Silver Wolf said, "...This kid's education has really become a huge problem already."
Kiana was still immersed in an extremely complicated mess of emotions.
Although there were quite a few girls around Jiang Lianqiu, and Kiana herself had vaguely noticed that her feelings for "that stinky dad" were not quite right, Mei, Bronya, Seele, and the others whom she had subconsciously categorized as people her own age had made no real progress. So she had never given it much thought.
But after what happened during the day, and then hearing that Bronya had already secretly reached the finish line, Kiana finally snapped.
It was as though a string in her mind had suddenly broken. The shock of her best friend suddenly rising to become her stepmother was far greater than her stinky dad having another unfamiliar girl by his side.
"Th-this... you... I... Bronya... y-you-you...!"
Bronya blinked, silently saying nothing.
Silence was consent.
"Y-you—how could you sneak ahead?!" Kiana finally demanded in an infinitely aggrieved voice.
Bronya tilted her head. "Bronya does not believe this counts as sneaking ahead. Bronya will not give up on Commander Brother..."
Kiana opened her mouth. She felt like she ought to argue something, yet she had no idea what to say.
"So, what? Are we fighting?" Silver Wolf cracked her knuckles, her face full of eager anticipation. "Perfect. I haven't played enough games yet."
Yet her stance clearly looked like she was ready to run away at any moment.
She was obviously planning to stir things up, then bolt the instant the fire started.
Across from them, Mei's gaze sharpened.
She stared at Bronya and Silver Wolf. "Bronya, you can't be greedy. You already had a secret snack last night, so you absolutely can't get greedy again today."
At the same time, Mei silently