It's really easy.
"When will she arrive tomorrow?"
"According to our time, we will arrive at 4:30 pm. Do you want to go to the airport to pick us up?"
"After all, you are going to live in my house, so you should at least show some welcome."
4. Sound schedule
After finishing the conversation with Otto, Xiachuan Hu took Bianca home.
The distance between the Valkyrie Training Center and Xiachuan's home was not far. Even if Xiachuanhu walked at the speed of a human, he could reach home in five minutes. On the way home, Xiachuanhu suddenly thought of some unnecessary things.
(Come to think of it...it's already been five years? I didn't even notice.)
Five years have passed since Natsukawa Tiger suddenly came to the Honkai World from the Type-Moon World. To be honest, if Otto hadn't mentioned it, Natsukawa Tiger would have really forgotten the passage of time.
Just like he didn't care much about fame, wealth and power, he didn't care much about time itself. Even if hundreds of years had passed in the outside world, it was only a few months for him. When he thought about it now, it seemed like it was just a while ago when he came to this world five years ago.
This is one of the many effects of his wandering alone on the earth for tens of thousands of years. Even though his memory and personality can be adjusted through self-intervention to ensure that he does not suffer from personality collapse or memory confusion due to the long time, this indifference to time has become an instinctive habit of the body.
Of course, this is also related to what Xiachuanhu did.
In the past five years, except for a few harmless incidents when he first arrived, he has almost always stayed in Tianming.
To be honest, he has a lot of things to do. For example, the intelligence provided to him by Chaos contains a lot of information about this world and things related to Honkai. If you have to say, those are all potential threats, and Xiachuan Hu can completely eliminate those potential threats.
In addition, based on Xia Chuanhu's understanding of Meili, the gift that Meili specially prepared for him was probably a time bomb. If left alone, it would be a foregone conclusion that something would be done to him. From a safety perspective, it was quite necessary to retrieve this so-called "gift" as soon as possible.
But Xiachuanhu has not paid attention to these things in the past five years. Instead, he has devoted himself to building the magic foundation of the Destiny Technique and writing magic papers.
The reason why he did this was simply because he felt that compared to those things that seemed to have endless tasks, the things he could handle now had a higher priority... Well, it depends on the situation to make a judgment.
Therefore, he rarely left the Destiny Headquarters in the past five years. The only few times he left were to have technical exchanges with Anti-Entropy, such as building Gundams, building Gundams, and building Gundams, or to go out to handle some personal affairs. The rest of the time, he really stayed in the Destiny Headquarters with all his heart.
Therefore, his life in the past five years can be described as monotonous - he was the first one to get up in the family in the morning, prepared breakfast for his own family and the family next door, and took Bianca and Kiana to school after eating with everyone, and then stayed at school until school was over in the afternoon, went home in the evening to prepare dinner, tutored Kiana and Bianca with their homework, and started preparing the magic paper alone after they fell asleep.
Xia Chuanhu usually writes his magic paper until about 12:30, and sometimes he writes after 1:00. After that, he watches the animation of this world while assembling the Alahato model sold directly to him by Anti-Entropy, and plays the online games of this world. He takes a nap for about half an hour before dawn, and then starts the next day's life.
Objectively speaking, this is a very healthy and reasonable schedule. Whether it is his private life or his teaching duties, Xia Chuanhu arranges them all meticulously. His rest time and work time are also allocated just right. He neither brings himself too much work pressure, nor relaxes too much and causes burnout or laziness.
In Xiachuan Hu's personal plan, he intended to live a peaceful life like this before the Herrscher came into the world or before Meili's gift brought him trouble. Even if he wanted to make changes, it would be... well, something he would need to consider at least five years later.
After all, it was rare for him to have a period of time without being bothered by the Gem Master, the power of inhibition, and other strange things.
But... there were also troubles. Although it was a very peaceful five years overall, there were still some troubles of varying sizes that occurred during this period, and... one of the sources of the many troubles was right next to Xia Chuan Hu.
"We're back."
"Welcome back~~~!"
He returned home with Bianca as usual. Before Xiachuan Hu took off his shoes, a girl's voice came from the living room. Then, with the sound of footsteps, a beautiful figure with the smell of perfume came to him and Bianca.
