Young Brian once again returned to Seele's side: "Seele, let's continue our previous topic."
"Mm."
With her knees together, the cute girl blushed a little at Brian's closeness.
Growing up, this was the first time she had been in such close contact with a boy.
'Seele' gritted her teeth in anger in the world of consciousness, but couldn't think of any good solution.
"Your adoptive mother, Cocolia, did some unconscionable things after the X-10 experiment and ultimately faced retribution for her carelessness. Her life and death are now unknown, and it's highly likely she's already dead."
Hearing this news, Seele's expression was complicated, a mix of sadness and relief.
Before the X-10 experiment, she, like Bronya, thought of Cocolia as an adoptive mother who wasn't very responsible but had given them a safe life.
After all, in that precarious post-Second Honkai Eruption ruin, just being able to eat one's fill and wear warm clothes was a great luxury.
But after the X-10 experiment, Cocolia's image became complicated, inspiring both gratitude and fear and hatred.
She received the punishment she deserved for her actions... perhaps it could only be considered just deserts.
"That is the consequence mother Cocolia needs to bear for her mistakes. Big brother doesn't need to worry about it."
After calming down, the girl moved on to the next question: "How is everyone at the orphanage? Did Sin and sister Bronya settle everyone down properly?"
Brian replied: "Not long ago, your sister Bronya went to Siberia and brought the children from the orphanage to St. Freya High School, where we are. They should probably be playing somewhere right now."
"That's good."
Seele's smile was exceptionally gentle, making 'Seele' gnash her teeth.
This weak little fool was supposed to belong only to her, but unexpectedly a pervert appeared out of nowhere.
What a miscalculation!
But there was nothing she could do. After all, she couldn't let them continue to wander in the Sea of Quanta just for her own ideas.
If they rejected this opportunity, who knows when the next one would come.
Although 'Seele' had some possessiveness towards Seele and felt a bit sour seeing Seele so close to Brian, she wasn't that selfish.
At least she wouldn't think of cutting Seele into seventeen pieces, lighting all their memories on fire, making this little fool into a thick soup, and then using the most primitive method to merge the two of them into one.
Whatever she wanted to do, she needed to make plans after returning to the Real World.
"For this period of time... I'll let you have it for now!"
Cursing under her breath, 'Seele' instructed Seele: "Seele, pay attention to the device in that woman's hand over there. Whether we can go back depends on that thing."
Seele, who was talking with Brian, ended the current topic: "Brother Brian, is sister Natasha facing some problems?"
If the device isn't fixed, she won't be able to see sister Bronya and can only live a four-person world of one man and three women in the Sea of Quanta.
Seeing the girl in front of him so nervous, the Inner World Protagonist patted her fair hand and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, even if that useless woman fails, I'm still here."
Turning his head, his attitude was completely different: "Raven, are you done yet? If not, I'm going to solve you, the one who created the problem!"
Raven: "..."
The professional killer at work paused, torn between her job and getting fucked.
A small black succubus with her own appearance, but dressed revealingly, with a heart-shaped tail behind her butt, and the total amount of cloth on her body was only the size of a palm.
"Work? Don't you see your dropout-level education? You can't even fix a single part of such a precise device, let alone make it work properly."
"You might as well face reality sooner, find a soft spot to lie down, and get ready."
A small white angel in a long white robe, with a halo above her head and a saintly face.
"You can't give up! Absolutely can't give up! Have you forgotten your villa and island dream?"
"Once he does this and that to you, you'll never be able to go back!"
The little angel and little devil fought on top of Raven's head until the joy beans were almost ground to dust, a battle that reached the edge of the universe.
But Raven looked at the device in her hands...
"Forget it, there's no way to fix it."
Indeed, a woman like her was better at killing people than repairing precision devices and making strategic plans.
Once the thought of giving up arose, the world suddenly felt wider.
The little devil on her head pinned the little angel down and went wild, while the little white angel could only tremble uncontrollably under the joy beans.
Just like herself in the near future.
"Kill me or cut me up, as you please. You can do whatever you want with me!"
*Clatter clatter~*
The device that could point to the coordinates of the Real World and prevent one from getting lost in the Sea of Quanta rolled to the man's feet, announcing Natasha Cioara's complete defeat.
The black-haired youth grinned: "Very good! I'll come and solve you, the one who created the problem, when I have time!"
