"Kiana! Get up and eat!" In her sleep, Kiana heard Shun calling her.
"Wait… not enough sleep yet…" Kiana mumbled drowsily. Regardless of whether Shun had heard her, she pulled the pillow over her head and went back to sleep.
Looking at the clock on the wall that only pointed to 7, Shun had no intention of waking Kiana up right now. Anyway, every morning was like this.
After eating breakfast alone and waiting a while longer, when the hour hand pointed to 8, Shun finally walked straight into Kiana's room.
He yanked off Kiana's blanket, then pulled open the curtains, and left Kiana's messy room.
It wouldn't be long before Kiana woke up anyway. As for her exposed stomach and thighs caused by the blanket being pulled away…
Ummm… Would you get aroused by your own daughter? Shun definitely wouldn't. That was how he positioned Kiana in his heart.
A little while later, Kiana seemed to be woken by a gust of wind. She subconsciously pulled down her lifted clothes before opening her eyes.
"Is it morning already?" She shook her head and got out of bed, then habitually walked straight to the dining table, ready to eat heartily.
"Smack." A pair of chopsticks knocked the food out of Kiana's hand. No need to ask who did it.
This also woke up the last bit of sleepiness in Kiana. She rubbed the back of her now-red hand and looked at Shun with a face full of grievance.
"It really hurts! Shun, be gentler next time!" It looked like this wasn't the first time.
"Who told you to never learn your lesson? After getting up, go wash your face and brush your teeth first, okay?" Shun said unceremoniously.
"Hehe, wasn't I just too hungry?" Kiana gave an embarrassed laugh and obediently went to the bathroom to wash up.
When she returned to the dining table, Kiana looked completely different. However…
"Why didn't you comb your hair today?" Although Senba Academy had no rule against letting hair down, Kiana was still used to tying her hair in a style convenient for movement.
"Isn't it because there wasn't enough time today? Help me comb my hair, okay?" As Kiana spoke, she didn't care whether Shun agreed or not and simply threw herself onto the table to eat voraciously.
"Sigh." Hearing Kiana say that, Shun didn't refuse. However… combing hair? This was his first time doing it.
He walked behind Kiana, gathered the loose hair behind her, and marveled at the astonishing volume. As expected of a Herrscher's original body her hair was really long.
But what hairstyle should he do… While thinking, Shun's hands were already moving.
"You seem to be in a good mood today. Did you figure things out last night?" While eating, Kiana asked curiously.
"Mm, I figured out some things. I won't be confused anymore."
"Tsk, what is it that you won't tell me?" Kiana clicked her tongue in dissatisfaction.
"Secret!" Shun tugged Kiana's hair lightly. "Just eat your food!"
"Che, if you won't say it then fine. This young lady worried about you for nothing." Kiana said angrily and began focusing on the food in front of her.
"In the end, I still accidentally made it like this?" Shun put down the two twintails he had finished tying and stared off into space for a moment.
He had thought of just giving Kiana a single ponytail like the one in Everlasting Flames, but after thinking about it, this hairstyle was the most classic, so he went ahead.
"Done?" Hearing the movement behind her, Kiana curiously played with her own hair.
"Twintails? Why did you choose this hairstyle?" Kiana shook her head and found that this style was actually quite convenient for movement, so she had no objections.
"Well, I'll let you pass… I'm heading out first." Seeing the minute hand had already reached 30, Kiana didn't dare stay at home any longer.
"Wait a moment…" Shun stopped Kiana, who was changing shoes at the entrance.
"What is it?" Kiana shook her head in confusion. Looking at that familiar hairstyle, Shun couldn't help falling into reminiscence.
"Can you shout 'Kiana, attack!' when you go out?"
"Why do I feel like something's still off with you today?" Kiana muttered strangely, but she still went along with Shun's request.
She yanked the door open, instinctively raised her right hand beside her face, and winked.
"Kiana, attack!"
Shun watched her departing figure, smiled and shook his head, then went back inside.
With Asakura Miyuki's matter coming to an end, Shun was once again idle. He would go out to scout in the afternoon.
After leaving home, Kiana started sprinting down the road. However, to avoid scaring passersby, she still controlled her speed to a certain level. Every step landed heavily on the ground, kicking up a bit of dust.
Sunlight poured over her, illuminating her figure full of vitality and determination. The two beautiful twintails tied behind her head bounced cheerfully with her rapid running, swaying left and right rhythmically like ribbons dancing in the wind. They sometimes intertwined, sometimes separated and jumped, becoming a unique accent in this speeding scenery.
"Although it feels about the same, why does this hairstyle feel more suitable for me?" Kiana had an inexplicable feeling.
"Kiana-chan, good morning!" Along the way, many Senba Academy students greeted Kiana.
As a transfer student who was beautiful, cheerful, and excelled in all sports, she was already a star at this school, naturally one of those standing at the very top of the pyramid.
"Mm, good morning everyone!" Facing the friendly greetings, Kiana responded enthusiastically to each one.
It could be said that ever since coming to Nagazora City, Kiana lived every day in this happy atmosphere. It even gave her the feeling of "life here is so enjoyable, I don't miss Siegfried anymore."
But something still felt missing… Kiana silently complained in her heart and momentarily forgot to watch where she was going.
"Bang!" The sound of bodies colliding rang out. Kiana ran straight into a figure with long purple-black hair ahead, startling the people originally clustered around her.
"Oh no, oh no, I hit someone!" Before Kiana could even react after getting up, the girl she had knocked down was already helped up by the surrounding crowd.
"Mei, are you okay?"
"Mei, are you hurt? Let's go to the infirmary."
"Mei…"
Under Kiana's dumbfounded gaze, before she could even apologize, the girl was ushered away by the crowd.
"Hey, I haven't apologized yet!" Kiana's voice sank like a stone into the sea, without stirring even a ripple.
"Does Senba Academy have someone like that?" Kiana was shocked by the other party's popularity and at the same time became somewhat interested in her.
"Her name seems to be… Mei?"