Everything settled down.
Theresa, the Branch Head and Principal, moved in next door to Kiana with Judah, forming a two-sided pincer cheese with Fu Hua on the other side.
Having Brian, a male, move into a dorm full of Valkyries was a bit abrupt, but considering his influence on the Herrschers, Theresa could only choose the lesser of two evils. She let him stay there temporarily and would make other arrangements after dealing with other matters.
It couldn't be helped; the adult world was just that difficult.
There was no good or bad, only bad and worse.
Compared to the two Herrschers going on a rampage because of their mood, Theresa was more willing to accept her students learning the skill of making out in the woods.
Even if it meant opening a maternity ward in the Far East Branch's medical department, it was still better than triggering a Honkai Eruption.
The four newcomers began to get settled in their own ways.
Raiden Mei and Bronya dragged Kiana, who'd had her skull cracked open, to tidy up the room.
On Brian's side, after briefly tidying up his dorm, the young Brian finally had some free time to study his cheat system.
His relationship with Raiden Mei had taken a step forward, completing a system mission and granting him a new ability.
[Mission complete, obtained skill 'Dream World']
[Dream World]
[Maintain consciousness in dreams and gain the ability to interfere with them. Within the dream domain, fatal injuries cannot be inflicted.]
[Each dream area has different rules. Please explore them on your own, Host.]
So... what was this thing for?
In any case, the young Brian couldn't figure it out. It seemed he would only know the effects of this ability after he fell asleep.
However, based on his experience as an Inner World Protagonist, the main function of this 'Dream World' was probably to pull beautiful girls into his dreams and do whatever he wanted with them.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be Far East-flavored enough.
In that case, there was no need to rush to study this ability now.
After a short rest, Brian opened his dorm door, and after making sure there were no other Valkyries in the hallway drooling over him, he casually walked into the three girls' dorm.
Bronya's door was ajar, and the rousing sounds of a game could be heard. Kiana's room was a mess, and its occupant was sprawled on the sofa, questioning her existence.
As for Raiden Mei...
"Decided what to make tonight?"
The man walked into the kitchen and held the girl's slender hands from behind, their four hands working the cutting board and kitchen knife together.
The beautiful girl's eyes shimmered with a gentle, watery light. She had long since grown used to such intimate contact.
"We don't have many ingredients. We'll have to make do with omurice and pickles tonight."
"Then Kiana should be very happy tonight. After all, she gets to have omurice made with love by you."
Raiden Mei smiled.
"Isn't she just as happy every day?"
From the Raiden household to the Far East Branch, both places were undisputed safe zones.
Kiana no longer had the worry of losing her external thinking organs and hadn't experienced any of life's bitterness. Of course, she was as cheerful as ever.
Like a pet, all she needed was to eat and drink without a care in the world, without having to think too much.
Kiana didn't even care about why there was a Herrscher inside her body too.
Perhaps, in that girl's mind...
She was just a little Herrscher kid whose powers were partially snatched away after being beaten up by her. Even if she was inherently evil, she couldn't escape the subjugation of Kaslana's world-shocking wisdom.
She would capture that Herrscher and refine her in an instant!
"I'm not so sure. She took quite a blow from Fu Hua. Who knows how long she'll be down."
"Don't worry," Raiden Mei wasn't concerned at all. "Kiana is very strong on the inside, much stronger than me, at least. She's not that easily defeated."
"Unless you take something very important from her, it'd be very difficult."
"Is that so?"
Take something important from Kiana? Wasn't there one right here in his arms?
At this moment, Kiana was spacing out.
Raiden Mei's delicate face instantly turned scarlet, wavering between shame and the fear of loss.
Rejecting this man now might damage the relationship they had worked so hard to build. But if she let him do as he pleased, she would become an impure child.
If Kiana and Bronya weren't here, she might have gone along with it, half-heartedly resisting.
But with both of them present, Raiden Mei had no desire to receive the Inner World Heroine's script while her friends watched.
"N-no, not here."
"So, does that mean another place would be okay?" His warm breath tickled her ear, making the girl's heart beat even faster.
Raiden Mei mumbled, not saying a word, making it impossible to know what she was thinking.
Touching was okay, rubbing was okay, but he absolutely could not go in.
Especially not doing something so shameless in front of others.
Being cucked twice by her other self was distressing enough. Raiden Mei didn't want to get both the cuckolded party's script and the Inner World Heroine's script.
At least in her view, the cuckold script should belong to Kiana and Bronya; it had nothing to do with her.
"You fiend."
She cursed softly. Raiden Mei ignored the interference on her body and focused on cooking.
Apart from her slightly trembling hands, everything was fine.
She had to cook for four people by herself. Even with an Inner World Protagonist plotting against her, she could only press on under the weight of her burden.
At dinner time, Kiana shot a harsh glare at the Blondie across from her, then looked at Raiden Mei with a puzzled expression.
Mei seemed different today.
But thinking that the two had only been cooking in the kitchen and nothing beyond friendship had happened, she let the matter go.
She had been beaten by Fu Hua all day and starved all day. It was time to have a good meal to replenish her Mei-energy!
From an angle Kiana couldn't see, Raiden Mei, her eyes bewitching, kicked the young Brian under the table to express her displeasure with the man.
It was all this guy's fault. It was bad enough that Microsoft was acquired by Big-Hard, but he almost let Kiana find out.
What a malicious man!
As night fell, Kiana made a huge mess in her room and then logically moved into another's room.
Raiden Mei gave a helpless, wry smile but could only watch as the willful white-haired fluffball squeezed onto her bed.
The breathing of the two girls gradually became long and steady in the moonlight.
But the real show of the day was just beginning.
A familiar sense of weightlessness enveloped Raiden Mei's consciousness, making her think it was her other self summoning her.
But by the time the girl came to her senses, the familiar logo of Big-Hard Inc. was instantly and utterly embarrassing.
But why... why was she even dreaming about things that required large financial transactions!
Kiana was asleep.
But she was continuing their story in her dream.
"Woman, you're courting death!"
*Smack—!*
Damn it, she really did get the Inner World Heroine script!
Was she really going to have to do it?
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