Firefly, I want to be a Sanyo Hermit

"Um... Your Majesty..." Bella looked at Xilin, whose face was gloomy and uncertain, and shouted in panic.

"What's wrong, Bella?" Xilin turned her head and looked at Bella. "I'm fine."

"I haven't asked you yet." Bella, who was beaten to the punch, secretly complained in her heart.

Naturally, Kiana did not intentionally mute her conversation with Raiden Mei.

The Valkyrie's dormitories, including the teachers' villas, have been specially renovated and have excellent sound insulation.

So, if Sirin and Bella are chatting in the room, and Kiana and Raiden Mei are in the living room, no matter how loud their voices are, it will be difficult for Sirin and Bella to hear them.

But it just so happened that Xilin and Bella's conversation had ended. After they opened the door, the content of Kiana and the others' conversation naturally spread to the second floor.

It’s not because Kiana and the others are so loud, it’s simply because the Herrscher’s senses are so powerful.

Even such a faint sound was clearly captured by Xilin and Bella.

And what Kiana said, "Xilin is my most important family member," was naturally heard clearly by Xilin.

If it were more than ten years ago, Xilin would definitely be very happy about what Kiana said.

But now...the relationship that has quietly deteriorated over the past decade has made Xilin no longer satisfied with the identity of "family".

And Kiana's family card made Xilin feel indescribably uncomfortable.

Maybe this is what a secret love that ends in vain looks like?

"My Queen, Lady Kiana..." Bella deliberately lowered her voice to avoid being heard by Kiana and the others downstairs. "She just doesn't understand your feelings."

"Hmph, it doesn't matter." Xilin snorted. "Do I really have to have her?"

"Queen..."

"Okay Bella." Celine raised her hand.

"..." Bella knew that Xilin's gesture meant that she no longer wanted to listen to what she said. "Sorry, Your Majesty."

Bella opened her mouth and finally had no choice but to close it.

"Is this the only way?" Bella felt sad.

How should I put it... It's probably the sadness of "the CP I'm supporting has already failed before it even started."

But Bella had tried hard enough and had done everything she could.

It’s just a pity that Xilin is like this.

"Bella, you go down first." Xilin said to Bella. "You haven't cooked dinner yet."

"...Yes, Your Majesty." Looking at Celine's appearance, Bella lowered her eyes, then obeyed Celine's order and went downstairs.

'Damn it...' Xilin put her hand on her heart.

Although Herrscher and humans have the same body structure, they are fundamentally different.

Humans use blood to keep their bodies functioning, while Herrscher uses the Houkai energy in their bodies to keep their bodies functioning.

You don't need to breathe, but you can still breathe; you don't need a heartbeat, but your heart still beats.

"It feels so uncomfortable..." Xilin felt the pain from her heartbeat and the blockage in her throat.

"It's just like... the feeling when I watched "CLANNAD"..."

Xilin is not a child who knows nothing. She knows very well that what she is feeling now is called "heartache", but she can't do anything now, even can't get angry willfully... because there is no one for her to vent.

Although she could be as willful as usual and punch Kiana twice without any reason, she was very clear about Kiana's reaction after being punched by her.

She would just think that someone was playing with her, and then she would cover the place where she was hit and scream.

If it were any other time, it would be fun, but...

'Is this... regret? ' Xilin thought to herself.

I've regretted it for so many years. Bella had often reminded me, but I kept putting it off by saying "It's okay, there's still time".

Because she was also afraid that her confession to Kiana would destroy the relationship between them.

And now, Kiana has defined the relationship between them as 'family', which also means that she no longer has any chance.

'This might be better...' Xilin muttered to herself, trying to convince herself.

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"Bella." Seeing Bella coming downstairs, Kiana raised her hand and waved. "Have you finished talking to Xilin?"

"Yeah." Bella nodded. "After all, it's almost time for dinner. If we continue chatting, we won't have time to make dinner."

As a nutritionist, Bella has very strict requirements for the three meals a day.

Although Kiana and the others are Herrschers, and Bella herself is a Honkai beast, they don't need any nutrition at all. After all, Honkai can do everything.

But! As a servant, Bella still strictly followed the three meals a day requirements of humans.

So at home, it is rare to have a big meal in the evening.

According to Kiana, it means "eat eggs in the morning, meat at noon, and grass at night."

Although Bella felt that Kiana's summary was very biased, she couldn't quite put her finger on where the bias lay, because dinner was indeed mainly composed of fruits and vegetables.

"Yam and millet porridge, red date, pumpkin and white fungus porridge, and fruit and vegetable salad. Lady Kiana, please choose whichever you like." Bella announced the three 'dishes' for tonight.

"Oh~ I prefer red dates, pumpkin and white fungus porridge." Compared to fruit and vegetable salad, Kiana prefers the sweeter white fungus porridge.

"Yeah." Bella responded softly. She knew what Kiana would choose. "Where's Lady Mei?"

"Me?" Raiden Mei blinked. "As for me... I'm just as good as Kiana-sister."

After all, she was a newcomer and Mei Raiden didn't know much about the food in this family.

"I understand." Bella nodded and walked towards the kitchen.

"Speaking of which... Sister Kiana, do you think it's a bit strange to call her 'Kurigara'?" Raiden Mei looked at Bella's figure and then asked Kiana. "Although it's very impressive, it would be a bit strange if you call her as a name."

After all, Kurikara's human form is a petite big loli, and calling her Kurikara such an imposing name is a bit inappropriate.

"Yeah, that's true." Kiana nodded, pinching her chin. "So Mei is going to give Kurikara a nickname? Like Bella."

