Honkai Impact: Starting from Wandering with Kiana

There is a strict hierarchy among Honkai Beasts, with lower-ranking Honkai Beasts lacking significant intelligence. Knight-class Honkai Beasts consist of a horse-shaped Honkai Beast and a humanoid Honkai Beast riding it. The physical connection between the knight and the horse is weak; the knight can be knocked off their horse, and once dismounted, the knight will slump to the ground, unable to attack, only calling out to their horse.

However, the knight's seat was now occupied by Kiana and Jiuxiao. Although it had a lance, it seemed to have no use for it, only neighing incessantly. The horse was also running wildly around, trying to throw off the two starving people and then go to greet its true masters.

Needless to say, the Assault-class Honkai Beasts were just standing around in circles. Attacking Jiuxiao and the others meant attacking the Knight-class Honkai Beasts as well, but they wouldn't attack their own kind unless ordered by a Herrscher. So the Assault-class Honkai Beasts stopped thinking.

Before long, the Knight-class Honkai Beast died, having been mostly devoured. With its death, the Knight, who had collapsed to the ground, also perished, and the Rush-class Honkai began their charge.

But Jiu Xiao and Kiana, full of energy and with full bellies, weren't afraid of these Rush-class Honkai Beasts. Working together, they dispatched them in just a few minutes, stuffing them into their backpacks – this would be their food for the next few days.

Kaslana and her companion, who were observing silently from afar, couldn't help but look at each other.

"That Knight-class Honkai Beast died a truly tragic death."

"Indeed. But the Kaslana Gunfight Technique that Miss used later seemed increasingly strange to me."

"Hey, everyone knows Siegfried's gunfighting is only half-baked. Do you think he can teach Kiana anything good?" (Kiana's gunfighting skills were gradually improved under Durandal's tutelage. Before that, her gunfighting was actually quite bad, mostly just Kiana's own fighting instincts.)

"But it's still amazing, it's just that her IQ... is too much like Kaslana's... but there's nothing we can do about it, since we stopped thinking after we got an external brain."

"By the way, what did the old clan chief say? Is he going to get them a new black card?"

"The old clan chief said that as long as they're not dead, let them do what they want. If they want to make money, then we can help them out."

"That's easy to handle."

However, the two regretted it not long afterward.

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"Boss, you don't want others to know you're employing child labor, do you?"

Jiu Xiao held his phone, leaned close to the foreman, and whispered threatening words like a demon. On the phone screen was a video of Kiana carrying two large sacks of bricks under the blazing sun.

Jiu Xiao and Qi Yana originally planned to work to earn money, and then they saw this job posting that paid 7000 yuan a day for manual labor. No, this posting was practically flying over and hitting them in the face.

Kiana exclaimed that she was making a fortune, then dragged Jiu Xiao to the address written on the advertisement. The foreman didn't ask for any information and just told Kiana and Jiu Xiao to start working.

If that were all, it wouldn't be so bad, but the job involved the two of them moving a bunch of bricks here and there, back and forth. Sensing something was wrong, Jiu Xiao secretly took a few photos, and that's how this scene unfolded.

"Kid, you've successfully silenced me." Kaslana's family member, disguised as a foreman, felt like a dozen alpacas were running through his mind. "I wasn't thinking about anything else. I just wanted to get you some money; I didn't care about anything else."

"Don't change the subject. I feel like you're just messing with me and Kiana. That silly girl Kiana really thinks she can get 7000 yuan a day, and she's still working like an idiot."

I originally thought that moving bricks was quite profitable, but you're making Kiana and me move things here and there, then back here and back there again.

"What good will this do you? Isn't this just messing with me and Kiana?" Jiuxiao pointed at Kiana, who was still grinning foolishly and working hard carrying bricks, and then looked at the foreman with even more resentment.

"That girl always believes that everyone is kind. If you dare to hurt her, I'll let you taste my fist."

"Ahem...actually, I noticed you two siblings a long time ago," the foreman coughed awkwardly, then took out two bulging red envelopes from his pocket and handed them to Jiu Xiao. "I was thinking of helping you two out, but I was afraid you wouldn't appreciate it, so I pulled this stunt."

Jiu Xiao looked at the stacks of Mao Zedong bills inside the red envelope, then at the foreman with a simple, honest smile. He took a few steps back and began searching around the construction site.

"It's alright, calm down... First, calm down... and find where the time machine is."

Finally, Jiu Xiao, his face deathly pale, knelt beside the pit he had just dug.

"Time machines don't even exist!" The foreman laughed, pulling Jiu Xiao up, patting him on the shoulder, and pointing to Kiana in the distance. "Let that silly girl stop. Now that she knows the truth, there's no need to continue."

"Oh...okay...thank you..."

Jiuxiao ran over and stopped Kiana, telling her she didn't need to work anymore, that they had already received their wages. Kiana clapped her hands happily and shouted "Yay!"

