The air fell silent for a moment, then everyone's expression changed drastically.
Su opened his eyes.
Aponia, who was chopping vegetables, paused.
Even Elysia's smile looked a little forced.
Kevin grabbed Mei, who was heading towards the kitchen, and after much persuasion, convinced her to go back to her room to take a shower before showing off her "cooking skills."
Why did Kevin like instant noodles so much?
Because Mei could only make instant noodles edible.
Seeing Mei go upstairs, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Yaqing wiped the sweat from his forehead, almost thinking he was going to die from poisoning as soon as he returned to the courtyard.
"What's going on? Why is the atmosphere so strange?"
Sakura, who returned right after Kevin, was wearing a women's suit, her beautiful legs in black stockings under the skirt, pink hair and blue eyes, looked at the crowd who looked like they had just escaped from death with a puzzled expression.
A small head peeked out from behind Sakura, a cute little face, blue eyes looking at Yaqing, smiling sweetly: "Brother Yaqing."
"Sakura, Ling, long time no see."
Sakura smiled and said, "It's been a long time. The last time Ling and I went to Europe for a trip, someone used work as an excuse and didn't even bother to see us sisters."
Ling nodded seriously, agreeing: "That's right, that's right, Brother Yaqing, you're so mean!"
"Sorry, sorry." Yaqing put his hands together, smiling wryly.
Ling moved closer to Yaqing, "Is just apologizing enough?"
Yaqing pinched Ling's little face, smiling and comforting her, "Ling, you're really wise beyond your years. How about Brother Yaqing gives you a few practice questions as an apology?"
Ling slapped Yaqing's hand away, hid behind Sakura, and pouted, "Brother Yaqing is bullying me."
"Alright Yaqing, don't tease Ling." Sakura ruffled Ling's little head.
"Welcome back."
"Yeah."
The two smiled at each other, treating Ling's injured world as their own.
"Dinner's ready, hmph." Kalpas, wearing a face mask, carried the last dish, shouting loudly.
"Coming, coming." Ling trotted towards the table.
Sakura grabbed her, "Wash your hands first!"
"Okay, sis~"
In the living room, a huge round table was set with over thirty dishes that looked incredibly delicious, and everyone sat around it.
Kosma also returned at this time, put down his schoolbag, and sat down without saying a word, but from the way he occasionally glanced at Yaqing, one could tell how rich his thoughts were.
"Let's welcome Yaqing back, cheers!"
Elysia took the lead in raising her glass filled with juice.
"Cheers~!" ×N
"Let's take a picture!"
Vill-V set up the camera and hurried back.
With a click, time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Chapter 6: The Honkai Project
A crazy party, moonlight shining through the window on Yaqing's handsome face, flushed from the alcohol, the door was gently pushed open, the cat tiptoed in, opened the closet, picked up her "treasure", and carefully left, breathing a sigh of relief.
Early the next morning, another new day, the residents of the courtyard began to get busy again, Yaqing, who had washed up, rubbed his messy hair.
"Brother Kalpas, good morning."
Yaqing groggily looked at the busy Chef Kalpas in the kitchen.
"You're getting lazier and lazier." Kalpas' tone was not good, but he still pushed the luxurious sandwich he had made early in the morning in front of Yaqing.
"Brother Kalpas, your skills are getting better and better."
Taking a bite of the sandwich, the wonderful and delicious taste exploded in his mouth, Yaqing comfortably narrowed his eyes.
"Heh." Although Kalpas snorted coldly, the face under the mask still gave a sense of a smile.
"Brother Kalpas, I'm going to work first."
Yaqing went upstairs, took off his dinosaur pajamas, put on a well-fitting suit, and put on his gold-rimmed black glasses. When he went downstairs, he saw Elysia who had just woken up.
"Ugh~, good morning, Yaqing~?"
"Good morning, Elysia."
At Destiny Far East Entertainment, Yaqing looked at the beautiful female staff in front of him, smiled, and said, "Patrick, how are our president's original drawings and models coming along?"
The tall, purple-eyed, gray-haired Patrick couldn't help but laugh, teasing, "Yaqing, do you have some kind of opinion about the president? The setting is either a clown or a fool, and the model even has a clown mask on."
"Pfft."
Laughter filled the air.
Even Salome, with her usual cold and expressionless face, was smiling.
Shub grinned, revealing her sharp teeth. "Boss Yaqing, is our voice acting department hiring? Right now, I'm the only one here."
Yaqing spread his hands. "It's not that we're not hiring, but for this anime, I plan to use the real-life prototypes. So, of course, we need the prototypes to do the voice acting."
Cheng Lixue blinked her beautiful eyes, curious. "Brother Yaqing, we haven't even seen the script yet."
"I've already sent the script to everyone's email as a file." Yaqing opened a PPT, and on the blank page, a few large words were written in a mechanical font.
Collapse: Second Eruption
The honest Cheng Lixue raised her hand and asked, "Brother Yaqing, are we in the script?"
Immediately, the beautiful girls looked at Yaqing, the president and screenwriter, with curious eyes.
"Of course." Yaqing smiled slightly. "Members of the Snow Wolf Squad under Destiny S-Rank Valkyrie Cecilia Schariac:"
"Genius, Patrick Highsmith."
"Frost Swordsman, Cheng Lixue."
