"I'll ask Mei about what's going on with Kiana later..."
Bronya scratched her head, barely recovering from the shock that even a paramecium could pursue graduate studies.
Miracles did exist in the world - just like how she could be reborn. It wasn't impossible for Kiana to become studious.
Moreover, Kiana chose to research imaginary space, which was the domain controlled by the Herrscher of the Void.
Although current Earth no longer had the conditions for Herrschers to be born, if world line convergence existed, it made sense that Kiana would develop an interest in imaginary space.
However, without Honkai energy and without Herrschers...
Humanity's research on imaginary space in this timeline only remained at the theoretical level, still far from actual observation. Kiana probably wouldn't be able to research much, right?
Bronya briefly recalled the differences between her past and present lives, then shook her twin tails and refocused on Seele.
"Getting back to the point, since you can come over next week, Seele, I should hurry up and settle the housing situation. I need to give you somewhere to live."
"Eh, Sister Bronya already picked out houses in Nagazora City so quickly?"
Seele opened her small mouth in surprise, then said with some concern, "Buying a house is something that needs careful consideration. It's fine if I stay in a hotel - Sister Bronya doesn't need to rush."
"Don't worry, Seele. I've thought it through carefully. One house is right above the studio for convenient office work, and the other is a villa for living. Both are already decorated and just need some furniture before we can move in directly."
Bronya smiled slightly, sharing the results of house hunting with Haru yesterday, and showed Seele photos of the houses.
Seele narrowed her beautiful eyes, scanning through the photos one by one like a housekeeper calculating accounts, her serious little expression particularly adorable.
A few minutes later, the girl with black-tinged blue short hair nodded.
"These two houses both look great. As expected of Sister Bronya - your eye for things is really good!"
"Ahaha, finding suitable houses so quickly actually doesn't have much to do with Bronya. Someone helped me."
Facing Seele's praise, Bronya said modestly.
"Someone helped?"
Seele's expression showed some confusion.
Sister Bronya shouldn't have many friends in Nagazora City - who would help her?
"It's my subordinate. If he hadn't taken me around Nagazora City to look at houses, I might still be undecided about buying, and then you'd have to suffer staying in a hotel."
Bronya's face showed a trace of sweet smile that she herself didn't notice, unconsciously glancing at the King Homu on her bedside table - yesterday's gift from Haru.
Hmph, later she'd use reciprocity as an excuse to ask the Captain out to thank him, creating another conquest opportunity.
Once she had enough conquest attempts and raised the Captain's favorability above friendship level, she could try to seduce the Captain and snatch his body and soul back from that bad woman outside!
"I see. Sister Bronya seems to really like this subordinate..."
The thoughtful Seele said softly, detecting something unusual from Bronya's subtle expression changes.
"Mm, his name is Haru. He's the studio's lead artist - very capable and a good person. I'm very glad I could recruit this subordinate."
Bronya's lips curved up as she introduced him to Seele.
She'd bring the Captain back to Siberia sooner or later. Setting the groundwork now and letting Seele get to know her future brother-in-law wasn't bad - it would save everyone from being surprised later.
Thinking this, Bronya pulled out her phone and found a photo of her and Haru together.
It was taken during her first date with the Captain in this world, using the excuse of buying equipment for the studio. After shopping, they ate popsicles and took this commemorative photo.
If she weren't afraid of accidents and alerting him, she would have set this photo as her wallpaper...
Bronya sighed inwardly, then showed the photo to Seele, pointing to the cheerfully smiling young man in the picture.
"Look, that's Haru. He's helped Bronya a lot during this time."
"I-is that so? Then when Seele comes over, I must properly thank this Mr. Haru."
The moment Seele saw the photo, her pupils constricted. She froze for a while before stammering out a response.
Where Bronya couldn't see, the girl was gripping her skirt tightly, her knuckles white from excessive force, while her heart was in complete turmoil.
Fortunately, Bronya was completely focused on thinking about how to introduce her brother-in-law in a way that would make her sister accept him, and didn't notice Seele's emotional changes in the video.
Seele absent-mindedly responded with "mm" and "ah" sounds, dealing with Bronya's conversation.
They chatted like this for another ten-plus minutes...
"Sister Bronya, it's getting late. Let's chat again next time."
"Alright, goodbye Seele. When you come to Nagazora City next week, I'll take you around to have some fun."
"That really sounds exciting... See you next week, Sister Bronya."
Seele forced a smile onto her face, then hurriedly ended the video chat, leaning back in her chair and letting out a long breath.
The kind and pure girl actually wasn't good at hiding her emotions. If not for her past life experiences, she probably wouldn't have been able to stay calm.
"Other me... that person is the Captain, right?"
Seele lowered her head, reaching up to grasp her chest as if questioning the air.
The next second, her ocean-blue beautiful eyes were covered with a layer of blood-red light, and her gentle expression instantly became maniacal.
If the girl had originally been as pure and flawless as white spider lilies, then at this moment she was more like red spider lilies.
Both were legendarily flowers of the other shore - the former blooming in heaven, the latter flourishing in hell!
The reason for such a drastic contrast...
Was because the girl named Seele Vollerei had a dual personality.
"Do you even need to ask? I had a premonition when Bronya mentioned the name Haru, and the moment I saw that photo, I was one hundred percent certain!"
Seele, switched to her inner personality, grinned widely, cupping her cheeks with both hands and showing a yandere-like smile.
"It's him, it's him, it's definitely him—"
"Your and my Captain, your and my pet, and... your and my beloved!"
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