"You've had a hard time with work and school, both of you."
Vita, who was wearing a light green short-sleeved home dress and jeans cut to the middle of her thighs, with her hair tied into a high ponytail and her feet wrapped in black stockings, came into their sight. She took the handbag from Xiachuan Hu with a smile, and Bianca's schoolbag was also taken away by her.
"I have prepared all the ingredients for dinner, and I am just waiting for you to get started. I have also put hot water in the bathroom. Do you want to cook first? Or take a shower first? Or~~~"
Taking a step forward, Vita came directly in front of Xiachuanhu, with a sweet smile that was a bit like a succubus's temptation on her face: "~~~Come with me?"
"I'm going to go make dinner first. You and Bianca can go play some games, take a shower, and then we can talk after dinner."
Completely ignoring Vita's deliberate tone and expression, Xia Chuanhu pushed her aside expressionlessly, took off his coat, rolled up his sleeves and walked into the kitchen. Bianca also looked at Vita a little strangely, but the next moment she clapped her hands, the expression on her face seemed to understand something, and then she walked naturally to the sofa in the living room, turned on the TV, and watched the evening animation that was broadcast on time every day.
“…Wait, wait a minute!”
After standing there like a wooden man for a while, Vita hurried back to the door of her open kitchen: "Why don't you two react at all! I have been practicing in front of the mirror at home for a whole day, just to give you a fatal blow! At least you blush or feel shy!"
"Also, little Bianca, what was that look and expression you had just now? I didn't do anything weird!"
Natsukawa Tiger/Bianca: "..."
The two siblings looked at each other in silence, and then Bianca spoke first: "I just think... Although Sister Vita seems to be doing something strange again, this is something that happens every day, so there is no need to be surprised or weird."
"Ditto." Xia Chuanhu replied calmly, "Besides, I experienced your trick when I was 18 years old. I won't feel any wave of emotion now. Anyway, you just saw it from Japanese comics or cartoons today, right? It's hard for you to learn and use it now. It's amazing that you can come up with different ways to torment me every day."
"If you're done with your show, go next door and inform Siegfried and Kiana. Tell them they can come over for dinner. I'll be ready soon."
Every day after get off work, I have to accept Vita's pranks.
If I have to say, this is the biggest trouble that Xia Chuanhu has encountered in the past five years.
5. Neet Jivita
Five years ago, after the incident in Siberia ended, Vita officially moved into Xiachuan Hu's house.
After all, according to Chaos's information, she must be related to the gods in the Quantum Sea, and Xiachuan Hu wanted to keep her under his nose just in case.
However, during these five years, as if telling Xia Chuanhu that he was really worrying too much, Vita did not show any sign of abnormality at all. In the past five years, she has transformed from a lively, cute, playful and smart young girl into a... [home-based] beautiful girl who can perform simple housework.
Of course, this is neither purely positive nor purely negative.
First of all, it needs to be explained that Vita is a person who has lost her past memories. Even though Xia Chuanhu has obtained relevant information about her from the underground base in the Ural Mountains, since she is related to the gods of the Quantum Sea, the authenticity of that information naturally has to be questioned.
As for the fact that she had lost her memory, Vita was quite concerned at first, but after living in Xiachuanhu's house for a few days...
[I've decided! Although regaining my memory is important, what's more important is to continue living happily in this world with passion and expectations for tomorrow! ]
Vita said this at the dinner table.
How should I put it? Just looking at this sentence itself is actually quite inspiring. Losing memory is indeed a big deal, but it does not mean that you can't live without memory. Life is not so simple that you will regard [amnesia] as the end. Even if you lose your memory, you must work hard to live strong.
Although not exactly the same, this idea is somewhat similar to what Xiachuan Hu had back then. Even if he had experienced something as unreasonable as the Holy Grail War, or even survived it, it did not mean that his life had been fulfilled and perfect. The Holy Grail War was not everything, and life would not end even if the Holy Grail War was over.
In response, Xia Chuanhu asked a natural question: "How are you going to live? Do you need me to introduce you to a job?"
