I'm going to kill everyone who calls me Hill.

Nanoha complained quietly.

A few days ago, when Nanoha fainted due to injury, Seele carried Nanoha back to Sui-ya. Although the Takamachi family were very concerned about Nanoha's injuries, after the doctor examined her and said that she was just too tired and her injuries were not serious, they resumed their normal lives.

It's not that they don't care about Nanoha's injury, it's just that they are used to this kind of thing. Nanoha has been active since she was a child and often got bumped into things. This time it was just due to being too tired and having a few bumps. There is no need to make a fuss, and they believe that Nanoha will discuss anything with them.

Xier was hired by Momoko as a clerk because she was so hungry after two days of wandering around that she decided to work to support herself. However, she was an illegal immigrant, so almost all places were unwilling to accept her. Finally, she tried to come to Cuiwu, and was accepted by the excited Momoko. (Takamachi Momoko: Oh yeah! Xier is so cute! Hug! Xier died of suffocation.)

With Seele's persistent feeding, Nanoha finally took the first bite, and then she suddenly realized that this was pretty good.

After feeding Nanoha a whole bowl of porridge, Seele, having fulfilled her big sister's wish, packed up the dishes and went downstairs to continue her career as a waitress.

After a few days of adapting, Xier also brought herself into the role of a waiter. She was gentle and considerate, with a pleasant voice and a beautiful image. Soon Xier became a signature of Cuiwu, and the number of customers increased a lot compared to before. This made Taozi very happy. After get off work every day, she would praise Xier as her lucky star and then give Xier a big hug.

"Ah~ I'm so tired..."

Finally finishing a day's work, Xier rubbed her almost stiff cheeks. A whole day of smiling had made her facial muscles stiff. Now she just wanted to look expressionless.

"Oh, by the way, Xier doesn't have to go to work tomorrow."

Before leaving, Taozi said to Xier at the stairs: "We are going to the hot spring hotel tomorrow. So tomorrow is a day off."

"Ok."

Xier nodded. She did not live with Taozi's family. Although Taozi wanted Xier to stay overnight, Xier still felt that it would be too much of a disturbance. So she stayed in a hotel outside temporarily. Thanks to Taozi's very considerate daily salary, Xier had money to stay in a hotel. Otherwise, she would probably have to sleep on the streets again.

"By the way, Xier, do you want to go and have some fun too? You must be tired after working for so many days."

Taozi saw all of Xier's hard work. Although she cared about Xier and wanted her to have an easier time, Xier always worked very stubbornly, which made Taozi feel very distressed. After all, Xier was just a child.

"Ah... forget it..."

Although Taozi's watery eyes were very lethal, Xier, who had her own arrangements, finally did not agree to Taozi. For what she was going to do, relaxing was too much of a luxury.

"Ok."

Although she was very reluctant, Taozi didn't say anything.

After leaving the Cuiwu, Xier strolled along the street under the setting sun. Looking at the busy streets, Xier couldn't help but feel an inexplicable envy for their ordinary lives. If possible, Xier also wanted to live like everyone in the orphanage.

"By the way! Let's make beet soup tonight."

Xier hammered her palm and said, "It's been a long time since I've been fed beet soup."

When Xi'er thought of this, she couldn't help but feel excited, so she ran towards the supermarket...

Then she was sanctioned by the middle-aged women who were frantically buying discounted goods.

"Ah~ let me take it...ah don't push...hey let me take it for a moment! Hey don't push, it's been pushed away..."

Finally, after more than ten minutes of hard struggle, Xier finally gathered the necessary things and left the group of aunts with extremely strong fighting power.

"Huh... I'm finally back..."

Xier returned to the hotel with the ingredients. After saying hello to the boss, the boss generously lent the kitchen to Xier. Then Chef Xier, who was not a top chef, was ready to start cooking!

"First... let me see..."

Xier took out an onion from the plastic bag, washed it and placed it on the chopping board.

"Just cut the onions first..."

Picking up the kitchen knife and dipping it in some water, Xier carefully cut the onion into appropriate pieces for later use.

"Come to think of it... When Bronya-sister made beetroot soup for the first time, she actually cut the onion into such small pieces. Her knife skills are really amazing. No, I should say her knife skills are amazing..."

