Chapter 95

Siegfried wanted to say something, but as soon as he opened his mouth, Anna covered her ears, muttering, "I don't want to hear it."

Ah! This girl is even more stubborn than Kiana, who has been in a relationship for five years!

Feeling frustrated, he hugged his chest and continued watching Anti-Entropy's anniversary celebration.

Elysia sat on the other side, getting a little sleepy. She tilted her head and gently leaned on An Yu's shoulder.

"Xiaoyu, let's go home. The Anti-Entropy anniversary celebration isn't fun."

She might be somewhat interested if An Yu were on stage, but since An Yu is here now, she might as well go home and relax on the sofa to watch a movie.

"Okay, let's go home, An Yu..."

Anna also spoke softly, clearly unhappy. Although her cousin was a good person, sometimes a good person's stupidity was more annoying than a bad person's evil deeds.

"Then let's go home first."

After the three of them left, Siegfried remained expressionless, his face even appearing somewhat dark.

"Is this the ideal son-in-law you had your eye on?"

He poked the Raiden Ryoma, his tone laced with sarcasm.

"Hasn't he convinced you yet?"

Raiden Ryoma replied irritably.

Besides, without Anna, your Schicksal little girl, interfering, An Yu can focus on her work, doesn't smoke, drinks occasionally, and her biggest way to relax is playing games. The only close girl around her is her sister, with whom she relies on each other. If he can't do it, why can your daughter?

Don't make your Ryoma laugh.

Raiden Mei glanced at Kiana, whose tear tracks were still wet on her face. Kiana gave her a reassuring look, but Mei just shrugged and turned back without a second thought.

"Why was An Yu allowed to leave early?!"

Mei didn't understand! This was Anti-Entropy's anniversary celebration!

"Because he's in love, Mei," Planck said softly.

"Ugh! Why is this world so cruel to single people?"

Bronya clutched her head, but for the sake of her investment plan, she endured it. She was unaware that An Yu had already resolved the issue.

Bronya is no longer a child, so she became more sensible after we stopped calling her Bronya.

Schrödinger, expressionless, replied, "Because you're all older singles."

An Yu and the other two, who had left early, didn't go out to do anything else. Instead, they huddled on the sofa in the living room, watching the latest international blockbuster.

It looks fairly harmonious.

Elysia kept thinking about the problem. Because the things she had to do in the dream were so important, she had subconsciously reduced the importance of reality a little. She decided to wait until she got home to deal with it. There were too many people in North America, and the intimacy between the siblings had naturally been diluted quite a bit.

As for Anna, after the gloom of Kiana's daytime experience, she was a bit disheartened and needed to take a nap to recharge her SP... Courage Points.

After a long while, once An Yu was sure that Anna and Elysia were both engrossed in the movie, she ran to the nursery next door, where the little boy Coralie, who looked to be a little over a year old, immediately huddled in the corner of the big bed.

"Don't move."

Although the baby couldn't understand, An Yu parted Coralie's overly thick hair and indeed saw a pair of droopy puppy ears and a dog's tail hidden under her pants.

"That's interesting. Although it looks and feels like a dog's ears and tail, it's actually quite hard inside."

The little tail that had been wagging happily was now tucked between her legs, and her ears were drooping behind her. After being humiliated and scrutinized, the one-year-old Coralie was put back on the bed.

An Yu then had a general plan for what she needed to do in the seventh level of the game.

Bronya didn't come back tonight, but Mei and Ryoma did, along with Kiana and Siegfried.

It's a small manor, but it houses quite a few people, so there are eighty of them.

However, this was only a brief period of glory. After all, the brief excitement did not affect the subsequent desolation of the manor... Well, with Tesla and Planck around, it was never desolate.

Lying back in bed, An Yu opened the game.

[Level 7 - Entropy Flame]

"Disordered flames, huh? This should be Flamescion... no, just pure flames. Finally, it's time to give me some stats."

