Facing Raiden Mei's sudden questioning, Kiana was first stunned, then showed a helpless smile.
"You really are Mei... As expected, I can't hide anything from you~"
Looking at the girl in front of her scratching the back of her head and smiling, Raiden Mei's eyes were filled with complexity.
Because, if the other party had regained her memory, then it meant that all those unusual actions at noon today were things she did on purpose.
Thinking of this, Raiden Mei slowly opened her mouth and said, "Kiana, why did you choose to bring me in front of Van and the others at noon?"
After hearing Raiden Mei's words, Kiana immediately showed an expression of "as expected," but it was quickly replaced by a carefree smile.
"No reason at all~ Because I thought doing so would definitely make Mei happy~"
Kiana's words caused Raiden Mei to fall into a brief silence.
Although the smiling Kiana before her, who had regained her memories, didn't seem any different from before, still so carefree and silly…
The sharp Raiden Mei could still sense a trace of complicated emotions hidden within that smile.
Thinking back to the times when the three of them used to be together, Raiden Mei sighed inwardly.
After a while, Raiden Mei spoke up, "Kiana, actually we can be like before, the three of us together…"
However, before Raiden Mei could finish her sentence, the dorm door was suddenly pushed open.
The two turned toward the sound, it was Bronya who had arrived.
Just as Raiden Mei, who had composed herself, was about to greet Bronya, she saw that behind Bronya stood a blue-haired girl.
What drew even more attention was, after seeing the two of them, the blue-haired girl's originally deep blue pupils suddenly turned into a bright red.
In an instant, the three were caught in a subtly tense atmosphere.
Standing to the side, Bronya looked at the silent three and wondered inwardly, 'Why does it feel like these three already know each other? I'm the one who looks like an outsider here…'
———
In the real world, Siegfried had just finished a day of work and returned home.
However, just as he stepped in the door, he saw Cecilia sitting on the living room sofa with a serious expression, staring at her phone.
Seeing this, Siegfried mumbled quietly, "Rare to see Cecilia looking this serious… Did something go wrong at work?"
Just as Siegfried was preparing to sneak into the bedroom to change clothes quietly, he was suddenly called out by Cecilia.
And the first thing she said made Siegfried freeze on the spot.
"Darling, I have something very serious to talk to you about…"
Seeing his wife look so serious, Siegfried felt extremely nervous inside.
'Could it be… she found out I secretly smoked on the way home?' he thought anxiously.
'But I clearly stood downstairs for a while after finishing the cigarette to let the smell dissipate... How could Cecilia still smell it?'
Thinking this, Siegfried inwardly cursed again the guy who exposed him hiding in the stairwell smoking last time.
If not for that bastard, he wouldn't have promised Cecilia that he'd never smoke during work hours again.
That kind of backstabbing tattletale deserves to never find love.
On this end, just as Siegfried was about to walk up and admit guilt, Cecilia's second sentence confused him even more.
Cecilia, "Um… Darling, I want a child…"
Siegfried, "???"
As if realizing her words might have sounded off, Cecilia quickly explained with a red face, "Aiya~ Not what you're thinking! I mean, I suddenly want to adopt a child…"
After speaking, Cecilia handed her phone to Siegfried. On the screen was a photo of a purple-haired girl.
Siegfried didn't remember much of what happened after that.
Anyway, under Cecilia's request, he immediately nodded and agreed.
However, agreeing was one thing, what he was thinking inside was…
'Damn! Got my hopes up for nothing!'
———
[The Next Day, in the Airport Waiting Hall]
Cecilia silently stared at the flight information on the screen.
The folder containing the adoption application on her lap had been unknowingly wrinkled during her zoning out.
Just then, a cup of coffee was handed to her.
Cecilia looked up instinctively and saw Siegfried looking at her with concern.
"Didn't sleep well last night? You've been zoning out ever since we arrived."
Cecilia took the coffee, took a small sip, and softly said, "Darling, do you think… that child will like us?"
After hearing Cecilia's words, Siegfried smiled and pulled out a cake box from behind him.
"That's why I prepared a little gift in advance for our first meeting…" he said with a smile, "After all, what kid can resist the temptation of cake~"
Looking at the cake in Siegfried's hands, Cecilia was first stunned, then burst into laughter.
"You're right, that child, Sirin, will definitely like the gift you prepared for her."
——
[On the Other Side, at an Orphanage Somewhere in Siberia]
Sirin sat under a big tree in the yard, holding a phone and watching yesterday's Honkai Impact 3rd update with great interest.
When the scene on screen came to the part where she and Van shared a room, Sirin's face instantly flushed red.
She quickly hit the pause button, stared tightly at the screen, and muttered under her breath, "The me in the video is way too shameless… How can a girl behave like that…"
What can you say, tsundere pufferfish will always be a tsundere pufferfish.
She acted like the girl in the video wasn't even herself.
Just then, Sirin suddenly noticed a comment floating across the screen, [Even though there's no blood relation, I feel like they're no different from real siblings]
"Siblings?!"
Seeing that, Sirin's purple pupils instantly shrank. Her fingers flew across the screen typing.
Next second, a comment popped up with the username, "Not a Pufferfish"
[Are you blind?! Van and Sirin are such a perfect match, how do they look like siblings?!]
But as soon as that comment was sent out, it was immediately swarmed by rebuttals, [Bro, it's okay to like rare ships, but don't make it weird, okay?]
[Where do you even see the "perfect match"?]
[Clearly a Sirin fan from that username]
[Sirin fans, wake up. Van never once showed any feelings beyond sibling-like toward her, okay?]
———
Seeing all these comments attacking her, Sirin was so angry she was shaking.
She wanted to immediately activate her Herrscher powers and drag those idiots out from the other side of the internet for a serious beatdown.
However, just as Sirin was about to grab her phone and battle for 300 rounds, acall suddenly came from afar, "Sirin!"
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