When Bronya first came to the orphanage, it was Seele who cooked a bowl of beet soup for Bronya who was almost frozen. Seeing the stern-faced girl smile was the best reward for Seele at that time.

"Then cabbage... carrots... potatoes..."

Xier cut the ingredients one by one, put them aside, and then placed a cooking pot on the stove.

"Oh, and the most important beet..."

Take out the beets and dice them, then Xier stir-fry the ingredients slightly and put them into the pot.

"Ding ding ding! Canned beef!"

Xier held the can of beef above her head and shouted like a child, then her face blushed because of her strange behavior. Fortunately, there was no one else around, otherwise Xier would probably have to find a crack in the ground to crawl into.

"Ah... so shy..."

Luckily, there was no one around, and the shame of letting myself go quickly dissipated.

Open the can of beef, take out the beef and cut it into small pieces on the chopping board. Put it into the pot with other ingredients, add a little salt, and then just wait.

"I think I was teaching Sister Bronya how to cook at that time..."

Xier looked at the soup in the pot, her eyes gradually became blurred, and her thoughts gradually returned to that happy moment.

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"Well, just switch to low heat and wait for thirty minutes until the vegetables are cooked until they are soft."

Xier said to Bronya who looked curious: "This is the general process."

"Hmm, cooking is also so planned, just like a general deploying his troops, the precise order is the key to deliciousness?"

Recalling Seele's confident look when she taught him how to cook, Bronya remembered the general he once saw when he was a soldier.

"That's not right. You have to be careful when cooking."

Seeing that Bronya said something that misunderstood her, Xier quickly explained: "The way of cooking is not important, what is important is the heart when cooking, so that the dishes can be more delicious."

"Really, heart?"

Looking at Bronya who seemed to understand but not quite, Xier couldn't help but smile happily.

"What are you laughing at, Xi'er?"

Bronya tilted his head, not understanding what was so funny about himself.

"No, I just couldn't help laughing when I saw Bronya's serious expression..."

Xier quickly waved her hands and said, Sister Bronya always looks so natural, without any awareness that she has done anything strange, but this is Sister Bronya.

"Right, let's read a book while we wait..."

Xier ran to her room, took out her treasured fairy tale book, and started reading it with Bronya.

"Once upon a time, there was a little mermaid whose singing voice was very beautiful..."

Thirty minutes later, the two closed the fairy tale book.

"Sister Bronya, do you think the sea is really as vast as described in the books?" Xier said, imagining the sea described in the book.

"I guess so……"

Bronya hesitated and said that she had never really seen the sea, and even if she had seen it before, she would not remember it because at that time, she only had the mission in her mind.

"Then let's go to the sea together!"

Xier said excitedly: "When we grow up, we can go to the sea together. By then, we will probably be able to see how vast the sea is..."

“Ah? …Yeah.”

Bronya felt a little shy when Seele suddenly pulled her hand, but when she saw Seele's high spirits, she also smiled.

"Ah! The water is boiling!"

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"Grumpy"

The sound of the soup bubbling in the pot and the wafting aroma brought Xier back to her consciousness, allowing her to focus on the beets in front of her.

The vegetables that have been cooked to soft and the beef cubes that have been well-seasoned are constantly bubbling in the pot. The beet soup, which is 90% done, is constantly emitting an aroma that has already spread from the kitchen, tempting people's appetite.

"Okay, the finishing touch! A spoonful of sour cream!"

Xier scooped a spoonful of the sour cream she had bought and put it in the beet soup that had just been served. The beet soup full of memories was finally ready.

"Mmm~ As expected of me, it's really delicious. Delicious!"

After enjoying a delicious mouthful of the beet soup, Xier broke off a small piece of the dry bread and dipped it in the beet soup. The hot soup moistened the dry bread, and the originally dry taste instantly became soft. The delicious taste of the soup accompanied by the taste of the bread was an unforgettable delicacy in Xier's memory.

"Hmm... delicious."

Looking at the sky outside the window which had already darkened, Xier ate her dinner while planning her actions for the next day.

Tomorrow's operation is very important, so Xier must find a secluded place to carry it out. In this way, it doesn't matter if there is any big noise. Even if she is discovered, Xier can get away quickly.

"Then let's go to the beach..."

Xier thought of the coast around Haiming City. It was a secluded place with many trees and the sea water as a buffer. It was the best place for the experiment.

