In Bronya's room, Bronya was sound asleep in her bed. If nothing unexpected happened, Bronya had probably stayed up all night gaming, which was why she was now sleeping like a log.
A spatial portal quietly opened by Bronya's bed, and Kiana stealthily slipped out from it.
"Phew, looks like I'm quite talented after all~ I mastered such an amazing ability so easily."
Kiana patted her chest, her heart still pounding. She had almost been caught by Mei and couldn't get away. Luckily, she was quick-witted enough.
Although she had sacrificed Ryn, from the looks of it, all three of them were happy. Isn't that a good thing?
"Huh... what's that smell?"
Kiana sniffed around and then zeroed in on the still-sleeping Bronya.
"It... couldn't be, right?"
Kiana lifted Bronya's blanket, looking at the girl curled up inside.
At home, Bronya usually wore her Homu pajamas. For convenience, she had many identical sets custom-made.
And now, on those pajamas that everyone at Himeko's place had seen countless times and were all too familiar with, on the part with Homu's butt, the color was noticeably darker than the surrounding area...
"Eww—" Kiana pinched her nose, gave Bronya a light kick in the back, and knocked her off the bed.
"Ugh..." Bronya rolled a couple of times on the floor and woke up.
She had just had a dream, a rather bad nightmare... It felt like the world had exploded and she had died once. Then she woke up to find it was a dream, and she happened to need the bathroom, so she went and then continued to sleep.
Having pulled several all-nighters gaming, Bronya was in a state of delirium when she fell asleep.
Brain: Time to go to the bathroom.
Body: Roger that, let's go.
Brain: zzzz~
Body: We're here? Okay, releasing the floodgates.
The brain had finished its business in the dream, and the body had finished its business on the bed.
Upon waking up, Bronya felt a dampness below and recalled her dream...
Bronya's mind exploded, instantly entering a hyper-dimensional mode, her thoughts wandering to who knows where. From ants moving house to the birth of the universe, all the truths of the world emerged before her.
Is there anything in this world more joyful than snuggling with Ryn and Mei? Yes, snuggling with Ryn, Mei, and Kika...
No, wait, it's watching Bronya make a fool of herself!
"Hahaha, looks like Bronya's found out? Little kid Bronya, how old are you, and you still wet the bed? Hahahaha."
Kiana clutched her stomach, laughing so hard she couldn't breathe, rolling around on the floor with tears streaming from her eyes.
Bronya's face was impassive. At this moment, she was thankful for her deficient emotional module. Without feelings, there was no shame.
But seeing Kiana laughing so happily, Bronya felt she should be very unhappy right now.
So, Bronya took the phone from her bedside table and called Theresa.
"Hello? Is that you, Bronya? What's wrong?" Theresa answered the phone, sleepy and yawning.
Kiana blinked, looking at the calling Bronya with confusion, wondering why she was calling their Grand-aunt.
Bronya glanced at Kiana, then spoke to Theresa: "Principal, while the Bronya was asleep, Kiana poured water on the Bronya, faking a scene of bedwetting, and has been mocking the Bronya ever since."
"What?! You smelly Bronya, don't talk nonsense! You're the one who wet the bed!"
Kiana quickly snatched Bronya's phone and explained to Theresa, "Grand-aunt, don't listen to Bronya's nonsense, she had a nightmare and wet the bed herself! It has nothing to do with me!"
"No, the Bronya thinks this has a lot to do with Kiana. Otherwise, how would Kiana explain why she woke up so early, came to the Bronya's room, woke the Bronya up, and mocked the Bronya for wetting the bed?"
"Indeed... that makes sense." The moment Theresa heard Kiana had caused trouble again, her sleepiness vanished, and she was wide awake.
"Kiana! You just wait! Yesterday, Ryn brought you back and said you were tired, so I gave you two days off, but you're still so full of energy! Well then, you're coming to class this morning! And you're going to wash Bronya's sheets and apologize properly to her!"
"What? There was a vacation?" Kiana clapped happily upon hearing Theresa's first words, but her expression drooped like a listless pug when she heard the rest.
"Ah... Grand-aunt, this really has nothing to do with me..."
"The Bronya thinks Kiana is a big meanie!" Bronya jeered smugly, then helpfully bundled up her sheets and handed them to Kiana. "I'm counting on you, prankster Kiana."
"No way. You wet the bed, you wash it." Kiana pushed the sheets back, then opened another portal and fled Bronya's room.
Originally, Kiana had planned to hide out in Bronya's room for a bit, but she unexpectedly discovered Bronya's embarrassing secret. What she didn't expect was for Bronya to turn the tables on her, claiming she was the one who poured the water.
Now, all she could do was hope to explain it clearly to Theresa, so Theresa wouldn't think she was the kind of kid who would play such a vulgar joke.
Watching Kiana open a portal and vanish, Bronya, holding her sheets, stared wide-eyed, quickly rubbing her eyes to check if her all-nighters had made her sick.
"The Bronya has completed a self-diagnosis. The Bronya's body is fine, very healthy.
So the problem is Kiana... When did Kiana get this kind of ability...
According to known Schicksal data, the only being capable of freely opening spatial portals and jumping between different spaces... is the Second Herrscher—the Herrscher of the Void, right?"
The next second, a portal opened directly beneath Bronya's feet. Before she could react, due to gravity, Bronya, still holding her sheets, fell right into the portal.
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