Collapse, Kaslana's Way of Survival

Xier narrowed her eyes and asked.

Kaino frowned and tilted his head.

"It's pretty obvious, right? But why are you asking that, Xi'er? Ah, don't worry. We haven't been together that long, and we're just good friends."

Kainuo roughly guessed what Xier was thinking and grinned. After pondering for a while, he added another sentence.

"Even besides Saint Freya, I have quite a few friends like this. It's nothing."

Xier rolled her eyes at Kaino, not knowing whether he wanted to comfort or tease her. She pursed her lips and didn't reply. A sense of crisis quietly rose in her heart.

He has many good friends of the opposite sex, can use his powers to travel great distances at any time, and often goes out alone instead of staying in the academy...

Xier clenched her fists.

Tsk, I must keep an eye on him from now on.

It was another sunny day. After finishing his logging work for the day, Karel stretched himself and leaned against the wall beside the gate with half a piece of bread in his mouth. He looked around the roads around the orphanage boredly, alert for the sudden arrival of robbers or Honkai beasts.

In the past, after work, he would have been running around with the toy car Keno had given him, or leisurely perusing a few of the priest's books. Unfortunately, the priest was getting older and no longer suited to this job, and as the oldest boy in the orphanage, he had to shoulder more responsibilities.

Fortunately, because he received a good education in the orphanage, he did not resist this and was very open-minded about it.

If he didn't watch the door himself, he couldn't expect those newly admitted children from the orphanage who were no taller than his waist to watch the door, right? They didn't want to have magical powers like Keno.

But speaking of that Kainuo who ran away without even saying goodbye before going home...

How come that white-haired kid, a head taller than him, who was walking towards him from the side of the road with a girl, looking at him with a smile, looked so much like Kaino?!

Karel slowly opened his eyes and the bread in his mouth fell out.

"No way! You're already an adult, and you're still eating your food on the floor?"

Controlling the breeze with the help of bread, Keno took it and stuffed it into Karel's mouth.

"By the way, what are you doing? Sunbathing?"

"Um!"

After swallowing the bread in two bites, Karel hammered his choking chest, and looked at Kaynor in disbelief after swallowing all the food.

"Is it really you!?"

"Two years isn't that long, right? Why are you all asking this?"

"...Stop talking nonsense! Sneaking away, huh? Without even saying hello, huh? I'll beat you up on behalf of the people in the orphanage!"

"Don't give me that shit. I was pressed for time and didn't want to disturb your sweet dreams—and get away from me! The crumbs in your mouth are about to fly into my face!"

Kainuo pressed Karel's head with a look of disgust and pushed away the man who wanted to rush up and give him a bear hug.

Karel struggled for a few steps, but after losing the wrestling match, he stood there smacking his lips.

"You've gained strength again, haven't you? It's strange, just like Theresa."

"Don't change the subject. So, what are you doing standing at the door alone? Aren't you afraid of being taken away by a Honkai beast?"

"I'm not kidding. And what do you mean by being taken away by a Honkai beast? Stop looking down on me."

Karel said this while patting a peculiarly shaped pistol on his waist, with a very confident smile on his face.

"This was given to me by Father Otto. I heard him say it's called the 3rd Holy Relic. Anyway, it's very powerful. It's enough for me to survive the Honkai Beasts until Theresa returns to take care of them!"

"For a moment, I didn't understand the source of your confidence... But you said you'd rush back?" Kainuo raised an eyebrow. "Is Theresa running out now?"

"Well, collecting supplies is fraught with danger, so this task can only be handed over to Theresa, who's dragging that giant cross... Oh, and Theresa is still that little girl!"

After explaining the situation and teasing Theresa, Karel turned around and pushed open the door.

"Let's go inside first. Now that you're back, there's no need to sound the alarm."

"What's your relationship with this girl you brought back? Tell me later."

Kyrel glanced at Xier, whose brain was a little confused because of hearing the unexpected names, and approached Kainuo with a sly smile and whispered.

Kaino glanced at him.

"Xi'er can hear it."

"It sounds... uh."

Turning his head to glance at Xier's expressionless face, Karel scratched his face in embarrassment.

Two years have passed. Although many of the furniture looks brand new because of the recent paint, and the entertainment facilities have been added due to the increase in the number of children in the orphanage, the overall difference is still not much different from two years ago, which makes Keno inexplicably feel like he is back home.

"Michael is probably telling stories to the children. Let's not disturb her - those children are really annoying when they make a lot of noise."

