Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

"I don't care! I don't care!"

"I just lost my dad over the New Year, you have to compensate me! If it weren't for you telling me to participate in that Kaslana reunion, I wouldn't have encountered this!"

She transformed back into a pink ball, crying and rolling around on the bed.

As if she wouldn't leave unless Noldrei gave her an explanation.

This girl had truly suffered a mental blow, and she was using most of her power just to throw a tantrum and beg for hugs.

'What does it have to do with me? I don't even have parents.'

Noldrei's thoughts were very simple. He had already turned Siegfried into a small dragon and sent him out to stand with the pony mother and daughter as punishment.

So early in the morning, and he wasn't even giving them a comfortable working environment.

These people were all rebels against the Emperor!

"So, what should we do? I can't just create parents for you using your genes, can I? If you're not feeling well, I can temporarily play the role of your parents, let you relive the joy of breastfeeding as a child?"

"However, I remember that you were conceived through IVF. And you haven't actually breastfed before, so... how about this... I'll be your mother temporarily! Look, I can create a few mammary glands for you."

As he spoke, he was about to use his tentacles to create a few mammary glands, so Kiana could experience the 'warmth' she hadn't had as a child.

"Stop! Don't make me have a corrupted view of motherhood!"

Kiana immediately stopped Noldrei's strange behavior.

Noldrei was stunned for a moment and then said, "So you prefer the original, then I'll change into one for you."

"Stop, stop! I don't miss my mother anymore!"

Kiana immediately stated that she had already overcome her sadness, afraid that Noldrei would change into Cecilia and breastfeed her.

How old was she? If anyone else saw this, she wouldn't be able to show her face anymore.

"Really?"

Noldrei was somewhat disappointed. He had actually wanted to experience what it felt like to be a matriarchal primitive.

But since he didn't have sexual repression, he naturally didn't have any special reproductive urges.

'He's not going to turn into Cecilia and go sleep with Siegfried, right?'

Kiana pondered for a long time, and then suddenly became worried.

With Noldrei's morals, he could very well do something like that for his own enjoyment. And afterward, he might even change back into his male form and mock Siegfried, enjoying his embarrassment.

Kiana thought the issue of whether or not she was Siegfried's biological daughter wasn't that much of a problem anymore.

"Fine, I'm completely over it now… sigh…"

Kiana felt a sense of loss. After searching for her father for so many years, she was told that he wasn't her biological father.

And she was merely a continuation of another Kiana, which made the Crown Princess feel somewhat uncomfortable.

But this discomfort was quickly thrown to the back of her mind.

It's okay, wasn't there another person here without parents? They were both the same.

Thinking of this, Kiana felt much better. She had found someone like her… right?

After recovering, Kiana changed back into her white-haired, dumpling form and put on her New Year's clothes.

"Aren't you going out for a stroll during New Year's? It's so boring to just play games at home. Games nowadays don't excite me anymore."

Of course, they didn't excite her. While other people used two fingers on their controllers, she could use all ten. While other people had to work hard for a high score, she could just use her tentacles and farm points on autopilot.

Like she had some kind of cheat engine.

If it weren't for Bronya constantly reporting and getting her accounts banned, Kiana might have grown tired of games even earlier.

"You're right. This is the first New Year since my ascension. It seems we need to decide on a local era name!"

"What year is it in Japan?"

Kiana thought he was getting used to his role as Emperor, even thinking about era names now.

If this was a dozen days ago, he'd probably be saying, 'you primitive humans, other planets in the universe don't have something called Earth years.'

"What's the point of an era name? It's already 2014, so are you going out or not?"

Kiana thought about it. Since she had learned today that she wasn't the real Kiana,

She suddenly had a new idea. She wanted to relive her childhood.

"I've got it! I can turn back into my eight-year-old self and relive the past!"

Kiana really was a genius. As soon as she thought of it, she transformed back into her eight-year-old self.

Noldrei watched as she shrunk into her eight-year-old form and said with satisfaction, "You've already mastered the art of changing your size. Seeing how well you've adapted to your current body, I'll follow you outside and see what the people here do for New Year's."

He even found Raiden Mei's childhood clothes from the villa and put them on Kiana.

When Kiana came out, everyone was stunned.

"Someone's stealing my identity!?"

Theresa was shocked, staring at the little white-haired dumpling with disbelief.

'Aren't those my clothes?'

Raiden Mei looked at the little girl in surprise. Her childhood clothes were now on Kiana.

"How is it? I'm still pretty cute, right?"

Kiana puffed out her chest, indicating that she could also experience the life of a normal little girl now.

"Huh? Isn't that… Kiana? Why did you turn into that?"

Kiana thought that Doctor Tesla seemed to be in a good mood today. She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination.

"After searching for her father for so long, she was told that he wasn't her biological father just a couple of days after finding him. If it were you, you'd be like this too."

Noldrei briefly explained the reason, saying, "She just wants to relive her childhood. She said that it might make her feel better, so she came out like this."

Ryoma Raiden didn't know what to say.

Who would've guessed that this little girl also had such a sad backstory?

Wendy gently touched Kiana's body, surprised that she had actually turned into such a small and soft little girl.

"It feels like we have a new little sister."

"Really? Let me see too."

"Wait, that's my niece, let me see too."

Soon, a group of girls surrounded Kiana, touching her all over.

"Hey, what are you doing?!"

Kiana didn't dare to change back, afraid of ruining Raiden Mei's childhood clothes.

She was surprised by how superficial everyone was. They hadn't changed on the inside at all, and yet, just because she had become smaller and cuter, it completely changed their attitudes.

There was no pity or worry for her past, nor was there any comfort.

Kiana was so scared that she hid behind Noldrei to avoid being taken advantage of.

The white-haired dumpling's New Year had begun again, in a happy yet unhappy way.