My Sister Is Bronya

"Do you need me to give you a ride?" Einstein said indifferently, though her backside seemed rooted to the sofa, showing no intention of getting up.

"No need. I suggest you two clean up this place. It's covered in stains, there's not even a clear spot to stand. I don't know how you manage to live here," Ishiu shook his head.

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(ps: 12,000 words reached! Good night!)

Chapter 90: Heading Out

After leaving the house, Ishiu hailed a taxi by the roadside and returned to the orphanage.

However, he didn't go inside. After lingering by the entrance for a while, he turned and headed towards the cliff by the sea.

He needed to be alone, to think carefully about how to proceed.

Perhaps accepting the cooperation with Tesla and Einstein was a good idea, or maybe there were other ways. In any case, he needed some time.

The cold air of Siberia was as biting as ever, carrying a salty sea breeze that whipped at Ishiu's hair.

He sat on the edge of the cliff, gazing out at the vast blue sea in the distance. The sky and sea merged at the horizon. This magnificent view, however, couldn't bring a moment of peace to Ishiu's turbulent emotions.

He wondered, if he hadn't met Raiden Mei, if he hadn't gone to Changkong City, would he be in this state now? He and Cocolia wouldn't have had a falling out, and they would still be as close as mother and son.

Such thoughts flashed through Ishiu's mind and vanished. He couldn't deceive himself. If he truly accepted such a cowardly idea, then he wouldn't be Ishiu.

Because even if he hadn't gone to Changkong City or met Raiden Mei, Cocolia's plan would still unfold as she intended, and the Honkai would still erupt in Changkong City. He didn't know if the situation then would be better than it was now.

But he knew that life had no time machines, nor any helpful blue robots with cheat codes. He could only rely on himself to make choices.

The sound of light footsteps echoed behind him. Ishiu didn't turn to look, because he knew who was there.

"How did you know I was here?"

"I saw you hanging around the orphanage entrance," Bronya said softly, then walked to Ishiu's side.

"Oh," Ishiu replied with an "oh," then continued to gaze at the sea.

"Did... your talk with Mom fail?" Bronya bit her lip. In truth, even without asking, she could already guess from Ishiu's current state.

"Mm, Mom still refuses to give up the Herrscher core," Ishiu said calmly.

"Then... what are you planning to do next?"

"What to do..." Ishiu pursed his lips. As if he had made a decision, he clenched his fist. "I'm planning to go to St. Freya Academy."

"Why?" Bronya asked, surprised.

"I don't want to watch Mom continue down the wrong path," Ishiu said in a deep voice. "If she could scheme against the entire Changkong City for a Herrscher core, then I can pretty much guess her future methods. So, to stop her, I must gain my own power."

"...Have you decided?"

"Mm."

"Then... what about Seele? Have you considered that if you leave, Seele will be very sad?" Bronya stared intently into Ishiu's eyes.

"Seele..." Ishiu sighed, then called out to a large rock not far away, "Seele, come out. You heard everything, didn't you?"

Bronya froze, then turned her head, looking at the large rock with disbelief. She hadn't realized Seele had followed them?

As Ishiu's voice fell, a small figure gradually emerged from behind the rock.

"Ishiu-gege, Bronya-jiejie..." Seele clasped her hands tightly and slowly walked over.

"Seele..." Bronya opened her mouth, but in the end, she said nothing. She silently took a few steps back, leaving the space for the two of them.

"Seele, you heard everything just now, right?" Ishiu looked at the girl before him, his tone softening involuntarily.

"Mm... Although Seele doesn't quite understand, Ishiu-gege, did you and Mom have a fight?" Seele asked timidly.

"A fight... you could say that," Ishiu gave a wry smile. "In short, for certain reasons, I can't stay at the orphanage anymore. Big brother has to go out and do something very important."

"Something very important... what is it? Can Seele help Ishiu-gege?" Seele blinked her sapphire-blue eyes, asking with a hint of hope.

Looking at Seele's expectant gaze, Ishiu, though reluctant to refuse, still shook his head.

The place he was going wasn't a good place. It was an academy for training Valkyries, and also an organization of Schicksal. Ishiu couldn't take Seele with him.

Although Seele had natural Stigmata, her personality destined her not to be suited for the battlefield. Ishiu didn't want to see Seele fighting Honkai Beasts. Therefore, her staying at the orphanage, protected by Cocolia, was the safest option for them.

"I see..." The light in Seele's eyes gradually dimmed. She forced a smile, "Will Ishiu-gege come back?"

"Of course, I will. As long as you want me to, I can come back every day," Ishiu replied.

"Eh?" Seele, who had been feeling down, thinking she wouldn't see Ishiu for a long time, was stunned by his words.

She looked at Ishiu with a confused gaze, wanting to know what he meant.

