After the proposal, the Valkyrie came to the door

An Liang's mind wandered, and then he put down his chopsticks and wiped his mouth.

"Thank you for the meal, I'm full!"

Because he hadn't tasted Seele's cooking for a long time, he ate much faster than usual, finishing most of the food in just over ten minutes.

Well, Bronya has been busy these past few days and hasn't had a chance to try her sister's cooking much yet, but he's the one who got to eat it first. Thinking about it that way, it's quite interesting.

An Liang's lips curled up slightly as he looked at Xi'er opposite him. He noticed that the girl was also looking at him, and a glint of light flashed in her narrowed, beautiful eyes.

"How was it? Was the food Seele made?"

The girl smiled gently at Anliang and asked in a leisurely tone.

"It's delicious. Although there aren't many dishes, it's nutritionally balanced. They even adjusted the flavors. You can tell that Seele put a lot of care into it."

Anliang gave a thumbs up.

He suddenly understood how Bronya had turned into a big duck in just a few years...

Aside from the fact that her developmental period came a little late, Seele's nutritious diet clearly provided important help for Bronya's growth, thus achieving the miracle of 5 > 50000.

Speaking of which, didn't Seele's voice sound a little off just now? It lacked its usual softness and sweetness, and instead had a touch more of a wicked and wild quality?!

After praising the girl's kindness, he belatedly realized that he had subconsciously widened his eyes.

"Wait, you're... another Seele now?!"

"Quite perceptive. It seems you're already familiar with the differences between me and Seele. But judging from your expression, you seem quite surprised by my appearance?"

Black Seele crossed her arms and placed them under her chin, looking at An Liang with a half-smile, exuding a mischievous charm that was completely opposite to White Seele's.

Anliang immediately broke out in a sweat.

He could easily deal with Black Seele during his reincarnation because of the confidence that came with his strength. No matter how sickly or cunning Black Seele was, he could still boldly tease her and turn the tables.

However, the situation is now reversed.

Anliang, who is familiar with Valkyries, has many ways to tease Black Seele in return, but he is no longer a single captain, and Black Seele can still use the power of the Quantum Sea, so even if she is killed, she can still explode against him.

Anliang could only pin his hopes on the gentle and kind Bai Xier.

But White Seele, the only one who could control Black Seele, seemed to have gone offline at this moment, and did not appear for a long time under Anliang's expectant gaze.

"What? You seem to want to see another version of me?"

Seeing An Liang's expression of not knowing what to say, Hei Xi'er felt even more pleased.

Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river. No matter how she treated the captain in her previous life, he always smiled and teased her from time to time. Now it's finally her turn to control the captain with her strength!

Hmph, the strong always have to humiliate the weak!

It's a pity Seele is too kind-hearted; otherwise, she would have directly insulted the captain's innocence long ago, instead of resorting to petty tricks, with one playing the good cop and the other the bad cop...

Black Seele appears calm on the surface, but her inner thoughts are quite complex.

She plays the villain, giving Bai Xier more opportunities to get closer to the captain, and the captain, feeling pressured, will naturally become dependent on Bai Xier. This is a very classic romantic trope.

The reason why classics are called classics is because they are indeed useful.

Anliang was unaware that he had fallen into the girl's PUA trap, and chuckled awkwardly as he spoke.

“I just find it a bit strange… Well, Seele apologized to me on your behalf earlier, and I thought it would be a bit awkward to meet in this situation, so you wouldn’t show up.”

"It is a bit awkward. Humph, it's all because of that idiot Seele who made the decision on her own."

Hei Xier pursed her lips and said in a cold voice, "There's no need for Xier to apologize for me. I misunderstood what happened yesterday, and I really apologize for that. I will delete the photos."

Holy crap, Black Seele is so straightforward?!

An Liang was completely shocked. Given the girl's usual arrogant personality, he had thought Hei Xi'er would only come out to say a few harsh words, but he never expected her to actually back down and apologize...

Could it be that Bai Xier mentally ordered Hei Xier to come out and apologize? Or has Hei Xier come up with some idea and has other plans?

Anliang thought to himself, and after a slight hesitation, he spoke.

