All Lies

"... Mr Welt, it's been a long time."

Cecilia, who had just been released from the Stigmata Space by Lin Yu, spoke to Welt with a slightly apologetic tone.

"While I would love to exchange pleasantries with you, I'm sorry, but right now I don't have the time."

Before Durandal could even speak, a strange emotion stirring within her, the woman before her, known as 'Lady Cecilia,' suddenly rushed forward and embraced Durandal.

"Kiana, I'm sorry, you've suffered a lot these past few days."

"Kiana?"

This... this isn't my name.

The girl named Bianca Durandal Atagina had intended to say this to the woman who looked a few years older than her.

But when the woman embraced her, she suddenly felt a warmth she had never experienced before, which enveloped her body and soul.

As this feeling entered Durandal's body, a flood of memories suddenly returned to her mind.

"You are... Cecilia Sania ..."

Durandal, whose mind was in turmoil from these memories, looked at the woman before her, whose eyes were already brimming with tears, and uttered that word in a dry, broken voice.

"Mother..."

Recalling her past memories, the girl, combined with the information she now possessed, immediately understood why Welt had shown such a surprised expression.

Fourteen years ago, Sirin Herrscher of the Void, brought a tremendous catastrophe to the world.

According to information recorded in the Schicksal Database, Cecilia Sania, the S-rank Valkyrie at the time, requested headquarters to launch Honkai Energy Fission Bomb to Siberia, where she was located, at the end of her life.

In the end, in order to perish together with the Herrscher of the Void at that time, Cecilia did not choose to retreat, but instead died on the battlefield in Siberia.

In other words, her mother should have died fourteen years ago.

Something's not right...

Something's definitely not right.

Although she felt warmth from her mother's embrace, Durandal, who also possessed some information and these memories, felt even more confused at this moment.

Although I can't quite put my finger on it, something is definitely wrong.

"Sigh, I knew you'd get into trouble, that's why I wanted you to be prepared."

Seeing the once resolute female knight now in a state of confusion due to regaining her memories, Lin Yu sighed helplessly.

"The rest is up to you, Mrs. Sania."

"Mr. Lin Yu, thank you, thank you for letting me hug my child again."

Cecilia, who was holding Durandal tightly, felt that she had a lot to say to her daughter.

But when she was about to say it, she stopped herself.

She'll have plenty of time to express herself later.

At this moment, the mother, who should have died but was given a second life, only wanted to hug her lonely daughter tightly.

"Mom, I..."

At this moment, Durandal was at a loss, and she clearly wanted to say something.

But in the end, the taciturn Durandal awkwardly chose some topics that were not important at the moment in an attempt to resolve the incredibly complex emotions in her heart.

"You... you know this man named Welt? But fourteen years ago, weren't Schicksal and Anti-Entropy..."

"Miss Kiana, Lady Cecilia, I had no intention of disturbing your touching reunion, but please allow me to answer this question."

Upon hearing Durandal's question, Welt calmly addressed Durandal.

"In Schicksal's database, it says 'Schicksal fought against the Second Herrscher alone,' right?"

"But unfortunately, fourteen years ago, it was not Schicksal that actually fought against the Second Herrscher, but the combined forces of Schicksal and Anti-Entropy."

"Your mother, Cecilia Sania, can attest to this."

"Perhaps you'll think I'm slandering your former Archbishop of Schicksal when I say this, but now, I can take this opportunity to tell you something..."

" —Otto Apocalypse, that man who's full of lies, never told the truth about this intelligence from the very beginning."

Chapter 258. It's all fake.

To be honest, upon hearing what Welt said, Durandal did not begin to question Welt as Welt had imagined.

Durandal knew from the very first day she met Otto that Otto was no good.

As for the fact that Anti-Entropy actually joined the battle to fight against the Honkai during the Second Honkai Eruption event, that's actually quite normal.

Even though Durandal only remembered today that her real name was Kiana Kaslana and her biological father was Siegfried, she had investigated Siegfried's information before today.

The intelligence Otto left within Schicksal clearly indicated that Siegfried was a man who hated evil.