Ishiu didn't play coy. He directly took her hand and branded a coordinate onto it.

The sword-shaped pattern was identical to the one on Raiden Mei.

"Ishiu-gege, what is this?"

"This is a coordinate. You can think of it as a special ability of mine. With this coordinate, I can teleport to your side anytime, anywhere. However, I can only do it once a day," Ishiu explained.

"Really?" Surprise lit up in Seele's eyes. She looked down at the mysterious pattern on her hand. "So, even if Ishiu-gege isn't at the orphanage, Seele can still see you every day?"

"Mm, as long as you don't find it annoying," Ishiu smiled.

"No, no, no, I could look at Ishiu-gege forever and never get tired of it," the little girl quickly shook her head, then happily touched the pattern on her hand.

Bronya, watching this scene from the side, couldn't help but show a complex expression on her face.

Ah... my stomach is starting to ache again.

Having made his decision, Ishiu no longer hesitated and immediately called Tesla.

Tesla seemed to have anticipated his choice and wasn't surprised. She merely told him that everything was arranged on her end and that she had already communicated with the leader of their allies who was undercover at St. Freya Academy. He could head to St. Freya Academy at any time.

Therefore, to avoid any further complications, Ishiu decided to leave immediately.

After saying goodbye to the children at the orphanage, though they were all reluctant to see him go, Ishiu repeatedly assured them he would visit often, and the little ones' moods quickly recovered.

Afterward, Ishiu called Raiden Mei and Kiana on his phone to tell them he was going to St. Freya Academy. Both were very happy to hear this, and Kiana even chirpily said she would host him.

Hanging up the phone, Ishiu grabbed his luggage and boarded a plane, preparing to head to St. Freya Academy.

But as soon as he got on the plane and saw the silver-haired girl with twin pigtails sitting next to his seat, he felt completely unwell.

"Bronya, why are you here?"

"Why can't Bronya be here?" Bronya stared intently at a small book in her hand, replying to Ishiu without looking up.

"Uh, this..." Ishiu was speechless for a moment. Damn it, no wonder he hadn't seen Little Pudding when he was saying goodbye to the little ones at the orphanage. He thought she was just being tsundere again, but it turned out she had directly stolen his flight information and gotten on the plane ahead of him!

"No, Bronya, you're not planning to go to St. Freya Academy with me, are you?" Ishiu couldn't help but ask.

Bronya put down her book and looked at the bewildered Ishiu, a slight curve appearing on her lips. "Congratulations, you guessed correctly. Would you like Bronya to give you a special reward?"

"I'm going... Bronya, stop messing around. I'm not going to St. Freya Academy for fun this time. Why are you coming with me?" Ishiu said speechlessly.

"It's very simple. Seele was afraid you'd be tricked by someone outside, so she sent Bronya to keep an eye on you, lest you be charmed by those vixen-like women over there." Bronya didn't even blink as she used Seele as an excuse.

"What do you mean 'charmed by vixen-like women'? Little Pudding, what kind of person do you think I am..." Ishiu's mouth twitched.

"A big idiot," Bronya said without hesitation.

As if she would let Ishiu go to St. Freya Academy alone. It was full of girls over there! This guy managed to get involved with Raiden Mei and Kiana in Changkong City in just a month. If he went there, wouldn't he go completely wild?

She didn't want to add a bunch of rivals for Seele for no reason, so for Seele's happiness, it was only right for her, as her sister, to go personally, right?

"Stop messing around, Little Pudding. You're with Anti-Entropy. You've done so much under Mother's command. How could St. Freya Academy possibly accept you?" Ishiu took her hand, intending to pull her up from her seat.

"But I've already passed St. Freya Academy's admission application." Bronya calmly opened her laptop and placed the clearly written St. Freya Academy admission notice on the webpage in front of Ishiu.

"This, how is this possible?!" Ishiu's eyes nearly bulged out of his head. His first thought was that Little Pudding had hacked the website. After all, he knew better than anyone how skilled Little Pudding was at hacking.

He remembered once wanting to watch a little movie on his phone. Before he could even act, he had just typed some mysterious code into the search bar when his phone inexplicably blacked out. Then, Little Pudding came over with a stick.

"Don't be surprised. St. Freya Academy has an online admissions website. As long as you fill out some information, you can get an admission notice," Bronya said.

"Even so, if you go there, won't you be exposed immediately?"

"Don't you have me?" Bronya's lips curved. Seeing Ishiu's troubled expression, she inexplicably felt a sense of pleasure. The vague sense of oppression and irritation she had felt in her heart for the past two days seemed to be released because of this.

"Ishiu, I believe you won't stand by and watch Bronya get bullied, right?" she said with a smile.

