It was confirmed to be a mother-son relationship.
Theresa stopped thinking.
That morning, she had contacted Otto and probed around to confirm whether he had made any more clones recently. In the end, Otto saw through her intentions and said, "My, my, one adorable little Theresa is enough for Grandpa."
Amber: "What about me?"
Though she did not know whether that was true, Otto probably would not do something so pointless. Besides, he would never let an experimental subject who had awakened a Stigmata escape from Schicksal, so she ruled out the possibility that Otto had made him.
Then Theresa tried to contact Sigfried. After all, he seemed to be the only male Kaslana who fit the criteria.
But she could not reach him. Sigfried was currently wrestling with Raiden Ryoma.
Back in the present, Theresa looked at the boy before her, who resembled her in height, build, and every other way, and wore a dazed expression. If his eyes were blue too, and his hair were a little longer, he would look even more alike.
The two sat on the small bed in the dormitory, with Judah placed beside them.
"Don't be nervous, child. I came to ask you a few things," Theresa said gently. For some subtle reason, even she had not noticed how unusual she was acting.
"So, an older sister tricked you into leaving Taixu Mountain, treated you to good food and drinks all the way, took you shopping and gaming, then suddenly disappeared?" Theresa's mouth twitched. What kind of nationally renowned human trafficker was that?
"Yeah. She was a pretty nice person, just unlucky."
"And then? How did you meet Mei? Don't worry, I won't hurt either of you."
"More accurately, I was the one who found her." Xing touched the corner of his eye. "I seem to be able to see the flow of Honkai Energy."
Theresa clearly saw it. Just now, his eyes had turned black and white for an instant—the irises black, the pupils white.
"She wasn't very stable at the time. By a fortunate coincidence, I defeated her, but it was a narrow victory."
"I see. By the way, do you remember what that older sister looked like? Did she tell you her name?"
"Strangely enough, ever since I woke up that time, some of my memories have become very blurry. I can't recall them right now."
A side effect of Honkai corruption?
"I understand. Get some rest, and make sure you prepare well for the entrance exam seven days from now." Theresa stood up, intending to leave.
"Um, can I touch it?" Xing looked at the glittering golden Judah. For some reason, he felt close to it.
"Of course you can."
Xing extended his right hand and touched Judah's casing. It felt warm to the touch, completely lacking the coldness metal should have had.
Golden streams of light bloomed from the cross. Within them, Judah continuously shrank until it finally became a small cross resting obediently in Xing's palm.
???
"How did you do that?" Theresa was utterly baffled. Even Miniature Judas had only managed it under Einstein's guidance. How had this kid done it?
Xing was equally baffled. His hand trembled, and Judah instantly enlarged and crashed onto the floor with a loud bang. Thankfully, the floor was sturdy.
"What is that little guy doing?" Welt, who was drawing HOMU, heard the loud crash from across the hall and felt rather puzzled.
Judah's sides unfolded, and golden chains extended outward. Xing grabbed the chains and deftly wove them into an Eiffel Tower.
Theresa: "Why are you more proficient with it than I am?"
The Stigmata on Xing's hand glowed excitedly, as if it had been pumped full of adrenaline.
Inside Xing's Stigmata Space—
Herrscher Mei stared blankly ahead. "Please, kill me." She had abandoned her dignity and begged the white-haired Nun for mercy.
The white-haired Nun remained expressionless as she lashed her with a chain.
"Are you done playing yet?" Theresa felt a little sour. She tried calling Judah back herself, but Judah, which normally obeyed her every command, seemed to have disconnected and gave no response at all.
"Wait a second, I think there's another way to use it that I haven't tried." Xing placed Miniature Judas between his palms, closed his eyes, and felt the pulse of the Stigmata.
Welt, who was rushing to finish his manuscript, suddenly shuddered from head to toe. His instincts told him danger was about to descend.
"Star of Eden, begin... Pfft!"
A faint golden barrier enveloped the dormitory building. It only existed for a second, but a closer look revealed many gears within it.
"Strange, why didn't anything happen?" After waiting a long while without incident, Xing opened his eyes in confusion, only to see Theresa lying on the floor, looking as though her whole world had turned into a black-and-white drawing.
"Theresa, what happened?!" Xing hurriedly picked Theresa up. And honestly, she felt pretty good in his arms.
Two tears streamed down Theresa's face. Her eyes were hollow, and she looked utterly broken.
"How... did you... manage to... release... the Zeroth... Rated... Power... on your first... try?" Theresa spoke in fragments, as though she had suffered an immense double blow to both her mind and body.
