Honkai, the Kaslana's Way of Survival

Long golden hair, correct. As long as someone doesn't have issues with color and shape perception, they can come to that conclusion.

Very beautiful, indeed. Even without considering the bonus points she gets from having a face somewhat similar to his mother, her appearance is definitely beautiful.

Legs straight and long, probably? Blue Seele across from Kaino is blocking his view of her legs, but just looking at the golden-haired girl's height, which exceeds that of her peers, he can roughly come to that conclusion.

He estimates that if that waiter named Bronya were standing there, he would only be able to see the top of her head, maybe with a bit of her shoulders.

As for the frontal armor...

Moving his gaze to the girl's chest, the corners of Kaino's mouth twitched involuntarily.

How to put it, the "frontal armor" analogy is quite apt, and it's definitely quite large...

But isn't it a bit mismatched with her age? She looks pretty young.

"Excuse me, is there something on me?"

Noticing Kaino's rather unbridled gaze, the golden-haired girl frowned and asked Kaino.

The gazes of the two Seele and Bella next to her shifted over after hearing this.

"Uh, no, it's just that your appearance is a bit similar to what two people described to me earlier."

Kaino came back to his senses, scratching his face with his fingers: "Simply put, you're the manager of the Honkai Ranch, right?"

"Huh?"

The golden-haired girl was stunned for a moment, thought for a while, and then nodded.

"That's right, I am the manager of the Honkai Ranch, Durandal. By the way, are the two people you're talking about two creatures in armor?"

Durandal? That's fine then.

Originally, he thought she was his mother when she was younger, after dyeing her hair and coming out to play.

Kaino nodded, tapping the table in front of him with his fingers.

"We should be talking about the same ones, if they can indeed be called creatures."

"Don't mind if we share a table? We have something we want to talk to you about. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Kaino Kaslana, a participant in this challenge."

After saying that, Kaino pointed to the two Seele and Bella.

"These are the two Seele and Bella—no need to look, there's one Seele you can't see."

Seeing her gaze searching around him up and down, left and right, Kaino explained to her.

"By the way, Rita and the boss went to the kitchen to prepare food. There's a lot of work, they might not be able to come out for a while."

"Ah, is that so? Thank you."

Durandal nodded, and sat down next to Blue Seele without hesitation.

"Speaking of which, since you've seen those two, then you must have been to the Honkai Ranch, right?"

Before Kaino could speak, Durandal, who had just sat down, spoke first: "How are those two working? Are they managing the ranch properly? Frankly, I'm worried about leaving just the two of them at the ranch, but this business trip was unavoidable, so I'm very worried about what kind of trouble they might cause."

"Um... let me think about how to say this."

Kaino scratched his hair, not knowing how to explain this to Durandal. It wouldn't be good to directly tell her that we tied them up and threw them on the grass with the Honkai Beasts, right?

Be tactful, be tactful.

"When we arrived at the ranch, we found it very quiet, not a single Honkai Beast was making noise."

"Oh? I didn't expect those two to do so well."

Durandal nodded, her expression a little incredulous, and then a smile appeared on her face.

"Since that's the case, then..."

"Because they let all the Honkai Beasts out of the ranch, so of course the ranch is very quiet."

Kaino shrugged.

The smile on Durandal's face disappeared instantly, her delicate eyebrows furrowed, and her face turned cold.

"Those two... excuse me, I'll be right back. Honkai Beasts entering the city will seriously affect the safety of the citizens, I need to take care of it."

"Ah, no need. We've been busy for quite a while and dealt with that group of Honkai Beasts—I mean drove them back to the ranch, not killed them."

Durandal, who had just propped herself up to leave, frowned slightly upon hearing this, thought for a while, and then sat back down.

She looked at Kaino and the others with a serious expression.

"Thank you very much for your help, I will definitely repay you with a generous gift after I return to the ranch and confirm this."

Based on Kaino's words alone, she couldn't believe it was true right now. After all, it was difficult to quickly complete the containment of Honkai Beasts with just a few people.

Although, according to her understanding of her two subordinates, they could definitely do such a thing.

"A generous gift is not necessary. Durandal, you're a judge in the intermediate division, right? Just help us stamp our application later—of course, we won't refuse if you really want to treat us to a few meals."

Durandal's first reaction after hearing that the Honkai Beasts had been released was to protect the citizens, which gave him a good impression of her, so he didn't plan to ask for too many points.

"If what you said is true, then of course there's no problem."

Durandal nodded.

"Oh, right, there's something I need to apologize for in advance, it's about your two subordinates."

To prevent Durandal from flying off the handle when she got home and saw her two subordinates tied up and shivering in front of a Honkai Beast mountain, Kaino decided to give her a heads-up.

"Hmm? What happened to them?"

"Well, when I found out they let the Honkai Beasts out, my blood pressure spiked, so I tied them up and threw them in the pasture."

To Kaino's surprise, Durandal simply nodded upon hearing this, indicating that she understood:

"Don't worry about it, as for those two... it's fine."

"Besides, they were in the wrong to begin with. Although violent punishment is not encouraged, such behavior is understandable."

