Kiana Kaslana (3)

Kouro quickly returned with some change, he glanced at Kiana who was eating heartily.

There were already a few dozen plates beside her with the shopkeeper looking at her with a blank expression.

'This girl... Don't tell me she's planning to empty her boyfriend's wallet? '

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper glanced at Kouro secretly while feeling sorry for him.

Kouro's expression twitched slightly feeling her gaze, he got roughly what she was thinking.

Kouro shook his head not thinking much of it before taking a seat beside Kiana and ordering an iced orange.

Watching a beautiful girl eat with gusto was an artistic thing for Kouro.

It seemed Kiana had a very high metabolism allowing her to process food into energy in a short amount of time.

Basically a typical shounen protagonist.

Well... This is not surprising since Kiana is the main character of the game 'Honkai Impact 3' and even the game icon is Kiana herself.

It is not an exaggeration that Kiana is the golden child of the game because the previous games of the game publisher 'Honkai Impact 3' used Kiana as the main character.

Kouro thought about all this calmly while drinking his orange ice.

A few minutes later, Kiana was finally full and patted her bulging belly.

"Ah... It's been a long time since I've been this full... "

She wanted to lean back on the chair, but it was a pity that the chair in this restaurant did not have a seat support.

That caused Kiana to almost fall backwards.

At the crucial moment, she pulled on the arm of Kouro who was sitting next to her, fortunately Kouro was not an ordinary human otherwise Kiana's sudden pull would not only injure her, but also cause Kouro to fall down.

Kiana who sighed softly knew that she was careless and she remembered that the person sitting next to her was not only the benefactor who invited her for a nice meal, but also her creditor.

She suddenly looked much more honest, except that her eyes always glanced at Kouro from time to time silently observing the other person's gaze.

Seeing that she was full, Kouro, who had already finished his orange ice, then said.

"Let's go now if you're full."

After paying for the food and drinks, Kouro stood up and walked out of the restaurant, Kiana hesitating slightly before following him obediently.

When he exited the restaurant and walked onto the sidewalk, Kiana approached Kouro and asked in a quiet voice without saying much.

"Where are you taking me?"

Kouro initially thought that Kiana would return to her cheerful appearance after getting her fill, but he did not expect her to become calmer.

Kouro couldn't help but stop and turn around before looking at her with interest.

"Guess."

"Could it be the police station? You want to arrest me for breaking into your dorm? Was the previous meal is my last meal before death?"

Kiana asked this with a calm expression, she seemed to have resigned herself to her situation.

"The police station won't execute prisoners right away. After all, capturing a prisoner is a process." Kouro said while shrugging his shoulders.

Ignoring Kiana's sharp gaze, Kouro continued in a slightly joking tone.

"You're quite imaginative. I'm not going to escort you to the police station. Although you have caused some damage before."

"I'm not that bad to make you pay 100 million yen in compensation, it was just a joke. " Kouro continued with a subtle smile.

He then paused before turning to look at Kiana and asking seriously.

"Now, do you want me to take you home or do we part ways here?"

Kouro was not very clear on Kiana's condition.

According to his knowledge, after Kiana transferred to Senba Academy, a few weeks later the Third Eruption occurred.

As for other specific details, Kouro is not so sure, after all, the future knowledge for the current situation he got from the comic plot is different from the game.

The official manga as a by-product not only takes a very long time to update, but also provides a 'Retcon' to the original setting at every turn.

In his previous life Kouro didn't read all the Manga which made him not very aware of the situation before the plot of Honkai Impact 3 Game started.

Hearing Kouro's question, Kiana looked away while playing with her hair.

"I... Don't have a home here."

Kiana's statement made Kouro's expression frown. He held both of Kiana's cheeks and made her look straight at him.

"Wh-what are you doing!? " Kiana said with a confused and angry expression.

After all, who wouldn't be angry at the way a stranger you just met treated you.

"Look me in the eye, Kiana. "

It was just that Kiana's anger faded when she saw Kouro's worried expression.

