Collapse? No, this is just everyday life.

They're all wearing pajamas, so it can't be what I'm thinking...

Unfortunately, upon getting closer, she noticed Seele's slightly red eyes, clearly indicating that she had been crying for a long time, shattering her last shred of hope.

"...No way."

Although she had expected this day, Bronya's eyes still twitched as she watched.

They had clearly agreed on this beforehand...

It's probably because Seele kept wandering around in front of Yu without any warning that he finally couldn't resist, and Seele wouldn't refuse him anyway.

Never mind, she'd better go downstairs and cook a bowl of red bean rice for Xi'er first.

With a long sigh, Bronya blushed and quietly left the room, leaving the door slightly ajar.

As for going out to play?

What's the point of playing this game?!

It wasn't until the sun was high in the sky, around noon, that the two people in the room finally woke up.

She hadn't stayed up this late in a long time, and Xi'er was still a little sleepy after waking up. She opened her blurry eyes, and the hazy memories and the blurry world made it difficult for her to distinguish between reality and dreams.

It wasn't until she saw her brother beside her that she understood.

Ah, so Seele was dreaming.

I dreamt that I woke up with my brother! Yay!

So, just as Nangong Yu was woken up by the restless Xi'er, she saw a cute little face close to her eyes and give her a quick kiss on the cheek.

Wow, there's this kind of perk for waking up?

Just as Nangong Yu was about to express her feelings, she suddenly realized that something seemed amiss.

After a while, Xi'er didn't seem to be planning to stop. She chuckled and quickly left a series of marks on Nangong Yu's face.

When Xi'er started tearing at his clothes, Nangong Yu finally panicked and quickly grabbed her small hand to stop her.

"I said, it's broad daylight!"

The sudden sound made the two of them stop instantly. At the doorway, Bronya stood there, her face full of anger, staring coldly at them with their disheveled pajamas.

......

thump.

In the restaurant on the first floor, Seele and Nangong Yu sat upright as Bronya placed a bowl of red bean rice and a bowl of red bean soup heavily in front of Seele.

"Sister Bronya, Seele actually..."

"Shut up and eat!"

"Oh."

Seele wanted to explain properly, but seeing Bronya's displeased expression, she immediately backed down and started eating her rice in silence.

It was fragrant and sweet, and tasted great. Xier was also hungry, so she ate it with gusto.

Watching this scene, Nangong Yu swallowed hard. He tentatively looked at Bronya and asked weakly, "Um, my share..."

"You're hungry!"

"Oh."

Nangong Yu obediently lowered her head, focusing her eyes on her nose, her nose on her mouth, and her mouth on her heart.

This wasn't because he chickened out, but rather a strategic retreat.

Bronya is in a bad mood right now, so it's obviously not a good time to provoke her. It's better to put up with her for now and wait until she goes back. Little Seele will be at my mercy then.

At that point, you can eat whatever you want.

Just as someone was indulging in his self-deceptive self-deception, he suddenly noticed Seele stand up, run over to Bronya, and, taking advantage of Bronya's momentary blind spot, push the half-eaten bowl of red bean rice in front of her.

"Bronya, what brings you here to see Seele today?"

Across from him, Seele was sweetly clinging to Bronya's arm, but her other hand, which was behind her back, was making a gesture that only the two of them could understand.

"Brother, don't be afraid, Seele is here to hold the fort. You eat quickly."

Instantly, a surge of warmth flowed through Nangong Yu's heart, almost bringing tears to his eyes.

You truly are your brother's good sister; all the love and care I gave you before was worthwhile.

Seeing that Bronya's attention had shifted, Nangong Yu didn't stand on ceremony and started eating directly from the bowl.

Just one bite made his eyes light up; the taste was indeed quite good. No wonder Seele ate it so deliciously earlier.

Chapter Thirteen: Seele just went into the wrong room~

"You mean you two stayed up too late last night playing the new game Rain made, so you slept together?"

"Yes, yes, Bronya, you have to believe Seele! How could Seele do something like that on her own initiative!"

Seele puffed out her cheeks cutely, as if she was unhappy with Bronya's suspicion of her.

"So that's it."

Bronya had originally intended to ask Nangong Yu about the specifics of the game, but in the end she decided against it.

A month later, the outcome will be clear.

Since they hadn't done anything physically demanding last night, the three of them went for a walk together in the afternoon, something they hadn't done in a long time.