She brought this upon herself, and she even implicated her and Seele. She must be fucked hard!
He picked up the device at his feet, and the Herrscher of Reason authority he had just obtained activated, allowing him to understand the device's structure and function.
Although he couldn't use the full authority of the Herrscher of Reason, just using it to repair a palm-sized device was no problem at all.
"It's fixed."
In the blink of an eye, the battle was over!
Raven, who had just chosen to give up, stared at this scene with her mouth agape, feeling as if she had fallen into the Inner World Protagonist's trap.
This guy was doing it on purpose, waiting for an excuse to fuck her hard!
Natasha Cioara wanted to jump up and fiercely accuse this guy.
But then she remembered she couldn't beat him, and she had already chosen to give up...
"Forget it, that kind of thing is pretty satisfying anyway."
Time to rot.
It's just a change from an Orz with only joy bean experience to an Or2 with actual combat experience, no big deal.
As for whether her brother would rest in peace in heaven... that was no longer within Raven's consideration.
...
"Alright, Seele, we can go home now."
Taking Seele's hand, the young Brian started to leave.
The girl behind him blinked, feeling that the dejected sister Natasha just now was so pitiful.
It was something brother Brian could do with a wave of his hand, yet she had to spend who knows how much time there for nothing. It was truly pitiful.
The girl 'Seele Vollerei', who didn't mind speculating on the world with the most sinister intentions, saw more.
"Seele, you should see this guy's sinister intentions now, right?"
The great 'Seele Vollerei' has understood everything!
"The 'big brother' you keep talking about had bad intentions from the start. He gave that Natasha an impossible task, and once she couldn't complete it, he would use that as an excuse to punish her."
That poor black dodo bird was about to be locked in the basement by the Inner World Protagonist and receive an unknown amount of pregnancy luck.
Seele was a bit suspicious, so on the way back, she sought confirmation from Raven: "Sister Natasha, that thing from before... what was it?"
"That, oh, it's a device that guides us in the direction of the Real World."
Raven's expression was wistful, feeling that she had brought this upon herself.
If she hadn't tried to be so clever and had just done the mission obediently, she wouldn't be on the verge of turning into a greedy dodo bird.
Seele asked again: "Why was that device damaged?"
Raven: "I broke it myself trying to be smart."
'Seele': "..."
Useless thing!
Seele's face lit up with a smile: "I see, so sister Natasha must have had her own plans."
Raven: "..."
Give me a break, you're giving her too much credit.
Raven's thoughts were complicated, but Seele's mind became active.
Raven broke the device that could guide them, so Brian wanted to make the woman take responsibility for her actions.
Taking responsibility for one's mistakes is a matter of course.
If you can solve the trouble, it can be written off; that is his tolerance. If you can't solve the trouble, of course you can only accept the punishment; that is his strictness.
Seele was simple-minded and didn't think there was anything wrong with this.
'Seele' was full of disappointment, wishing she could go out and beat this woman to her knees.
Fortunately, the agonizing time was not long, and they would soon be able to leave the Sea of Quanta.
After leaving the Sea of Quanta, the world is vast and they can go anywhere.
A vortex-like passage appeared at the end of the road, and the surrounding quantum monsters rushed towards the passage as if attracted by something.
Through the rippling light, like the surface of water, the layout of the Eye of the Deep could be clearly seen.
"We're here. We'll be back on Earth soon."
A large hand held the girl's slender one, making Seele's delicate face flush red.
'Seele' saw this and gritted her teeth in hatred, wishing she could go out and fight this guy!
Her Seele! Seele!
The last visitors to the Sea of Quanta returned to the Real World, and the opened Eye of the Deep closed behind them.
The entire City of the Deep returned to its peaceful state, surrounded by a deep, pure seawater.
Bronya, located in the upper layer of the City of the Deep, sensed all this, but felt a fear of being close to home, not daring to go to the Eye of the Deep to confirm the situation.
Since the X-10 experiment, she had been avoiding a fact.
The Sea of Quanta is so dangerous. Compared to being trapped there, Seele was more likely to have already lost her life in that place.
The monsters of the Sea of Quanta, no supplies to eat or keep warm, no one to protect her from threats...
All these things made the possibility of Seele losing her life increase continuously, to the point where Bronya kept avoiding it.
She now only hoped that the man could bring back good news.