Afterwards, Jiu Xiao and Qi Yana bowed to the foreman together and said thank you several times.

The foreman hurriedly pulled Kiana up. He dared not accept the young clan leader bowing to him. Although nothing was certain yet, the old clan leader had already acknowledged it, so they naturally accepted it as well. (Siegfried was originally the young clan leader, but he fled the Kaslana family. During his wanderings, he met Cecilia, returned to the clan, and then spent a year marrying Shaniat as Kaslana's youngest and strongest warrior, thus openly marrying Cecilia.)

Afterwards, the contractor invited Kiana and the others to dinner, which Jiu Xiao initially wanted to refuse. Not only because the contractor had given them money, but also because Kiana ate so much, it felt a bit unfair to the kind and helpful contractor. If she ate too much, the contractor would have to spend money; if she ate too little, Kiana wouldn't be full.

But the contractor's attitude was clearly very firm; he grabbed Jiu Xiao and Qi Yana's hands and led them into the restaurant. To Jiu Xiao and Qi Yana's surprise, the contractor also had a huge appetite!

The meal lasted from afternoon until evening. The foreman, citing the reason of helping them to the end, booked a hotel room for the two of them, chatted with them for a while, and then left.

Chapter 16 Departure, Destination: Thousand Feather Academy

Kiana was exceptionally happy after earning money through her own labor today and having a big meal tonight. She was humming a song and skipping around.

A genuine smile is contagious. Jiu Xiao was also very happy to see Kiana so cheerful, but he was also worried about what the road ahead would be like.

The TV was playing programs randomly. Kiana leaned against Jiuxiao, who was holding a book called "Houmu Adventure" and telling Kiana the story of the Houmu King.

"Academy City is located on the outskirts of Changkong City in the Far East region. This Academy City is home to the world's most advanced equipment and facilities. Its educational institutions cover all levels, from preschool education to specialized high-tech academies. It houses various unique academies such as Chiba Academy and Familiar Academy. Chiba Academy, in particular, is an independent girls' school dedicated to creating the perfect girl for the new era..." (Based on speculation, the Far East region is Japan, and Changkong City is Yokohama, Japan.)

Halfway through the program, an interesting commercial break began, during which an advertisement for the Far East's Academy City was playing.

Kiana's ahoge (cowlick) twitched; she seemed to have noticed some key word.

"World, Perfect Girl, Thousand Feather Academy... Nine Heavens, Nine Heavens, my beautiful girl sensor is reacting!" Kiana grabbed Nine Heavens' arm and excitedly pointed to her ahoge (cowlick).

"Why does your ahoge have this function, you bastard? It's just like some pile driver that knows there's a female sorceress nearby as soon as its badge moves." Jiuxiao turned into a merciless吐槽 machine and relentlessly吐槽ed.

He pinched Kiana's ahoge (cowlick) with one hand and her little face with the other. His head was so itchy... Oh no, was he about to grow a brain?

"Speaking of which, Kiana is only 12 years old this year, it's time for her to go to school. How about going to that Chiba Academy? There will be many peers like you there, Kiana should make a lot of friends."

"I don't want to go to school! I see all those girls who go to school sitting in classrooms every day, I can't stand being stuck there all the time." Kiana slapped Jiuxiao's hand away and stuck out her tongue. "I just thought my stinky dad is a pervert, there must be lots of beautiful girls at Chiyu Academy, Dad will definitely go there, let's go there and wait for him!" (In Honkai Impact 2, Kiana went to Chiyu Academy because she detected the Honkai reactor underground, while in Honkai Impact 3, she actually went to Chiyu Academy because she thought Siegfried was a pervert and would go there.)

"Wow, even my paramecium can speak four-character idioms now. But I think you're just drooling over those pretty girls."

"I'm not a paramecium! Although I do have a thing for pretty girls, finding my dad is more important."

"Then we need to hurry on our journey. The advertisement says that Qianyu Academy is about to start. We're still quite far from there. We'll find you a job in Changkong City to earn some tuition fees later."

"I don't want to go to school, I just want to go and take a look."

"Yes, yes, whatever Kiana says..."

After chatting for a long time, Kiana got sleepy and went to sleep first. Jiuxiao looked at some information about Qianyu Academy for a while, planned the next route, and then rested.

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[Tsk tsk tsk, so in the end they still went down the same old path to Chiyu Academy... What a boring fate... I need to prepare something for Jiuxiao so that he can get through what's going to happen at Chiyu Academy.]

"Hey, hey, hey, is the real body here? Send me some power or Herrscher core." The white-haired girl inside the Stigmata began calling out to the real body from another world.

“Sometimes I feel like you’re not like me.” A clear, yet oppressive voice echoed in the Sacred Mark space.

"Of course I'm not like you. I'm just a stigmata consciousness with your memories. Aren't I the real you now, Kiana Kaslana? You've forgotten who you used to be!"

