They Call Me Daddy (Honkai Star Rail)

“Cocolia? Cocolia? Are you alright?”

“Ser…. val?”

Cocolia opened her eyes and looked at the person in front of her with some confusion.

“What’s wrong with you? Oh, and thanks for the guitar you gave me!”

Serval held the guitar in her arms, a joyful smile on her face.

“What am I…”

Cocolia felt somewhat disoriented. How many years had it been? For the first time, she felt so calm…

“Cocolia? What’s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?”

Seeing Cocolia’s strange behavior, Serval moved closer with concern and touched her forehead.

“Don’t! … No, I’m fine. Thank you, Serval”

Cocolia instinctively wanted to shout “Don’t touch me,” but seeing her friend’s frightened expression, she swallowed the words that were on the tip of her tongue. She finally closed her eyes and thanked Serval.

“Thank you? Come on, we’re best friends!”

Serval hugged Cocolia’s neck, speaking to her in an intimate manner.

“Mm… Best friends.”

Seeing her old friend’s smiling face, Cocolia’s lips also unconsciously curled into a faint smile.

“You look so strange today. Did something troubling happen?”

“Come and try the new guitar piece I’ve learned! They say it purifies the soul!”

They sat quietly in the room, playing and singing Belobog’s guitar piece, enjoying the peaceful afternoon. Sunlight streamed through the window, illuminating their beaming faces… There was no sound to disturb them.

…

“What’s going on with Lady Cocolia?”

Pela, who had just received the notification, looked anxiously at the medical officer. Among the Silvermane Guards, she was the only one still in the Qlipoth Fortress. Gepard was guarding the front lines, and the acting commander Bronya was missing. With the fate of the Supreme Guardian Cocolia uncertain, Pela felt as though the sky was about to fall.

“Uh… Lady Cocolia is not seriously hurt; she has just fallen into a coma from overwork.”

Seeing Pela’s anxious demeanor, the medical officer quickly reassured her.

“Is that so… When will the Supreme Guardian wake up?”

Pela stroked her rounded chin and asked the medical officer directly.

“She should wake up around this time tomorrow. For now, I’ll leave it up to the intelligence officers.”

The medical officer respectfully bowed to Pela.

“I… I understand.”

Pela looked at the solemn medical officer and nodded hesitantly before leaving the great guardian’s quarters, not noticing the faint golden light in the medical officer’s eyes after she left.

At this time, the Goethe Grand Hotel was surrounded by Silvermane Guards, three layers deep. Even the hotel owner looked bewildered as he faced the questioning guards.

“Have you seen these people?”

The guards placed several portraits in front of the owner and asked.

Looking at the handsome men and beautiful women in the portraits, the owner stroked his stubbly chin and smiled bitterly at the guards.

“I'm quite sorry sir, this group of people checked out an hour ago. I don’t know where they are now.”

The news of Cocolia’s coma was suppressed by Pela. Belobog could not handle the shock of such news about the Supreme Guardian.

Currently, in the main city area, there were fewer than a thousand operable guards. After excluding those stationed at critical positions, Pela could command only around two hundred guards.

With these numbers, finding the assailants responsible for harming the Supreme Guardian would be as difficult as reaching the heavens!

After weighing the pros and cons, Pela decided to temporarily abandon the search for suspects and wait until the Supreme Guardian wakes up to discuss further actions.

…………….

On the way to the underworld

Under the guidance of Sampo, the group heading to the underworld was unaware of the major upheaval up above. However, Wende, who knew what was about to happen, was deeply worried.

“Tsk… This is bad, I didn’t consider it. Himeko’s coffee can cause a stellaron to go berserk. I don’t know what will happen after Cocolia drinks it. I hope she can handle it…”

Wende clicked his tongue, causing Sampo, who was leading the way, to shiver.

“Uhm, is this guy thinking up some crazy ideas again?”

Sampo, who had been around the galaxy for many years, had never encountered someone like this. Turning a masked fool into a huge joke—are you a fool, or am I the fool!?

Sampo thought to himself with frustration.

Sigh, maybe this is Lord Aha’s test! He originally thought the arrival of the express crew would bring him amusement, but in the end…

The entertainment was him!

Gurgle…

A very noticeable sound came from the dark tunnel.

March 7th, feeling a bit embarrassed, covered her stomach. It then dawned on Wende that they hadn’t eaten anything for a long time. Even at the hotel just now, they had only drunk a bit of tea.

Thinking of this, Wende immediately put down his backpack, unzipped it, and took out several sandwiches to hand out to the group.

These were emergency rations he had prepared on the train, and they were just right for the situation.

