So, under Lin Nai's subtle gaze, the chopsticks in Kiana's hand began bouncing around as if they had minds of their own.
"Here."
"Ah, thanks... huh?"
Kiana looked at the fork in her hand and blinked. Wasn't there a fork right here?!
Lin Nai: Who used a fork to eat ramen?! It wasn't instant noodles!
Lin Nai ate his noodles at an unhurried pace.
Meanwhile, Kiana began devouring hers like a storm.
The noodles were simply too delicious. Her taste buds had been completely awakened!
Sob, sob, sob!
After living rough for so long, she'd finally met a kind person!
The thought alone made Kiana want to cry.
"So, why don't we introduce ourselves?"
Lin Nai set down his chopsticks. The person in front of him looked familiar, but he couldn't remember who she was.
"I'm Kiana Kaslana! And you?"
"Lin Nai."
"Um, Lin Nai, were you the one who brought me back?"
"Who else would it be? There isn't a second person here, is there?"
"Ah... where are your parents?"
"Not in this world."
"I'm sorry..." Kiana parted her lips and apologized sincerely.
Lin Nai shook his head. They really weren't in this world. After all, even he didn't count as someone from this world.
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Kaslana, the Big Eater!
"I see... so you're looking for your father?"
Lin Nai cooked ramen, wearing an enlightened expression.
Kiana, still crazily devouring ramen, nodded.
Though it would have been better if one ignored the nearly six large bowls stacked beside her.
Hmm...
Lin Nai felt as though he'd rescued a big eater.
Did everyone in the Kaslana family really eat that much?
Or was Kiana the only one like this?
Since Kiana hadn't eaten her fill, Lin Nai took her to the hotel's kitchen.
He cooked while Kiana ate.
Of course, he'd paid for the right to use the kitchen!
As someone without legal identity, Lin Nai had a lot to consider.
He didn't really care much about money.
He'd collected money from all the thugs and gangsters in this city.
So he was actually quite wealthy.
"So, have you seen him? He's an old white-haired man with one arm... um, he often likes going to bars to look at pretty older ladies!"
Kiana asked Lin Nai while stuffing noodles into her mouth.
"Ah... no, I haven't."
Lin Nai thought carefully, then ultimately shook his head.
Ever since coming to this world, the only white-haired person he'd seen was Kiana in front of him.
"I see..." Though she'd expected it, Kiana still couldn't help feeling disappointed.
Who knew where her old man had run off to?
Lin Nai cooked ramen and glanced at Kiana, who was sprawled over the table.
After their conversation just now,
he remembered who she was.
Kiana Kaslana, also known as K423.
He hadn't played much Honkai Impact 3rd. He'd heard there were too many heartbreaking moments, so he'd given up on it.
But he still knew a little about it.
All alone, huh...
He was all alone now too.
Lin Nai placed the cooked noodles before Kiana, then sat down in a chair as he pondered something.
Kiana said awkwardly, "Sorry, I'm not actually this much of an eater..."
It was mainly because she'd spent several days living rough.
She was just too hungry.
Otherwise, she wouldn't have passed out in an alley and failed to wake up even while being rained on...
"Mm..."
Distracted, Lin Nai gave a vague reply and stared at his hands.
He wondered whether he should go somewhere else and look around.
If this really was Honkai, then he couldn't stay here forever.
There were too many heartbreaks.
So he had to find those heartbreaks and snap them in half.
If some couldn't be snapped, then there was nothing he could do about that.
Besides, he wanted to see the scenery in other places too.
Though he still had no idea where he should go or what exactly he should do.
"Lin Nai, Lin Nai!"
"Mm? Ah, what's wrong? Are you done eating?"
"Ah... yes—no, no, no! That's not what I wanted to say!"
Kiana frantically shook her head and looked at Lin Nai. "Why did you suddenly space out?"
"Just thinking about something..."
"I see... oh, right, if you're alone, how do you pay for the hotel?"
"Robbery."
"Huh?"
Kiana froze on the spot, blinking as though her brain were trembling.
Kiana: What Mom gave birth to...
"More accurately, other people tried to rob me, and then I robbed them back."
Lin Nai picked up Kiana's bowl and poured all the remaining noodles from the pot into it.
After all, at his age, being alone in a foreign land was dangerous.
It was perfectly normal for people to target him.
"Of course, I'm not some demon. At most, I make them spend a night on a streetlamp in their underwear."
Lin Nai: I'm not some demon either. Anyone who messes with me... at most, I'll make them die of social embarrassment.
Kiana didn't understand, but Kiana was deeply shaken!
Kiana felt that even her dad wouldn't do something like that—or maybe he would.
Kiana took small sips of soup. "I see... but you can't just use a hotel's kitchen whenever you want?"
"Who knows? Maybe it's because I don't have legal identity." Lin Nai shrugged.
He didn't have legal identity anywhere in this world.
"No legal identity?"
"Yeah, no legal identity. No identification or passport. After all, I don't look like I'm from here at all."
"That makes sense..."
Kiana looked Lin Nai up and down. He really was different from most people she'd met.
Lin Nai yawned and propped his cheek up with one hand. "Come to think of it, do you have anywhere to go?"
"No..."
Kiana shook her head.
She was looking for her old man. Where could she possibly go?
Oh...
If she really had to name somewhere, there might actually be one place.
Like under a bridge.
Looking at the sunny, cheerful little girl before him, Lin Nai couldn't bear to send her off to wander the streets.
She was really just a child.
As long as it was within his ability, Lin Nai still wanted to help her.
"How about this? I'll get you a room for tonight. Stay here for now."
"Huh! No, no!" Kiana repeatedly shook her head, refusing Lin Nai's kindness.
Noticing Lin Nai's surprised gaze,
Kiana gave him a bright smile. "Lin Nai, you've already treated me to so much food. You don't need to spend too much more money."
Kiana was actually quite clever.
Especially when she was wandering around, her mind was still working fine.
With just a little thought, she knew that if using the hotel's kitchen cost money, then staying at the hotel would definitely cost even more.
Kiana was without legal identity too. She might have to spend even more money.
She had already accepted Lin Nai's kindness...
If this kept going...
"It's fine." Lin Nai shook his head. "Honestly, I don't really care about money. At least, not right now."
"And if I let someone as young as you wander around alone, honestly, I'd feel a little guilty."
"You're not that old either... ah, how about this!"
Kiana muttered softly, her mind racing, before she spoke.
"I'll stay in your room. Let me sleep on the couch tonight, okay?"
"Look, that saves money, and I won't have to wander around outside!"
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