K424 of the Collapse World

However, looking at the smile on the face of the other silver-haired girl, Diana suddenly felt that what she had just done wasn't such a failure?

At least, the helplessness and reluctance from before are no longer visible in this smile...

"Diana, why did you blow out all the candles?"

"Yes, that belongs to sister Kiana..."

With a whoosh, the curtains were drawn back, and the dim room lit up again as if a light had been turned on. Following Bronya and Seele's reproach, Shirley stood up again.

"Okay, okay, don't take it so seriously... It's just a process after all. Now that it's over, let's quickly share the cake! According to Theresa's plan, we can make other arrangements in the afternoon... Well, such as watching a movie together~"

As she spoke, Shiris took out a cake knife from under the dining cart, thought for a moment, and handed it to Mei. Although she should not lose to anyone in terms of manipulation, Mei, who is good at cooking, must be able to cut better than herself.

"Hmm~ Speaking of which, the afternoon activity... My original proposal was to hold a dance party? Use the stadium as the venue, and invite all of Diana's classmates... Tsk, it was rejected..."

Ji Zi burped and sighed half complainingly.

Diana's expression froze and she sighed deeply weakly.

"That's too much! This is the Far East, not Europe. Here, I'm not the eldest daughter of the Kaslana family, but just an ordinary Valkyrie. If my birthday is so special and everyone knows about it, how can I continue to study in this place in the future!"

"Your identity is public, right? Although it's not publicized, other people in the academy can definitely find it out if they want to. I heard that bullying is quite serious in Far East High School. No one in St. Freya should dare to bully Diana, right? Well...it's better to say that as a noble of destiny, Diana didn't bully other students. It's really good~"

"I......"

Looking at Diana, who looked confused and aggrieved, a # appeared on Shiris' forehead.

"This topic... Jizi, you are on Diana's birthday

What are you talking about? Have you drunk too much? Put your wine away and have some cake.

"Eh~~? But I don't like sweets..."

"It's okay. If necessary, I can add some salt to your portion, or sprinkle some hangover medicine or something like that. How about that?"

"Uh, no thanks. Sorry Diana, I'm a little... outspoken after drinking."

Looking into the girl's slightly narrowed smile, Ji Zi's scalp instantly felt cold, and she sobered up a lot. She immediately apologized with a wry smile and let the matter go.

"..."

Sitting in the front seat, Siegfried stroked something he had put in his pocket from the beginning, smiling in silence.

(When I hand this thing over to them, I should confess everything...)

The truth of fifteen years ago cannot be hidden in my heart forever. How to look at that person and whether to forgive fate are all left to my daughters to decide.

516 Delivery

After the cake was divided, Shilis asked the girls to stay in their rooms according to the original arrangement and find a few movies on the TV in the dormitory. Considering that there were many children under the age of fourteen present, she only found some special effects movies with basically no special plots.

However, some things are unavoidable. Seeing the kissing scenes that are customary in North American movies still made the young girls blush and their hearts beat faster...

Organizing the event in an otaku way, the happy afternoon passed quickly. After enjoying the dinner prepared by Yaezakura, Mei and Fu Hua, Kiana and Diana's birthday party was coming to an end.

"Then...we'll go back first. Bye everyone~!"

"Thank you for the hospitality, I had a lot of fun today."

The Arlene sisters were the first to leave. The two children brought by Cocolia still kept their original habits in the orphanage. Moreover, even if they wanted to extend the party on their own initiative, Cocolia would not easily agree.

After all, they are only fourteen years old. No matter which country you are in, staying up late is not something that children should do.

"Eh? But it's only half past six... It's okay to stay a little longer, right?"

"Hey, sorry, sorry~ It's still early, but if it's any later, my sister will automatically shut down~?"

"Hmm... That's it. Lilia wants to go back to sleep..."

"Hey~ Don't fall asleep now, Lilia. You're drooling."

Looking at the yawning blue-haired girl, Rosalia smiled and said, hugging Lilia's neck beside her, with her pure white smooth tail swinging back and forth behind her. After gently rejecting Theresa's request to stay, they walked side by side to the entrance and began to put on their coats.

The two outgoing girls were invited to the party without showing any shyness. Especially Rosalia, when she was with Lilia who was in a normal state, she did not show any timidity and helplessness when she was lost before, and she was full of confidence.

Presumably, for the twin girls who have been together since birth, each other's existence has become their strength...

Kiana gently waved her hand as a farewell, and the envy in her eyes was fleeting, and her expression returned to calmness again. Although she envied such a relationship, didn't she have such an important person herself?

But before leaving, the two girls seemed to remember something and suddenly turned back.

"Xing! We're all leaving, why are you still staying?"

"Huh? What does it have to do with you when I return?!"

