Mei came out with two bowls of cooked instant noodles, her face gloomy.
She felt like a deflated balloon, suddenly feeling like a complete failure as the Herrscher of Food.
Such a large kitchen, yet she couldn’t show off her skills, only managing to bring out two bowls of instant noodles that were merely seasoned and cooked.
Failure…
such a failure…
The thought instantly ruined her appetite for the noodles.
However, Nana didn’t pay much attention to that; her eyes were filled only with a craving for delicious food.
The fragrant aroma was like the hand of Satan, beckoning and seducing her gluttonous instincts.
Nana: (∗✧w✧∗) Is this the food Mei cooked?!
It really smells better than what I usually cook!
Oh no, I can’t wait any longer, hesitating for so long is disrespectful to the food and to Mei!
I’m going to devour it!!
Slurp slurp slurp…
Mei heard the slurping sound, looked up at Nana, who was eating very happily, and her disappointment suddenly wasn’t so great.
“Mmm mmm~ So good!
Mei, what you cooked is really much better than what I cook.” Although Nana’s cheeks were puffed out from eating, she still gave Mei a thumbs-up in praise ദ്ദി ˉ͈꒳ˉ͈) Mei looked at the satisfied expression and the juice on the corners of the person’s mouth before her.
Her thoughts drifted back to the period with Chiyou.
The purple-haired girl, as usual, made a bento at home and took it to school to share with her “friends,” but because of what happened, this bento was not accepted by her “friends.” Sitting alone on the rooftop, she unconsciously caressed the bento, but there are always exceptions.
The white-haired girl who had transferred to the school had somehow followed her to the rooftop, ate her bento without complaint, and praised it with unreserved liking and encouragement.
“Mei!
Your bento is so delicious!
Can I eat it again in the future…?” That sunny smile dispelled her gloom at the time, bringing a ray of dawn into her world.
Yes, she had started cooking simply because of those words ‘delicious’ and ‘I like it’; only then did she learn how to cook better, anticipating happy feedback.
“Is that so?
Then how about I cook for you from now on?” In different worlds, different times, a white-haired girl appeared to save her anxious, fearful, and somewhat lonely heart.
Perhaps all she could do was protect this ray of white dawn.
“Really?!
That’s great, Mei!
Thank you!” Nana felt genuinely happy.
Although she couldn’t read a person’s expression, her intuition was always very accurate!
Since last night, she had felt that something was wrong with Mei’s inner state, but she wasn’t a professional psychologist and didn’t know what to do.
She could only watch over her as a friend, lest she suddenly become a Self-Annihilator like Izanami one day.
…
In a certain snowfield, near a clean stone, two long spears, one black and one white, stood upright, and a beautiful woman with white hair, blue eyes, and a brown battle suit sat on the stone.
While drinking a warm Cappuccino and scrolling on her phone, a special notification popped up on the screen.
It was a message from the user noted as Little Nana (Little fellow).
“Oh?
Rare, what problem has the Little fellow encountered this time that she’s looking for me?” She jumped to Penguin and quickly skimmed through.
“Raiden Mei’s identity information…
hmm…
not a big problem, fortunately.
I thought the Little fellow was crying and asking for help because a Honkai Eruption had occurred~?” The white-haired beauty smiled.
Such a small matter was quite simple; she just needed to send a message to the people below to handle it.
As for what happens next, that’s none of my business~ If it weren’t for Mei’s identity issue this time~ Nana might never have known that there are actually masters in this world?
…
“Have you changed, Mei?” She shrugged; what she wore didn’t matter, as she had several identical sets [referring to the cover outfit].
But Mei couldn’t; she didn’t have many clothes.
If she had to go out, she thought long and hard.
Among her pile of Mei cosplay outfits, was the Augmented Striker cosplay outfit the most everyday?
The clever her only needed to remove the decorations…
change into a pair of sneakers, eh ♦!
The original wearer would look so much more beautiful than her in it!
