Firefly, I want to be a Sanyo Hermit

B.140 In front of and behind others

"Xilin." Kiana shouted at Xilin with a serious expression.

"Hmm?" Silin, who hadn't figured out how to explain to Kiana, looked up in confusion, only to see Kiana's face close at hand. A moment later, her forehead was pressed against hers. "Kiana..."

They were so close to each other, it seemed that he had never been so close to her before, except for the kiss he had secretly given her on the lips yesterday.

Even their noses were touching lightly.

Before Xilin could say anything, Kiana's mental power was transmitted through the forehead that was in contact.

"?!"

"Xilin, believe me." Kiana held Xilin's head with both hands and said seriously and gently.

"..." Xilin didn't say anything, but from the beginning she had not been wary of Kiana. Even when she felt Kiana's mental power, she did not resist at all.

Kiana's mental power penetrated into Xilin's mind without any hindrance.

But just when Kiana was about to touch something, in the "sight" of Kiana's consciousness, blue eyes shining with a purple cross suddenly opened.

"What?!" Kiana didn't even have a chance to resist. The spiritual power that invaded Xilin's mind was directly bounced out, but what was even more strange was... her mind was not injured.

"What's going on?" After exiting Kiana's spiritual world, Kiana opened her eyes again.

"Kiana, are you okay?" Xilin looked into Kiana's eyes with concern.

All mental conditions will be reflected through the pupils, but there is no look of pain or trance in Kiana's eyes.

"I'm fine." Kiana shook her head. "But... what is that thing in Xilin's spiritual world? That eye..."

"Are you really okay?" Xilin asked seriously.

"It's okay, it's okay." Kiana pinched Xilin's cheek. "Don't be so serious."

"...Okay." Although he didn't know what was going on with Kiana, he was sure that she was hiding something from him.

"Although you keep saying that you're fine, but... you should rest first." Xilin stood up and prepared to leave Kiana's room.

"...Xilin." Just as Xilin was about to go out, Kiana suddenly shouted.

"What's wrong?" Xilin turned around and asked.

"Let me make it clear first, I'm not doubting you." Kiana first applied BUFF to herself to avoid being misunderstood by Xilin. "Your mental power seems... not normal?"

"Too strong?" Xilin blinked and understood what Kiana was asking. "Do you think that I have been eating, drinking, playing and sleeping every day for the past ten years?"

Xilin crossed her arms across her chest and raised her head with a slightly arrogant expression.

"?!" Kiana was a little confused, and she immediately saw Xilin's raised sword.

That is...the starting move of [Taixu Sword God].

Although everyone's [Taixu Sword God] is different, the starting moves are surprisingly consistent...

In response to this, Fu Hua simply said, "Maybe everyone thinks this pose is more handsome."

A slightly weird and mysterious purple light bloomed between Xilin's brows.

An extremely powerful mental force spread out from Xilin's brows. This kind of mental force... is undoubtedly [Taixu].

"Humph, how do you think I just tracked that guy back?" Looking at Kiana's surprised expression, Xilin felt that her efforts in the past ten years were meaningful.

Although Xilin also knew that the fundamental reason why she was able to reversely track the [Hersher of the End] was that the other party guided her.

But if her mental strength is not strong enough, she will not be able to grasp that guidance.

Not only that, if his mental strength is not strong enough, the strength of the four Herrscher cores he gave him would not be exactly at the 'limit'.

Although Xilin understood all this and knew that her efforts to secretly become the King of Scrolls over the years were meaningful, compared to getting four cores from the Herrscher of the End, seeing Kiana's surprised expression was her original plan!

"Hahaha...!!" Seeing Kiana's expression, Xilin's mouth almost flew up to the sky, and soon she couldn't help laughing out loud. "I've always wanted to see your expression, this shocked expression, hahahaha..."

"..." Seeing Xilin so proud, Kiana shook her head helplessly. "Indeed, I really didn't expect that Xilin would actually practice "Taixu Sword Qi" in secret."

Of course, Kiana taught Xilin the "Taixu Sword Qi", but Xilin was just too lazy to practice it.

Unexpectedly, Xilin was not lazy to practice, but was practicing secretly.

"Hehe." Xilin proudly puffed out her almost non-existent chest.

"It seems that I thought too much. 'Honkai' did not attack Sirin again." Kiana breathed a sigh of relief. "That's great."

"Ah? Yeah." Although I don't know what Kiana is talking about, but... whatever. "Okay, I won't disturb your rest." Xilin turned around and walked out of Kiana's room.

"Oh, okay." Kiana nodded and watched Xilin leave the room. 'What on earth happened...'

Kiana was puzzled by this. Although Xilin's mental strength was indeed very strong, it was almost impossible to repel her, let alone a subconscious counterattack.

So...the mental power that I faced in the living room before was definitely not Xilin's.

Besides, who was that eye just now, and why was it in Xilin's spiritual world...

"Could it be Prometheus?" Kiana thought of a possibility.

At this point in time, the only one who can surpass her on a spiritual level is perhaps Prometheus XVII, who exists as the "Will of Honkai".

"Although that eye is different from Prometheus', it is inevitable that she will change after all because she is now the 'Honkai Will'." Kiana convinced herself in her heart. "However, Sirin does not seem to be affected by the Honkai."

"Forget it, let's not think about it for now..." After expending some energy, Kiana felt really sleepy, so she simply pulled the quilt and rolled herself in.

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......

"Your Majesty, are you... okay?" Bella asked with concern as she looked at Xilin who came down from the second floor and sat at the dining table but had a gloomy face.

"No, I'm fine." Xilin shook her head. "It's just that...my giving up may be a relief to Kiana..."

"Strange... Why..." Xilin looked at her clenched fist. "If it were me before... I wouldn't think like this..."

