Oh, oh, oh, you wicked little duck! All you know is how to torment your poor wife. Now your wife is all weak and powerless (T＿T). You better remember this!
Once you grow into a fully cooked duck wife, I swear I'll make you pay for everything you've done.
I won't let you evolve into some mighty duck. No, you'll be the one lying in bed all day, unable to recover from being pushed around!
In her heart, she made a quiet but bitter vow against the future version of the Big Duck who bullied her so much.
But Lunelle, cheeks flushed and eyes lowered, held on to that grudge with awkward affection.
Though she didn't yet have the power or courage to retaliate, she used her soft little hands to smooth out the front of her wrinkled clothes—clear evidence of the duck's previous "affection."
She'd been bullied thoroughly by the little duck, yet had no choice but to swallow it all and stay silent.
This was probably the most emotional she'd ever felt toward her wife, but right now, she didn't have any leftover strength to act on those feelings.
Thankfully, even though Bronya had seemingly found a weakness in the adorable Seele…
She hadn't gone overboard. All Bronya did was use Lunelle to help Seele grow more… quickly, in a sense, through her clothes.
After all, Bronya—the self-declared queen of the orphanage's harem—knew this well:
To win over someone like Seele, pure and sweet and completely untainted by worldly desires, it had to be a slow, careful process.
Because what the little duck wanted was nothing less than Seele's entire future.
From now on, every meal would be full to bursting, her appetite sated, even if only for a short while.
Of course, she knew how to choose the right duck.
So, when the two girls—still carrying the warmth of their closeness—appeared together at the table…
On the other side, Kiana had just used every bit of her verbal finesse to calm Mei down.
But even while basking in the relief of Mei's forgiveness, Kiana's sharp instincts told her something had shifted between the other two girls.
Something subtle had changed in the air between Lunelle and Bronya—and Kiana didn't like it.
Still, having just made all kinds of promises to Mei to win back her favor, she couldn't possibly go chasing other cute girls in front of her.
Especially not Lunelle—so lovely that it made one want to commit crimes of affection just by looking at her!
But this time, even Kiana didn't realize—Mei, the most rational of the trio, actually had thoughts not so different from her own.
The only difference was, Mei was better at hiding them—her strange feelings never made it to her face.
And so, the four of them finished their breakfast in a silence far too strange for such a bright morning—like a battlefield of love beneath the surface.
By now, the clothes Kiana had hung out to dry last night had yet to fully dry.
But Kiana, never one to care much about appearances, pulled on the half-damp outfit without a second thought.
Lunelle, watching her wife's figure disappear under the clothes, felt a pang of regret.
After all, while Kiana was always careless, the way she dressed when it was just the two of them…
Among all the battle suits in Honkai Impact's main line, it was a rare kind of allure.
Still, the timid Lunelle only dared to voice those thoughts inside her heart, never aloud.
Because Lunelle, having now been officially dragged into the protagonist group as a team mascot…
Could only follow behind as the four girls packed their things and prepared to leave Nagazora City together.
It had been three days since the Honkai outbreak at Chiba Academy spread throughout the city.
But it was clear only parts of Nagazora had been completely destroyed.
Even so, being here gave Lunelle the unmistakable sense that the world was ending.
All power systems were down, and even now, no official rescue forces had shown up.
It was obvious—Anti-Entropy had deliberately sealed off the news about the city.
And yet, as Nagazora's actual governing power, Schicksal hadn't moved an inch. Lunelle could never believe Otto, the cuckold king, wasn't involved in letting the chaos fester.
Going by the original plot, Otto's strategy had always been to stay behind the curtain—waiting for the Herrscher's awakening before he made his move.
So unless the Herrscher's appearance was fully confirmed, the forces of destiny would not step in.
And because of this silence from above, in just three days, Nagazora had gone from being overrun with zombies…
To now having Honkai beasts of all types, in both size and number, roaming every part of the city.
At this point, none of the "Big Three" had become full-fledged Valkyries yet.
Only Bronya, with the aid of the Heavy-Armored Bunny, could temporarily hold her ground against larger beasts.
So even though the girls weren't far from escaping Nagazora…
They still risked running into one—or several—massive Honkai beasts along the way.
The Big Three, without armor and made of mere flesh, could do nothing but flee for their lives when faced with danger.
Just yesterday, they'd barely escaped from a single Templar-class Honkai beast that had chased them relentlessly.
And today? The situation had only grown worse.
Even though those giant beasts weren't quite everywhere...
The number of times they encountered them today had already multiplied compared to yesterday!
Fortunately, even though little Lunelle was only a mascot character now, she had undergone simulated enhancement.
Her Honkai adaptability now stood at 41 points—eight times higher than that of a normal woman.
With the current 1:1 conversion rate of physical condition to Honkai Constitution, Lunelle's body may have looked small and delicate...
But she didn't slow the group down, nor did she run out of strength on the journey.
After a whole day of fighting and fleeing, even protected as she was, Lunelle ended up nearly collapsing from exhaustion.
Still, based on the map they'd pieced together…
If everything went smoothly, the three royal houses could leave Nagazora City by tomorrow.
But of course, in this kind of world, "if everything goes smoothly" always means that something terrible is about to happen.
Especially when Lunelle noticed a certain familiar street—different from the comic's dramatic panels, but unmistakably real.
Her heart dropped instantly. She knew. A night ambush by a high-level Honkai beast was coming.
But right now, with this small, fragile body…
How could she possibly survive the aftermath of a battle worthy of a Herrscher?
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T/N: Idk why but google translate translated the ___-class honkai beast into a tsundere-class honkai beast.
Since I haven't actually played hi3(might get to it during summer break) i dont actually know what class honkai beast they ran from, nor do I know which one they are going to fight against(just speculation) so please don't get mad.
I would know cause I sometimes get annoyed when the translation gets game terms wrong too.
I only know about hi3 cause of fanfics and star rail.