Xing, who was just thinking about how to find an opportunity to get close to Shiris, frowned unhappily as she watched the two girls approaching her quickly. However, without giving her a chance to speak, the twin girls swung out their two powerful tails at the same time, and the pincers at the end directly clamped and rolled up Xing, who was unable to react in time.

"Aiya! What are you doing? Let me go!"

"If we leave, there will be no one to watch over Sister Xing. If Sister Xing is left alone, she will definitely exceed the curfew time."

"What's the point of a curfew? If you want to go back, why don't you just go by yourself? Why do you have to drag me along? And Bronya and Seele are here too, why don't you just go and catch them?"

Xing, who had no intention of leaving, shouted in dissatisfaction and tried to pry the two tails wrapped around her apart. However, the two girls did not seem to be willing to listen to her.

"No~ No~! We don't need to worry about Bronya and Seele. Xing has the worst self-control in our class, so Rosaria and I have to watch over her. If we go back too late, we'll get spanked by our mom~"

"You two...!"

Xing, who relied on the ability to break space and time but lacked physical strength, could only stare blankly after being caught like this. Rosaria, still smiling evilly, blinked her eyes. After obtaining the power of the collapse equivalent to the X-10 experiment, she and Lilia would no longer worry about Xing's full of

An oppressive stare.

"Well...if Xiao Xing still doesn't want to leave, there's no need to force her to leave like this, right? Although the party is almost over..."

"Aiya~ Since it's almost over, it doesn't matter if we leave early or late! Hey~ Sister Xing, since we're going the same way, why do we have to go our separate ways? Don't you think so?"

Hearing this, Shirley, who had come to dissuade her, had nothing to say. She could only step aside with a wry smile, spread out her hands, and gave a helpless expression to Xing who had a hopeful look on her face.

"Forget it...it's getting late anyway, Xing, just go back with them."

"why is it like this......"

"Then we'll leave first. See you tomorrow, Seele, Bronya~!"

"Well, bye, Rosalia. And so is An."

Hearing the farewell, Bronya smiled and waved her hand, ignoring Xing's pleading eyes. So, with Shiris also expressing her approval, they completely ignored Xing's objections and dragged the reluctant girl out of the dormitory.

Lilia, who was the last to leave, closed the door and listened to Xing's protesting voice gradually fading away. The room fell into a brief silence.

"Haha...Ms. Cocolia's child really has a unique personality..."

Siegfried smiled awkwardly to ease the tense atmosphere in the room. However, now that the meeting was almost over, the atmosphere was no longer important.

In December, the Far East was already in full winter, and it was completely dark at six o'clock. The party was over, and with the departure of the Arlene sisters and Xing Maer, the guests also began to leave one after another. In the end, except for Siegfried who was about to leave, there were only Theresa, Himeko, Fu Hua and Mei, the Valkyries who had lived here, and the three sisters Kiana. In an instant, the room that was bustling just now quickly became deserted.

"Ah...it's over."

In the slightly lonely room after the birthday party, Diana sighed softly, looked at the messy living room with sundries piled everywhere, and collapsed on the sofa with some fatigue.

I didn’t know if the ribbons and stickers I had put so much effort into setting up had any effect, but they would definitely be meaningless after the party was over. And now I have to take the trouble to take them down.

Fu Hua and Mei began to carry the plates back to the kitchen; Theresa and Siegfried put the messy table back to its original position; Jizi half-lay on the chair, holding the bottle of wine with a red face and a silly smile, and Shirley stayed by her side, considering whether to use special means to help her sober up in one go.

516 Delivery >>

A whole morning of careful preparation, just to enjoy a few hours later, and then to waste energy to clean up...

With a soft sigh, the girl stood up and prepared to move the borrowed chairs back to other dormitories, but Theresa saw her and stopped her.

"Leave it to us, Diana. Just sit here and have a good rest. This is nothing."

Theresa said as she put the coffee table in the corner back to its original position. In order to facilitate movement, she had already changed out of her cumbersome dress and high heels and was temporarily wearing Kiana's pajamas to tidy up the room.

"But just watching you guys clean up, I always feel a little guilty..."

Diana shook her head and ignored Theresa. She piled up the chairs around her and planned to carry them out and put them back in the surrounding dormitories and apartments one by one. However, before she could do anything, Shiris, who had come up behind her at some point, took the chairs and walked straight to the door.

"Eh? Sister Shiris..."

"Since you don't want to be idle, why don't you go and open the presents with Kiana? Those things take up a lot of space on the floor. If you can organize all the presents, it will be a big help to us."

As she spoke, Shirley pointed to the room inside, where Kiana was sitting in front of gift boxes of various sizes, slowly unpacking the neatly arranged gifts...

Seeing this, Diana remembered that she had also received a bunch of gifts, so she skipped towards the bedroom and squatted down next to Kiana.

