Chapter 50: Kiana: Guilty and Sense of Sin
She glanced at the time again: "It should be very late on Earth now, right? Why is Mei calling me so late? Is there something wrong?"
On the other end of the phone, Mei was seen sitting on the bed in her pajamas.
"Mei? What's the matter? If I remember the time correctly, it should be late at night on Earth now?" Kiana put her cell phone on the table and leaned her head against it to chat with her best friend whom she hadn't seen for a long time.
Perhaps the word "best friends" is not very appropriate, because Kiana, Mei, and Bronya have experienced so much suffering together.
The friendship that is forged through this cannot be fully described by the word "best friends."
Kiana even sometimes thought that if the captain hadn't appeared, she might have fallen in love with Mei completely, instead of becoming a two-way plug now...
"Nothing." Mei on the other side of the phone shook her head with a wry smile, "It's just that today I finally got a day off, but I ended up sleeping during the day and slept all the way until night."
"I can't sleep at night now." Mei didn't know whether to laugh or cry at this moment, "That's why I wanted to call and see how you are doing now?"
"What a shame! you finally got a day off and it ended up being wasted like this." Kiana couldn't help but sigh.
"Who said it wasn't? I had planned to go to a few shopping malls during the day." Mei looked up at the screen of her mobile phone and suddenly felt confused.
"Kiana, why do I feel like you've changed a lot recently?" Mei asked suddenly, looking at Kiana who seemed to be a good wife and mother on the other end of the phone, "I feel like... you've become a lot gentler?"
"Hmm? Really?" Kiana suddenly became alert after Mei reminded her. The immaturity of the girl was slowly transforming into maturity.
If the original Kiana was like a green plum full of vitality, then the current Kiana's temperament is more like turning this green plum into green plum wine that is mellow and melodious.
"Hahaha Maybe it's because I often cultivate myself alone on the moon." Knowing the reason, Kiana scratched her head and tried to fool around, "Mei, you also know that people will grow up. After all, so much time has passed..."
"Has so much time passed? The second year since the end of the Honkai." When the word "time" was mentioned, Mei's eyes dimmed a little, and she couldn't help but sigh at the impermanence of the world.
As a young lady, she lived a carefree life under the doting of her father, but her family suddenly fell into poverty.
The eyes of the classmates who once surrounded her and tried to please her turned ugly.
But fortunately, the captain and Kiana appeared at that time...
Like two important beams of light in life, they pierced through the haze deep in Mei's heart.
She originally wanted to commit suicide on the rooftop, but was pulled up firmly by two hands.
Perhaps from that time on, the relationship between the three was destined to be complicated...
"sigh..." she sighed heavily and put aside the chaotic thoughts in her mind. " at least I still have many colleagues at work to accompany me on Earth but you Kiana."
"You're alone on the moon now, you must be very lonely." Mei attributed the change in Kiana's temperament to this reason.
On Earth, Mei can at least numb herself through frantic work.
But Kiana can only face the empty moon alone and helplessly.
"Lonely?" Kiana tilted her head slightly. 'What does this unfamiliar word have to do with me?'
'Oh... In the eyes of other people, I must be very lonely on the moon.'
'After all, there is no warm embrace of the captain on the moon...'
Thinking of the captain, Kiana's eyes suddenly became erratic.
At the same time, in order to avoid showing any flaws in front of Mei, Kiana hypnotized herself madly at this moment.
'There is no captain on the moon, I am alone on the moon, there is no captain on the moon, I am alone...' Kiana repeated these two sentences frantically in her mind, trying to hypnotize herself.
At the same time, Kiana felt that her bulging chest was a little uncomfortable and thought: 'By the way, am I swollen now?'
"Kiana! Kiana! Kiana, what are you thinking about!" Mei looked at Kiana who suddenly became dazed on the other side and shouted continuously until Kiana came back to her senses.
"There is no captain on the moon..." Kiana was startled by the sudden name being called, and before she could fully recover, she blurted out...
Kiana realized that she had said something wrong and immediately covered her mouth: "Mei, please listen to my explanation..."
Mei on the other end of the phone fell silent, and Kiana was about to open her mouth to argue... to explain something.
But Mei spoke first, and said in a somewhat stiff voice: "Ha, it seems that Kiana is no longer the reckless girl who only thinks about becoming the strongest Valkyrie."
"I have more worries in my heart..." Mei's smile was forced, and there was a hint of sadness in her tone.
However, one can tell at a glance that Mei is trying to comfort Kiana, but this comfort seems so pale and powerless, and people can also easily hear the sadness in Mei's words at this moment.
Kiana and Mei fell silent at the same time...
Mei was silent because she was wondering how she could comfort her friend. She had originally wanted to comfort Kiana and let her not feel too lonely on the moon.
How come it reminds Kiana of the saddest past? After all, this incident is the eternal pain in the hearts of all Valkyries...
The reason why Kiana remained silent was because of guilt... and the huge sense of guilt that swept over her body.
During this period of time, she only thought about being happily together with the captain and happily running a small dessert shop together during the day.
The diligent work at night, perhaps too diligent, led to the fruition of love between the two of them.
she has completely forgotten the old sisters who have been through life and death together in this world...
The more Mei comforted herself on the other side, the more embarrassed and guilty Kiana felt...
On the surface, she pretended to be calm, but under the table, Kiana had already dug out a three-bedroom, one-living-room apartment with her toes...
What made Kiana feel even more critical was Mei's next words: "Actually, Kiana, I dreamed about the captain last night...
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