Kiana continued her story:
“My dad abandoned me and disappeared when I was very little.
To find him, I’ve traveled all across Siberia.”
“Every time I found a lead, I was always too late and ended up going home empty-handed.
It was super frustrating!”
Kiana clenched her fists angrily:
“Recently, in Changkong City in Japan, I finally tracked down clues about my Smelly Dad.
I also met a kind teacher who helped me enroll at Chiba Academy, so I came to Japan.”
“Once I get out of this horrible place and find that Smelly Old Man, I’m gonna make him tell me why he abandoned me back then!
If his answer isn’t good enough, I’ll never speak to him again!”
Emma Sakuraba looked worried:
“Kiana-san…”
Yukino Yukinoshita stayed silent, but felt genuine surprise and admiration for Kiana.
Raised in a single-parent family, abandoned by her father, yet crossing from Siberia to Japan all on her own to find him—she was practically superhuman.
Kushida immediately offered her sweetest support:
“I’m sure you’ll find your dad, Kiana-san!”
Natsuyu’s thoughts wandered.
‘In reality, Kiana’s dad, Siegfried Kaslana, has been secretly protecting her from the shadows the entire time.
Otherwise, how could a young girl travel across multiple countries all by herself?’
‘I wonder if Siegfried will go crazy after realizing Kiana has vanished into thin air…
getting hit by his own boomerang, desperately searching the world for her in eternal regret?’
‘Just thinking about it gives me a headache!’
‘Of course, it’s still best if we find a way back home as quickly as possible.’
Kiana rubbed her nose and smiled brightly:
“Hehe, you can just call me Kiana!”
“I’m super strong!
If we run into any danger, you guys can just hide behind me!”
“I’ve mastered Honkai Energy!
I can’t explain exactly what it is, but it makes me way stronger than normal humans and lets me beat up Honkai Beasts!”
Natsuyu looked at Kiana’s goofy, confident smile and nodded slightly.
‘Kiana’s base combat power allows her to smash a building-sized Chariot-class Honkai Beast with a baseball bat.
She’s definitely the strongest fighter in our group right now.’
‘If pushed too far, she might even awaken the second personality inside her—Queen Sirin—and become a Herrscher capable of obliterating heaven and earth.’
‘Of course, Sirin despises humanity.
If she comes out, Natsuyu and the rest of the team would be her first victims.’
‘However…
Herrscher transformations require massive amounts of Honkai Energy.’
‘This isn’t the Honkai universe, and there’s no Honkai Energy in the air here.
Even if Queen Sirin can pull energy from the Imaginary Space, she probably can’t gather enough power here.’
‘So Kiana probably won’t be able to turn into a full Herrscher in this world.’
Natsuyu considered the status of the highest-stat member of his team, then spoke up:
“If we encounter monsters, we won’t leave all the fighting to you alone.
We need to divide the workload.
No one slacks off, and no one gets saddled with all the pressure.”
Kiana put her hands on her hips, grinning brightly like a cat:
“Handsome guy, you’re pretty cool!”
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She was like a superhero hiding in the shadows!
With reliable Natsuyu leading and mighty Kiana fighting, a strong sense of security enveloped the group.
Almost simultaneously, the four girls turned their eyes to Natsuyu.
Emma said hopefully:
“Now it’s your turn!”
Natsuyu nodded at Emma, causing her to smile shyly.
“My name is Natsuyu Rurikawa.
You can just call me Natsuyu.”
Emma’s heart skipped a beat:
“Y-Yes, Natsuyu-kun!”
“Rurikawa?”
Yukino pondered for a moment.
“Isn’t that the name of a former noble family from the Tokyo region?”
Kushida was surprised:
“Huh?
Ru…
Natsuyu-kun is a noble too?!”
Natsuyu shook his head:
“Just a fallen noble.”
“I was pursuing the truth, and the voice in my head used that to tempt me.
I didn’t fall for it, but I still got dragged here anyway.”
Emma was surprised:
“Natsuyu-kun is also pursuing the truth?!
That’s just like my friend Hiiro!”
“Hiiro was my childhood friend.
I couldn’t compare to him in anything—he was super popular, loved by everyone, always fought for justice, and even became student council president…
Natsuyu-kun feels more and more like him.”
Natsuyu shook his head softly:
“I’m not him.
The ‘truth’ we’re after is completely different.”
Kiana asked:
“Can you tell us?”
“There’s nothing to hide.”
Natsuyu spoke calmly:
“My father was an in-law who married into the Rurikawa family.
My mother passed away when I was young, so my father worked hard as the head of our family.”
“He was a lawyer who frequently fought crime and strove to do the right thing.
He always hoped I would grow up to be a righteous person.”
Kiana realized this and said with a bit of envy:
“Man, my Smelly Old Man can’t compare to your awesome dad at all!
So you pursue the truth because of your father’s teachings?”
“No.”
Natsuyu adjusted his sleeves, speaking in a calm tone.
“Honestly, I didn’t care about any of that.
I just wanted to make money, eat good food, and lie flat as a slacker for the rest of my life.” The source of this chapter is g.com.
Yukino commented sharply:
“For a fallen noble, becoming a societal parasite is actually the most beneficial contribution to society.”
Emma asked curiously:
“Then why does Natsuyu-kun want to pursue the truth now?”
“Because of my father’s death.”
The four girls froze in shock.
Especially Kiana who brought up the topic, Yukino who just made a sarcastic comment, and Emma who asked for the answer—all three felt a sudden wave of deep regret:
‘I’m so awful!’
‘Why did I have to be so nosy and pry into his past?!’
Natsuyu continued his story calmly while the four girls listened intently:
“About half a year ago, an intruder broke into our house to kill us.
My lawyer father died fighting the intruder while trying to protect me.”
Kushida softly comforted him:
“That intruder was horrible…
Natsuyu-kun, are you okay now?”
Natsuyu spread his hands:
“I’m fine.
You don’t need to worry.
I didn’t feel overly devastated back then, and I certainly don’t now.”
(As a transmigrator, Natsuyu appreciated the lawyer’s honest character and felt familial affection, but didn’t view him as a real father so much as a good friend).
“However, you’re mistaken about one thing.
The intruder wasn’t a bad person.”
“Huh?”
Kushida let out a confused squeak.
Natsuyu explained:
“That was when I learned the truth behind the whole incident.”
“A criminal organization obtained info on my school commute and threatened my lawyer father, forcing him to defend them in court to escape punishment.”
“He defended those criminals and used his legal connections to win a perfect acquittal.”
“The man who broke into our house was actually the father of one of the victims.
According to my lawyer father, it was simply divine retribution.”
“Before he died alongside the intruder, my father told me: ‘You don’t need to admire your father anymore, Natsuyu.
I have committed sins and am unworthy of being followed.
Seek your own truth.’ He even sentimentally assumed I admired him.”
Kushida’s throat felt dry and tight.
Seeing Natsuyu’s calm, steady demeanor, she couldn’t help but admire his mental fortitude.
‘Wait…
why does EVERYONE here have such a tragic back-story?!’
‘Could it be that Yukinoshita also suffered some horrific trauma that made her so cold?!’
Kushida glanced at Yukino with a look of deep pity, having completely misinterpreted the situation!
Natsuyu concluded:
“Therefore, I began to question what ‘truth’ really means.
Since it was his dying wish, I decided to seek out the true meaning of truth for myself.”
“And without a doubt!”
Natsuyu’s voice rose with firm conviction:
“This godforsaken place, abducting us against our will, is an absolute act of injustice!”
“Therefore, we must unite, stop internal squabbling, support one another, find a way home, and escape this terrible place together!”