***
Sakura felt like she'd collapse any second. She could be seen visibly sweating, why? The woman in front of her, Elysia.
"So you're Sakura." Elysia squinted while looking her up and down, her eyes flicked to her legs. 'Thick.' She glanced back at Thor and Rin, giving him a knowing look, but he just shrugged.
Rin was a bit confused on what was going on, but she just ate her ice cream and immediately felt her thoughts wash away.
Elysia turned back to Sakura and held her chin giving the woman a small nod before smiling. "You pass." She patted her on the shoulder and sat back down next to Thor leaving a bewildered Sakura to wonder what she meant.
"Did you really need to do that Ellie?" Thor asked.
Before answering Elysia grabbed his arm and wrapped it around her.
"Of course. I find out that for the past few weeks you've been spending a lot of time with this woman and her sister there. And I only found out today about it, hmph." She crossed her arms trying to look mad, but with how she was wrapped in his arm and still leaning against him it wasn't too convincing.
"Hahaha" Thor chuckled at her actions before giving her a peck on the cheek. Her frown disappeared, replaced by a smile.
Sakura ignored the exchange and remembered that Thor called her here for something.
"Thor. You said you wanted to show me something?" Thor stopped coddling Elysia and pulled a data pad from the air and messed with it before handing it to her.
"Take a look at this first." Sakura felt something was off when he said that, but after looking at the information she understood.
[Honkai Compatibility Assessment]
[Subject: Sakura]
[Parvati - 19.78%]
[Mitra - 0.56%]
[Yaksha - 99.01%]
'Thor said that Kevin had a 99.5% compatibility with Parvati and he became that strong.' Over the past few weeks Sakura had met with Kevin and Su a few times due to Thor's presence, she had seen Kevin training once and it was proven to her why they say he's on par with Emperor-Class Honkai.
She'd also been introduced to Einstein and Mobius by Himeko, knowing Thor's interest in the woman she knew sooner or later she'd be a MANTIS. Sakura was her subordinate so she'd obviously have her assessment results.
'I can be like that?' She imagined herself with the same level of power as Kevin and couldn't believe such a thing was possible.
"Hey." Thor called out to her.
"Y-yes?"
"Don't think too much about it for now, I just wanted you to see it as an option, you already surpass normal human limits as is." He took the tablet from her hand and put it back into his inventory.
By this time Rin had finished her bowl of ice cream and noticed her sister deep in thought.
…
"I accept." Sakura said, her voice full of determination.
Elysia cheered for her, Rin joined in, still not quite knowing why, but she was happy for whatever her sister was going to do.
Thor nodded and got AURORA to do all the arrangements for it, they'd wait until after the 5th Herrscher descends so that they won't be caught off guard as Moth expected the 5th Eruption to occur any day now.
***
"Einstein." Himeko called out to the blue-haired woman who was working on some humanoid robot.
"Himeko? Lunch isn't for another–" She looked at the clock. "–37 minutes."
"What? Lunch? Argh, never mind that I need your help." Himeko held the woman's shoulders, who winced at the strength of the grip.
"D-do you mind releasing me, it hurts." Himeko quickly let go before pulling a nearby chair and sitting on it, the atmosphere turned serious as Himeko spoke. "I'm going out."
Einstein nearly fell over at that. Coughing she asked. "Going out? Why do you need my help for that? Just walk out the door, or even jump out of that window if you're that lost."
Himeko ignored her words and continued. "To the city. With Thor… Alone…"
Einstein's brain took a few seconds to process her words before it clicked. 'Ahhh. A date. Why'd she come to me though?'
"So you're going on a date with Mr Arawnsson? Why come to me? I've never had a relationship before. Ask his girlfriends, ask Elysia, I'm sure she'll be happy to help right?"
Himeko's eyes twitched. "You're the only sane one."
"Sane?"
"I tried, but she just played dress up, putting me in ridiculous clothing." Her shoulders slumped as she groaned at the end.
"What about–"
"Already tried, Mei told me to drag him to a hotel and just spread my legs while naked… Aurora told me to just visit his room at night… Eden said to–nope I will not remember her suggestion." Himeko ranted, while Einstein just had a raised brow, she silently agreed with Dr Mei's suggestion, but she wouldn't voice it as Himeko seemed to not like the idea.
