Firefly, I want to be a Sanyo Hermit

"Okay, Sister Cecilia... stop thinking about it." Kiana sighed helplessly.

"Sorry...but Kiana..." Cecilia opened her mouth. There was something she wanted to say, but she couldn't.

Cecilia was almost certain that Kiana had traveled through time, but...Kiana had stayed here for such a long time.

In addition, Tianming's research on parallel worlds can almost confirm that there is no difference in time between the worlds.

In other words... more than ten years have passed since Kiana traveled through time, and more than ten years have passed since her previous world...

From a selfish point of view, Cecilia really hopes that Kiana can settle down in this world, but such an idea is too selfish.

If Kiana settles down here, what will happen to everyone in her world...

"I understand, Sister Cecilia." Kiana pursed her lips. "It's just... I don't know how to respond to Cecilia."

"Hmm?" Since Kiana was willing to bring up this topic, Cecilia also wanted to have a good chat with Kiana. "What do you mean by 'not knowing how to respond'?"

"In fact, over the past decade or so, I have already regarded Xilin as a family member...so I never thought that Xilin would have different ideas." Kiana regards Xilin as a family member, and she also believes that Xilin regards her as a family member.

So in the past ten years or so, although she would occasionally take advantage of Sirin, see Sirin's unconscious benefits, and rub against Sirin's legs...but Kiana really never thought that Sirin would like her from the perspective of a 'lover'.

She really has always regarded Xilin as a sister.

"Is that so?" Cecilia nodded. She could understand Kiana's feelings.

Just like Theresa is still telling herself that she likes her, Cecilia will definitely find it hard to believe...well, now.

"So...that means Xilin confessed to you recently?" Cecilia asked in a low voice.

"No...it's just that when Xilin was dreaming before..." Kiana shrank her neck embarrassedly.

Before, Sirin said to Kiana in her dream, "Kiana, do you like me or not?" Combined with some fragments of previous words, Kiana can be sure that Sirin confessed to Kiana in the dream.

"So..." Cecilia's eyes suddenly became sharp. "You were troubled by Xilin's confession in the dream, and you didn't know how to respond to her, so you chose to distance yourself quietly?"

"Huh?" Kiana tilted her head. "What?"

B.104 End of conversation

"So... Kiana, because you didn't know how to respond to Sirin, you chose to quietly distance yourself from her?" Cecilia said, staring at Kiana sharply.

Originally, Cecilia thought that Kiana and Silin had some trouble during this period.

I have wanted to talk to Kiana for a long time, but I also thought that after all, the couple has been together for so many years, so even if they have a quarrel, they should be able to reconcile quickly.

But Cecilia could never have imagined that Kiana distanced herself from Xilin because of this kind of thing.

"Although nothing happened between Kiana and Sirin, if I alienate Sirin because of something like this... wouldn't that be a bit too cruel for Sirin?"

"Ah? What?" Kiana widened her eyes in confusion.

"Distance with Xilin? How is that possible?" Qiana waved her hands. "Sister Cecilia, you're overthinking it. How could I distance myself from Xilin because of something like this?"

"Really?" Cecilia also became confused after hearing Kiana say that.

After all, she understood what kind of person Kiana was. Although she had many differences in personality from Qibao, Cecilia firmly believed in Kiana's character, and all the actions shown by Kiana proved this.

"Then why have you become distant from Xilin recently?" Cecilia asked in confusion.

"Huh?" Kiana's expression was even more confused than Cecilia's. "How could I distance myself from Xilin? Isn't it the same as before?"

"..." Cecilia finally understood what the problem was.

Indeed, Kiana did not want to distance herself from Sirin subjectively, but because she heard Sirin's confession and felt in her heart that she could not be so close to Sirin anymore, so she subconsciously showed some distance.

But for Kiana, who was so close to Sirin before, even a slight estrangement would become very obvious.

"Alas..." Cecilia shook her head helplessly.

Although there is a saying in China that 'even an honest judge cannot settle family disputes', sometimes even family members find it difficult to settle family disputes.

'Kiana had obvious concerns in her heart, although I don't know what Kiana was worried about. 'Looking at Kiana, Cecilia was also a little embarrassed.

Indeed, Cecilia believes that Kiana is her daughter, but the problem is that Kiana is from "another world", so many things will become very troublesome.

Although Cecilia wants to urge Kiana to get married, Cecilia is not an unenlightened parent. If Kiana really chooses to be single out of her own will, Cecilia will support her.

But the reason why Kiana is still single is not out of her own will, but out of certain concerns, which makes Cecilia very uncomfortable.

"Okay, okay, Sister Cecilia, don't worry about these things~" Kiana grabbed Cecilia's arm and shook it.

"Kiana's rare act of coquettishness turned out to be due to this reason..." Although Cecilia heard Kiana's long-awaited coquettishness, she felt very upset when she got to the root of the problem.

"Forget it... No matter what your relationship with Xilin is, as long as you think it over carefully, Kiana." Cecilia reached out and touched Kiana's head, like a big furry cat.

"Okay, I understand." Kiana nodded seriously at Cecilia.

Xilin didn't seem to have any strange behavior during this period, so Kiana always thought that she was behaving normally.

Unexpectedly, her subconscious alienation from Xilin had reached a level that even Cecilia, who did not live with her, could sense it.

"If even my mother could sense it..." Kiana thought. "Then Sirin must have noticed it too..."

"Oh...what should I do..." Kiana sighed inwardly.

Kiana herself was the only one who didn't notice her estrangement from Sirin, as she was the one involved in the confusion. But this doesn't mean that Kiana is insensitive to feelings.

On the contrary, Kiana is actually quite sensitive to these things.

She could even imagine how sad Xilin felt when she discovered her estrangement.

'But...'