"It's good that the misunderstanding has been cleared up. Anyway, it didn't cause any consequences. I even got a free meal cooked by Seele herself, so it's not a bad deal."

"Are you just going to let it go like that? You're not saying this on purpose to try and win Seele's favor, are you?"

Hei Xi'er said suspiciously, staring intently at An Liang's face, a faint red light shining through her beautiful eyes.

That's it! This kind of stubborn retort is exactly in line with Hei Xi's personality!

An Liang seemed to have rediscovered a familiar feeling, chuckled, and ignored the girl's inherent yandere aura.

"Even if I try to increase Seele's affection, there's nothing I can do, so don't worry. I really don't think it's a big deal. Let's just let yesterday's incident go!"

"That's true..."

Hei Xi'er nodded, then a breathtaking smile curved her lips, her voice carrying a hint of seduction, "But, are you really not planning to ask for any additional compensation?"

PS: Seeing that in Honkai Impact 2, Da Yaya was still flat-chested, and after losing Seele, even her hair was so loose that it almost lost its curls, and then looking at Da Yaya in Honkai Impact 3, she was in a good mood every day eating Seele's cooking, and directly surpassed the immortals by 50,000 years in five years... So the reason is obvious. Da Yaya did not use the power of the Herrscher of Reason to strengthen herself. This is clearly Seele's hard work and sweat!

Also, the update was supposed to be released a few days ago, but unfortunately, Hedgehog Cat crashed during maintenance, and the author couldn't even access the backend, so there was nothing I could do.

Chapter 125: Xier's Sleeping Face Photo Album?

"Extra compensation? No need, it's just a misunderstanding. You can just delete the photos."

An Liang looked at the smiling Hei Xi'er and shook his head without hesitation.

He knew the girl's personality all too well.

Don't be fooled by the seductive tone in Black Seele's voice, which seems to be hinting at something. If you take it seriously, the girl will immediately change her tune and mercilessly laugh at your lapse in composure.

This is Black Seele, who usually appears as a cunning little devil, but only in front of White Seele does she become a tsundere who says one thing but does another.

Of course, if you can win the hearts of both Seeles like Bronya did, then Dark Seele will also reveal this hidden side of her to you.

An Liang understands this deeply, after all, he also dated Hei Bai Shuang Xi in his reincarnation.

Unfortunately, in this timeline, he had already made his choice and could no longer pursue anyone other than Alicia. Otherwise, he would have made sure that Black Seele knew that even the toughest lips would be soft when kissed!

"Is it really not necessary?"

Black Seele rested her chin on her hand, looked at the unmoved captain, and gave a soft hum.

"I was thinking of rewarding you with something nice today since you took Xier grocery shopping despite our past grievances, but since you don't need it, then forget it."

"Um, may I ask what's so interesting about it?"

Anliang looked at Hei Xier's expression, which seemed to say, "You missed out on something good," and tentatively spoke up.

Black Seele responded with a lukewarm question.

"What? You regret it now?!"

"No, I'm just curious, what kind of beautiful thing could you consider as extra compensation..."

An Liang scratched his head and told the truth.

He still held his original view that the extra compensation Black Seele mentioned in that tone was definitely a trap, but the girl's confident demeanor made Anliang want to figure out what Black Seele was really up to.

Reward him with something nice...

Is Black Seele planning to lure him into the room by saying there's something good there, then punch him to his knees and rape him?!

Anliang has his reasons for thinking this way, because Hei Xier did the same thing to him in the cycle of reincarnation.

Of course, Black Seele in this timeline wouldn't be so lewd as to rap him, but if you provoke a girl, the possibility of being beaten to your knees is not zero... Grandpa Xing, who is also a member of the Cocolia Orphanage, probably knows this all too well.

However, with Bai Xier watching over her, Hei Xier mostly just talks tough words, so there's no need to worry too much.

Anliang thought to himself, before being pulled back to reality by the girl's voice.

"Since you're so eager to know, I might as well tell you..."

Black Seele raised her delicate chin, a hint of smugness appearing on her pretty face. "I was planning to show you a few glimpses of my treasured 'Seele Sleeping Face Album' as compensation. It's something even Bronya hasn't seen, but unfortunately you refused."

