Luo Su woke up in the guest room, rubbing his eyes.
As a tourist,
He should have returned to his own territory after handing over his bank card to Kiana.
Only—
Luo Su got out of bed, opened the door, and walked to the bathroom.
A brand new toothbrush and mouthwash cup, with toothpaste thoughtfully applied to the toothbrush.
After brushing his teeth, he went out, and breakfast, consisting of milk and slightly burnt toast, was already laid out on the dining table.
The side dishes included a soft-boiled egg and a fried egg.
The entire house was also spotlessly clean, the floor so bright it almost reflected light.
Luo Su ate the breakfast Kiana had prepared for him and found a small note beside it.
The note said there was no need to go out for lunch; she would be back at eleven to cook.
In the story, Kiana was completely like Mei's daughter.
But, after Luo Su impersonated the identity of an elder brother, a certain Paramecium displayed astonishing domestic abilities.
Kiana & Raiden Mei.
In this duo, the one better at taking care of others might be Kiana.
Her portrayal as a good-for-nothing might just be because she liked the feeling of being taken care of.
[Is this why you stayed here overnight, and even plan not to go back for now?]
The prompter's font was one size larger than usual.
"Is there anything wrong with being a good-for-nothing here?"
"The room here is super soft, the temperature is perfectly adjusted by the central air conditioning, and three meals a day are handled by a beautiful girl with a hint of tea flavor, and she even helps relax muscles and the cervical spine."
"I'm so comfortable here, why would I go to Ursus to freeze?!"
Luo Su ate his breakfast, looking completely justified.
"This place is joyful, I don't miss Terra."
Luo Su's rate of degeneration shocked even the prompter.
[Losing fighting spirit in a greenhouse is a normal phenomenon, but you're losing it too fast!! It's only been one day!!!]
You're not degenerating at all; you're free-falling, even accelerating!
Under the erosion of urban civilization and Kiana's care, Luo Su displayed astonishing qualities of a good-for-nothing.
[All your assets are still in the wilderness of Ursus! Before you degenerate, darn it, sell your assets first!!]
The prompter felt its head aching.
"Tsk, I was just kidding with you, don't take it seriously."
Luo Su stretched lazily, then looked at the talisman in his hand and logged into the group chat.
The group chat was quite quiet.
This was understandable.
Naruto had been fighting all day and was exhausted.
Hui Hui was still busy with the Shadow Mask and the Lord.
Valon had just escaped the Lord, like a Husky unleashed, and was probably robbing a bank somewhere now.
At a glance, only Raiden Mei and Miss Orca were online.
Including himself, only half of the group was active.
Well, though the other half's inactivity was related to him.
"My breakfast."
Luo Su casually took a photo and sent it to the group.
Whether intentionally or not, the sticky note Kiana had placed on the table was also captured in the photo.
"Looks very good."
Miss Orca commented.
When her hometown hadn't been shattered by the Seaborn, it was as developed as a futuristic world, so she wasn't surprised by the relatively modern background.
In stark contrast to Miss Orca was Raiden Mei.
"?!"
Her reply consisted of only two symbols.
But the emotions contained within those two symbols were surprisingly rich.
The beautiful girl looked at the house, which was much cleaner than when she cleaned it, and the perfectly standard breakfast, feeling as if she had traveled to another timeline.
After a long while, the girl finally recovered and asked uncertainly,
"Are you sure Kiana made it?"
"You can ask a hundred times, and the answer will still be yes."
Luo Su's answer once again shook Raiden Mei's heart.
"...Kiana is even more excellent than I imagined."
There was a sense of wistfulness in her words.
Sad.
The cook realized she wasn't the best at cooking anymore.
Luo Su thought.
"Aren't you coming back?"
The wistful Raiden Mei asked Luo Su.
I'm staying in Chang Kong City, and Cocolia won't capture me to be a test subject.
Why rush back to Siberia to endure the cold?
Luo Su rolled his eyes mentally.
But then again... Luo Su walked to the balcony, gazing into the distance.
Perhaps it was because this was a high-end residential area.
Looking to the left, one could see dense forests, with clear rivers surrounding the area, and looking up, ancient mountains could vaguely be seen in the distance.
It was truly a pity for such a beautiful place to become a testing ground.
Beautiful scenery.
He took a photo and sent it to the group to share with everyone.
"...Luo Su, you seem to really like the scenery there."
Skadi's senses were quite sharp.
She felt that Luo Su currently had the air of a later Shu Han emperor.
"Yes, it's a pity that such a beautiful place will eventually become a testing ground."
The young man said, his tone filled with regret.
His words plunged Raiden Mei into a long silence.
Luo Su had talked to her about the organization his father belonged to.
In 1955, Otto, the Bishop of Schicksal, dueled with the First Herrscher due to ideological differences, and after being defeated, launched a Honkai Fission Bomb at New York.
The First Herrscher, Welt Joyce, died protecting New York.
Those who inherited Joyce's aspirations rebelled against Schicksal and established Anti-Entropy.
As an organization, Anti-Entropy developed too rapidly, making it unsuitable to continue using the management system from its Schicksal branch period; moreover, many of Anti-Entropy's elders were researchers who lacked the ability to command armies or operate enterprises, which led to the creation of the Executor system, allowing each to be responsible for their own areas of expertise.
This gave ambitious individuals great room to maneuver.
Fortunately, the leader was a Herrscher, an existence capable of creating nuclear bombs with bare hands, thus able to suppress the ambitious.
But, with the disappearance of the leader, the ambitious lost their restraints.
Cocolia, a radical ambitious individual.
That woman plotted against her father and seized Anti-Entropy's heavy industry core—ME Corp.
Then, using the Raiden Family's foundation, she continuously manufactured mechs, completely blockading Chang Kong City.
An outsider seizing her family's foundation, then using that foundation to gain military power and turn her hometown into a testing ground—such humiliation... By the stove, the girl looked at her hands.
Fair and delicate, she couldn't even see calluses from housework and kendo.
Raiden Mei was, after all, a Stigmata wielder; even if the Stigmata was sealed, it still brought some amplification to this body.
This hand was very strong.
Raiden Mei understood this.
As long as she held a sword, even dozens of people would find it difficult to get close.
But, if the target was the monsters that turned Chang Kong City into a disaster, it was truly too powerless.
Her hometown becoming Cocolia's toy... and she could do nothing?
Raiden Mei's heart twitched slightly.
All she could do currently was hide in Luo Su's residence, hoping Cocolia would give up on conducting experiments in Chang Kong City due to a lack of test subjects.
To stake all her chips on such a possibility.
How incompetent and weak.
The girl by the stove bit her lip, a faint taste of blood seemingly on her teeth.