Life is Hard, Herrschers Cry

Shenzhou Calendar Year ○ Month ○ Day…

A flight from North America bound for Singapore was currently making a stopover in a city in the Far East.

In the first-class cabin, a black-skirted girl with a slightly gloomy face watched from the small window beside her right hand as the fuel truck slowly drove away from the tarmac after refueling the plane.

'God, why did you make me go to that place... Yes, I misspoke, I'm sorry!'

The girl lowered her head, a rare, strange expression akin to shyness appearing on her face.

After a while, she raised her head, her overly pale face returning to its usual state. She clutched the hem of her clothes impatiently with both hands, muttering in her heart why this broken plane had to stop here for so long.

Just as she was complaining inwardly, a young girl's energetic voice came from behind her: "Class Monitor, why do you think Great-Aunt would make us take this to complete... Ugh, Class Monitor, why are you covering my mouth!"

From this vibrant and enthusiastic voice, it was not difficult to tell that its owner was a little princess pampered by many.

Unfortunately, the joys and sorrows of people are not interconnected; Xina only felt annoyed.

Before turning her head to the other side, Xina's peripheral vision inadvertently noticed two people walking from behind.

The girl whose mouth was covered and was being pushed forward from behind perfectly fit her stereotype of a 'little princess'.

"Alright, Kiana, please be a little quieter in public places and don't disturb others."

How should she put it! This young lady was quite good-looking. It would be better if she changed those two large braided pigtails to a different hairstyle.

Xina muttered inwardly, then looked at the girl behind the white-haired girl, the one called Class Monitor.

For some reason, after seeing the young woman behind the white-haired girl, wearing red-rimmed glasses and a neat suit, Xina instinctively felt a trace of strangeness. Even the Honkai energy suppressed within her body fluctuated slightly.

That indescribable, strange feeling was as if... that girl wearing glasses could punch her to death.

Xina's intuition had always been accurate. As soon as she sensed something was wrong, she immediately withdrew her playful gaze and instead used her peripheral vision to size up these two obviously unusual girls.

"Miss Fu Hua, Miss Kiana, please follow me. Your seats are here..."

"Oh! Her name is Fu Hua?" Xina murmured, then raised her head and shook off the unrealistic thoughts in her mind, thinking to herself: "I hope they don't get in my way in Singapore..."

Buzz!

With the sound of the noisy engine, the plane that had been parked here for a long time started operating again, taking off along the runway and quickly disappearing into the vast sea of clouds.

Leaning back in the soft reclining chair, Xina felt her eyelids growing heavier and heavier, and then she fell into deep darkness.

In the endless darkness, there was not a single ray of light. At a loss, Xina didn't know where she was going and could only slowly walk forward along the dark path in front of her.

Gradually, the path that seemed to have no end began to show light. Xina walked forward in surprise, but then stood rooted to the spot in shock.

"Mom... Mother?"

"Why are you here? Didn't you already..."

Hearing Xina's words, a trace of disdain flashed in the eyes of the middle-aged woman standing in the light, and she snorted coldly with considerable contempt.

"Xina, how could I die! I just found an opportunity to leave you. In my eyes, you are just a jinx who brings bad luck to your relatives and friends!"

"Wh... What?"

Xina couldn't believe that her dearest mother would say such hurtful words to her. She tried to speak up and refute several times.

But what was even more pathetic was that she truly couldn't find any words to refute her.

Was she a jinx who brought misfortune?

Recalling her short life, Xina sadly realized that what her mother said... perhaps... was all true...

However, the woman in the light screen continued to chatter incessantly, criticizing Xina until she was utterly devastated.

"Stop talking! Don't keep talking!" Xina raised her head, looking at the chattering woman, gritting her teeth and desperately charging towards the light screen.

Clang!

The light screen shattered. When Xina came back to her senses, the light screen had returned to its original state.

Rumble!

In the distance, a muffled thunderclap sounded.

Accompanied by the rolling thunder, large drops of rain fell from the sky, pelting down.

"Xina, you freak! Get away from me!"

"Go home!"

"You're a freak anyway, just die."

"Tsk tsk tsk, look at her, doesn't she look like a ()?"

"Freak, monster, hahahahaha..."

Harsh and familiar curses came from the light screen. Several half-grown children had replaced her mother and were throwing stones at Xina.

The way they looked at her was as if they had seen a dirty stray dog on the side of the road, full of disdain.

Normally, she would have covered her head and hidden far away.

But this time, Xina had no intention of tolerating them anymore. She bent down, picked up the stones on the ground, and walked step by step towards those scoundrels who had bullied her for several years.

Crack!

The stones were raised high by Xina and swung in a beautiful arc in mid-air, knocking down these rascals one by one.

Ignoring their pleas, she repeated her mechanical-like movements over and over again until the sounds of crying and begging completely disappeared. Only then did Xina drop the bloody stone and slowly stand up.

Lowering her head, looking at the bloodstains on her sleeve from using too much force, Xina felt an inexplicable sense of exhilaration in her heart.

Crack! Crack!

