Star Railway, starting as Kiana

"What nonsense are you talking about? Lady Cecilia is standing right next to me..."

When Xiaoqi turned around, she realized that there was nothing behind her.

The place he was in was not the Babylonian Laboratory, but a simulated space similar to the one where he conducted actual combat training.

Just as Theresa said.

There was no one else there besides her and Theresa.

Everything that just happened felt like a dream to her.

"No, it's impossible."

Xiaoqi refused to believe that the warmth of her mother's embrace she had just felt was fake, nor did she want to believe that Cecilia's companionship along the way was all fake.

She preferred to believe that the Theresa in front of her was a fake, and that her purpose was to sway her.

But when she turned around, she couldn't find Cecilia anywhere.

But when she turned around, she found that Theresa had also disappeared in front of her.

No, Theresa didn't disappear.

Instead, she was wearing a Valkyrie armor that Xiaoqi had never seen before, and she knocked Theresa, the S-rank Valkyrie of Destiny, unconscious with a single punch.

...

"To be honest, isn't Theresa's S-rank ranking a bit overrated?"

When faced with Kiana's questioning, Otto did not play dead, but instead chose to defend his granddaughter.

"Theresa wasn't wearing the Valkyrie armor, and Judah wasn't around either. On the contrary, Fu Hua was already quite powerful. With the help of Schicksal's fourth-generation Godslayer armor, she suddenly launched an attack. Theresa didn't expect that one of her students would attack her."

While Otto was still defending Theresa, Xiaoqi's eyes changed completely when she saw Fu Hua.

"Oh right, I also have an older sister. Could it be that she's also an imposter?"

"No, your sister is real."

"Squad leader, then everything that just happened was real, right?"

Xiaoqi tried to get a positive reply from Wu Fuhua, even though she had already woken up from her dream and understood that everything she had just experienced was just a beautiful dream.

But what if?

Even if it's an AI personality, a piece of data, it's still Cecilia, the mark left by her mother.

However, Fu Hua shook her head, having correctly answered Xiao Qi's dream.

Your mother is not here.

"This data space has never had any virtual environment or AI."

“The Babylonian Laboratory and Cecilia never existed in the first place.”

"What are you saying! No, you're lying! Mom was right beside me the whole time! We defeated the Second Herrscher together!"

I protected my mother!

"It's time to wake up from this dream. It's all just an illusion. Just as the headmaster said, there has never been anyone else here from beginning to end."

...

Seeing that only one image remained on the projected screen, Fu Hua continued to use the truth to shatter Xiao Qi's last illusions.

Otto seemed to be thinking of his former capable subordinate.

"Cecilia, the holder of the Holy Blood, the strongest Valkyrie who wields the Black Abyss White Flower. It's a pity that if she weren't the Second Herrscher, perhaps she and Siegfried would be living happily with their daughter now."

"Ms. Kiana, do you think I'm right?"

Kiana didn't understand why Otto suddenly started provoking her.

But her understanding of Otto allowed her to immediately launch a counterattack.

"I like girls, sweet and soft girls. I love pink hair, and I love white hair too. Only children make choices; I want them all!"

"I want to get close to beautiful girls!"

Seeing Kiana suddenly transform into Kallen and utter those words, Otto was truly speechless with frustration.

These words touched a raw nerve in his heart, a wound that could never be healed.

But he couldn't do anything with Karen.

...

The "live stream" is still ongoing.

Seeing Kiana kneeling on the ground, distraught and unable to accept reality after learning the truth, is truly heartbreaking.

Just as Fu Hua was about to go up and continue to persuade her, she felt that Xiao Qi seemed different in some way.

"No, that's not true!"

"Mom must be here!"

"I also want to take my mom home and take her to see my sister!"

"I will definitely find my mother!"

"Oh right! And that magic spell!"

Xiaoqi was like a lost traveler in the desert who encountered an oasis and pressed forward without hesitation, trying to grasp at this last straw, this last hope.

"Ichdich!"

Looking at the wings formed by Honkai energy on Xiaoqi's back, the last time I saw them was when Sirin inside Xiaoqi's body awakened, causing the white ribbon to transform into moonlight.

Unfortunately, it wasn't fully Herrscherized, and there was no Honkai eruption around it, nor were there any Honkai crystals or Honkai reactors.

So, with just one move, Xiaoqi was knocked unconscious and lay down next to Theresa.

"Your Excellency, Fu Hua has captured the target. Theresa has also been subdued. What should we do?"

Upon hearing the message over the phone, Otto did not immediately issue the orders as originally planned, but instead looked at Kiana beside him.

