Bianka had a restless night for the first time in her life. All because of a nightmare…Himeko Murata as her sister-in-law and she was given a front row seat of her intimacy with her brother. A rather messed up scene she did not want to witness even in a dream as she forced herself to stay awake. Staying up this late was nothing compared to an incident of multiple Honkai outbreaks across the globe and her settling them all by herself. She endured harsh trainings she pushed herself in and battled the Praetorian of the Void on numerous occasions and barely survived when he pushed the difficulty up.

Those days were over, yet her body could not relax yet. Even with a major threat like that was defeated, legacy of his work and influence amongst the Honkai can still be felt. His last laugh was a clever one, as calculated outbreaks have devastated several strongholds for Schicksal. She spent several weeks clearing out Honkai beasts and ensure everyone was safe. But that wasn't the end of it, Nikolai as he was called had followers. A group called Novus, worshippers of Honkai as the means of salvation. One member was caught of their revealed group sneaking off with research materials and Honkai samples, and interrogation was impossible. Their brains were rigged with miniature explosives to destroy their brains under certain conditions.

They cannot say anything and keeping them under lock and key was futile as their mini-brain bombs had a timer on them that triggers within a certain amount of time. They refuse to compromise anything about who they were, where their group's base is, and certainly not why they're aiding the Honkai.

Already Schicksal lost a lot of resources from the traps and thefts and Otto was not amused by how Anti-Entropy was using this to their advantage. If it wasn't for the news that Durandal found her long-lost older brother who's a capable fighter despite having one arm, Schicksal's reputation would have suffered badly. Just that one piece of good news was enough to off-set the bad ones.

Bianka was frankly irritated by the side-effects of rescuing her brother. The rumor mill was getting out of hand and are referring her as a brocon. Of course, she tried to dissuade the rumors, but it seems to only feed the flames and then those started showing up. It seems that having an order of mostly female employees (Valkyries included) has caused quite a bit of…reading material be made. Boy, did reading them make the S-rank Valkyrie blush.

But with that stuff away, Himeko has gone on an expedition with Fu Hua and Kiana Kaslana to retrieve a Divine Key. Also known as a God Key, they were relics of the previous era that harnessed the powers of a Herrscher in them and allowed humanity to fight back against their destroyers. Of course, Eric was staying at her place for the moment, and she was making sure Rita of all women did not try anything. Oh, she knew Rita had a thing for her brother, and she may be subtle and coy about it, but Bianka knew the maid found her brother attractive…that and the magazine Rita had about maid fetishes and kinks.

Bianka had put a foot down and gave the maid a very stern talking to. She's keeping an eye on her brother and find a new maid that won't try any moves on him when she's away.


*Training Arena*

Eric stretched as Durandal typed in the difficulty on the monitor for their match.

Eric was wearing a modified suit for men. It was rare for males to have adaptability to Honkai energies and use it in combat, so customizing this battle suit for Eric was a bit difficult since the female designers were putting zippers in "strategic" places and the chain fashion they attempted to put on. Durandal was not amused by the perversion the female populace of Schicksal were having. She was going to file a complaint about this and suggest more males working in Schicksal since there aren't enough to stop the women to develop unusual relationships and habits unfit for workplace behavior.

She heard Eric popping his knuckles with a flex of his hand and it sounded menacing as she saw his focused expression. In that moment, Durandal saw Nikolai in her brother's place with the same gesture before it reverted back to what she created in the simulation. A snowy field that held nothing but her and her brother as Durandal got into a combat position while Eric followed with his own stance and a deep breath.

The place was filled with an intense pressure that could make lesser warriors sweat with the tension as bioelectricity surged from Eric's presence as Durandal's suit began to power up. Then in a split second they charged at each other, fists connecting as a massive shockwave was produced from the first contact of their spar. Eric sporting a grin while Durandal had a cold focus to her.

The entire arena was shaking from the incoming blows for the last hour and half before the simulation couldn't handle the intensity of the two and shut down, revealing how much damage the arena suffered from the sibling's united strength as they had sparred with each other. Needless to say, Otto Apocalypse had to postpone the next Kallen Fantasy game to repair the damages with their budget.

Now he knew they were truly siblings in a twisted way, because they both have a habit of property damage that left him spitting out blood due to the price of repairs. One of them was bad enough, but two? He's going to have to get them a place they can wreck to their heart's content because his wallet is already being drained due to Fu Hua's recent gacha addiction to a new game and her need for Crystals.

He already had nightmares of Fu Hua taking his wallet with her own bare hands.