In a hospital room at St. Freya.
Bronya lay on the hospital bed, chatting and laughing with Seele.
Seele had been back in this world for a week already. When Bronya woke up, the first thing she saw was Seele, making her wonder if she was dreaming. But it turned out she wasn't. Feng Chen had also completed Seele's enrollment procedures with Theresa, allowing Seele to successfully enroll at St. Freya. The reason he didn't let Seele return to Anti-Entropy was simple. With the entire Honkai world now forming a balance of power among three massive factions, keeping Seele in Anti-Entropy was no different from keeping her in World Serpent. Neither option was reassuring. On the other hand, Theresa was here at Schicksal's Far East Branch, and conflicts among the three factions were unlikely to spread here. Compared to Divine Land, which would soon become the main battlefield, the Far East Branch was relatively more reassuring.
"When are you coming back? Don't forget that you've skipped work for a long time. I still haven't settled the score with you."
That was what Theresa had said when Feng Chen left yet again. His answer, however, was quite simple.
"Who knows?"
Making casual promises to others was extremely unreliable and troublesome—a lesson Feng Chen had learned the hard way.
The most typical example was Yae Sakura, which was why he had nearly fallen into another love-triangle hell.
Sirin was fine, at least. She had smelled Yae Sakura's scent on Feng Chen before, as had Bella and Rita. But the Theresa in Feng Chen's household was the only one who found it somewhat difficult to accept. The reason was, of course... Sakura gave her an irresistible feeling. Yet that Theresa only liked clinging to Feng Chen, which made the relationship between the two