Of course, it was wrong for her father to touch the Schicksal 'Valkyrie buttocks, but...

Never mind, that's not the point right now.

The key point is that Siegfried, who hates evil as much as he hates it, would choose Anti-Entropy as his place of refuge after betraying Schicksal, which means that at least most of the people on Anti-Entropy's side are genuinely fighting against the Honkai.

For Durandal, having regained Durandal memories in connection with part of Otto's plan, she felt a strong sense of unease as she combined Otto's plan with the new information she now possessed.

Then, the girl looked bitterly at her mother and Welt and asked them a question.

"I've always known that Bishop Otto is not a good person and is a liar, but..."

"If I'm not mistaken, what he did during the Second Honkai Eruption was probably more than just 'lying,' right?"

Hearing Durandal's question, Welt and Cecilia exchanged a glance, and simultaneously saw a hint of helplessness in their comrade's eyes.

Cecilia already knew about her daughter's past from Lin Yu, and Welt, having infiltrated St. Freya Academy, naturally knew long ago that Otto and Durandal had a close relationship.

Revealing the truth at this time would be incredibly impactful.

As for Lin Yu, looking at Durandal's reaction, he could only sigh that even Durandal, who was called 'Silly Goose', actually knew very well who Otto was.

After Welt said that Otto was full of lies, Durandal did not refute the words of this 'former leader of the opposing force', for a simple reason—she knew that for Otto, who implied that he was 'Medea the witch', lying was as easy as breathing.

As for the fact that the second-generation setting that Lin Yu saw every day before his transmigration, ' Otto never lies, but just misses some information and guides you to understand it yourself,' was taken as an official setting by someone who didn't know where it came from, which made people very uncomfortable.

In fact, anyone who has seriously watched the plot knows that Otto has lied a lot, and he has even used Feathered Dust to increase the strength of people after being exposed for lying.

As a result, this inexplicable secondary interpretation began to spread widely and was even regarded as the official setting...

He firmly believed that there weren't that many people who had nothing better to do than rave about Otto.

This awkward situation arises purely from a small group of people making empty boasts, while the majority of the rest are fooled by these ambiguous statements. In the end, this group of fooled people spread their supposedly official, secondary interpretations everywhere.

This is a very normal phenomenon. After all, for others who haven't traveled to this world, the so-called "Honkai Impact 3rd" is just an ordinary entertainment work.

Aside from so-called x-scientists, who would scrutinize every single word of the plot every day?

Given that most people rely on vague memories for discussion, it's common for them to be misled by the Mandela Effect.

Not only 'Otto never lies,' Lin Yu had seen many other second-hand settings before his transmigration that were actually easily debunked.

Durandal wasn't completely fooled. After Welt pointed out Otto's problem, she immediately accepted and acknowledged the truth Welt revealed. The reason for this was quite simple.

She won't be surrounded by these rumors every day; at most, she'll just be fooled by Otto himself.

Otto could fool her for a while, but once Otto was gone and no one was there to sway her, she could naturally make judgments based on what she saw and knew without any extra interference.

In the next few minutes, Durandal learned some facts from her mother and Welt that she had never known before.

At the very beginning of the Second Honkai Eruption, Welt had already defeated Sirin.

However, Otto, wearing a mask, jumped out and interrupted Welt's activation of Star of Eden at its fixed power, giving Sirin a chance to escape the battlefield.

In the final battle, Durandal's father, Siegfried, defeated Sirin and extracted the Tranquility Gem from her body, completely shattering Sirin's possibility of continuing to fight a protracted war relying on the Tranquility Gem.

In the end, the desperate Sirin went berserk due to her core, which caused the Honkai Energy at that time to spread to almost half of Asia if it had been released.

At that moment, Siegfried connected with the Flame-Chaser's Judgment of Welt's Flame using Welt's Herrscher Core, unleashing his strongest sword strike with the power of both cores.

Cecilia, of course, did not have headquarters drop Honkai Energy Fission Bomb in this direction. Instead, she used almost all of her holy blood to neutralize some of the already spreading Honkai Energy, creating an opportunity for Siegfried to seal the core.