“Ah… Thank you.”

Bronya accepted the sandwich from Wende with some surprise, not expecting there would be one for her.

“Ugh… Although I, Sampo, haven’t eaten either, judging by this living demon’s attitude I probably won’t get any. Well, I’ll just order some crab when we return to the lower district.”

Sampo thought with resignation.

“Here, this is yours. You’ve worked hard leading us.”

Wende smiled and handed a sandwich to Sampo while also removing all the lightning rods from him.

“Thank you, my hero!”

Sampo was somewhat surprised but didn't hesitate to grab the sandwich from Wende and took a big bite.

“This… tastes really good…”

Bronya and Sampo, experiencing Wende’s cooking for the first time, were both astonished.

…………………

Reality

A player with the ID “Chosen Sin” did not follow the main storyline to the Goethe Grand Hotel but instead wandered around the administrative district.

“Huh? What’s this? A glowing dot! Let’s touch it!”

“Eh? This is interactive, let’s click on it!”

“Hmm? What’s this? Let’s pick it up.”

“Ribbit! A treasure chest!”

A gray figure wandered around the administrative district like a runaway husky, opening random chests, picking up people’s books, kicking street lamps, and rummaging through mailboxes.

This player even adjusted the camera angle to look up NPCs’ skirts, not even sparing children!

It was truly despicable behavior!

If this were reality, encountering such a person would surely land them in jail!

“Hmm? This trash can…”

Suddenly, a trash can emitting an alluring glow came into Chosen Sin’s view.

‘Hmm? It’s interactable?’

Without a second thought, Chosen Sin walked up to the trash can and pressed the interaction key.

Zzzzzz!!!

Suddenly, a crackling electric sound was heard, followed by a blackout on the screen. When the screen lit up again, their character was already standing at the nearest teleportation point.

It was obviously caused by opening the trash can.

But why was there an electric sound?

Chosen Sin was baffled and decided to try another trash can that looked particularly pristine.

“Let’s see what secret you have!”

Excited, they rushed towards the trash can!

Zzzzzz!!!!

The screen went black again, and Colorful Sin’s Chosen’s character returned to the teleportation point. The entire team’s health bars dropped by about 30%.

“Uh… this isn’t right, is it?”

Chosen Sin scratched his head in confusion but remained unconvinced!

Click!

Zzzzzz!!!

The parties health dropped by 50%

Eat to recover health, and continue!

Zzzzzz!!!

At this point, Chosen Sin was like a gambling addict trying to reach the jackpot, frantically running to various trash cans in the Belobog administrative district, embracing them fervently, only to be teleported to another location.

“Fifth time! Charge!!! Hmph!! Hmm!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!”

Chosen Sin shouted! their wish for trash cans made them so exhilarated that they insisted on emptying every trash can in the Belobog administrative district! Even if it endangered their life! Even if there was only a breath left! Even if the characters lost all their fighting power! They would not, could not stop!!!

“Trash can!!!”

Clang!

This time! They finally didn’t get teleported back to the teleportation point. Stelle successfully opened the trash can! They listened to the trash can’s tale and, in a pilgrimage-like manner, pulled out a bag of trash from inside…

“Whoosh!”

A golden light effect flashed briefly at the bottom of the screen!

“Wende: You really are stubborn!”

x20 Steller Jades

“Woc, there’s an achievement for this?!”

As if discovering a new continent, Chosen Sin immediately posted his recent findings online. Since he had been recording the game, he uploaded it to AC site to let everyone know about this achievement!

Meanwhile, he also opened his QQ group.

【QQ Group: Ribbit!! It’s a Fool!】

【Chosen Sin: Guys! There’s a hidden achievement for picking up five trash cans in Belobog’s main city! Achievement.jpg.】

【Little Lamb: Really? I haven’t done the main storyline yet.】

【Chosen Sin: Really! I discovered it while wandering around the city halfway through the main storyline! And there’s also 20 Stellar Jades up for grabs!】

【Little Lamb: I’m coming right away!】

For a time, players of the Star Rail became obsessed with trash cans, regardless of where they were in the main storyline or whether there were trash cans nearby. If they saw something interactable, they had to “interact” with it, leading to many achievements and hidden tasks being uncovered by players.

Soon, a player named “White Night” analyzed the reason for getting electrocuted by trash cans.

White Night realized that the sound effect when opening the trash can was familiar, so he compared it with the attack sound effects of commonly seen characters in the game and discovered that it was exactly the same as the sound of Wende’s basic attack shooting lightning rods!

He then had a sudden idea and replaced Wende in his team.