"I apologize for my actions earlier, I hope you can forgive me." Kouro continued in a deep voice after releasing Kiana.

Kiana felt strange about his actions but didn't think much of it.

Kouro's previous series of actions towards Kiana were not due to negative emotions or anything like that.

But because Kiana Kaslana had a special position in Kouro's heart that made him perform the previous series of actions.

Otherwise, Kouro wouldn't have wasted his time and immediately finished off the intruder who entered his dormitory.

In short, it was because of Kiana Kaslana that Kouro wanted to tease her.

Kouro thought about Kiana's life experiences in the game plot.

Her current identity was not something that was easy to reveal as a topic of conversation. Because this Kiana Kaslana in front of him was only a clone (K-423) of the original Kiana Kaslana, while the existence of the original Kiana Kaslana was unknown.

Her mother was Cecilia Schariac, the strongest S-rank Valkyrie of the Schicksal organization who unfortunately passed away long ago due to the Second Eruption.

Schicksal was a military organization founded in the 15th century that recruited young girls and turned them into Valkyries to fight against Honkai.

As for her father, Siegfried Kaslana doesn't seem to be in too good of shape mentally since the Second Eruption.

How could it not be? Your wife dies, then your daughter is taken hostage and her DNA is taken to make a clone, after that you want to rescue your daughter and turns out the one you rescue is a clone and your daughter's whereabouts become unknown.

Kouro wasn't very clear about Siegfried Kaslana's current situation though.

What he did know was that he had turned MANTIS and disappeared after being with Kiana for several months.

Siegfried wasn't a Valkyrie after all.

As for the purpose of creating the girl before him, it was a greater tragedy.

Kouro sighed and patted the head of the girl in front of him.

He did this many times in the game, at that moment all he touched was the screen.

At first, there was only tactical feedback that slowly disappeared.

Now, he could feel the smoothness and fragrance of the girl's white hair.

Kiana who traveled here alone, was not as energetic and carefree as she usually showed.

Her clumsiness and carelessness was simply because she did not like to think too much.

Kiana was actually not that stupid, otherwise, she who had been abandoned by her father would not be able to live alone for so long and even go all the way to Nagazora City alone.

Even if it had all been secretly planned and organized by Schicksal.

Kouro could not believe that Kiana who traveled all the way was doing it entirely on her own without being pushed by anyone else.

That's right, the person who manipulated Kiana secretly was the main antagonist, 'Otto Apocalypse'.

If there is too much contact with Kiana now, Kouro believes he might get noticed by him and that could plant a variable seed for all things to come.

But just because of such doubts, just because of such possibilities, should Kouro cut off contact? If he really wanted to do this.

Kouro should have cut off contact with Raiden Mei earlier to make sure the future didn't change.

Because Raiden Mei is the daughter of the former president of the ME Agency Raiden Ryoma and he himself is a member of the Anti-Entropy (AE) organization.

Then he planned to do nothing because he already knew the future and then hide and train secretly after which jump out when he was strong enough?

Not to mention how many advantages were missed during that period and how many tragedies would occur.

Kouro would not exercise that right because it was not what he wanted.

After all, an ordinary human who physically trained in an ordinary way no matter how long the accumulation was could not possibly reach the point of "Strongest".

The main thing for Kouro to become stronger now was through the status system and if he wanted to gain status points to increase status attributes, Kouro would have to fight or kill something.

It was because of that system that Kouro knew that if he wanted to become stronger, he had to fight against the enemy of mankind, 'Honkai'.

"If you don't have a home... how about you stay with me first? There are many empty rooms in the dormitory that aren't being used anyway."

Kouro looked at Kiana in front of him and said softly.

According to Kouro, his closeness in Kiana's heart should be very high right now, after all he had helped her overcome her starve.

However, actually in Kiana's heart, the situation was different.

The girl furrowed her brows and her eyes became alert. She had out of nowhere already held a baseball bat in her hand before then looking at Kouro.

"Do you have bad intentions towards me?"

"...."