I'm in Morioh, just joined a chat group for cute girls.

Kiana muttered to herself, her grip on Mei's arm tightening unconsciously.

She felt the ground beneath her feet cracking open, the whole world spinning and collapsing.

She is not Kiana; she is merely a substitute, a counterfeit.

Even her most prized surname, and the goal she fought for, was nothing but a joke.

"The way you are now, you're unworthy of the name 'Kiana'."

Gu Ye's voice rang out again, this time with a hint of sternness, "Your father, Siegfried Kaslana, trusted you so much that he entrusted his daughter's name to you. He acknowledged your will and recognized you as a warrior of Kaslana. I also wrote in my diary that he never left you. When you were wandering alone, he was always secretly protecting you and clearing obstacles for you."

"He believed you could protect this name, could take his daughter's place and walk this path against the Honkai. And you? Just because you know you're not his biological daughter, are you going to give up on yourself here?"

"I don't!"

Kiana suddenly raised her head, tears welling up in her eyes, but she stubbornly refused to let them fall. "I haven't given up on myself!"

She took a deep breath, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and her gaze became firm again.

That's right, my dad gave me this name, which means he approved of me!

So what if I'm a cyborg?

I am Kiana Kaslana! I will protect this name!

"I made a decision!"

She declared loudly, as if making a vow to herself and to everyone else, "I will definitely protect the name 'Kiana' and will never let it be tarnished!"

Seeing Kiana regain her spirits, Gu Ye's lips curled into a playful smile.

His gaze passed over Kiana and landed on Durandal, who remained silent behind her.

"Speaking of it,"

He spoke slowly, his voice not loud, but it made everyone's hearts jump, "The real Kiana, although she fell from a thousand meters in the sky in Siberia and was only eight years old, she did not die."

His gaze shifted to Rita, a hint of mockery in his turquoise eyes: "Am I right, Lieutenant Rita?"

Rita's smile remained unchanged even when her name was called.

She bowed slightly, adopting her ever-humble demeanor, and followed Gu Ye's words, saying, "Hehe, Lord Gu Ye is truly omniscient. That young lady's vitality is indeed admirable."

It seems that Lord Gu Ye intends to reveal everything here.

Good, it will help Lady Durandal to recognize her past sooner, which will also benefit her future plans.

Rita thought to herself, perfectly playing the role of a facilitator.

"What did you say?!"

Kiana instantly exploded, her newly built-up mental defenses nearly crumbling again. "A person! Falling from a thousand meters in the air! And still alive?! You're telling me this guy is only eight years old?! You're kidding me!"

"I didn't lie to you."

Gu Ye shrugged. "I've recorded all these details in my diary, but you guys didn't look closely enough; you were only focused on the fighting and killing in the future. Besides... I think some people have already guessed who this 'real Kiana' is, right?"

His gaze fell on Durandal again, with a clear hint.

However, Durandal simply frowned, her straightforward face filled with incomprehension.

An eight-year-old child survives a fall from a height of 1,000 meters? This violates the laws of physics.

Unless... she possesses extremely strong Honkai energy resistance and a special physique.

But what does that have to do with what we're discussing now?

Chapter 92 Kiana: I understand! Durandal is my mother.

Gu Ye sighed inwardly as he looked at her clueless expression. He'd forgotten; this girl was a bit of a simpleton, and he couldn't play riddles with her.

"hehe,"

Rita chuckled, defusing the situation perfectly, "Perhaps the real Kiana herself didn't notice these details about her past. After all, she was more concerned with ending the Honkai and leading Schicksal to a brighter future. Her gaze was always forward."

Rita's words were like a bolt of lightning, cleaving through the fog in everyone's minds.

Always looking forward...

Extremely strong resistance to Honkai energy...

A tenacious vitality...

The Kaslana family...

Among those present, whose identities and backgrounds are still unclear...?

All the clues came together at that moment!

Mei's pupils contracted sharply, and she gasped, staring incredulously at the strongest S-rank Valkyrie in Schicksal, the captain of the "Undying Blade" who had always presented a powerful and dignified image.

"Youlandel..."

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Her voice trembled with shock, "You...you're the real Kiana?!"

The moment Mei uttered those words, everyone in the carriage was drawn to Durandal, as if by an invisible magnet.

Even Durandal herself, whose face was always filled with seriousness and confidence, showed a rare, pure bewilderment.

Her eyes widened slightly, as if she was completely unable to process the sudden information.

"so!"

Kiana's train of thought had clearly veered in an unexpected direction. She slapped her thigh and loudly announced in a tone of sudden realization, "Durandal is my mother!"

"Boom!"

A sharp flick landed on Kiana's forehead.

"It's my sister, my sister!"

Gu Ye withdrew his finger and corrected him irritably, "Have you forgotten all your arithmetic and basic knowledge of family hierarchy?"

"Oh! Sister!"

Kiana covered her forehead and quickly corrected herself. She stared blankly at Durandal before belatedly realizing, "Last time Gu Ye said we were sisters, so he wasn't lying after all!"

"But, isn't this wrong?"

Kitagawa Haimu blinked her beautiful big eyes and asked a very practical question, "Miss Durandal is blonde, and Kiana is white-haired. Your hair colors are completely different. How can you be sisters? Could it be that one of your parents, Kiana, has blonde hair?"

This question immediately reminded Kiana, who shook her head vigorously: "Impossible! In our Kaslana family, and in my mother's Shaniat family, there isn't a single blonde in eighteen generations! They're all white!"

