Save your teammate!!
Lin Nai turned around and found Kiana snacking while watching a show on Tesla's phone.
Bronya, meanwhile, was quietly reading.
Lin Nai: This is bad! My teammates can't save me!
"I think... I really don't have to... After all, I don't use this kind of power very often..."
Lin Nai was extremely resistant to studying.
There were so many obscure, incomprehensible things.
Sigh.
No matter what, math would never deceive you, because if you couldn't do it, then you fucking couldn't do it!!
Welt placed a hand on Lin Nai's shoulder, his tone gentle.
"Mm... We won't force you, Lin Nai. But if you want to use this power properly, you'll still need to study hard."
It wasn't just because Lin Nai was a powerful combat asset.
It was also because Lin Nai was only in his teens and hadn't yet come of age.
Having been a teacher for many years, Welt had always been tolerant toward children.
"What are you being so picky about, brat?! The ones teaching you are two beauties!"
Tesla said unhappily. The boy's face was practically written with reluctance.
What was that supposed to mean?!
Was it really such a grievance to have two beauties teach him?!
Lin Nai glanced at Tesla. "I seriously suspect that Lobster Doctor will assign me a ton of homework to get back at me for wanting to dismantle your mech."
Einstein and Welt both looked at Tesla as well.
Tesla's mouth twitched. Why did this guy always assume she had bad intentions?
And why did he never say anything about Einstein?!
How was she any worse than Einstein?!
Lin Nai: Mainly because Doctor Einstein was quieter than Lobster Doctor.
"Of course not! Brat, don't slander me! How could I possibly be that mean-spirited?!"
Tesla gave a light snort and turned her head away.
"Mm, it wouldn't hurt to study a little now and then. But Bronya and Kiana have to come with me."
"Eh?! No!!" Kiana pulled a long face and even forgot about eating.
For some reason, the moment she heard the word studying, Kiana's head started to ache.
Bronya was fine with it. She was already intelligent and knew quite a few things.
"Of course."
Tesla and Einstein had no objections.
Herding one sheep was herding; herding a flock was also herding.
In fact, even if Lin Nai hadn't brought it up, they would have taught Kiana and Bronya some knowledge.
Bronya was very smart.
As for Kiana, although she was a little simple-minded, she at least needed to be competent at arithmetic.
"Guh..."
Seeing there was no way out of it, Kiana wore a sour kitten-like expression and stared resentfully at Lin Nai.
Lin Nai turned his head away and ignored Kiana's gaze.
Combat ability was important, that was true.
But knowledge was just as important!
Lin Nai didn't want this girl to end up at the bottom of the rankings once they went to St. Freya Academy.
It definitely wasn't because Lin Nai thought that if they had to suffer, everyone should suffer together.
Definitely not!!
Afterward, Welt also tested Kiana and Bronya.
The two of them had it much easier, since they didn't possess combat power like Lin Nai's.
So Welt constructed an Anti-Entropy mech to fight Kiana and test her.
Meanwhile, he sparred with Bronya himself, in the flesh.
Soon, both of them had completed their tests.
Kiana had followed Lin Nai for so many years, and although she had always been the one under protection—
Lin Nai would still occasionally teach Kiana a few combat techniques.
So before long, Kiana dismantled the Titan.
Yes, dismantled it. She used Kaslana's monstrous strength to break apart its joints.
After finishing, Kiana even shouted, "I am already invincible in battle!!"
Honestly, the last person who had been invincible in battle... well...
After the tests were over.
Tesla watched Kiana and Lin Nai with intense vigilance.
At the same time, she decided that she would definitely keep an eye on the two of them later, just in case they actually went and dismantled a mech someday.
Siegfried Sees Daylight Again
After the tests were over.
Einstein led Lin Nai and the others back to Anti-Entropy.
Welt, however, did not return with them and went somewhere else instead.
A long while later.
Welt arrived at his destination.
This was another Anti-Entropy base.
It was a place known to him, Einstein, and Tesla alike.
After being scanned at the entrance, Welt entered.
A man was sitting in a chair.
Hearing movement behind him, he turned around. "Yo, isn't this Welt? Long time no see, busy man."
The man had stubble on his chin, white shoulder guards over a blue jacket, and a khaki zip-up undershirt.
His white hair was tied back, and his eyes were blue.
His gaze was filled with nostalgia, though his face was covered in exhaustion.
"Siegfried, long time no see." Welt smiled.
It had indeed been some time since he had last seen this guy.
Siegfried had been relying on Anti-Entropy's help to suppress the Honkai Beast genes within his body.
He had been receiving treatment for a long time.
"How have you been lately?" Welt pulled over a chair, sat down, and asked about Siegfried's current condition.
Siegfried waved a hand and casually picked up the liquor on the table. "Same as always."
It had been suppressed, at least.
"What brings you here this time?"
"Kiana is at Anti-Entropy."
"Hm?"
Siegfried froze and looked up. "You made contact with her?!"
"How should I put it? More accurately, it was an accident." Welt scratched his head.
Then he told Siegfried the entire story of how Einstein had encountered Lin Nai and Kiana.
Siegfried fell silent after hearing it.
So that was how it had happened?
"How is Kiana now...? Has she lost weight? Is she injured anywhere? Or..."
Only after a long while did Siegfried speak, beginning to ask about Kiana's condition.
Welt answered each question one by one. "That child is very healthy. Under Lin Nai's care, she seems to have... even put on a little weight?"
"Put on a little weight..."
Siegfried breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that Kiana was all right.
Then he froze, seemingly realizing something, and a string of questions burst out. "Wait, who is Lin Nai? Is he male or female? How old is he? Where is he from?"
Welt was startled by Siegfried's sudden urgency.
No, why was this guy suddenly so agitated?
Kiana was fine...
"Welt!"
"Ah, ah, right. Lin Nai is male, and he's probably about Kiana's age. As for where he's from..."
Welt thought back for a moment. "He's probably from Shenzhou."
After all, that was what his appearance suggested.
"Is that so?!"
The moment Siegfried heard that Lin Nai was male and about the same age as his daughter, he could barely stay seated.
Where had this little bastard come from?!
How dare he try to steal my cabbage?
"Siegfried, what are you so worked up about?" Welt suddenly noticed something was off.
Siegfried's emotions were very unstable right now.
"Worked up? How am I worked up? How could that be! Hahaha!" Siegfried smiled.
But Welt didn't believe him at all and gave Siegfried a suspicious look.
Though he didn't know why Siegfried was so agitated, it probably wasn't a big problem, right?
"Mm, I brought you some news this time. Doctor Einstein said you can occasionally leave this place now."
"Occasionally?"
"Don't you want to see Kiana?"
"I... can't, Welt. You know why I left Kiana in the first place."
Siegfried was tempted, but he still shook his head.
There was a pufferfish inside Kiana's body that hated him.
Unless absolutely necessary, he couldn't appear before Kiana, or something would happen.
"Then just watch her from the shadows." Welt raised a brow.
Before you continue