Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

"Trixie (Theresa's pony name)! Are you bragging about your S-rank Valkyrie days again? Who beat you today? Was it Elysia bullying you again? You poor thing."

"Yeah, Theresa, why do you always emphasize your S-rank Valkyrie status? It's useless. Last time, you couldn't even handle a fight with Fu Hua, an A-rank Valkyrie."

"Theresa, when are you going to be number one in Schicksal?!"

The house was filled with raucous laughter, leaving only Theresa flustered and angry, struggling to retort like a child.

She rambled on about her past glories like "S-rank Valkyrie" and "head of the Far East Branch," but no one really understood what she was talking about. They only knew that the air was filled with cheer.

Theresa was so angry she fainted on the spot. She had only managed to snag this minor official position by virtue of being a Kaslana in-law. After being suppressed several times by Tesla, Sirin, Ana, and even the pseudo-Herrscher Yae Sakura, Theresa had come to realize the reality that she was just a useless Herrscher of Reason.

Fueled by her grief and anger, Theresa was repeatedly tormented by Elysia in her Herrscher state, eventually becoming everyone's little pet.

'Why? Why?! I'm a hero who has shed blood and fought for the Honkai!'

Theresa had nowhere to vent her frustrations and could only chug down alcohol with her young girl's body. But unfortunately for her, these people didn't even give her a chance to get drunk.

"Alright, Great-Aunt, I know you care about your pride. But can you please stop bringing this disgusting stuff home? Mei has to clean up after you every time she comes back. Making such a scene in front of your own student, aren't you ashamed?!"

After lecturing Theresa, Kiana led the little nun to change into more fitting and comfortable loungewear.

She was like a big sister taking care of a disobedient little sister.

This made Theresa feel as if Cecilia had been resurrected, and she had returned to those days once again. Unfortunately, her body still hadn't grown. Even as a Herrscher, she was still small and very cute.

'It doesn't make sense. I've become a Herrscher, so why haven't I grown up?'

Theresa's tragic loli life continued, with no end in sight to when she would truly grow up.

"My dear niece, please spare me. I can't stand being trained by that fat woman every time. It's so annoying... How can all that meat grow there? And she even tells me she doesn't have as good a figure as Mei."

"Don't I know? Mei is 170cm tall and only weighs 50kg, but that fat woman is just over 160cm and weighs 55kg. And she even tells me it's the weight of her clothes, and that her real weight is 54.8kg. Don't kid me, don't you know that a person's weight can fluctuate by at least a kilogram from morning to night?"

"Either that pink fatso is fat, or she's implying Mei has a bad figure. Your figure is much better, my dear niece. You're just over 160cm and weigh less than 50kg. It's clear you've inherited the excellent bloodline of your Kaslana family. You can eat whatever you want and not get fat."

Kiana stared dumbfounded as Theresa rolled on the ground, venting her dissatisfaction, completely unaware that the "Mei with the bad figure" and "fatso Ely" she was talking about had already returned home.

"Great-Aunt..."

Kiana never thought Theresa could be so suicidal. She patted Theresa's head sympathetically and said, "May you be blessed."

She looked up at the living room doorway and said, "Mei, it really wasn't me who said that about your figure."

"Wh... what?!" Theresa's head turned stiffly, and she was horrified to find that the two people she had been talking about had returned home.

Theresa was shocked. "Why are you back at this time? Doesn't the research institute have overtime, and doesn't the school have club activities?"

Elysia also didn't expect Mei to be caught in the crossfire. She just smiled and said, "I just went out for a stroll and experienced the daily life of Academy City. Besides, didn't I buy you a lot of pretty children's clothes? What do you think? Mei, should we help Principal Theresa with a nice photo shoot?"

"Good idea!" Raiden Mei's crisp nod sent Theresa into complete despair.

"No, don't!"

Theresa let out a mournful cry as she was dragged away by the two, not even having a chance to use her Herrscher powers.

Faintly, she seemed to hear Elysia's laughter.

"Little Theresa, I even prepared some pony clothes for you. Come and try them on with Mei, okay?"

Outside, Kiana's expression changed. She felt deeply uneasy about this shameful pony dress-up and felt even more sorry for Theresa.

"Isn't Noldrei going to do anything about this? If this continues, I think Theresa will be bullied to death."

As one of Theresa's few relatives, Kiana still had a shred of conscience.

Sirin sneered without hesitation, "Didn't she come here on her own accord? She took the Herrscher Core and came here herself. She doesn't even know what to do, so of course she'll be cast aside. We can only play with her like this."

Sirin's face was full of schadenfreude, and Wendy was even secretly preparing a video camera to give Theresa a clearer experience.

"This forty-something-year-old woman has been spoiled by Otto for too long. She's just like that, always doing whatever she wants, not thinking about the consequences, and acting without the ability to take responsibility. This kind of person is bound to have bad luck sooner or later. I say we should give her a good lesson! A thorough, full-time education to let her understand the hardships of the common people."

Sirin's vicious words made Kiana feel that something was not quite right.

'Is she mocking me?'

Kiana wasn't a fool who had never lived at the bottom. She had been a homeless person living under a bridge before. It was only recently that she had started doing well after following Noldrei. But Noldrei had never relaxed her education, especially when it came to improving her mastery of the Stigma Space.

The more Sirin spoke, the angrier she got, and she immediately joined the battlefield against Theresa.

If Theresa couldn't take it anymore and tattled to Noldrei, there probably wouldn't be another chance like this.

'Great-Aunt, oh, Great-Aunt...'

Kiana clicked her tongue in amazement. She never thought Theresa would have angered so many people. And Kiana didn't even know that if Himeko were here, she would also seek revenge on Theresa for dumping so much work on her.

'Great-Aunt is truly an excellent educator, teaching me by example not to act recklessly just because I'm favored by the boss. Amen, you can go and be everyone's little pony with peace of mind.'