Eh?
Seeing the defeated maid CG image sent by Elysia in the chat group, Jiang Qiao was surprised.
Rita lost again? No, the key question was how Rita ended up in Nagazora City and got captured by the Fat Woman.
But it was understandable. After all, his attack to extinguish the Honkai energy source in Nagazora City wasn't concealed due to time constraints and various other considerations. Moreover, Elysia was with the white-haired dumpling, who was under Otto's close watch, so it wasn't surprising that it attracted his attention.
But…
To directly send Rita, that old Otto was really decisive.
Jiang Qiao: How did you capture Rita?
He wasn't concerned about Elysia defeating Rita. With Honkai energy and part of the Herrscher of Origin's youthful power, "Jiang Qiao" wasn't much weaker than Elysia before her Herrscher transformation. In some ways, using "Jiang Qiao" was even stronger for Elysia than using her own body.
After all, she couldn't fully utilize the Herrscher of Origin's power without acknowledging her identity, while Jiang Qiao's youthful version had no such limitations and could be used freely by Elysia.
Plus, with Raven, who was evenly matched with Rita, on her side, Rita's chances of winning against the two were extremely low.
But she was an S-rank Valkyrie, even if she couldn't win, escaping shouldn't be a problem, right?
—Rita had confidence in herself.
As a master, Rita always had the heart of a student.
Even though Elysia, in Jiang Qiao's skin, didn't seem to be a significant threat, she was always wary of this mission target.
But—
She never expected that after this guy conjured a crystal spear out of thin air, she, an S-rank Valkyrie, would be… completely outmatched!
And it was different from the kind of "outmatched" she felt when fighting Durandal.
When Durandal fought her, it was complete suppression.
But Rita was confident that in terms of agility, she wasn't inferior to Durandal, perhaps even stronger.
However—
She couldn't touch him! She couldn't touch him at all!
Rita, who considered herself a top-tier agile warrior, almost questioned her life when fighting Elysia.
Every time she swung her scythe, Elysia dodged at the perfect moment. This fight felt like she was being toyed with by this man.
Well, not felt like, she was being toyed with.
—Because the Fat Woman even had time during the fight to get close to Rita and tease her with words and actions.
This made Rita, who initially thought this was a serious fight, blush throughout the battle, enduring the embarrassment.
Raven, watching from the side, although feeling that this was different from how the pink-haired hooligan dealt with her before, didn't mind and just watched with relish this father-son-like battle between a skilled warrior and the granddaddy of skilled warriors.
Utterly helpless, with her embarrassment and anger reaching their peak, Rita snapped.
She remotely requested the still-incomplete fourth-generation Godsbane battlesuit from Schicksal HQ—Argent Knight: Artemis.
Although the Divine Key battlesuits had already been created, besides the basically complete Shadow Knight, Rita's Argent Knight: Artemis, due to various reasons, although still able to provide the user with powerful strength, lacked many functions and placed a great burden on the body. This was why she hadn't worn it from the start.
But—
Since she was forced to wear the incomplete Divine Key battlesuit, this battle should end quickly!
Equipped with Artemis, Rita's confidence soared. Although she was an S-rank Valkyrie even without it, with the Divine Key battlesuit, she was ten, no, nine times stronger than her unequipped self!
—The specific manifestation of this was that after equipping the Divine Key battlesuit, she sadly discovered that she still couldn't touch her opponent, and the gap felt even wider than before.
Under the side effects of using the incomplete Divine Key battlesuit and Raven's sneak attack, the unconscious Rita finally understood one thing.
—So this bastard was holding back when fighting her before?
Elysia: This cute maid is so strong, I had to use 90% of my seriousness.
Elysia: Hmm~ How about it, am I also very strong?
The Fat Woman, having achieved victory, was now brimming with confidence.
Constantly being beaten down by Jiang Qiao, she almost thought she was a useless little waste.
But now it seemed, she was still very strong!
She didn't need that bad Jiang Qiao anymore! Elysia, I… am invincible!
Elysia: By the way, what should we do with this maid?
Raven's idea was to directly eliminate Rita—well, this was very consistent with the relationship between these two rivals.
But how could the Fat Woman, who loved beautiful girls, bear to eliminate a cute girl like Rita?
Jiang Qiao: …Keep her with you for now, remember to confiscate her communication devices.
He also had a headache about this issue.
After all, Rita was Schicksal's S-rank Valkyrie. If they let her go, she would definitely report back and cause a lot of trouble for Elysia. But if they didn't let her go, Durandal, after receiving the news of her adjutant's disappearance, would probably come to Nagazora City to look for her soon.
But in any case, that old Otto must have already set his sights on Elysia and would definitely take further action.
Since that was the case, it would be better to keep Rita. Although it would be more troublesome, it was equivalent to eliminating one of Otto's combat forces.
Even if Durandal really came looking for her, he could use her background to turn this golden Saint Seiya goose to his side.
Hmph, you like watching?
Just one look and you'll lose two of your top generals!
"Eh, is that really okay~?"
Seeing that she could keep Rita by her side, the Fat Woman's eyes instantly lit up.
A maid, a beautiful girl, Rita, as the Herrscher of Sensuality, was right in Elysia's strike zone.
As for her being an enemy… Turning enemy girls to her side was Elysia's specialty.
Jiang Qiao: Just be careful.
He knew Elysia would be happy, but he still had to remind her.
Although Rita wasn't a bad person, she was still one of Otto's people and wouldn't be obedient as a captive.
Elysia: Hmm~ I'll properly train Miss Maid.