Let the Bizarre Adventure of the Joestars begin.

“Go and awaken a 508-year-old… young girl,” Miss Jeanne explained, though in a sense, the description was quite accurate.

The cherry blossoms were still falling. Miss Jeanne and Sirin were drinking tea under the cherry blossom tree like old people, while Bronya was playing games and eating her bento.

Kiana, meanwhile, walked through the darkness, completely bewildered, rescuing the 508-year-old girl.

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I spent two hours thinking about Kallen and Yae Sakura's ages today, and finally came up with an answer that isn't really an answer, since it wasn't written in the story.

The next chapter is a side story.

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Honkai Impact 3rd: Side Story - Those People

New Year's Day, January 1st is New Year's Day, which is considered the Spring Festival in the Far East. Of course, I don't know why Miss Na is more enthusiastic about celebrating New Year's Day.

But it's not a big problem. Since Miss Jeanne wants to celebrate New Year's Day, Cecilia and Sirin can just spend it with her. It's not a big deal anyway.

"What are we supposed to eat for New Year's Day? Oh well, it's just a day, so I won't be too picky." With that thought in mind, Miss Jeanne ended up buying two stacks of dumpling wrappers from the market.

Although I remembered halfway there that there were two big eaters at home, I quickly went back to the market and bought three more stacks of dumpling wrappers.

'I wonder if Kiana likes chives, although she seems to like them quite a bit.' Miss Kiana thought to herself as she walked down the street carrying a bag of chives and minced meat.

Suddenly, the phone rang.

"Jeanne, have you finished shopping? Kiana keeps saying she wants to eat, so I'll have some snacks for her to tide her over." It was Cecilia's urging voice on the other end of the phone.

"I'm almost there. You should try to calm those two naughty kids at home first," Miss Jeanne said to the person on the other end of the phone. Although these words did nothing to speed up her journey home, as for Sirin, she was unfortunately busy with other things and couldn't help Miss Jeanne get home any faster. As for Su Ri'an, he just needed to come home for dinner.

"By the way, could you buy more? Yae Sakura and JoJo are both coming here, so remember to buy more." Hearing what the other person said, Miss Jeanne was speechless, because with so many people, it would be more appropriate to use another method.

“If they’re all coming, Cecilia, you’d better just call and order ten or twenty kilograms.” With that, Miss Jeanne came up with another way to solve the problem.

“That seems to make sense, but will today’s delivery service be up to par?” While agreeing with Miss Jeanne’s opinion, Cecilia raised a new question.

"Why do you think Celine isn't coming back?" Then, Miss Jeanne's question directly enlightened Cecilia.

"Sorry, I forgot. I'll just order thirty kilograms then." Cecilia said this and hung up the phone.

"Anyway, let me get what I have back first." Saying this, Miss Jeanne quickened her pace slightly.

"Well, that's what she said," Cecilia said, looking at the group of people sitting in the living room.

"Old man, what do you think that woman will come back?" A burly man, still wearing a school uniform even indoors, asked another burly man sitting on the other side.

“Ah Qiang, what are you saying about your great-grandmother? But if Grandma Sirin hadn’t been away, Grandma Jeanne would probably have been back soon. But now, I can’t say for sure.” Joseph speculated about when Miss Jeanne would return home.

"The dumplings must be delicious," Kallen asked Yae Sakura, who was sitting next to her.

"Considering Miss Jeanne's taste, she shouldn't disappoint us... right?" Yae Sakura couldn't give a good answer to Kallen's question, because she had only ever tasted dumplings herself.

"I wonder if Jeanne has bought any dumplings that suit my taste." But for Dior, whether they taste good or not is another matter entirely.

"Hey Dior, don't just blurt out your preferences like that." Jojo said, giving Dior a light punch.

"We have Dio's favorite foods here, they're in the refrigerator." Cecilia, who knew exactly who Dio was, also knew exactly what the 'dumplings' Dio was talking about were.

"By the way, Dior, everyone here knows about your food, so there's no need to hide it so much."

"Thank you so much, Cecilia-neechan." However, Dio didn't really feel grateful for Cecilia's kindness. Although Cecilia and Jojo knew that Dio was just being tsundere, Jojo still thanked Cecilia on Dio's behalf.

"Well, it's nothing," Cecilia said casually, indicating that she didn't care about the matter.

"Kiana, you're so weak." Bronya, who had easily defeated Kiana's character with a single hand, mocked Kiana in this way.

"You're just too strong." Kiana really had no desire to compete against Bronya, who was permanently ranked third in the game.

Well, first is Cecilia, second is Otto, and third is Bronya. If all three of them have played this game, then this is the top ranking.

Cecilia smiled as she looked at the two children playing a game. Looking at those two children always reminded Cecilia of the three children she had adopted, even though one of them was her biological child.

Those three children are probably adventuring all over the world right now.

Cecilia recalled the words the three children had said before they left, and a smile unconsciously crept onto her face again.

But soon, a knock on the door interrupted Cecilia's reverie.

"Hello, I..."

"Kallen, she's here to see you." Cecilia said, looking at the man with the green hair. After all, Karen was the only person he could find here.

"I've already told you, Otto, I don't want to see you right now." It was clear that Kallen was still very angry about what Otto had done.

So after saying that, Karen closed the door immediately.

Otto didn't stop him, after all, he knew best what he had done, so he could only obediently go home.

Not long after Otto left, Miss Jeanne finally returned home.

"Cecilia, I'm back." Miss Jeanne said to Cecilia, carrying a bag of minced pork and chives and dumpling wrappers.