"Yes, that's it. However, now I can see the sea so easily, I wonder if Sister Bronya has seen the sea... I wonder how much time has passed over there."

Seele imagined what Bronya would look like when she grew up, but after thinking for a while she found that she couldn't imagine what Bronya would look like when she grew up, and she couldn't help but laugh.

"It seems that Sister Bronya is more suitable for the small one."

When Xier thought about how Bronya would grow up, she felt a little uncomfortable. Well, it would be better if sister Bronya was still small.

"Hmm~ What should I eat tomorrow morning..."

Just like that, Xier simply washed up after dinner and lay down on the bed. The fatigue of the day hit her brain, making her sleepy.

"Yawn~ I'm so sleepy... Then... Good... Night..."

The whole room fell silent, with only the sound of steady breathing echoing in the room...

Chapter 8: The Sadness of the Box

Early in the morning, when the sun is about to rise.

A figure came to the coast of Haiming City. No one paid attention to this place because of its remote location and towering cliffs. The management of Haiming City once wanted to plan this scenic area into a tourist attraction, but after several accidental falls off the cliff, they gave up this area. Of course, it was more because they found that the beaches a few kilometers away had more development value than here.

Of course, none of this has anything to do with Xier. She just knows that no one comes here.

"This is it."

After sensing that there was no one nearby, Xier decided to start her own plan.

"first……"

Xier took out the new Pinky Box stored in the imaginary space.

This weapon box, made by Bai Xi with creative ideas from Hei Xi, combines weapon knowledge from the previous era and is said to be able to display all the weapons Xier has ever known.

Although Xier still had some doubts about this exaggerated statement, after successfully materializing the Skyfire Greatsword and Skadi of Eternal Frost, Xier believed it a little more.

"Now let's see if it's really that magical."

Xier muttered as she looked at the weapon box that looked like a Honkai crystal and was slowly rotating in her hand.

She closed her eyes gently and connected to the main control of the new Pinch Box through her thoughts. This seemingly ordinary little box actually has a main control center comparable to a quantum computer. Xier didn't know the principle, and could only explain it as the magical Honkai energy.

"All right……"

After receiving feedback from the main control center, Xier opened her eyes and at the same time transferred the knowledge she had extracted from Yuno in the past few days to the new Pinky Box.

Seele hasn't been taking care of Nanoha for nothing these days. In her spare time, Seele would chat with Yuno. Although Seele has not attended any formal school, after having been in the Quantum Sea and learning some black technologies from the Monster Hunter world, she has completely become a scientist. Although this scientist has a "green" bloodline, that is, the power of thinking, Seele does not understand these theoretical knowledge, but she can materialize her ideas through intuition. I think this thing can do it, and then it really works.

After seeing the smart staff in Nanoha's hand that provided built-in combat assistance and could even take over in critical moments, Seele also came up with the idea of ​​making one for the new Pinky Box. So after she got the general principle from Yuno, she had been using her imagination to try to recreate this kind of thing in the past few days. Finally, she had a general idea yesterday.

So this scene happened today.

"boom"

After testing the instructions passed by Xier, the new Pinky Box suddenly made a huge explosion. The sound was deafening, but since there was no one nearby, no one was disturbed.

After the sound, an opening appeared on the side of the New Pinky Box, and a puff of black smoke slowly escaped from it.

"Ahem... failed..."

Xier coughed several times due to the black smoke, and then looked at the self-repaired new Pinky Box with great depression.

This is why Xier would find a secluded place to conduct this experiment. Although her thinking ability is very strong, it is not enough to succeed in one try.

The failure of an experiment did not discourage Xier. She knew that her idea could not succeed at once, so she had already prepared for many failures.

The self-recovery ability of the new Pinch Box gave Xier a basis for her experiment. She did not have to worry about the new Pinch Box exploding due to the experiment. As early as the beginning of the design, Bai Xi gave this thing a sturdy structure. Its Rubik's Cube-like appearance could form various weapons while ensuring self-repair without damaging the main control center.

Of course, this repair ability is also limited. Minor damage such as a bent blade can be repaired almost instantly, but if the entire weapon is destroyed, even if the main control center is fine, the weapon is basically useless, and the time it takes to recover is longer than to build a new one.

It is precisely because of this sturdy structure that Xier can conduct experiments with confidence, because even if an explosion occurs, this thing can return to its original state.