"How is he?"
Angel was holding open Siegfried's eyelids and carefully checking his pupil reaction when she heard Kiana's anxious question.
Angel remained calm and replied.
"Symptoms of a mild concussion."
"Huh?"
"If he were an ordinary person, I would recommend sending him to the hospital, but Kaslana is fine."
Angel added as a matter of course. Those who understand will understand; Kaslana is durable.
Kiana nodded as if she understood.
Sure enough, Siegfried, who had been knocked out by his daughter's rising dragon punch after great emotional ups and downs, opened his eyes again after a short rest.
In front of him was Kiana's delicate chin, still chewing on venison jerky, and he was resting on Kiana's knees.
To be honest, this scene is worth intoxicating for an old father full of guilt.
But the matter of the Herrscher of the Void quickly emerged in his mind. Siegfried immediately panicked.
"Kiana, I..."
"Stop it, take a break. Angel said you were very weak. What's going on? I thought you spent all these years drinking and partying outside, but you ended up tormenting yourself like this. You even fell with just one punch. You were not that weak back then. And when did you change to a mechanical arm? It looks pretty good!"
Kiana poked Siegfried's black metal arm, making a crisp sound and spoke some harsh words.
Siegfried was at a loss.
Angel felt it was appropriate to add a little truth.
Of course, due to the "information source," she could not use a positive tone.
Angel spoke with a wooden face.
"Maybe it was torn down by your rampage in your childhood, so stop talking nonsense."
Siegfried: "..."
Kiana: "..."
Angel widened her eyes at the right time.
"Why didn't you say anything?"
Siegfried remained silent. The truth was confirmed by Kiana because of this silence, so she became even more silent.
Half a minute later, Kiana stuffed a piece of torn venison into Siegfried's mouth and spoke in a muffled voice.
"I'm sorry, Dad, I didn't mean it."
"Ahem! Don't listen to her nonsense. It has nothing to do with you... That thing is quite delicious, another piece."
Siegfried gave up on treatment.
He saw that the ruins of the Babylon Experiment Tower are here but I have been here for such a while, and he still didn't see any impact on Kiana.
Could it be that the Herrscher of the Void has fallen asleep and can't wake up?
Siegfried couldn't figure it out, but he undoubtedly hoped that Kiana could really recover. This scene made him overjoyed.
But the joy and sorrow between father and daughter were not synchronized.
Kiana had to show a sad expression, lowered her head, and spoke unhappily.
"So, I am really the test subject of the artificial Herrscher experiment. Dad defected from Schicksal to save me, and is it my fault that he is so weak now?"
"No! Absolutely not! Don't think about it!"
"Dad, I'm not a fool. Besides, Angel is so smart, how could the truth she investigated and analyzed be wrong?"
Compared to Siegfried's clumsy cover-up, it is obvious that the various analyses and speculations that Angel had told before were more convincing.
Kiana felt very uncomfortable with everything she knew so far, but she could still bear it.
After all, there is still a lot of room for compensation and there are many people worth her concern. Just grit your teeth and get through it.
Siegfried slapped his forehead with a look of toothache. He smiled bitterly at Angel who was sitting next to him.
"The little girl is smart, but can you keep your mouth shut? There are often reasons for what adults do."
"I only know that Kiana wants to find the truth, so I will accompany her to the end."
Angel replied expressionlessly, neither refuting Siegfried's approach, nor agreeing with it.
This obedient attitude made Kiana feel better. A faint smile appeared on her face, with a hint of tenderness in her eyes when she looked at Angel.
Siegfried had a headache.
Because there was no way to blame her, and even for such concern and help, as a father, it would not be too much to thank her, right?
Angel decided to reveal a little more truth at the right time.
"Besides, I just did some basic analysis. I didn't say anything more extreme. For example, Kiana killed someone when she was a kid, or maybe she's not the real Kiana, but a clone, and you gave her the name Kiana because the real Kiana is dead... Why are you silent again?"
Angel's voice got smaller and smaller, and she even began to twitch her little toes in her shoes uneasily.
Kiana looked at Angel who was fidgeting, and then at Siegfried's dull and speechless reaction.
After a while, she was also stunned.
"Pah!"
Then she was slapped by Angel, and a bright red slap mark appeared on her face.
Kiana looked at Angel in confusion.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm afraid you'll have wild thoughts, so I'll wake you up first, okay?"
"I...you..."
"Don't panic! Bronya's sister is also a clone grown in the experimental chamber. My uncle Ji Lin is a pseudo-Herrscher, and my Aunt Book is still a robot. The world of Honkai is amazing. It's no big deal that you're a clone."
Angel comforted her in a hurried voice, and put her hands on Kiana's shoulders and shook her vigorously a few times.
Kiana was a little dizzy from being shaken. She was a little desperate just now, so she didn't have the mood to sink now. She could only look at Angel with resentment and ask.
"Angel, have you ever considered sewing your mouth shut before going on a mission in the future?"
"Huh? Why should I do that?"
"Because your mouth is poisonous!"
In the battle of Chiyou, the submarine was sunk by her words.
In the Battle against Shamash, the Hyperion was also sunk by her words.
It is the same now; good things don't work, but bad things work, with every word accurate.
If she didn't know Angel, Kiana would have thought that she was always reading a script!
Angel appeared to be hit. She looked angry, puffing up her little face, lowering her head, and no longer speaking.
Kiana then looked into Siegfried's eyes, sighed, and asked.
"Dad, you should say something."
"..."
"Don't pretend. I'm grown up and not a child anymore. Even if, even if Angel's bad words are right again, I can bear it."
"Suddenly, I remembered that I forgot to turn off the gas when I went out. Let's talk next time."
Kiana didn't have time to stop him. The bewildered Siegfried got up and ran for his life, disappearing in a flash!
Escape is a shameful thing to do, but effective.
In this situation, what can you let Siegfried say, right, 'Right, are you a clone? Yes'.
Anyway, Kiana looked normal, nothing happened, and she had a good friend by her side. He ran out to think calmly and ask for help first.
"... What are you doing! Bastard dad! Stinky dad!" Kiana spoke while trying to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes.
"Pah!"
Then Angel slapped her again, with two red palm prints were symmetrical.
"I'm afraid you'll get stuck in a rut, so can I hit you again?"
"I'll hit you after I ask you next time, dumb Angel!"
"Don't panic! Even if you are a clone, the idiot Kiana I know is you from beginning to end. Those things are not important!"
"I know! I know! Can't you let me cry for a while? Before bravely stepping over, crying for a while doesn't count as breaking our agreement, right?"
Kiana wiped her tears, her nose red, and stared at Angel with both tears and laughter.
Angel didn't say anything. She just moved her butt, adjusted her sitting position, put her legs together so that Kiana could rest her knees on them, and then patted her thighs, everything was self-explanatory.
Kiana lay on top of her, her body trembling, and she whimpered in a suppressed way.
"Wuwuwu..."
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect that I guessed so accurately, I just mentioned it casually."
"Wuwuwu..."
"It's okay, life is like this, just like a box of chocolates, no one knows what flavor it is before opening it. But everything will be fine, come on, Kiana!"
"When I... I cry, can you... stop bothering me!"
"Oh. Then I won't say anything, you cry slowly."
Angel tried hard to comfort Kiana.
And Kiana just felt that this girl is really clumsy!
What kind of comfort is this? Are you an Asian male protagonist of a third-rate novel?
"Puff!"
It shouldn't be, but Kiana couldn't help laughing out loud while crying.
Actually, nothing has changed, right?
Angel will not change anything because of this kind of thing, and neither will Mei and everyone else.
She is not alone anymore, so it's no big deal!