Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

“Uh…” Amber scratched her head awkwardly, avoiding eye contact with Otto.

"Did Jiuxiao bribe you with something again?"

"No, Your Excellency... the main problem is that if Destiny's operating strategy isn't changed, it really will go bankrupt... The money Jiuxiao gave us before might actually be able to help us when Your Excellency is homeless..."

"Impossible! I'm Otto! How could I be homeless! Rejected! Rejected! That's ridiculous..." Otto pinched his philtrum and, before he fainted from anger, cut off the panoramic communication with Amber.

After Amber left, Otto secretly transferred all of Schicksal's financial records. Seeing that the research department, mecha research department, and other departments were all in deficit, Otto's face darkened considerably.

"..."

"Well... how about we truly grant destiny to Jiuxiao from now on? It's not really fair to let Theresa or Bianca shoulder so much debt..."

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Otto didn't approve the leave, so Theresa definitely wouldn't let him go. The family's travel plans were ruined. Since Kiana and the others couldn't come, and the mission was over, there was no need for Jiuxiao to stay in London any longer.

Durandal and Rita helped Jiuxiao pack his luggage, and then they saw him off together.

Before leaving, Durandal handed her luggage to Jiuxiao, who was riding on Xiao Zi's back.

"Is Jiuxiao really not going to stay and continue his vacation?"

"No, I have family waiting for me. Have a great vacation, bye-bye." Jiu Xiao smiled as he took the luggage and waved goodbye to the two of them.

"Farewell, Lord Jiuxiao!" Rita smiled as she watched Jiuxiao leave.

Of all those present, Rita was the happiest. With Jiuxiao gone, it would be just her and Durandal's time together.

"Lady Durandal, what's next... Lady Durandal?" Rita turned to the side, only to find that Lady Durandal, who should have been there, was nowhere to be seen.

Turning around, I realized that Durandal had already left and walked quite a distance.

"Lady Durandal, wait for me."

Durandal, standing some distance away, scratched her head in confusion, looking at Stan in her arms. "Hmm? Kitty, did you hear anything?"

"Meow, meow meow." (No, you misheard. We've probably been fighting too hard lately. Let's go!)

"Yeah, I guess so... But there are still a few days of vacation left, let's enjoy ourselves first!"

Durandal, holding Stan in her arms, happily pondered where to go next. With the kitten's company, the journey ahead was sure to be joyful!

Seeing that Durandal hadn't heard her calls, Rita was about to call out again. But then Rita's communicator lit up; Otto was calling for the all-around maid Rita to carry out a mission again.

After all, everyone thought the same as Durandal: how could Rita have time for a vacation? She must be going on a mission soon.

"No—Lady Durandal!" Rita ran a little, but still couldn't catch up with the departing Durandal.

In the end, all I could do was watch from afar as Durandal drove off in her little car with the cat in tow, while I had to go back to work at Schicksal...

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Inside a small hole in a corner of St. Freya Academy.

Three white fluffy balls were hiding inside, eating delicious food and playing video games.

"You idiot Kiana, now I have to hide outside too. Theresa is chasing us everywhere with her Judas replica!" Kallen tapped Kiana's empty head in exasperation.

"Ouch, that hurts. It's not my fault... Jiuxiao spoke up, I couldn't just ignore him!" Kiana rubbed her head in grievance, then continued playing the game happily. "But Jiuxiao said he'll be home tonight, I haven't seen him in so long."

"I think when Jiuxiao comes back, the first thing he'll do is hang Kiana up and beat her up, since Kiana skips class every single day..."

Judas shrugged; she didn't know why she was there either. Surely it wasn't because she wanted to avoid Theresa and prevent her from grabbing and hitting her.

"I wonder if Jiuxiao will bring back a lot of local specialties. British chocolate tastes really good."

After Karen finished speaking, she immediately picked up her phone and texted Jiu Xiao, asking him to buy more. Jiu Xiao replied as soon as Karen put her phone down.

Jiuxiao: I forgot, I'll definitely do it next time.

"What a disappointment, Jiuxiao didn't even buy any local specialties..." Karen shrugged regretfully.

"No way... Let me ask." Kiana also picked up her phone and sent a message to Jiuxiao.