"Uh... alright, you little pudding, you've really got me figured out, haven't you?" Ishiu playfully pinched Bronya's cheek in dissatisfaction. Although he had been tricked by Bronya, he wasn't very angry.

Because in his eyes, Bronya was worried about him being alone outside, so she chose to stand with him, even if it meant betraying her mother.

"...Bronya, are you really sure you want to do this? If Mother finds out..." Ishiu looked at Bronya with some concern.

"It's okay, Mother will understand me," Bronya said calmly.

"Alright... Since you've said so, I won't hide anything from you either. Do you know Einstein and Tesla?" Ishiu thought for a moment and decided to tell Little Pudding about Einstein and Tesla's cooperation with him.

After all, although he was smart, when it came to geniuses, Bronya was undoubtedly the cream of the crop.

So, to make Bronya understand the reason for his actions and to let her see what their intentions were, Ishiu told Bronya everything about the cooperation.

"So it was them who approached you." After listening to Ishiu's words, Bronya, who had been somewhat confused before, suddenly understood.

"Little Pudding, are they telling the truth? Are they trustworthy or not?" Ishiu asked.

"You're asking me? You trust me that much? Aren't you afraid I'm actually sent by Mother to monitor you? And you told me something so important. You really are an idiot," Bronya rolled her eyes at Ishiu.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course, I trust you," Ishiu said naturally. "In this world, if I can't even trust you and Seele, who else can I trust?"

"...What a big idiot." Bronya pursed her lips, feeling indescribably happy. Even her expression softened considerably.

"Yes, yes, yes, I'm a big idiot, and Little Pudding is the smartest~~"

"Don't call me Little Pudding!" Bronya said with a stern face, glaring at Ishiu. Then she continued, "I have indeed heard of Tesla and Einstein. Although I haven't met them, the information I've received within Anti-Entropy is basically the same as what they told you."

"So, are they trustworthy?"

"Well... for now, they have no reason to scheme against you. Although you are strong, they are the founders of Anti-Entropy. The power and resources they possess are beyond our imagination. And important figures like them probably wouldn't need to scheme against you to deal with Mother. After all, if things got serious, with so many children in the orphanage, they wouldn't specifically target you."

Bronya analyzed, "So I infer their goal should be at St. Freya Academy. However, the credibility of their statement that the leader of Anti-Entropy is undercover at St. Freya Academy is not high. I can't imagine the leader of an organization fighting Honkai leaving a mountain of work to do and running to a girls' academy to go undercover. Is that realistic?"

Chapter 91: Bronya is Sleeping!

"Perhaps they said that to put my mind at ease. Maybe they do have people undercover, but not the leader, just subordinates or something," Ishiu thought.

"Hmm, you make a good point. That possibility can't be ruled out," Bronya nodded. "But for now, they don't seem to have any ill intentions towards you. At most, it's just mutual utilization."

"Since that's the case, I can rest easy." Ishiu leaned back into his chair and stretched comfortably. It really was much easier when someone else was thinking through problems with him.

"Ishiu, want to play a game?" Bronya glanced at him and quietly pulled two handheld consoles from her pocket.

"A game, huh? Sure." Ishiu casually took one of the consoles, skillfully opened the Honkai Impact fighting game within, and connected with Bronya.

Bronya really loved playing games. Back when they were at the orphanage, she used to always drag him along to play. Ishiu wasn't a hardcore gamer, but for boys, games were like gossip for girls – basically impossible to refuse.

So, the two of them would often get together to play games.

Bronya played a wide variety of games. Sometimes it was fighting games, other times it was co-op adventure games. However, the one thing that left Ishiu a bit speechless was Bronya's seemingly obsessive love for a strange cartoon character called Honkai. She not only bought a lot of Honkai merchandise but also played games related to Honkai.

Games like Honkai Impact, Honkai Adventure, Honkai Beauty... and so on. Ishiu had played with Bronya for who knows how long, and he was already used to it.

"Want to add some stakes?" Ishiu asked casually.

"Of course. A game without stakes isn't a complete game," Bronya readily agreed.

And the so-called stakes were naturally the punishments and rewards after the game's outcome.

"So, what are the stakes this time?" Ishiu asked.

"Hmm... I haven't decided yet. Let's talk about it after we play," Bronya replied.

"Alright."

Then, the two of them started playing Honkai Impact.

As it turned out, compared to Ishiu, who was a casual gamer, Bronya, a true gaming otaku, was undoubtedly much more skilled. Ishiu played games with Bronya for two to three hours but lost more than he won. In the end, even with his fingers aching from pressing buttons, he still couldn't beat the Alloy Gear Wolf Fang.

"Phew, I'm done, I'm done. My hands are sore," Ishiu said with a dejected expression, turning off the nearly dead handheld console.