The light screen shattered again. Xina numbly raised her head. She wanted to see what she would see this time.

This time, nothing happened. There were no curses from relatives or others, only images like a comic strip.

Everyone in the images had smiles on their faces, every single one of them was so... happy. Compared to them, Xina felt her life was so ridiculous.

It was the same life, so why were others so happy and comfortable, while all that awaited her was darkness and pain?

In an instant, Xina felt as if all her strength had been drained, and she knelt on the ground.

All the grievances, anger, unwillingness, and hidden thoughts that had been buried deep in her heart for years, the ones she dared not show the world, all surged out at once.

After the images were displayed one by one before Xina, they vanished like smoke, and everything returned to darkness.

Only the low whispers of the so-called 'God' echoed in Xina's ears.

"Child, in the eyes of these filthy humans, you are an anomaly, forever unable to blend in with them. But you see them so happy, doesn't your heart feel angry? Don't you want to destroy their happiness?"

"Angry... Am I... angry?" Xina mumbled, lowering her head. After a long while, she looked up and stated, "God, what should I do?"

As these words left her mouth, a strong light suddenly descended, forcefully dispelling all the surrounding darkness, making it difficult for Xina to open her eyes.

Only after fully adjusting to the brightness of the surroundings did Xina look around in confusion. In this almost blank space, she saw a 'person'.

No, perhaps it could be said to be something humans couldn't comprehend... God.

Along with surprise and fear, doubt and wavering arose in Xina's heart.

'Child, are you willing to become my apostle, bear a part of my power, and eliminate the filthy human civilization for me?'

"Eliminate humanity? Can I? I'm just a..." Xina hesitated for a moment. Before she could make a decision, the 'God's voice sounded in her mind again.

'It seems you are not yet firm enough or confident enough, but I am willing to give you a chance and a small gift. Use every means at your disposal to reclaim ()( )()( ), let me see your determination, and I will give you true power!'

As the words fell, the light dispersed. Xina opened her eyes, covered her head, and sat up. Unbeknownst to her, her gem-like shimmering gray-blue eyes had been subtly tinged with gold.

"Miss Xina, are you alright!"

The flight attendant walking towards her bent down with concern and offered a warm towel. Xina stiffly raised her hand and took the towel offered to her. As her fair palm touched the towel,

She saw a layer of pale blue ice crystals spreading upwards at a visible speed.

"Huh!" Xina was startled at first, then snatched the towel, lightly wiped her forehead with it, and forced a strained smile, saying, "I'm a little thirsty, please get me a glass of water, thank you..."

"Okay, please wait a moment!" The flight attendant withdrew her gaze from the seat beside her and turned to walk towards the end of the aisle.

Only Xina was left, looking at the white towel frozen into an ice lump in her hand, muttering to herself in disbelief, "Is this the little bit of power 'God' gave me?"

Putting down the ice lump and covering her chest, Xina looked around. Seeing that no one was paying attention to her, she lifted her clothes. As far as her eyes could see, several pink lines like blood vessels extended from her chest towards her limbs and then disappeared.

She felt as if something incredible had been added to her body.

Five minutes ago, St. Freya Academy, Headmaster's Office.

"Himeko, is something wrong?" The Headmaster, dressed in a miniature nun's habit, fumbled to close the manga on her desk, casually grabbed a document to cover it, and looked at the person who had arrived with a guilty conscience.

"The Science Department reported that they just observed a huge Honkai energy fluctuation over the Southern Shenzhou Sea. Although it only lasted for less than 0.01 seconds, from the energy level, it seems to be a Herrscher fluctuation!"

"Impossible, theoretically only one Herrscher should appear in each Honkai. Isn't the Third Herrscher still under our surveillance?!" Theresa walked out from behind the desk, hands on her hips, puffing out her cheeks. She looked at the report Himeko handed her and asked in confusion, "The Honkai energy fluctuation was fleeting? Could the instrument be malfunctioning?"

"This... I don't know either. After all... the energy peak only appeared for 0.01 seconds before returning to normal."

"If you ask me, the guys in the Science Department are reliable most of the time. When it comes to something like a Herrscher, it's better to believe it exists than not. It wouldn't hurt to send someone to investigate."

Himeko spread her hands, saying somewhat helplessly.

"Then let Fu Hua and... Oh, right, Fu Hua has already gone to Singapore with that girl Kiana for a mission."

Mid-sentence, Theresa slapped her forehead and pulled Himeko over, chuckling awkwardly, "How about you, Major Himeko, take on the burden and bring two students to check out the situation?"

"Tsk, our esteemed Headmaster certainly knows how to boss people around!" Himeko supported her forehead with her left hand and put her right hand on her hip. In the end, she succumbed to Theresa's unusually generous verbal promise: "You won't restrict my alcohol this month after this trip, right? Fine, I'll take this mission!"

(Feel free to offer any good suggestions. There might be omissions or errors in the plot and settings, so I hope everyone can point them out. The author will listen to all suggestions. If the writing isn't good, you can directly criticize it, but 'please be a little gentle'. The author will work quickly to correct it.)