Thanks for the invitation! I am in Honkai, still connected Chapter 50 50 - Let's Duel! Beauties Only Belong to the Stro

"A woman's dowry is property her parents give to the husband's family."

There is such a line in the Ming Gong Shu Pan Qingming Ji¹.

The aning is simple: the dowry a daughter brings upon marriage is property gifted by the woman's parents to the man's family.

Since ancient tis, the purpose of a dowry has been to display the bride's family's economic strength and to secure her status in her husband's household.

The Plasma Kagehide, with power rivaling a Divine Key in its normal state, was undoubtedly a worthy dowry. In fact, it was so lavish that it could make one imagine a veiled threat from the esteed father-in-law.

After all, it wouldn't be difficult for a master of swordsmanship, who could forge a weapon like the Plasma Kagehide, to spend a little more ti designing an even more dangerous weapon and then hamring a son-in-law who mistreated his daughter into a pixelated mosaic.

However, none of that mattered to Kiana right now.

Because the Plasma Kagehide—the dowry bound to Raiden i—had not fallen into her hands, despite her having pursued Miss i for over two months. Instead, it was being held by Li Zihan.

It seed the position of the Raiden family's son-in-law had already been taken, and it had nothing to do with her.

"Ah Li, you're joking, right?"

A smile so strained it looked sowhat distorted hung on Miss Kiana's face as she continued to ask.

Just as Raiden Ryoma had chosen selective deafness when he heard the words "Esteed Father-in-Law" in the Nagazora prison, Miss Kiana also chose to filter out certain words, treating them as a joke.

Even so, as she smiled, the girl's slender, beautiful hands had already clenched into small fists.

Anyone who understood the significance of the Kaslana surna would know that if one were to be hamred in the chest by those little fists, the person on the receiving end could probably realize one of humanity's dreams.

—To overco gravity and fly freely.

"I'm not joking. The Plasma Kagehide is i's dowry."

The young man, who rarely lied, spoke with perfect naturalness and proceeded to explain the reason.

"i has a chance of awakening as a Herrscher. The Plasma Kagehide was created specifically to suppress her potential Herrscher personality, so you could say it's equipnt that is bound to her."

"It's still unknown what else will be included in i's dowry, but this blade, ant to restrain her, will absolutely be a part of it."

Kiana stared in disbelief at the famous blade emanating a cold aura. She simply couldn't comprehend how the entire world had changed after she had just spent an afternoon eating, drinking, and having fun with her maternal aunt.

Dizziness, a trembling mind, her sanity rapidly approaching zero.

The exact sa situation that had once befallen Raiden Ryoma was now perfectly replicating itself in Miss Kiana.

So… I'm green now?

i's getting married, but the groom isn't ?

Such thoughts echoed in Miss Kiana's mind.

She clutched the ample mounds on her chest, her expression pained, as if she had been shot through the torso with a rifle.

At the sa ti, her sapphire-like eyes gradually lost their luster.

This scene, falling upon Miss i's eyes, was truly a bit horrifying.

"Kiana, listen to my explanation."

While Kiana was suffering from severe psychological trauma, Miss i was also on the verge of tears.

She had just reminded Li Zihan to be a little more considerate of Kiana's feelings, only for him to deliver a critical hit with the most concise words possible.

Goddamn "I understand," you clearly don't understand at all!!

She shot Li Zihan a fierce glare, then walked over to Kiana and began to explain.

"You're being too hasty. Zihan wasn't finished speaking."

"What else is there to say?"

Seeing the lovely figure walking toward her, the white-haired dango instantly perked up.

Before this, Li Zihan had said that he and i were discussing how to return the Plasma Kagehide. Looking at it that way, there was definitely a twist coming, right?

Like a husky waiting to be fed, she gazed at Miss i with eyes full of expectation.

Then, she shot another glare at the certain soone who had scared her half to death, making a funny face at him.

"Father only gave this blade to Zihan for temporary safekeeping."

With almost no hesitation, Miss i began to state the facts.

Standing to the side, Li Zihan was stunned for a mont when he heard these words.

Since when is there such a thing as "temporary safekeeping" for a dowry?

Even if there were, you wouldn't ask a mber of the opposite sex, who is the sa age as your daughter, to hold onto it for you, would you?

The only reason Raiden Ryoma had left the Plasma Kagehide with him was because he had been influenced by a series of factors, completely misjudged his relationship with i, and then pinched his nose and accepted his fate.

Raiden i was too flustered; she hadn't organized her words at all.

Kiana just disliked thinking, but that didn't an she was stupid and couldn't notice details.

Once Kiana heard such a problematic statent, there was a high probability it would cause a misunderstanding.

Li Zihan watched Miss i and the white-haired dango opposite her with great interest.

As if sensing Li Zihan's gaze, Miss i turned her head and saw his rather peculiar look.

Thump.

After noticing that strange gaze, Miss i's own expression beca rich with emotion.

Li Zihan was a person who enjoyed wicked humor. For him to make such an expression, sothing truly dramatic must have happened.

So, where was the drama?

Suddenly realizing there was a problem with her statent, Miss i stiffly turned her head back to look at Kiana's face.

The result was just as she expected.

The girl, who wasn't stupid at all, just lazy, trembled. An expression of utter despair appeared on her face, and tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

It seed she had really, truly GG'd amidst all the laughter and joy.

Raiden i wanted to take a step forward, to hug and comfort her, but for a mont, she couldn't think of any comforting words and could only stand there stiffly.

What should I do?

Completely out of ideas, she turned and looked behind her, gazing with pleading eyes at the young man who could, in fact, be considered her fiancé.

If it's him, he should have a way, right?

Hurry up and help! Think of sothing!

Li Zihan, reading this kind of information from her gaze, simply shrugged.

Raiden i had misspoken herself. Even if he went to explain now, it would be very difficult to clarify things.

However, one didn't need explanations to handle this kind of situation.

With that thought, he walked around Miss i and stood before Kiana.

"Want to try settling this emotional dispute the old-fashioned way?"

In terms of Honkai energy alone, he was on par with Kiana, and he directed his question at the white-haired dango.

"If I lose, I will back out."

Hearing these words, Kiana's body jolted.

"Do you really an that?"

Instantly recovering her spirit, Kiana's gaze was as sharp as a husky that had just seen its empty food bowl.

"Of course."

Li Zihan's answers were always so concise.

Like a gladiator in an arena, the white-haired dango stared at the man who already held Miss i's dowry, her eyes burning like flas.

"Ah Li, let's duel!"

She reached a hand under her skirt. The black hem fluttered up slightly, and a small pistol fell into the girl's hand.

"Beauties only belong to the strong!"

Miss Paracium roared, her expression furious.

Footnotes:

Ming Gong Shu Pan Qingming Ji (名公书判清明集): "Collection of Clear Judgents by Famous Officials," a real collection of legal case records from the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279 AD), offering insight into the law and society of the ti.