"That."
Takatsuki put down the system he was operating and looked at Ais, who had been staring at him.
After breakfast, Ais had been staring at him. Although Takatsuki didn't really care about other people's gazes, being stared at like this all the time wasn't ideal.
"Want to go out for a walk?"
"Where to?"
Looking at Ais wearing the pajamas borrowed from Kiana, Takatsuki thought for a moment and said, "I'll take you to buy some clothes from this world, and then we can tour St. Freya Academy."
After all, she would have to live here eventually. Takatsuki couldn't possibly abandon Ais, who had no relatives in this world, into ordinary society.
Ais looked down at her clothes and nodded.
"Wait for me a moment."
Returning to her room, Ais changed back into her own clothes from yesterday after a while.
Because of the battle with the Black Dragon, although the clothes were not damaged, they had become quite dirty.
"You're wearing this... never mind, we're going to buy new ones soon anyway."
Takatsuki had originally wanted to say that wearing this in St. Freya Academy wasn't ideal, but after thinking about it, Ais had no other clothes to wear, and with him accompanying her, she wouldn't be mistaken for an outsider.
Although St. Freya Academy is the Far East Branch of Schicksal, it doesn't resemble a military base. Instead, true to its name, it's more like an urban academy. While it does have military facilities, it primarily serves as a place for students to attend classes and relax.
"This is the commercial street of St. Freya Academy."
Seeing Ais's eyes fixed on the snacks in the surrounding shops, Takatsuki smiled and said, "We'll eat snacks when we come back later. Let's go buy clothes first."
"Mm."
Most of the facilities in St. Freya Academy are prepared for students, and all the students are female, so the clothing stores here only sell women's clothing, and there are even no male shop assistants.
One could even say there are very few males in the entire St. Freya Academy.
Therefore, Takatsuki, as a rare species on this island, was known to most people, even though he hadn't been there long.
"It's Mr. Takatsuki! This is a women's clothing store, you know. If you want to buy men's clothing, you'll have to make an appointment in advance. Or, does Mr. Takatsuki want to try on women's clothing?
As soon as Takatsuki entered the clothing store, the shop assistant recognized him and said with a smile, joking
"No, no, I'm not buying clothes."
Compared to others recognizing him, Takatsuki barely knew anyone in St. Freya Academy. On one hand, Takatsuki hadn't deliberately tried to get to know people, as he wasn't an important character. On the other hand, it was indeed because there were too many people here.
"Is this child a student here? Her clothes..."
Although Ais wasn't wearing her light armor, her other clothes clearly looked out of place in this era.
And they were very dirty...
"Ah, is this a newly enrolled Valkyrie?"
Takatsuki did not reveal too much about the other party's confusion: "Please help her prepare a set of clothes, and prepare a few more sets."
"Alright, leave it to me, little girl, come with me."
Someone who could open a shop in such a place would naturally not be lacking in emotional intelligence. Although curious about Ais's appearance, upon hearing Takatsuki change the subject, she naturally wouldn't press further.
"Ais, go ahead. Originally, Kiana and the others should have accompanied you, but it's not convenient for me. I'll wait for you here."
"I understand."
Fortunately, Ais was merely unfamiliar with this world and simply not good at socializing, not socially anxious, so there wouldn't be a situation where she couldn't leave Takatsuki.
Sitting on a bench outside the store, Takatsuki took out his terminal and projected the system interface onto its screen, making it look like he was just playing a mobile game.
"An A-rank character card can only hold a few skills."
Takatsuki tried to put some of the skill-based abilities he had into the character card. Character card creation had a drawback: its rank would only be displayed after confirmation of creation. So, Takatsuki could only repeatedly test the character card rank judgment rules
Now he found that the character card's rank seemed to be related to the level and type of skills held, as well as whether they involved supernatural powers.
While Takatsuki continued to experiment, Ais in the clothing store had already tried on many casual clothes recommended by the sales assistant.
"Oh, Miss Ais is truly adorable! Any outfit suits her."
The shop assistant put down the clothes she had already prepared: "Next, try this."
"Mm."
Without refusing, Ais picked up the newly chosen clothes. Holding the clothes, Ais looked at the shop assistant.
"Miss Ais? Is there something on my face?"
Ais shook her head, then asked, "Is Miss Yotsuba also a Valkyrie?"
"Me?"
The shop assistant named Yotsuba shook her head: "Of course I'm not a Valkyrie. The Valkyries at St. Freya Academy are all students here, and at this time, they're still in class."
Because Takatsuki had deliberately changed the subject earlier, Yotsuba hadn't pressed the issue. But since Ais brought it up herself, Yotsuba naturally didn't mind continuing the conversation
"I wanted to be a Valkyrie too, but I couldn't."
Yotsuba said with some regret.
"Why?"
"Because of Honkai Energy adaptability." Yotsuba said while tidying up Ais's changed clothes: "Miss Ais should know that Valkyries all have Honkai Energy adaptability. Although I survived the Honkai Eruption because I had some Honkai Energy adaptability, after monitoring, my Honkai Energy adaptability is not enough to become a Valkyrie. Even with artificial Stigmata transplantation, I could only barely go to the battlefield. In that case, it's better to leave this resource to someone with more talent
Then Yotsuba saw Ais shake her head.
"Eh? Miss Ais, you came to St. Freya Academy to be a Valkyrie without knowing about Honkai Energy adaptability?"
"I'm not a Valkyrie."
Yotsuba blinked and suddenly felt like she understood something. No wonder Mr. Takatsuki refused to answer at the time; it turned out she was someone related to Mr. Takatsuki.
Yotsuba observed Ais carefully again.
She looked nothing like Mr. Takatsuki, and their races were different. She must be his girlfriend.
"I see, then I spoke out of turn."
Yotsuba, who thought she had guessed the truth, naturally wouldn't ask any more questions.
"Miss Yotsuba, what kind of person do you think a Valkyrie is?"
"Eh?"
Yotsuba looked at Ais's eyes and felt she understood the reason Ais asked this question.