21. Kiana: You Want to Give Me One Last Lesson Again?

[In fact, their relationship seemed to be progressing further. Although Bella usually appeared very aloof, after spending some time together, Sirin had figured out her personality.]

Her true personality is actually incredibly soft; if I had to compare her to Sister Xia Ling when she's with Sister Elysia, it would be like how she treats Ai Li.

So, if I really want to ask her for advice, I guess I'll have to go find Sister Elysia after all...

The happy school days passed by in this way, and two years later, Sirin successfully passed her exams through continuous learning, becoming a qualified B-rank Valkyrie.

It's worth mentioning that the weapon she chose for herself was a pair of enormous scissors.

[She had a childhood dream of becoming a fashion designer. Although that dream didn't come true, using scissors as a weapon is a way of saying she achieved half of it.]

Unfortunately, all good times must come to an end.

[Shortly after Sirin became B-rank Valkyrie, the core of the Second Herrscher suddenly appeared.]

Naturally, Schicksal began organizing the core containment operation.

As a B-rank Valkyrie with above-average Honkai Energy resistance, she shouldn't have been able to participate in this operation. However, the leader of this operation is her older sister, Kiana, who graduated first in her class from the St. Freya Academy.

After a few simple maneuvers, Sirin was able to join the containment core's team. The team was small, consisting of Kiana, a few Valkyrie from Schicksal, and Xia Ling, who had come to protect Sirin.

The core containment preparations for Schicksal are very comprehensive. If nothing unexpected happens, as long as one can reach the vicinity of the core, it can be easily contained.

[Successfully containing this core can be considered revenge for Mom and Dad... Sirin Lingmeng? Wuyi (Seven) VIII This is what Ling Qiluyi thought.]

Then, she witnessed the entire process of the core breaking through containment.

[And, the scene where the core immediately burrows into Kiana's chest, causing the girl to instantly Herrscher transformation.]

Chapter Twenty-One Kiana: Do you want to give me one the Last Lesson?

Amidst the ruins, Sirin sent a Honkai Beast flying far away, her mind a jumble of chaos.

At the very beginning of the mission, her sister seemed perfectly normal, chatting and laughing with him, and equally happy about the upcoming containment of the Second Herrscher's core.

But...

Upon approaching the core of the Second Herrscher, the sister with the highest Honkai Energy adaptability here naturally put on a protective suit, preparing to approach the Herrscher Core.

Then, she saw the long-silent core suddenly change its behavior and burrow into her sister's chest.

Then... devastating attacks, Honkai Beast summoned by the core, injuries, deaths—scenes unfolded before Sirin's eyes.

The laughter and joy of the past shattered before Sirin's eyes, once again breaking down the barrier she had built for herself.

Her body was reduced to mechanically swinging scissors, tearing the Honkai Beast in front of her to shreds. Faced with the enormous impact, Sirin's consciousness seemed to have gone numb.

Until Xia Ling's voice pulled her back from her reverie.

"Sirin, this is a highly concentrated concentrated Honkai Energy potion, and it also contains a lot of adrenaline and similar substances."

The Honkai Beast around her were temporarily devoured by the "gate" released by Xia Ling. Xia Ling's face was a little pale. She handed her a syringe from the pocket of her armor.

"I looked at the rate at which the Honkai Beast were spawning around us. To our south, there's a theoretically possible opening. Although this potion is quite harmful to the body, it's the only thing that can help you get out of here right now."

"I understand, Sister Xia Ling."

Sirin nodded without hesitation. "Then you must stay close to me, I will get you out of here."

"Get out? Sirin, you've misunderstood me."

Xia Ling shook her head with a wry smile, looking at Kiana remained motionless in the sky.

"This time, you'll probably have to break through alone..."

"Someone needs to go and bring her back."

"?"

Sirin blinked, then her expression changed drastically, and she grabbed Xia Ling's sleeve.

"Sister Xia Ling, don't do anything foolish!"

"The book says that once you become Herrscher, there's absolutely no chance of recovery! Even if she's the older sister,..."

Sirin's voice was tinged with sobs, and Xia Ling could feel how weakly she was gripping her hand.

"Alright, you idiot, haven't you noticed that ever since Kiana became Herrscher, except for the very beginning, she hasn't attacked us on her own initiative?"

"Aren't the rules in the book meant to be broken? Maybe Kiana will be the first Herrscher to regain her own consciousness."

"I'm willing to take the gamble for this miracle. Besides, I also have spatial abilities, so it's not certain who will win or lose."

"Then I want to go with you too!"

Sirin replied without hesitation, "She's my sister. If anyone should be saved, it should be me!"

"But you can't fly."

A single sentence shut Sirin up, and Xia Ling reached into her chest.

Sirin's decision to stay was not surprising to her, so she had prepared a backup plan.

Xia Ling pulled a crystal flower pendant from her chest and stuffed it into Sirin's hand.

"Moreover, I need someone to help me take this thing back."

Upon seeing this, Sirin felt her vision blur a little.

"You're the idiot! Who's going to pass this on for you? Can't you just go back and give it to your Sister Elysia yourself?"

"Let it go then. Who knows how she'll punish me for doing something like this when we get back."

A hint of lingering fear appeared on Xia Ling's face, and she couldn't help but raise her hand to gently touch her lips.

These words were a genuine expression of his feelings. Every time he returned injured, Theresa would openly and directly state her punishments, no matter how severe they were.

But Elysia is different. She'll remember this with a smile, and then one day she might do something big, just like she did in the system space before.