"Uh, Bronya doesn't need this, does she? She can watch it anytime she wants, right?!"

After hearing Hei Xier's answer, An Liang's expression turned somewhat strange.

He thought the girl meant something "pretty" when she suddenly mentioned "Xier's Sleeping Face Album," which almost made Anliang lose his composure.

For Black Seele, showing him a few photos of White Seele's adorable sleeping face that she had secretly taken was indeed a very sincere compensation.

An Liang understood this, but when he thought of Hei Xier's mysterious and slightly seductive tone, and how she finally pulled out "Xier's Sleeping Face Album", he couldn't help but smile.

However, Black Seele's combat skills are higher than his...

An Liang was afraid that Hei Xi'er would get angry and punch him, so he had to keep his mouth shut and not laugh.

"Hey, what do you mean by that dismissive attitude?"

Hei Xi'er glanced at An Liang's expression, then crossed her arms in dissatisfaction.

An Liang did manage to suppress his laughter, but because his facial muscles were so tense, the slightly incongruous expression still made the girl feel a little disdainful of him in his silence.

"You've misunderstood. I'm just surprised, yes, so surprised I can't speak."

Anliang quickly defended himself: "I didn't expect you to take a picture of Xier sleeping. Come to think of it, is this a selfie or what? And you were probably awake when you took the picture, how could you capture her sleeping face like that?"

"Hehe, I think you just don't understand!"

Seeing that An Liang looked like he was asking a question sincerely, Hei Xi'er's attention was immediately diverted, and she said smugly.

“I can set it to time-lapse and then switch personalities to capture Seele’s sleeping face. Although this doesn’t guarantee a perfect shooting technique, Seele looks good no matter how you shoot her.”

“I see. I have another question… Does Seele know that you took a whole album of photos of sleeping faces?”

Anliang blinked and looked at Hei Xier with a curious gaze.

"Well... wait a minute, Seele, let me explain..."

Black Seele's expression froze for a moment, then her demeanor changed rapidly. The red light in her beautiful eyes faded, replaced by a blushing young girl.

Bai Xier is back online.

"My other self, it's not that I don't want you to take pictures, but please don't talk about such embarrassing things!"

The girl lowered her head and spoke softly, as if communicating with the alter ego within her.

After a while, Bai Xier finally raised her head again, her pretty face still flushed, making her look exceptionally cute.

"I'm sorry, Anliang, you must have found this amusing."

"It's okay, I think it's quite interesting, and I'm starting to get curious about the contents of that 'Xier Sleeping Face Photo Album'."

Anliang raised an eyebrow at the girl and said jokingly.

"Oh, Anliang actually wanted to see it...?"

Bai Xier opened her beautiful eyes wide, revealing a ('0 _ 0`) beady-eyed expression.

"I was just curious about what the other you could have filmed, but I declined before, so it seems we're not meant to be."

Looking at the gentle girl bathed in the afternoon sunlight, An Liang chuckled and said, "Speaking of which, your relationship with your other self is really quite good!"

"After all, we are all Seele. As for Anliang, I rarely see anyone who can chat so happily with another version of me."

Bai Xier clasped her hands together, her beautiful blue eyes reflecting An Liang's figure, and a gentle smile curved her lips.

"I just talk about whatever comes to mind, there's nothing special about that, right?"

"No, most people will instinctively feel fear and stay away after discovering that I have another personality. In addition, my other personality also has a bad temper, so even fewer people are willing to chat with her."

Bai Xier shook her head and said softly, "So, An Liang is really gentle!"

P.S.: With the Lunar New Year approaching, I've been busy with spring cleaning and shopping for New Year's goods every day since I got home, so this update is a few days late. I'm really sorry. I'll be back to normal from now on.

Chapter 126 Seele's Reward! (Happy New Year)

"Xier, what you're saying makes me a little embarrassed."

An Liang coughed softly, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously turned up.

"Besides, I don't think the other Seele is as difficult to get along with as you say. She's just a bit impatient and a little arrogant. Although she doesn't give a very friendly first impression, she's actually quite cute once you get to know her."

It's normal for someone to be tsundere (a person who is arrogant and aloof) to say one thing but mean another, but that's precisely what makes them endearing.