Honkai, But I Have Too Many Mods

Elinore walked over from behind and glanced at Mei and Kiana.

Though she was the rigid, even rather harsh sort of person, she was not about to argue with two young girls.

"What do you mean...?"

Kiana scratched her head, not understanding Elinore's rhetorical question.

"Nothing."

Elinore had no intention of exposing Kallen's past in front of the two girls. "You two are so young, yet you came to join in this kind of excitement?"

"Ugh!"

Without question, this sort of slightly "sharp-tongued and harsh" elder was exactly the kind of person Kiana, a lively little brat, least wanted to face.

"Just out of a bit of curiosity."

Mei answered politely, then naturally kicked the ball back. "What did you come here for, Ms. Elinore?"

"...Hmph."

Elinore turned her head slightly, avoiding the question.

"What? Aren't you feeling guilty too?"

Kiana showed no mercy with her words.

After all... her only familial connection to Elinore was through their mothers' surnames.

They were not related by blood at all.

Besides, an adopted daughter like Elinore had always been in an awkward position, since the Schariac family had nearly died out back then.

Kiana had heard Kallen say that Shabbath, Otto's mother, alone had three adopted daughters at the time—one of them was Elinore.

But speaking of blood relations, the three great families had intermarried quite extensively.

For example, Otto's mother, Shabbath, had been a Schariac.

That was why Otto had been discriminated against for his weak constitution back then.

In Otto's family, his eldest sister Bianka and eldest brother Ferdinand had both been capable and talented by the standards of the time. Unfortunately, one had died in battle, while the other had died in an accident.

Of his second sister and second brother, one was a venomous, scheming woman, while the