"Huh... there are people on that narwhal!"
Kiana, launched from the cannon, looked doubtfully at the sun umbrella on the narwhal. Next to the umbrella, she saw a person.
"Really? Let me see."
After her Herrscher transformation and successfully mastering the power of the Herrscher of the Void, Houraiji Kyuusyou's physical fitness had improved to another level. Her eyesight was much better than Kiana's.
Even from several hundred meters away, she could clearly see ants on the ground.
But when she saw the person on the narwhal, Houraiji Kyuusyou's expression became a mixture of joy, nervousness, and a hint of anger.
After the events of the Fire Moth, Houraiji Kyuusyou and Ryn knew each other very well. She could tell at a glance that it was Ryn!
She was so excited she almost called out to Ryn, but then she became shy and didn't know if she should.
In her indecision, she realized something else...
"Forget about the person! Kiana, haven't you realized we're not going to make it to the narwhal's back!!!"
The power of a medieval gunpowder cannon was insufficient. To ensure the safety of Kiana and Houraiji Kyuusyou, Bronya had even reduced the amount of gunpowder.
The result was a miscalculation of the gunpowder's power, Kiana and Ryn's weight, and the narwhal's speed... It now seemed like the two of them wouldn't land on the narwhal.
Houraiji Kyuusyou's face turned pale. This was the endless sea, and the waves below were turbulent...
For some reason, in this inner world, they couldn't replenish their Honkai energy from the outside and could only rely on their stored reserves.
Should they waste Honkai energy in a place like this?
"Could it be that I've gotten fatter?"
Kiana blinked her bewildered eyes. Was it because she hadn't weighed herself in a long time and her weight had changed without her knowing, causing Bronya to miscalculate the cannon's firepower?
"No, Houraiji Kyuusyou! Was it you who got fat and hid your weight!"
As soon as Houraiji Kyuusyou heard Kiana call her fat, she immediately became anxious, as if worried someone would hear, and loudly explained:
"I'm a Herrscher now, a Herrscher, you understand! How could I have gotten fatter! It must be you, Kiana, who's gotten fat!!"
"You're fat!"
"You're the one who's fat!"
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"What's that? A shooting star?"
Ryn seemed to hear some arguing about being fat and looked up at the sky. Then he saw two figures, glowing with fire, flying towards him.
Strange... why do those fireballs look a bit like people...?
"Aaaah!" "Help! We're going to fall into the sea!!"
Kiana and Houraiji Kyuusyou screamed as they flailed their arms and legs in the air, trying to swim their way up and fly.
Then nothing happened. They flew right past Ryn's eyes and fell straight into the sea.
The resulting splash drenched the baffled Ryn from head to toe.
"Looks like I'm not fully awake yet. I actually dreamed of Kiana and Houraiji Kyuusyou..."
Ryn rubbed his eyes, unable to believe what he had just seen.
But reality seemed as dreamlike, absurd, and bizarre as his thoughts.
No matter how much Ryn couldn't believe it, he couldn't deny that the two figures flailing wildly in the sea in front of him were... Kiana and Houraiji Kyuusyou...
"Holy crap, little sis Houraiji Kyuusyou!"
"Hey you, over there, stop staring and help us! Glug glug glug..."
Kiana bobbed up and down in the sea, waving frantically at Ryn on the narwhal. But before she could say more than a few words, she lost her balance and fell back into the sea, swallowing several mouthfuls of seawater.
"Coming, coming! Hold on, sis!"
Ryn slid down the narwhal's body into the sea and fished out Houraiji Kyuusyou, who had passed out from swallowing a bellyful of water, and the still-struggling Kiana.
Then he took off from where he was, carrying them back to the narwhal's back.
After landing, Kiana knelt on one side, vomiting continuously to get all the seawater out.
Ryn, on the other hand, laid Houraiji Kyuusyou flat and quickly began performing CPR for drowning.
But while performing the rescue, Ryn couldn't figure something out. How could Houraiji Kyuusyou, a Herrscher, be knocked out by choking on water?
With no time to think, after a few quick chest compressions, Ryn lifted Houraiji Kyuusyou's chin, pinched her nose, and prepared to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
But as their lips met, before Ryn could blow air into Houraiji Kyuusyou's mouth, Houraiji Kyuusyou blew a breath of air and seawater into Ryn's mouth.
"?????"
Ryn's eyes flew wide open in shock. He immediately realized something was wrong and tried to escape from Houraiji Kyuusyou.
But Houraiji Kyuusyou's hands slipped under Ryn's neck and hugged him tightly, preventing him from escaping.
Houraiji Kyuusyou opened her eyes and stared fiercely at Ryn, conveying her meaning through her gaze.
"Mmmph mmmph—" (I've got you now! Don't even think about running!!)
The joy of seeing Houraiji Kyuusyou in Ryn's eyes instantly vanished, replaced only by a mournful despair.
"Mmmph mmmph—" (I won't run, but can we separate first, ahhh! The seawater, the seawater!)
Perhaps she understood Ryn's gaze, or perhaps the saltiness of the seawater constantly being exchanged between their mouths got to her.
Houraiji Kyuusyou released her arms from around Ryn's neck, and the two of them simultaneously knelt over and vomited violently.
By the time Houraiji Kyuusyou had counter-attacked and was forcefully kissing Ryn, Kiana had already finished throwing up and was watching the two's divine maneuver from the side.
The bizarre and somewhat familiar scene caused Kiana's brain to go completely blank. Why did this look so much like when she pretended to be dead to trick Mei into coming over, and then forcefully kissed her?
Wait! Who is that man! Houraiji Kyuusyou, do you even know him?
Even though you're always crying about being heartbroken and wanting to turn evil, you can't be so desperate that you'd just grab and gnaw on any person you see, can you?!!
Fortunately, the two of them separated soon after. Kiana quickly went over and gently patted Houraiji Kyuusyou on the back while sizing up Ryn's appearance.
Long purple hair, a cowlick at the front like Houraiji Kyuusyou's, but not as absurd. Red eyes, similar facial features...
He was just taller, stronger, and more handsome and charming than Houraiji Kyuusyou.
This was basically a normal, non-chuuni, gender-bent Ryn?!
Kiana's mouth hung open, too surprised to know what to say... The force of her pats on Houraiji Kyuusyou's back also unconsciously grew stronger.
"Houraiji Kyuusyou, I see I was wrong about you... To think I held you in such high regard before. I never thought you were so narcissistic that you only love yourself."
"???"
Houraiji Kyuusyou tilted her head and looked at Kiana in confusion.
"Good grief, can you be a little gentle..."
*SLAP—*
Kiana lost control of her strength for a moment and slapped Houraiji Kyuusyou right back into the sea...
"...ahhhhh!"
Houraiji Kyuusyou's scream as she fell echoed across the narwhal's back.
Kiana sheepishly rubbed the back of her head and stuck her tongue out at Ryn.
"Sorry, sorry, I lost control of my strength for a moment. Could you please go get her again..."
"..."