"Cough cough cough… so noisy…"
Raiden i opened her eyes and looked up at the unfamiliar ceiling, her brain still foggy.
"A strange ceiling…"
"i… i!"
Seeing Raiden i wake up, Kiana exclaid with joy, "You're finally awake!"
Raiden i froze for a second as Kiana threw herself into her arms.
"Kiana?" She turned her head to look around. "Where are we?"
"We've already left Changkong City!"
Makes sense.
She'd slept who knows how long, and with Kiana's strength, leaving that monster-filled city would have been easy.
Raiden i turned to look at the two won nearby, Theresa and Hiko, and asked Kiana, "And who are they?"
Her mory was perfectly clear. Before she fell asleep, the people beside Kiana had golden and pink hair, not red and white like the two standing in front of her now.
'Levi…'
Suddenly, Raiden i rembered the na she'd heard before she lost consciousness.
A flicker of confusion rose in her chest.
'Those two people called out that na… as if they were calling Kiana…'
Raiden i looked toward Kiana. At that mont, Kiana was busily introducing Hiko and Theresa.
"This one with the sa white hair as is Theresa. The place we're staying now, St. Freya, is her turf."
Theresa cooperated with Kiana's introduction and greeted her politely.
"Hello, Raiden i. Welco to St. Freya Academy."
Next, Kiana moved on to Hiko.
"This red-haired auntie..."
Hiko gave Kiana a sharp side glance, but clearly, Kiana, completely focused on i, didn't notice and kept going.
"This red-haired auntie was soone I ran into in Changkong City while you were asleep. She was piloting a battleship to attack , but I sank it with a single hit!"
Hiko's hands clenched on their own. She really wanted to punch this girl.
Calling her "auntie" was bad enough, but now she was bringing up that incident too? Did Kiana think Hiko was that easy to ss with?
Hiko slowly raised her hand, but then the image of the Titan units being wiped out in an instant flashed through her mind. She lowered her hand again.
'Fine. I am that easy to ss with.'
She really had no choice. Even though Kiana's dical report didn't show anything unusual, Hiko had personally witnessed that terrifying power of hers.
There was no way she dared to actually discipline her.
If she accidentally made her angry, even Theresa might not have enough ti to react and use Judah in ti.
anwhile, Theresa had also noticed Hiko's strange behavior. Seeing her tense face slowly deflate, Theresa couldn't help but laugh.
After Kiana's round of introductions, Raiden i politely stated her own na.
Theresa looked at her, secretly relieved that i hadn't gone berserk.
Still, for safety's sake, Theresa brought up the idea of installing a bomb near Raiden i's heart.
She explained everything in detail to avoid upsetting her, and also took the ti to properly teach both i and Kiana what a Herrscher was.
Rembering how she had lost control and beco a Herrscher in Changkong City, and the danger and negativity that ca with it, Raiden i agreed to Theresa's suggestion to have a bomb installed in her chest.
Looking at i's beautiful face, Theresa whispered under her breath, "I didn't think she'd agree that easily…"
"I don't want to kill anyone," Raiden i said quietly.
She hadn't killed anyone in Changkong City, and she didn't want to kill anyone here at St. Freya either.
Because she had said it before, 'I'm a kind person.'
Raiden i looked at Kiana, feeling a faint sense of strangeness.
———
A short while later, Theresa and Hiko left the room.
Raiden i called out, "Kiana."
"What is it, i?"
Hearing i call her, Kiana put down the half-peeled apple in her hand and looked up.
eting Kiana's eyes, Raiden i asked the question that had been bothering her.
"Levi… who is that?"
"Ah… um, well…"
Kiana froze. She hadn't expected i to suddenly ask that.
She stamred, waving her arms awkwardly, her body tilting side to side in panic.
Her eyes darted around, completely unable to et i's.
Seeing her act that way, Raiden i's expression grew increasingly suspicious.
Then, Kiana suddenly had an idea.
"Um… I'll tell you, but you have to promise not to tell anyone else!"
Kiana leaned close, speaking mysteriously. "Actually, Levi is the na of my other consciousness… You know how Herrschers have another consciousness inside them, right?"
Raiden i nodded.
She understood what Kiana ant. Back when her emotions had spiraled out of control, that "other consciousness" had taken over her body and fought Kiana.
"Can you let her co out? I want to see her."
That request froze the smile that had just returned to Kiana's face.
First of all, there was no "other consciousness." She had just made that up on the spot.
And second…
See Levi?
How the hell was she supposed to make that happen?
Kiana scread silently in her mind.
Then it hit her, 'Wait! Levi just needs to issue a commission for him to possess , right?!'
She imdiately tagged Levi in the chat group.
[Kiana: Ergency! Super ergency!]
Levi, who was in the middle of researching "Kiana's Stomach," put down his bottles and jars and replied, [What's so urgent that it's 'super ergency'?]
[i wants to see you!]
[…? See ?]
Levi blinked. "She doesn't even know who I am, why does she want to see ?"
As Raiden i's suspicious gaze grew sharper, Kiana grew frantic.
[She sohow found out your na… Ahhh! I'm sending you a commission right now, hurry and co help !]
"…"
[How do I send you a commission again?!]
[Say the target and the reward.]
[Target! et Raiden i! Reward!…]
When it ca to the reward, Kiana froze. She really didn't know what to offer.
She had no money, and she didn't want to waste her precious chat group points.
Staaare~
Raiden i's gaze grew even stranger. "Is sothing the matter, Kiana…?"
"N-no! He's just… asleep! I'm calling him right now!"
Kiana scrambled for an excuse, then quickly closed her eyes and pretended to be "calling" her other self.
In reality, she was furiously typing in the chat.
[I don't know what to give you as a reward! Just tell what you want!]
Levi joked, [If I said I wanted your panties, would you give them to ?]
Then he began typing another ssage, [Just grab sothing random nearby… If there's nothing, even the air around you will do as the reward.]
But before he could hit send, the system automatically received the commission.
At the sa ti, Kiana's next ssage popped up,
[Ding! Commission: et Raiden i!]
[Accept?]
[I'll give it! I'll give you one right now!]
[Hurry up and co save !!]
[…Alright, alright…]
Even through text, Levi could feel her sheer desperation.
He quietly deleted the unsent joke and muttered, "Coming, coming!"
Closing the chat, he looked at his system interface and tapped the "Accept" button.
"Accept!"
In an instant, Levi's vision blurred as the scene before him rapidly rewound.
And in the blink of an eye, he appeared inside the infirmary again, or rather, possessed Kiana's body just like before.
Levi's blue eyes glead as he smiled sweetly at Raiden i.
"Hello~ my dearest… i~"
[T/N: New novel is up—🔥I Beca a Character in Honkai: Star Rail🔥. Enjoy~]
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