After clearly seeing the figure across the street, Van was completely stunned.
Because he clearly hadn't told Ivana anything about his whereabouts, yet this brat still found him precisely.
Then, Van changed his thinking. Ivana, this brat, is the Herrscher of Consciousness, so being able to find him wasn't exactly a surprise.
'Forget it. Anyway, if there's anything that can't be explained, just blame it on Honkai and it'll be fine.'
On the other side, while Van was still thinking, Ivana had already taken advantage of the red light to run across the pedestrian crosswalk.
After reaching Van's side, Ivana grabbed his arm and shouted excitedly, "Surprised? Unexpected? To find you, I came all the way from Shenzhou~ So? Moved, right?"
Van "..."
'Surprised? I think more like scared! You're asking me if I'm moved? My answer is, I don't dare to be moved!'
The women back at home already give me a headache, and now there's one more brat added to the mix.
Thinking of this, Van could already foresee just how "sour and refreshing" his future days would be.
However, looking at the fatigue on Ivana's face that she couldn't hide, Van's heart softened a little.
'This brat... probably really did rush around non-stop to get here...'
He subconsciously raised his hand, wanting to pat her head like before... But suddenly, his movement paused.
'Wait a minute! If Ivana, this brat, has recovered her memory, then her Herrscher powers should also have returned'.
'How could a Herrscher be tired just from traveling?'
Thinking of this, Van's hand abruptly changed direction mid-air and directly pinched Ivana's delicate cheek.
"Ow~ Van, why are you pinching my face~?" After being pinched, Ivana cried out dramatically.
However, the girl's squeal didn't affect Van's thoughts.
Expressionless, he asked sternly, "You brat, did you just use your Herrscher power on me to influence my consciousness?"
Exposed, Ivana blinked, her soft pink tongue playfully poking out from the corner of her mouth, while she gently knocked her fist on her head.
"Ehehe~"
'Ehehe your head! You got possessed by that singing guy next door, didn't you?! You brat, don't think you can get away with things just by acting cute!'
'Although... I have to admit, this brat is pretty cute when she's being playful...'
"No no no!"
Van suddenly shook his head, realizing all at once, 'Why am I suddenly having these kinds of thoughts?'
Only then did he realize, he was probably influenced by Ivana's power again just now.
Thinking of this, Van once again pinched Ivana's face. And this time, the force was much stronger than before.
"Still not learning your lesson, huh!" Van scolded,
"If you keep using your powers so recklessly, I'll really get mad. You should know, my ability is a natural counter to you Herrschers, right?"
Seeing that Van actually seemed a bit angry, Ivana immediately withdrew her power.
"Alright, I won't use it anymore~"
However, even though Ivana obediently nodded and admitted fault on the surface, she secretly curled her lips in her heart, "Van, you really think I'm still that gullible three-year-old from before? Anyone can tell your body's condition now just by looking~"
"Don't even talk about fighting me, right now you probably can't even beat a Judgment-class Honkai beast, huh?"
After a bout of playful bickering, Van finally remembered to ask about the St. Freya Academy uniform Ivana was wearing.
Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly remembered, he wasn't here alone.
Thinking of this, he slowly turned his head... And saw a scene that made his heart, and lungs, stop.
Fu Hua had somehow already arrived there, holding the ingredients she'd gone to buy, silently watching him.
Although Fu Hua's expression seemed extremely calm, Van felt a giant [DANGER!] sign appear above his head.
After a brief silence, Van was just about to brace himself and go up to explain the whole story of Ivana's arrival, but Ivana beat him to it. She ran up, grabbed Fu Hua's hand, and sweetly shouted, "Mooom~"
Hearing Ivana call her "mom," Fu Hua's face instantly turned bright red.
What made her want to die even more was, Ivana had shouted extremely loudly, and the surrounding passersby all turned shocked looks in their direction.
Passerby A, "Did I hear that right? That girl just called that other girl 'mom'? They look about the same age though?"
Passerby B, "Right, right, the one being called 'mom' looks like she's still in high school from her outfit? So young and already a mom?"
Passerby C, "So, that guy standing next to them... could he be...?"
Passerby D, "Sigh, morals are deteriorating and people have lost their way... What's with young people these days!"
Then, Passerby D paused, suddenly beat his chest and looked up to wail, "...But I'm so damn jealous of that guy!!!"
Listening to the crowd whispering around her, Fu Hua wanted nothing more than to bury her face in her own neck.
Feeling more and more stares focused on her, Fu Hua grabbed Ivana's hand, then walked up to Van with a red face and forcefully grabbed his arm.
Then she dragged the two of them away from this place of right and wrong at lightning speed.
While being dragged away by Fu Hua, Van couldn't help but glance at Ivana.
'Where was that obedient, "mother-daughter reunion" look from earlier?'
Now her whole face was filled with the sly smile of someone whose plan had succeeded.
If it weren't for the current situation being too public to talk, Van felt like her next line would be "Plan complete ✓."
Thinking of this, Van finally realized the reason why all those passersby suddenly stopped to watch, no doubt, this brat had used her Herrscher power again.
But... whatever. This time, he wouldn't blame her.
After running for a while, the three finally stopped at a street corner.
Once they had a moment to breathe, Van looked at the St. Freya Academy uniform on Ivana and couldn't help but ask, "So, what's with that school uniform?"
Hearing this, Ivana proudly spun in a circle, like a daughter showing her new dress to her old dad.
"How is it? Pretty cute, right?"
Van facepalmed with one hand, helplessly said, "It is cute... but you know that's not what I'm asking..."
"Oh~ you meant that." Ivana giggled and explained,
"After I confirmed your location was at St. Freya Academy, I didn't go find you directly. I first went to the office of some school official and asked them to help me complete the enrollment procedure."
"And you know what, that school leader looked kinda creepy, but he was actually really nice..."
Van was speechless in his heart. 'In front of your Herrscher powers, how couldn't ordinary people be nice to you!'
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