susannah, I want to confirm what you said about the wedding."
"Eh? That, that, that is..."
Susannah's face immediately reddened. Her invitation had really been seen by her senior!!!
"With my current appearance, would it be okay for me to be your boyfriend?"
Jun An scratched his face somewhat awkwardly. "You see, my current appearance is excessively rejuvenated."
Jun An's current body, except for the equipment below his waist which wasn't that of a twelve-year-old, looked genuinely like a proper child in every other way.
Jun An worried: "Won't my appearance cause you any trouble?"
A twelve-year-old boyfriend—Jun An was concerned that Susannah would be interrogated by her family for a long time.
"As long as Senior has an ID to prove your age, there shouldn't be any problem."
Susannah said: "Besides, my father also likes my sixth mother who is twelve years younger than him, so it should be fine."
"Sixth mother?" Jun An was shocked. A kindred spirit?
"Ehehe, it's a bit unbelievable, right?"
Susannah scratched her head somewhat embarrassed. "But that's just how my family is. I'm sure it's all legally permitted by the country, so Captain doesn't need to worry."
Susannah's hometown seemed to be near the Middle East, where several countries practiced polygamy. Susannah's family appeared to be jewel tycoons from that region.
Jun An finally relaxed. It seemed Susannah wasn't from a broken family.
In the game, Valkyries who boarded his ship with both parents alive were already rare. If there were even fewer, that would be too inhumane.
But conversely, having too many mothers was also quite challenging.
Jun An's current feeling was like seeing another harem protagonist while watching a harem anime.
"Wait, with so many mothers in your family, why do they still want you to inherit the family business?"
Jun An immediately spotted something odd. "No matter how you look at it, shouldn't you have some brothers or sisters?"
"Yes, of course I do."
Susannah nodded, saying somewhat embarrassedly: "It's just that I seem to have some innate talent in gem prospecting, and my family also says I have investment talent... but these don't seem to help me become an excellent Valkyrie."
Jun An nodded in understanding. The official manga did mention that Susannah had a talent for geological exploration, and someone outstanding enough in all of Schicksal to be chosen by Otto must have some ability.
"Then I'm relieved."
Jun An asked: "That being the case, do you have any requirements for a boyfriend? Do you need some special identity? Doctor? Business genius? Military warlord or spoiled rich second generation? I can pretend to be any of them."
"Pfft~"
Susannah couldn't help but smile. "Senior is perfect just as you are now. This way I won't have to worry about my parents forcing me into marriage."
Wait...
Susannah's delayed brain suddenly realized, "Senior, are you really going to pretend to be my boyfriend?!"
"Don't shout so loudly..."
Jun An felt like he was going deaf. "Why is your reaction time even slower than Kiana's?"
Susannah had only sent that message after being fooled by Misteln, but she never expected it to actually happen!!!
"But, but what about Major Himeko, Principal Theresa, White Seele, Black Seele, Herrscher of Sentience, Lady Kiana, Senior Fu Hua, Lady Ceilia, Bella, Lady Rita, Lady Durandal, Miss Wendy, Senior Bronya, Senior Mei..."
Just when Jun An thought she was going to list everyone she knew who was connected to him, she finally ran out of breath.
Susannah took two deep breaths before anxiously asking: "A-anyway, do they agree?!"
"Well, from my perspective, if I needed so many people's approval for every little thing, my life would be very difficult."
Jun An couldn't help but complain. "Anyway, most of them don't even know I'm back yet. I can decide this myself."
"That's wonderful!" Susannah expressed her joy straightforwardly, then suddenly blushed and asked: "Senior, is there anyone with you right now?"
Jun An looked down at Himeko eating under the table and decisively said: "No."
"Is that so? Sitting is tiring, let me stretch~"
Susannah couldn't help rolling around on the bed, making her already revealing nightwear expose even more.
"Susannah!?"
"What-what is it?" Susannah looked confused.
"Nothing." Jun An turned his face away, but his hand honestly pressed the screen recording button.
"Ehehe, I can't believe Senior is so good to me!"
Susannah said candidly, "It's a shame this is a secret, otherwise I would definitely brag about it at Schicksal!"
"Just consider it a reward for your efforts. After all, you single-handedly pulled an entire world bubble close to Earth."
Jun An continued watching Susannah's bouncing snow-white mounds and asked: "By the way, if you don't mind, could you tell me whose wedding it is?"
Susannah: "It's Mr. Chen Tianwu and Miss Anna's."
"Anna? Who's that?"
"Someone from the Snow Lotus Squad. The captain is Miss Anna Schariac. Don't you remember?"
"Oh,"
Jun An was suddenly delighted. "They're getting married? That's wonderful news."
Jun An deliberately stalled for time. After enjoying the side dish thoroughly, Jun An finally said goodbye with satisfaction.
"If that's the case, then it's settled. Send me the location, and I'll come find you tomorrow."
Susannah nodded happily. "Then goodbye, Senior!"
After Jun An closed the video.
Susannah's entire face suddenly turned red like a kettle.
"I really showed Senior... waaaah!!!"
"What should I do?! What should I do?! Will he think I'm a perverted exhibitionist?!"
Susannah silently pulled down her nightgown that had "accidentally" been lifted to her collarbone.
"But, but Senior didn't even look, he really is a gentleman."
"But Susannah! Miss Misteln was right, love is a world of survival of the fittest! I must show my good side to Senior!"
Despite saying this, Susannah immediately buried her flushed face in her blanket!
"I definitely can't do this a second time!!! It's too embarrassing!!!"
Meanwhile, after feasting his eyes, Jun An leaned back in his chair and began repeatedly reviewing the recording.
This way, Jun An could also hide out at Susannah's home for a while.
Of course, not everyone was happy with this decision.
Jun An looked at Himeko eating under the table. She bit him once out of dissatisfaction, and Jun An could only stroke her head and promise, "I'll feed you properly when I get back."
After hearing this, Himeko was finally satisfied and went back to collecting her daily public grain.