After all, Vita's original identity was suspected to be a researcher. Although the truth of this is still debatable, with this identity, it should not be difficult for her to find a not very important position in Tianming's research institute and start working.
Vita’s answer was: “Don’t worry about that. I will first get familiar with the knowledge of this world through the Internet, and then decide on my next plan. Maybe I will want to travel around the world.”
There was nothing wrong with this answer itself, and Xia Chuanhu didn't think much about it and just let Vita go.
And then...it became what it is now.
Just like Natsukawa Tora has his own schedule, Vita's day is also very [fulfilling]!
In the morning, she slept until she was woken up by Xia Chuanhu. After watching him and Bianca go to school, she cleaned the kitchen and living room, and then went straight into her room and worked on the computer until noon. Because Xia Chuanhu would prepare lunch for Vita before going out, she would take an hour to rest at noon and take out the clothes that had been washed in the washing machine and hang them up.
In the afternoon, she continued to sit in front of the computer, playing games and doing a series of other time-wasting behaviors, until she went to the supermarket at around three o'clock in the afternoon, bought the ingredients needed for dinner according to the menu set by Xia Chuanhu, made relevant preparations before Xia Chuanhu came back, and waited for him to come back to cook.
As for the evening, the afternoon's content was repeated. If Xia Chuanhu or Bianca were free, they would connect with her online. Finally, when it was twelve o'clock, Xia Chuanhu was forced back to bed to sleep by the room inspection.
——It can be said that they are living a decadent life with everything provided for them.
If she didn't help with simple housework, help with the general cleaning on weekends, and Xiachuan Hu would drag her out from time to time, there would be nothing wrong with saying that she was a pure 21st century NETJI.
[Aiya~~~ The main reason is that you can handle everything by yourself. With a friend like you who is good at housework, cooks delicious food, and is a very nice person, I don’t think it’s necessary for me to go out and work hard~~~ I even think that it’s good to be supported by you like this without regaining my memory~~~]
The above is Vita’s own defense.
It is because she is related to the god of the Quantum Sea. If it were someone else, Xia Chuanhu would have kicked her out of the house long ago and let her survive in society alone.
As for pranks like today, they have become Vita's norm in the past year. It is 2010 now, and the two-dimensional industry in Japan is similar to what Natsukawa Tora remembers. It has begun to improve in a positive direction and can be said to be thriving. Vita, who spends every day on the Internet, has naturally come into contact with a lot of animation.
This is the result.
"......As expected, just wearing an apron is not enough to fully recreate that scene, umm~~~"
At the table, Vita ate her meal while muttering, "Should I prepare a maid outfit? Or grow my hair longer and make a wife hairstyle? Um... Tiger, let me ask you, what type of maid outfit do you like?"
"Eat your meal at the table, and I won't buy you a maid outfit."
Xia Chuanhu ruthlessly shattered Vita's unrealistic fantasy: "If you have the time to do these things, why not try to find a job online. Although I don't mind you eating and drinking for free at my house all the time, you have to find something to do for yourself. You will become a useless person if you stay at home every day."
"Well~~~ I'll give it a try, but to be honest, since you're supporting me, Tiger, I don't think there's any need for me to work hard."
"..."
There was really no way Xia Chuanhu could refute this, and, from a personal point of view... he was actually quite used to keeping a beautiful woman at home!
Siegfried, who was sitting diagonally opposite Xiachuanhu, looked at the two young men with a piece of beef in his mouth, somewhat numbly.
(Although I have thought about it many times in the past five years, but given the situation of Xiachuan and Ms. Vita...are they really not considering getting married?)
To be honest, even though Siegfried himself is a husband, he now feels like his mouth is full of the sour taste of dog food.
"By the way, there is something I want to tell you."
Putting Vita's matter aside for the moment, Xia Chuanhu put down his bowl and chopsticks and said, "I have something unexpected to tell you. Tomorrow a new person will move into my house, and it will be a long-term stay."
"...This is indeed a bit sudden." Siegfried sighed, "What's going on? Did you pick up a homeless amnesiac girl on a street again?"
"climb."
