Honkai Impact 3rd, but I have too many mods.

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Ruan Mei had a subtle feeling that something was amiss, but she couldn't quite pinpoint the source of that feeling.

Estelle working as a maid for the Black Tower is just part of her daily routine.

Estella, feeling guilty, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, too exhausted to think about anything else.

She thought her trickery had been discovered.

(Speaking of which... how much should I add?) Estella remembered the data she collected when she conducted experiments on Peruvieri.

(Shouldn't Lady Black Tower be stronger than Peruvieri? So adding a little more shouldn't be a problem?)

Oh no~

(Can the results really be guaranteed?)

Should we add a little more?

Oh no~

Oh no~

"..."

"Estella, where's the coffee?"

"Um... here!"

Estella's voice trembled slightly.

"I...I added some strawberry milk to it, a bit too much, is that okay?"

"Strawberry milk? It's fine."

Black Tower waved his hand without turning his head.

Heita said she can enjoy the rich aroma of coffee just like an adult, and doesn't mind drinking sweet milk tea like a girl who can't stand bitterness.

"Ahem...Here you go."

Estella carefully handed the coffee to Black Tower.

"Thank you."

After thanking him as usual, Heita gracefully picked up his teacup.

"...Is this really just because too much strawberry milk was added?"

Black Tower frowned slightly.

"Of course, what else could it be?"

Estelle calmly deceives people—a basic skill of being a seemingly innocent person with a dark side.

Estella really didn't expect that after she added a little, the coffee would turn from "multicolored black" into pure girly pink. For a moment, her mind went blank, which is why she was so startled that her voice trembled.

"..."

Black Tower stared silently at the slightly overflowing liquid in the teacup.

Can anyone tell her why this mixture...why did it turn into such a pure girly pink?

Then, Hei Ta looked at Ruan Mei and asked, "Ruan Mei, you didn't put anything strange in my cup, did you?"

Do you think I have nothing better to do?

Ruan Mei didn't even bother to turn her head to look at her.

The black tower is silent.

Ruan Mei doesn't seem to have any reason to target her in this regard... perhaps?

Black Tower always felt that Ruan Mei's thinking was not like that of a normal person—well, as geniuses, everyone's brains are indeed not normal.

However, Nguyen Mai's condition was clearly more serious than before.

It's probably because... Black Tower recently sensed "auras beyond genius" in Ruan Mei.

— In other words, an idiot whose thought process is completely incomprehensible to others.

"Ruan Mei, are you an idiot?"

After thinking for a moment, Heita decided to try cursing Ruan Mei directly.

"No, it's pink."

"..."

What an idiot.

Hei Ta sighed inwardly, but also ruled out Ruan Mei as a suspect.

Well, it's not exactly suspicion, she's just a bit paranoid.

"Looks like you got fake milk, Estella."

"Yes, that's possible."

Ah... where does this sense of guilt of "being a traitor but not being suspected at all" come from?

After saying something to Estelle, Heta picked up his teacup as usual, lowered his head, pursed his lips, and blew on it lightly.

...What a strange feeling of being spied on.

Black Tower suddenly sensed something and looked up at its surroundings.

...Ruan Mei was intently adjusting the body parameters of the snowsuit.

Estella was busy organizing and writing a report.

Could it be that I am too worried?

Hei Ta turned his head and glanced at Liu Bai.

Liu Bai was also very serious... and so on.

Black Tower glanced at Estád and Nguyen Mei again.

Is she being too paranoid?

She felt like those two were glancing at her out of the corner of their eyes.

On the contrary, Liu Bai, who is usually the most unserious, was completely focused on completing the task she was assigned.

"..."

Thinking of this, Hei Ta got up and sat down next to Liu Bai.

"...The Black Tower?"

Liu Bai looked at the "genius witch" who was quite tall compared to the doll.

"Don't worry about me, let me see your notes... they're very good."

Hei Ta stood up and leaned closer to Liu Bai from the side and behind. Looking at the records in front of Liu Bai, he nodded in satisfaction.

This is a very standard teacher-student pointing posture. Objectively speaking, if this posture were used by a handsome man or a beautiful woman, it would actually create quite a lively atmosphere.

However, neither of them had any other ideas.

"Even a perfect person like me wouldn't dislike someone who is working hard on the right path."

One is a habit, the other is not consciously aware.

"The so-called right path is to be at your beck and call?"

Liu Bai teased Hei Ta.

"If that's how you think, then there's no problem."

Black Tower seemed completely oblivious to the sarcasm in the voice.

Liu Bai was speechless. Black Tower was really confident in this regard.

"Coffee, a reward for your hard work. I thought you had forgotten everything I taught you these past few days."

Hei Ta placed the teacup in his hand in front of Liu Bai.

"Coffee? This is milk tea, isn't it?"

Liu Bai glanced at it and immediately complained.

This is just like the saccharin milk tea he used to see at roadside stalls when he was a kid. For just a few dollars, you could get the same amount as a "proper" large cup of milk tea as you do now—though now that I think about it, the taste seems pretty good too.

"It is still coffee at its core."

Black Tower is quite rigorous in this regard.

Liu Bai wasn't oblivious to what was happening around him; he had heard Aista say that too much milk had been added.

...Although this certainly doesn't look like milk powder.

Does anyone know a coffee shop that makes it look like milk tea?

It looks like fake milk... well, maybe it's produced by the female bodyguards in the house.

Liu Bai had no doubts and drank it all in one gulp.

Wait a minute, did the system just flash a notification?

She drank too fast and didn't see clearly—Liu Bai didn't have the elegant habit of slowly savoring a small cup of coffee like a lady.

...Perhaps it's a special dish?

Liu Bai didn't feel anything unusual about his body; on the contrary, he felt even more energetic.

...Is it the sugar or the coffee that's at play?

Or perhaps milk?

While Liu Bai was pondering, Hei Ta was also secretly observing Ruan Mei and Aista's performance.

—Although I can’t quite put my finger on it, Black Tower really felt that something was off.

The feeling of being a "normal person among a bunch of idiots" is getting stronger and stronger.

But Black Tower was disappointed.

The two men only glanced at her when she got close to Liu Bai, and then ignored her.

It all seems like normal concern for the "husband".

"Aista? Where did you get your milk from the ranch?"

Liu Bai thought the taste was good and somewhat familiar.

Is this what childhood memories are like?

...Even if a long time has passed, or even if the world has changed, drinking it will still remind you of it.

"Um...right, right, I got it from the cafeteria today, it should be from the ranch."

Estella nodded repeatedly.

Liu Bai obviously didn't have too many doubts.

As for the Black Tower...

She is now doubting her intuition.

Her intuition told her there were idiots around, the kind of idiots that would put her on alert, but her rationality told her that everything was normal.

(Thank goodness I got through it...) Estella breathed a sigh of relief.

Although it was entirely by taking advantage of other people's trust... it was something I had no choice but to do.

(It was all ruined by Estella by accident...)

Ruan Mei felt slightly displeased.

(But it's alright...)

(—I have a Plan B!) ×2.

……

"Sister Ruan Mei? You've come to the kitchen?"

Gui Naifen, who feels that her life is about to be fulfilled, is now very polite and friendly to all kinds of big shots.