In Honkai, I Only Love Valkyries

Mei shook her head.

"Mm, but Mei, remember: no matter what, don't hurt yourself."

"Mm."

Mei nodded. Looking at Otto, she always felt that he was a trustworthy elder.

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Otto released Mei's hand and walked into the room. A burnt smell hung in the air, and he followed it.

"W-Wait, Mr. Otto."

Seeing Otto head toward the kitchen, Mei hurriedly called out. After closing the door, she tried to stop Otto from entering that forbidden zone, but unfortunately, she was too late.

Otto raised an eyebrow slightly as he looked at the kitchen's utter devastation.

Had it been ravaged by a gale?

Mei, how were you supposed to become the master of Pots and Pans like this?

However, Otto looked at the plates covering the counter, each filled with strange charred objects. Sticky notes were attached beside them, carefully detailing where things had gone wrong.

She was a very diligent girl.

With Otto discovering the kitchen's tragedy, Mei's pretty face flushed slightly.

After watching the videos, she had thought she knew how to do it, but when she actually tried, Mei found it far more difficult than she had expected.

"I wanted to make you a bento... but I failed at everything."

"I'm sorry, I disappointed you..."

Mei had spent the entire night studying, but she still hadn't made anything fit to be served, much less eaten by Otto.

However, it wasn't because she lacked talent. She was simply a little too impatient.

She only had one night. Whenever a dish failed a few times, she would anxiously switch to trying another one.

The result was this complete mess.

Mei lowered her head like a child who had made a mistake. She must have disappointed Mr. Otto.

But Otto looked at the dozens of failed dishes, then at Mei with her head lowered.

The dark circles beneath Mei's eyes... she must have stayed up all night making these.

He had merely mentioned wanting to eat a bento she made, and she had spent the whole night on it.

Otto made a decision.

He picked up one dish, looked at the charred, unidentifiable thing on it, then took up his chopsticks. After mentally preparing himself, he dumped everything into his mouth.

I@#@￥@#￥@￥@!

What the hell was this!?

Otto could barely describe the taste in his mouth. It was like a bomb had been thrown into a sewer and detonated. He nearly snapped his chopsticks, but in the end, he still swallowed everything in his mouth.

And after swallowing it, only one thought surfaced in his mind.

I really should have figured out how to disable a Soul Steel body's sense of taste first...

There's no saving this now...

Mei heard the sound and looked up, only to see Otto eating one of her failed creations.

"Mr. Otto!?"

Mei cried out in shock.

Yet Otto placed the now-empty plate on the table and picked up another one.

He ate it just as directly. Otto did not stop, because he intended to eat all of it.

Good thing this was a Soul Steel body. A normal person wouldn't even make it through the second plate.

These were failed dishes made by a beginner, after all, and most of them had been left out all night.

But Otto quietly picked up plate after plate and ate them. The stack of empty dishes grew higher and higher, while Mei stood there blankly, watching him eat every dish she had made.

For some reason, her nose felt a little sour.

"Mr. Otto."

Mei called softly. She wanted to stop him from eating. She knew exactly how badly she had cooked; she had tasted them herself after making them and had nearly thrown up.

But Otto did not stop.

He neither vomited nor showed any look of disgust. Instead, he ate with utmost seriousness.

As though the only thing in his eyes was the food Mei had made.

When Otto set down the last plate, his spirit and taste buds thoroughly ravaged, his expression remained unchanged as he gave Mei a thumbs-up.

"Looking forward to next time!"

Otto said as he looked at Mei.

There was nothing more to say, nor was there any need to do anything else.

Because Mei's tears had already begun to fall.

Mei's vision blurred through her tears as she spoke with a slight sob in her voice.

"Mm..."

"Mr. Otto..."

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This Kiss Has Electricity

Otto was a little crushed inside, because he suddenly realized he could have just taken a bite or two from each plate, then praised Mei for getting better and better.

But after finishing the first plate, he had somehow gotten hooked on this indescribable substance.

I've already eaten a whole plate of something that tastes like sewer slop. If I don't raise Mei's affection for me even higher, wouldn't that be a massive loss?

