As Rosaria's voice echoed throughout the Golden Courtyard, the entire place was abuzz.
"Oh!! That idiot Kiana actually did such a thing? If she abducted an underage girl, Bronya would call the police!"
"I didn't expect Kiana to bring a beautiful girl back for the New Year! She has really grown up!"
Elysia was very pleased and then went downstairs to see if Kiana's aesthetics were still intact.
You know, Kiana was taught by her!
Although there was also the greasy Siegfried who taught some lessons, it must be said that the skills of picking up girls from Siegfried's perspective are quite good.
From a different perspective, it brought Elysia new inspiration for picking up girls.
Maybe she could occasionally act like a boy, giving the other person a sense of security, and then capture the heart of a beautiful girl?
However, Bronie is still quite strong-willed, so usually, this kind of behavior only makes Bronie a little shy, and then Bronie uses more practical actions to prove that she does not need protection.
The one who needs protection is Elysia.
"No! It's just that my Senpai has a little conflict with her family, so I thought you might have some ideas!"
Bronie also poked her head out.
Seeing the little princess with long purple hair, Bronie recognized her identity at a glance.
Okay, I didn't expect that before the third eruption, Mei was brought here first.
You really are something, Kiana!
This year, she is destined to be nervous.
The key is that Bronie can't tell everyone about this.
For example, a Stigmata awakener implanted with a Herrscher core.
If Mobius heard it, she might order Gray Serpent to come and tie Mei up.
"Um... I'm sorry to bother you all! My name is Raiden Mei, and I'm Kiana Kaslana's classmate. I may bother you in the next few days, please forgive me!"
Quietly, so many people came out to look at Mei, which must have brought great pressure to her.
And looking at her little eyes, she seemed worried that she might cause some unnecessary rejection after introducing herself.
The surname Raiden is relatively famous in the Far East, right?
After all, ME Company is at least a chaebol in the Far East.
And Mei, who has such a surname, will naturally receive special care from the locals.
No matter if it's good or bad.
The children are carefully observing Mei, and Mei is also carefully observing everyone.
The pink-haired sister is obviously not a local.
The silver-haired sister is definitely not from the Far East at first glance.
Next came Rosaria and Lilia, and even Nina, Isabella, Anila, and Sophia. Just looking at their dressing styles, they didn't look like they were from the Far East at all.
Most girls of this age in the Far East wore sailor suits.
"Raiden Mei, right? My name is Elysia! I'm a girl who's always beautiful! My relationship with Kiana is... a mentor!"
"Yes, yes, Sister Elysia is indeed my teacher. She taught me a lot of things, and this one, my Sister, Bronie!"
The past is long gone, and Bronie's growth makes Kiana feel quite surprised.
Now Bronie's name is completely unspeakable, and it is naturally replaced by a title like sister.
"Welcome to the Golden Courtyard. I'm Bronie, currently a freelancer. Kiana, you're really mean. If you want to bring friends to play, you should tell me in advance so that I can make more rooms for your friends to stay. Now, Miss Raiden, do you mind living with Kiana? If you do, you can stay in Ellie's room temporarily if you don't mind the smell."
Although Elysia has a private room, Ellie usually doesn't choose to live in it.
There is indeed a bed in it, but it is just a bed for a nap.
It's okay to use it for Mei.
"You talk as if I smell bad, Bronie. You are too mean! As a perfect and beautiful girl, I smell good! A cute girl like Mei will never be repelled by my smell!"
Ellie's words immediately made Mei unable to do anything.
The sudden familiarity, coupled with such a skilled approach, made Kiana immediately feel a sense of crisis.
And what about Mei?
Not used to it.
She's really not used to it.
After being a lady for so many years, there have never been many people who could be so intimate with her. Is this normal behavior between girls?
Mei's mind was briefly confused.
Considering that Kiana would occasionally do this, it was really distressing.
But subconsciously, Mei launched a counterattack!
Mei, who is proficient in Beichen, can also perform related swordsmanship even without weapons in her hands. Although the power may be greatly reduced, it is more than enough for self-protection.
However, at the moment of attack, Mei suddenly realized that she was a guest, not a troublemaker. It would be a bit bad to attack directly, right?
"Be careful!"
"Hey~ You still have a few tricks. Although I don't know why you learned fighting skills, secrets make girls more attractive~"
Ellie threw a coquettish glance and dodged Mei's attack lightly like a pink elf, which made Mei stunned.
"Stupid sister Ellie! How can you be so close to your guests! You treat Mei like this when you just met. I dare not imagine what you will do after you get familiar with each other!"
"Kiana, it's okay. Sister Elysia is just a little enthusiastic."
Although Mei had more doubts in her heart, it was obvious that Elysia was not the owner of the villa called Golden Courtyard.
Looking at Bronie doting on Elysia's forehead, Mei felt like she had strayed into northern Myanmar.
Could she have entered some strange place?
"Okay, Kiana, don't react so strongly. Everyone is just concerned about you and curious about what kind of new friend you made. Although the Far East does not celebrate the Spring Festival, Raiden Mei, do your family know that you stayed overnight outside?"
Mei was stunned for a moment, and then stopped talking. The lie that just came to her mouth could not be said.
Well, Miss Mei still feels guilty about lying.
She doesn't need to lie at ordinary times. It's just that this time she ran away from home, Mei still feels a little guilty, but a big reason is that Kiana instigated her.
"Hmm, a runaway girl, right? When children grow up, they always have their own ideas. Parents haven't realized that their children have grown up, but they still treat them in the same way. It is easy to cause conflicts."
"Oh? Bronie, I haven't seen you have such an experience before?"
