Chapter 114
"Liliya..."
"The word 'mother'."
"It's not a title you can just give anyone."
Chapter 143 You Want Some Too
Cecilia and MEI seem like a pair of contradictions.
Aside from having the same goal, they have virtually nothing in common.
Although both are dedicated to fighting the Honkai, MEI is a staunch hawk, committed to eliminating the Honkai. While Cecilia also fights the Honkai, her Cecilia are more driven by love than MEI's pure commitment.
To put it in a more anime-like way, love can save the world.
That tiny bit more love became the dividing line and the point of conflict between MEI and Cecilia.
This also led to a severe sense of discomfort when switching between these two different roles during the performance.
Deducing MEI requires pure computation—calculating any available conditions and researching anything that can be researched. The ultimate goal and objective is to combat the Honkai.
The switch from MEI's character to Cecilia's character was also in order to fight against the Honkai.
We need the power from Rosaliya and Liliya.
Sometimes, getting too immersed in a role can have a downside: you might actually become the character you're portraying and be unable to detach yourself from the character.
When you need to quickly switch from one role to another.
This sense of contradiction becomes even stronger.
"Hmm..." Cecilia rubbed her temples. Things weren't as simple as she had imagined; quickly switching roles and getting into character wasn't an easy task at all.
Although I switched from MEI to Cecilia, getting back into character is a different story.
Besides, Liliya is alright.
Rosaliya's words.
"Didn't I tell you to go and help your master repair the door?" Cecilia asked, feeling overwhelmed. "How did you end up here?"
"Is the door fixed now, or did you make the door repairman cry?"
Yes, Rosaliya is the kind of person who could really make a door-repairing master cry. If it weren't for the relatively quiet Liliya beside her.
Cecilia really felt that she must have inherited the genes of a husky.
They're top-notch at destroying houses.
An excessive amount of energy, an excessive amount of curiosity, coupled with a fully enhanced physique resulting from Gene Fusion. Essentially, it's just a mischievous child causing trouble... well, not exactly causing trouble, but more accurately, it's a child's curiosity and thirst for knowledge. However, this essence is further compounded by a lack of sense of responsibility, a lack of respect, and a lack of morality.
This makes bears a real headache!
Cecilia can understand the child's bearishness, but what troubles her most is that he has Apsaras's genes.
This causes the destructive power of the bear to increase exponentially.
She can cause destruction that other children can't, she dares to do things that other children wouldn't dare to do, and she dares to do things that other children wouldn't dare to do. In short...
The bears are terrifying!
"Huh?!" Rosaliya completely ignored Cecilia's daunting question.
She tilted her head and hopped to Liliya's side, grabbed Liliya and pulled her behind her, asking, "Who are you? I've never seen your face before."
Why did you bring Liliya with you?
"Could it be..." Rosaliya seemed to have discovered some hidden big boobs.
"You're the legendary human trafficker?!"
"Oh my god!!! Rosaliya will absolutely not let you take Liliya away." Rosaliya quickly went into battle mode. Yes, that one-legged stance, like a golden rooster standing on one leg, a white crane spreading its wings, a crow sitting on an airplane, or Rosalia standing on one leg.
"Rosaliya is really amazing~" Rosaliya shouted, mimicking the shouts from anime and martial arts movies.
"Oh~Mu Da Mu Da Mu Da~"
Hopping on one leg, he attacked Cecilia.
Then...
Splat!
It had no effect whatsoever; Cecilia punched him to the ground.
This kind of palm strike without any technique might have a certain deterrent effect among children of the same age, but it is completely useless to adults. How can a posture that cannot even maintain its own balance produce an attack effect?
Even though she has Apsaras's genes that enhance her physical abilities, Cecilia is still S-rank Valkyrie!
This kind of attack seems even more ineffective.
"You little rascal!" Cecilia clenched her fist and said, "I'm MEI! Don't jump around like that."
"Answer whatever I ask!"
"MEI?!" Rosaliya clutched her head, which had been knocked down, and examined it closely as if she had discovered a new continent. Then she shook her head and said, "Impossible! How could this be! Big sister, don't lie to me!"
"How could my older sister possibly be that heartless, long-faced, incredibly difficult, and utterly awful spinster?"
Rosaliya said definitively, "It's not the same person at all!"
Anger!
Even Cecilia, who has a good temper, was annoyed by Rosaliya's nonsensical words.
"Sister! Sister!" Liliya immediately tugged at Rosaliya's clothes when she saw that something was wrong, and whispered something in Rosaliya's ear.
In an instant, Rosaliya's face became quite a sight to behold.
She moved her body like a machine as she asked questions.
"Liliya... is this... really?"
