Collapse, the Ordinary Daily Life of the Valkyries

"Indeed, I was overthinking it."

Kiana pinched Qingming's acupoint. She didn't know why, but when it came to certain things concerning the captain, especially about herself, she could always think of the worst outcome.

At the same time, on Earth, Mount Taixu.

The Herrscher of Knowledge was tickling the calendar with her foot, counting the days. After all, it was already the end of December. When her toe touched today's date, she tilted her head back, looked at Fu Hua who was meditating, and asked:

"Today is the Winter Solstice. Why don't we invite everyone to Taixu Mountain to spend some time there?"

"Ah."

Fu Hua nodded without opening her eyes. Cang Xuan's Book flew out from the kitchen. It was hard enough to take care of one stupid person, and now there was another stupid person with a childish temper. She was almost too busy.

Only now did the two of them remember that today was the Winter Solstice. She had been busy in the kitchen all morning preparing dinner for tonight.

"Stupid! Get to work! Did you just realize today is the Winter Solstice? You're still here lazing around!"

The Herrscher of Knowledge glanced at her sideways:

"What are you afraid of, Xiaoxuan? When the time comes, the captain, Mei, and Rita will also help. There will definitely be enough time."

"I'm going to the moon first and tell them about this matter. Old Antique, you and Xiao Xuan should prepare at home. I'm leaving now."

As he spoke, he stood up and teleported to the outside of Fuyun Temple. The next moment, an inky black rocket took off from the dry land and headed straight for the moon.

"Elmhead, come in and help! Even if you and that little guy can fast, you still need normal physiological needs."

"Okay, Xiaoxuan."

Fu Hua opened her eyes. In fact, those trivial matters were a piece of cake for her, but she could not bear the urging of Cang Xuan Book.

He took the Book of Cang Xuan and walked into the kitchen inside the Fuyun Temple in Taixu Mountain. On the moon, Gao Su was making Helia and Coralie face day after day of training.

Helia glanced at Gao Su. She didn't know when this repetitive training would end.

Of course, perhaps because she shared the same personality with Yulandel, she did not have any doubts about this.

After all, a tall building starts from the ground, and everything must be based on a solid foundation. Kiana quietly moved to Gao Su's side, lay on him and asked:

"Captain, you're not really planning on training these two to be as strong as us, are you?"

Gao Su, who asked Mei and Bronya to be in charge of Coralie and Helia's training, thought about it:

"That's not the case. At least we need to be able to protect ourselves if we go to Mars, right? What if it's like what happened last time on Flos?"

"During the Forros incident, it was just that the squad leader and Seele didn't know the identity of the enemy. Besides, I also read the performance report of Senior Shigure Kirara..."

Kiana's voice gradually faded away, and then she fell silent. After all, who would write in a performance report: "Kiana!!!!!!!!! Your man is so strong!!! Your vision of men is better than your mother's, and the captain is much better than that bastard Siegfried"?

After reading such a performance report, her sister couldn't help laughing and took it home to take a photo in front of her father. Kiana chose to delete it directly and use Seele and the class monitor's to complete Shigure Kirara's performance report.

Although my father was eager to challenge his captain to a duel after reading the performance report, in fact, he seemed to have never defeated the captain.

"Hmm? Why are you silent?"

In response to Kiana's silence, Gao Su patted her shoulder. Although he knew why she was silent, he still had to ask her as a formality.

"Nothing, Captain, I just remembered something pleasant."

"For example, Shigure Kirara's performance report?"

Gao Su blurted it out. Kiana took a deep breath and knew that the captain had seen through her thoughts again. She tugged at the captain's clothes:

"Don't look at me next time..."

"I've asked you to learn to put on a poker face. Whenever you think about something, your face shows what you're thinking."

Gao Su spread out his hands helplessly. It was because when Kiana was thinking about something, one could tell what she was thinking through her facial expression.

"I can't learn it. I can't learn it. Poker face is really hard to learn, Captain."

Kiana sighed, and suddenly, Gao Su felt a weight on his neck. The familiar scent made him hold onto the thigh on his shoulder.

"Xiao Shi, why are you on the moon?"

"It's winter now. The Winter Solstice is as important as the New Year. Let's all gather at Taixu Mountain."

Gao Su glanced at Kiana:

"Are you going to let Kiana use her spare body to return to Earth again?"