The time they spent together was quite pleasant, which made Bronya somewhat dazed and wonder if it was right or wrong for them to have argued and separated back then.

When she got home in the evening, Nangong Yu was in a good mood after washing up. She hummed a song as she dried her hair and walked back to her bedroom.

As a result, as soon as I got back to my room, I found that the folded quilt had been laid out flat, and it was bulging and moving around inside.

I walked over, pinched the corner and lifted it, and soon my eyes caught a pair of sky-blue eyes that were trying to hide.

"Brother, brother, if Seele says she accidentally went into the wrong room, will you believe her?"

"...I believe you."

As he spoke, he lifted the blanket and crawled inside, sitting in the warm spot that Seele's body heat had made.

"It's too cold outside. Don't catch a cold if you go out in just your pajamas. You can sleep here tonight."

“…Yes, Seele will listen to her brother.”

Seele kept her head down and gave her soft response.

Even though it's almost summer now.

On the other hand, Bronya never saw Seele's room light on again at night after that day.

Will not take the initiative?

Bronya felt the child hadn't been beaten enough.

......

A month has passed in a flash, and it's already the day before the opening of the mini-game festival.

As a mini-game festival designed to discover talent in the gaming industry, the organizer, St. Freya, takes it quite seriously, unlike mini-game festivals in other regions that are simply held online and that's it.

They will use the largest venue at St. Freya University for the offline event, which will last for a week. After the exhibition, the games will be simultaneously released on the Titan Games platform, and the top-ranked works will be featured on the homepage banner for half a month.

It's worth noting that Titan Games is one of the world's three major gaming platforms. A two-week banner recommendation would be enough to make even the biggest companies that make AAA games envious.

Therefore, this mini-game festival is a carnival for independent studios or individual game designers around the world. The organizers do not allow large companies to participate, and any violations will be severely punished. This is an opportunity for newcomers.

To participate, you either need to be a small studio or your company must be less than three years old and relatively small in size. The company called Gensokyo, which Nangong Yu and Bronya asked Cocolia to start, perfectly meets this requirement.

Because of their small size and less than three years of operation, they successfully applied for exhibition qualifications. Considering that their former employer was Anti-Entropy, the location they were assigned was quite good.

"Hey, thank you all for your hard work."

Nangong Yu, carrying a bag of water, walked with a smile toward Sugisaki Ken and the others, who were covered in sweat after finishing their work.

"It's just helping out a brother, it's nothing."

With a wave of his hand, Kitahara Iori took a bottle of mineral water, gulped it down in one go, wiped the sweat from his brow, and then casually waved his hand again.

"I just didn't expect that you would create a game so quietly and even participate in St. Freya's Games Festival."

Grandpa Tong, who was the weakest, was already sitting in a chair, holding a bottle of water in his hand, and said with some emotion.

His tone inevitably carried a hint of envy.

As a game enthusiast, he was also quite interested in game development and wanted to work in that direction in the future. It was still a dream of his, but unexpectedly, his good friend made it a reality without him even realizing it.

"Yeah, yeah! I wasn't going to mention it at all before, and I was quite surprised when it just came out!"

Sugisaki Ken gulped down a bottle of water, mimicking Kitahara's manner, then simply sat down on the ground and looked at Nangong Yu curiously, saying, "By the way, what kind of game are you making? The booth setup looks so abstract. Is that a lighthouse, and a moon?"

With hundreds of games on display, each booth was small, barely enough to accommodate a dozen or so people.

Unlike other booths that simply display the name and game logo and offer a few phones or computers for players to try out, his booth used printed cardboard and hollow models to recreate the scene of a lighthouse on a cliff under a full moon.

"Is it a printing error? Look, the cliff edge is all pixelated. This game can't be one of those pixelated games from before we were even born, can it?"

Kitahara pointed to the pattern on the cardboard and made a joke with a smile.

"How could that be? Pixel games are just too..."

Grandpa Tong chuckled upon hearing this, but unfortunately, he was interrupted by Nangong Yu's voice before he could finish speaking.

"Yes, it's a pixel game."

"what?"

"Ok?"

"Hey?"

The three of them were stunned at the same time. They immediately looked at Nangong Yu, trying to tell from his face whether he was joking just now.

"Stop looking, I'm serious."

With a wave of his hand, interrupting the three people's attention, Nangong Yu casually smiled and said.

"Hey, do you know what you're saying? That's a pixel game! A pixel game, a game that hasn't been made in over ten years!"