The silver-gray-haired girl closed her eyes, as if waiting for something, or as if avoiding a reality she didn't want to see.
After an unknown amount of time, a flurry of footsteps approached from afar, and a girl threw herself onto her like a bear.
"Sister Bronya!"
This voice, this scent, this warmth, this bosom that could rival Cocolia's!
Bronya's expression finally relaxed. Resting her chin on Seele's shoulder, she wrapped her arms around the girl in her embrace, holding her tight.
"Seele, welcome home."
"Mm, Seele's back."
Neither of the two girls said much, just quietly embracing each other, enjoying the long-awaited tranquility after their reunion.
After their two hearts, almost connected, calmed down from the long-awaited sense of security, Bronya finally released her embrace.
Her expression was a mix of wanting to cry and laugh, her emotions extremely agitated by the great sorrow and joy.
"Seele, sister Bronya is so sorry!"
Seele, who had just returned to Earth, was exactly the same as in Bronya's memory; her appearance and personality hadn't changed at all.
She took Bronya's hand and comforted her like a little adult: "Sister Bronya, that was all Seele's choice. Seele didn't want sister Bronya to get hurt."
This made the emotions in Bronya's chest surge even more.
"Seele..."
The girl's voice was full of complexity, as if she had countless words she wanted to say to Seele.
That girl smiled gently, as if she had seen through everything: "It's okay, no matter what sister Bronya did, Seele won't mind."
Taking Bronya's hand, Seele pressed her face, flushed red from emotional excitement, against it.
As she said, no matter what Bronya did, she would choose to tolerate and forgive.
Because this was all for the effort sister Bronya made to save her. She couldn't just enjoy sister Bronya's care without giving back to her.
"..."
Bronya opened her mouth, a thousand words in her heart, so many things she wanted to share with Seele.
What did you experience in the Sea of Quanta, were you in danger there, were you doing okay...
So many things, far too many.
But after seeing the man approaching from behind Seele...
"..."
The expression of the Silver Wolf of the Urals turned ferocious.
Like a mother wolf protecting her cubs.
"Thank you for your help. Without you, I might never have been able to reunite with Seele in my lifetime."
"Bronya, your expression doesn't look like you're thanking me at all."
Bronya: "..."
Duh, you perverted bastard got horny for my sister just by looking at her photo and forced her to agree to an engagement between you two.
Any normal sister wouldn't have a good impression of you, right?
"Right? Perhaps I was too excited to see Seele, so my expression is a bit strange."
She gave a perfunctory reply.
The gentle girl behind her looked at sister Bronya standing in front of her, then at the approaching big brother.
She didn't know what to do.
Big brother was her savior, Bronya was her dearest sister.
She didn't want to see the two of them clash because of her, much less see bloodshed.
Seele's expression was filled with difficulty.
'Seele's' expression was filled with schadenfreude.
Although she didn't get to see rivers of X from Bronya, seeing her rivers of blood would also be a victory for her.
As long as this person was injured by that man, Seele would see that man's true colors, and then obediently spend a two-person world with her.
What Bronya, what fiancé who didn't come in person, in front of her, the Seele acknowledged by Seele, they were nothing but losers.
In the dark theater of her mind, the feisty girl stood with her hands on her hips, looking proud.
In front of Bronya, young Brian saw her reaction with no surprise on his face.
Everything was within his expectations.
This one had agreed so readily back then; she must have already thought of a countermeasure.
But an arm can't out-wrestle a thigh.
A mere Russian loli who doesn't know what's good for her has courted death!
"Bronya, have you forgotten our agreement?"
"Bronya hasn't forgotten!"
Her expression said: "You want to marry my sister? No way!"
She knew this man could bring her to her knees with one hand, drag her into the basement and inject her full of that Taro Bobo Milk Tea, but behind her was her sister whom she had finally found after so much difficulty. She absolutely could not give up!
"Then what's the meaning of you blocking my way now? I'm trying to take my little fiancée home!"
Bronya: "..."
This flippant expression, just looking at it makes one's blood boil.
It was no less than a father who had worked so hard, only to see a blondie on a Ghost Fire motorcycle stop at his door, not only taking away his beloved daughter but also swaggering off with a carton of his Chunghwas.
Absolutely intolerable!
The eyes of the Silver Wolf of the Urals sharpened.
This time, she must bet her life!
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