"Then... Sirin."

Goodbye~

Through her tear-filled vision, Sirin saw Xia Ling wave at her, and then a familiar dizziness spread throughout her body.

She had already appeared several hundred meters away.

Through the Honkai Beast and ruins, she could see that from the point of light where Kiana was in the distance, a dazzling light suddenly burst forth, and then quickly disappeared into the Imaginary Space.

Sirin bit her lip tightly, not even noticing the blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.

This time, even though she had the power, she still couldn't do anything, not even protect her own family...

As if venting her resentment, or as if punishing her own weakness, she plunged the reagent into her arm.

With a sharp pain, purple Honkai Energy patterns began to appear and disappear on her body.

... On the other side, seeing that Sirin had begun to break out, Xia Ling in the Imaginary Space breathed a sigh of relief.

She didn't actually go directly to fight the Second Herrscher; instead, she chose a clever trick, making Sirin believe that she had gone to fight the Second Herrscher.

After all, this dream is Kiana's dream, and she can't actually kill Kiana, who has become the Second Herrscher, because that would cause the dream to end immediately.

Moreover, without the Seven Thunders of Retribution and the advantage of distance, she might not be able to defeat the fully-formed Herrscher of the Void without paying a price.

However, since she'll be permanently offline in the upcoming storyline anyway, it doesn't matter whether she fights or not. All she needs to do is have Rin isolate Kiana in a separate space, and then wait for Elysia to come over in the Imaginary Space so they can watch the show together.

However, things obviously didn't go as smoothly as she had imagined.

Xia Ling, who was still secretly observing Sirin, suddenly felt a familiar spatial fluctuation coming from around her.

She was about to turn her head to check the situation when she realized that she seemed unable to move.

Or rather, the space around her froze.

This situation is not common. As we all know, Xia Ling's power is not purely spatial, but it just looks like a spatial ability.

Therefore, it is very simple for her to interfere with other people's spatial abilities, but for others to interfere with her abilities, they can only start by disrupting the surrounding energy environment, but this method is by no means something that ordinary people can easily detect.

Moreover, in the current dream, Kiana, the Second Herrscher who possesses spatial abilities, theoretically does not know about this method.

Therefore, there is only one answer.

Under Xia Ling's sweating gaze, Kiana easily opened the Imaginary Space in front of her and slowly walked out.

Then he gave her a familiar smile.

"Hi, Sister Xia Ling, are you surprised? Unexpected?"

"I knew I could help you in some way."

Chapter Twenty-Two: Kiana is still looking for a racetrack!

Xia Ling stared blankly at Kiana. She was all too familiar with the smile on Kiana's face, and with that practiced technique...

Kiana... you're awake?

"To be precise, I've been awake for a while now~"

Kiana's face broke into a sly smile.

"How was it, Sister Xia Ling? I think my acting was pretty good, right?"

"Wait, wait, wait..."

Xia Ling shook her head, trying to sort out the current situation.

"You, you were awake a while ago?"

"About how early?"

Yi Ling Yi _Wu+Jiu Shiqiu "Well..."

Kiana thought carefully for a moment, "Probably a little while after the very beginning of the dream."

"Ah?"

Xia Ling was truly dumbfounded. She had initially thought that Kiana might have just woken up, or had only been awake for a short time, but Kiana's meaning clearly indicated that she had been awake from the very beginning.

"Hmm, it wasn't for nothing that I acted so well. Sister Xia Ling's expression is truly rare..."

Kiana nodded in satisfaction and explained:

"Actually, the reason I woke up wasn't because of merging with the Herrscher Core, as Sister Xia Ling thought..."

The reason is actually...

Kiana's voice suddenly lowered.

"It's so wonderful..."

Xia Ling fell silent.

"Living with my mom and dad is a feeling I've never had before... Even though it's just a virtual relationship, and my dad is a bit different from the stern dad I remember, but..."

"Sister Xia Ling, this dream is too beautiful for me, so beautiful that it's unreal. It's like an overly sweet parfait. The first reaction of anyone who eats it will definitely not be to appreciate its deliciousness, but to wonder why it's so sweet."

"At first I thought it was Sirin, who had been silent for a long time, who was up to something... But after testing her a few times, I found that although my perception of the passage of time was significantly different from Sirin's in the dream, Sirin was definitely not the one in control of the dream."

"So, besides Sirin and the Class President, the only person I can think of who has the ability to control dreams is Sister Xia Ling, who can use the Corrosion Key."

"In addition, Sister Elysia appeared in the dream." Kiana smiled. "I remember you said that Sister Elysia couldn't be in the outside world for long periods of time for some reason, but here, Sister Elysia appears almost every day."

"Considering Sister Xia Ling's unusual behavior before going to bed... it's quite obvious what happened."

"Hmm... I originally planned to handle things secretly myself, but not only did I fail, I also ended up having Kiana accommodate me. I'm so useless..."

Xia Ling became withdrawn and isolated.

"So, I really can't do anything...?"

"Well, it's not that serious..."

Seeing Xia Ling suddenly become dejected, Kiana was a little at a loss.

"Idiot, just kidding. I'm not that fragile. I just wanted to take this opportunity to enter the password to become stronger."

Xia Ling suddenly chuckled and patted Kiana's hair.

"Alright, alright, let's get back to the point. I think even though you've been awake for a while, you probably still have a lot of questions. You can ask me anything, but I might not be able to answer them all."

"Really? Then..."