"Sister Kiana~! Are you opening your presents?"

"Well... there are a lot of interesting things in there, I really want to thank everyone..."

Kiana nodded. On the table beside her, there were various gifts, including small items like key chains and bookmarks, small cakes, biscuits, and other foods, as well as pillows and stuffed toys. She placed these things neatly on the table, and it was obvious that she cherished these small gifts very much.

The necklace given by Shirley was still worn around her neck, reflecting the shining deep blue light under the light. Of course, Diana was the same. She was neither obsessed with nor disgusted with small accessories, so she naturally liked such an exquisite necklace with special meaning.

"Hehe... When everyone just took them out, I couldn't tell there were so many. Well, let me see what everyone gave away..."

As she spoke, Diana also came

In front of the pile of gifts that belonged to him, he began to unwrap the gift boxes.

However, not long after, the girl's screams of collapse were heard from the room...

"Ugh...why are all my gifts food?!"

Half an hour later, the two girls who had opened their presents sat back to back on the bed. Compared to the calmness and satisfaction on Kiana's face, Diana behind her had a hint of helplessness in her expression...

Among the gifts given by the partners, there are small items such as greeting cards and pendants; there are valuables such as game consoles and handbags and clothing; there are also special products of the Valkyrie Army such as special firearms and tactical daggers. However, there are also some more special things.

For example, Bella directly put 30,000 yen in bills into the gift box and gave it to them as a gift, and both of them received the same amount of banknotes.

In response, they could only smile at each other. As a Honkai beast, Benares didn't seem to understand the specific meaning of the gift. However, Diana and Kiana naturally didn't care.

"Speaking of which... a big gift pack of snacks is not unacceptable, but at least give me something with a long shelf life! Do I have to eat all the cakes and cookies in two days?"

"The Valkyrie's body fat percentage test will definitely fail."

"Of course I know! But those things can't be kept for too long, right? Hmm... Most of them are food. What kind of impression do you have of me? Although I do like snacks very much..."

Looking at the various delicious foods on the ground, Diana sighed softly. In the past, the snacks were enough to make her so happy that she would spin and jump, but now she only felt a little helpless when she saw them.

"Huh... I've got lunch for tomorrow. I can share it with everyone later. Okay, let's do this~!"

Diana said, nodding to herself. At this time, there was a light knock on the door. After receiving Kiana's "Come in", the white-haired man gently opened the door.

"I came in...did I disturb you?"

"Eh? Dad, is that... the missing gift box?"

Looking at the box in the man's hand, Diana got out of bed sideways and came to Siegfried barefoot.

"No, this is something I was going to give to you."

"A gift from Dad? But weren't our two dresses a gift from Dad?"

"That's not true... Princess Winter and Diana's custom-made dresses are both gifts from your mother, Cecilia. Especially Princess Winter's dress, which she had prepared fifteen years ago..."

"Our...mother? Why did you suddenly mention...?"

"You have something to say, don't you, Father?"

Feeling the seriousness in Siegfried's eyes, not only Diana, but Kiana also stood up and cast some confused glances at Siegfried.

Facing the puzzled gazes of his two daughters, Siegfried simply shook his head and gently opened the box in his hand. Two exquisite light golden pistols lay quietly in the gift box.

"I've thought about it for a long time, and I've decided to tell you the whole truth of fifteen years ago. But before that... accept it first. This weapon was made at the same time as the Princess of Winter. This is the gift I prepared for you!"

517 Disordered Mirror Image

Kiana solemnly took the box from Siegfried's hand, picked up one of the pistols, looked at the light golden gun body and the crescent-shaped decoration embedded on it, her eyes flickered with a little light.

"May the moonlight protect you, Kiana. Love you, Siegfried, Cecilia and Theresa."

Suddenly, Diana's voice rang softly beside the girl's ear. The girl came forward at some point, picked up one of the pistols, looked at the row of small words carved on the gun, and began to read.

"I see... This is a gift that Dad, Mom, and my aunt made for my sister, right?"

"Well, these two guns were made at the Skyward Headquarters in 1998. As the heirs of the Kaslana family, the twin guns are the family's representative weapons. And now, after seventeen years, it's time for these two guns to be returned to their original owners."

Siegfried said with some emotion, facing the silent Kiana, and gently placed his hand on the girl's shoulder.

"But now, this kind of firearms developed more than ten years ago, even if they are specially made, are no longer suitable for the battles of this era. Therefore, the value of commemoration exceeds the practical significance, and there is no need to use it as a set of weapons."

Having said that, Siegfried smiled brightly as he looked at the two girls, each holding a "Guardian of the Moon Goddess" in their hands. He also raised his other hand and placed it on Diana's head next to him.

"So, it's just right for each of you to have one as a souvenir."

"A souvenir... um