Nana: Clever as I am~ Theresa.jpg “Ah, sorry, Nana…
this Striker outfit is a bit different from my original one…
it took some time.” This was the truth, after all, one was Anti-Entropy technology, and the other was ordinary clothing that had been localized.
When Mei walked out of the room, she tried moving in the outfit and found that there were no major problems as long as she wasn’t fighting, but it wasn’t her size, so there were subtle differences in some places.
Meanwhile, Nana was already dumbfounded.
Inside, she was swooning, wanting to hug and rub against Mei.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
Ding-dong~ Ding-dong~ Mei instinctively reacted, pulling out the key of deceit.
Better safe than sorry, after all.
Nana had always lived alone and had no combat power.
“Mei, calm down…
calm down…
This is Shenzhou, the public order is very good, and there’s the Sky Eye.
Quickly put your sword away.” Seeing Mei instantly switch to combat stance, Nana was really afraid that Mei, in her current mental state, might have a stress reaction and cause unnecessary casualties…
“Is this Shenzhou?
Class Monitor’s hometown?” “More or less, but I don’t know if there’s Taixuan Mountain here…?” “It’s alright, Mei, how about you just follow behind me?” Nana offered a compromise.
Seeing Mei nod, she went to open the door.
The delivery man, upon seeing someone finally come out, breathed a sigh of relief, afraid that if no one was home, he would have to wait until the recipient returned.
After all, the higher-ups demanded that this order was very important; if it couldn’t be personally delivered, his year’s salary would be deducted completely!
The life of a worker is hard.
“Hello, are you Ms.
Nana?
Here’s a package for you.
Please give this service a 5-star rating.” The delivery man handed over the package and a rating form.
“Ah?
Okay, okay, thank you for your hard work!” After signing for it, she saw the rating form and noticed that this delivery man’s surname was Zhou?
And his given name was Jianzhang?
Captain?
What a rare sight~ After Nana gave a 5-star rating, the other party was overjoyed, because his salary was saved, sniff sniff.
A small interlude ended.
Nana and Mei looked at the opened package.
One was a document bag containing Mei’s identification papers.
The other was a letter for herself.
Nana picked it up and opened it, not noticing a small pattern in the bottom right corner of the letter…
Mei found it very familiar.
Nana might not have seen it, but she thought it looked like…
The symbol of Schicksal…
Is it a coincidence?
“Who sent it to me?
Mom?” When she read it carefully, what did it mean, ‘Mom hopes I take down Mei’??
And ‘will come back to see Mei when she has time’?
And what did it mean, ‘Mom knows there’s Honkai in this world’???
She cursed under her breath.
The style of the letter was indeed her mom’s, but after reading it, her head ached.
How did she suddenly get assigned tasks!
Mei saw Nana suddenly look troubled and asked, “What’s wrong, Nana?
Is it something bad?” Nana sighed and replied to Mei, “No, it’s just that Mom gave me another wonderfully peculiar surprise…” “Nana’s mother?
Ms.
Cécilia?” Mei pondered if Nana’s mother was Ms.
Cécilia?
But judging by her reaction, it seemed a bit strange?
“Cécilia?
Not Mama Cece, uh…
I, I can’t explain it in a short while.
How to put it…
I remember I was adopted, I think?
Anyway, the point is!
I’m not her biological child.” “And ever since I was adopted, all my impressions of Mom became very blurry—her appearance, voice, name, I don’t know any of them.
But I do remember that Mom was really, really good to me, just occasionally giving me what she called surprises, but were actually terrifying tasks…” “This time, she wants me to go to the Far East sometime…
but I’m a bit lazy.” Mei felt it was very strange.
Unknown appearance, unknown voice, unknown name, and a somewhat mischievous personality—completely different from the Ms.
Cécilia she knew.
Could it be a non-homologous counterpart?
Just a rich aunt?
“Forget it, forget it, Mei, let’s go shopping!
A small interlude is nothing to worry about.” She casually tossed the letter back into the express box, hoping the slight annoyance would vanish with it.
“Hmm…
alright.” Mei set aside her doubts.
After all, she knew so little about this world; some things could only be explored in the future.