“Are you that interested in my other half?” A hand reached out from behind Kiana, gently embracing her from behind.
Warm breath blew across Kiana’s ear, making the tips of her ears turn slightly red.
“Is this interest because of power, or because of the person herself?” The cold, echoing female voice sounded just like someone catching a fickle cat.
Those slender arms rested firmly on Kiana’s shoulders, while the palms landed on Kiana’s chest.
“Don’t be touchy, my dear Queen.” Kiana turned her head slightly and kissed that face, which was similar to her own.
The previously aloof Queen’s cheeks instantly turned red, and she pushed Kiana away.
“How insolent!
Who, who gave you permission to kiss me?
Don’t get cocky, you mere vessel!” Covering the spot that had just been kissed, it was less that the Herrscher of the Void was truly angry, and more that she was just using these words to cover up her inner feelings.
After all…
right now, her heart was already filled with Kiana, aside from the hatred.
Thinking back to what happened initially, the Herrscher of the Void’s cheeks were as red as a ripe tomato.
The culprit, meanwhile, leaned over pitifully and clung to the Herrscher of the Void’s arm, acting spoiled: “So you still think of me as a vessel?
I’m so sad…”
Seeing Kiana’s eyes actually turn red, the Herrscher of the Void couldn’t help but look away, maintaining a cold tone: “Hmph, I just misspoke earlier.
If you’re really willing to be one, then hurry up and offer your body to me so I can take revenge on that bastard blonde.”
“No way~ After all, you can’t beat my sister right now.” Kiana knew the pressure Durandal exerted.
Although Durandal might not be as strong as she would be later on, don’t forget…
even now, Durandal could activate her star armor.
If the Herrscher of the Void went, following the inherited tradition of arrogance, the outcome would probably be being hung up and whipped.
“I heard that.” The Herrscher of the Void pinched Kiana’s face expressionlessly.
She and Kiana were one and the same; how could they not feel each other’s thoughts?
She had just been momentarily blinded by this black-bellied, bad cat and had forgotten about this.
“Ehehe?” Sticking out her tongue, Kiana acted cute toward the Herrscher of the Void.
“So, you really like my other half?” The Herrscher of the Void and Kiana were cuddling in the inner world.
The Queen’s fingertips boredly fiddled with Kiana’s long hair, making the neat single ponytail messy.
“Why wouldn’t I like her?” Kiana gently covered her chest.
She could feel her heartbeat accelerating because of Raiden Mei.
It had nothing to do with interests; it was the most primal form of attraction.
“Are Kaslana genes really that powerful?” The Herrscher of the Void looked at Kiana suspiciously.
Although she had already learned about the Previous Era from her memories, Kevin’s genes couldn’t possibly be powerful enough to make descendants fall in love with someone just by seeing that face.
“Haven’t you seen the memories I shared with you?
No matter which universe it is, Kiana and Raiden Mei will always be each other’s closest people.” Kiana leaned her head on the Herrscher of the Void’s shoulder, her words and actions completely inconsistent, making the Herrscher of the Void’s fingertips involuntarily apply a little more force.
“I’ll deal with you tonight.” After whispering a threat to Kiana, the Herrscher of the Void kicked her out of the inner world.
…
“Mei, let’s go eat~” As soon as class ended, Kiana took Raiden Mei’s hand, causing Raiden Mei to blush once again.
“Ah, okay, okay.
Ki, Kiana…” Raiden Mei said the name, feeling a bit unaccustomed to it.
They had only known each other for less than a day, after all.
‘Her hand…
so warm…’ Raiden Mei looked down at Kiana’s hand, lost in thought, only snapping back to reality from the warmth of Kiana’s palm after the other girl brought her to the rooftop.
“The rooftop?” Raiden Mei didn’t understand why Kiana had brought her here.
She felt even more nervous, starting to make the worst assumptions—that everything Kiana had shown her was a deception, and now she was just revealing her true colors.
“Um, Mei…” Kiana’s voice was very soft.
Just as Raiden Mei was already highly tense inside, she saw it: the white-haired girl, who looked like a princess, suddenly hugged her thigh and started wailing: “Give me something to eat, Mei!
I’m starving!
I didn’t bring my meal card or wallet!”
Looking at the girl hugging her thigh, Raiden Mei’s brain short-circuited for a few seconds.
She didn’t understand how Kiana, who had been so cool and god-like in the classroom just moments ago, could quickly switch to this…
this somewhat…
well, lowly appearance.
“Onegai, as long as Mei gives me something to eat, I’ll do anything!”
Facing Kiana’s dry wailing, what would Raiden Mei’s choice be—?
“Really…
anything?” Raiden Mei felt inexplicably moved, but thinking about the bento made with her own cooking skills…
she suddenly felt it would be better not to harm others.
“Really!” Kiana nodded frantically.
She couldn’t be blamed for having no shame, but that was Mei!
It was Raiden Mei, whom every Kiana would fall in love with.
“Then…” Raiden Mei gently cupped Kiana’s face, the tips of her ears slightly red, seemingly finding it hard to say the request she was about to make.
“Can you please…
always, always be my friend?” Raiden Mei’s voice carried a hint of nervousness.
The lonely thunder also wanted to find a cloud where it could rest.
Hearing Raiden Mei’s words, Kiana was a bit dazed; it felt as if a string in her heart had been gently plucked.
“Can’t you…” Seeing Kiana not answer, Raiden Mei was already accustomed to it.
After all, how could the daughter of a fraudster like her ever gain friendship again…
“I promise!” Just as Raiden Mei wanted to pull her hand back, a strong little hand gripped Raiden Mei’s hand, which had been tempered by years of sword practice.
That pair of hands was so warm, so scorching, that it made Raiden Mei feel the coldness in her heart melting away.
“Even if the stars fade, even if the universe perishes, even if we are separated by time, and all things reach the end of the Finality, I, Kiana Kaslana, will never let go of Raiden Mei’s hand!”
Kiana’s voice was very firm, but Raiden Mei strangely felt a hint of gravity…
but she didn’t hate it; on the contrary, she was inexplicably happy.
“Then it’s a promise…
even if our legs are broken, and not a single bone in our bodies is intact, even if we have to crawl, we must hold each other’s hands again.” Raiden Mei, who had already been isolated and bullied, encountered the best friend who would never let go of her in this lifetime on what she thought was just another ordinary, repetitive day.
Two heavy souls leaned on each other, but…
a grumbling sound broke the atmosphere between the two.
“Ah, I’m sorry Kiana, I forgot you were still very hungry…” Raiden Mei hurriedly took out her bento, but the moment the bento box was opened, Raiden Mei fell silent.
There was no reason other than that the appearance of this bento…
looked truly unpalatable.
“How about we go to the cafeteria instead…
Kiana?!” Raiden Mei wanted to destroy this bento, but it was snatched away by Kiana, who began wolfing it down.
“Delicious!” Kiana gave a thumbs up, swallowed the food in her mouth, and wiped her mouth while looking at Raiden Mei’s shocked expression.
“Ki, Kiana!
Spit it out!
What if you get a stomachache…” Raiden Mei was a bit anxious, but Kiana had already finished the entire bento.
“A true best friend is someone who, even if the other person has flaws, still accepts them, and encourages them to do better next time!” Kiana’s words shocked Raiden Mei’s heart once again.
Looking at Kiana, tears welled up in her eyes before she knew it.
Even ten years in the future, Raiden Mei would still remember that day when she, who had been ostracized, met the girl who had just enrolled.
She had reached out her hand to her, and from the moment she grasped her hand, her fate had been changed by her.