Chapter 42: Cocolia's Lie

[To compensate you, Cocolia decided to adopt you. Do you accept?]

"Accept. There isn't much of a choice."

If this were reality instead of a simulation, no one would accept Cocolia's adoption. The feud between parents and enemies is irreconcilable, and no one would accept the mercy of their enemy.

But this is just a simulation, and Lu Yu's goal is not to kill Cocolia. His objective is to save Bronya, so Lu Yu will definitely accept.

[You accepted Cocolia's request and became her adopted son. However, it does not mean you have given up your hatred. In fact, being intelligent from a young age, you know that choosing this path will make your revenge much easier, which is the reason you agreed to Cocolia.]

[As the host made a choice, according to the rules of this simulation, the host will enter the random storyline in five seconds... 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.]

[Random storyline initiated. Chaos begins.]

"Is this... my home?"

After a dizzying moment, Lu Yu struggled to get up from the bed. His head was throbbing.

Although he had experienced this every time he entered a random storyline, Lu Yu had prepared herself mentally for this uncomfortable feeling.

After entering a random storyline, Lu Yu's previous memories would be forcibly implanted into this world, which caused the sensation of dizziness.

Jumping down from the bed, Lu Yu walked to the floor mirror in his room. he looked at her reflection in the mirror.

The reflection showed a five-year-old boy who resembled Lu Yu quite closely. Although Lu Yu couldn't remember what he looked like at the age of five, he estimated that he would look similar to this.

"Hmm, I was pretty cute as a kid!"

Looking at his current self wearing casual clothes in the mirror, Lu Yu nodded in satisfaction. With his delicate facial features and slightly handsome appearance, he felt like a qualified shota (young boy)!

"No wonder I grew up to be so handsome; it turns out I was good-looking even as a child!"

As Lu Yu marveled at his own heroic appearance since childhood, he heard a click, and several people in military uniforms pushed open the door and entered his room.

"Ah?!"

Hearing the commotion, Lu Yu took a step back and put on a fearful expression when he made eye contact with the adults.

In this random storyline, Lu Yu was playing the role of a five-year-old child, so he naturally had to act like one.

Otherwise, he might end up in a situation where a twenty-year-old guy transmigrated into the body of a five-year-old boy, and the likelihood of Cocolia adopting him would have decreased, and instead, he might have been taken to some research institute by Cocolia.

"Child, don't be afraid."

As Lu Yushowed a frightened expression, a woman in a military coat walked up to him.

The woman had purple eyes, and her golden curls on her head were as beautiful as a doll. Lu Yu looked at the woman in front of her, and this person was Cocolia.

At this moment, Cocolia was wearing a Russian-style military uniform, with a red and white cape draped over her shoulders, and she wore a purple gem earring. The current Cocolia was not like the one Lu Yu had seen in the game's plot; she was still quite young, probably not yet twenty.

"Who... are you? Why... Why are you in my home?"

Hearing Lu Yu's trembling voice, Cocolia squatted down, keeping her height at the same level as Lu Yu's, and smiled at him.

"I'm Cocolia, a good friend of your mom and dad!"

As she spoke, Cocolia reached out and patted Lu Yu's head.

Looking at the woman in front of him, Yulu called out in his heart, "No, she's the one who killed my parents in the plot, and she can say she's a good friend of my parents? What kind of friendship is this?"

Lu Yu put on a curious expression. "Oh? Big sister, you're a good friend of my mom and dad?"

"Yes, you're called Lu Yu, right?"

Lu Yu hurriedly nodded, "Yes, yes."

"You see, we're meeting for the first time, but I know your name. Your mom and dad told me."

"So that's how it is."

"Lulu, your mom and dad went on a long journey, and it will take a very long time for them to come back. Before that, do you want to live with big sister?"

Looking at the woman in front of her who called herself big sister, Cocolia didn't know how to tell Lu Yu the truth. After thinking it over, she decided to lie to Lu Yu for now. No matter what, she had killed his parents due to the system's arrangement, and she couldn't leave this young boy alone.

"Oh? Mom and dad went on a journey? When will they come back?"

Without hurrying to reply to Lu Yu, Cocolia dodged the question.

"I don't know either. I only know your mom and dad went to a very distant place. So, do you want to live with big sister and wait for your mom and dad to come back?"

Seeing the hint of guilt in Cocolia's eyes, Lu Yu also sighed inwardly.

Cocolia was a complicated person in Lu Yu's eyes. To say that she was evil would not be entirely accurate. She was the reason behind the third Honkai outbreak in the game plot, but it was to save Seele. Lu Yu had always had a good perception of Cocolia, but she felt that this woman was a bit overestimating her abilities. She caused the Honkai outbreak to save Seele, but unlike Otto, Cocolia couldn't resolve the Honkai.

And this time, Cocolia was forced to kill her parents by the system's arrangement. No matter how you looked at it, Cocolia was a pitiful person, though she did have some things that were worthy of resentment.

"Hmm, okay! Then I'll live with big sister at home and wait for mom and dad to come back."

"Here? Alright, then."

Cocolia originally wanted to take Lu Yu back to her own home to live together, but when she heard the boy's words, Cocolia realized the problem.

If she rushed to take Lu Yu away, it might cause the child to be uneasy. Cocolia had heard of Lu Yu's intelligence. She didn't want Lu Yu to know the truth too early, fearing that this little boy would embark on an irreversible path.

As for herself...

Cocolia looked at the little boy standing in front of her with a complicated expression and made a decision.

If, after growing up and knowing the truth, Lu Yu still couldn't get out of hatred, then she would give him a chance for revenge...