Kiana: Jiuxiao, don't forget to buy some local specialties! Karen said there's a lot of delicious food in England!

Jiuxiao: Don't worry, I bought lots and lots of local specialties, enough for everyone! I also bought a lot of British delicacies, enough for Qiyana to eat for a long time. I also bought a lot of desserts, I guess even Huihuo won't be able to finish them all, and Kiana might have to help.

Kiana: Yay!

"???"

Kallen stared into thought as she looked at the chat history between Jiuxiao and Kiana.

I'm not human?

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Having just flown out of the UK, Jiu Xiao awkwardly put down his phone. The moment Karen spoke, Jiu Xiao knew things had gone wrong, because the souvenirs Rita bought were all gifts, not food…

But since someone wants some, let's go buy some.

"Little Purple, turn around quickly! Buy Kiana some delicious food, and buy Huihuo some desserts, and..."

"Ha!"

"Yes, yes, I'll buy one for you too. Hurry up and fly, or we'll be too late!"

Chapter 221 Four White Fluffy Dumplings

"Skipping class again! Skipping class again! Let me add a few more floors, then let's see how you skip class then."

Theresa lay on the sofa, muttering to herself in frustration as she flipped through the "Report on the Renovation Project of St. Freya Academy".

However, when she turned to a bookmark tucked inside the book, Theresa couldn't help but smile happily.

"Auntie, no matter how busy you are, don't forget to eat!"

Below the bookmark, there's a little Kiana figure drawn by Kiana herself, depicting her looking happy.

Theresa took out the bookmark Kiana had left behind, looked at it quietly for a while, and then her face darkened again.

"Eat, eat, all you ever do is eat..."

If Theresa hadn't seen Himeko's comment in the group chat today saying that Kiana skipped class again, she would be very relieved right now.

Theresa originally planned to ambush Kiana at Kallen's place and also warn Kallen not to corrupt Kiana. However, Kallen guessed that Theresa would also teach her a lesson, so she grabbed Judas and ran away.

Theresa took out her phone and called Mei.

"Mei, do you know where Kiana went? I'm going to teach her a lesson this time."

"I don't know... But Kiana didn't eat dinner with us tonight, and it's unlikely she ate dinner alone, so Kiana probably hasn't eaten dinner yet."

"Headmaster, Kiana will definitely go back to her dorm to find something to eat if she gets hungry..."

"Eat, eat, eat! Is there anything else on this child's mind besides food?!"

Theresa grumbled irritably, then asked Mei for her help.

"Mei, I'd like to ask you to teach me a dish..."

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"What should I do... Mei and Yae Sakura are both waiting for us, I'm too scared to go home..."

"What are you chickening out for? The worst that can happen is you get a scolding... Kiana, it seems you're not quite proficient enough with Kaslana's skills. Come on, let me teach you how to crash when you get yelled at..."

"Okay, okay..."

Judas watched as the two fluffy white balls, who had hit it off immediately, happily squatted in the corner discussing how to ignore being scolded, and sighed deeply in resignation.

With a white fluffy ball in each hand, he lifted Kiana and Kallen up.

"You don't learn good things, but you're good at everything but bad things... Karen, can't you teach me something useful?"

"But besides fighting, there's nothing else I can teach... I can't exactly teach Kaslana a sense of justice... Do I even need to teach her that?"

Karen helplessly shrugged, then grabbed Judas with her other hand and said to Judas and Kiana with great interest:

"Judas, why don't you switch back to weapon form, and I'll teach Kiana how to use Judah's Oath!"

Kiana & Judah: "Uh..."

Kiana looked at Judah, and Judah looked at Kiana.

"Actually, I prefer dual pistols..."

"I think it's fine as it is now..."

The three of them hung out off-campus until very late. Eventually, it was quite late, and Kallen and Kiana's stomachs were rumbling, so they decided to go back to their dorm to find something to eat.

Karen looked at the walls of St. Freya Academy and scratched her head in an awkward manner.

"I remember when I first came here, this wall wasn't this high..."

"Kallen, you feel the same way? Me too! I used to be able to flip over easily, but now it's so hard to climb over." Kiana, like Kallen, scratched her hair in distress.

After a while, Kiana and Kallen both stared longingly at Judah.

"You're overthinking it. I don't want to."