After more than half an hour of flight, the plane finally landed on the artificial island where St. Freya was located.
From the plane's aerial view, this island was truly hard to call an artificial island.
First of all, its area was probably even larger than Nagazora City. Was this island really man-made? Was a city built just for an academy already this developed?
"St. Freya is still too urbanized!" Looking at the massive city in front of him, Shun couldn't help but sigh.
"What urbanization? Though the urban scale of St. Freya is indeed quite exaggerated. More than ten years ago, this place was still an uninhabited deserted island."
Shun's sudden mention of this caused Theresa to fall into reminiscence as well.
"Wow, more than ten years. Human creativity is truly astonishing." It was hard to imagine that this vibrant and lively modern city was the result of just over a decade.
"Does this city not have a name? For example, St. Freya City?" Shun asked again.
"A name? I really haven't thought about it… After all, this city was built around St. Freya. Although it later became one of the main sources of funding for the Far East Branch, still…"
Perhaps Theresa was just broad-minded. A huge city had suddenly appeared under her jurisdiction, yet she had always adopted a laissez-faire approach.
However, it seemed that Theresa had quite a few capable people under her. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to plan the city so orderly and well-organized.
With Valkyrie troops stationed here, security and public order were also excellent, which was why it had attracted so many immigrants.
"Mm, how about calling it Academy City?" Shun thought of the setting from a certain work and casually suggested.
"Academy City… That's actually quite a fitting name." Although this Academy City was not that Academy City, using this term to describe the city built around St. Freya couldn't be more appropriate.
Shun didn't expect that his casual remark would end up deciding the city's name. It could only be said that Theresa was too casual about it.
The plane landed on St. Freya's tarmac. As an academy, this place was luxuriously extravagant to the point of being ridiculous—it was practically a European-style palace complex.
How should he put it? It felt like even the Palace of Versailles, built by the Sun King to centralize noble power and house nobles from across the country, couldn't compare to this.
"Stop staring. I'll send you a map. I've sent you Ana's location. You go find Ana first." Theresa said considerately.
As the saying went, a short separation is better than a new marriage. Although Shun's situation wasn't exactly a short separation or a new marriage, the logic still held. In this kind of situation, it was better to let others reunite first.
Moreover, the Third Honkai Impact had occurred in her jurisdiction. Theresa estimated that quite a pile of work had accumulated on her desk.
"By the way, in the evening we'll go to Himeko's house for a gathering. I've assigned Kiana and the other two to stay at Himeko's place. You bring Ana along too. Ana knows where Himeko's house is."
Just like in the plot, Theresa still chose to have the Trio stay at Himeko's house. Probably because Himeko was the person Theresa trusted the most.
In addition, the identities of the Trio were somewhat special. Bronya, who had originally been treated as an Anti-Entropy spy, had already gained quite a bit of Theresa's trust from the beginning because of her connection with Misteln and Shun.
"Alright, I'll go." After agreeing, Shun walked in the opposite direction from Theresa.
Shun was heading to the faculty dormitory that Theresa had sent him, while Theresa was going to the office building, so they naturally weren't taking the same path.
Security inside St. Freya wasn't overly strict. Even so, as a male entering a girls' school, Shun was already very conspicuous.
Sure enough, after leaving the tarmac, he encountered quite a few students wearing St. Freya uniforms along the way. When they saw Shun, they began whispering among themselves.
After all, in this academy, even the teaching staff were all female. Only a small number of teachers were male, including our history teacher Mr. Yang.
However, who was Shun? With a mind as clear and calm as still water, he had long trained himself to treat his surroundings as if no one else existed.
After creating an absolutely sealed space with the Cosmic Juggernaut, Shun made a phone call.
"Hello, is this Master?"
"Mm, why did you think of calling me today?" Fu Hua's voice sounded as calm and steady as always.
"Have you and Seele already arrived at St. Freya Academy?" This was something Shun had mentioned beforehand.
"Mm, both Seele and I entered through early admission. We don't have classes right now and plan to live within the academy. We'll officially enroll as first-year freshmen in March this year."
The thought of the 50,000-year-old Fu Hua becoming an active JK made Shun want to laugh, but with his powerful muscle control, he managed to hold it in.
"You're asking me this? Could it be that you're at St. Freya right now?" Fu Hua had once worked as a great detective in London during the Victorian era, so her intuition was still very sharp.
"That's right. Master, where are you and Seele right now? I'll come find you."
As for why he didn't go find Ana first, it was probably because Shun felt that once he went to see Ana, he wouldn't want to leave again before the evening gathering at Himeko's house that he had promised Theresa.
"Seele and I are in the girls' dormitory, but the rules here don't allow males to enter. Mm, let's meet outside the school then. Just at…"
More than ten minutes later, Shun arrived at the address Fu Hua had mentioned. Mm… as expected, it was a café. In a city, when looking for a place to talk, this was a classic spot.
As he approached, he saw Seele in winter clothes standing happily at the shop entrance, waving at him. It seemed Fu Hua was waiting inside the shop, but Seele had been too impatient and was waiting for him at the door.
The moment she saw Shun, Seele strode forward with big steps and threw herself into his arms like a young swallow returning to its nest.
This scene made Shun involuntarily recall the human-shaped outline he had seen earlier on that small hill.
"Brother, Seele missed you so much!" Seele buried her head in Shun's chest, unwilling to lift it.
"Alright, alright. We won't be apart anymore from now on. After a few months apart, Seele has grown quite a bit taller."
Should he say that this was the time when Seele was growing? Previously, Seele had been even shorter than Theresa. Now, Seele was vaguely a bit taller than Theresa.
She had grown at least five centimeters in a few months. It seemed Seele had been eating well these past few months.
"Mm, Seele has been doing very well these past few months. What about Brother?" Seele finally lifted her head and then linked her arm with Shun's right arm.
For some reason, it felt hard and uncomfortable to the touch…
Seele shook off that discomfort and once again showed a cute smile to Shun.
"Brother, Fu Hua is waiting for us inside. Let's go in quickly."
"Mm, okay!" Shun rubbed the little girl's smooth long hair, smiled, and nodded.