She immediately turned a suspicious look to Gu Ye, puffing out her cheeks in dissatisfaction: "Gu Ye! Are you playing us again? She's clearly not my sister!"

Gu Ye didn't even bother to turn his head, focusing intently on the scenery ahead of the Thousand Worlds Train, and casually tossed out a sentence: "Believe it or not. I'm busy, I need to concentrate on driving the train, I don't have time to play guessing games with you."

Gu Ye's hands-off attitude left Kiana at a loss for what to do.

She glanced at Durandal, who looked completely bewildered, then looked down at herself.

She's a fake; Durandal is the real one.

This realization weighed heavily on her heart like a stone.

Should I... give her back her name? From now on... I'll just call myself K-423.

Just as Kiana's thoughts were about to slide into the abyss of self-doubt, a calm and firm voice pulled her back.

"younger sister."

Kiana suddenly looked up and saw Durandal looking at her. Although there was still a little bit of discomfort in her eyes, there was more of an undeniable seriousness.

"I...don't remember anything from when I was a child."

Durandal spoke slowly, her tone calm yet possessing a soothing power, "If I had known this before, I might have complained about why my father abandoned me. But I saw you."

She looked at Kiana, her eyes softening slightly: "You've let me know that Mr. Siegfried... he must have his own reasons."

"Still calling me sir?"

Gu Ye's voice drifted over, "If Siegfried knew you called him that, he'd probably be crying his eyes out in some corner."

Durandal's cheeks flushed almost imperceptibly. She cleared her throat, ignoring Gu Ye's sarcastic remark, and continued to Kiana, "I will go with you to find Father. Then, we will ask him everything."

Kiana stared blankly at her, at this real "Kiana," at the sincere acceptance and unwavering will in her eyes.

A warm feeling welled up from the bottom of her heart, dispelling all her unease and self-doubt. She nodded vigorously and called out in a clear, heartfelt voice, "Sister!"

That "sister" was like a switch, instantly turning Durandal back into the "Undying Blade" captain mode.

The warm atmosphere of sisterly affection lasted less than three seconds before she immediately steered the conversation back on track.

“Since we are sisters, as the older sister, I have an even greater responsibility to guide you onto the right path.”

Durandal's expression turned serious again. "What I just suggested—transferring you to Schicksal headquarters for formal, systematic training—is settled."

Kiana's smile froze instantly.

"Not good!"

Alarm bells rang in her mind, and she immediately hid behind Mei like a frightened kitten, tugging at her clothes and pleading, "Mei! Help me!"

Mei gave a helpless, wry smile and gently patted Kiana's hand.

I have no way to deal with Captain Durandal, especially as her older sister.

Seeing that Mei was unreliable, Kiana turned her pleading gaze to Gu Ye in the driver's seat: "Gu Ye! You have to think of something!"

Gu Ye finally turned his head. He didn't look at Kiana, but instead scanned everyone in the carriage.

"Do you know why I told Kevin to postpone the Stigmata Project for five years?"

His voice wasn't loud, but it silenced everyone.

Kiana blinked, puzzled.

"Because,"

Gu Ye's gaze turned deep and solemn. "You don't have much time left."

"Five years. This is the maximum time I've calculated based on the 'script.' Five years from now, that's roughly when the end will come."

"so,"

His gaze finally settled on Kiana, carrying an unprecedented sense of pressure. "Now, are you motivated to become stronger?"

The end is coming.

Five years.

These words, like an invisible boulder, weighed heavily on the hearts of everyone in the carriage.

Kiana, Mei, Bronya, Seele, and even Durandal, who had just set a new goal, and Rita, who had been standing aside, all felt at this moment the suffocating pressure of "fate".

In the midst of this frozen silence, a voice that maintained an elegant smile rang out steadily.

"Lord Gu Ye."

Rita bowed slightly, her wine-red eyes calmly fixed on Gu Ye, as if the doomsday prophecy that had just overwhelmed everything had no effect on her. "Before we discuss the future, please allow me to ask one more question."

Her demeanor was humble and proper, but the questions she raised went straight to the heart of the matter.

"In the 'script' you know, Bishop Otto...did he ultimately succeed?"

Regardless of the future, His Holiness the Bishop's wish remains the ultimate guiding principle of Operation Destiny. If his wish cannot be fulfilled, then the fight against the End may lose its meaning for him. I must confirm this. Rita calmly considered this in her mind; her loyalty had always been solely for one person.

Gu Ye knew what Rita meant by "success".

He turned his head and looked at the adjutant who always put his lord's interests first, his eyes filled with a complex meaning.

"It was achieved, but not completely."

He replied, "From my perspective, the way it was achieved was somewhat far-fetched. But it's good overall; he didn't destroy the whole world because of his own selfish desires."

He didn't keep anyone in suspense, summarizing the man's final fate in the simplest language.

“Otto became the Herrscher of Binding. He deceived the entire world and the will of Honkai. He used his false god body to forcibly enter the Imaginary Tree, and then... used his own existence as fuel to ignite a path to the past. He did not resurrect Kallen from 500 years ago, but created a new world bubble. In that timeline, Kallen Kaslana survived.”

"The price is that the person 'Otto Apocalypse' has been completely wiped out from the past, present and future. He has been completely deleted by the world and by the Tree of Imaginary Numbers."

Upon hearing this ending, the carriage erupted in uproar.

"To exchange one's own life for the sake of one's loved one living in another world... that can be considered a kind of happiness."