I Just Don't Understand Young People's Stuff

"Oh... it's the Alliance Leader, how boring..."

Rosalia looked left and right, a look of disappointment on her face.

I'll beat you up, you idiot.

... HOMU's charm seems to have no effect on idiots.

After a while, Seele was dressed.

"Your collar isn't buttoned up."

Seele was half asleep, and the top of her collar was undone, revealing her cleavage. Liu Bai wanted to help her button it up, but then suddenly realized that the HOMU Seele seemed to have no fingers...

—Is this guy 12 years old?

"... Bronya, help Seele button up."

"Okay, I understand."

During this time, Liu Bai glanced at the ring-shaped Stigmata on Seele's chest.

Speaking of which... is Reanna perhaps more familiar with the power of the Herrscher of Death?

After all, she had held the Abyss White Flower for at least 140 or 150 years, which is considered a long time among all holders.

... Never mind, I'll talk to Seele sometime later.

As Bronya's host, I'm acting like Seele's host...

Well, Bronya is indeed well-behaved and sensible.

After breakfast, it's time for the orphanage's peaceful yet heartwarming morning reading session.

As the teacher, Reanna led all the children in class, and almost no one dared to skip class.

Then... Seele lay on the book, drooling all over it.

"Seele?" Bronya and Liu Bai looked at Seele beside them in disbelief.

Just kidding, Seele loves reading so much, fall asleep on a book?

... Wait, getting sleepy while reading seems to be part of Dark Seele's personality?

Liu Bai immediately shook Seele awake.

"... Huh?"

Seele had just been woken up, looked confused. Then, seeing the drool on her textbook, her face immediately turned bright red.

Not only did I fall asleep, but I was also drooling?!

No, no, no, that's not the point.

The main point is that he actually fell asleep and drooled in front of the Alliance Leader's brother and sister?

"Waaah..."

No, I can't cry. I can't let that voice mock me anymore.

(Someone's alternate personality: Huff... Huff...)

"Wipe your mouth and continue the lesson," Liu Bai said softly after glancing at Seele's blue eyes.

It seems that Dark Seele ran out at some point, but luckily, she was "hypnotized" by the book before she could do anything.

"Yes, I understand."

Seele stood the book up and immediately lowered her head, looking exactly like an ostrich.

If the Alliance Leader sees this, how will I ever be able to face anyone again!

Liu Bai, on the other hand, fell into deep thought.

Isn't Dark Seele a bit too active? How did she manage to push the main personality out without anyone noticing?

Isn't this a bit unreasonable?

Liu Bai decided to continue observing Seele to see if Dark Seele would appear a second time today.

Afterwards, morning classes ended, Seele was perfectly normal during this time. Although she kept burying her head in the sand, she didn't fall asleep.

... Speaking of which, could it be that Dark Seele is asleep and hasn't woken up yet?

Liu Bai twitched the corner of his mouth. If that were really the case, it would be too interesting.

"Um... Brother Alliance Leader, is there anything on Seele?"

After packing up her books, Seele blushed and asked, "Seele... Seele didn't sleep after that..."

(Ha...)

However, the next moment, the "devil's voice" appeared in Seele's mind again.

But... why does it sound like someone just woke up?

(It's amazing you can even watch something so boring.) The voice said, clearly annoyed.

(It's not something boring at all!) Seele mustered up the courage to retort to the voice in her mind.

(But you were asleep—that crybaby has been groggy ever since she woke up this morning.)

The voice couldn't help but complain.

Is that so? Seele suddenly felt a little guilty, but the voice continued to complain.

(I only came out to help you because I saw you were about to fall asleep.)

(Weren't you asleep too?)

(Who told you to watch such boring stuff! I'm not interested in fairy tales at all. Those stories about pigs, dogs, bears, ducks, princes, and princesses make me sleepy. Give me some stories with rivers of blood!)

Chapter 153 I just can't understand what young people are like.

(Blood, rivers of blood... Ugh... Is this a horror story?)

Xiao Seele shrank her neck. She felt scared just hearing the words "horror story," let alone actually reading one.

(A horror story? Yes, that's it, something thrilling is always a good thing.)

The inner personality nodded unhappily, convinced that the reason Seele fell asleep was because the fairy tale she was reading was too boring.

She wouldn't fall asleep if it were a horror story.

"Cocolia, are you there?"

At that moment Seele happened to discover that Reanna was making a phone call to Cocolia.

"After you finish your mission today, could you buy me some things... well, how should I put it, things that young people like, like games, comics, and the like... Huh? You don't even know anything about them?"

