After a night of immersive dream training, the next day, when Liang Wu opened his eyes again, the time had already reached the next morning.
And the one who woke him up was Kiana, who had come to serve as his alarm clock.
“…Liang Wu, time to get up for breakfast.”
Kiana looked a bit tentative, as if this was her first time doing something like this.
Which made sense, since she had always been the one being woken up before.
But to be honest, hearing that familiar voice by his ear, Liang Wu was still a bit dazed.
What was going on?
Why was Kiana waking him up for breakfast?
When had their relationship progressed this far?
Had he transmigrated again into some unknown alternate timeline?
Unfortunately, Liang Wu kind of wanted to sleep in right now.
Though last night’s training had taken place during sleep, his mind had still been somewhat affected.
But since Kiana had already come to his door, it would be rude to keep pretending to be dead.
Finally, Liang Wu opened his eyes, his focus settling on the white figure standing at the doorway.
Kiana was wearing the light blue dress she had bought yesterday, her hair casually tied back with a hair tie.
She looked much more energetic than the day before.
“…Why are you up so early?”
“It’s not early.
It’s already seven-thirty.” Kiana stood by the doorframe, her gaze pausing on Liang Wu’s face for a moment.
“Did you not sleep well?
You don’t look so good.”
Liang Wu rubbed his temples, the images of last night’s training session with Cecilia in the Stigmata Space still lingering in his mind.
That woman, who called herself his “future mother-in-law,” had teaching enthusiasm that could only be described as terrifying.
Still, the training had been very useful.
Although his energy consumption was low, his application of Honkai energy had been rather shallow before.
With an S-rank Valkyrie like Cecilia to help, Liang Wu did not mind putting in some extra work.
“Mm…
had a bit of insomnia.” Liang Wu gave a vague reply, then suddenly seemed to remember something, his eyes snapping toward Kiana.
“Wait, you said…
breakfast?”
A hint of wariness crept into Liang Wu’s tone.
After all, he had heard about the Kaslana family’s culinary skills.
Had the goddess of fate ultimately failed to favor him, and his kitchen had already met its doom?
Kiana blinked, then understood what Liang Wu was worried about.
“…Don’t worry.
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I just boiled some water and made two bowls of instant noodles.”
Hearing that, Liang Wu visibly let out a breath of relief: “That’s good.”
“What’s with that reaction…” Kiana pouted slightly.
“I know us Kaslanas aren’t exactly great at cooking, but I can still make instant noodles.”
“Making instant noodles shouldn’t require any culinary talent, should it?” Liang Wu said as he got out of bed and casually ran a hand through his messy hair.
“If you’re hungry in the future, just wake me up.
Eating instant noodles in the morning isn’t good for you.”
Hmm…
instant noodles aren’t good for you?
Was that really something he would say?
Thinking back to Cecilia’s insistence last night that he pursue Kiana, Liang Wu felt like he was being influenced quite a bit.
But Kiana shook her head, and her answer was somewhat unexpected: “It’s Monday today.
I can’t disturb your rest just because I’m hungry, can I?”
Liang Wu paused: “Disturb my rest?
What about Monday?”
Was Monday some special occasion?
Kiana tilted her head: “Aren’t you students supposed to have class on Monday?”
“I don’t know what time Chiba Academy starts, but it’s already seven-thirty.
You should still have time, right?”
Liang Wu was silent.
So Kiana was worried about him going to school?
Wow.
St.
Freya education wins.
A place meant to train Valkyries, and it had turned Kiana into this?
Although Liang Wu wanted to tell Kiana that seven-thirty was probably already too late, after two seconds of silence, he very calmly continued: “No need.
I’m not going to school today.”
“Not going to school?” Kiana seemed surprised by the answer.
Liang Wu continued: “After all, going to school is pretty much useless now, right?”
To be honest, as a transmigrator, if it weren’t for getting close to Kevin to farm bond points, he would not have even considered going to school.
In a world with Honkai, unless you were a genius like Mei, studying really did not have much practical use.
Besides, he had already experienced the education system in his previous life.
“I’m planning to drop out.” Liang Wu’s tone was flat.
But Kiana across from him was stunned: “Drop out?
“Because of Honkai, Kiana.”
“This world is about to face a Honkai outbreak, and I don’t plan to sit in a classroom like an ordinary person, waiting for the Honkai to affect my life.”
He turned around and looked at Kiana: “Do you actually like going to school, Kiana?”
Kiana was silent for a few seconds.
Though Kiana had grown a lot after everything she had been through, and she did miss her campus life from before, if she were being honest, she still did not like studying deep down.
“…No, I don’t.” Kiana admitted.
Kiana’s answer was not surprising.
“Exactly.” Liang Wu spoke again.
“So going to school is meaningless for us now.”
As he spoke, Liang Wu picked up his phone from the bedside.
Opening it, he saw several missed calls from his homeroom teacher.
Oh, and there were also calls from Kevin and Su.
They had called him a few times too.
Wait…
it was only seven-thirty.
It wasn’t even exam season, why were they chasing after him like this?
After a moment’s thought, Liang Wu immediately sent a leave request to his homeroom teacher.
And the reason?
The classic fever excuse.
“OK, all set.” Liang Wu made a gesture toward Kiana.
But Kiana seemed a bit off.
She was staring at him with a puzzled look.
“…What’s wrong?
Is there something on my face?”
Kiana shook her head: “No…
I just feel like you look a bit different from yesterday.”
Liang Wu froze: “Different how?”
“Your hair.” Kiana pointed at his head.
“Your hair seems a bit longer, and…
your skin is a bit paler than yesterday?”
Liang Wu blinked, instinctively reaching up to touch his hair.
???
It really did seem that way.