"Yes, welcome home. Everyone's going to make dumplings today." Taking the things from Miss Jeanne's hands, she turned around and spoke to everyone squatting in the living room.

Of course, everyone's response was different, but they all expressed the same meaning.

"Yale yaale, thief!" Miss Jeanne looked at the people sitting in the room and casually uttered the verbal tic of one of her great-great-grandchildren.

"What are you still looking at? Come and help, Jeanne." In the end, Cecilia said this and pulled Miss Jeanne to make dumplings as well.

When they were halfway through making the dumplings, Sirin returned with thirty pounds of dumpling wrappers and other things. Of course, the Herrscher Sirin and the human Sirin returned together. (Actually, Kiana and Kallen mainly ate the dumplings.)

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It's finished! I was having some writer's block at first, but it went smoothly after adding most of the characters. (laughs)

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Honkai Stone Gate: Chapter 20 Yae Sakura

Yae Village is supposed to be a place of beautiful mountains and clear waters... but let's remove the "beautiful waters" part. Who knows why Yae Village would suffer from drought despite having such a large river nearby?

"Anyway, let's figure out where we are first." Kiana looked around at the Japanese-style decorations.

'The decor here seems to be Japanese style, but it's not just a simple Japanese style.' Kiana looked around at the decorations, confirming her current location.

'If what your mother said is true, this place should be related to the shrine maiden who was corrupted by Honkai energy.' Although she wasn't entirely sure of her current location, Kiana still used her mother's instructions to determine her position.

Judging from the view outside the door, this must be a wealthy family's residence.

"You're awake?" A priestess who was about to enter the room asked Kiana, who had already woken up.

Looking at the person's face and other features, Kiana could say with certainty that the person was the girl she had seen under the cherry blossom tree before.

"You can't get up yet, you're badly injured," the cherry blossom-colored girl reminded Kiana.

It was because of this reminder that Kiana noticed she was lying in bed and that her right arm was bandaged, confirming that she was indeed injured.

"Ah, oh, I see." Although she was puzzled as to why she was suddenly injured, she decided to just do as the shrine maiden said.

"However, now that you're awake, you can drink this medicine yourself." The cherry blossom-colored girl said this as she placed the medicine on Kiana's bedside table.

"Ah."

"However, there will be some topical medication afterwards, so you'll need to take off your clothes." The next sentence startled Kiana. Although her mother, Jeanne, often applied medicine to her, Kiana wasn't sure if she could accept someone else doing it.

While it would be best to follow the priestess's advice for now, Kiana, if she had to say, wouldn't want her body wiped or anything like that, or at least wouldn't want to expose her body to unfamiliar people.

"...Alright." After a brief silence, Kiana's rationality prevailed over the thought that she shouldn't show her body to this priestess.

After slowly drinking the slightly hot medicinal soup by the bedside, Kiana turned around so that her back was facing Yae Sakura.

"Don't be nervous." The shrine maiden said this while looking at Kiana's smooth, flawless back, but perhaps she was also speaking to herself, since it was the first time the shrine maiden had wiped Kiana's body when she woke up.

"It will be over soon." The shrine maiden placed her hand on Kiana's slightly trembling waist and gently rubbed it.

Although Kiana is not unfamiliar with this kind of rubbing, after all, a few years ago Kiana was in a situation where she had to undergo this kind of rubbing almost every week.

The main reason for this incident was that Kiana's training volume was too high during that period. Whether it was muscle soreness or something else, it left Ms. Kiana unable to move every night, but she had to continue training the next day. That's why Kiana maintained a physical conditioning session once a week.

Of course, while Kiana was recuperating, she was still unable to move, so she had to obediently let Miss Jeanne do everything.

'However, the shrine maiden's hands feel a little different from Jeanne's mother's.' Although something felt off, Kiana suddenly compared the shrine maiden to Jeanne for some reason.

Of course, if I had to say something, Jeanne's hands are a bit softer, and they don't feel like the hands of a housewife or a well-trained warrior. After all, even Kiana has a few calluses on her hands after being chased and trained by Jeanne for so long.

However, Jeanne, who is far more capable than Kiana, has no calluses on her hands at all, as if she has great strength without any training.

Kiana could understand why Sirin's mother didn't have calluses, since Sirin's mother was a Herrscher, and it's understandable that Herrschers don't need training.

Now, Yae Sakura, who is massaging Kiana's waist, also has calluses on her hands. Although Kiana may not feel them very clearly, they are definitely calluses.

However, after considering the current time, Kiana realized that having calluses on her hands didn't seem to be a problem.

"Oh, by the way, that box you were carrying, I put it on the cabinet in your room." The shrine maiden's words revealed another little bit of information to Kiana.

"You were holding that box even when you were unconscious, so it must have been very important to you."

"No, no, it's just an ordinary box." Kiana, who didn't know what the box represented, could only give an answer that she wasn't sure if it counted as an answer.

However, considering that in this story's setting, if she was holding that box even when she was unconscious, it must be something very important. Furthermore, considering that the Kaslana family appeared in the Far East, that box must have a lot of problems.

However, Kiana couldn't quite put her finger on what the problem was, since she had never learned anything about her family's history, which was understandable.

"What a beautiful place." Kiana, having put her clothes back on, said this while looking out the window. Although she seemed to be marveling at the view, she actually wanted to strike up a conversation with the shrine maiden and obtain new information.

However, it seems that the shrine maiden did not guess what Kiana wanted to do.