Or rather, this stranger in the form of Karen, who carries the "light in her heart."

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do you think you'd give up on awakening the Herrscher of the Void if I went back to Kiana?"

Otto initially wanted to say no, but looking at Kiana's current Kallen-like face, he didn't respond immediately.

Instead, his mouth was beyond his control, and he uttered a sentence that neither he, Kiana, nor the person on the other end of the communication could believe.

"If that's your wish, then yes."

Otto regretted it as soon as he said it.

The person in front of me is not Karen.

I was surprised that I had impulsively said something that could cause my plans to be disrupted.

but...

That's Karen, after all.

Even if the probability of Kiana = Kallen is only one in 100,000, or even negligible, so what? For the past five hundred years, even knowing that the chances were slim, he still persisted.

However, Kiana did not respond directly.

Otto did not hesitate for long and proceeded to issue further instructions according to the original plan.

"Let her go for the sake of Theresa being my lovely granddaughter."

"I'm very interested in that little girl..."

But at this moment, Kiana made a surprising statement.

"So you're interested in little girls, huh? I get it, you're a pervert. I'm going to go get close to Yae Sakura right now. Who's Otto? I don't know him!"

Otto: Pfft!

This is not an exaggeration; Otto actually coughed up blood because of Kiana's words.

Seemingly overwhelmed with anger, he tried to explain himself, only to discover that Kiana had already left sometime earlier.

"Your Excellency, are you alright?"

"It's alright, bring her to headquarters quickly."

"As ordered!"

Chapter 396 Studying? Do Herrschers even need to study?

When Orinto returned to the laboratory, he discovered that Xiaoqi was not lying in the three devices she had prepared, but instead, there was a princess bed that looked out of place in the laboratory.

And his own spot seemed to have been taken over by a figure.

Meanwhile, Rita, the vice-captain of the strongest S-class Valkyrie team, the Undying Blade, was currently wearing a Valkyrie armor that resembled a maid outfit, feeding the uninvited guest sliced ​​fruit.

"Lady Kiana, would you like some salad dressing?"

"No need, Rita, the original flavor is the best."

"You're right."

Rita echoed Kiana's words while using a toothpick to pick up a small piece of watermelon and held it to Kiana's mouth.

"Lady Kiana, there's a watermelon seed stuck to the corner of your mouth. Let me help you remove it."

Rita gently picked up the watermelon seed from Kiana's face with her thumb and forefinger and placed it on the tray.

Both of them were very happy.

Kiana was enjoying this life like royalty. With someone as caring as Rita looking after her, she was naturally very happy.

Meanwhile, Rita on the other side was also very happy.

After all, she is the vice-captain of the Undying Blade, a Schicksal S-rank Valkyrie, and also a sharp knife for dealing with the dark side of Schicksal.

She also vaguely knew Yulandal's true identity.

And now, there's yet another "Durandal" in some ways, and unlike her own, she's not as serious. Even if she wanted to feed her, Durandal would use:

"No, this way of eating is not very efficient."

To respond.

It seems that apart from when Durandal was young, Rita took care of Durandal, but only in terms of her daily life and living arrangements.

Even by the time Rita got up, Durandal had already finished a round of training.

Thinking about this, she really hoped that Durandal could learn from Kiana.

At that moment, Otto coughed lightly, trying to get their attention.

The two men's oblivious behavior made him somewhat embarrassed.

Upon seeing Otto arrive, Kiana merely glanced at him before resuming to enjoy Rita's personal services.

As for Rita, she was about to turn around when she saw Otto arrive when Kiana stopped her.

"what!"

Looking at Kiana, who was staring wide-eyed and waiting to be fed, and the somewhat embarrassed bishop standing next to her, he felt a little awkward.

Rita hesitated for only a second before resolutely choosing Kiana.

LOL, why do you think Rita is standing so firmly on Schicksal's side now?

If it weren't for Theresa, if it weren't for Durandal, who would work for you day and night?

When Otto saw Rita choose to feed Kiana first, his noble and elegant bishop demeanor, which he usually maintained in front of outsiders, instantly crumbled.

Amber, who was following behind her, did not react to this scene.

"Why are you here?"

Otto is really having a headache right now.

After all, Kiana is a complicated person for him.

On one hand, as the Herrscher of the Void from "another world," whose cores may even outnumber Sirin's, he desperately wanted to begin research and experiment on Kiana.

On the other hand, Otto doesn't intend to use his trump card when the Third Honkai Impact 3rd will begin this century, even though he is a near-complete Herrscher and there are not many constraints.

The most crucial question is whether there is any connection between Kiana and Kallen, or rather, between this Kiana and Kallen.