"Why are you even worried?" The scientist couldn't understand what her problem was. With what she knew about Thor, there shouldn't be any issues.
"What do you mean by that?" Himeko was sceptical, hoping she wouldn't be the same as Mei, or worse, like Mobius.
Einstein then proceeded to enlighten Himeko to a very advanced and unknown tactic called, talking to them.
Himeko couldn't believe such a thing was even an option, but after a bit of convincing by Einstein, who used pure logic to convince the woman.
"Einstein, you're a genius!" Himeko felt like she had received a divine revelation. She thanked the woman before running off to get ready for her da–outing with Thor.
Einstein just laughed before taking another sip of coffee and went back to working on the robot.
***
"That was nice" Thor said while stretching his arms, he didn't think Himeko would actually suggest a movie. 'So Innocent.'
"…"
"Hime?" Looking back, Himeko had stopped just outside the cinema, just, staring at him.
"What–Nothing." She shook her head and caught up with him.
Thor caught sight of the pink dusting her cheeks and could already guess her thoughts.
As they walked down the street side-by-side, some people gasping at the sight of the two Moth leaders, Himeko was berating herself.
'ARGH! You idiot! Just say it already.' She was going to "talk" with Thor like Einstein said, but when the moment came, certain… Intrusive thoughts popped up at that moment that made her freeze and go red.
Thor meanwhile gave a few smiles and waves to the people that recognised them. He was also watching Himeko's facial expression constantly change, usually ending in embarrassment, but he thought it was cute that she was worrying or overthinking it this much.
…
They had been walking for a few minutes and Thor was beginning to get concerned for Himeko. He'd been the one to invite her out because she kept running away or changing the subject each time she tried to ask him before.
Suddenly he feels Himeko pull on his arm forcing him to look at her face that was almost as red as her hair.
"D-do–Are you…" Her voice trailed off going as low as a mosquito.
"Yes." Thankfully he could hear the end of her words perfectly and accepted her offer.
Himeko lit up for a few seconds before recomposing herself and prompting Thor to take them back.
–Zap–
They vanished from the streets.
***
(Reminder to write smut later)
***
While Himeko had been bombarded with questions from both Elysia and Eden regarding her night, while vocally sharing their own as well.
Su had just got back with a new drink and sat further away from the trio as he spat out his last one the moment they started going into great detail.
Kevin gave him a look of sympathy.
Mobius had surprisingly left her lab for once, it wasn't even because it was for Thor's cooking, but because "Hamsuke missed him" so he was holding Hamsuke and petting the adorable creature while Mobius was jealous of how easily he got along with them.
Mobius scowled as Hamsuke purred in Thor's hands. "Tch. Ungrateful little rodent." she muttered under her breath.
"Well maybe if you showed your gentler side to Hamsuke it would make you more, Moby." Thor said.
"But I am gentle." She was puzzled, wasn't she always gentle? She tells people she'll take their blood like any kind person would. She informs people if they've been selected to be her next test subject. How could she not be gentle?
"Yeah, as gentle as a cactus you are Moby." Thor chuckled.
–Vmmm–
Suddenly his amusement was interrupted as he felt a pulse of Honkai energy wash over him, it was then followed by the HQ alarms.
***ALERT, ALERT, HONKAI ENERGY CRITICAL***
***HERRSCHER IMMINENT***
***PROTOCOL B IS IN EFFECT***
The room's atmosphere shifted immediately as Elysia and Eden stopped gossiping with Himeko and looked at Thor seriously along with Himeko.
Kevin and Su looked more annoyed than anything, Su hadn't even got to take a sip of his drink in peace.
Thor gently placed Hamsuke in the box, Mobius then quickly took the box and zoomed off before returning seconds later.
Thor and Mobius nodded to each other and left for the control room followed by the rest soon after.
***
A/N:
For the next chapter I will try my hand at editing for once, as you might of been able to tell I literally haven't tried to edit anything before publishing.
I'm just not that good at it, being dyslexic and all, but I'll give it a shot for the next chapter.