A chat group where you switch bodies with Alicia at the start?

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The fat lady seemed to be having some bad luck. As soon as she entered the area, she felt a wave of heat hitting her face. Feeling greatly threatened, she instinctively tried to dodge. Then, looking at the huge, narrow, dark area on the ground, which looked like the mark left by something extremely violent, she couldn't help but swallow.

Oh... if she hadn't reacted quickly enough and dodged properly, she would have been knocked down on the spot by that blow!

Feeling both lingering fear and anger, Alicia looked towards the source of the sudden attack, but the next moment she felt a dark shadow flash behind her. Turning her head, she couldn't help but exclaim in surprise:

"...Kiana?"

Upon seeing Kiana, the fat lady finally remembered that she hadn't entered this Paradise of the Past alone... It must be because that nasty Jiang Qiao was too infuriating! It wasn't because she had so much fun playing with the girls in Paradise that she forgot!

Trying to comfort herself, Kiana, hiding behind her as if she were fleeing from some monstrous beast, said in a trembling voice, "Help! That old man is like a madman. After saying a bunch of nonsensical things, he brought me to this place and started hacking at me like crazy!"

"Yes, that's the guy!"

After saying that, she pointed to the white-haired youth carrying a flaming sword who was slowly walking towards the two of them and began to accuse him.

"Eh?"

Hearing this, Alicia blinked, looking completely bewildered.

She looked at the white-haired young man—for the early Fat Woman at this point, with Kevin having been sent to Europe to play with his best buddies and not joining the Moths in their life-or-death struggles, she obviously couldn't recognize him.

Of course, this did not prevent Kevin from perceiving that the essence of 'Alicia' that she was currently manifesting in the form of 'Jiang Qiao' was actually her own.

Upon seeing Alicia's true form appear, although his expression remained indifferent, the emotions revealed in his eyes were extremely complex.

However, he did not reveal it—just like Mebius, Kevin also received an invitation to the 'Dou Ai Li' game planned by the Paradise Sisters.

Although he felt that this was meaningless, he still chose to cooperate.

"I am Kevin, the warrior who wields the mark of salvation."

Cold yet revealing an unusual gentleness, perhaps only the person before him could receive such treatment from this savior, aside from his old friends and Mei.

So shocked was she that the overweight woman almost blurted out her real name, but she quickly corrected herself.

"Uh... hello, I'm Ai... Jiang Qiao!"

—Luckily, I reacted quickly enough, otherwise I would have been exposed.

Looking at Kevin, whose expression remained unchanged, Alicia secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, looking at the terrifying greatsword the former was carrying and his face, which resembled a cold-faced demon, she shrank back. Although somewhat timid, remembering that Kiana was still behind her, she took the initiative to ask in a low voice:

"Um... why were you chasing after Kiana and attacking her?"

"This is a trial."

Kevin's words were concise and to the point.

But because it was Alicia, he explained a few more words:

"All visitors to the Paradise of the Past must undergo trials to gain the approval of the Hero, and I personally believe that the most suitable trial for Kiana Kaslana is for me to be the trial subject."

—From a certain perspective, Kiana came out ahead, since among the past visitors, there was practically no one who could command Kevin's personal attention as a trial subject.

Due to his special status and his connection to 'Alicia', the white-haired dumpling was personally involved in the matter.

Unfortunately, unlike others who teach by example, Kevin is not the type to guide others. Generally speaking, he only has one way of imparting experience—fighting.

For a soldier, experiencing battles of just the right measure is the most effective way to grow.

In reality, this approach may be somewhat crude.

But at least when training new recruits in the previous civilization—the soldiers trained by Kevin tended to have a higher survival rate.

"Whose trial is like yours? I think you're clearly trying to kill me!"

Kiana, hiding behind Alicia, shouted angrily, straining her neck.

—She belongs to the type who doesn't like studying and prefers fighting.

This is also an ingrained habit of Kaslana's.

But even if it's geared towards combat, encountering a monster uncle right from the start is just too much!

That flaming sword, if it grazed you, you'd be dead!

In fact, Kiana had been killed many times before Alicia arrived. Fortunately, as a consciousness, she could be resurrected in the Land of the Dead. At first, Kiana was a little excited, but after experiencing the excruciating pain of being burned to death by the Heavenly Fire Greatsword several times, the white-haired ball of fur became completely scared.

Alicia's appearance was a lifesaver!!!

