"Alright then, thank you for the trouble."
Seeing Haru insist on seeing her back, Bronya no longer refused.
She hadn't lied to the captain - one cup of flammable oolong tea was nothing for a girl who lived in Siberia. It was just that the captain didn't believe her...
Bronya's lips curved slightly upward as she reached out to link arms with Haru, tilting her body weight over to him.
"Walking in high heels just now was indeed a bit difficult. For the rest of the way, could I borrow your arm for support?"
"I can lend it, but wouldn't this action be a bit too intimate?"
Haru's expression showed slight hesitation.
It wasn't that he wasn't willing to walk arm-in-arm with Bronya. If this were the past timeline, he could directly carry Bronya back without it being a big deal, since they were as familiar as could be.
But now he and Bronya had only known each other for two days. Even linking arms was somewhat inappropriate.
Moreover, Haru was already engaged to Elysia and could be said to be a married man. He still wanted to avoid this kind of behavior that would look like a couple to outsiders.
This was the awareness of a pure love war god!
Bronya could probably guess Haru's thoughts.
Even after dating her, the captain would actively maintain distance from other Valkyries. From this point, the captain was someone who strictly adhered to marital fidelity.
Bronya appreciated this quality, but it didn't prevent her from wanting to steal the captain away from other women.
"In foreign countries, friends linking arms is quite normal and not considered intimate. Besides, Bronya trusts you - you shouldn't take advantage of your boss, right?"
The girl blinked her beautiful eyes, speaking in a joking tone.
With things said to this extent, if Haru continued hesitating, he would seem overly fussy.
Good friends abroad would even hug and kiss cheeks when meeting. Simply linking arms really wasn't much - he just needed to pay attention to maintaining some distance.
As for what Bronya said about taking advantage...
Heh, it wasn't like he hadn't done more intimate things with Bronya in the loops. This bit of advantage didn't even count as a benefit in his eyes.
It felt... not as good as going back to tease Elysia.
Haru thought to himself, then nodded with a calm expression.
"Then let's go. I'll see you back."
"Mm, the hotel I'm staying at isn't far from here. This way."
Seeing Haru convinced by her, Bronya's light gray eyes flashed with joy.
Without pressing closer, the girl maintained proper boundaries, like a skilled dancer lightly stepping along the line between intimacy and distance.
Haru followed closely, his arm slightly bent to let Bronya link arms better while avoiding accidentally brushing against the girl's chest while walking.
To be honest...
If it were the flat-chested Bronya from before, he wouldn't need to worry about something that didn't exist.
But now that the flat duck had become a big duck, the flat airfield had grown into mountains comparable to Elysia's, Haru needed to constantly mind his movements.
Although it could be explained by Bronya's puberty coming relatively late, could a few short years really allow a little loli to develop to this extent?
Haru recalled Fu Hua in this world, whose figure still had no curves, and couldn't help but sigh that people's constitutions really couldn't be generalized.
"Speaking of which, Bronya, why did you think of coming to Nagazora City to make games?"
As they slowly walked along the street, Haru seemed to think of something and actively brought up the topic.
At this moment, the two had walked out of the commercial street and arrived on a quiet road.
The night was like water, deep and mysterious.
The girl looked up at the gentle moonlight, facing the breeze that blew over, gently brushing the hair by her ears.
"My reason for coming to Nagazora City to make games?"
Bronya enjoyed the feeling of being able to rely on the young man beside her again, her voice lazy and calm, giving the impression of a cat that had eaten and drunk its fill while basking in the sun.
"How should I put it? I think Shenzhou's gaming industry has great development potential. Plus, I have some connections with Anti-Entropy Entertainment, and Anti-Entropy Entertainment's Shenzhou company is located in Nagazora City, so I considered developing here."
The girl's words were somewhat ambiguous.
But Haru still understood Bronya's meaning.
So it was the Anti-Entropy young master coming to inspect the Shenzhou branch, incidentally opening her own game studio to train her abilities and expand business.
But what Haru didn't know was...
The main reason Bronya chose to come to Shenzhou was still to find him.
After her rebirth, the girl had never stopped searching for the captain.
Bronya had hacked into population databases of countries worldwide. Even though she didn't find the captain's information, she didn't give up, turning her attention to the captain's homeland, planning to slowly search for the captain while developing in Shenzhou.
Never would she have expected...
After searching for him thousands of times in the crowd, suddenly turning back, that person was there, where the lights were dim.
The girl had finally received fate's favor. Just after acquiring a game company, the captain she couldn't find had delivered himself to her door.
It was just that the captain being engaged made her somewhat displeased...
Although she knew this was because the captain had no memories, Bronya couldn't help but tighten her grip on Haru's arm slightly.
"Bronya?"
Haru's somewhat puzzled voice came.
Bronya came back to her senses, loosened her grip, then smiled with slight apology.
"Sorry, I was just thinking about how the studio should develop in the future and got a bit distracted."
"I can understand. Being a boss for the first time, you must have a lot of pressure..."
Haru nodded. With his understanding of Bronya, the girl coming out from Anti-Entropy to start a business probably also had thoughts of proving herself.
Inheriting Anti-Entropy, a globally top-ranked major company, wasn't easy. Bronya wasn't like that black-hearted Otto who was skilled in scheming, so she would naturally feel pressure about the future.
"Principle Studio doesn't even have enough staff right now - only three members. But I believe under your leadership, this small studio will definitely surpass Anti-Entropy and Schicksal in the future."
"Even if you flatter me like this, Bronya won't give you a raise."
The girl coughed lightly, but the smile at the corner of her mouth betrayed her mood.
Being thought highly of was always a good thing, especially when that person was the captain, which made Bronya even more pleased.
"This isn't flattery - it's my genuine thought."
Haru smiled noncommittally.
He deeply understood Bronya's abilities. Just with her computer skills alone, plus his help, they could completely recreate all the popular games he was familiar with before transmigrating.
Schicksal? Anti-Entropy?
They were just amateurs destined to be crushed by their Principle Studio!
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