"The Cleanser, Salome Jokanaan."
"Child of Chaos, Shub-Niggurath."
"Floating Prominence, Shigure Kira."
Rita, sitting next to Yaqing, looked at him resentfully. Even Shigure Kira was included, but not her.
Yaqing felt a chill from Rita's gaze, coughed a few times, and said, "Then everyone, get ready. The Collapse IP is officially launched!"
"Oh!!!"
After everyone left the meeting room, Yaqing leaned back in his chair, looking at Rita, who was sitting on the conference table with her shapely butt, looking down at him from above.
"Rita, is there anything else?"
Yaqing stood up.
"Master Yaqing, why isn't there a role for Rita?"
"Uh..." Yaqing choked, smiling and comforting her, "Rita, don't worry. This movie can only be considered a prequel. Your real appearance will be at the start of the main storyline, like your sister, a Destiny Valkyrie of S-Rank 'powerful, invincible, and unbeatable'."
"Hmph~" Rita snorted softly, leaving the meeting room satisfied.
Yaqing crossed his legs.
Although he was a little embarrassed, his description was indeed correct.
Invincible and unbeatable, huh...
Yaqing tapped the table, making a dong dong sound, took out his phone, and called his sister.
On the other side, Cecilia and Kiana were holding hands, looking more like sisters than mother and daughter, smiling brightly, while Ziegfried was miserably carrying a large bag of various purchased goods.
"Mom, will Sirin be okay if she stays home alone?" Kiana's beautiful eyes narrowed happily, like a cat that stole a fish.
"She'll be fine." Cecilia held Kiana's hand, looking very girlish, blinked, and said playfully, "Bella is taking care of her."
Just as the mother and daughter were chatting, the sound of a mobile phone rang inappropriately. Cecilia took out her phone from her skirt pocket, looked at the caller ID on the phone screen, and looked puzzled.
"Eh, it's Uncle?" Kiana leaned over to take a look.
Cecilia nodded, answered the phone, and asked, "What's wrong? Little brother, your sister is shopping with Kiana. Kiana~"
"Ugh, Uncle..." Kiana pouted.
"Yes, Kiana, long time no see. Sister, do you have time?"
"Ah! Yes, what's the matter?" Cecilia asked.
"I have a role here that needs you to voice act, and if Ziegfried is there, come over together. I'm still missing one voice actor."
"Ah? Me?!" Ziegfried looked incredulous, seemingly unable to believe that Yaqing would also have him do a voice acting, and immediately, a sense of unease surged in his heart. It wouldn't be some disgusting villain role, would it?
"I want to go too!" Kiana puffed out her cheeks, very dissatisfied that her uncle was taking up her mother's time and making her mother go to work.
"Today?" Cecilia looked at her watch. "I might not have time. I promised Kiana to play with her all day today."
"It's okay, let Kiana come along too. Besides, sister, the president has sent all your old subordinates over." Yaqing smiled.
"Alright."
After Cecilia agreed, Ziegfried called the driver and drove to the western district of Changkong City.
After hanging up the phone, Yaqing straightened his suit, pushed open the door of the conference room, walked to the publicity department, and told Rita that Cecilia would be coming over soon and asked her to greet her.
For Rita, Cecilia was just an idol she admired, not a lesbian like Shigure Kira, nor someone who was obsessed with worship like Shub.
Chapter 7: Kiana's Family Reads the Script
About half an hour later, downstairs in the company, Rita smiled and led Cecilia's family into the elevator straight to the thirty-second floor. Many of the employees who were working were busy because of the IP's launch.
Through the glass barrier, Shub, who had been sitting at her computer desk, idly twirling a pen, seemed to sense something. Her Cecilia-radar reactivated. Pushing open the glass door, she saw the person who had arrived and exclaimed in surprise, "Director Cecilia!"
Cecilia, who was walking a step behind Rita, was admiring the company's decorations when she suddenly heard a familiar voice calling her name. She said in surprise, "Oh, Shub, weren't you at the European headquarters? What brings you to the Far East branch all of a sudden?"
Shub grabbed Cecilia's hand and said happily, "It's not just me, everyone except Kira has been assigned here by the president."
"Hey, who are you?" Kiana, who was holding onto Cecilia's arm, pouted in dissatisfaction.
"Oh, you must be little Kiana?" Shub leaned in and said with a grin, "I used to hold you when you were a baby."
"Huh? Ah?!" Kiana was stunned, her face flushed red.
Shub was still grinning when she suddenly caught sight of a figure behind them. Her smile vanished instantly, and she stared coldly at Ziegfried.
"Uh..." Ziegfried felt uncomfortable under her gaze, scratching his head awkwardly. "Why does everyone look at me like that?"
"Hmph, what bad luck." Shub gave him a disgusted look, then turned back with a radiant smile. "Rita, is Cecilia here for voice acting today?"
Rita gently shook her head and said, "Lord Yaqing didn't specify. He simply instructed me to welcome Lady Cecilia and take her to see him."
"Alright then~"
Cecilia was utterly confused.
Voice acting?
What voice acting?
Kiana's beautiful eyes widened. Voice acting? Could it be that Uncle Yaqing is planning to develop the anime and gaming industry?
The brain of the idiot worm, after being separated from Raiden Mei, began to spin rapidly.
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