Sister.
The word felt incredibly foreign to Kiana.
For as long as she could remember, the only family member in her memory was one person: [Father] Siegfried Kaslana.
Beyond that, there was no one—no aunts, uncles, or cousins.
Even her mother, who should have been with her since childhood, was a complete non-entity.
Sometimes she even wondered if she’d been adopted; otherwise, how could she not know her own mother’s name or face?
But now, a sister had suddenly appeared out of thin air.
While it made her happy, a question sprouted in her heart.
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: Wait, where did I get a sister from?
I’ve never heard my stinky old dad mention it!
[The Steel Warden]: Your dad thought she was dead.
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: Wait, is that something you can just think?!
My stinky old dad might be unreliable, but this is a whole new level!
Shenzhou has a saying: see the person if they’re alive, see the corpse if they’re dead.
How did it become ‘don’t know if she’s alive, can’t find her if she’s dead’ in my family?
[Customer Service Sakiko]: It must have been very hard for you, Kiana, having such an unreliable father.
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: Hard is an understatement!
When I was little, he made some weird promise to me and then just vanished.
I searched all over Europe and couldn’t find him.
I only came to Nagazora City because I heard rumors of a mysterious, one-armed, white-haired man, but it was another dead end.
[Customer Service Sakiko]: And he never once mentioned your sister?
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: This is the first time I’ve ever heard I have a sister.
Seriously, right now I have this feeling like, ‘Chiaki, are you the real Kaslana here?’ By the way, if my sister is alive, why didn’t she ever look for us?
[Talulah]: I’m not sure I’m qualified to comment.
[Underworld’s Rokurokubi]: I think it might have been the right decision for your sister not to look for you.
[Customer Service Sakiko]: Kiana, does your father drink often?
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: He used to be a heavy drinker.
[Customer Service Sakiko]: Then I have no further questions.
Heavy drinking, a child not knowing who her mother is, abandoning his daughter and disappearing…
all these factors added up painted a very grim picture.
If her own situation weren’t so complicated, she’d be tempted to tell Kiana to just stop looking for her dad and come be her bandma—ah, no, her roommate instead.
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: Why do I feel like you guys are starting to treat me weirdly?
Don’t get the wrong idea!
My father was actually really good to me.
He’s not the deadbeat scumbag who abandons his wife and child like you’re thinking!
He even made a promise with me before he left!
[Customer Service Sakiko]: Sigh.
I suppose this is what they call Stockholm Syndrome.
[Child of Prophecy]: Waaah, Kiana…
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[Underworld’s Rokurokubi]: I lost my mother and father at birth and grew up in an orphanage, but even I know that a father who abandons his older daughter and lets his younger daughter wander the world alone is no good.
[Talulah]: Sigh.
Can anyone in this group even form a complete family?
[Grand Marshal Maple]: My parents are very good to me.
[The Steel Warden]: How rude, Talulah.
My family is very complete.
[Talulah]: My apologies.
She had forgotten that Utena had both parents, lived a happy family life, and even had enough allowance to fill a room with magical girl figures.
And Chiaki, from the looks of it, also came from a complete family.
It really was true what they say: the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.
The four of them couldn’t even scrape together one complete set of parents between them, while the other two had four parents between them with no effort.
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: Chiaki, you still haven’t told me who my sister is.
[The Steel Warden]: Your sister is Schicksal’s strongest S-rank Valkyrie, Durandal.
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: S-RANK VALKYRIE?!
No, wait, STOP!
Don’t say anything else, let me talk first!
If my sister is doing that well, why the hell would my stinky old dad think she was dead?!
She’s an S-rank Valkyrie!
S-rank!
The strongest Valkyrie in Schicksal, something I’ve only dreamed of becoming, and now you’re telling me my sister is the strongest Valkyrie?
[The Steel Warden]: Simply put, your father was flying away with you and your sister when you were attacked.
Your sister was hit by metal fragments, causing the plane to crash.
She fell from several thousand meters into a vast mountain range below.
[Child of Prophecy]: ?
[Talulah]: ?
[Underworld’s Rokurokubi]: ?
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: Wait, she didn’t die from that?
My sister’s life force is that strong?
No wonder she’s the strongest Valkyrie…
But why don’t I have any memory of this?
[The Steel Warden]: Because you had just been born.
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: ?
Then how old was my sister at the time?
[The Steel Warden]: About eight?
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: She was EIGHT?!
An eight-year-old gets hit by shrapnel from a missile explosion, falls several thousand meters from the sky into a mountain range and doesn’t die, doesn’t even end up in a coma, but instead becomes Schicksal’s strongest S-rank Valkyrie?!
Are we really sisters?
No, are we even the same species?
[Customer Service Sakiko]: Can I ask something?
Is the Kaslana family’s other name ‘Kryptonian’?
[Customer Service Sakiko]: Am I the only normal human left in this group?
I could have counted Kiana as a normal human who was just a billion times stronger than average, but the moment her blood relative shows up, it’s revealed she’s not human at all, but a Kryptonian wearing human skin.
After all, if your sister is that ridiculous, you can’t be anything simple either.
Being the only normal person here…
I suddenly feel like I don’t belong.
[The Steel Warden]: Calm down.
I’m a normal human too.
[Customer Service Sakiko]: I don’t think someone who can survive a fall from several thousand meters can call themselves a ‘normal human.’ I saw through you from the start!
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: Chiaki…
Chiaki, can I ask you for a favor?
[The Steel Warden]: What is it?
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: Since you know the plot of my world, could you take some time to write down everything you know and send it to me?
[The Steel Warden]: Your world’s information is massive.
Do you have any idea how much time and energy that would take me?
[I Want to Eat Mei-Flavored Noodles]: Onegai!
This is a once-in-a-lifetime request!
I’ll do anything!!