Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

Sigh, Jiu Xiao isn't used to Chen Tianwen being so quiet. Jiu Xiao still prefers dealing with lively and adorable guys like Kiana.

"Want some candy?" Jiu Xiao took out some candy from his pocket and handed it to Chen Tianwen.

"Thank you..." Chen Tianwen took the candy, but instead of tearing open the wrapper to eat it, he put it in his pocket and continued to stand quietly behind Jiu Xiao.

Okay, I can't handle this. Jiu Xiao took a step and prepared to leave. Rather than staying stuck here with Chen Tianwen, she might as well go and ask the other Valkyries about the situation.

As Jiu Xiao was about to leave, Chen Tianwen gently tugged at the hem of Jiu Xiao's clothes and asked in a low voice.

"Sister Jiuxiao, is my brother really alright?"

"..."

Jiu Xiao turned around stiffly, his face dark, and asked Chen Tianwen, "Does my voice sound like a girl's?"

Chen Tianwen thought for a moment and replied, "No, it looks like a boy."

Jiuxiao: "It's not that I look like him, I am a boy! Call me Brother Jiuxiao!"

Chen Tianwen pointed with his finger and looked weakly at Jiuxiao.

"Oh...but Sister Jiuxiao is really beautiful..."

"Call me Brother Jiuxiao!"

"So, Sister Jiuxiao, is my brother alright?"

"He's fine. He's working hard to earn tuition so you can stay at St. Freya Academy. If you really care about him, then stay at St. Freya Academy and study hard. Don't let his good intentions go to waste."

A fierce fighting spirit ignited in Chen Tianwen's eyes as she firmly declared, "Yes... my brother told me that if I don't become an S-rank Valkyrie, I absolutely cannot graduate from the academy! So I will definitely become an S-rank Valkyrie!"

"Um... Good luck! I believe in you!"

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"Ugh, why does someone like me ever get so hot-blooded?!"

Chen Tianwu grabbed his hair in frustration, and when he let go, his hand was covered in a pile of hair.

"I haven't had a proper rest for days, and there's absolutely no way to get into the underworld..."

"I might as well just find a place to laze around and die... No, no, the tuition at St. Freya Academy is ridiculously high. For astronomy, I need to work hard to earn money..."

Chen Tianwu tossed aside the loose strands of hair in his hand and prepared to head to his next job. To earn tuition fees for Chen Tianwen, he now works five or six jobs a day.

Thick dark circles had formed around his signature dark blue, lifeless eyes.

At this moment, two street thugs approached Chen Tianwu. They had been secretly observing him for several days. Chen Tianwu was a lone drifter in the city, working multiple jobs every day, and he was clearly a strong and robust young man.

The thugs surrounded Chen Tianwu and said to him with wicked grins.

"Hey kid. You look like you're short on cash. How about trying something big?"

"How big? I won't do it if it's not a lot of money!" Chen Tianwu looked at these guys warily; he didn't believe in free lunches.

"Wow, a big deal!"

After saying that, one of the thugs grabbed Chen Tianwu and started to leave, but Chen Tianwu immediately began to resist violently.

At that moment, a thug behind him picked up a brick from the roadside and smashed it on Chen Tianwu's head, knocking him unconscious.

"You're such a spoilsport, always wanting to suffer. Drag him away!" The gang leader kicked the unconscious Chen Tianwu and ordered his men to drag him away.

Soon after, Chen Tianwu achieved his goal and successfully infiltrated the underworld. However, he could no longer gather intelligence, as he had been drugged, caged, and sold as a commodity...

Fortunately, an organization called the Thousand Fists Society took a liking to Chen Tianwu, bought him outright, and planned to train him as an elite special agent. Otherwise, Jiu Xiao would have seen on the headlines that an unbelievable vacuum area had appeared underground.

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"So... you brought her back without Chen Tianwen knowing anything?"

“Auntie, first of all, I have to correct you on one point. Chen Tianwen is not ignorant! She joined St. Freya Academy voluntarily!” Jiu Xiao righteously refuted Theresa’s question.

Theresa stood on the chair, grabbed Jiu Xiao by the collar with one hand, lifted him up, and said sternly:

"But Chen Tianwen doesn't even know what Honkai is! And what's the point of his brother working so hard to earn her tuition? I didn't know St. Freya Academy charged tuition!"

"There's no tuition or food fee... but what about other things? Clothes, daily necessities, and supplements for emotional needs—these are all necessary! Chen Tianwen is still young. What if she doesn't have what others have, and she falls into inferiority and her personality becomes distorted? Besides, the academy's expenses are so high; Karen's family is still working odd jobs to earn money!"

"That's because Karen is a troublemaker; she still hasn't raised enough money to repair the house!"

"Huh? No way! Isn't she a big star now? She can't even afford to fix her house?"

Jiuxiao was dumbfounded. "Kallen Fantasy" was so popular, there was no reason why Karen couldn't be popular too! Otto would definitely support Karen a lot.

"Sigh... She saw on TV those homeless children affected by the Honkai, and in a moment of impulse, she took Yae Sakura and Kiana to donate all the money to a disaster relief foundation..."

"Isn't this a good thing?"

"Yes, how could this not be a good thing!"

