What Happened to the Promised Third Honkai?!!

Feeling the Honkai Energy draining from her body, the girl moonlighting as a power bank sighed.

Unlike before, when emergencies often left her completely drained, Fu Li was absorbing it with restraint this time.

Under this slow, steady drain, Mei not only felt no discomfort, but even found it a little pleasant. It was like someone gently brushing a feather across the soles of her feet while she lay in bed—tingly, itchy, and numb, making her want it to go on forever.

"Then I think Kiana might be able to get something out of her," Fu Li the data cable said calmly.

"That's way too perfunctory! And calling yourself a data cable feels like you're taking advantage of me, the power bank!"

"So, since you can ask that question, Mei must already have her own thoughts on the matter."

"..."

The girl fell silent after being struck dead center. From her perspective, she sincerely felt that what her friend was doing had no meaning whatsoever.

Fu Li sighed softly as well.

When Bronya had first called Cocolia Mom, he had undoubtedly been shocked.

He had run downstairs to switch places with Kiana partly because he wanted to sort through his thoughts.

As he pieced things together, much of the information began to connect.

Cocolia really did operate several orphanages around the world. These orphanages specifically took in underage girls from war-torn nations, and they had even clashed with Schicksal several times over their need for similar girls to train as Valkyries.

What else would an anti-Honkai organization want with underage girls whose natural Honkai Energy adaptability far surpassed that of boys?

Rumors also claimed that the girls in those orphanages affectionately called Cocolia Mother. Whenever people discussed it after meals, plenty would slap the table and laugh themselves silly.

Fu Li simply had not expected Bronya to have come from such an orphanage too.

Considering her A-rank strength at such a young age, as well as her immobile legs—

The words human experimentation naturally surfaced in Fu Li's mind.

He wanted to persuade Bronya to leave Anti-Entropy, but whenever he remembered the light in her eyes when she mentioned Cocolia, he could not help feeling helpless.

For someone who had sunk into darkness for too long, it took very little to make them utterly devoted to you.

Like a mantis possessed by a horsehair worm, it knew it would die in the water, yet still searched step by step for a ditch or stream.

The basement fell silent once more. Several minutes later, a tremendous crash suddenly came from overhead.

"Kiana!"

Mei immediately reached for the Escape Dagger beside her, only to grab empty air. Fu Li had already seized the dagger and activated its ability, teleporting to the first-floor living room.

"A Li..."

Kiana, half-sunken into the couch, stared blankly at the ceiling with the dejected air of a man sprawled on a sofa.

Bronya propped herself up with one hand on the floor, a rare hint of smugness between her brows.

Fu Li's gaze swept over the spot where the coffee table had stood, which Bronya had been leaning against just moments ago and was now utterly empty.

She had been provoked.

Having roughly understood what had happened, he walked over with a smile. "What's wrong, my Lady Kiana?"

"I'm thinking about a question."

The chubby white-haired girl sprawled there, her mind completely blank. "When a furry is about to die and sees the Ox-Head and Horse-Face beside them, would they get Boki?"

"How did human society produce such profound thoughts?"

Astonished by her brilliance, the boy walked around behind her and thoughtfully kneaded the shoulders stiff with extreme anger. "There, there. It's fine if you couldn't get anything out of her. There are still some leftovers in the kitchen. Want me to heat them up for you?"

The moment she heard there was food left, Kiana sprang out of the sunken couch with a loud "Boing!" "There's more? Really? Didn't I already execute everything?"

Then she lay back down and continued enjoying Fu Li's shoulder massage. Her half-closed eyes and lazy little snores made her look exactly like a big white cat getting its chin scratched.

"Of course. It was specifically hidden to stop you from sneaking food."

Fu Li took a moment to toss the dagger to the hurriedly arriving Mei and shook his head. "It's fine."

Glancing at the shattered remains of the coffee table that Kiana had hurled into a corner in frustration, Mei gave Bronya a cold look, then nodded faintly. "I understand."

Since The Trio would all end up sleeping in the same bed in the future, their compatibility had to be great.

As it turned out, the three of them really were highly compatible.

The kind of compatible where each wanted to stab the others with a knife, then twist the handle three hundred and sixty degrees left and seven hundred and twenty degrees right afterward.

Under such circumstances, Fu Li simply could not, and dared not, say, "The food in the kitchen was actually prepared for Bronya."

The instant he said it, Kiana and Mei would definitely explode—and the kind of explosion that could only be put down by force.

"Put more strength into it!"

"Yes, yes, yes."

Hearing Lady Kiana barking orders beside his ear, the guilty Fu Li hurriedly increased the force of his massage.

Where was the happy life of holding beauties on both sides after being reborn that I was promised? Prometheus, Prometheus, save me!

"Very good! ('×ω×`)"

Enjoying the boy's fanservice, the white-haired puffball narrowed her catlike mouth and instinctively stretched out her legs, wanting to prop them on something.

Only after kicking at empty air did she realize that the coffee table that should have been there had already been sent flying by her furious punch. Her little feet in bubble socks traced an arc through the air before reluctantly landing on the footrest.