Karel complained casually and pointed upstairs.

"Let's go see the priest first. Although he hardly repairs the little box anymore, he should be reading in his bedroom. He must have missed you a lot after not seeing you for two years."

Xukong Wanzang hasn't been repaired yet? And it has been abandoned?

It's a bit miserable.

After mourning for the First Divine Key in his heart for a brief second, Keno immediately followed Karel upstairs.

Bang Bang knocked on the door twice, and Karel kept the person inside in suspense.

"Father, guess who's back? If you lose, you'll have to have an extra dinner!"

"Karel?"

"Theresa hasn't come back yet, right? Shouldn't you be on guard outside? Why are you…"

The priest frowned slightly and opened the door, but was stunned when he saw the person outside clearly.

"Kaino?"

For various reasons, it was already too late when I started typing last night. When I was writing, I had no ideas because I felt very sleepy and wanted to go to bed as soon as it was close to midnight. So I moved it up to now to post it, cough cough.

Chapter 283: Going down the mountain will easily make your legs sore

Unlike Otto, the Bishop of Heaven's Mandate, Otto, as a priest, was clearly much more expressive and open. Upon seeing Keno arrive, a burst of joy suddenly filled his face. He quickly opened the door and ushered the group inside.

After all, this was a child he had raised for several years and watched grow up with his own eyes. Moreover, Kaslana had a natural favorability label on her, so Otto was naturally extremely happy.

His gaze paused slightly at Xi'er, who was traveling with Kainuo. A faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He then looked at Karel, who was standing beside him. "Don't stand there like that. Go get some chairs."

Have you heard something similar somewhere recently?

Kaino scratched his head, then hurriedly stopped Karel, who was about to leave with an expression of sudden realization, and repeated the same trick to recreate a set of furniture.

If it happens a few more times, he'll start to doubt whether he's even a furniture contractor.

Seeing that Kainuo and the others had finally taken their seats, Otto could no longer restrain his inquiring gaze and looked towards Xier, with a Theresa smile on his face.

"Kaino, won't you introduce yourself?"

"Right, right, right. Why don't you introduce yourself? I asked you just now and you didn't tell me. But you can tell me now, right?"

Karel also cheered from the side.

Unlike Theresa, who had lived together for more than a year and had some guesses in her heart, and unlike Siegfried who still didn't know the truth, the gossipy nature of human beings was clearly revealed in the people present at this moment, so much so that Xier's face turned a little red when she was stared at by them.

The kind that has no desire to take out the sickle and chop people.

Fortunately, Kainuo is still thick-skinned.

"It's obvious, right?" Kainuo said with a smile, "Xi'er is my—"

"Sister, right?!" Karel interrupted Keno and guessed excitedly.

The three people present all focused their puzzled gazes on him, and Kainuo touched his face in confusion.

The hair and eye color are fine, but is there any way in which I look similar to Xier?

"...Am I wrong?"

Noticing the strange looks from the three people, Karel had a strange expression on his face.

"Kainuo's personality is obviously much more cheerful after he came back this time than when he left. He's smiling even more happily than before. After thinking about it, the only possibility is that he found his sister, right?"

"Ah, this." Kainuo didn't know what to say for a moment.

Although my childhood friend did guess the truth in a sense, but...

"Is it possible that I did find my sister, but didn't bring her here?"

"And Xi'er and I actually have a relationship that's closer than siblings... but that doesn't seem quite right. Anyway, it's just a normal boyfriend-girlfriend relationship."

Karel finally showed a look of astonishment. The fact that his old friend got married before him made him a little dazed.

As for Otto, who had confirmed his inner guess, his smile became more and more like that of an old father. After seeing Xier glaring at Kaino out of shame and anger, it seemed as if some beautiful memories were evoked, and he slowly closed his eyes.

After a while, he opened his eyes again and looked at Kaino.

"Are you planning to stay for a while this time?"

"Well, you'll stay for a day or two, right? Any longer than that, at least not now."

While the Herrscher crisis in the original world wasn't a concern for the time being, without his collapse to support it, Longomyniad couldn't maintain this bubble for long. Therefore, he couldn't stay in this bubble for long before hanging it back on the tree.

"Is that so?" Otto nodded slightly disappointed, but did not try to persuade him to stay.

"But it would be nice if it could be left until tomorrow—well, that's just the right amount of time to prepare the gift I planned for you."

