Of course, although Kiana had this thought, she knew that she couldn't be too obvious right now.
She had to wait until she had confirmed the other person's location before she would have a chance to corner and expose the person who had been watching her.
For the rest of the time, Kiana continued to wander through the various shops in the shopping district.
As the girl moved through the different stores, she could feel that the owner of that gaze would sometimes even disappear from her perception.
Growing more and more suspicious, Kiana finally couldn't hold back the restlessness in her heart and dashed directly to the location she had pinpointed.
Then, she saw a figure that disappointed her greatly.
Her long-sought-after father was not there.
The owner of the gaze was not Siegfried Kaslana, but Kiana's school senior, Leo Ash.
"How! Could! It! Be! You!"
Looking at a relieved Leo Ash, Kiana said with great dissatisfaction.
"Senior Leo, why are you here? Don't you have classes to attend?"
"Oh, it's like this."
Looking at the inexplicably angry Kiana, Leo Ash said very calmly.
"Because I fell in love with you, so when I found out you didn't go to school, I started searching for you everywhere you might be—do you believe that?"
[A home run! A good ship! Well done! You know that with a naive girl like this, sometimes being direct is the best method of attack!]
[Mm, if you could just adjust your tone a bit, not be so calm, the effect would probably be even better.]
Sigh, I hope you're really that dense.
If you are, it'll be easier for me to fool you.
As Leo Ash was internally retorting to the System, Kiana listened to his words and said with great exasperation.
"Do I look like an idiot?"
"If your tone wasn't so perfunctory, I might have considered believing you just a tiny bit."
"Oh, right, well then..."
After taking a deep breath, Leo Ash adjusted his facial expression and spoke to Kiana again.
"Kiana, actually, I've been noticing you for a long time."
"Even though you love to sleep in class, often get zero on exams, are usually carefree and improper, and basically live to eat and be lazy, but what can I do, you're a beautiful girl."
"I, Leo Ash, like—"
"Stop!"
Listening to Leo Ash's 'heartfelt' confession, Kiana interrupted him with even more exasperation.
And looking at the speechless expression on Kiana's face, Leo Ash knew he had successfully changed the subject.
Although this girl was clever at critical moments, as soon as she was safe, her little brain would switch to paramecium mode.
If it were anyone with a bit of experience, they could easily tell that he was changing the subject to fool her.
But the current Kiana was completely taken in by it.
[Sigh, looking at the girl before you, a long sigh escapes from your heart.]
[With her being so foolish, probably any scumbag specializing in sweet talk could trick her into bed twenty times over.]
[But no matter what, Kiana Kaslana is indeed an outstandingly beautiful girl... well, if you ignore certain flaws.]
[Instead of letting some other scumbag have her, I might as well do it myself—this thought now begins to form in your mind.]
Get lost!
If you want to mess around, don't drag me into it (╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻!
You make it sound like I'm some kind of scumbag trying to seduce an underage little girl!
[Well said, but you're actually well aware of one thing.]
[K423 is, after all, the resurrected Sirin. And K423's age plus Sirin's age undoubtedly exceeds eighteen years—she is a full-fledged adult!]
Wait, isn't seducing an adult beautiful girl also a scummy thing to do?
Looking at Leo Ash before her, the utterly speechless Kiana let out a long sigh.
"Sigh, although I don't know what you're thinking, Senior, you're basically here to take me back to school, right?"
"Forget it, I'm not in the mood anymore today anyway. I get it, I'll go back with you."
Wow, this paramecium is so obedient today?
[See! Confessing works—hasn't she been successfully tamed already!]
I hope what you're saying is true, but...
Looking at the visible disappointment on Kiana's face, Leo Ash felt as if he had done something wrong.
On the other hand, Kiana, knowing that her guess was wrong, felt a little empty inside.
Just a moment ago, she had been incredibly excited, thinking that her father, Siegfried, had never actually left her and had been by her side all along.
But now, discovering that the owner of the gaze was Leo Ash, that fantasy instantly shattered.
Stinky old dad... I never should have had any illusions about him!
The next time we meet, it won't be a problem that a single punch can solve!
The next time I see him, I'll definitely give him a few more punches!
.....
Meanwhile. The Shopping District
In a small alley in the shopping district, a man in a hooded cloak looked at the several beautiful women surrounding him and said with a grin.
"Ha, I never thought that even at my age, I'd still have this much charm."
"Ladies, would you mind letting me pass for a moment? My daughter is nearby, and having an affair in front of her is never a good thing."
"Oh, is that so?"
Looking at the man who was using a hood to cover half his face, Rita said with feigned surprise.
"I recall our Schicksal database states that you've touched the butt of every single Valkyrie on the Hyperion."
"This is data recorded in the Schicksal database. You're not going to claim this is a rumor, are you, Mr. Siegfried Kaslana."
Damn it, that little brat Shigure Kira.
It was bad enough that she spread that rumor back then, but how could she write it into the database?
No, that's not the crucial point.
The crucial point is, this young woman...
Tch, is she a warrior on the same level as Shigure Kira and Cheng Lixue?
Even if the selection requirements for Valkyries were lowered after the Second Eruption, this girl is still an S-rank.
To have already dispatched an S-rank to Nagazora City, that guy Otto...
Has he already discovered the anomaly in this place?
......