'Ai-ai-ai, my wicked little Bronya-wifey, always bullying me when I'm all delicate and weak right now (T＿T). Just you wait!'
'Once you grow up into that full-blown 'braised duck' wifey of yours, I'm gonna pay you back so hard as your husband!'
'Just you wait—when you're all grown up into Big Bronya, I'll make sure you're bullied so much you can't even get out of bed!'
In her heart, she fiercely tallied up this score of being bullied, placing it squarely on the head of the future Big Bronya.
But though Lunelle, her face flushed with shyness, had indeed noted down this grievance…
At this stage, completely incapable and too timid to seek revenge, poor Lunelle could only pout and helplessly smooth out the front of her clothes—now all crumpled from being roughly kneaded by those 'duck paws'.
Thoroughly bullied by little Bronya yet forced to endure it all without daring to fight back—this was definitely a first for Lunelle. Facing her wife's intimate 'cuddles,' yet not having a single shred of spare mental energy to secretly 'recharge.'
Still, it was fortunate that even though Bronya seemed to have found her adorable Seele-sister's weak spot and taken advantage this time…
…her mischief only went as far as 'helping' her cute little Seele-sister 'develop faster' through her clothes.
After all, Bronya, the 'harem queen' of the orphanage, knew full well.
To win over a pure, kind-hearted girl like her Seele-sister—someone who'd never been exposed to anything too intense—you had to take things step by step.
Because what little Bronya coveted was her Seele-sister's entire lifetime!
When it came to choosing between a lifetime of steady, satisfying 'meals' and a single short-term binge that leaves you stuffed sick…
…little Bronya knew exactly which to pick.
So, when the two adorable girls, fresh from their intimate cuddle session, appeared together at the dining table…
…Kiana, who had just managed to smooth things over with Mei again through her silver tongue, immediately sensed something off between the two cuties thanks to her powerful 'yuri intuition.'
Seeing that the relationship between Lunelle and Bronya seemed to have become somewhat subtle, Kiana instinctively felt a little uncomfortable.
But given that she'd just barely managed to win Mei's forgiveness by making all sorts of promises, big and small, Kiana naturally felt too sheepish to try and flirt with any other cute girls right in front of Mei.
Especially someone like Lunelle, who was so adorably perfect that Kiana couldn't help but want to do something a little out of line with her!
However, what Kiana didn't know this time was that Mei, who seemed like the most normal of the trio, was feeling a similar strange sensation herself.
Unlike Kiana, who wore her heart on her sleeve almost all the time, Mei was an expert at hiding her odd emotions.
So, the four of them ended up quickly finishing their breakfast in a weirdly tense, almost battlefield-like atmosphere.
After a night of air-drying, the clothes Kiana had hung out last night were still far from completely dry.
But Kiana, who wasn't particularly fussy about her attire, simply pulled on the damp garments anyway.
Lunelle felt a pang of regret seeing her dear Kiana's underwear privilege disappear just like that.
After all, even though Kiana was usually a bit of a tomboy, this kind of 'refreshing' outfit was pretty rare even among all the Valkyrie armors in the entire Honkai Impact 3rd storyline!
Still, Lunelle, only daring to mutter a few words in her heart, naturally didn't dare to voice her wicked thoughts out loud.
Since Lunelle had now officially been incorporated into the main team as a sort of mascot, the four girls of the so-called 'Big Three' packed up their things and set off together on the arduous journey out of Nagazora City.
It had already been about three days since the Honkai eruption at Chiba Academy had spread across the entire city.
Logically, only Nagazora should have been affected by the disaster, yet being here gave Lunelle an overwhelming sense of the world ending.
After all, the entire city's electrical grid was down, and even after all this time, there was no sign of any official rescue operation.
Undoubtedly, the Anti-Entropy's efforts to seal off information about Nagazora played a part, but Lunelle was certain that Schicksal, the true governing power of the area, hadn't shown up because Otto, that 'cuckold king,' was involved and deliberately letting the situation escalate.
Based on the original plot, Otto's goal was likely to play the 'mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind' card against Anti-Entropy.
So, the Schicksal forces probably wouldn't intervene actively until a Herrscher was confirmed to have been born.
But due to this official neglect, within just these three short days, Nagazora had gone from being overrun with zombies on the first day to now having various Honkai beasts appearing in significant numbers and sizes all over the city.
Currently, with the trio not yet having become full-fledged Valkyries, only Bronya, with the assistance of Project Bunny, had the capability to briefly contend with some of the larger Honkai beasts.
So, even though the group wasn't too far from truly escaping Nagazora, if they attracted the attention of multiple large Honkai beasts on the way, the flesh-and-blood trio—still lacking Valkyrie armor—would have no choice but to run for their lives.
Just yesterday, a single Templar-Class Honkai beast had chased them for a good while.
And today, with the Honkai infestation even worse, that same level of large beast—which had been relatively rare yesterday—was now, if not exactly common, appearing several times more frequently.
Dealing with those troublesome giants was becoming a regular headache for the four of them.
Fortunately, Lunelle, though currently just the team's cute mascot, had boosted her Honkai Energy Adaptability to 41 points through simulations—eight times that of a normal woman.
With a current 1:1 Honkai physique conversion rate, Lunelle might look petite, but she didn't hold the others back during the journey due to exhaustion.
Still, after a full day of fighting and fleeing, even Lunelle—the team's cherished pet who received extra protection—was so tired from simply running all day that she could barely lift her legs.
According to the map, if nothing went wrong, the trio might really manage to leave this hellhole of Nagazora by tomorrow.
But as the saying goes, "If nothing goes wrong, something definitely will."
Especially when Lunelle saw a street that looked exactly, and she meant exactly, like a scene straight out of the manga panels.
She quickly realized that the infamous 'Honkai Beast night ambush' plot was probably going to happen tonight!
But with her current delicate, fragile little body... wasn't surviving the collateral damage of a Herrscher-level showdown asking a bit too much of herself?
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