Project K-324

Chapter-23: Diana and Anastasia

The next day I started the morning routine. I got up, made the bed and left down stairs. I entered the kitchen side of the living room, poured a glass of water and looked at the clock. The moments my eyes fell on it, I froze for a second. The clock showed 05:53 Am. I began to get used to waking up early since I 'arrived', but this is the first time I woke up this early.

I shook my head and took a plastic bottle to fill it with water. When I looked through the file's on 'my' computer, I found a file named [Training Regimen]. Inside was a schedule for daily exercises. Since I wanted to get stronger and this body was already using a kind of training, I started following it.

The first thing on the list was to fill a bottle of water and take it with me no matter what. (Was she forgetful or what?) The second on the list was jogging. For how long and how fast wasn't specified. So, I just left my house and started jogging towards the park I saw yesterday.

The way there was peaceful. The morning cold wind passing by was refreshing and the sunrise light was pleasant. While jogging there, I unconsciously started humming the song [Azure Waters]. When I arrived at the park, I saw that I wasn't the only one doing some morning jogging. There were other Valkyries that were here as well, but they weren't so many that you had to interact with each other.

I didn't felt like talking, so I just jogged on my own, still enjoying my morning. The file didn't specify for how long to jog, so I decided to keep jogging till I felt it was enough. While jogging I entertained by humming songs, but when I started humming the song [NightGlow] I stopped and remained silent for a few moments.

That moment I was reminded that I was too late. The Herrscher of The Void already awakened inside Kiana. (Himeko must be already...) I shook my head and resumed my pace. (It's no use to keep thinking of that. I must become stronger and escape from Otto's hands.)

I decided to stopped humming songs from Honkai Impact 3rd and instead started to sing random songs that came to mind. Distracting myself from dark thoughts, I keep jogging until I looked at my watch and it was 06:21 Am. I decided that now was the time to take a break and stopped near a bench. I sat on the bench and took the bottle of water from my running backpack to drink.

The break was quite relaxing and it had a good feeling to it. After what felt like hours, I decided to take out my phone and look at what I need to do next. The third thing on the list was to open the file named [Stretching Exercise]. At that moment I thank myself for copying the entire folder instead of just one file last night.

The [Stretching Exercise] file had a full routine of moves. Every move had an explanation underneath and the figure had clear markings on how It should move. It was obvious that the person who made this cared for 'her'. Rather than a teacher, it was more like a parent trying to ready their child for her/his future.

I kept rereading it over and over again. Unknown to me, I had a big caring smile on my face and even chuckled at some mini-notes that could be found from time to time. I then looked up and more Valkyries started to come for their morning routine.

I took my running backpack and chose a place near some trees. It felt fitting place for this. I put the backpack at the base of one of the trees and took my phone out to look at the moves once again. After repeating the moves in my head a few times, I started imitating them. Some of the moves were simple, but there were some that were ridiculously hard. But thankfully those are only for when I am at a more advanced stage.

While practicing, I wore a calm expression and closed my eyes to focus on the steps. The time seemed to pass sometimes faster and sometimes slower, but when I opened my eyes to look and compare the steps, everything came back to normal.