While Haru was playing edging games with Elysia, Bronya wasn't idle either.
In the hotel's presidential suite...
The light gray-haired girl sat in a chair, adjusted her laptop's camera, then opened a video conference.
"Bronya, I heard you've already acquired a game company in Nagazora City and officially established your own studio?"
A mature and steady middle-aged man appeared on the computer screen.
He wore black-framed glasses, a dark teal scarf around his neck, and a gray long coat, with his hands crossed under his chin in the signature pose of Commander Ikari.
If Haru saw him, he would definitely recognize the middle-aged man instantly as the current leader of Anti-Entropy, Welt Yang!
In past loops, Haru had a pretty good relationship with Yang.
After all, among those fighting against Honkai, the two were among the few males, and both were artists.
Although Yang liked drawing mechs and HOMU manga while Haru was passionate about drawing adult doujinshi, they were still colleagues in the same field.
However, in this brand new timeline...
Haru and Yang had yet to meet. The former had fallen so low he needed to live off a certain fairy's support, while the latter remained Anti-Entropy Entertainment's leader. In this world where Schicksal's power had declined due to the absence of Honkai, he had made great strides, once leading Anti-Entropy to surpass Schicksal with the HOMU IP, being regarded by many as a legendary animation producer.
But that's getting off track - back to the main point.
Bronya looked seriously at Yang on the other end of the video and greeted him.
"Good evening, Teacher. I have indeed established a game studio called E.T.Studio."
Bronya's adoptive mother Cocolia, while running an orphanage, was also one of Anti-Entropy Entertainment's directors.
Because of this connection, Bronya, who had grown up by Cocolia's side, was noticed by Welt Yang after showing her talent and became Yang's only student.
After regaining memories of her previous life, Bronya had also marveled at the convergence of worldlines.
She really hadn't expected that in this life she could still become Welt Yang's student and even still be cultivated as Anti-Entropy's heir.
"Principle Studio? Long ago, before I took over Anti-Entropy, the animation company I founded had this same name."
Welt Yang pushed his glasses, his tone carrying some nostalgia.
Time really did fly.
What was once just a little sprout not even reaching his thigh had now grown into a graceful young woman and was beginning to inherit his legacy.
"Bronya, I have high hopes for your studio."
Welt Yang encouraged his student, then became serious. "However, are you sure you don't want to take over Anti-Entropy Entertainment's Shenzhou branch?"
"Teacher, I know you've always believed in me and expect me to lead Anti-Entropy Entertainment to greater heights someday."
Bronya pursed her lips, her beautiful eyes shining with determined light.
"But precisely because I don't want to disappoint your expectations, I need to open a studio to train myself and prove to everyone that I have the ability to take over Anti-Entropy Entertainment from you."
"So that's how it is. I understand."
Welt Yang nodded, showing a gratified smile.
His student had grown up and wanted to try walking her own path - naturally he as a teacher wouldn't oppose this.
"Go ahead and do it. If you have any questions about starting a business, you can ask me anytime."
Welt Yang smiled. "By the way, since your studio was just established, you must be short-handed. Do you need me to recruit a few people from Anti-Entropy Entertainment?"
"No need to trouble yourself, Teacher. My current manpower is temporarily sufficient."
Bronya shook her head, looking well-prepared.
This somewhat surprised Yang.
"You found suitable employees so quickly?"
"Mm, I was very lucky. One is a screenwriter willing to stay from the previous company, one is an artist who happened to come for an interview, plus myself - that's enough to meet the development needs of small-scale games."
"It sounds like you're very satisfied with those two employees?"
"They're both very capable people, especially that artist - he's quite sought after... ahem, anyway, with these two, Bronya is confident we can make a good game."
Bronya caught herself as the topic was about to veer off and quickly corrected course.
"Haha, capable people are naturally sought after. Back when I hadn't taken over Anti-Entropy yet, I was even headhunted by Schicksal's Otto."
Welt Yang said cheerfully.
He had no idea that the girl's "sought after" meant something entirely different, and that she was planning to be the one doing the pursuing.
"Teacher was actually headhunted by that sharp-eyed man from Schicksal - how impressive!"
Bronya somewhat guiltily lowered her eyes, avoiding her teacher's gaze.
"Hey, that's all ancient history, not worth mentioning."
Yang didn't notice the girl's oddity and casually waved his hand, returning to the main topic.
"Since you're not short on talent, knowing your personality, you should already be prepared to make games, right? What are your plans?"
"We plan to make a Galgame as the studio's first game, with the setting based on that period of Shenzhou's late Ming history..."
Bronya explained her ideas while hiding her personal motivations for choosing this subject.
"Mm, making Galgames is indeed a good choice for inexperienced game studios, and this subject matter should have a good market in Shenzhou."
Welt Yang listened for quite a while, then gave advice from an experienced perspective.
"The game concept is excellent. I won't say much more, but there's an old Shenzhou saying: 'Even the finest wine fears deep alleys.' Distribution is sometimes as important as production. After you finish the game, you can use Anti-Entropy's publicity channels."
"Thank you, Teacher. If necessary, I will."
Bronya showed a polite smile, but her implication was that she still didn't want to rely on her elder's help.
The child has grown up and learned independence...
Welt Yang sighed again, then paused and spoke with a smile.
"Since you've made your decision, there's not much I can help you with right now, but your studio might soon welcome a familiar little helper - after all, St. Freya's summer vacation is coming up."
"You mean... Seele?"
Bronya was stunned for a moment, then seemed to think of something.
Yang nodded to confirm Bronya's guess, and the girl immediately showed a delighted expression.
If Seele came, she would have a wingman and could more easily create opportunities to pursue the captain in the studio.
Surely Seele would be happy to see her gain a brother-in-law, right?
Bronya's lips curved up slightly as she ended the video conference in beautiful fantasies.
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