As a symbiotic being, I raise children amidst the chaos.

"Mr. Chenyuan... Mr. Chenyuan... wake up, it's time to eat." Soft voices rang in Chenyuan's mind. He opened his eyes groggily and was greeted by an unfamiliar ceiling.

"Holy crap, where the hell have I ended up here?!" As his consciousness gradually returned, Chen Yuan jolted awake, jumping out of bed with a start, beads of sweat instantly forming on his forehead. "I remember being killed by that Temple-level Honkai Beast, how did I suddenly end up here?"

Just then, a familiar voice broke Chen Yuan's reverie, causing him to freeze in place. "Ah~ Mr. Chen Yuan, you're awake? Get up and eat." Chen Yuan rubbed his eyes, looked him over carefully, and only then was he sure he wasn't mistaken. "Raiden... Raiden Mei? What are you doing here?"

"This is our home. Where else could I be if not here?" Raiden Mei looked at Chen Yuan's surprised expression, tilted her delicate head slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes, but she didn't delve into it.

She gently picked up Chenyuan and said in a tender tone, "Alright, Mr. Chenyuan, wake up, it's time to eat."

"Eat? What kind of food?" Chen Yuan asked, completely bewildered. But the next second, his gaze froze on the doorway, as if he had been frozen in place.

Kiana walked gracefully in from outside, carrying a plate of strange-looking 'food' in her hands. The food was colorful and varied, with a fish head stuck on it.

"Holy crap, what the hell is this?!" When Kiana placed the food in front of Chenyuan, he almost vomited.

The dish was a riot of colors, a jumble of unknown ingredients piled haphazardly together, emitting a strange odor. Chen Yuan frowned, his gaze towards Kiana as if he were looking at a demon.

"Quick, little Chenyuan, come and try the food I specially prepared for you!" Kiana seemed not to see Chenyuan's reaction. She picked up a spoon, scooped up a spoonful of food, and then slowly approached Mr. Chenyuan.

"You...you stay away!!!" Chen Yuan shouted loudly, but it didn't stop Kiana from what she was doing. The stainless steel spoon in her hand was filled with a dark brown, unidentified liquid. Then she shoved the contents of the spoon into Chen Yuan's mouth.

In that instant, a bitter and spicy liquid slid down his throat, stimulating his taste buds. Chen Yuan's body jolted, and he regained consciousness.

"Huff...huff...was it a dream? That scared me to death..." Chen Yuan gasped for breath, wiping non-existent beads of sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. He then got up and looked around, ready to run away at any moment should anything happen.

'Huh? Strange, my body...?' Only then did Chen Yuan realize that he was not in his original form, but in a small, mimicking form.

"Oh, you're awake? You little rascal, you certainly sleep for quite a while." Just then, a familiar voice sounded behind Chen Yuan, tinged with a hint of teasing. He immediately turned around and saw Cocolia sitting elegantly at her desk, her bright eyes smiling as she looked at him.

"Cocolia? What's going on? I remember I'm already gone, aren't I?" Chen Yuan looked at her, completely confused. "Could it be that you've kicked the bucket too?"

"Hmm, it seems your brain hasn't suffered too much damage. You still have basic memories, which means there's not much of a problem." Cocolia stood up from her desk, walked lightly to the bedside, gently rested her arms on the edge of the bed, and leaned down to gaze at Chenyuan with a smile.

"This is my home, and you're not dead. Besides, you're the first man to lie in my bed, which is quite an honor."

"I've slept in all three of your daughters' beds, so what's your bed compared to that?" Giving Cocolia a disapproving look, Chen Yuan jumped up and onto the desk. "Fine, fine, I won't lie in your bed anymore, okay? What exactly happened after that day?"

Hearing Chen Yuan say that, Cocolia also stopped smiling, and then reached out and lifted Chen Yuan up. "Well, it's nothing, I just wanted to collect your body, but you were still breathing, so I brought you back."

"None of that matters now. What matters is that you suddenly invaded the body of a young girl. How am I supposed to settle this score with you?"

"I was trying to save you, it was a critical situation, so please bear with me a little~" Chen Yuan puffed out his chest, unconvinced by Cocolia's words. "Now you come here questioning me, is this how you talk to your savior?"

"Didn't I save you too?" Seemingly anticipating Chen Yuan's response, she said with a smile. "Back then, a fragment of that little thing was clinging to me tightly, wasn't it so cute?"

