Regretting that she had set Elysia up this way.
Success and failure both came down to the same thing.
With her personality, she had never dated in either this life or her past one. She was hopelessly inexperienced.
And Elysia's level was absurdly high.
There was no way she could handle her.
Wasn't this just making things harder for herself?
A level-zero newbie facing Tiger Vanguard right at the start.
Other than feeding, there was nothing else to say.
Sorry, I'm delivery.JPG~
Kiana wisely decided not to bicker with them and let them off.
She poured herself a glass of coconut milk, tilted her head back, and gulped it down.
She drained it in one go.
Interestingly, although Elysia was the type to trade sincerity for sincerity, she was also the type who adjusted her approach depending on the person.
If she had not been clever,
then when she was young, she could never have traveled around the world and remained safe and sound.
Though the power of Origin had most likely protected her invisibly.
Still, she had met all sorts of people, interacted with them, communicated with them, and connected with them. If she had learned nothing from those encounters, she would never have become who she was now.
As the social butterfly of Flame-Chasing Moth.
Everyone liked her.
That alone seemed simple, but in reality, it was already incredible.
Do not assume human nature was truly kind. Slander and jealousy were hardly uncommon.
She might indeed have had times when she felt miserable, times when she felt frustrated.
Yet she could always face it with a smile, happily passing her smile on to more people.
Only in fiction could there be a girl like that, right?
Where could anyone find one in reality?
While eating the breakfast her mother had prepared, Kiana discreetly stole glances at Elysia.
She actually understood.
If Elysia had not nominally been designated as her fiancée, or if she had not pushed the future in that direction, then no matter how close she became with Elysia later, at best, it would only be something like what she had with Eden.
She did not want that.
If she had to like someone.
She thought Elysia was wonderful.
She had liked her that much in her previous life.
In this life, she loved her even more.
Thinking about it that way...
she no longer regretted slipping some personal agenda into the earlier sky-screen video.
Just think about it.
If she had not done that, how could Elysia possibly have come knocking on her door now?
Of course, she could not possibly like Elysia alone.
She was not the type to change wives every few days. But her 2D wives generally only increased in number, never decreased.
Just considering the Previous Civilization, she could already guess who there would be.
She had even exposed the women who would nominally stand behind her in the future during the sky-screen reveal, naturally with that little motive in mind.
First, she would declare her claim.
But!
Kiana silently ate her breakfast.
Then reflected on things again.
She felt that her performance during her first meeting with Elysia had not been very good.
She had been too timid.
She had not stood her ground at all.
That would not do!
What kind of nonsense was it to be handled by a glass cannon?~
She decided that she would take the initiative later.
"Elysia."
"I can't hear you." Elysia had heard her, but she replied in a sweet voice as she looked at Kiana, seemingly hinting at something.
Kiana froze for a moment, then suddenly realized something. She took a deep breath, her pretty face slightly red.
"E-Ely..."
"Too quiet~" Elysia said softly, deliberately putting on a willful expression.
She even raised her little hand and held up her palm as though she were straining to listen, teasing Kiana.
Kiana's blood pressure rose again.
"Ely!"
"Mhm! Mhm, Eri is here!" Elysia happily leaned closer.
Pretending to be nonchalant, Kiana calmly said, "Later, I'm going out to buy some things. Do you want to go for a walk together?"
"Oh my~ My dear Kiana, are you inviting me? I'm so happy~" Elysia clasped her hands lightly before her chest, looking as excited as though she had heard about some reward.
That only made Kiana feel even more embarrassed.
Was that really necessary?
"Are you going or not?" she asked.
"I'm going! Of course I'm going!"
Elysia beamed. "No matter when or where, Elysia will stay with you~"
"By the way, where are we going?" she asked.
"The shopping street," Kiana answered.
PS1: Here's the second update. More tomorrow, keep it up~~
Kiana, Wake Up!
Starting from the past couple of days.
Kiana's house-arrest order had been lifted.
Although Canghai City currently had many security personnel from Shenzhou, openly and secretly assigned to watch over her because of her.
At least it was no longer like the beginning, where everywhere she went, every shop and street stall was staffed by them moonlighting.
Gradually, the actual residents had been allowed back out.
However.
Although they had resumed their lives as normal.
Whether they were working or running their businesses.
Or doing anything else...
they still did not know why things had been like that before.
They simply assumed some important figure had passed through the area.
Though they had some complaints.
There was nothing they could do about it. Since those above had made the arrangements, they could only comply.
In reality.
Both Kiana and Elysia differed somewhat from their character art appearances shown in the previous sky-screen reveal.
Most importantly, their temperaments were different. Unless someone looked very carefully, or already knew who they were, even seeing them face-to-face did not necessarily mean they would recognize them.
This was actually quite good.
Kiana and Elysia did not even need to think about disguises.
As long as they acted a little more ordinary, a little more natural.
That was basically enough.
Even if they were so beautiful and had such great figures that anyone could tell they were not ordinary girls.
A beauty was still just a beauty.
It did not mean she had to be the original model from the character art.
No one would truly imagine that such important people were right beside them. It was, in a sense, like hiding in plain sight.
Even though Elysia had quite a reputation within Flame-Chasing Moth.
She had only joined not long ago.
Though she was active.
She had not truly appeared in the public eye.
Perhaps later, things would not be so simple.
But at the very least, that was how things were now, and that was enough.
"Take care~"
"It's fine if you don't come back for dinner."
"..."
Kiana's Mother stood at the doorway, waving lightly as she bid the two girls farewell.
Her gentle reminders carried a hint of teasing.
"It's also fine if you don't come back to sleep tonight."
"Just let Mom know in advance~"
"..."
"Mom! What are you talking about?!" Kiana said helplessly.
But Elysia solemnly nodded hard, as though she had taken it to heart.
Her mischievous look made Kiana unable to resist giving her a light punch.
"Let's go."
"Alright, today's Elysia will listen to Kiana in every~ way. Okay?" When Elysia saw Kiana walk off first, she immediately followed. Then she affectionately wrapped herself around Kiana's arm and spoke with a smile.
Kiana immediately felt as though her arm had sunk into a soft cloud.
But that cloud was not merely soft. It was also springy and warm, like a slightly heated hand warmer that had been warmed through, brushing across her heart.
She struggled twice, but could not pull her arm free.
In the end, she merely gave symbolic permission, walking forward on her own while bringing Elysia along.
Naturally, Elysia could feel what Kiana was doing.
She hugged Kiana even tighter.
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