"Kiana, I don't know how many things you are worried about." Cecilia could see that what Kiana was worried about was not just because she was from "another world", she seemed to be worried about something else. "But... I hope you can make a decision that will not make you feel sorry or even regretful."

Cecilia gently stroked Kiana's head.

Although this daughter is not much younger than herself and they usually address each other as peers and mostly talk from the perspective of peers, she is the child's mother after all.

"I understand." Kiana lowered her eyes.

But although she said she understood, she had a myriad of thoughts in her mind.

"Well~ Let's leave this topic here for now. If I continue, you will find it annoying, Kiana." Cecilia chuckled and teased.

"How could that be?" Kiana shook her head repeatedly.

"That means I don't want to continue talking about it." Cecilia changed her words and ended the topic. "But Kiana... I think you should go out for a walk."

"Uh?" Kiana blinked. "I'm hanging out outside all day long."

Xilin is the stay-at-home girl, while Kiana is the one who has to work.

"I'm not talking about Saint Freya or the headquarters or the research institute." Cecilia tapped Kiana's forehead. "I don't know why you've suddenly become so anxious in the past two years, but some things can't be solved in a hurry."

"So, go travel and relax."

“Maybe there are some things you can’t figure out now, but you will figure them out after changing your mindset.”

"...Yeah." Kiana nodded.

Come to think of it, I haven't had any real rest in the past six months.

Even the day off she had given herself three weeks earlier had turned into work.

First, he prepared gifts for the children of the Cocolia Welfare Home, then went to the 'Changkong City', solved the 'Third Sequence Collapse' by the way, and then returned to 'Saint Freya'.

There was no rest at all.

"It seems that I really need to pick a time to go shopping."

"Ah!" Suddenly, Cecilia glanced at the clock hanging on the wall, and then she jumped up quickly. "Is it so late?"

I didn't expect that I didn't talk much with Kiana, but almost two hours had passed.

"We've been chatting for so long..." Kiana also stood up. "Then I'll go back first."

( ^_^ )Cecilia looked at Kiana tenderly as she was about to leave the office, without saying anything else.

"Okay..." Kiana shrank her neck and retracted her legs. "Give me half..."

(*^v^*)

B.105 Sleeping in each other's arms

"I am exhausted both physically and mentally..." Cecilia had just told her to go out and relax once in a while.

As a result, half of the documents were thrown at her, making Kiana dizzy.

"I'm back..." Kiana fell weakly on the sofa.

"Where did you go today?" Seeing Kiana like this, Xilin raised her eyebrows and complained.

"How can you call it fooling around?" Kiana squirmed a few times, but she didn't crawl directly onto Celine's lap like she did before. "I just went to Cecilia's office and chatted for a while... but because we chatted a little too late, Cecilia didn't finish her work."

"So you were drafted into the army." Xilin smiled happily.

"Well, it's like this." Kiana tilted her head and said it directly.

'...' Xilin shook her head slightly. "Hey, Kiana, are we going there tonight?"

Xilin stretched out her foot and kicked the sofa under Kiana.

"Yeah." Kiana responded softly. "I'm so tired, let me rest for a while."

Reviewing documents was not entirely different from Kiana’s daily job, although she had indeed helped Cecilia with documents a few times over the years.

But it's not so easy.

"Okay." Xilin stood up and prepared to give the sofa to Kiana. "If it was in the past..."

Xilin glanced at Kiana. If it was before that day, when Kiana lay limply on the sofa like this, she would have crawled directly towards her...

Although Sirin usually verbally rejects Kiana's close contact, she will not reject Kiana physically.

Xilin is also very clear that such tsundereness is not conducive to the development of a relationship, but...some people are just like that by nature and can't change it even if they want to.

"Girl~ come and sleep with me." Kiana reached out and grabbed Xilin's wrist.

"..." Xilin glanced at the sofa. Because Kiana had discovered that Xilin liked to curl up on the sofa, she specially bought a larger sofa for this "new home".

Kiana's figure is not plump, and Xilin is even smaller.

Therefore, this sofa is quite spacious even for two people to lie together.

only...

"Heh." Although she thought it would be nice to lie down together and take a nap, Xilin snorted almost instinctively.

Just when Xilin was in a dilemma and was considering whether to lie down or just walk away, Qiana pulled Xilin down with a little force...

Of course, because Kiana was lying down and Sirin was standing, Sirin, who was pulled down by Kiana, did not fall directly into Kiana's arms as in some works, but sat on Kiana's belly.

"Apu!" Kiana made an exaggerated sound of vomiting blood, then her head tilted and choked again.

"Kiana!" Seeing Kiana's reaction, Xilin's forehead twitched and then he shouted angrily.

"Hey~" Kiana, who possesses the [power of death], can quickly come back to life even if she is killed!

"You think I'm too heavy, don't you?" Xilin glared at Kiana.

Of course, from a practical point of view, a person like Xilin who is flat-chested, short and thin can never gain weight no matter how much she tries.

"How is that possible?" Kiana hooked Xilin's shoulders and pulled her into her arms. "I've told you so many times that you need to gain some weight."

The various high-calorie foods eaten over the past decade have at most made Xilin's flesh softer. Some places where bones should be are still bones, and she can clearly feel the touch of the bones when she holds her in her arms.

"Tsk." Xilin said unhappily. "Rather than letting me grow flesh on my own, it would be better if you could use your power to help me adjust my body."

[Power of Death] The ability to adjust the body's 'parameters' is something that Xilin covets very much.

Xilin also tried to use [Black Abyss White Flower] to adjust her body, but unfortunately... although [Key of God] can drive the power of the Herrscher, all kinds of abilities have been solidified, and she cannot use the power as arbitrarily as the Herrscher.

"A queen-like Siren? She's not bad, though." Kiana imagined that Siren.