"Well, there are so many K-series clones in the basement of St. Freya Academy anyway, damaging one won't be a big deal."

The Herrscher of Knowledge waved his hand nonchalantly:

"Besides, even if Kiana doesn't use it, it's hard to ensure that those clones won't develop self-awareness."

Then he continued:

"Old Antique and Xiao Xuan have prepared glutinous rice balls and dumplings. We are going back to our hometown to make glutinous rice balls together on the eve of the winter solstice."

"Tangyuan is a delicate art, requiring skill, smoothness, and exquisiteness. Its connotation is even more crucial. 'Tangyuan, Tangyuan, reunion and roundness', isn't that the essence of Tangyuan?"

Her words made Kiana feel a little moved. It seemed to be true. It seemed that they had not been reunited for a long time.

The last time we got together, we just hurriedly finished our meal and then dispersed. Besides, it seemed that we also had to go and see the children at Raven's orphanage.

Then, Kiana cast her gaze towards Helia and Coralie below, and suddenly remembered something:

"By the way, isn't Christmas closer to the winter solstice?"

"Of course. Christmas is usually three or four days after the winter solstice. At this time, I remember that Tianming should be on vacation for more than a month..."

The Herrscher of Consciousness rubbed his chin, while Kiana slapped her forehead. She had been so lost in thought on the moon that she had even forgotten something as important as Christmas.

"Captain, why didn't you remind me that Christmas is coming soon?"

"I don't usually celebrate Christmas, so naturally I don't remember that there was such a holiday. But I do remember things like the Winter Solstice and New Year very clearly."

Gao Su shrugged his shoulders. Kiana looked at her captain and felt sorry for him for some reason.

"Okay, Captain, give yourself a break. You've been working so hard over the past year or so. Whether it's the founding of Mihoyo, the development of the game, the affairs of the Destiny Earth Peace United Organization, or even Foros, you've been the one running the show."

"Throughout the year, we must find time to rest. Otherwise, if we keep running, what will happen if the captain tires himself out?"

Hearing Kiana's words, the Herrscher of Knowledge, who was watching Helia and Coralie's training, curled his lips:

"Is he exhausted? He wasted several people last time, and he almost exhausted us!"

Gao Su did not refute the Herrscher of Knowledge's ridicule, but nodded and said to Kiana:

"Okay, I'll listen to you, Kiana. Go tell Mei and the others. I'll be waiting for you at Taixu Mountain."

"Okay, Captain, we'll go and inform everyone later."

Kiana said as she skipped off to find Mei and Bronya, while Gao Su carried the Herrscher of Knowledge.

"Let's go, Xiaozhi."

When Gao Su returned to Taixu Mountain, it was already the night of the winter solstice and suddenly snowflakes began to fall.

Fu Hua, who had just prepared the ingredients, went into the kitchen to boil water to wash her face. When she came out of the kitchen, a thin layer of snow had accumulated on the ground.

There were no stars or moon in the sky, but the yard was brighter than usual due to the reflection of the snow. She wore the cloak woven by the captain and looked at the yard for a while, and as a result, her head was covered with snowflakes.

Before entering the house, Fu Hua shook off the remaining snow on her body and head, and then she felt at ease to go in.

This is the first snowfall of this year, and it's really heavy. But I hope it will stop tomorrow morning, otherwise the vegetable fields on the mountain behind will be in trouble, she muttered to herself.

Then I started to tinker with the dough and fillings needed for making dumplings in the kitchen. There were dumplings with carrot, corn and pork filling, cabbage and pork filling, bitter melon, lotus seeds and pork filling, as well as glutinous rice balls with black and white sesame, peanuts and white sugar filling.

A familiar voice swayed at the door. Fu Hua held the stuffing bowl and pointed at the kang with the corner of her mouth:

"Are you here? Let's get to work. Are you ready to go?"

"okay!"

Gao Su, who was carrying the Herrscher of Consciousness on his shoulder, nodded. The division of labor in making dumplings was clear. Fu Hua was responsible for rolling out the dough, the Herrscher of Consciousness was responsible for flattening the dough one by one, and Gao Su was responsible for making the dumplings.

The three of them worked together, and soon the wooden plate was filled with dumplings that looked like plump gold ingots.

