People are crumbling, they're vile strangers

"What about little Sirin? You know who I'm talking about... She doesn't seem to have anything to do with me or her at all. Why is such a child on my body?"

The girl followed closely and asked the second question.The hermit was silent, she examined the girl, and Qiyana could feel her sharp eyes through the mask, making her feel uncomfortable all over.

"What... what's wrong?"

Kiyana, who was stared at more and more uncomfortable, trembled, and asked the hermit a question tentatively.

"Sometimes hearing one person's story, knowing one child's wishes, can be a heavy burden for the other person."

"Do you really want to know... Kiyana Kaslana? It's not your responsibility to know that?"

After a long silence, the hermit asked the girl.

"Soldiers move forward with the sustenance and suffering of everyone on their backs, and they keep everyone's prayers and wishes in their hearts... You, the hermit, said it yourself!"

"Heh...you're a quick learner, so come and listen—listen to this great deed that can only be accomplished with the mighty power of a god or in a dream."

The hermit sighed deeply, and a voice belonging to a certain girl sounded in the white space...

"If you have the magic to change the world, then Sirin hopes that in this world——"

"No sorrow, no pain, no despair..."

"There is no loneliness that cannot be digested."

"When I open my eyes again, my wishes will definitely come true."

The girl's voice tells her pure and innocent wishes

——And the white-haired girl who listened to this wish knew in her heart how far away it was to achieve this great cause.

...

"She is an eternal purple star, giving your soul transparency and nourishment."

"She is the gift of the Father, who bestows upon you an immortal and pure body."

"She is an apostle from another world, a divine grace bestowed by the Supreme Lord"

"...She is also the Herrscher of the Sky, Sirin"

"Different from you, this child was born in darkness and chaos. The trick of fate made her congenitally blind, and she never saw the true colors of the world."

"The mother who lives with her weaves a beautiful world for her with words, just as you have heard..."

"—a world where there is no sorrow, no pain, no despair, and no undiminished loneliness."

"However, it is not only the so-called negative emotions that are the elements of Herrscherization..."

"The girl listened to her mother's description of the beautiful world, and she thought: If only I could open my eyes and see the world that my mother said."

"The fiery wish was conveyed, and the mighty power that belonged to the gods gathered on her body...Honkai broke out——"

"The girl who opened her eyes didn't see the wonderful world her mother had described to her in the dark...Desolate and dilapidated, the doomsday scene after the collapse came into her eyes."

"And that dead man flung himself at her mother..."

The hermit looked at Qiyana, and stopped the girl's story. In the white space, at some point, the owner of the story stood behind Kiyana holding a doll.

"...Long time no see, little Celine."

The hermit greeted the girl who came suddenly, but Kiyana froze for a moment, then turned around behind her.

"Sirin? Why are you here! You listen..."

"It's okay, sister Kiyana...Although Sirin's wish was not fulfilled in the end...but at least Sirin protected Cecilia's mother at the end of this story...and everyone. "

The smile on the girl's face is the innocent smile of a child who guards his treasure.

"Mama Cecilia?"

There was confusion in Kiana's tone.

"Ah, in the second collapse of another world, there is also an existence named Cecilia Shaniat. She and your mother made the same choice at the end of the story—"

"She hugged the child, watched the Honkai fission bomb fall, and gave the girl the last tenderness at the end of her life."

"The difference is that the girl also responded to this warmth. The power of the Herrscher was overused by this child... The power belonging to the Herrscher of the Void will swallow the fission warhead into the imaginary space."

"And as the price of overdraft power...she died in Cecilia's arms."

......

"You should go... Kiana"

The hermit looked at Kiana who was hugging Sirin, and the purple-haired girl also responded to the girl's embrace.

"It's okay, sister Qiyana. Sirin is doing well now, so don't worry... My sister has something to do, so don't delay..."

Little Sirin patted the girl on the back, and gently broke free from Qiyana's arms.

"The Hermit..."

The white-haired girl looked at the hermit in front of her.

"I know what you want to ask... Kiyana Kaslana."

"This child will come back to reality at some point... all you have to do now is to untie her...or rather, yourself..."

"My... own bondage?"

"How long do you think that the Skyfire released by Siegfried will be able to suppress the derived personality of the Herrscher's evil side..."