"Whatever, countless billions of years have passed. If it weren't for the fact that half of my body is still with me, I probably would have gone mad long ago. Now I just hope that the Nine Heavens of Penglai Temple can really come to me to save me or kill me."

[Don't be ridiculous, your half-body is just a puppet. You might as well go look at Raiden Mei, who still exists in the real world.]

"You've talked too much. Take your power and get out of here."

【You yelled at me? You actually yelled at me? Fine, I won't argue with you. The fact that you yelled at me means you still have some feelings left. If you didn't, I'd better cut off all contact with you and go live with Jiu Xiao.】

By the way, he's really nice to Kiana!

"..."

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In the early morning, Jiu Xiao felt that the Stigmata on his hand was a little different than usual, but he didn't think much of it. After all, the Stigmata was part of his body; it couldn't possibly harm him, right? Maybe Miss Stigmata had pulled some trick up her sleeve again? (Raiden Mei: Ah, right, right, the Stigmata wouldn't harm me.)

After washing up, Jiu Xiao braided Kiana's hair into two pigtails. They ate a simple breakfast and then set off. They had originally planned to buy plane tickets, but neither of them had identification or any other documents. Taking a car was too slow; they couldn't go as fast as they could on their own. Besides, Kiana didn't like traveling by car; she preferred to travel with Jiu Xiao.

Kiana hadn't even had a chance to truly experience the world's kindness before Siegfried left her. But now, Jiuxiao was taking her to see all the world's wonders and experience the joys and sorrows of life, which was wonderful, and she loved it.

However, Jiu Xiao wasn't going to indulge her. Knowing the destination, the sooner the better. He downloaded a map on his phone and planned the shortest and most convenient route.

Kiana originally planned to go to Europe to find Siegfried, but Jiuxiao thought that since they were just searching aimlessly anyway, they might as well go to Shenzhou, a country similar to their original world, first. So Kiana, who was supposed to wander in Europe for a month or two before going to the Far East, directly bypassed Europe and went to the Far East.

Fortunately, we arrived in the Far East first, so it will be faster to get to the Far East. If we had to go from Europe to the Far East and then to the Far East, we probably wouldn't have made it in time for the start of the semester.

So they traveled for two months, enduring wind and rain, but finally arrived at a coastal port in China. After buying tickets to the Far East, the two of them boarded the train with their large and small bags.

Jiuxiao is currently 15 years old, but due to the enhancement from the Holy Mark, she has already reached a height of 1.7 meters. Although Jiuxiao looks like a beautiful girl after going through puberty, her voice still reveals her gender. (Female and male voices are different, and it's generally easy to tell them apart.)

Kiana is 12 years old and only about 1.1 meters tall. Her chubby little face and sunny smile make people on the street think they are a family on a trip.

Jiu Xiao took it as if they were saying he and Kiana were a couple, and shamelessly admitted it every time. Kiana was still quite shy, and would blush with embarrassment each time. She obviously also thought the strangers were saying she and Jiu Xiao were a couple, but she didn't object.

Chapter 17 Enrolling in Qianyu Academy

After drifting at sea for some time, we finally arrived in Japan. We took the Shinkansen and arrived in Nagasora City that same day.

Jiu Xiao and his companion only had a few thousand coins between them, thanks to the many kind people they encountered along the way, even though they still went hungry and drifted for a long time. (Kaslana's family: That's right, it's us again.)

After calculating that there was still some time before the registration period for Chiyu Academy, Jiuxiao and Kiana rented an apartment near Academy City.

It's incredibly expensive, and the space isn't very large. The bedroom only has a tatami mat, no bed, but thankfully the landlord thoughtfully provided a set of bedding. The kitchen and bedroom are separated by only a wall and a door. The kitchen is tiny, barely big enough for one person to move around in; a small refrigerator and stove take up most of the space. The entryway is directly opposite the kitchen, and the bathroom is in a partitioned area within the bedroom. It's small but complete; you could say it's habitable, but the cramped space might feel a bit oppressive.

However, Jiu Xiao didn't care. After all, he had slept on the streets before, so he didn't have to worry about it raining halfway through his sleep or Kiana rolling away and disappearing. That was enough for Jiu Xiao.

Kiana didn't care much; she was content as long as someone was with her. After all, Siegfried was utterly inhuman; the time Kiana and he could call each other father and daughter was only a short year. If Siegfried had stayed with her all along, it wouldn't have been so bad, but he gave Kiana a ray of light and then vanished without a trace. If I had never seen the light, I could have endured the darkness.

A ray of light shines into the abyss. If it continues to shine, it will be salvation for the creatures within. But if it is only a fleeting light, then it will be the greatest evil in the world.

The landlord thoughtfully prepared a lot of things, so Jiuxiao didn't have to spend money on furniture. They didn't have much luggage; most of it was food.