"Oh? You two are going to play games?"
After dinner, Himeko, who was about to say something, saw that they were going to play games and couldn't help but scratch her head.
"Ah, never mind. You two lovebirds have fun! I'm heading out~"
She'd just talk about it later; it wasn't a big deal anyway.
"What lovebirds?! Himeko, don't talk nonsense! It's just a very pure friendship!"
Kiana was very sure that being called something like that when their relationship was uncertain would lead to a drop in affection!
"Yes, yes, yes, pure enough, I believe you. Do you want me to come back tonight?"
Touching her chin, Himeko asked very seriously.
"What does your coming or not coming back have to do with me?!"
It was too difficult to have an old perverted aunt in the dorm!
Didn't she see that Mei's expression wasn't looking so good?!
"Um… Himeko was just joking…"
Mei felt a little disappointed, perhaps because… Kiana emphasized their friendship.
However, even if it was just friendship, that was fine; she just needed to… be by Kiana's side.
"Don't mention that. Let's play games instead, though I'm not very good at it, since I rarely play these…"
"It's alright! The most important thing about playing games is… playing together! Not winning or losing~"
Seeing Mei seem a bit awkward, Kiana proactively pulled Mei to play games to distract her.
Seriously! Didn't Himeko know to clearly see their situation?!
"Kiana, are there Sakura Trees near the Academy?"
In the game, they happened to encounter a Sakura Tree level. Such scenes often appeared in games, so Mei couldn't help but ask.
"I don't know~! And even if there were, it's not the blooming season now. They usually bloom in March or April. What we saw in Chang Kong City was just an accident, probably due to the Herrscher's influence!"
Speaking of this, Kiana couldn't help but wonder about that Sakura Tree, but considering its connection to the Herrscher of Corruption from the previous era, she decided against it.
"That's really… a bit of a shame. I quite like Sakura Trees…"
The Sakura Tree witnessed what happened between her and Kiana. Mei loved the Sakura Tree by association, but unfortunately, it wasn't the season for them.
"Then let's go see the Sakura Trees together next year!"
Kiana remembered the Sakura Tree very clearly; it was a very important part of her and Mei's meeting.
Perhaps she could re-enact the scene!
"Next year, huh? It feels a bit long, but I'm really looking forward to seeing the Sakura Trees with you, Kiana!"
No matter how long the days were, as long as she thought about spending them with Kiana, Mei no longer felt they were long.
"Then it's a promise! Hmm… let's pinky swear! Whoever breaks the promise is a puppy!"
Kiana held out her hand; this was very important!
"There's no need for that… We're both at the Academy, so we won't have time to go out."
However, Mei also held out her hand and pinky swore.
Although it wasn't a promise under a Sakura Tree, it could still be considered a Sakura Tree promise.
"Ah, it's already this late…"
Talking about sakura, Kiana finally noticed the time. Bronya was almost done.
"Is there anything else Kiana needs to do?"
Mei stopped playing the game and asked casually.
"To see Bronya. She had surgery, and it won't do for her to be unattended. Mei, do you want to come along!"
Someone who just had surgery could be said to be very fragile.
"And, while we're at it, let's give her this Homu toy~"
This was something she had promised Bronya before. Since she used Bronya's movie ticket, she had to give her the toy.
"…"
It's Bronya again.
"Ah, of course, Mei, you don't have to give her yours, since there are two~!"
Kiana thought Bronya had considered this situation.
"I want…"
What she wanted wasn't that toy, but… the toy Kiana gave her.
The meaning of these two was completely different.
"Mei, do you want to go see Bronya together?"
When Kiana heard Mei's words, she thought of this, after all, she had just asked Mei if she wanted to go.
And in her impression, the two had a good relationship.
"Hmm, let's go together. It's a good opportunity to make some easily digestible food for her to eat!"
Mei stood up, then sighed.
She felt that she might not have replenished enough Kiana elements this week, which led to Bronya frequently interrupting her time with Kiana, making her a bit anxious.
As expected, it's better to proactively go with Kiana to find Bronya. That way, there won't be any problems.
"Oh, easily digestible food is indeed needed after surgery. As expected of Mei! Super thoughtful!"
"It's alright…"
In short, after Mei finished preparing the food for Bronya, the two went to the place where Bronya was hospitalized.
Walking into the Academy's hospital, Bronya had already been transferred from the laboratory.
The overwhelming smell was that of disinfectant. It seemed that all hospitals were like this.
She suspected that the disinfectant used for sterilization was all from the same brand.
"Bronya! We came to see you! We even prepared easily digestible food, you can eat it later! By the way, can you eat when the head wound hasn't healed? Will the stitches come undone while eating?"
Arriving at Bronya's room, it was a single room, and a luxurious one at that. Everything one could need was there, it could completely serve as a living room.
The other rooms were similar. The environment of St. Freya Academy was really good… No wonder Theresa didn't have much money.
"…So noisy, Idiot Kiana."
Just waking up from paralysis, Bronya said weakly.
"Ah… Sorry, sorry. I was just too excited to see that Bronya you were safe and sound."
Kiana lowered her voice and said softly.
"…The treatment equipment is very advanced. The wound has already healed. The weakness is more due to the body's own reasons and needs gradual adjustment."
The voice was too low, but it wasn't inaudible, so Bronya gave up on correcting her.
"Ah haha, that's a relief then. Otherwise, Mei's thoughtfulness would have been wasted. Do you want me to peel an apple?"
"…"
Do you think she's in a state to eat an apple?!
"Alright, I don't have much experience nursing patients… Um, I'll go out and ask!"
Seeing that she had stepped on several of Bronya's landmines consecutively, even with her thick skin, Kiana felt too embarrassed to stay there.
Stepping out the door, she saw Himeko waving at her at the end of the corridor.
The surrounding nurses from before had all left.
"What is it? Aunt Himeko?"
So she could only walk over to greet her. It seemed they really had something to tell her.
"Call me big sister!"
Himeko hugged Kiana and rubbed her forcefully to correct the address.
"Anyway, there's just one thing I need to tell you, which is that when we were routinely monitoring Mei's Honkai energy, we discovered a fluctuation."