Volume 1: Chapter 140, Page 139: The New Siblings with Poor Expressions

Herrscher: An Yu

Level: 1

Skills: Twin Familiars, Echo (Fire), Purifying Flame 1, Overload

Family member: Himeko (I'm not going to use Himiko, they mean the same thing)

"Oh, how interesting. They haven't even increased their power level, yet they've forcibly bound themselves to their family?"

An Yu showed a slight interest, but not much.

After all, ever since his game levels started having time stretched out indefinitely, he lost interest in playing house like before.

[Yes, ever since Anna's incident, you've noticed your game is getting longer and longer.]

[It's like someone is deliberately stretching out the arc, letting you observe the world more closely.]

[But that suits you just fine.]

[Anyway, I don't have to take care of Elysia this time, and I'll have my usual leisure time, so I don't have to be so relaxed this time.]

[Furthermore, judging from Elysia Kevin's previous performance, I need to learn a new skill—a skill that will completely prevent others from associating me with my identity.]

[Then, openly and honestly engage with everything in this world.]

[But then again, starting from scratch without revealing what you learned in your previous efforts to improve yourself is indeed a long journey.] Death

[He chose painting, piano, and archaeology, with archaeology being a must; the others could be discarded without reason. Previous challenges had taught him that archaeology in this world wasn't just about cultural significance, and the other choices were simply because Elysia didn't know.]

[Of course, that's a story for later. Right now, he needs to see what's going on with Himeko, who's been forcibly bound.] [Rui]

It was a fairly luxurious manor, but weeds and moss covered the celadon paths, making it seem like no one lived there.

Faintly visible among the nearby weeds were yellowed talismans, a water bottle, a sword of unknown origin, a cross, and even a Daoist robe.

An Yu squatted down, slightly puzzled. "What, there are demons and monsters involved?"

He pushed open the door, and the white and purple Honkai Beast and Honkai Zombie came into view. On the floor were dried blood, bones, and rotting maggots crawling around, round and crystalline. The air was filled with a sweet and pungent stench of death and mold.

An Yu didn't even glance at these lower-ranking subordinates. She pushed open the innermost small room, where withered red hair and a little girl with abundant Honkai energy, yet still human, came into view.

She didn't die; her will to live was incredibly strong. Judging from the moss that had been cleared away and the dilapidated floor devoid of any spiders or insects, it was clear that the girl had an exceptionally strong will to survive.

"Gecko, spider, moss, and..." An Yu looked at the dripping sink beside her. The sound of dripping water was particularly clear. The girl was curled up and didn't react at all.

"We're the same kind, Himeko- nee..."

Although the girl can hardly be considered an older sister now, she is like a resilient weed, able to survive, and will stop at nothing to stay alive.

The girl was dirty, An Yu didn't mind. She gently picked her up and walked back to the living room. On the floor, which was covered in stains and bloodstains, a magic circle seemed to be faintly visible.

Whether she went too far after the sacrifice or was forced by the Honkai Beast to have no choice but to believe in faith, An Yu didn't know.

If it were placed in a game, it would probably be...

[A chaotic exorcism ritual, and an unprofessional Onmyoji—perhaps it worked, perhaps it didn't; who knows?]

[Inspiration +1]

There was still food available in the kitchen: some fast food products and some well-packaged food.

An Yu went to the bathroom, and it was still usable. It seemed like the place was quite wealthy, as the water supply was still normal even after someone had been dead for so long.

He didn't clean the bathtub, but simply washed the little guy's body. Combing his hair was too much trouble, so he gave the little guy a buzz cut.

An Yu could vaguely sense the girl's lips beginning to move. Judging from the dryness of her lips, she shouldn't be too thirsty. An Yu simply fed her some liquid food.

"Those weeds are completely unwilling to die like this."

It was so natural that she survived; she was still clinging to life.

An Yu figured that even if she didn't come, the other person could still survive, hold out until someone discovered the place, and hold out until she was rescued.

Finally, An Yu's arm was gripped "forcefully," but the force was too light. Himeko struggled to open her eyes, trying to remember the other person's appearance, but in the end, all that remained in her mind was the boy's indifferent gaze.