After Theresa returned and Kayno met the two girls from the orphanage, they exchanged pleasantries for a while. During the orphanage's group dinner, the new children would occasionally look at the two older brothers and sisters they had never met with inquiring eyes. Some children were even secretly betting on who was older, Kayno or Theresa, and who could eat more, but in the end, Theresa comforted them for a long time with a smile on her face.

Perhaps it was because one of Kaslana's gluttons had been away for two years, or perhaps Otto had found some way to make money, but the orphanage's food had become much more luxurious. It was clearly around 1500 AD, but according to Seele, the orphanage's food even surpassed that of the orphanage run by Cocolia.

All in all, dinner time was incredibly enjoyable and fun.

"Phew, this is such a pleasant meal. The last time I enjoyed a meal this much was last time."

Lying on a single bed in an empty room in the orphanage, Kaino had a satisfied expression on his face.

"Last time? When was the last time?" Xier asked, sitting sideways on another single bed in the room.

Just like when Kaynor and Karel shared a room, this room, and all the rooms except the priest's, were now shared by two people. So, having confirmed their relationship, the priest, with his eyes wide open, explained that there was only one room left in the orphanage, and eagerly arranged for the two to stay together, even though dust had fallen in front of several doors.

"Last time? The last time was when I had breakfast with Bianca two days ago—ah, just kidding, it was when I had lunch with you at St. Freya's this afternoon."

Seeing that there was a hint of murderous intent in Xier's eyes, Kainuo quickly stopped smiling and calmed Xier down.

Xier half-closed her eyes and hummed softly.

"But this is the second stop you mentioned, right? If I had known earlier, I would have come here first. You went to Taixu Mountain in advance, and the person you were looking for happened to be away, so you ended up climbing the mountain for nothing."

Xier hammered her leg and said.

It was true that it was Kainuo who opened the door and they went straight up, but on the way down, they actually walked down the thousands of steps step by step. Although the existence of the stigmata gave her powerful combat abilities, it also meant that she could achieve good results in combat classes without much training. Therefore, her endurance was much worse due to the lack of exercise.

Therefore, I didn't feel anything when I walked up a few thousand steps just now, and I didn't feel anything when I accompanied Kainuo around the orphanage for a long time. It was only now that I felt a slight soreness in my legs.

"Tired? Then I'll give you a massage."

Kainuo blinked, and without saying a word, he sat down next to Xier, lifted one of her legs, placed it on his thigh, and began to knead it gently.

The tight, white calf muscles deformed slightly under his massage, revealing a rather beautiful curve. The toes spread out, then instantly curled up due to tension, like a frightened kitten, looking extremely cute.

Kainuo slowly released the white mist of life from his palm into Xier's calves to help relieve fatigue. While continuing to massage, he looked at Xier who was baring her teeth at him because she was frightened by Kainuo's sudden action.

"How is it, do you feel better?"

"……snort."

The moonlight poured through the window onto the pure wooden floor, like a thin layer of gauze, vaguely reflecting the outlines of the two people talking and laughing.

Chapter 284 Rose Flower Ring

Although it was the second time that he slept in the same room with a member of the opposite sex, compared to Xier who tossed and turned until midnight, Kainuo had an unusually good sleep quality with the help of his power of consciousness, so he got up very early the next day.

After helping Xier cover herself with the quilt that had been half dragged to the ground, Kainuo yawned, stretched, walked out of the room, and headed towards the kitchen downstairs.

Although it has been many years since they last saw each other and returned to the orphanage, Kainuo still felt a little embarrassed to eat and drink for free, so he planned to cook and prepare breakfast for the people in the orphanage himself. The gift is small but the friendship is great!

But when Kainuo approached the kitchen, he unexpectedly discovered the sound of burning gas and the aroma of milk coming from inside.

"Father?"

Kainuo poked his head into the kitchen and was startled when he saw Otto preparing breakfast. He turned to look at the slightly bright sky outside the window.

Had Theresa become the breakfast chef? But wasn't that a bit too early? The priest was a good cook; he wouldn't need to go into the kitchen early to familiarize himself with the operation.

"Um, Kayno?" Otto, who was cooking, didn't seem too surprised by Kayno's arrival. He paused for a moment and continued, "Wait a moment. The fire can't be turned off now."

Continuing to stir the pot with a spoon for a few times, Otto poured all the milk in the pot into a wooden barrel with bitter melon slices placed beside it, then lifted the pot to put out the fire, took a long breath, turned around and looked at Kaino.