At St. Freya Academy, it was already evening.
It was dinner time.
Although the table was laden with food, for some reason, the atmosphere was strangely quiet.
Theresa was absent, and Himeko was still in the hospital.
Danzhu and Cang Xuan had no need to eat now, so they were merely seated at the table.
Everyone else silently kept their heads down and shoveled food into their mouths, not speaking at all.
"..."
Something was wrong.
Xu Yanwu frowned.
Never mind the others, but Kiana had only eaten two bowls of rice today?
Had the sun risen in the west, or was Kiana feeling unwell?
"Why isn't anyone eating?" Xu Yanwu asked. "What's wrong with all of you today? Why do you all look like you have something on your minds?"
"...Uncle Xu, Auntie Himeko's condition should be all right, shouldn't it?"
Kiana asked this.
"Of course she's fine. When I went to examine her today, I told her she couldn't drink alcohol for the next few weeks. She nearly jumped out of the hospital bed to hit me."
Xu Yanwu picked up some cabbage with his chopsticks and put it into his bowl. "Why did you suddenly think to ask that?"
"Uncle Xu, were Chi You-like opponents what the warriors of the past had to face?" Bronya asked as well.
"That question... you can ask Lianshan."
Xu Yanwu turned to look at Lianshan, who was hungrily stuffing his face. "Wouldn't it be more convenient to ask him about those days?"
"Huh?" Lianshan blankly raised his head from his bowl, with two grains of rice still clinging to the corner of his mouth. He stuck out his tongue and licked them away. "Opponents from back then? Are you talking about Honkai Beasts?"
"Actually, most Honkai Beasts back then weren't particularly