In Honkai, Loving Only Valkyries

PS: Good night.

This chapter was updated at five in the morning on the 7th. No idea when it would pass review.

Mei, Otto Is the Father of the Baby

I was pregnant.

I was going to be a mother.

After voicing the secret she had kept buried in her heart, Kiana let out a relieved sigh.

She had kept this matter to herself all along, never daring to tell anyone and constantly fearing that someone would notice.

And by telling Mei about it, she could also tell herself that she had not betrayed Mei. Even if she was carrying Otto's baby, she was still the Herrscher of Flames who had once dared to raise her sword.

Thinking that, Kiana picked up the no-longer-cold iced black tea and took a satisfied sip.

Mei and Durandal silently watched Kiana.

The atmosphere fell into an indescribable silence.

"Pfft."

Mei's laughter broke the silence.

Mei could not hold back her laughter. She wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a finger, then looked at Kiana with a smile.

"What a funny joke."

She looked as though she had been amused.

Durandal froze for a moment before realizing that Kiana had been joking. She had thought it was real and had even been wondering which lucky man it could be.

That really was a frightening joke.

Durandal patted her heaving, ample chest, but she could not help wondering whether they would think she was joking too if she told them that she was actually Kiana Kaslana.

"Actually, I..."

Durandal opened her mouth, but hesitated just as the words reached her lips. She had only just decided to wait until they defeated Honkai before thinking about this matter.

But Mei's laughter gradually subsided.

Mei's first reaction to Kiana's words had been