Rosaliya was willing to believe it was true, but at the same time, she also wanted to believe her sister. She doubted that her sister would fabricate such an easily debunked and boring lie to deceive her.
So all of this is true?
That can't be right!
Rosaliya looked at Liliya nervously.
Liliya's answer was to nod frantically.
It's incredible, but that's how it is!
"Rosaliya definitely didn't say those things!" Rosaliya stood at attention, straightened up, put her hands on her trouser seams, and said with an unprecedented respect, "Rosaliya only heard it from Big Sister Raven when she was talking to someone else."
"Is that so?" Cecilia pushed up her glasses with a forced smile...
Oh, I forgot that my current character doesn't need to wear glasses.
"Was that person called Jackal?"
"I don't know," Rosaliya said in a flattering tone, "But it sounds like it could be this person."
Yes! That's it! That posture, that way of pushing up glasses! It's so iconic! No one but that guy named Mei would ever have that attitude or that gesture again!
Oh my god! Even with a different appearance, it still feels so scary!
"Oh, that's good then." Cecilia nodded, flashing a tiger-like smile, and said, "Good children shouldn't imitate this."
"That's incredibly disrespectful!"
"In short, you'll be punished by heaven."
"Rosaliya."
"Hey hey hey~" Rosaliya nodded her head up and down like a drumstick, afraid that Cecilia would get angry.
Although Rosaliya hadn't actually seen Mei lose her temper in this new 'hospital' (orphanage), her intuition told her that if Mei did lose her temper, it wouldn't be anything good.
In short, it can be described in three words: 'extremely terrifying'.
Rosaliya definitely doesn't want to bear this anger.
"Hmm." Cecilia said, quite pleased with Rosaliya's attitude, "Good to know."
She didn't want to find out if Rosaliya's words were true or false, nor did she want to investigate Rosaliya's outspokenness. Now was the time to win over these two people.
Cecilia definitely didn't want any unnecessary complications.
Besides, this isn't the first time Rosaliya has been so loose-lipped.
She has absolutely no sense of secrecy.
"I think I need to find some time to talk to these two," Cecilia said.
In short, three words: 'You're finished.'
Whether it's Raven or Jackal, one of them has to go down, or both of them have to go down together. It doesn't matter what their motivations are for saying this.
Anyway, Cecilia's list of enemies has been expanded to include these two people.
"Mom..." Liliya tried to change the subject, but Cecilia glared at her as soon as she called out.
She immediately changed her tune, saying, "Big sister Cecilia, aren't we going to eat cake?"
"Where should we eat? Do you have any good cakes here?"
"Cake?!" Rosaliya seemed to instantly forget what she had just shouted. Her eyes lit up like light bulbs as she looked at Liliya and then at Cecilia.
"Cake? Do you have any good cakes here? Rosaliya wants cherry cupcakes."
"You're thinking..." Cecilia was still angry.
Even if Cecilia didn't intend to hold Rosaliya fully accountable, she would still be happy to punish Rosaliya slightly. For example, by not giving her cake.
Okay, I won't give her any cake.
Rosaliya hasn't eaten any cake since she woke up, and the reason is simple.
On her first day after waking up, she broke into the orphanage's kitchen, only to find it almost completely demolished, not only failing to find any snacks but also discovering it was the most severely damaged part of the entire orphanage.
Because Rosaliya had no idea how powerful she was on the first day she woke up.
I don't know how to control it, and of course I haven't thought about controlling it.
He believed that he had used only a little force to destroy a lot of things.
So the whole kitchen was ruined.
Rebuilding won't be something that can be done in a short time, so for now, we're just eating takeout here.
There are no cakes or anything like that.
But! But...
Cecilia didn't want to give Rosaliya the cake, but Liliya was very well-behaved. Although she seemed a bit clumsy, she was indeed very obedient and quite likable.
He didn't say it directly, but looked at Cecilia with pleading eyes.
I hope Cecilia won't exclude Rosaliya.
Don't be angry with Rosaliya anymore.
'It feels a bit like moral blackmail...' Cecilia wasn't quite sure what she was feeling. But there was no doubt that Liliya's request had worked.
If you bring Cecilia, she can't be as ruthless as MEI; once she's made up her mind, she'll never change it.
"Okay." Cecilia softened. She reached out and patted Rosaliya's head, smiling gently. "I'll let it go this time. Don't do it again."
"You can call me Cecilia Schariac now."
"Let's make some desserts. Raven has his own private kitchen."
"I know where it's hidden. Let's go there and make some desserts."
"Rosaliya."
"Oh..." Rosaliya stared blankly at Cecilia, this tenderness seemed to be something she had felt before but had forgotten. Pure and warm love.
This is the love that was completely sealed away in memory after that disaster.