"That… so, what are you planning to do next?" Ana, feeling the atmosphere couldn't stay like this forever, took the initiative to break the ice, looking forward to Shun's response.
To be honest, she was very curious about Shun's experiences during this time how one person could undergo such a huge change in such a short period. However, Ana's expectations were probably going to be disappointed.
Because Shun chose to go straight with Ana. "Ana, I like you."
"Eh… Eh… W-what?!" Hearing Shun's sudden confession, Ana froze like an idiot, and the script she had prepared in her mind went straight down the drain.
Look, the kid's already overheating her face is completely red. With her CPU overloaded, Ana couldn't string a sentence together for a long time.
"So, Ana, what's your answer?" Although Shun's move was outrageous enough to get screenshotted and posted on Red Note or TikTok by the sisters, for the current Ana, the damage was no joke.
Because deep down, Ana definitely had feelings for Shun too otherwise, she wouldn't have searched for her for so long. Add to that today's events, which deepened her reliance on Shun, and finally, the Schariac family's innate talent for giving themselves away. One could only say the Schariac performance has always been very consistent.
If the three major Schicksal families were given labels: Apocalypse would be Otto, because he's been marinated through and through; Kaslana would be hot-blooded idiot plus female-oriented sexuality; then Schariac would be "free giveaway."
From Otto's little fangirl Eleanor, to Cecilia, and now Ana Schariac has always had a real talent for giving themselves away.
"I like you too…" Ana had no idea how the words came out, but they slipped right from her mouth, surprising even herself.
"So…"
"So…" Both spoke at the same time.
"We can try…" Ana was just about to say they could try dating.
"Let's get married, Ana." Before Ana could finish, she was stunned by Shun's next earth-shattering statement.
Why marriage? Shouldn't the vibe right now be "let's date first"? How did it fast-forward this much?
Ana felt like things were progressing like riding a rocket she'd probably already escaped Earth's gravity by now.
"Maybe because in Shenzhou people's eyes, all dating is meant to lead to marriage."
(Part here was censored, sorry.)
Ana understood Shenzhou culture, and of course she knew how great a literary figure, thinker, revolutionary, educator, artist, calligrapher, and democratic fighter Mr. Lu Xun was.
Since Shun was from Shenzhou, it was normal for her to have some of those ideological views.
Unfortunately, Ana didn't surf the internet much and didn't know that young Shenzhou people loved pulling out lines like that hanging a sheep's head to sell dog meat.
Stuff like "Obito carrying the boy" was what netizens loved most.
"Ana, are you willing to marry me?" Ana got completely looped in by Shun, because even dating with marriage as the goal didn't mean jumping straight to marriage.
"Ah, oh, okay I mean… I do. Is that alright?" Ana said this was her first marriage, she had zero experience, so she was a bit stammering.
"Good, very spirited. Then Ana, sign here." Shun seemed prepared long ago and pulled out a marriage certificate but it was in japanese language.
"Why is it the japanese version?" Ana took the half-signed marriage certificate, feeling a bit puzzled.
"Aren't you from Shenzhou, Shun?" Yeah, why? Of course because Shun and Ana didn't meet the domestic marriage age requirements yet.
In Shenzhou, men need to be 22 and women 20 to marry, but in japan, it's men 18 and women 16. Plus, marrying in japan made it convenient to go to japan branch.
As for the hassle of procedures? What a joke my adopted son Gray Serpent is invincible.
"Is this all it takes?" Without much hesitation, Ana signed the other half. She could hardly believe that once it was legally processed, she and Shun would become a married couple recognized by laws worldwide.
Their relationship would jump straight from "friends-plus-more-than-friends-but-not-quite-lovers" across several levels to "husband and wife."
While Ana was still pondering this, Shun had already pushed their beds together.
"Anyway, we're fiancés now, so sleeping in the same bed is totally normal, right!" Shun said this with full confidence, and Ana didn't see any issue with it.
Fortunately, Shun's hands stayed relatively honest she just held Ana's waist like a "normal person" and didn't grope around.
Though they were fiancés now, the relationship had jumped too fast Ana probably couldn't accept that kind of thing so quickly.
A long time passed like this, until suddenly Ana spoke.
"Shun, are you asleep?"
"If you're asleep, then I'll sleep." It was her first time lying in the same bed with a girl other than her mother how could Shun fall asleep so fast?
Don't let Shun's old-driver face fool you; these days, who's not theory maxed but practical zero?
"That's good. By the way, I have something to give you." Ana fumbled at her neck, took off a long, thin object, and placed it in Shun's hand.
"This is…" Shun held it, her tone uncertain it seemed to be a necklace.
"This is the most important thing I have. I want to give it to you."
"Is this… a token of our love?" Shun naturally recognized this necklace that also appeared in the game.
"Y-yeah, I guess so." After giving the necklace, Ana went silent like she'd muted herself no matter how Shun nudged her, she didn't respond.
Okay, looks like the little girl got shy after boldly giving out a love token.
Brothers, today I picked up a rich lady she wants to come home with me.
Since Ana wasn't responding for the moment, in the dark, it was just Shun's solo monologue.
"Ana, remember what I said at the beginning about Tokyo Skytree, Meiji Shrine, and Tokyo Disneyland?"
"Those aren't my memories they're places the male and female leads went on a date in a book I read. But I want to go there with you, Ana."
"I want to create our own story together…"
"Mm…" In the pitch-black darkness, Ana's soft voice came through.
Volume 1: Manila Major Honkai Eruption – End