Theresa sighed helplessly. Karen donating money was one thing, even a good thing. "But why didn't that idiot do her research before donating? The foundation Karen donated to...it's a scam!!!"

That idiot Kiana actually went to find Himeko with Kallen to ask why she hadn't heard from her after the money was transferred...

A rare practical lesson for the students of St. Freya Academy turned into a raid on a fraud ring to reclaim the school's funds. The criminals were caught, but the money wasn't recovered; the fraudsters themselves had no idea where their money had gone.

When Theresa found out, she felt like her head was spinning. Karen and the others' money, the student activity funds—all gone down the drain!

Jiu Xiao silently took out his phone and looked at the amount that had suddenly surged before.

No wonder they couldn't get the money back even after making the call; it turns out Cortana cheated them out of it...

Chapter 197 Kitchen Explosion, Not a Big Problem

"Sakura... I'm sorry, I messed everything up..." Kallen said to Yae Sakura with her head down, blaming herself.

Yae Sakura took Kallen's hand, looked at her tenderly, and said, "It's alright. We had nothing to begin with anyway, so whether we have this money or not won't make much of a difference to our lives..."

"Mmm...Sakura, you're so kind..."

Kallen and Yae Sakura embraced each other tenderly, but Mei and Kaguya, who couldn't stand it, separated them.

Mei angrily said to Kallen and Yae Sakura, "Stop trying to sympathize with yourselves again! This is the nth time today!!! Sakura, come help with the cooking, we're running out of time to fulfill the orders!"

"Yes, Kallen, come back and help carry the dishes. Kiana is complaining too much and we can't keep up..." Huihuo grabbed Kallen by the back of her collar and dragged her away.

Kallen's impassioned and selfless speech had stirred Kiana and the others' blood, making them want to donate. Then, in a moment of impulsiveness, they all donated their money to a fraudulent organization.

Now, he can only rely on Theresa and Jiuxiao's charity, and then run a Valkyrie restaurant in the academy's commercial district to make a living.

Kallen and Judas are now working as twin waitresses, Bronya is the cashier, and Kiana is in charge of washing vegetables and preparing ingredients. Mei and Yae Sakura are the chefs, responsible for making delicious dishes.

Jiuxiao and Huihuo can only come to the restaurant to help out occasionally, since both of them are S-class Valkyries and often have to go out on missions unexpectedly.

However, whenever they have free time, Huihuo and Jiuxiao come to help out at the restaurant, sometimes even managing to get Fu Hua to come along. The shrunken Ziyan Xuanfeng, in its normal state, is also an incredibly cute chubby chicken plush toy, attracting a lot of customers to the restaurant.

Since they happened to have some free time today, Huihuo and Jiuxiao came to the Valkyrie Restaurant together.

"Hehe, Jiuxiao, you're here!"

Kiana, who was washing vegetables, rushed over with a smile and gave Jiuxiao a big hug when she learned that he had arrived.

Jiuxiao pinched Kiana's nose helplessly and pointed to the two obvious handprints on her body.

"You silly boy, you've gotten my clothes dirty again."

"Oops, I forgot to dry my hands... But that's not important. What would Jiuxiao like to eat?"

Kiana laughed heartily and pulled Jiu Xiao towards the kitchen.

"Don't worry about me, I'll eat with you after you get off work. Now let me help out!"

"Great!"

So Jiuxiao helped Kiana with the work, preparing the ingredients and spices needed for Mei and the others.

"Huihuo, what are you doing standing here? Do you want to come in and eat?" Bronya, who had just finished serving a table of dishes, looked at Huihuo, who was standing at the door, and asked curiously.

"Um, I don't really know how I can help, so I'm thinking of being a mascot with Xiao Zi (short for Zi Yan Xuan Feng). But it seems like nobody's really paying attention to me..."

Huihuo turned around, her face ashen. She hadn't expected her charm to be less than a chicken's; this was a huge blow to her.

Bronya: "Um, maybe it's because of your lazy expression... Bronya thinks that Huihuo might not be suitable as a mascot. You should go help out in the kitchen!"

"This is so annoying. I'm going to go slack off and wait for you guys to get off work."

Huihuo walked to the back in a huff, took out her beanbag chair, and slumped down on it.

Bronya shrugged, not asking anything of Huihuo, turned around and went back to the cashier, standing on the chair to continue her work.

Besides the occasional appearance of the mascots, Xiao Zi and Mei, and the delicious food served by Yae Sakura, another highlight of the restaurant is the twin waitresses, Karen and Judas.

Aside from their different eye colors, they are almost indistinguishable. One is a stern, aloof, and unapproachable older sister with a stern face, while the other is a sunny, cheerful, and energetic girl with a carefree personality. The contrast between the two is so endearing that customers love them.

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I was busy until very late, and it was finally time to get off work.

After a long day of cooking, Mei and Yae Sakura were both a bit tired, so Kiana volunteered to make a signature dish for everyone. She even chased everyone else out of the kitchen to prevent them from peeking.

Hui Huo nudged Jiu Xiao beside him with his elbow and whispered, "Based on my years of experience, the Kaslana family isn't very good at cooking. How about we order some takeout first?"

Jiuxiao rejected the suggestion, saying, "We can't do that. It's Kiana's thoughtful gesture after all. What if we secretly order takeout and hurt Kiana's feelings?"