"Just try not to do it again in the future."

Ding-a-ling-a-ling.

The familiar sound of the wind chimes rang out again.

"This should be Houmu's Happy Restaurant, right? But why does it look so much like a bar to me?"

The first sound was a familiar male voice.

"Maybe those two armored guys tricked us?"

Then came a female voice like Blue Seele's.

"Chariot~"

Followed by the familiar sound of a Chariot-class Honkai Beast.

"Wow, it smells so good!"

Finally... eh? A female voice I haven't heard before.

Watching the Captain, Seele, and Chariot enter the restaurant, along with an unknown figure blocked by Chariot, only revealing a corner of their clothes, Kaino slumped back in his chair with a helpless expression.

"What, you again?"

Chapter 67: Reencounter

In all fairness, whether it's the Captain, Seele, or even Chariot, they're all people with good personalities... and not annoying.

In fact, Kaino doesn't dislike them at all, and even gets along well with them, especially the Captain.

But that doesn't alleviate the headache Kaino gets from being surrounded by three Seeles.

Red Seele is fine, not only does she wear red clothes and float in the sky, but her way of speaking is also unique, but Blue Seele and the other Seele are almost identical except for slight differences in their speech patterns.

Annoying.

"Kaino, Seele, and Bella? It really is you guys."

Hearing Kaino's voice, the Captain turned to look over here and raised an eyebrow, but after hearing Kaino's words clearly, he instantly became angry:

"What do you mean 'again'? That sounds hurtful!"

"You misheard me."

Dismissing the Captain's question, Kaino shrugged: "This is indeed Houmu's Happy Restaurant, decorating it like a bar is probably the owner's hobby."

"Speaking of which, I remember there were only three of you when we left. It's only been half a day, and you've already abducted another innocent girl?"

"Hey, who are you calling abducted? I'm not that stupid!"

The girl who was originally behind Chariot came out from behind it, put her hands on her hips, pouted, and half-squinted at Kaino.

"Speaking of which, you're... eh?"

The girl froze when she saw Kaino clearly.

Kaino also froze when he saw the girl.

He had often dreamed of those familiar pure white twin ponytails and his own sky-blue eyes in recent years.

Although the twin ponytails, braided into pigtails, looked a bit more rustic than when she was little, he could confirm that the girl in front of him was Kiana... at least in appearance.

The girl who looked like Kiana suddenly took a few steps forward, put her hands on the table, leaned in, and shook her head left and right, looking at Kaino like she was observing a giant panda.

She even sniffed her nose during this time.

This made Kaino come back to his senses, and he subconsciously leaned back... and then realized he couldn't lean back.

"Um, Kiana... cough, I mean, can you please move back a bit?"

Swallowing, Kaino suggested softly.

"No, wait a minute."

The girl frowned, looked at Kaino from left to right, and finally straightened up and nodded as if she had confirmed something.

"You're my cousin, right?"

Her eyes lit up, and she said to Kaino excitedly:

"I'm Kiana Kaslana. Auntie has told me a long time ago that Kaslana is a big family, but I haven't met any other Kaslanas until now!"

Hearing the other party reveal her name, Kaino slowly took a deep breath.

"I'm Kaino Kaslana, and yes, I am a Kaslana, but I've never heard of anyone named Kiana."

"Speaking of which, what makes you so sure I'm your older cousin and not your younger one? You can't tell who's older just by looking, can you?"

In that brief moment of absentmindedness, Kaino had already decided not to acknowledge their connection. After all, regardless of whether the other person was Kiana or someone else, their relationship couldn't be as deep as his bond with Bianca and K423.

"Does he look like a relative you know? Your younger sister?"

Taking advantage of the fact that others couldn't see or hear her, Red Seele floated over to Kaino, overlapping with Bella, and asked him.

Giving a barely perceptible nod, Kaino whispered, "They do, but it's nothing."

Just as Blue Seele had chosen not to talk to that Bronya, Kaino didn't plan to get too involved with this Kiana.

After all, regardless of whether the other person was Kiana or someone else, their relationship could never be as deep as his bond with K423.

The latter was, after all, someone he was planning to acknowledge as his adopted younger sister... or rather, his blood-related younger sister.

"I thought you were my older cousin because you have a mature aura. You can't tell anything from how young someone looks. Auntie is so old, but she's still like a child."

Kiana pouted, looking nonchalant.

"But speaking of which, why are you working with the Captain and the others? Anyone participating in the challenge should have already formed a team."

"Ah, hehe. I'm not here to participate; I have other goals."

Kiana said, placing her hands on her hips and smiling triumphantly:

"I'm going to find some rare Honkai Beasts and make a Honkai Beast feast!"

Bella shuddered, staring at Kiana with a look that combined fear and anger.

Besides Bella, the two Seeles were also staring at her in astonishment.

Kaino's Adam's apple bobbed.

"Hey, wait, why did your Adam's apple move? Are you swallowing?"

The Captain, who was watching them, noticed Kaino's unusual emotion and asked in surprise, his eyes wide.