Kevin wasn't angry at Kiana's accusations; instead, he calmly replied:

“If I wanted to do that, you wouldn’t even have the chance to stand here.”

This is not an insult, but simply a statement of fact.

As the culmination of a previous civilization's technology, the strongest fusion warrior—even if what's here is merely a memory—Kevin could kill Kiana, a half-baked warrior who's not even as good as Bronya now—a weakling whose strength doesn't even reach the level of a B-rank Valkyrie, in an instant.

Compared to him, Kiana isn't even a baby.

"you..."

Kiana, not understanding this reality, felt it was an insult and was somewhat furious. Alicia, standing beside her, looked at the horrific marks and Kevin's flaming sword, recalling the scene from just moments ago, and couldn't help but try to persuade her:

"Um... Kevin, this trial seems a bit too much... Could you lower the standards a little?"

Having spoken with Jiang Qiao, she knew that Kiana definitely needed enough training to grow—so instead of trying to get Kiana out of Kevin's place, she subtly suggested adjusting the difficulty level.

No matter what, isn't this level of strength a bit too exaggerated for a newcomer like Kiana?

Alicia felt that even she probably couldn't handle it if she were in that situation.

Kiana was somewhat annoyed by this:

"Tch, what's the point of telling her this?"

At first, she confidently and readily agreed to Kevin's trial requirements, but after being repeatedly challenged and begging for mercy, the cold-faced uncle showed no intention of adjusting the difficulty.

Do you want to adjust the difficulty?

Be careful, or you might get chased down and hacked to pieces!

however--

"..."

After a moment of silence, Kevin readily accepted Alicia's suggestion.

"can."

At that moment, his weapon changed from the Heavenly Fire Greatsword to a baseball bat.

The white fluffy ball, whose face was slapped in the face at lightning speed, was a little emo.

Kiana looked utterly bewildered.

...You, that's not what you said before!

Why did your expression change as soon as she arrived?

Are you targeting me?

The white fluffy ball felt strongly resentful because it felt it was being treated differently.

Just then, Kevin came up and said—

"Descendant of Kaslana, will you continue to back down?"

Ps:

Follow-up to Honkai Impact 3rd News

A man robbed a pancake stall, but the stall owner threw a pancake in self-defense. The man is currently receiving treatment at a prison hospital for facial swelling. The stall owner is charged with intentional assault and is being questioned by police.

28. Sue hit someone on her way to work by bike and, at a loss, called her best friend. Kevin: You hit me.

29. To avoid labor, a criminal pretended to be sick and fainted. Kevin woke him up by telling a lame joke in the hospital.

30. Lacking a prayer room, Aponia had a brilliant idea: she placed a statue in the toilet and took the initiative to transform it into a prayer room.

31. On Thursday, Virvi sent “VW50” to Eden, and Eden promptly transferred 400 yuan.

32. A prison toilet was transformed into a prayer room. Inmates had to pray before entering the toilet. The inconvenience caused by the toilet was a collective complaint from the prisoners, which successfully got Aponia out of prison.

Chapter 159 Alicia and "Alicia"

Everything else was fine, but when Kevin's words—"Descendant of Kaslana, so will you continue to back down?"—took the white fluffy ball's ear, her gaze towards Kevin changed. The title "Descendant of Kaslana" kept echoing in her ears.

This is tolerable, but this is intolerable!

Don't you know that you can't use the surname as a basis for dealing with the Kaslana family?

Even if it means death, she would never want to dishonor the name she carries. Although it may seem foolish, it is indeed a principle that people from the Kaslana family uphold throughout their lives.

Even Kiana, who usually seems somewhat carefree, is no exception in this regard.

"Who would back down?!"

The white fluffy ball immediately got anxious and jumped out from behind Alicia, its neck flushed red as it angrily declared, "Kaslana's children would never be cowards!"

Faced with this challenge that concerned her honor, she even considered asking Kevin to switch back to the Skyfire Greatsword. Although it really hurt, she wouldn't actually die anyway. However, Kiana, who had been traumatized by the previous sword, shrank back and glanced at the baseball bat—not because she was afraid, but because this thing was indeed more acceptable to her than the terrifying flaming greatsword from before.

Kevin, usually so aloof, showed a rare slight smile, but quickly suppressed it, raising his baseball bat and pointing it directly at the former:

"It is certainly admirable to have a belief that is worth upholding, but you also need to have the ability to put that belief into practice."