Star Railway, starting as Kiana

Kiana thought to herself and looked at Himeko behind her. After all, perhaps only Himeko could fit this label.

Kafka counts too, but she's Xing's mother, and it has nothing to do with me. I can't just say something like that because the Black Tower found out about my careless talk.

Wait a minute, if that's the case, then Cocolia also...

And Bronya?

hiss!

Thinking about it this way, Kiana suddenly felt like she had gained many more mothers, after all, Fu Xuan could be considered one too.

Wait, no, Black Tower just said to come back and look, which means the other party is at Black Tower Space Station, but Kiana really has no recollection of it at all.

"Black Tower, who is this godmother you're talking about?"

Even Estella, upon hearing Kiana's question, looked towards the Black Tower, curious as to which woman wanted to steal Kiana from her.

Fu Xuan: Huh? It wasn't me.

Cocolia: Don't look at me, Star Destroyer, don't come any closer!

Bronya Rand: Mom, I'm scared! Why are Star Destroyers coming?!

Kafka: Huh? Why is my bounty higher again?

Himeko discovered that the Black Tower seemed to have gone offline, reverting to its original automatic puppet mode.

As a result, when Black Tower disconnected, Himeko felt a gaze fixed on her. Following the direction of the gaze, she found Estella staring at her like a jealous woman.

Her little face was puffed up with anger, as if she wanted an explanation from me.

"That's what Ms. Black Tower said, I don't know either."

Himeko said that, but Estella clearly didn't believe her. After all, she knew everything about Kiana's time at the Black Tower Space Station. If Kiana wasn't at the Black Tower Space Station, then it must have happened after Kiana arrived at the train.

Unfortunately, Estádio guessed wrong.

In an experimental setting, Black Tower stared intently at the woman before him, who wore a cheongsam, exuded elegance, and emanated a sweet fragrance.

If anyone from Earth had watched the preview livestream and saw the two of them, they would have shouted, "I want to be Ms. Nguyen Mai's dog in the experiment!"

Unfortunately, the Black Tower wouldn't say that.

...

No one knows what the two said, nor does anyone know whether there was a third or even a fourth member listening in or communicating at the time.

However, the Black Tower's offline status did indeed pique the group's curiosity about Kiana, their so-called "adoptive mother."

Unfortunately, neither Kiana herself nor her nominal guardian Estella had any recollection of this person.

Estella didn't intend to think about it anymore. Kiana had finally returned, and she started acting like a doting mother, asking Kiana if she was tired, if she had eaten enough, if there was anything she wasn't used to, and if the allowance she had given her was still enough.

Seeing that Kiana's credits had barely decreased, Estella assumed that Kiana had gone to a remote place and therefore hadn't had a chance to spend money. So she went on a shopping spree to buy things for Kiana to take with her when she left.

Estella's hands didn't stop either, roaming back and forth over Kiana's body.

This almost made March 7th lose her temper.

"Hey, Kiana, you've gotten so big."

"Of course I'll knead it..."

Just as March 7 was about to say that she did it, Himeko, who was quick-witted and agile, pulled her back and sealed her mouth with the tape she had prepared for Kiana.

In front of a doting father, would you say that you raised your daughter to be the one who molded her when she grew up?

You don't want to have a good time.

However, Estelle was not referring to the development of the two large fruits in front of her, but rather to the whole body.

Upon hearing that Kiana's size had shrunk because of her own bad luck and that she would return to her original size once she recovered, Estella's eyes lit up instantly.

"Change it!"

"what?"

Qi Ya Na felt that her father's brain was a bit too slow, and she wasn't stupid at all. Why couldn't she understand what Black Tower and Estella were saying today?

"Let me pet Xiaoqi! I want to be Xiaoqi too!"

"Isn't this inappropriate in public?"

Kiana immediately wanted to find an excuse to remind Estella of the important matter, so that she wouldn't be like March 7th and Fu Xuan, constantly thinking about shrinking into cat ears.

Unfortunately, Estádio misunderstood.

"That's right, come on, let's go back inside!"

"No, Estella!"

"Quick, let me see! I just bought some nice stuff recently!"

The forgotten group exchanged glances, sensing that something was amiss. Wasn't this supposed to be their welcome?

Chapter 187: The Real Mother?

Even though she hadn't done anything, Kiana felt like she had lost something precious after leaving the room.

Looking at a bag of potato chips and the label, Kiana realized that what she had lost was a snack called "morality".

"Alright, it's not like we've never done this before. I just wanted to turn you into your childhood self and have you wear cat ears so I could take some photos. Why do you seem so hopeless?"

Kiana still looked like she had lost her dreams. Luckily, Kiana had returned to normal before leaving the house, otherwise people would have thought that the cat had suffered some kind of painful experience.

"Honey, why do you look so listless?"

That one word, "darling," instantly perked Kiana up.

Estella, who was with Kiana, and March 7, who had just arrived, also widened their eyes instantly and looked at the figure that had made the sound.

"Ms. Ruan Mei!"

Looking at this woman with a distinctly oriental air, whose clothing was remarkably similar to that of the immortal boat, and whose temperament was gentle and elegant, one hand held a pastry, while the other held a finished embroidery.

The image above is a chibi version of Qi Maomao.

When Kiana looked at her, or rather at the embroidery in her hands, Ruan Mei simply smiled and waved the embroidery in her hands.

"What, my dear student, do you like it? Or do you prefer to call me 'Mom' rather than 'Teacher'?"

“Ms. Ruan Mei, please don’t make such a joke.”

Seeing Estella blocking Kiana's way, Ruan Mei wasn't angry, even though she was a specialist in biology and was even ridiculed as a tech freak.

