Bronya was here as a transfer student in Kiana’s class.
Why?
Had this happened in the original story?
Ling Yi’s mind raced.
After ruling out the possibility that she had simply forgotten because she’d spent too long in the simulation, Ling Yi began considering why Bronya was here.
Could she be here to monitor Mei?
No, that didn’t make sense.
If she was here to monitor Raiden Mei, why join Kiana’s class?
Couldn’t she have gone straight to Raiden Mei’s class?
Why had she come here instead?
According to the original plot, it would still be quite some time before Bronya officially appeared.
Aside from Kiana, there was no one special in Kiana’s class.
Why was Bronya here?
[Warning: To facilitate the host’s growth, all simulation results will be reflected in reality.
Please proceed with caution.] Ling Yi suddenly remembered the warning the system had given her during her first simulation.
Hiss…
“Bronya, please choose your seat.” After Bronya finished her brief introduction at the front of the classroom, the math teacher gestured for her to choose a seat.
Ling Yi looked up at Bronya, an ominous feeling rising in her heart.
Could Bronya’s target here be not Raiden Mei…
but Kiana?
“Here.” As though in response to Ling Yi’s suspicions, Bronya pointed a delicate finger at the seat beside her.
Bronya soon sat down beside Ling Yi with her schoolbag on her back.
Ling Yi didn’t know why Bronya was here, but there shouldn’t be any problem with getting to know her while speaking and acting as Kiana would.
“Good morning!
I’m Kiana!
Kiana Kaslana!” Ling Yi blinked her azure eyes and greeted her enthusiastically.
“Kiana is an idiot.” Bronya stared expressionlessly at Ling Yi, then took a notebook from her schoolbag and began writing in it.
“What is Bronya writing?” Ling Yi was a little curious.
“It wouldn’t help Idiot Kiana even if she knew.” Bronya had clearly lost any interest in continuing the conversation.
No matter what Ling Yi said afterward, Bronya showed no intention of responding.
Ring, ring, ring— Once the bell rang, Ling Yi stopped trying to talk to Bronya and began taking notes in class so she could show them to Kiana when they got home.
Ling Yi tried talking to Bronya during every break, but Bronya only ever gave one or two indifferent replies.
The morning’s classes soon ended, and Kiana lived up to expectations by…
sleeping through the entire morning without waking once.
“Bronya, what do you want for lunch?
How about we eat together?” During lunch break, Ling Yi stretched.
Bathed in sunlight, the Damselette’s shapely figure was on full display.
“I’m not eating.” Bronya shook her head and began packing away her textbooks.
“If you don’t eat properly, your figure won’t develop well.” “…Bronya doesn’t think that has anything to do with Idiot Kiana.” The aura Bronya gave off warned everyone to stay away, so Ling Yi stopped asking.
Just as Bronya finished packing her things and stood to leave, the sound of a desk and chair toppling over came from behind her.
“Hey, shorty!
What are you acting so arrogant for?!
Can’t you see Ling…
me asking you a question?
Why are you being so cold?” Bang!
Kiana planted one foot on the chair and glared angrily at Bronya.
Her voice was so loud that every boy and girl in the classroom immediately turned to look at Kiana and Bronya.
‘Kiana!’ Kiana had woken to see Ling Yi showing concern for this shorty, only for the shorty to completely reject her kindness.
How could Kiana possibly tolerate that?
“Ling Yi, you care so much about this shorty, but she’s still treating you so coldly.
It makes me angry.” Kiana snorted and glared at Bronya.
“?” Bronya clearly hadn’t expected Kiana’s demeanor to change so drastically.
She tilted her head expressionlessly, looking somewhat confused.
The Kiana from moments ago had been as gentle and mild as a flowing stream, while the Kiana before her now was as fierce and volatile as a raging flame.
If Bronya hadn’t known there was nothing wrong with Kiana’s mind, she might have suspected Kiana had a second personality.
However…
Bronya had no interest in investigating further.
She turned around and walked out of the classroom.
“Shorty!