"Huh?"

Kiana, who had expected her feet to hit nothing, opened her eyes and saw a Shadow Blade laid horizontally beneath her slender calves, supporting her legs that had nowhere to rest.

He was attentive, at least... Hmph!

As if possessed, the girl rubbed her bubble socks off against it and said with an apparently indifferent attitude, "My shoulders are pretty much done. A Li, hurry up and massage my feet!"

"I—"

"Don't push it too far, Kiana."

Before Fu Li could finish, Mei walked over.

Under the warm lights, her long, pale legs swayed dazzlingly.

With one hand, she pulled the Shadow Blade from beneath Kiana's feet, spun it through a flourish, then threw it backhandedly.

The sword rapidly disintegrated as it flew toward its destination, making Bronya—its intended target—breathe a sigh of relief.

"Hehe, Mei~"

Caught red-handed, Kiana tucked her legs up and laughed awkwardly. Fu Li, having dismissed the Shadow Blade, also withdrew his hands from her shoulders. "I'll go get some more food. Let's have a late-night snack!"

"I'll go."

Mei asked, "Where is it?"

"It's right—"

Fu Li told her. The girl nodded and turned toward the kitchen.

She spent some effort taking out the food, her expression unreadable as she looked at the plastic wrap covering it.

Just as Mei had expected, this was not leftover food at all. Fu Li had separated it out from the start, specifically saving it for Bronya to fill her stomach after she woke up.

Our relationship is clearly closer. I was here first...

The girl's hand unconsciously tightened. Lightning surged around her, and her expression became incomparably twisted in an instant.

"Mei—! Isn't it ready yet?"

Kiana's drawn-out, spoiled voice came from the living room.

"Sorry! I'll be right there!"

Calming down, Mei took a deep breath and pressed her delicate hands to either side of her cheeks, forcing the reflection in the wall tiles to show a smile painful enough to make one's heart ache.

"Good."

She nodded encouragingly to herself in the mirror, then turned and carried the food back to the living room.

"Here, this should be everything."

Back in the living room, Mei spoke gently. The ponytail tied behind her head had come loose, spreading over her back as though stardust flowed through it. She looked no different from usual.

"So fresh!"

Unlike Mei, who kept everything buried in her heart, Kiana—who had also noticed the problem—immediately voiced her complaint.

With one hand on her hip, she pointed at Fu Li. "How is this leftover food? You obviously prepared it especially for this little runt!"

"Whew! Whew, whew!"

Fu Li, whose thoughts had been exposed, guiltily tried to whistle. The fact that no sound came out only made things more awkward.

He could not help it. Bronya had saved his life in his previous life.

If it had been Cocolia instead, he definitely would not have hesitated. Cutting her down in one stroke would have counted as doing the people a favor.

Seeing Fu Li playing dumb, Kiana huffed and swept ninety percent of the food into her arms. "Mine! Mine! All of this is mine!"

The fact that she was willing to leave Bronya ten percent could only mean the girl was kindhearted.

Fu Li said no more. Carrying the last remaining plate of egg fried rice, he walked around and crouched beside Bronya.

Under the needle-pricking gazes of the girls, he shakily held a spoon to Bronya's mouth.

"My little ancestor!"

He whispered, "Don't make things harder for me at a time like this!"

"Bronya won't."

Trapped in the enemy camp, surrounded by hostile gazes from the two across from her—

Given the current situation, Bronya naturally knew whom she should curry favor with.

The little girl obediently opened her mouth. "Ah—"

Chew, chew, chew.

Gulp!

"Tasty."

She spoke with her mouth full.

Kiana, on the other hand, was the complete opposite. The inherited Kaslana genes made her think about her next meal while eating the current one, and want another meal after finishing one.

Out of the corner of her eye, she caught the intimate interaction between big brother and little sister. Then she looked at the fragrant food before her. The big eater rested her chin in her hand and, extremely rarely, lost her appetite.

A spoonful of soup filled with shrimp suddenly appeared from the side.

"Eat."

Miss Mei smiled sweetly. "I'll feed you."

"Yay!!!"

Rewarded with being fed, the white-haired puffball cheered and wolfed it down with an "Awoo!"

She chewed exaggeratedly, then gave a blissful thumbs-up. "Delicious!"

The true teachings of Hokushin Itto-ryu had been created by a Sword Saint who had dominated the ancient Far East, combining a vast number of Eastern sword arts. Its core was Heavenly Eye.

Heavenly Eye could see the minute details of objects within one's field of vision. When used on the human body, it could even observe an opponent's muscle movements.

At the clothing store earlier, Mei had relied on this technique to see through Fu Li's Breath Concealment before Kiana did.

And now, she could likewise use Heavenly Eye to see through Kiana's true thoughts, exposed by the microexpressions on her face.

Was the food delicious?

It was.

But if she switched places with Bronya, would Kiana be happier?

She would.

I see...

Though her shoulders seemed to grow a little heavier, the girl continued smiling gently and offered another spoonful of fried rice wrapped around shrimp.

After all that fuss, it was already eight in the evening.