Now I understand why so many people choose to join the tavern and believe in pleasure, rather than following a rational path of knowledge and destiny.

Although it was just a whim to play a little trick on Kiana, she did feel a long-lost sense of joy.

"Stop fooling around, Ms. Ruan Mei."

"Eh!!!"

March 7th wasn't very familiar with Ruan Mei, but she wasn't completely unfamiliar with Ruan Mei's name either. But now Kiana was calling her teacher.

"Eh?! Kiana, what's going on here?!"

Let me explain.

If other staff members were present, their heart rate would probably be over 200 beats per minute, and it's not impossible that their heart would even stop for a moment.

Because the person who caused this incident, along with Ruan Mei, was one of the 76 members of the Genius Club, and also the monarch of the Screw Star.

But here, what many staff members care about is his status in the Genius Club.

Black Tower also came with Screw Goom, but it was not the real Black Tower, but a puppet from the vicinity.

When Kiana was being researched, Ruan Mei and Luo Sigu were also invited, or perhaps "invited" is not quite the right word; they came on their own.

By chance, Ruan Mei taught Kiana for some time, so it's not wrong for her to call herself Kiana's teacher.

As for why she calls herself a mother?

Although Screw Gum was insightful and knew the reasons behind things, this was not a matter for him to discuss.

However, neither Black Tower nor Ruan Mei seemed to have any intention of explaining themselves. Ruan Mei, in particular, had already pulled Kiana aside to discuss the biotechnology that Kiana had obtained from the Destiny Database.

As the saying goes, "A teacher for one day is a father for life."

Therefore, after Ms. Ruan Mei taught Kiana for a few days, using the etiquette of the Celestial Ship, Kiana could regard Ms. Ruan Mei as an elder, so calling her "mother" was not a problem.

"so..."

After listening to Ros Goom's story, March 7th and Estella both turned their attention to Black Tower. After all, Black Tower had mentioned Kiana's adoptive mother before. Could he be referring to Ruan Mei?

However, Black Tower was also focused on Kiana at this moment. Even if it noticed the two people staring at it, what did that have to do with it?

I was interested before, so I mentioned it.

Now that I've found a new focus, why should I explain what I said before?

The Black Tower has completely pushed itself to the extreme.

"This is a gift for you, do you like it?"

Ruan Mei quickly forgot about the biotechnology Kiana obtained from Schicksal, and instead handed the embroidery in her hand to Kiana.

At the same time, after Kiana took the embroidery, he used his free hand to pick up a pastry from the plate and fed it to Kiana.

Watching Kiana accept her feeding like a kitten, Ruan Mei felt that her research today would go very smoothly, simply because she was in a good mood.

However, both she and Black Tower were extremely interested in Otto, whom Kiana mentioned, and the scientist known as Mei.

Especially Otto, given the limited conditions at the time, his primary concern was survival.

But Otto is a man who has come into contact with the Honkai Will and has seen trees!

Both Honkai Impact 3rd and Honkai Impact 3rd mentioned trees; I wonder if there's any connection. Let's wait for Old Mi to fill in the gaps.

You should know that in the current Star Sea, the only one everyone knows about or has seen who is the God of Joy. Among the Star Gods, he is second to none in terms of both lifespan and strength.

Now that they heard that an ordinary person had actually done it, even though their faces showed no emotion, their hearts were filled with mixed feelings.

"Alright, that's all for today. It's getting late, everyone go back to your rooms and rest."

Is it getting late?

Estella looked puzzled, since the concept of time was not very meaningful in the Black Tower space station, but since the Black Tower had said so, Estella would not deliberately refute it.

It was obvious that the three members of the Genius Club had something to say, and this was a way to get the others out of the way.

However, given Black Tower's personality, he could have simply left without responding. Why go through the trouble of explaining?

Estella looked at Kiana, beginning to suspect Kiana's strange constitution.

But then she felt she was overthinking it, "That can't be right."

At Estella's request, Kiana returned to the room Estella had prepared for her. However, on March 7th, as soon as she returned to the train, she discovered that Hoshino was gone, and only Pam was preparing dinner and a late-night snack.

"Pam, where are Xing and the others?"

"Jun Jizi and the others went to the nuclear facility to inspect the supplies. I heard that Ba Xing was asked to assist with some matters and test the simulated universe fins. It seems they won't be coming back today!"

"Oh, so that means I'll be the only one on the train tonight!"

"And there's Pamyapa!"

Pam stomped her little feet, like a doll's, on the floor a few times, but March 7th didn't feel scared at all; she only felt it was cute.

When Kiana returned to her room, the first thing she did was check if anything was missing from her space.

After all, there was a precedent of this; when I went to the Honkai World, a lot of my stuff was gone. I wonder if I'll lose a lot more this time.

Fortunately, the phone that Theresa had prepared for her was still there; as for the other things, they weren't that important.

Chapter 188 The Moving Trash Can

After a quick inventory check, it seemed that not too many things were missing this time. As for whether anything was missing, there were too many items to record.

After extracting the phone data from the Honkai world and copying it back to her original phone, Kiana closed the Imaginary Space, opened the phone that Estella had prepared for her, and checked the latest messages.

Aside from some messages from acquaintances, there wasn't much else.

And so, Kiana drifted off to sleep, expecting to have a sweet dream. However, as soon as Kiana fell asleep, she saw a figure she hadn't seen in a long time.

"Long time no see! Tell me, where have you been all this time? Any new fun things to tell Aha? Aha will give you a reward."

Kiana didn't care at all about the reward Aha mentioned, but she knew that enjoying the fun alone was less enjoyable than sharing it with more people.