"This...this...never mind, say whatever you want." Chen Yuan scratched his cheek awkwardly after hearing Cocolia's words. "Alright, alright, I'll take the loss. Tell me, what do you want me to do? Offer myself to you?"

"Dream on~" Cocolia gently flicked Chen Yuan's forehead, placed him on the bed, stood up, took two notebooks from her desk, and handed them to Chen Yuan. "Here, take a look!"

"How can someone my size read this? This book is taller than me!" Chen Yuan threw the two books on the bed and glared angrily at Cocolia. "I suspect you're insulting me, but I have no proof!"

"Ahem, I really hadn't considered that." Cocolia coughed twice to cover her embarrassment, then continued, "Actually, it's nothing. One of these two books is my resignation letter, and the second is an invitation from a mysterious organization."

"Although the mysterious organization offered me a generous reward and agreed to all my requests, I still have a bit of... skepticism, after all..."

"After all, you care too much about the decay of this country and the deterioration of the world, don't you?" Following Cocolia's words, Chenyuan extended his tentacles and opened the invitation from the mysterious organization.

"As expected, it's Anti-Entropy~ Well, there's no other mysterious organization like it at this time." Shrugging, Chen Yuan tossed the invitation to Cocolia. "Don't worry, choosing this will be very beneficial for you, both now and in the future."

"You know this organization?"

"We're fairly familiar with each other, but they probably don't recognize me now." Chen Yuan habitually walked to the pillow on the bed and lay down. "So, what kind of help do you want from me by showing me these?"

Seeing Chen Yuan's impolite manner, Cocolia threw the two notebooks back onto the desk. Looking at Chen Yuan, who was lying comfortably on the pillow, a smile appeared on her lips.

"It's nothing, my dream... no, it's not really a dream, just a wish of mine." Cocolia lay down beside Chenyuan, her eyes fixed on the ceiling.

“You’re right. I’ve long harbored a deep hatred for the corruption in this country. After all, because of those in power, the children in the orphanage can’t even get a decent meal.”

“When I was still a soldier, I used my funds to support orphanages more than once, but it was always a drop in the ocean. I alone could not protect those children.”

At this point, Cocolia turned and gazed at Chenyuan. "Don't laugh at me, but my wish is to establish an orphanage so that homeless children can grow up healthily without hunger, fear, or the scheming of adults."

"It's ridiculous, isn't it? After this disaster, the country is even less able to support the daily operations of those orphanages, and countless children have been displaced and left homeless."

"Thinking that I can save those children all by myself is no different from wishful thinking. Sometimes I even mock myself."

At this moment, Cocolia is no longer the special forces captain she once was. Now she is more like a little girl, full of longing for her own wishes.

"Mocking you? How could I?" Chen Yuan sighed, reached out and moved Cocolia's hair aside, and said seriously, "Cocolia, your wish is not ridiculous. To give children a warm home, or to bring a glimmer of hope to those innocent lives, is not a foolish dream."

"Nothing in this world is more important than children. No one has the right to scold or ridicule you, because you have accomplished something that some people could not do in ten lifetimes."

"Hmph~ Is that so? I'll believe you for now." Feeling Chen Yuan's movements and breathing, Cocolia blushed, a rare occurrence for her. "Perfect timing, I should also tell you about the matter I need your help with."

Seemingly eager to escape, Cocolia quickly stood up and took a map from her desk. "Ahem, the orphanage matter is now complete, which was one of the conditions for me to join Anti-Entropy."

Unfolding the map, it displayed the entire terrain of Siberia. "The location has already been chosen. The disaster occurred in Siberia, so to make it easier to help the children, I've decided to locate the orphanage here. But..."

At this point, Cocolia blushed again, but forced herself to continue. "But those monsters called Honkai Beasts are still roaming around here, and Anti-Entropy doesn't have any manpower to support me right now, so..."

"So let me help you clean up, right?" Chen Yuan guessed what Cocolia was going to say, and after the other party confirmed it, Chen Yuan nodded indifferently.

"It's fine if I have to take action, but just like that day, I need to control your body to unleash your full power."

“It doesn’t matter. Once there’s a first time, there will be countless more.” Recalling the feeling of being symbiotic that day, Cocolia turned her head away, trying not to look directly at Chenyuan. “For…for those children, what do these things matter!”