[In the video.]
After deciding to take Kiana along on the operation, Theresa contacted the command center through the communication device and also obtained the location where Siegfried was last seen.
Knowing that she was about to meet her long-missing stinky old dad, Kiana felt both happy and nervous.
"By the way, Theresa, I need to ask you a favor. Once we meet Siegfried, please help me keep it a secret that I'm his illegitimate daughter."
"Eh? Why? Aren't you..."
Theresa couldn't quite understand why Kiana, who previously had been making a fuss about finding Siegfried, now suddenly didn't want to acknowledge him.
Looking at the confused face of Theresa, Kiana could only use all the knowledge she had learned in her life to come up with a lie she considered perfect.
"That… you see, right now is a critical period for the mission. If we waste time on this small matter, then mom... Lady Cecilia might fall into danger!"
The thought that her long-lost mother was about to face danger made Kiana's tone become anxious.
"So, we must quickly meet up with Siegfried and then eliminate the Eighth Herrscher!"
Seeing Kiana, who was so considerate of the bigger picture, Theresa couldn't help but sigh emotionally, 'Amazing, truly worthy of being my niece~'
———
In the real world, after watching up to this part, netizens all said they laughed out loud and began joking in the barrage comments.
[Theresa Dumb, what the heck are you sighing about!!!]
[I'm dying, dummy Kiana and dumb Theresa, two big idiots.]
[I get it now, no wonder Kiana and Theresa have such strong power, turns out they exchanged their IQs for it!]
While the netizens were discussing, Theresa and Kiana also arrived at the appointed location.
Then, what came into view was a handsome uncle with gray hair tied into a single ponytail, sitting not far away, looking at them with a smile on his face.
"Yo~ Theresa, you finally came. I heard you ran into the Eighth Herrscher earlier, I was really worried about you."
Logically, when a man speaks to a woman in a slightly flirty tone, the woman would subconsciously feel uncomfortable.
But strangely, neither Theresa in the video nor the women watching in real life felt that way. Not only that, they didn't feel uncomfortable, they even felt a strange sense of reassurance.
[My new husband!]
[Father-in-law above, please accept a bow from your future son-in-law!]
[You punk upstairs, I've been watching you! First you fight me over my wife, and now you're even fighting me over my father-in-law!]
[To be fair, even though Mihoyo's scriptwriters are inhumane, their casting is top-notch! This handsome uncle is exactly my type!]
———
[In the real world, Destiny Corporation.]
Siegfried Kaslana was smoking in the company corridor. At this moment, the corridor door was suddenly pushed open. Startled, Siegfried quickly stamped out the cigarette under his foot and pretended to play with his phone.
Afraid of being caught by the cleaning lady and reported to Cecilia.
Little did he know, the lingering smell of smoke in the air and the pitch-black phone screen had already betrayed him.
"Siegfried, so you were here~"
With that sweet voice came into Siegfried's view a girl with long gray-blue hair.
She wore a neat gray-edged short dress, with a playful blue bow at the collar, black thigh-high socks on her legs, and gray knee-high boots with two black straps.
To most men, if such a cute and obedient girl came looking for them, they'd secretly be happy inside. However, Siegfried was different.
"Ah~ it's Shigure Kira."
Seeing that it wasn't the cleaning lady, Siegfried let out a long sigh of relief and pulled another cigarette from his pocket.
"Um... I'm just smoking a bit, you don't mind, right?"
Shigure Kira shook her head, forcefully suppressing the disgust in her eyes, then said sweetly, "It's okay~ I'll leave in a bit. Oh right... have you watched P Station lately, Siegfried?"
"Nope, work's been pretty busy in the department lately, no time to watch those things."
Siegfried lit the cigarette and began puffing out smoke.
"Can't even say I play on my phone, even this smoke break had to be squeezed in."
Shigure Kira rolled her eyes and put on a heartbroken expression, softly saying, "Must be hard for you, Siegfried. Work-life balance is important, you know. Oh right, there's a super popular video on P Station recently called Honkai Impact 3rd. I saw Bianka and Kiana in it~"
"Oh~ that one, I've watched it too." Mentioning his daughter, the bitterness in Siegfried's expression softened.
"Didn't think those two little girls would go and shoot a movie. Worthy of being Cecilia's daughters~"
Upon hearing the name "Cecilia", Shigure Kira's eyes lit up noticeably.
But then, thinking that the goddess she admired had already become a wife, Shigure Kira was filled with resentment.
"I was surprised too, but what surprised me the most is still you, Siegfried-senpai~" Shigure Kira said through gritted teeth.
"Ah?" Siegfried looked completely confused. "What about me?"
"Don't play dumb, in the latest video, you also appeared."
Siegfried didn't hear much of what she said after that. After half-heartedly brushing off Shigure Kira, Siegfried hurriedly pulled out his phone and opened the latest video.
After confirming that the man in the video really was himself, Siegfried couldn't help but let out a big question mark.
"???"
"Why don't I remember going to film anything?"
You could say this really lives up to the Kaslana family's dense nature. Because in this situation, his first reaction wasn't to doubt the source of the video, but to doubt his own memory.
———
On the other side, while Siegfried was staring at his phone in shock, he didn't notice that behind the corridor door, a sneaky figure was glaring fiercely at him.
"Hmph~ I really don't know what Lady Cecilia saw in this average guy!"
Click!
Accompanied by a faint shutter sound, the fire exit door was quietly shut.
Immediately after, a photo titled "Siegfried slacking off in the corridor, smoking and watching videos" was posted by an anonymous account and spread throughout the entire department.
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