By all rights...
Maybe she shouldn't have said anything?
"What's wrong, Cocolia?"
"No... What's wrong with Dr. Tesla?"
"Dr. Tesla's leg went numb when she got up this morning," Einstein said expressionlessly.
Then, as if she suddenly remembered something, a trace of mischief appeared on her otherwise blank face.
She reached out and gave Tesla's numb thigh a hard smack!
"AAAAAH!!!"
Tesla let out a miserable wail!
She felt like her thigh was about to fall apart!
"Bird's Nest Head! You f***ing **************! F*** your *****! Your mother's a *****!!"
The instant Lin Nai, who was walking at the front, heard the profanity, he pressed the mute button.
Think about it—the orphanage was mostly full of children.
It was fine if they were Anti-Entropy radio transmitters, but the kids couldn't become radio transmitters too!
Children still needed to learn some manners, or they would easily suffer for it later.
Kiana wolfed down her food. Only when she heard the mute button did she look up.
Her face was full of confusion.
What happened? What happened?
What was that thing just now?
Walking ahead, Lin Nai's eyes shifted as he thought of something.
Lin Nai turned around, dropped to one knee, and solemnly presented the mute button to Einstein as though offering up a treasure.
He had originally gotten that thing to keep Kiana from picking things up.
Some villains cursed incredibly foully.
So Lin Nai basically muted them every time.
After all, everyone's vocabulary for insulting people was definitely more than just, "What's wrong with you?"
"Ein, you understand this radio transmitter best. I'm counting on you."
Einstein understood what Lin Nai was thinking. Her expression turned solemn as she said, "Don't worry. Ein will strictly keep Tesla under control!"
"After all, Dr. Tesla is dumb, stupid, and loves swearing, but she is still Ein's close friend!"
As she spoke, Einstein did not forget to mute Tesla.
Unlike Lin Nai.
Lin Nai only muted the swear words.
But Einstein pressed the mute button the very moment Tesla opened her mouth.
The two of them started playing around like that.
And then they launched into a series of entirely harmless jabs at Tesla.
Einstein was basically making things up, while Lin Nai went along with her nonsense and filled in more of Tesla's supposed flaws.
Tesla: "..."
No, why were you two suddenly having fun with this?!
Bird's Nest Head! Why did you take it so naturally?! Don't ignore me!
And when did I ever snore in my sleep, damn it?!
Careful, or I'll take both of you to the Anti-Entropy court!
You two slanderers!!
Tesla's expression was complicated. For the first time, she understood what it meant to feel like she ought to be under the car.
Where was that little girl from the Kaslana family?
Wasn't she going to do something about this?
Tesla turned her head and saw Kiana stuffing herself with food.
For a moment, she failed to react.
No, how could she still eat so happily?!
Then she looked at Bronya.
Duck Duck was watching Lin Nai and Einstein put on their little act with great interest.
She seemed to find it pretty amusing.
In the end, Einstein stopped the teasing game right at the point where Tesla was on the verge of losing all will to live.
The two of them had simply teamed up to mess with Tesla.
See?
Wasn't Tesla now hovering right between wanting to live and not wanting to live?
One more step, and Tesla would lose all will to live.
One more step, and Tesla would return to normal.
"Hey, Kiana, you're eating pretty well. Which bowl is that?"
Lin Nai sat down beside Kiana.
Kiana froze, then silently set down her bowl. "Um... I forgot..."
"Five bowls."
Bronya suddenly chimed in.
Kiana's mouth twitched. She shot Bronya a glare. How could she say something like that?!
Tesla, who had just been about to start eating, froze. She looked at Kiana, then at her bowl.
Damn...
You ate five bowls, so why weren't you getting fat?
Your stomach wasn't even sticking out...
Where did all that food go?
Even Einstein looked over, studying Kiana with obvious curiosity.
Strange.
Could people from the Kaslana family eat that much?
That couldn't be right, could it?
Siegfried Kaslana's appetite didn't seem anywhere near that big.
Was Kiana an exception?
"Kiana, um... overeating isn't good for your stomach. Be careful," Lin Nai said, rubbing his temples.
In only a few minutes, Kiana had managed to shovel down five bowls.
It was hard to imagine how fast this little paramecium had been eating.
"I know... but it really was delicious," Kiana said sheepishly.
"I just couldn't help myself... And Auntie Cocolia said it was okay."
"Mm..."
Noticing Lin Nai looking at her, Cocolia nodded.
How should she put it?
Wasn't it perfectly normal to let children eat their fill?
She just hadn't expected Kiana to be able to eat so much...
Fortunately, she had prepared enough food.
Most of the children could not eat much. Not everyone had an appetite as good as Kiana's.
Lin Nai rubbed Kiana's head. "Pay attention next time."
"Yes, yes~"
That was what Lin Nai said, and that was what she heard.
Mainly, in front of outsiders, Lin Nai still hoped Kiana could act a little more ladylike.
Kiana understood that too.
After all, Lin Nai had never restricted what she ate. He just did not want her to eat too fast.
At the very least, whenever Lin Nai cooked, Kiana always ate happily and could get unlimited refills.
PS: Looking at the comments, some people said they were confused, and that the power scaling had fallen apart. They said that fighting even a Honkai Beast required using an ultimate.
Mm...
You say Light Ice Blade is an ultimate, and you're right—it is.
But you also have to consider when it was used.
The protagonist had only fought normal-sized Honkai Beasts before, like Assault-types and Knights.
So he used skills roughly comparable in size, like Ultra Disk Blade.
But the protagonist had never encountered a Honkai Beast above Tank-type before.
Tank-types were huge in the manga.
When facing a Honkai Beast around the height of a building.
Some people liked to use small moves to probe little by little, while others liked to open with an ultimate.
Even Noah used a nuke to kill a mosquito.
In my opinion, when facing a huge enemy, there was nothing wrong with instinctively charging up, right?
If you say the plot was confusing, I can understand that, because I really didn't write it very well.
I admit that. The plot could probably be described as a complete mess.
Maybe I should have started in Changkong City instead of setting the timeline so early.
But if you say the power scaling was confusing, then of course that might also be my problem.
It was like when I used Seele's ultimate against that fire bird in Honkai: Star Rail, or used Natasha's ultimate near the end when I was low on health.
Mostly because I was too lazy to run back and heal.
So if that disrupted your reading experience, I apologize again.
Tesla: Stay Out of a Pretty Girl's Business!
After breakfast.
Since the people from Anti-Entropy had not arrived yet, Lin Nai and the others still had to stay at Cocolia Orphanage.
So after breakfast, Lin Nai returned to his room.
"Lin Nai, I'm so bored..." Kiana lay on the bed, rolling back and forth in utter boredom.
Before you continue