How dare you ignore me!” Kiana was so furious that she hopped twice on the spot, but even after thinking it over, she couldn’t come up with any way to vent her anger.
It wasn’t as though she could grab the shorty and beat her up.
Kiana couldn’t bring herself to do something like that.
‘All right, all right, Kiana.
Let’s go home first.’ Ling Yi sighed and gently soothed Kiana inside her mind.
Honestly…
Ling Yi was clearly the one who had been ignored, so why was Kiana even angrier than she was?
A complicated emotion rose in Ling Yi’s heart, a feeling Mobius could never give her.
Well…
it wasn’t that Mobius was bad.
It was just that Mobius rarely gave her this feeling of being forcefully cared for.
“Hmph!
Ling Yi, you’re just too soft.
Why do you still care about someone who treats you so coldly?” Kiana was clearly still angry, but she listened to Ling Yi and walked out of the classroom beneath everyone’s astonished gazes.
‘Even if she was cold to me, you couldn’t treat her like that in the classroom.
What will the other students think of you?
Even if you dislike someone, you can’t openly express your dissatisfaction in front of everyone.’ Everyone in the Far East seemed to have a domineering streak.
Anyone who was different from the crowd had a high chance of being bullied.
Ling Yi would blame herself if Kiana was affected by these people’s gossip.
She desperately wanted to knock some sense into Kiana’s head, but unfortunately, she didn’t have a body of her own right now, so she could only give up.
“Oh, right.” Kiana blinked.
She hadn’t thought of that at all.
She had only felt that her other self was being bullied and wanted to stand up for her.
‘Idiot.’ “I’m not an idiot!
I just wanted to stand up for Ling Yi!” ‘Then let me ask you this.
If everyone in the entire world wanted to bully me one day, what would you do?’ “Anyone who wants to bully you will have to get past me first.
If you make a mistake, I’ll apologize for you, but no one is allowed to bully you.
I’ll never let anyone hurt you.” ‘And you say you’re not an idiot.
How could you possibly take on the whole world?’ “Even if I can’t, I’ll protect you with everything I have.
I, Kiana Kaslana, always keep my word!” ‘…’ ‘Let’s go to the market.
I’ll cook lunch for you.’ Kiana immediately brightened.
“Hehe, as the saying goes, rice is man and iron is steel.
I worked so hard studying this morning, so I’ve got to properly savor my other self’s cooking.” She had never eaten Ling Yi’s cooking before.
She couldn’t wait!
‘It’s “man is iron and rice is steel”…
Besides, what exactly was so difficult about your studying this morning…?’ …….
After leaving the classroom, Bronya swiftly headed up to the Rooftop.
She took out a small device, placed it beside her feet, and lightly tapped the button on top.
A light came on at the top of the device, and its casing silently slid open to reveal a projection system.
A translucent yet clear figure appeared before Bronya.
The figure wore a mask that concealed their face.
Pale green hair cascaded down their back, and their build was similar to Bronya’s, appearing to be around twelve or thirteen years old.
“Serpent Ancestor.” Bronya bowed slightly upon seeing the figure.
Although she was unwilling to submit to the Serpent Ancestor, she wouldn’t neglect basic courtesy.
“Soldier, begin your report on the target’s condition today.” “I made close contact with the target today…
No abnormalities observed.” Bronya hesitated slightly as she considered whether to report Kiana’s unusual behavior during lunch break.
After thinking it over carefully, however, Kiana had been enthusiastic toward her ever since they met that morning.
Given Bronya’s cold attitude, it was only natural for Kiana to lose her temper by noon.
“Soldier, I need you to confirm once more that your report is entirely accurate.
The Herrscher of the Void is extremely important.
I don’t want anything to go wrong.” The Serpent Ancestor’s voice was cold.
“Reporting: Bronya confirms that no abnormalities were observed.” Bronya chose to trust her own judgment.
“Good.
That will be all for today.
Send your next report to me in writing.” After confirming once more, the Serpent Ancestor ended the communication.
“Yes.” ———————————————————————————— ——————– I like you all.
★ ★ ★ T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me!
★ ★ ★ Shilling time!