[Kiana!]
When Theresa saw Kiana fall, she instantly wanted to grab Judah and beat Mei.
"Wait, don't get excited, Headmaster! Mei didn't hurt Kiana! We are here to support Kiana's strategy, not to interfere!"
Himeko quickly pulled back the agitated Theresa. It was a good thing she was always wearing her battle armor, otherwise, she really couldn't have pulled her back.
Theresa is so strong, no wonder she can carry that big cross.
However… this appearance is really inconsistent. Neither her personality nor her physique show any signs of aging.
"Now, we need to remember what Mei is going to do. Speaking of which, wouldn't it be much easier if she just directly gave her a forceful kiss?"
Seeing that she had successfully restrained the Judah launcher, Himeko was also in the mood to joke.
"First of all, she clearly isn't planning a forceful kiss, and even if she did, it would lack the necessary fluid exchange part."
Theresa was able to calm down now; she was a little too anxious, after all, that was Cecilia's daughter.
"Fluid exchange… Speaking of which, can't I just feed her blood directly?"
Himeko saw Mei taking Kiana away on the screen and knew there was nothing more to see for now.
She could only chat idly with Theresa.
"...Himeko, do you think any foolish Herrscher would drink blood? With such a strong color and taste, even if it were mixed into water, what good would such a small amount do?"
Of course, Theresa knew all this from Otto. She absolutely did not want Kiana to take risks, but all the factors she brought up were rejected.
The initial suspicion had completely vanished after seeing that the Honkai energy concentration within the Herrscher indeed decreased because of Kiana.
"So, that means… there isn't much fluid exchange through kissing either, right?"
Himeko thought… there shouldn't be anyone who spits like an alpaca.
"That's why I said before! It comes down to favorability. High enough favorability will lower the Honkai energy concentration in her body, and then, the sealing can be successful…"
Theresa still didn't know what would happen after the sealing.
"What's the favorability now? Judging by Mei directly stunning Kiana and bringing her back… it should be quite high?"
After all, Himeko had a sense of déjà vu, like a primitive human knocking out another primitive human and dragging them back.
"Probably… Ai-chan, how much has the Herrscher's Honkai energy concentration decreased to now? How much more until it can be sealed?"
Theresa could, of course, see it directly, but the important thing was for Ai-chan to perform the data analysis.
"Understood, boss! It's almost at its lowest point! Only one last step remains! Currently sifting through suitable options!"
The last step, huh… Honestly, Theresa even felt like just pressing those two to end this mission, instead of relying on Ai-chan's strange options.
But considering the various issues that would arise later, she decided against it.
"Once Kiana wakes up, I'll tell her!"
"Oh, by the way, Theresa, do you know how Kiana managed to 'conquer' Mei?"
Upon receiving the answer that the 'conquest' was basically complete, Himeko felt a little bewildered. It had only been one day, and she hadn't even called the Headmaster yet.
"I don't know, but I believe her!"
Just as she believed Cecilia.
"Well, well, if we knew, we wouldn't still be single now! So… how about a toast to our single lives"
Himeko pulled out a bottle of drink from behind her and handed it to Theresa.
"No drinking alcohol!"
Subconsciously, Theresa assumed it was alcohol.
"This is juice, and it's your favorite bitter gourd juice."
"...Let's skip the toast."
Theresa did, in the end, take the drink and took a nice sip, suppressing her previous hot and anxious emotions.
"Yes, yes, then I'll toast myself… So bitter."
Himeko didn't understand why Theresa liked bitter gourd juice, but at least she had managed to calm Theresa down.
Well, well, having a loli boss, you just have to learn these skills~
But… why did Mei take Kiana back…
"A strange ceiling…"
Kiana slowly woke up and saw an unfamiliar ceiling.
She felt as if she had been up all night; after waking up, she completely didn't want to move.
Her body felt numb; getting electrocuted really wasn't a good experience. Super rookie Ash was too strong.
After Mei did that to her, she felt that if it weren't for her, anyone else would have run away by now. This date wasn't worth it!
[Kiana, are you alright?]
Theresa's voice sounded. From her flat tone, plus her somewhat hungry stomach, Kiana felt that quite some time must have passed.
After all, Theresa still cared about her very much.
"Still alive, ah… I haven't even left the Novice Village (newbie village) and I'm back again. How miserable."
Looking at the ceiling, Kiana, who had recovered a bit, felt like crying without tears.
What on earth happened? Why was she suddenly dragged back?
Couldn't they just talk properly? She could even accept if they spoke slowly, so why did Mei just resort to force?
[Regarding what happened, I will tell you slowly. First, it's already afternoon now. You are still at the Academy, having been unconscious for several hours. Anti-Entropy has already attacked once…]
Theresa told Kiana everything that had happened, so she wouldn't be in the dark.
"I understand…"
While listening to Theresa, Kiana tried to get up.
Supporting herself to get out of bed, she was a bit too weak in the legs due to the electric shock, but she recovered quickly.
Perhaps this was the Kaslana family's talent… If possible, Kiana hoped it wasn't increased resistance, but immunity.
After adapting for a while, once she could walk normally, she glanced around the room.
This… seemed to be the room where she came to the dormitory to find blankets?
After looking around for a while, Kiana finally confirmed that it was indeed here.
Because there were a few less blankets she had taken, and a photo frame missing its picture.
Speaking of which, Mei's possessiveness is a little bit strong…
Based on the existing information, Kiana felt that it was something done because Mei didn't want her to leave.
She should go check on Mei's situation! She had been awake for so long, Mei couldn't possibly not know. Nothing should have happened, right?
Ugh, she inexplicably felt a bit like she had Stockholm Syndrome… She was electrocuted unconscious, and now she still had to run over eagerly to care about Mei.
[Kiana, do you want to hear the options for interacting with Mei later?]
Theresa spoke again after seeing her fully recover.
"I guess I'll listen…"
Kiana was also a bit conflicted about how to interact with Mei, who had electrocuted her.
Speaking of which, she electrocuted her unconscious and then just brought her back?! Mei, is that all you… cough cough!
In short, she was more confused than Mei right now.