One plate or all of them, it was all eating anyway.

He gritted his teeth and finished everything.

And the results proved to be quite good.

Though it was a little deliberate, and Mei might have known Otto was putting on a show for her, as long as it was even somewhat effective, Otto would do it, even if it was a scheme.

Just like Otto's sweet talk toward Kiana—so long as Kiana took even one sentence to heart, Otto would be making a killing.

Otto looked at Mei, her face streaked with tears, and smiled. Suppressing the nausea in his mouth, he wiped away her tears with his right hand.

"There's nothing to cry about. I'm looking forward to next time."

"But don't try to do too many things at once. Finish one dish properly before moving on to the next."

"Just like when you're looking at me—don't think about anyone else."

Otto smiled. He could tell that these black masses had originally been different dishes. Mei had clearly tried to make everything at once, only to end up doing none of it well.

"Mm."

Mei nodded, letting Otto wipe the tears from her face.

She did not understand why she was crying. She was supposed to be strong, yet... just now, she had wanted to cry.

"I'm very happy that you felt this way, but you need to rest too."

Otto gently wiped away Mei's tears. The faint dark circles beneath her eyes showed how hard she had worked. As his fingers lightly brushed over her cheek, they suddenly paused.

A bold yet immature idea suddenly came to him.

He stepped forward.

"Mr. Otto...?"

With her back against the wall, Mei stared blankly at Otto before her as the man's handsome face drew closer and closer.

Mei suddenly understood.

He wanted to kiss her.

Mei was at a loss, her hands not knowing where to go. She could only press them against Otto's chest, yet she realized she had no strength to push him away.

It was as though Otto had drained all the strength from her body.

Her heart pounded violently in her chest, so loudly that she could almost hear its frantic thundering.

She nearly went limp in Otto's arms.

"Mei, close your eyes."

Otto spoke gently as he wrapped an arm around Mei's waist. Her waist trembled slightly, soft and smooth beneath his hand, making Otto want to hold this adorable girl even tighter.

He felt that now was a good time.

Otto knew that his relationship with Mei was more than friendship, but not yet love.

Having a favorable impression did not mean love. Such immature feelings needed more catalysts before they could become love.

But sometimes, taking the initiative to step forward was enough to bring two people closer.

And Otto happened to be that kind of forceful man.

They could both sense each other's breathing. Mei looked at Otto timidly, her Young Girl's reserve wanting her to refuse.

But it seemed as though she was expecting something.

Otto looked at Mei's soft, rosy lips and lowered his head slightly.

Then he kissed her.

A little cool, but incredibly soft.

And...

Electric.

Otto silently raised his head, then stuck out a small bit of his tongue.

I couldn't help it—my tongue had been numbed by electricity.

Good grief, was I kissing Pikachu?

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"Miss Herrscher, did you want me to kiss you that badly?"

Otto looked at the Miss Herrscher in his arms. Faint arcs of electricity flickered in her crimson eyes; her frail appearance had vanished, replaced by the Lightning Queen who looked down upon the world.

The moment Otto kissed her, Miss Herrscher took control of this body.

This body had lost its first kiss, but Mei's first kiss was still intact.

"Human, get away from me."

Miss Herrscher said coldly, her cheeks flushed. Though her tone was icy, her struggles were powerless.

Without enough Honkai Energy, and without Judgement of Shamash, she could only rely on Mei's body. How could she possibly be a match for Otto?

There was only one reason she had emerged.

It was to bear everything in that silly girl's place.

Because she, who had always watched over Mei, understood very clearly.

If that man truly kissed her, that simple-minded silly girl would fall completely, without even the right to struggle in the mire.

Honestly.

Purple arcs slithered across his body, and Otto felt a tingling numbness all over. He still held Miss Herrscher in his arms. She pressed both hands against his chest, trying to push him away, but no matter how she struggled, it was futile.

Just as he would not let Mei go, Otto would not let Miss Herrscher go either.

"You're much fiercer today than you were a few days ago."

Otto said with a smile. He noticed that Miss Herrscher's electricity was stronger than before. Had Pikachu evolved into Raichu? Or had Keqing evolved into Razor?