After arriving at school, she went straight to Senpai Mei's classroom to check on her.
"You people, stop this at once!"
The moment Kiana arrived at Mei's classroom, she saw an unfamiliar purple-haired girl standing in front of Senpai Mei, apparently arguing with several other students.
Kiana: "..."
This was not the first time something like this had happened. Kiana had long known that Senpai Mei was being hated by others.
In this timeline, Mei was still the daughter of a bankrupt family. The more glamorous her life had once been, the more people who had once envied her would step forward to kick her while she was down.
Kiana had argued with those people several times over it. If Mei had not stopped her, Kiana would have beaten them until they cried, only letting them go once they knelt down and apologized.
With Kiana's furious shout as she stepped forward, those people immediately lost interest upon seeing her and scattered.
"There's no need to get angry with people like them—"
Mei grabbed Kiana, who wanted to chase after them, and said,
"I'm fine, Kiana."
"Mei, you're just too kind."
Kiana said irritably,
"If you got serious, you could make those people cry in two moves."
Mei was an expert in both kendo and firearms. Even barehanded, she could easily handle a few ordinary students—one punch per whining little brat.
Hearing Kiana's complaints, Senpai Mei said nothing and merely smiled with narrowed eyes... In truth, before Kiana had appeared, Mei had often entertained a similar thought while enduring all kinds of bullying. A voice would always echo in her mind, telling her to pick up the long blade hidden in her instrument case and cut down every one of those ungrateful fools.
There had even been one day when she