Just then, the history teacher, Welt, overheard Kiana's remark and walked over.
"How is it not possible? You failed all the written exams. How could you possibly pass?" As he spoke, Welt held up Kiana's test paper. "Look, you even got a zero in history. It makes me question my own teaching abilities."
"Ah! Everyone, don't look, give it back!" Kiana anxiously tried to snatch the paper back, but Welt held it high, not letting her have it.
"Biology, history, geography, and chemistry combined add up to only 21 points. I guess that's a first place, in a way. Last place. You and Ryn are truly a couple. Just wait for the make-up exam together!" Welt continued.
Kiana's face was now flushed with shame. She wanted to dig a hole in the ground and bury herself in it.
That bastard Ryn, no wonder he didn't want to come see the results. He already knew and didn't want to be embarrassed.
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That evening, Welt strung Ryn up and gave him a harsh crash course in history, so much so that Ryn didn't even have time to go to Himeko's for dinner.
While Ryn was getting an earful, Kiana wasn't having a good time either.
"A make-up exam?"
Himeko asked while eating at the dinner table.
"Yes, it's in a week," Mei answered for Kiana.
Kiana sat timidly in her seat, not daring to speak, like a child being disciplined by her parents after doing something wrong.
"Really, there has to be a limit to stupidity... It's like you have a small chest and no brain." Himeko was worried about Kiana's intelligence. She considered herself a genius, so how could she have such a dumb student.
"What if she doesn't pass the make-up exam next week... If she doesn't pass, she can't become a Valkyrie..." Mei said, very concerned about Kiana.
"No choice, then. We'll have to go through special training."
"Special training?" Mei and Bronya both looked up, puzzled.
Kiana, however, was still hung up on Himeko saying her chest was small. Kiana lifted her collar to take a peek. They weren't that small...
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Later that evening, Bronya was still playing Honkai God Realm.
In the game's chat box.
Metal Gear Bronya: Sorry, comrades, I have to log off.
Green Pipe Uncle Mario: Eeh?! Don't you always play until 12?
Metal Gear Bronya: I have an appointment to guide a lost young girl.
Green Hat Connector: Go! A man must always keep his promises.
Metal Gear Bronya: My apologies, comrades!
Bronya saluted the computer, bid her comrades a regretful farewell, and logged off. Then she summoned Project Bunny and, together with Cortana, started making some high-tech gadgets.
In Kiana's room, Ryn and Kiana were studying and reviewing, with books stacked from the floor to the ceiling.
"Ooh, I see... so that's how it is... I get it." Ryn was a fast reader. The content in the books was more or less what he remembered, just with many different details. It was like reading the original stories with Honkai added in, names changed, and experiences added. Learning this new knowledge benefited Ryn greatly, deepening his understanding of the world.
"I can't remember, I can't remember at all... Why do we have to be tested on a boring subject like history—!" Kiana's head was about to explode from all the reading.
"Take it slow. Just read history like you're reading a novel. When you read history, you have to immerse yourself in it and imagine... it'll be easy to remember then." Ryn comforted Kiana gently.
"But there are so many words I don't understand... I can't imagine it at all..."
Kiana was helpless. Reading this was no different from reading gibberish to her.
She could only imagine the descriptions of scenery because Ryn had shown her. As for things like 'swallowing a myriad miles like a tiger,' she had never seen such a formidable tiger and couldn't imagine what it looked like at all.
She hadn't attended many classes during her time at Senba Academy, either sleeping through them or skipping them. Kiana wailed in despair—
"This is where the Bronya makes her entrance!" Bronya silently entered Kiana's room and placed a Homu helmet on both Kiana's and Ryn's heads.
"Bronya, what did you put on me?" "Bronya, what is this?" Kiana and Ryn both asked.
"The Homu Homu Virtual Reality Connector. Kiana definitely can't focus on reading, so the Bronya will take you to experience it firsthand." After putting one on herself, Bronya said, "Link start."
Ryn and Kiana immediately lost consciousness and collapsed.
When the two opened their eyes, they were greeted by a magnificent sight. It was a world made entirely of books, stretching as far as the eye could see.
Ryn and Kiana were both stunned into silence.
Just then, a Bronya dressed in a cute magical girl outfit with giant, transparent butterfly wings floated over to explain.
"This is the core database of the Schicksal organization, which records the most detailed history of the Honkai.
O lost boy and girl~ I am the guiding witch, Bronya.
I shall guide you on the path to truth."
Ryn and Kiana both had a sweat drop expression. Bronya was really getting into character...
Meanwhile, Cortana silently recorded Bronya's current appearance, preparing to custom-order a set of Bronya's magical girl clothes to give to her in Ryn's name. When Bronya secretly tried on the outfit, she would take a picture and send it to everyone. It would surely be fun to witness Bronya's social death.
"Let's start from the earliest Honkai records."
Bronya opened a book, and a brilliant light shone from it. The three of them then disappeared into the light.
When they reappeared, the three were in a mountain village.
It was 2717 BC, when animals in southern Asia were first mutated by Honkai energy infection.
They were not like the Honkai Beasts of today. Back then, Honkai Beasts still retained the original appearance of animals, only larger in size, with ferocious forms and various terrifying bone spurs.
The earliest Honkai Beasts existed only to kill humans; their desire to destroy other things was very low.
Faced with this new experience, Kiana looked around excitedly.
"Wow, this is even better than watching a movie!"
"The tactile sensations are real too!"
"Because this is a virtual reality constructed from data. It can recreate the historical situation at the time to the greatest extent possible," Bronya explained.
"This is a wonderful experience. I'll have Cortana build one when we get back, so we can watch this all the time," Ryn said with a nod of praise.
"I built this with Cortana's help. Cortana is really amazing. Her help saved a lot of time," Bronya said.
(For those who haven't dropped the book yet, here's the new QQ group number: 924633021. You're welcome to join and have fun.)