Someone in Honkai Picked Up Kiana

That's normal.

Kiana wasn't exactly the quiet type to begin with.

She was as restless as a startled rabbit.

Keeping her still was always a difficult task.

"Why don't you go play hide-and-seek with those kids?" Lin Nai said without looking up from his blueprints.

Kiana pondered for a few seconds before finally shaking her head.

"Forget it. Most of the kids here, like Bronya, hardly talk to anyone..."

Besides, she couldn't really play with them...

Hide-and-seek did sound fun, though. If Lin Nai played, she'd join.

"Then, silly Kiana should just stay quiet." Bronya, sitting beside Lin Nai and watching quietly, said.

Kiana lay on her side, looking at Bronya, and retorted, "Don't call me silly, I'm super smart!"

Bronya tilted her head and asked, "Silly Kiana, what's 648 times 648?"

"Huh? Ah... um..."

Kiana sat up and started counting on her fingers.

Bronya smiled slightly. As expected of silly Kiana, she couldn't answer this question.

"Zeroing Out"

"648 multiplied by 648"

"Equals"

"Four hundred nineteen thousand nine hundred four"

Bronya and Kiana looked at Lin Nai, who was using a calculator.

Lin Nai showed no embarrassment at being looked at and declared righteously, "What? Human intelligence is about using tools."

"...Bronya overestimated Lin Nai and Kiana."

Bronya's mouth twitched.

Lin Nai scratched his head. "No, most people can't calculate that immediately, right?"

"Then Bronya will go ask Dr. Einstein and Dr. Tesla."

"Aren't those two abnormal people..."

Lin Nai sighed helplessly. Setting aside their unknown lifespans, Even at their age back then, they were considered geniuses, right?

"Hey, brat, who the hell are you calling abnormal!" Tesla barged in boisterously.

Einstein followed closely behind. "That's right, Dr. Tesla and I are perfectly normal humans."

"Then, if I may be so bold, how old are you two Doctors?"

"17."

Einstein answered without hesitation.

Tesla was stunned by Einstein's words but quickly nodded in agreement.

Then the two of them saw the disbelief in Lin Nai's eyes.

"17? Hmm... 17 years how many?" Lin Nai asked with great interest.

"Don't ask a beautiful girl so many questions!" Tesla, unwilling to answer, got angry and flicked Lin Nai's forehead.

Lin Nai nimbly dodged, but unexpectedly, Einstein also reached out and flicked him.

"Oof... For Doctors, you have quite strong hands." Lin Nai rubbed his forehead.

There wasn't much pain.

But for a normal person, their forehead would probably turn red.

Tesla's lips curved into a smile. "Hmph hmph! Bird's Nest Head and I often do manual labor!"

For example, repairing mechs, researching mechs, assembling mechs... that sort of thing.

Kiana looked at Einstein and Tesla. "What are you two Doctors here for?"

"Huh? What are we here for?"

Tesla and Einstein exchanged glances. They had just passed by and heard Lin Nai say they weren't normal people, so they came in.

"Just passing by to take a look," Tesla replied.

Kiana didn't think much of it and lay back down.

However, Einstein stroked her chin. "Perhaps when we go to Schicksal, we should give Lin Nai and Kiana some remedial lessons."

"No need for that!"

Lin Nai flatly refused. He had finally managed to graduate in his previous life; now they wanted to send him to school?

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!!

If that's how they wanted to play it, then he'd have to show them what "Cao Cao Fried Rice" looked like!

Tesla flashed a sinister smile. "Heh~ Kid, you look like you're terrified of studying?"

"Yeah."

Lin Nai nodded. One time was enough for that kind of thing.

Once he was done, he could just return it to the teacher.

At the very least, he wasn't sure if he could even get middle school problems right, and seeing elementary school problems made him question if that was what kids his age were supposed to be learning.

"Hehehe."

"Lobster Doctor, if you dare force me to go for tutoring or anything, I'll dismantle your mecha!"

"What the hell! You can't be serious! It's not like it's going to kill you! Studying is such a joyous activity!!" Tesla exclaimed in shock. How could this kid threaten to dismantle her mecha just like that?

The key was that he actually could dismantle it.

This made Tesla hesitant...

Lin Nai glanced at Tesla. Was it really because studying was joyous that she wanted him to learn?

Even Kiana wouldn't believe that if she said it!

Kiana: ???

Einstein also chimed in, "Dr. Tesla just wants to be Lin Nai's teacher, and then torment Lin Nai, right?"

"I didn't! How could I! Don't think nonsense!"

Her thoughts exposed, Tesla's gaze flickered. She indeed had that small intention.

To be Lin Nai's teacher.

And then...

Assign him an overwhelming amount of homework, to death!

Lin Nai rolled his eyes, too lazy to bother with the red lobster. He quietly drew something.

Seeing her scheme fail, Tesla didn't mind.

After all, it was just a spur-of-the-moment idea.

The Lobster Doctor poked her head out, looking at Lin Nai's drawing in surprise. "You're drawing... clothes?"

"Mhm."

"Eh~ You've got a pretty good hand at drawing, kid." Tesla stared with great interest.

Einstein also leaned in.

Kiana, watching the three people surrounding Lin Nai, couldn't understand what was so interesting about drawing.

But Kiana didn't know.

When people are bored to a certain extent, even staring blankly can be interesting.

Because you have nothing else to do.

Although Kiana was also very bored now, it wasn't the first time she had seen Lin Nai writing and drawing.

So she naturally wasn't bothered to watch.

Speaking of which, the first drawing Lin Nai did was of her sleeping.

When she asked him why he drew it at the time...

Lin Nai: "Because it's a masterpiece, titled 'Kiana Sleeping'!"

Kiana: ???

At the time, Kiana completely didn't understand why Lin Nai would say that.

She still didn't quite understand now.

But she happily accepted the drawing.

After watching for a while, Tesla and Einstein also borrowed paper and pens from Lin Nai and started drawing beside him.

The two of them were mainly designing mechas and various other things.

Lin Nai's drawing reminded them. If they organized things now, it would be convenient for repairs and improvements later.

Chapter 30 · Rosalia: Ehehede-na-da-yo!

The morning time passed quickly.

After lunch.

Schicksal personnel still hadn't arrived.

Lin Nai had originally thought that the round trip from Schicksal headquarters to Cocolia Orphanage would be a quick matter.

But Tesla scoffed.

Schicksal aircraft were indeed faster than regular planes, but they weren't warships loaded with who-knows-how-many accelerators.

How could they possibly arrive by morning?

While bored.

Lin Nai took some time to play with the children at the orphanage.

It was mainly because he was so bored he had nothing else to do. He wasn't someone who could sit still; in the past, he'd do anything to avoid standing if he could sit, and avoid sitting if he could lie down.

But ever since arriving in this world and meeting Kiana.

That habit had gradually disappeared.

There was no helping it; Kiana was posting missing person flyers in every corner of the city.

Even though he knew it was a futile effort, Lin Nai still forced himself to accompany Kiana in posting the flyers.

Kiana knew this too; her dad definitely wouldn't be found that easily.

He certainly wouldn't be found just by posting missing person flyers.

So she was very grateful to Lin Nai for always accompanying her.