Bella is different from Kurikara. Bella is a name, not a nickname.

If there were no records of [Magic Dragon Type·Benares] in the previous civilization era, then [Magic Dragon Type·Bella] would probably be the one recorded in the current civilization.

Kurikara is a newly appeared Honkai beast, and there is only one in two eras, so whatever name Mei Raiden gave her is the name in the illustrated book.

B.89 Do not talk in your sleep

Finally, during the discussion between Kiana and Mei Raiden, Kurikara's name was simplified to 'Karaka'.

Unlike Bella, who inherited the name of Xilin's former friend, Galao does not have any special meaning. It is just a simple simplification.

Having a new name, Garo did not show any special emotions. To Garo, there was no difference between 'Garo' and 'Kurigara'. She was just a newly born will and did not quite understand the meaning of the 'name'.

"Dinner is ready, why hasn't Xilin come down yet?" Kiana looked towards the stairs to the second floor with some confusion.

"I'll go call the Queen down." Bella stood up first.

"I'll go." Kiana waved her hand and stood up and walked towards the stairs.

...

......

"Xilin?" Because of the good sound insulation, Kiana, who was standing at Xilin's door, could not hear any sound in the room.

She knocked on the door and waited for a while, but there was no response from Xilin.

"Hmm?" Kiana blinked in confusion, turned around and walked to the bathroom to take a look, and after confirming that Xilin was not in the bathroom, she returned to Xilin's door.

She knocked on the door again but still got no response from Xilin.

"Strange..." Kiana murmured, then turned the handle of Xilin's door and walked in.

Nothing unexpected happened to Xilin, nor was she sitting in front of the computer with headphones on and not paying attention to anything else as Kiana imagined.

"Why are you sleeping at this time?" Kiana looked at Xilin, who was curled up in a ball on the bed with only her head sticking out.

"Why do you look unhappy?" Kiana noticed that Xilin didn't seem to sleep well, and frowned tightly.

"Xilin, get up." Kiana poked Xilin's face.

Rather than waking up Xilin, her behavior was more like teasing someone who was sleeping.

However, based on the senses of a Herrscher, if Kiana made too much noise, it would easily scare the sleeping Sirin, so she would use such a slight movement to wake Sirin up.

"Hmm..." Xilin let out a slight moan, and her already frowned brows became even deeper.

"This is..." Kiana noticed something unusual on Xilin's face and lowered her head to look carefully at the marks at the corners of Xilin's eyes.

Although it is easy for people to shed some tears when they sleep, they will then dry up and leave traces at the corners of their eyes.

If it is left to 'brew' overnight, eye discharge is likely to occur.

But the marks at the corners of Xilin's eyes were obviously not just a few tears.

"Did I have a nightmare?" Considering Sirin's strange expression, Kiana felt that things might not be that simple.

"Xilin, wake up." Kiana increased her strength a little.

This time the effect was more significant. Xilin, who was pushed, narrowed her eyes a little.

It was obvious that she had not woken up at all.

"Kiana?" Xilin, who was in a half-asleep state, looked at the enlarged face in front of her and recognized Kiana with a little difficulty.

"Wake up..." Before Kiana could finish her words, she saw Xilin, who had just wrapped herself like a caterpillar, stretched out her hands from the quilt and hooked Kiana's neck, then pulled her into her arms forcefully.

Then, Xilin seemed to feel a little uncomfortable being pressed down, so she changed the position of the "pillow" in her arms and directly crossed her legs over Kiana's waist.

"What a familiar posture..." Although she couldn't see it, Kiana could feel Sirin's current posture.

Because this is the posture she usually holds when she hugs a quilt or a pillow.

"?" A question mark popped up in Kiana's head. "Is this... just a spoiled child?"

Although she thought so, Kiana immediately threw this possibility out of her head.

After all, this is Xilin, how could she act like a spoiled child?

"But then again..." Kiana felt the body of the big lolita, who was only separated from her by two layers of clothes. "Well, although I can feel the ribs directly, they are also a bit soft."

"Sure enough, even steel plates are soft."

Kiana secretly complained about Xilin's figure in her heart.

Even after so many years, Xilin still has no flesh on her body.

However, Xilin, who never exercises and eats a lot, has some changes in her figure even with the effect of the Herrscher's fixed body shape.

Compared to a decade ago, Xilin is not as thin as she was then, and has some soft flesh on her body.

When I held her in my arms, although her ribs felt a little uncomfortable, her slender waist and soft legs felt very good.

As for the butt...Kiana didn't dare to touch it directly, so she is not sure.

'Cough...' Kiana coughed lightly in her heart.

Although she usually received a lot of benefits from Sirin, Kiana never did anything that really exceeded the rules.

"Kiana...I..." The faint voice, almost like a dream, was captured by Kiana's hearing.

But it was still very faint, and she couldn't hear the voice behind Xilin clearly.

In other words, Xilin's next words were completely brewing in her throat without any sound coming out.

"I'm here." Thinking that Xilin might have had a nightmare, Qiana's hand gently fell on Xilin's back.

"Qi...Yana..." Xilin's mumbling in her sleep was heard again, but this time the words seemed even more vague.

"What's going on..." Although she didn't understand what Sirin was dreaming about, it was impossible for Kiana to use [Yu Duchen] to peek into Sirin's dream, so she could only hug Sirin casually.

"You guy..." It seemed that there was no response from Kiana this time, and Xilin grabbed Kiana's hand a little angrily.

"What are you doing?" Even Kiana had no experience in talking to a dreamer.