As soon as the water boiled, Fu Hua started to put the dumplings in, stirring them with a spoon to prevent them from sticking.

There was still a bowl of pork head meat left in the refrigerator of Fuyun Temple, which was not finished by the captain when he came last time. It was heated up and served on the table. It was delicious to eat with dumplings.

After a while, the Herrscher of Consciousness closed his eyes and buried his head obediently at the captain's neck. Perhaps he was too tired or still in a low mood, but he was lazy and motionless. Fu Hua couldn't help but chuckle when she saw him.

"It's rare to see her sleep so peacefully."

"Has she been sleeping restlessly lately?"

Gao Su asked in a low voice, while Fu Hua shook her head:

"She plays games until three in the morning every night. I try to persuade her but she doesn't listen. Then she gets up at noon..."

Before Fu Hua could say anything more, her communicator rang. When she opened it, she saw Raven holding several empty takeout boxes.

"Come and take me there. What strange things are there on this mountain? I've walked several times but still can't find the way up the mountain."

In this forest, two ancient strange formations are arranged through the sea of ​​trees. One is Tiangui Formation, and the other is Diyin Formation. They are distributed like a rising tide. In addition to the entrance into the forest, there must be another exit at the end of the tide.

Gao Su stood up:

"I'll go. After all, someone needs to watch over the fire for the dumplings."

The Herrscher of Consciousness noticed the Captain's movement and fluttered his eyelids, waiting to realize what he was doing.

Without asking a single question, she closed her eyes and nestled in his arms again. She had always trusted him so much.

The two of them walked in silence for an unknown amount of time before they heard a commotion ahead. Looking up, they saw a crowd of people in the woods ahead. Sure enough, in front of the formation, Arlene's sisters, Xier, and Raven were waiting there.

"Wow, they were doing good things and we interrupted them?"

Looking at Gao Su carrying the Herrscher of Consciousness out, and the half-asleep and half-awake look of the Herrscher of Consciousness, Raven joked.

"It's not what you think. She's tired from making dumplings. Take a break and don't bother her."

Gao Su felt somewhat helpless and had no choice but to explain this to her and the teasing looks on Xier and Alin's faces. Raven smiled mysteriously and glanced at Xier and Alin's sisters:

"Those who understand understand. After all, we've all been through the same thing, right?"

"Correct."

"Yes."

"Don't be embarrassed, Captain!"

Seeing them making such a fuss, Gao Su did not explain too much but turned and walked towards Taixu Mountain:

"Come with me, Fu Hua is already cooking dumplings, it won't be long."

"Captain, Captain, what kind of fillings are there for dumplings?"

Rosalia, dragging Lilia, asked first. Gao Su thought for a moment:

"Carrot, corn and pork, cabbage and pork, and bitter melon, lotus seeds and pork."

When Rosalia heard the word "bitter melon" at the end, her face turned green:

"Hey, bitter melon lotus seeds, I can tell they're prepared for our Archbishop. Everyone knows she likes to eat bitter things like this."

Volume 1: Did We Really Defeat Honkai?: Chapter 191: You Old Antique! You Didn't Stand Up for Me! And You Bullied Me!

"Mei, Saint Freya should be on vacation, right?"

As the banquet was drawing to a close, Bronya asked Mei, who was beside her. After all, Mei still had to travel back and forth between Earth and the Moon every day.

"It's vacation time, but a lot of children have come to visit recently, and I need to take care of some related matters."

"Yes, the closer it gets to the end of the year, the more things there are to do. Fortunately, Daweige and Xiaomian help take care of things in the company. Otherwise, there would be no time to prepare gifts for the children of Xiola's House."

Now, Xiola House has been incorporated into St. Freya's Academy and has become part of the source of students for St. Freya's Academy.

"This is your first time as a teacher, so don't spoil those little brats too much. After all, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but it's hard to go from extravagance to frugality. If they become lawless, it will be bad."

Raven joined their conversation. She knew the children of Xiola House best:

"Don't worry, with the preventive measures set up by the captain, those kids won't do anything too bad no matter how lawless they are."

"Have you ever understood the captain's preventive mechanism?"

However, Xiora frowned. After all, she had only heard the captain mention this preventive mechanism. Mei and Bronya shook their heads.

"No, but, Captain, there shouldn't be any problem."

"That's true. He is the captain after all."