Chapter 102: My Daughter Could Never Be So Gentle!
Confinement wasn't a pleasant experience for the lively and restless Elysia.
Although the Fire Moth higher-ups, considering Elysia's status and personal feelings, specially provided some entertainment in the confinement room, such as books, books… well, only books.
Fine, books it is.
Although painful, recalling her life at the orphanage, Elysia felt that she could endure this sentence by reading.
Elysia loved reading!
The confident Elysia picked up a book. The cover read "C++ Primer," the next one "Postpartum Care for Sows," "Culinary Encyclopedia," "Linear Algebra," "Civil Engineering," "Magic Tricks," "Mechanics"…
At this moment, the girl's smile instantly disappeared.
As it turned out—
A smile doesn't disappear, it just transfers.
For example, to Jiang Qiao, who was walking home with Mei after a wonderful day.
The sunset scenery was exceptionally beautiful, and even the air was so fresh, filled with the scent of freedom.
After the intimate lunch, Mei seemed to have completely let go of her restraints and actively held "Kiana's" arm, even without other students from Chiba Academy around.
It looked exceptionally harmonious—
But it didn't matter, they were both girls, weren't they?
If they were girls, they could naturally act so intimately. If you asked why, it was probably a girl's privilege.
—If it were Elysia, she would definitely say that.
And Jiang Qiao had no objections to this.
After all, he had done similar things with other girls before—only it was him holding MEI's arm.
Suddenly, the white-haired girl stopped.
"What's wrong?"
Mei, holding his arm, looked at him puzzled.
But he didn't explain, only showing a smile:
"Wait for me here for a moment, Mei."
…
Since the accident many years ago, to prevent his existence from stimulating the other consciousness in Kiana's body and awakening the Herrscher of the Void, Siegfried chose to leave his daughter.
He had been worried about whether Kiana could survive alone after he left.
But gradually, Siegfried felt relieved.
His departure didn't seem to change Kiana much. She still ate and slept as usual, and besides constantly searching for his whereabouts, everything was normal.
After all, she was a very strong child.
However, although he chose to stay away from Kiana for her sake, he would occasionally appear near her, observing her recent situation.
If she encountered any difficulties, he would also lend a hand.
For example, when she was short of money, he would make her find some. Occasionally, she would find a steaming hot, unclaimed loaf of bread. Although the white-haired dumpling thought it might be her luck, it was actually Siegfried, the hidden father, secretly helping her.
Just now, after dealing with a small-scale Honkai eruption, Siegfried rushed to Nagazora City without stopping.
To his relief, his daughter seemed to have made new, reliable friends in this unfamiliar city.
"Since I've confirmed that Kiana is fine, I, as her father, should go check on other places."
Siegfried smiled and swung his remaining arm.
As a Kaslana and a shield of the people, although Siegfried had been expelled from the Kaslana family for betraying Schicksal, he still traveled around the world, cleaning up small-scale Honkai eruptions that various Schicksal branches might have overlooked.
But just as he was about to leave, he heard a girl's voice:
"Where are you going, Dad?"
At this moment, Siegfried's smile instantly froze.
He couldn't mistake this familiar voice.
But… how was this possible?
When he observed Kiana, he kept a great distance, afraid of attracting her attention.
Siegfried was also certain that he hadn't been discovered.
Moreover… he was quite confident in his own strength. Although the daughter he personally trained was also quite good, no matter what, it couldn't be that Kiana approached him without him noticing, right?
Various doubts formed a mystery, but Siegfried didn't think too much, nor did he turn around. Instead, he lowered his voice and tried to explain:
"Little girl, you might have mistaken me for someone else. I'm not your dad."
"Really? Then why don't you dare turn around and look at me?"
The girl's playful words made Siegfried's heart sink. He made a subconscious move.
—Run!
Although it was the right choice to admit it after being recognized, and Siegfried really wanted to reunite with his daughter, he was afraid that if Kiana saw his face again, it would awaken the other demon within her body.
Whether for Kiana's sake or for the people of this city, he absolutely couldn't reunite with his daughter here.
So, sorry, Dad is also doing this for you!
But—
As Siegfried tried to escape, he felt his hand being grabbed.
How is this possible?!
Judging from the voice, Kiana should be quite far away from him. Siegfried didn't notice her approaching him, yet under such circumstances, she grabbed him just as he was about to escape?
But there was no time to think about this. The moment his hand was grabbed, his escape plan was undoubtedly ruined.
No matter how many reasons he had, Siegfried absolutely couldn't forcefully break free from his daughter's hand and run away.
If he did such a thing, wouldn't he be a terrible father?
"Hahahaha… Kiana, Dad was just joking…"
Stiffly turning his head, the old white-haired man looked guilty, trying to reunite with his daughter in a low voice.
But the smiling girl's face that came into view made Siegfried freeze.
"Yo, Dad~"
At this moment, the middle-aged white-haired man's eyes widened, his mind flooded with the beautiful memories he shared with Kiana.
A brief moment felt like a minute.
But when he came back to his senses, Siegfried's expression instantly became serious, and he asked loudly:
"Who are you?"
Whether it was the smile, the body, or even the feeling, it undoubtedly belonged to Kiana.
But his reason told him that the person standing before him was definitely not his daughter, Kiana!
If you asked why, it was probably because—
—My daughter could never be so gentle!