Time in a collapsing world

What the hell is this?

Francis looked at the double guns handed to him by Yae Ri and subconsciously reached out to take them, but then he saw the cunning in the other's eyes and understood.

"…You did a great job. Not only did you rescue Kaslana's weapon from the Honkai Beast, you also kept your promise and escorted it back. In return, if there is anything you want, just ask. Kaslana will not treat you unfairly."

Francis took a cloth bag, put away his two guns, patted Yae Ri's shoulder, and said sincerely.

Not to mention returning the "Holy Judgment of Heavenly Fire", Francis would not treat him unfairly just because the other party saved his life.

"Thank you, Uncle Francis. Now that you've said that, I'll be polite."

Yae Li glanced at the archbishop who looked unhappy. "In fact, I have accumulated a lot of military merits. I want to find an opportunity to retire from the battlefield. I just don't know what to do afterwards. I would like to ask Uncle Francis for advice."

"..."

Francis only hesitated for a moment before understanding what Yae Li meant. "If you are truly qualified to retire from the battlefield, then on behalf of the Kaslana family, I promise you that I will help you convert all your military merits into material goods and provide corresponding subsidies. We can discuss the specific requirements later."

"Thank you, Uncle Francis~"

Yaeri called out very sweetly at this time, and except for a few people who had seen Yaeri's true face, everyone present thought he was an ordinary, polite child.

"Francis, what is going on?"

The archbishop who was left aside spoke up, "What you just said means that you were in a life-and-death crisis, so you had to hand over your weapon to this child for safekeeping?"

"That's about it. In an emergency, we have to make decisions based on our own situation. Archbishop, you are not still thinking of making things difficult for me and this innocent child because of this matter, are you?"

Francis nodded and replied without changing his expression.

"...I am naturally not such a rude and unreasonable person, but I am a little curious about what this child just said."

The Archbishop did not continue to talk about the Holy Fire Judgment, but talked about another topic, "As far as I know, Yajue Li has been in Tianming for less than a year. So how did he get enough military merit in such a short time?"

"..."

Francis looked at Yaegiri. This matter could only be explained by the other party himself. He believed that Yaegiri had enough ability, but he needed to provide a convincing reason to the archbishop in front of him.

If Francis remembered correctly, people like Yae Li didn't seem to want to expose their abnormal existence too much?

Yae Li smiled, not feeling even a bit nervous because of the Archbishop's gaze, "Your Excellency Archbishop, of course I have military merits. As for how I earned them... I was just lucky. I killed a little more when the beast tide came this time."

Good luck? Killed a little more?

Even though Yaeri had tried her best to answer in a humble tone, any smart person could guess that the "some" Yaeri mentioned was definitely a lot. They were immediately shocked and couldn't believe that such a young child could do this.

There was almost no doubt, because the Valkyrie Corps had a special device for recording military merits, which was dug out from the ground and would be worn on the body after the Valkyrie joined the team.

Unless Yaeri is a fool or has found some loophole, she would never lie about such a thing.

The archbishop also knew this. What he cared more about was how Yae Ri managed to survive such a large-scale beast tide and kill so many Honkai beasts that an ordinary Valkyrie would need more than ten years to kill.

In fact, Yaeri didn't know whether the Honkai beasts killed by her power would be recorded by the machine that recorded military merits, but it didn't matter. She could just use the power to change the data, which could be done easily.

This is not a fake. After all, although Yaeri didn't keep count, he must have killed a lot of Honkai beasts along the way. He also persuaded Aponia to help solve the crisis of Skymancer. After rounding it off, his contribution is probably not inferior to that of Francis who has been guarding Skymancer for many years, or even exceeds it.

Not to mention that it was he who saved Francis.

Yae Li felt that she was kind enough. Even though she almost became a savior, she remained so low-key. She hoped that this old man would not be ungrateful.

The archbishop in front of him originally wanted to get to the bottom of the matter, but when he looked down at Yaeri's eyes, he inexplicably felt a surge of uneasiness, and he frowned and stopped talking.

As the little trouble Francis encountered was resolved, the archbishop no longer had the intention of staying. He just looked at Yaegiri deeply, knowing that the other party had now made a choice between Kaslana and Apokalis. Francis' attitude towards Yaegiri also changed a little, as if a lot of things had happened in places he didn't know.

The crowd gradually dispersed, and after Francis and his group met up with Yae Li and his group, they also walked towards the gathering place of the Kaslana family.

Otto was kept, and although he had no say, it was obvious that the archbishop had noticed Otto's existence and no longer allowed his son to mix with the Kaslana family.

During this time, Francis did not speak to Yaeri again. Instead, he watched his daughter go over and talk and laugh with Yaeri and other friends, not knowing what to say.

"All the Honkai beasts in the city have been dealt with? Was it you who did it?"

In a carriage, Kallen, Yaezakura and others were sent away. Francis and Yaeri sat face to face. Now it was time for the adults to have a conversation.

Francis finally learned the news that all the Honkai beasts in the city had been wiped out, and the figures of Yaegiri, Aponia and Mobius immediately appeared in his mind.

"We did it."

Yaeri did not deny that Francis was bound by the rules, so he naturally did not worry that the other party would leak anything. Compared with Aponia, the mental strength of ordinary people was pitifully weak.

"grateful."

Francis bowed his head and thanked them. Although he did not see the men take action with his own eyes, he could roughly imagine what was going on through the words of his daughter and the Valkyries. However, Francis still found it hard to believe that that was a realm that humans could reach.

"This is where I will live from now on, so I have to help out..."

Although it was not Yaeri's effort, this did not prevent Yaeri from taking the credit for herself. Aponia would not care anyway.

"Want to stay longer? If you need anything later, feel free to come find me. Although you may not care, I think Kaslana can still help you a little bit on the destiny side."