An embarrassed expression appeared on Reanna's face.

"Aren't you a young person too?"

"... Although it's not nice to say it like this, Lady Reanna, it's not that I'm shirking my mission, but I'm almost forty this year, which is no longer considered young by normal standards. The things that young people like... I'm actually quite curious about them too."

Cocolia, who was directing the mech forces to sweep through the area on the other end of the phone, looked completely bewildered.

She was actually able to connect with ordinary people... Although she was quite happy about it, to be honest, she was really not a young person!

No, I should say that being treated like a young person by Reanna is something I shouldn't be happy about at all.

"Forty... isn't that still quite young?" Reanna, a little guilty.

However, it seems she has realized that, in that case, Cocolia really can't be considered a young person.

"... In your eyes, those under thirty are children, and those over thirty are young people, right?"

When the topic turned to issues related to her age, Cocolia, quite unusually, made a comment about Reanna.

My boss's definition of age is absolutely Honkai. Who would hire a young person and then look for her?

"If you want to know what young people like, why don't you... um, ask Raiden Ryoma? I remember he was pretty trendy, wasn't he?"

Damn it, after thinking about it carefully, Cocolia realized that the only acquaintance of her age she knew was Raiden Ryoma.

Is there any hope for this Anti-Entropy to ever work again?!

"Him? Isn't he already an old man?"

"... Why is your definition suddenly so accurate at this moment?"

"...Because they've all settled down and started families, and their daughters are old enough to run errands." Reanna said matter-of-factly.

"Your way of thinking is way too outdated."

Cocolia n't help but facepalm. Although there was nothing wrong with this line of thinking in a certain way, well... maybe there was just an age gap between her and Lady Reanna.

"But anyway, let's ask him about things concerning young people."

"...All right."

Reluctantly, Reanna hung up on Cocolia and instead called Raiden Ryoma.

"Hello... Lady Reanna, what are your instructions?"

The call was answered instantly.

"... You're really free, Ryoma."

"No, I'm taking Mei to school—so is there some kind of emergency order?"

"It's not exactly an emergency... Well, after you drop off the kids, bring me some things that young people like."

"What young people like... comics and games?"

Compared to Cocolia, Raiden Ryoma seems to understand much more.

"As for comics... young people would definitely like Houm Adventure, and games... although I hate to admit it, the bishop's Kallen Fantasy is pretty good. I happen to have the whole Kallen Fantasy set, so I'll give it to you if you want it."

"... Is it alright? You've collected the whole set, this game must be very important to you, right?"

"It's alright. I usually buy three copies – one for use, one for collection, and one for preaching. I happen to have one copy for you."

"..."

For use, for collection, for preaching...?

Are young people these days having such extravagant fun?

Seemingly noticing Reanna's strange silence, Raiden Ryoma immediately retorted, "Um, I was recommended this game by Uncle Welt, do you believe me?"

"... I believe you, but which Welt?"

"Uncle Joyce, I usually call Yang 'brother'—by the way, Brother Yang also has a collection."

Reanna felt that her Anti-Entropy might need a major purge.

Is buying games like this just throwing money away to Schicksal?

"... I didn't know about this."

"Because no one would dare to do these things in front of Lady Reanna..." Raiden Ryoma answered very honestly.

After all, Reanna is Anti-Entropy elder, and a super elder who has lived for about two hundred years.

Good heavens, let alone him, even Joyce was just a young man in his sixties in her eyes. Who wouldn't stand up straight when they see Reanna?

... By the way, I have to mention something here. If we look at the birth dates, Yang, who is now the godson, is older than Joyce, who is the godfather.

Well, but because this matter is so ridiculous, no one mentions it.

"... I'm already considering whether to confiscate all this stuff you have—I have a feeling that confiscating it directly would be much faster than letting you bring it over, and there might even be some unexpected gains."

"Lady Reanna... are you some kind of demon?"

Don't confiscate things like that!

"Ahem, so, Lady Reanna, where should I deliver this to you?"

Raiden Ryoma quickly changed the subject, because if this topic continued, he might become a sinner in the Anti-Entropy game circle.

"Cocolia Orphanage".

"Ah, what about Sister Cocolia?" Raiden Ryoma was slightly surprised. "In that case, I'll buy a few more and deliver them to you tonight. It'll be a good opportunity for my daughter to meet more friends."

Since the two are not political enemies in this timeline, Raiden Ryoma and Cocolia get along quite well.