Honestly, if it weren't for this forced bond with a familiar, given An Yu's personality, she wouldn't have developed this kind of connection in a game that keeps dragging on for so long.

[Returning to reality is troublesome. Black Seele is just a good friend; he simply couldn't bear to see the other person starve to death.]

[But An Yu had to admit one thing: Himeko's will to live was exceptionally strong; she didn't want to die, even though she was just a child now.]

So, he simply held out his hand. "Come with me, or to the orphanage?"

[That's how the two of them became partners.]

[An Yu was responsible for expanding her own fame and getting herself into the public eye as quickly as possible, in a way that Elysia and Kevin were completely unaware of and wouldn't care about.]

[After recovering from Himeko initial distress, Himeko quickly absorbed nutrients; she is very clever.]

[So intelligent that when An Yu asked that question, she didn't hesitate for even a second; her will to survive was exceptionally strong.]

[An Yu didn't stay in his original place. After briefly adapting to the society, he chose to come to Divine Land, where the social structure he was most comfortable with was.]

Himeko has a new school, the gifted youth program.

After a brief farewell to her teachers and students, Himeko returned home.

The afterglow of the setting sun bathed the window frames in a warm gold. This was a house allocated by Divine Land. An Yu was still the same as before, quietly doing her own thing, without a moment's rest all day long.

"I'm falling behind in the classes; I've been too tired these past few days."

After watching An Yu finish her new painting, she spoke softly, her voice unusually weary.

An Yu: "Are you worse than them?"

Himeko: "..."

Himeko stood still, An Yu seemed not to be looking at her. Their relationship had always been lukewarm, yet they always managed to maintain a tacit understanding... in most cases.

So she simply composed herself and suppressed her grievances. "My foundation wasn't strong before, and I'm not used to the pace here. You have to help me."

An Yu stopped what she was doing. It was strange, really; Himeko seemed to have never seen paint on the boy's clothes before. Zhong Q: ≮′.⊥∞□♂←⊙°

"I don't have that much time."

Learning a skill from scratch and gaining recognition from others is no easy feat.

In particular, once this skill becomes a stepping stone, it will be quickly discarded and replaced with something that is truly suitable for this world.

"Invest in me." Himeko wasn't as timid as other children. "The time you spend now will definitely be less than the future benefits."

"...Then let's do it as soon as possible." An Yu nodded. "Let's both try not to waste each other's time."

We've had enough of leisure and entertainment in real life; now it's time to push ourselves a little harder to acquire information.

Himeko gritted her teeth. What did she mean by wasting each other's time?

But she stubbornly raised her head. "I won't waste your time."

And she would prove to An Yu that even those of them who are alone and can only rely on themselves can have the warmth of a family. This world shouldn't be all about hard work and scheming, and it shouldn't always be this indifferent, foolish dog-like state!!!

Volume 1: Chapter 141 Himeko: Am I worse Elysia?!

Night falls.

Tired, Himeko looked at the boy's calm eyes, as if he didn't care about her studies at all. She gritted her teeth again. She wouldn't be worse than anyone else, absolutely not.

"That's enough for today, your grades are really bad."

An Yu lowered her eyes. "Nine, and even now, it seems your mind isn't on studying anymore."

The conversation was as simple and direct as ever, but this time, as she left, Himeko grabbed An Yu's arm.

"If I make it into the top ten next time, will you change your attitude?"

Firstly, it's really too difficult, after all, she's a latecomer to the field and it's hard for her to keep up with the geniuses tearing each other apart.

Compared to typical teacher-student relationships, students and teachers often become partners in arguments, except that it's usually the students who realize they are indeed lacking.

"That's for the best, I really don't have the mood to take care of a second idiot."

"Besides, don't you even have the courage to set yourself in first place?"

In reality, everyone is happy and there's no need to be so strict and demanding of themselves. But when simulating a situation where everything is for profit, An Yu doesn't have that kind of mindset.

Himeko was taken aback for a moment, then quickly asked, "The second idiot? Aren't I the first?"