When everything was still unknown, Xilin was just a child, at least she would not be troubled by emotions.

After realizing many emotions, Xilin has indeed grown up.

"But...I am unwilling...why am I the only one...?"

B.141 Kiana seems to understand something

"No, I can't sleep at all!" Kiana, who had rolled herself up like a caterpillar, suddenly broke free from the quilt and jumped up. "You're too concerned."

Even if Kiana didn't use sleep to recover, the consumed mental energy would recover quickly.

So she can be considered energetic now.

But being full of energy also meant that she couldn't sleep at all, and she was very concerned about Xilin's abnormal condition.

"Should I try again?" Kiana was struggling, wondering whether she should use [Yu Du Chen] to investigate Xilin's situation again.

"Well... let's give it a try." Kiana sighed, then walked out of the room and quietly came to Xilin's door.

"Lady Kiana?" Just as Kiana was preparing for a 'night attack', Bella's voice suddenly came.

"Uh?" Kiana's hand froze, and she turned back to look at Bella. "Ahaha, it's Bella, what's the matter?"

"Lady Kiana, do you have anything to say to the Queen?" Although I don't know why the Queen came out of Lady Kiana's room and showed that expression while eating, the Queen must have encountered something.

Bella believed that Lady Kiana would not harm the Queen, but she was more worried about unconscious harm.

So she wanted to ask Kiana to avoid any misunderstanding between the two queens.

"Nothing." Kiana shook her head.

But considering that many times, misunderstandings are caused by "nothing" and "too lazy to say", she thinks it is better to tell Bella. After all, it is about Xilin... Bella has the right to know.

"Let's go to the living room and talk."

"Huh? Yes." Bella nodded seriously. Kiana wanted to talk to her in the living room, so it shouldn't be a trivial matter.

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......

"Xilin's mental power is extremely strong." Qiana looked at Bella and said. "Xilin said that she cultivated it secretly over the years. I don't doubt it."

"But within Xilin's mental power, there is another, more terrifying mental power."

Kiana told Bella what happened when she probed Sirin's mind twice.

The first time, he was counterattacked right in front of Bella's eyes, which made her dizzy for a while.

The second detection was conducted when he was alone with Xilin. This time there was no counterattack, but he was bounced out without any ability to fight back.

But no matter it was the first time or the second time, the 'opponent's' mental strength was far beyond Kiana's. That kind of unnatural strength... was too bizarre.

So much so that Kiana had to care.

"Another kind of mental power?" Bella looked at Kiana in confusion.

"Yeah." Kiana nodded. "Although I'm not sure when Xilin practiced her spiritual power, as she stayed on the sofa all day long, as if she had grown on it."

Let me reiterate, it’s not that I don’t believe Xilin, I just think it’s magical.

Although the breath produced when practicing spiritual power is very weak, if it is practiced at night, the breath of Sirin who is so close to Kiana will definitely be captured by Kiana, so Kiana finds it quite magical.

"Actually, the Queen..." Bella had just opened her mouth when she realized that there were some things that the Queen didn't want Lady Kiana to know.

"Hmm?" Kiana looked at Bella, who was halfway through her words and suddenly covered her mouth, as if she was worried that she would let something slip. "Bella?"

"Uh..." Bella looked away, trying to avoid Kiana's gaze.

"It seems that Xilin does have some 'unspeakable' secret." In fact, Kiana was just teasing.

"No, it's not!" Bella shook her head quickly. "The Queen works hard every morning!"

"In the morning?" Kiana raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Didn't she curl up on the sofa after breakfast?"

Kiana looked at a corner of the sofa. This fixed position would "grow" Xilin, which was already a natural "scenery" in this house.

"Actually..." Since I've already said it, I might as well tell Kiana. "Actually, the Queen always goes back to her room after dinner, and only comes to the living room when she knows that you, Kiana, are about to come back."

"..." Kiana was stunned when she heard Bella's revelation.

Why did Xilin come to the living room when she was about to come back? Kiana was not stupid, so she could certainly understand the meaning.

"Did Xilin come to the living room on time just to wait for me?" There was no need to answer, the answer was already certain.

Kiana suddenly remembered that Xilin did the same thing every morning. No matter how sleepy she was, she would go downstairs before she went out.

"Ah..." Kiana opened her mouth and suddenly understood something.

"Okay, let's put this aside for now..." Although she said to put it aside, Kiana was indeed concerned about this matter. "Actually, I'm just worried that Xilin might encounter something 'not so good'."

After all, the mental power at that time was too strong and too strange. Although Kiana tried to trace the other party's existence, she couldn't find any clues at all.

"What does the Queen think?" Bella asked puzzledly.

"Xilin cooperated with me to investigate once, but there was no result. I was a little worried, so I wanted to continue investigating." After Kiana finished speaking, she sighed. "But... forget it."

If he thought about it carefully, Xilin might think that his sneaky behavior just now meant that he didn't trust her.

Sure enough, even if he wanted to investigate again, he had to wait until Xilin got up. It was not a good idea to be sneaky.

"..." Because she didn't know the whole picture, Bella didn't know how to answer Kiana, but she still believed that Kiana would make the right choice.

After all, Bella never thought that Kiana would hurt Xilin.

"Oh, forget it, let's go to bed first." Kiana sighed and stood up.

"Lady Kiana, you haven't had dinner... Since you can't sleep, do you want me to heat up your food?" Bella suggested to Kiana.

Although according to the nutrition knowledge Bella has learned, eating midnight snacks is not recommended, and leftovers are also not recommended.

But Bella actually knew very well that nutrition did not have much effect on the Herrscher.

So in some ways, she is still very open-minded.

"Emm, thank you for your help, Bella."

"It's my pleasure."