READ NOVEL ONLINE Chapter 32: Chapter 31: Miss Lily
Mei froze, realizing the irony.
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The Herrscher of Sentience and Fu Lin watched as each comment floated across the screen, scratching their heads with a look of confusion.
Fu Lin handed a slice of watermelon to the Herrscher of Sentience, smiling as he watched amusing comments. "This is wonderful," he thought.
"Could you quiet down a bit? Aren't you all curious about where this livestream came from? And whether the rewards he mentioned are real or not? Or is this some trick from your organization, Schicksal?" Einstein pinched the bridge of her nose as she spoke to the lively chat.
"...." With that, the chat finally quieted down, noticing that the livestream was still blacked out.
Seeing everyone finally calm down, Fu Lin put down the watermelon slice he was eating and began today's stream.
The screen lit up, revealing the chibi avatars of Fu Lin and the Herrscher of Sentience to the viewers.
"Hello, everyone! Welcome to the Classroom—oops, sorry, got my lines mixed up. I'm your host, Lin."
Fu Lin awkwardly forced a smile, embarrassed to mess up his lines on his very first stream.
"I'm Black Tiger AFu. You can just call me AFu," the Herrscher of Sentience waved energetically.
"Alright, now I'll introduce the basic process for this Q&A livestream," Fu Lin took a sip of his drink and summoned a screen to explain.
[In this livestream, there will be three questions each session. The person answering will be randomly selected, but for certain special questions, viewers can choose to jump in and answer.]
[The person who answers correctly will receive a special Homu Box, which contains any item you can imagine! There's nothing it can't provide, only things you haven't thought of!]
[Those who answer incorrectly will receive a random punishment, but nothing that threatens safety. So feel free to join in and answer!]
"..." The audience silently watched the introduction, unsure where to begin with their comments, feeling that this stream seemed oddly casual.
"Is this Taixu Mountain?" Fu Hua looked at the familiar scenery on the screen with surprise.
"Now that everyone understands the rules of the stream, get ready to answer questions!" Fu Lin said, picking three videos from those provided by the livestream as the topics for this session.
"Wait, I still don't understand the rules!" Kiana shouted, wide-eyed, scratching her head.
"...Please look at the question," Fu Lin turned the screen toward the projection.
[Today's Question: What is the purpose of current Schicksal's Archbishop Otto Apocalypse transforming into Miss Lily?]
[A: To help Kallen distract the pursuers]
[B: Purely a personal hobby]
[C: Seeking thrills while walking at night!]
"!!!" Otto looked at the question, trembling as he downed his glass of red wine.
Audience "..."
"Pfft! This archbishop is really something… I wonder what kind of people he has working under him," Kiana couldn't help but laugh at the options.
Durandal and Rita, "Please don't let the archbishop's actions reflect on the staff."
Theresa shouted, "Silly niece, have you forgotten you're part of Schicksal now too?"
Kiana was stunned. The real clown was me all along!
"Let's think about the answer first. If anyone gets selected, it'll be troublesome. There may be no life-threatening danger, but Bronya has a bad feeling about this," Bronya said, bringing everyone's attention back.
[Answerer: Theresa]
Theresa looked at the chosen name in shock. "Huh? Why me?"
"Grandpa, Grandpa, quick, tell me the answer!" Theresa called to Otto in a panic, thinking her grandpa would surely know the correct answer to his own question.
Otto: "*****"
"Grandpa, what are you saying?" Theresa looked at Otto's jumbled response, puzzled.
Fu Lin's voice came through the screen.
"The involved party cannot participate in answering, so his words will be censored," Fu Lin explained.
Theresa was dumbfounded. "Huh? How can it be like this~"
"It seems I can't directly give the answer," Otto said, propping his chin on his hand as he watched his message get automatically censored. He turned to Amber and instructed, "Send a message to Theresa telling her to choose A."
"Lord Otto, the message was intercepted by an unknown signal and can't be sent," Amber replied.
"It looks like Theresa will have to rely on herself," Otto said, swirling the pomegranate-red liquid in his wine glass.
"Principal, I know you're worried, but don't stress—you still have us," Mei comforted her.
"Oh right! Do any of you know the answer?" Theresa asked, looking hopefully at Kiana and the others.
"Don't look at me; I definitely don't know," Kiana said, hiding behind Mei with a tone of shameless certainty.
"These options are fairly easy to narrow down. First, we can eliminate C; I doubt...probably...maybe that the Schicksal Archbishop would have that sort of inclination," Mei said, eyeing the choices with a hint of uncertainty.
"Mei-sister is right. And as for option B, Principal, you know the Archbishop best—do you have any insights?" Bronya asked, glancing at Theresa.
Bronya continued, "Regarding option A, it mentions Kallen. History books say she was Schicksal's strongest Valkyrie 500 years ago. But could the Archbishop really have lived for 500 years?"
"Is that in the textbooks?" Kiana asked, puzzled.
"Kiana, that's what happens when you keep sleeping in history class!" Himeko scolded.
Everyone, "..."
"Based on what I know about Grandpa, he definitely wouldn't have a cross-dressing hobby… I understand now! When you rule out all impossibilities, the only remaining truth must be..." Theresa pondered for a moment before realizing the answer.
"I choose A."
Kiana sighed in disappointment, "I thought Aunt Theresa might pick B…"
Clap, clap, clap!
"Correct answer!" Fu Lin exclaimed, clapping enthusiastically. "Congratulations to Theresa for winning a special Homu Box, which has just been delivered!"
"It's real, Aunt!" Kiana looked in awe at the box that had suddenly appeared, inspecting it with fascination.
"Homu..." Bronya's eyes sparkled as she gazed at the Homu logo on the box.
"Are you going to open it now?" Himeko asked, looking at Theresa.
"...I'll open it after the stream," Theresa replied, carefully placing the box on the table.
"Now, please turn your attention to the screen. The video is about to play. I, AFu, am quite looking forward to seeing Otto's cross-dressing," the Herrscher of Sentience said with a grin, her smile practically stretching to her ears.
Everyone turned to the screen, where a video began to play, showing a glamorous blonde woman dressed in an elegant gown and wearing a hat. She exuded an aura of a refined lady, appearing even more feminine than most women.
"Oh my gosh, is that Archbishop Otto? He looks more like a woman than an actual woman," Kiana gasped in astonishment, staring at the screen.
"Kiana..." Mei sighed, looking exasperated at Kiana's reaction.
"Who would've thought that Schicksal's Archbishop had a side like this! I have to take a picture of this and show it to Dr. Tesla," Einstein said with a mischievous smile, pulling out a camera she had ready.
Slurp! Slurp! (noodle-slurping sounds)
Everyone: "..."
Otto: "(ノ=Д=)ノ┻━┻"
The video continued...