"And the Lord didn't even realize or even evaded denying the existence of this personality before this?" The hermit shook his head helplessly.

"That child helped you suppress a part of that evil personality while unconsciously sleeping, and as the main personality, as long as you don't come into contact with a huge amount of Houkai energy, naturally you won't be replaced by her so easily."

[Not to mention being beaten up by another [god] of her family in Singapore... Now she is probably still doubting her life. 】

"Uh...then I think I'm going to...!" Kiyana puffed up her chest confidently, and was about to say something when she was interrupted by the woman in front of her.

"Don't you think... Kiyana kid, you are at best a sword embryo that has just been shaped by us... It hasn't even been ground yet."

There was a hint of annoyance in the hermit's tone.

"It's good to learn anything, but don't learn another one of your inflated skills. She has already been beaten, and you want to be beaten when you go out in the future?"

Qiyana thought about the tragedy of her predecessor, the Second Herrscher being chased and hacked by her father, and shook her head resolutely.

...

"Hmph... You and your father lived a short life, and the spirit of Kaslana passed down to you by him and your sister has allowed you to shave off impurities from this piece of pig iron."

"And everything that I experienced and taught in the dream at night created a prototype for you..."

"However, the real sword...you have to sharpen it bit by bit in the end, Kiyana."

The hermit shook his head and looked towards the black door.

"That's what is destined to happen in the future. If you don't grow up here... all tragedies will be irreversible."

"When you're ready, step into it"

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"Sirin and the hermit, I'm leaving!"

The white-haired knight Ji greeted the two of them as if she was going to school, then turned her head and her face changed, revealing a generous and righteous expression, and stepped into the black door...

"Although in a sense, it is true that she should go to Hob Knife Mountain... But it is not necessary to show this expression."

Watching Qiyana step into the gate, the hermit whose figure disappeared took off her black mask to reveal her true face, her blue eyes looked at the gate where the girl disappeared, and the corners of her eyes were twitching.

"Sister Snow, sister Qiyana will be okay?" Little Sirin looked at the black door with some worry.

"There is... but there is no... This is a false sky made of unreality, so she will not be harmed in any real sense..."

"But if she doesn't have a firm belief, if she lingers in a certain place and refuses to leave, her consciousness will never be able to return to her real body..."

The hermit shook his head.

"Will this... be too dangerous?"

"Trust her...then, let time give us the answer."

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The girl who stepped into the door was plunged into darkness before her eyes, and her body was falling downward in weightlessness. After a long period of falling, Qiyana felt the touch of the ground again, and the darkness in front of her quickly dissipated...

"Stupid Qiyana, you just lost your mind during the mission for 3 minutes." Bronya's voice sounded, making the white-haired girl feel unreal, as if everything in front of her was real, and the previous Those are just illusory dreams.

"Qiana...are you okay?" Just when Kiyana was in a state of astonishment, Mei rang out with concern.

"Ah...I...I'm alright..." Kiyana spared her head and looked at Mei who was beside her.

"Are you really okay?" Mei's hand touched the girl's body, as if she wanted to check if she was hurt there, the cold touch brought by Mei's hand and the itching on the skin made the girl throw away the unreality to the back of the head.

"It's fine, don't touch Mei, it's so itchy..."

"Okay, if you get hurt there, you must tell me directly." Mei took her hand back suspiciously

"Then Team B will continue its mission, chase Miss Wendy, and bring her back to the Hyperion." Bronya looked at the girl who had regained her vitality and was heading towards the ruins in the distance.

.....

"We have made some changes to her cognition, and now her cognition is gradually moving closer to the situation in the illusion—for example, she is currently performing the task of recovering the gem of desire and the Fourth Herrscher."

In the white space, a squinting gray-haired young man appeared here with his white-haired companion.

"Theory class and practice class...ha——"

"Forget it, only the unforgettable pain can give birth to a reborn growth..."

Snow shook his head, approving the actions of the gray-haired forerunner, while little Sirin made a prayer expression, mourning for what happened to Kiyana next.

... The group of girls in the picture encounters the fourth Herrscher Wendy again in a sea of ​​flowers.

.....

"Found you, Wendy!"

Kiyana looked at the dark green-haired girl in front of her, and put on a defensive posture.

"What a bunch of stalkers!"