Xia Chuanhu rolled his eyes at Siegfried: "Where in the world are there so many fallen girls for me to pick up? I'm not such a casual man - it's just some fate five years ago. Dr. Ryusuke Muryota, who was arrested and imprisoned five years ago, left a huge debt as a punishment, and his daughter needs to pay it back."
"In order to make it easier to pay off the debt, his daughter suggested converting part of the debt into rent. Otto thought it was okay and asked me to take charge of it. I also thought it was no big deal, so I agreed."
"She will arrive in Tianming by plane tomorrow afternoon. I will pick her up at the airport. Remember to get along well with her in the future."
6. The Story of Himeko Muryota
After listening to Xia Chuanhu's words, the other four people at the table looked at each other, and then Vita put on the look of a curious baby: "In other words, there will be another lovely girl in our family?"
"You can say that, but she's already 23 this year, so she can't be called a girl. Her name is Himeko Muryota. Let me see... Here, here are her photos and information. Otto gave them to me."
Xia Chuanhu put his cell phone on the dining table, and everyone at the table immediately gathered around the phone.
A young, beautiful, fair-skinned and lovely red-haired girl immediately came into the sight of several people.
(What a beautiful sister...) by Kiana
(Is this the older sister who is going to live in our house? Am I going to have another older sister?) by Bianca
(This Xiachuan kid... five years ago he was lucky to bring back Vita, but now he has another one? What is this kid going to do?) by Siegfried
(Hmm~~~That’s her~~~) by Vita
Although they seemed to be just looking at the photos, different thoughts quickly flashed through the four people's minds.
Then......
"She's arriving tomorrow? Tiger, are you going to pick her up at the airport in person?" Vita returned the phone to Xiachuan Tiger. "Do we need to do anything? For example, a welcoming ceremony or something... By the way, where does she live? Even if she lives in our house... she won't share a room with me, right?"
"Isn't there a utility room on the first floor? Clean it up and let her live there. Arrange the furniture tomorrow morning. She won't arrive until the evening, so she has plenty of time." Xia Chuanhu said as he ate a bite of food. "Of course, Vita, if you're willing, you can squeeze in with her."
"Then please let her live in the utility room~~~"
Vita accepted Xiachuan Hu's suggestion with a smile. There were many of her treasures in her room. If they were seen by a strange girl... it would be a bit bad.
Besides, although it is called a storage room, it is actually just a normal room that was forcibly inserted into the house by Xiachuan Hu using the materialization of fantasy. Like Vita's room, it is definitely not a small room without even a window. The conditions are not bad.
"By the way, there's also dinner. When a new guest moves in, we have to prepare a sumptuous meal, right?"
"Well, I'll give you the menu later, just buy according to it. I'll also write down the preliminary preparations - Siegfried, you don't have work tomorrow, right? Remember to come and help."
After hearing what Xia Chuanhu said, Siegfried shrugged his shoulders: "Yes, yes, yes~~~ It's really getting more and more natural for you to order me around. It's also because I'm a generous person and didn't ask you for any help."
"I also said that I didn't charge you for your meals every day. If you must say, there are also fees for Kiana's tutoring and the sparring partner for your special training." Xia Chuanhu called up the calculator on his phone, "Do you need me to calculate how much you owe for the past five years? Although I don't intend to charge you, I will if you want."
"Huh? What are you talking about? What did I just say? I seem to have lost my memory."
Siegfried decisively turned his head 180 degrees and changed his attitude faster than turning the pages of a book.
Over the past five years, Xia Chuanhu and Siegfried have more or less figured out each other's personalities.
Siegfried knew that Xia Chuanhu was a good guy. According to what he said himself, what he had done in the past five years was completely worth the huge tuition fee Siegfried should give him. However, he never mentioned it once and acted like he was teaching for free. At most, he would drag Siegfried over during the general cleaning or ask him to do some small things.
And Natsukawa Tiger also knew that Siegfried was essentially just a grown-up boy. He was mature in every way, but a little teasing would reveal his true brat nature. Compared to that guy Otto, Natsukawa Tiger preferred Siegfried. Who made him have so few same-sex friends?
So in a situation like this, at best it's just the usual mutual banter between the two of them.
"Then Brother Tiger, what should my sister and I do?"
Kiana asked, raising her hand.
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