After several days of intensive training with Mei, Nana’s physical fitness had barely reached the minimum standard of a D-rank Valkyrie.
Every day, they trained until sunset, ate their fill, took a nice bath, and then went to bed snuggling close to Mei.
Life was truly wonderful~ The air even carried a hint of sourness.
However, today, Nana woke up startled from a dream.
Nana gasped for breath, looking at Mei beside her.
Moonlight spilled onto Mei’s peaceful sleeping face; everything was just as usual.
But the scene in her dream felt far too real.
She dreamed that in that alley, fate had taken a different turn.
She hadn’t found the familiar, gentle Mei by her side.
Instead, it was a deranged, slightly yandere Herrscher of Thunder.
That obsessive and crazed look in Mei’s eyes still seemed to be right before her.
Nana couldn’t help but shiver, gently nudging Mei.
Mei drowsily opened her eyes.
Seeing Nana’s frightened face, pouting and tearful like a kitten, she instantly became alert and asked gently, “Nana, what’s wrong?
Did you have a nightmare?” “Wah…” Nana tightly hugged Mei, her voice choked with sobs: “Mei, I had a nightmare…
I dreamed that in that alley, before I could find you, a crazy, yandere version of you came out, chasing me, imprisoning me, even following me home, and finally putting a collar on my neck…
and also my hands and feet…
Every day, you’d find new ways to say you loved me and then torment me.
It was so scary.” Mei gently patted Nana’s back, softly comforting her: “Silly Nana, that was just a dream.
How could I be a yandere?
Besides, even if I went crazy, I wouldn’t go that far, right?” Nana said between sniffles: “But the you in the dream was really terrifying.
You only allowed me to look at you, locked me up.
Sometimes you even wouldn’t give me food, and you wanted to eat me too!
Waaah waaah” Hearing the latter part, Mei was caught between laughter and tears.
She hugged Nana tighter: “Don’t worry, I won’t treat you like that.
I won’t make you feel afraid.” Under Mei’s soothing, Nana gradually calmed down and fell back into a peaceful sleep.
Mei had actually also dreamed of a similar yet different scene…
But that one…
well…
was a bit too absurd and abstract.
Since Nana had just had a nightmare and was unsettled, Mei didn’t mention it, afraid Nana wouldn’t be able to sleep at all.
[Stay tuned for the discarded setting, extra story two: The Mei Who Doesn’t Belong to Nana Snuggled tightly in Mei’s embrace, Nana slept in until noon again.
Although she still felt somewhat mentally fatigued, it was better than being unable to sleep after a nightmare.
Seeing Nana wasn’t in good shape today, Mei skipped training and took a day off.
Proper relaxation helps relieve mental stress.
Rubbing her eyes, Nana, with her clothes slipping off her shoulder, sleepily walked towards Mei in the kitchen.
Compared to the Mei who frightened her in the dream, she still preferred this one…
Like a wronged kitten clinging tightly to a leg, Nana wrapped her arms around Mei’s waist.
Seeing Nana, even in her drowsy state, didn’t forget to hug her, Mei felt helpless.
Fortunately, it didn’t hinder her cooking, so she let her be.
…
After the meal, fully awake, Nana was pondering.
Since this world has Imaginary Energy, could she try absorbing it?
Or perhaps, through the medium of Imaginary Energy, find a way to seek an audience with a Star God or something…
She couldn’t just have no means of self-defense at all, right?
Then, after quickly finishing her meal, she looked at Mei with pleading eyes.
Nana: (☆w☆) Mei felt as if something was staring at her.
Looking up, she saw her own kitten staring at her with beseeching eyes…
Mei asked, puzzled, “What is it, Nana?
Is there something on my face…?” Nana said hesitantly, “No, not that…
it’s just…
I have an idea…” “?” “What idea?
Tell me about it?” So she voiced her worries and hypothesis.
Mei could understand the first part about Imaginary Energy, but the latter part about Star Gods…
what was that?
It was Nana who had forgotten; she hadn’t told Mei about Honkai: Star Rail yet.
Nana slapped her forehead and hastily gave Mei a rough explanation of the concept of Star Gods.
They are powerful and mysterious existences within the imaginary tree, generally composed of abstract concepts.
Their power can casually alter the universe.
After hearing this, Mei said thoughtfully, “Imaginary Energy is indeed a very special energy.
However, wanting to use it to seek an audience with Star Gods…
I don’t know if that idea would work.
But if you want to try absorbing energy, why not start with Honkai Energy?” Mei thought for a moment, took Nana’s hand, and transferred a bit of Honkai Energy into her to see if Nana could accept it.
Nana only felt a surge of fiery energy enter her body, then her body trembled slightly.
After a while, there was no further reaction.
Mei’s eyes widened.
Looking at the familiar yet somehow off scene, she said, “Nana, your situation…
seems a bit off…
Because even Kiana, whom Otto called the perfect Herrscher vessel, would show some symptoms of Corrosion when first absorbing Honkai Energy, which would subside only after adaptation.
“But you…
show no trace of Corrosion at all.
You just trembled a little.
I’m considering a possibility…
that your body has even higher adaptability than ours.” Nana was stunned.
She had never imagined she had such a talent??
Then Nana looked at Mei with determined eyes.
“Mei, if we’re going to confirm this, then increase the dosage and see what my limit is!” “But that could be dangerous.
Even I might not be able to save you in time, Nana…
Are you sure you want to try?” “Yes, this is a hypothesis that must be verified!
Let’s begin the experiment!” Mei grasped Nana’s hands, frantically absorbing the sparse Imaginary Energy from the air and converting it into the more volatile Honkai Energy.
If she could control the more volatile Honkai Energy, then controlling the gentler Imaginary Energy would be relatively simpler.
Did Nana’s spur-of-the-moment guess actually turn out to be right??
After the Honkai Energy entered her body, its volatile nature instantly turned into a harmless little bunny, as if meeting its natural predator, not daring to make a peep.
Honkai Energy:?
WTF!
It’s the boss!
Feeling warm all over and truly showing no symptoms of Corrosion, she knew she had bet correctly.
All!
Or nothing!!
The presence of Honkai Energy added a hint of purple luster to her azure blue eyes, seemingly shifting towards a certain direction.
Then the days ahead were simple and clear!
With a master like Mei by her side, she felt she was one step closer to the days of not eating beef (misleading).
Nana: How could I possibly not eat beef?
Beef is so delicious.
A foodie would never give up any tasty food ദ്ദി ˉ͈꒳ˉ͈) She felt that from now on, she would finally embark on a different kind of special training.
That was, how to control power.
After transferring the Honkai Energy, Mei looked at Nana suspiciously, a terrifying term flashing through her mind.
[Finality]…
She shook her head, feeling she was probably just being overly sentimental.
Better not scare herself.
But it was indeed her first time encountering a child with such extremely high adaptability like Nana.
Fortunately, Nana had her by her side.
If Nana didn’t listen in the future, she could only…
(pun intended).
Because Mei felt it was highly likely that, apart from talking, she might not be able to win in a fight…