"Tsk, you haven't seen how ignorant I was before. Even if the rules of the universe were blocking me, I would find ways to break them completely. It is because I know my state at that time that I know a lot of things."
"No, maybe my father doesn't care at all."
Hearing Mei's words, Bronie shrugged.
"Okay, the general direction is right. The Spring Festival is a festival in Shenzhou. Families come back from all over the world to spend the festival together. Maybe you can indirectly understand what your family is thinking from the families around different people. Before you fully understand the whole picture of the matter, you'd better not jump to conclusions."
Mei's current mental state is a bit sensitive.
What can Bronie do?
Currently, it is Kiana who has torn open Mei's defenses, so I'm afraid that only Kiana can do anything.
Although Kiana seems optimistic and cheerful on the surface, in fact, Kiana seems to have something to tell her as soon as she returned home.
In the past, she would rush over to hug her directly when they met, but now cats are relatively grown up, and Bronie feels a little lonely.
"The whole picture... But compared to this, I still care more about another thing, Miss Bronie. Is it possible that you are a self-proclaimed freelancer, but your main job is to make games?"
"That's right! My dear Mei, I wanted to tell you before, my sister is the legendary Haxxor Bunny! The Haxxor Bunny who made countless wonderful games! Awesome! If I tell you directly, you will definitely not believe it!"
If you say that your sister is a Haxxor Bunny, and then use this reason to bring Mei to the Golden Garden, it's like saying that your cat can do a backflip, it sounds very fake.
And Mei is delicate and sensitive, and she may have a state of persecution delusion.
After hearing what Kiana said, Mei was slightly shocked, and then her eyes lit up and she looked at Bronie.
Then she seemed to recall something, and her eyes became lonely again.
The games of Haxxor Bunny Studio are indeed very fun and exciting, but it gave Mei more happy times when her father accompanied her to play in the past.
Now it is gone forever.
Later, Mei never touched the game again.
"Am I causing trouble for everyone?"
Finally, Mei suddenly asked a question, and Kiana felt bad.
"No! Mei will never be a superfluous person! Mei is the beautiful! The most interesting! I like you so much, how could I find you troublesome! I just think that Sister Bronie may be more clear about the truth than me, and your experience may be a bit similar to mine."
When Mei heard what Kiana said, she immediately remembered that Kiana's father suddenly abandoned her for some reason, and Kiana has not found him so far.
However, Kiana never gave up looking for her father.
Under normal circumstances, Kiana's situation should be a little worse than hers.
And she was angry because of the growing distance between her and her father...
Mei suddenly fell into deep regret.
"Since you are here, Raiden Mei, right? By the way, my Haxxor Bunny Studio is still somewhat connected to the ME company. I will report to your father later. You can decide whether you want to live here for a while or go back directly. The Golden Courtyard will reserve a place for you."
"Eh? You have contact with my father?"
"Some business-related, the Far East game distribution and the sale of game consoles are more or less related to your father, and I happen to know some of your father's friends. If I pass on the message through this relationship, it won't be a big problem."
Networks are like this. If you don't take the initiative to find them, sometimes they will come to you inexplicably.
Occasionally, there will be some invitations to drinking parties, such as friends of friends and distant relatives of friends, who will want to curry favor with them.
To be honest, Bronie usually doesn't bother to pay attention to them. After all, Bronie doesn't really need those so-called "friends" and connections when he she any difficulties. When Bronie really needs them, she only needs to say a few words and they will come to him.
However, Bronie's so-called friend this time is actually Welt himself.
As the leader of the Anti-Entropy Alliance, it is very reasonable for Welt to be able to contact Raiden Ryoma directly, right?
As Bronie said, she went to her office to make a phone call, leaving Mei sitting uneasily on the sofa in the living room, holding the hot cocoa poured by Elysia in her hand.
Kiana followed Bronie into the office, and it seemed that she had a lot to say.
"Welt, Raiden Ryoma's good daughter ran away from home and came to me. Please tell him a message for me. If he doesn't't care about a cute girl like her, she will become my daughter. This time, Mei will spend the New Year with me. After Mei goes back, we can have a good chat about the topic between the two of us."
Welt on the other end of the phone was even more confused.
How come the family affairs of Thunder Ryoma suddenly came to Bronie?
But Bronie was too lazy to explain the whole story. After hearing Welt promised to pass on the message, Bronie hung up the phone without saying anything.
"It seems that life outside is not going well, Kiana, are you confused about the fight against Honkai?"
When Bronie saw Kiana enter the office, the smile on her face disappeared, and even her aggrieved eyes seemed to want to hug her.
Bronie saw Kiana like this, so she quickly hung up Welt's phone and came to Kiana to give her a hug.
"When I just transferred to Senba Academy, I was going to listen to you and make friends..."
"Hmm?"
"Then I met a person named Asakura Miyuki. She was deeply affected by Honkai, but she still retained a little bit of consciousness, which caused the disappearance of many students in Senba Academy..."
I thought Kiana found out that she was actually a Herrscher!
It turns out that I just discovered that Honkai is somewhat secretive.
Are you confused about the means to eliminate Honkai?
The confused kitten met another kitten that seemed to be abandoned, and the two kittens supported each other and returned to their own small paper boxes, right?
"The pursuit of beauty is human instinct. After Honkai magnified this instinct, humans could not bear it and became distorted. There is nothing we can do about it. And you also came to Mei to avoid such a thing from happening again, right?"
"There is also... a little reason..."
"Everyone in the Golden Courtyard will always be your family. It's right to come to us if you have any difficulties! I will give her a checkup later, and you don't have to worry about Honkai hurting her. Everything will be fine, so enjoy the happy Spring Festival at home! Just leave everything to me!"