As for why Otto ultimately used the fission bomb—an expensive and difficult-to-make weapon—to kill the already dying Siegfried...

—That's no longer important.

Even though she was mentally prepared, Durandal was still stunned after hearing what her mother and Welt said.

She knew Otto wasn't a good person, and he was sure he'd done a lot of bad things behind her back.

Durandal, who always believed that Otto was a 'necessary person' in order to fight against the Honkai, never thought about this more deeply.

She even knew that Otto was definitely a beast.

But...

She never imagined that Otto was far more of a beast than she had thought.

He betrayed his newly formed ally, let the Herrscher escape, causing the Herrscher to drop a meteor that killed tens of millions of people, and after his loyal subordinates cleaned up his mess, he inexplicably used the decisive weapon that the organization had spent a lot of money to create to try to assassinate his capable subordinate, and afterwards he even took all the credit for fighting the Honkai.

The things Otto did during the Second Honkai Eruption alone are too numerous to list.

Then, the intelligence in the database was filled with lies written by Otto.

What about Schicksal fighting the Second Herrscher alone, Cecilia demanding that Schicksal launch the Schicksal Honkai Energy Fission Bomb...?

—It's all fake, all fake.

And this may only be the tip of the iceberg of Otto's actions.

Once Durandal realized that she had been aiding and abetting Otto in the past, and even vaguely regarded him as a 'teacher', she felt so disgusted that she almost vomited on the spot.

Looking at the girl in front of him who was clearly disgusted, Lin Yu felt that there was still too little time.

The reason why Durandal behaves even more 'unbearably' than in the original story after learning part of the truth is that, in addition to the fact that these truths were told by her mother herself, another reason is that Durandal now knows the truth more than three years earlier than in the 'Twilight of the Fool' period in the original story.

If Otto were given another three years, even if he himself had no such intention, Durandal values relationships, would develop a higher level of affection for Otto as Otto 'mentor' if they spent three more years together. When the time came for their duel, even if she learned the truth, her dislike for Otto would decrease considerably.

But now, knowing that Otto, whom she regarded as her mentor, was one of the culprits who drove her mother to her death, caused her father's serious injury, destroyed her family, killed tens of millions of people, and even nearly killed half of Asia, Durandal did not go out to settle scores with Otto, carrying the Black Abyss White Flower...

That's because she didn't know where Otto was.

Otherwise, right now, the furious Miss Durandal would definitely go to Otto with terrifying killing intent and have a serious talk about his past actions.

A surge of murderous intent! Such a terrifying surge of murderous intent!

Noticing Lin Yu's calm gaze, Durandal, who was burning with anger but had nowhere to vent it, suddenly looked at Lin Yu, who appeared completely calm to outsiders.

"Lin Yu, you weren't surprised at all after hearing these answers..."

"—So, you already knew that the bishop had done these wicked things?"

[Oh, oh, oh, here comes the branch selection! If you're not good at it—]

Will you go to Niceboat?

"That's not necessarily true. Her anger stems from Otto; even if she takes it out on you, at most she'll just complain a few times."

What a reassuring and righteous person!

But if she really acts impulsively now, Bianca will definitely rush over to settle scores with Otto the moment she finds out his whereabouts.

There's really no way around it; I need to find a way to calm her down.

Yes, calm down. For a young girl, the best way to dissipate her anger is, of course, to make the person she admires—

Okay, shut up. You're going too far.

Her mother is still here, and you're trying to get me to have sex with her at a time like this?

Come on, you never listen to this system's empty talk anyway. It's not like you'd do anything to Cecilia if she weren't around.

Faced with Durandal's almost interrogative tone, Lin Yu, who had already activated his (cold-faced) title trait, nodded to Durandal without the slightest hesitation.

As expected, when Durandal saw Lin Yu do what she had guessed, she grabbed Lin Yu's collar in a fit of rage.

"Then why—why didn't you tell me sooner!"

Facing Durandal's eyes burning with rage, Lin Yu calmly extended his right hand, stopping the crowd who were about to mediate, while Durandal continued to grab his collar.

"If you think this is deception, then I apologize—I'm really sorry for not telling you about this sooner."