"So that's how it is… Hehe!" After Shun's explanation, Kiana realized she had made a fool of herself and caused a huge misunderstanding.
"But it can't be helped. After all, Theresa, you really don't look like an elder at all." Shun didn't forget to tease Theresa even now.
"Hmph!" Since Shun was still a patient, Theresa didn't want to argue with him. Moreover, she had just met Kiana and wouldn't get angry at the girl.
Thinking from another perspective, compared to a shorty who looked only about twelve years old, Misteln — a mature woman who looked exactly like Cecilia — was much more like a great-aunt.
"However, actually Kiana, you didn't call the wrong person. Strictly speaking, Misteln is also your relative, but this matter is very complicated and very secret."
"Really?! I suddenly have so many relatives!" No kidding — for so many years, Kiana had thought that besides Siegfried, she had no other relatives in this world.
But suddenly she met Shun, who was like a cousin-in-law, and then within less than a few months she met two more, and it seemed there were even more.
Mhm, coming to Nagazora City was really the right decision! Kiana couldn't help but give herself a thumbs-up for the decision she made a few months ago.
One could only say that the "great luck" buff was like that. Kiana's good fortune allowed her to achieve many unbelievable things.
These past few days when Shun played gacha games, he basically never spent any money, yet when Kiana did a ten-pull, the game company still owed him several constellations.
One could only say it was ridiculous. Shun had never experienced what it felt like to be an emperor of luck, but for Kiana it was simply her daily life.
Kiana suddenly seemed to remember something and started rummaging through her clothes pockets.
"Right, I have something to give you. Last night when those bad guys came to our house and collapsed the building, I managed to save this with great difficulty."
After searching for a while, Kiana pulled out a sachet. It was the Three Years of Cherry Blossoms from Asakura Miyuki.
Shun was stunned. He took the sachet Kiana handed him. So many things had happened yesterday that he had actually forgotten about it. He hadn't expected Kiana to have been holding onto it for him the whole time.
"This thing is very important to you, right? After that night, you kept hanging it in your room, so I took it down right away."
Kiana continued, proudly raising her neck a little, as if expecting Shun's praise.
Shun took the sachet, looked at it for a while, then stored it inside the Cosmic Juggernaut. He gave Kiana a thumbs-up.
"Good. As expected of you. This thing also holds special meaning for me. You could say it's a memento from an old acquaintance!"
Shun didn't explain Asakura Miyuki's matter clearly. So far, he had only told Ana about it. He believed Ana wouldn't spread it around, and the others present were sensible enough not to pry.
"Since Kiana is awake, let's leave Nagazora City first!" Theresa nodded and said. The next place they were going was her territory. Once they reached St. Freya, she could properly play the role of host.
Wait, Shun felt like he had forgotten someone… Oh, right! There was still one little duck who was probably still waiting for news from him.
But right now, there was no way to use a phone to contact anyone in Nagazora City, which was a bit troublesome…
"Misteln, can I trouble you to help me find someone? I still have one more companion, but I don't know if she's still in Nagazora City right now. You're the fastest at finding people among us, so I'll leave it to you."
Shun said to Misteln. Actually, Raiden Mei was the fastest at finding people among them — one electromagnetic scan and everything would be revealed. But Mei still didn't know how to develop her Authority yet, so it had to be left to Misteln.
"Alright, I'll try. Can you tell me her characteristics?" Misteln nodded readily.
Shun recalled the last time he saw Bronya in his mind, thought for a moment, and said to Misteln,
"Gray hair, styled in two Roman curls, gray eyes, height about the same as Theresa's, and…"
Shun told Misteln all the features he could think of. However, the more Misteln listened, the stranger her expression became.
"What's wrong? Do you know her?" Misteln's abnormality naturally didn't escape Shun's eyes. Could the world really be this small? Misteln actually knew Bronya.
"Uh, you could say there's some connection. If my guess is correct, I will definitely find her."
Misteln had calculated thousands of times but never expected that in these past few months she had not only been looking for Shun, but also for Alexandra's daughter.
As expected, she had found nothing. Who would have thought that in just one short day she would consecutively find both of them.
Was this what the line from that Shenzhou poem meant? "I searched for him thousands of times in the crowd; suddenly turning back, there he was, in the dim light of the lanterns."
"Although I don't know what to say, Misteln, good luck?" Shun tried to encourage her.
Misteln nodded and then disappeared from everyone's sight. No one knew how she left. Perhaps this was the wonder of a memetic lifeform.
"Well, let's just wait here for her." As he spoke, Shun also glanced at Mei and Kiana. Although there had been many mishaps, at least the Trinity had finally been assembled.
Misteln arrived at the highest point in Nagazora City — the ME Corp headquarters. She waved her flag, and behind her appeared numerous Seeds of Reason of various forms.
"Scatter!" She waved the flag again. "Scatter!" Misteln raised the flag high once more and swung it forcefully. At the same time, she issued a crisp and loud command. Her voice rang out like a great bell, echoing across the skies of Nagazora City. Upon receiving the order, those Seeds of Reason instantly turned into streams of light and sped toward every corner of Nagazora City.
At the same time, she transmitted Bronya's appearance characteristics to them, letting the over a thousand members of her personal legion begin searching every part of Nagazora City.
Simultaneously, she closed her eyes and focused entirely on releasing her spiritual power to scan every corner within sight.
Not long after, Misteln opened her eyes. "Found you, little bunny!"
Misteln's body disappeared into the air. When she reappeared, she was already inside an ordinary building commonly seen on the streets.
She had teleported directly over a long distance to behind Bronya. After all, as a memetic lifeform, her form of existence could not be measured by common sense. As long as it was within the range her spiritual power could reach, she could appear anywhere in that range.
At this moment, Bronya was still propping an anti-materiel sniper rifle that didn't match her size against the window of the building. She had already fallen out with Cocolia. Before Shun came to pick her up, Nagazora City was full of dangers for her. Although Cocolia wouldn't do anything to her,
once caught, she would never be released to see Seele again. Therefore, Bronya absolutely could not be captured.
Misteln looked at the person before her and overlapped her appearance with the image of her mother in her memories.
She really did look alike — as if cast from the same mold. Misteln sighed inwardly.
Then she silently floated behind Bronya, formed a gun shape with her hand, and pressed it against the back of Bronya's head.
"Don't move, little bunny!"