Honkai Impact: Grandma Pine Sparrow is still chasing me!

Chapter 111 Another Letter

"Are you leaving already? Don't you want to stay at the base a few more days?"

After stuffing the souvenirs she had just bought into her suitcase, Qiong looked at Anna who came to say goodbye at the door.

After all, his mission was complete, and his plan could only go this far, so why not leave? As for staying a few more days…

"Come on, senior, what are you doing here? Besides..."

Qiong thought of a certain blonde, blue-eyed Valkyrie from the Snow Lotus Squad.

"Senior Mia is so enthusiastic..."

He really didn't know how to deal with the Valkyrie who rushed over and asked him to go out with her.

"Haha, that's true." Anna covered her mouth and laughed. Faced with Mia's infatuation, Qiong could only avoid her.

Qiong pulled her suitcase, preparing to leave the Manila base quietly without alerting most people.

"Don't forget, whoever becomes an A-rank Valkyrie must leave the vice-captain position to the other!"

"Even if you forget, I won't forget!"

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By the time Qiong arrived at the Far East Branch, it was already evening.

"St. Freya Academy, I'm back! I wonder how they've been these past two weeks? Hmm?"

As Qiong, carrying her suitcase, walked to the locked gate, she stared at the white fluffy ball that had emerged from the wall and fell into deep thought.

The case is solved. You sneaked out to play late at night, huh?

Qiong coughed lightly, deliberately making a sound.

"Himeko-neechan, what are you doing here?"

"Aunt Himeko? Let me explain!"

Kiana froze at the sound, stammering in her defense. She slowly turned her head, revealing a panicked face, but upon closer inspection, Himeko was nowhere to be seen.

There was only one dead gray-haired guy who left without saying goodbye and returned without saying goodbye.

"Dead gray hair?"

Qiong raised an eyebrow and looked at her with amusement.

"Kiana, why are you out so late instead of sleeping at home? Are you waiting for your dear Qiong-ge to come back?"

"Why were we waiting for you, you bastard! You finally know how to come back!"

Kiana jumped down from the wall and patted the sky with a hint of anger.

"I just came out for some fresh air, you know? I didn't sneak out to play."

Kiana was about to run away when Sora grabbed her by the collar.

"Come on, do you think I don't know you? Tell me, has the headmaster eaten too much bitter melon and wants to eat something else?"

Kiana immediately deflated like a punctured balloon, muttering an admission.

"I was hungry, and bitter melon for dinner was really hard to swallow!"

"So you've always hated bitter melon? I thought you were just a naughty kid..."

"Auntie? When did you get your period?"

The door opened, and a thoroughly frustrated Theresa walked out.

“I’ve been here ever since you started talking about Himeko.”

"Doesn't that mean you heard everything?"

It's unclear what Theresa was thinking, but after that, she announced that she would no longer stop Kiana from going to Himeko's house for meals, which earned her a joyful smile from Kiana.

Maybe she's really not suited to cooking? But last time Yae Sakura helped her taste the food, she kept saying it was delicious!

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"If you don't eat bitter melon, go find Mei!"

"Alright, alright, you're so happy about getting a free meal."

Kiana shook her head; Little Gray, who hadn't experienced the bitterness of hell, couldn't possibly understand her feelings.

"No, you don't understand! You have no idea how much Aunt Flo loves bitter melon! To thank you for helping me stop eating bitter melon, I'll forgive you for leaving without saying goodbye!"

"Should I thank Sister Qi for her magnanimity?"

"Hmm, of course! Oh, by the way, let me tell you something else."

Although Bronya advised her not to say it.

Looking around, there was no one. Besides the moon, there wasn't even a bird in the sky. Safe!

"Just say what's on your mind, why all the secrecy?"

"A girl wants to ask you out!"

According to Kiana's plan, this "wonderful thing" should be brought to fruition, for Sora's sake and for her own.

"I've been finding letters like this in many places these past few days."

Kiana pulled several envelopes from her pocket, all of them pink, addressed to Qiong.

“That girl sent you the same love letter for seven days in a row, but since you weren’t there, we accepted it for you.”

Someone likes him? Qiong was suddenly struck by a realization. Although he didn't intend to accept it, no matter what, someone liked him!

Qiong excitedly snatched the letters and opened each one.

"Actually, the content is pretty much the same—anyway, it's always 9 AM on a certain day of the week, see you at Houmu Paradise."

"Have you seen it?"

"Mei and Bronya watched it together! Ugh! What is this?!"

Kiana, who was suddenly getting excited while speaking, almost tripped and fell over because she didn't know what she was stepping on.

"You lied, and now you're getting your comeuppance?"

"You're the one who's getting your comeuppance! I was just telling the truth, I wasn't watching where I was going! Another letter?"

Kiana felt something was off. Although letters had been arriving for a week, she hadn't received any in the past week. Why was another one suddenly coming?

"Powder blue? It's not quite the same as the previous pink one."

Kiana picked up the letter from the ground, looked at it in the moonlight, and then opened it without even realizing it.

"Kiana, isn't it impolite to open someone else's letter?"

"What other people?"

Kiana glanced at Qiong.

"This is yours!"

Qiong: ...

"Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, at the gate of St. Freya Academy, see you there, see you there, see you there—wow, this message...you haven't replied in so long, did you make someone angry?"

"Give me!"

Qiong snatched the letter away, but couldn't stop Kiana from speaking.

"Hey, hey, hey, did you meet up with some girl before? Otherwise, how would she know exactly when you'd be back? It wouldn't be polite not to go, would it? Don't worry, don't worry, your sister Qi won't let Mei and the others know!"

But once they figured it out themselves, it had nothing to do with me...

Faced with Sora's love problems, Kiana used all her brainpower.

Qiong's mind was racing. Looking at the letter in his hand, he was utterly puzzled. He tried hard to recall any girls he knew, but he couldn't figure out who would write him a letter, and who would know exactly when he arrived at the academy and deliver it to him…

Most importantly, there was no one around! After Kiana said it was his letter, Qiong immediately looked around—like Kiana, he found nothing.

Could it be a ghost who likes him?

Let's change the subject; we'll talk about this tomorrow.

"Kiana, how are the Arlene sisters doing?"

Cocolia should have taken them away, right?

"You mean those two girls who defied entropy? Bronya said they've already gone back, and to ensure their safety, Yae-sensei escorted them back!"

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"Mom, we're back!"

Rosalia hugged Cocolia as soon as she returned to prevent her from getting angry.

"It's good that you're back, it's good that you're back..."

"Oh right, we saw Bronya, and we almost rescued her!"

With her deadpan expression, Lilia mercilessly exposed her sister's lie.

"Actually, we were caught from the very beginning, and Rosalia even revealed a lot of things."

"Although we failed, we gained a huge following singing there! Every performance was sold out!"

"Actually, there were only two extra seats there, and apart from the gray-haired guy who taught us to sing, can the others really be considered our fans?"

"Lilia! Cough cough, but Mom, Lilia and I are really great as a Vodka Girl duo, and we're already gaining new fans!"

Lilia: ...

"So, Mom, the most beautiful and charming Cocolia Mom in the whole world..."

Despite knowing there was something fishy going on, Cocolia was still quite happy to see the two of them return, thanks to Rosalia's praise.

"Hmph, glib tongue... Speak, what is it?"

"Can you agree? Lilia and I want to officially debut! To leave the orphanage and spread the Vodka Girl's voice to—"

Cocolia immediately poured cold water on their enthusiasm.

"No, I disagree! Go back to your rooms and stay there! Don't force me to put you in solitary confinement!"

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I'm tired of being pressured to update, so I'll just post another chapter today...