Elsewhere, Welt lay sprawled over his desk, half his face covered in paint. "Is the Principal messing around with Judah again?" Teacher Welt muttered incoherently.
In the end, Xing rode Judah to send Theresa back to her residence.
Time for the author's setting supplement!
Xing's original body had been automatically destroyed during his transmigration. His current body had been generated according to the form he filled out before transmigrating.
Requirements: Kaslana and Shenzhou mixed heritage.
Time: on the eve of the Third Honkai Eruption.
Therefore, from the timeline before the Third Honkai Eruption in the Honkai World, the genes of two people would be selected from the Kaslana Family and the people of Shenzhou to serve as Xing's paternal and maternal genetic sources.
However, because Xing had drawn Kallen's Stigmata, and Stigmata were hidden within genes, the maternal genes had been forcibly designated as Kallen Kaslana's. Then one Shenzhou gene source was chosen at random.
What? You're asking where Xing looks like someone from Shenzhou?
He has white hair and red eyes. Red eyes!
Also, Xing had made spam and egg noodles himself before. His cooking might not have been exquisite, but at least he had not reached the Kaslana family's inherited level of blowing up kitchens.
Post "Shenzhou bloodline is OP" in the comments!
Oh, and Xing only has Kallen's bloodline and Stigmata. Kallen's soul was never in his Stigmata Space from the beginning, so please remember that.
The next day—
"Hello, everyone. I'm Kiana Kaslana. Nice to meet you~" Kiana struck a cool pose.
"Hello, everyone. My name is Raiden Mei. Please take care of me." Mei introduced herself calmly.
"Bronya Zaychik. This is Bronya's best friend, Heavy-Duty Rabbit 19C." Bronya's introduction was extremely formulaic.
"Alright, everyone, welcome our new classmates! Ahem, next comes the part you've all been looking forward to!" Teacher Himeko cleared her throat, and the classroom instantly erupted.
"No way, he got assigned to our class?!"
"Hooray ≧▽≦! We finally don't have to be lesbians anymore!"
"Actually, male teachers like Welt could be considered too..."
"Absolutely no old men!"
The students chattered among themselves, and Himeko revealed a faint smile. She continued, "I'm sure many of you have heard the rumors about him. The St. Freya Gossip Report must have been going crazy these past few days, right? Let me tell you some big news: one of those rumors is true!"
"Huh?!" The bugs were shocked for ten thousand years.
"Wrong. Not a single one is true." A crisp voice rang out from the doorway. Countless burning gazes turned toward the classroom entrance, and amid heavy footsteps, that figure gradually appeared.
"The ground is shaking! Could he really be some huge guy?"
"No way, that voice sounds pretty delicate. Like a child's."
Beneath gazes hot enough to roast him alive, Xing took a deep breath, summoned the courage he had used when cosplaying Venti at the school sports festival, and said, "Xing Kaslana, reporting in."
The scene fell silent until one girl finally could not help asking, "Teacher Himeko, where's the male student?"
Kiana immediately collapsed laughing in her seat.
Himeko supported her forehead with one hand and pointed at Xing with the other. "Isn't he right there?"
The entire class was shocked for ten thousand years.
"Ahem, boys should be more broad-minded. Also, why are you carrying a weapon into class?"
"Ah, I got used to going to the combat simulation room these past few days."
"Forget it. The rules don't say you can't. Hurry up and find a seat."
"Okay." Xing sat beside Bronya, while Kiana and Mei sat together.
"Alright, class begins!"
After class—
Kiana, who had barely endured the first lesson, flopped onto her desk and fell asleep. Quite a few girls gathered around Xing, asking him all sorts of questions.
"Xing, that thing on the back of your hand... isn't that a Stigmata? How did you get a natural Stigmata? Or is it your own?"
"Classmate Xing, are you really the Principal's illegitimate son?"
"Little brother Xing, how did you get a prototype weapon?"
"Xing, have you joined a squad yet? Our squad has tons of benefits. Want to consider it?"
Kiana, who had been sleeping, suddenly jolted awake. "Who wants to poach my teammate?!"
"I made some pastries. Would you like some?"
Hearing that, Mei took out the lunchbox she had prepared in advance.
"Um, would you like to come to my dorm tonight? Big sister can teach you a little adult knowledge in advance~" said a mature woman who seemed suspiciously fond of young boys.
Bronya silently summoned Heavy-Duty Rabbit. "Heavy-Duty Rabbit 19C has detected a pervert. Beginning elimination."
A certain gray-haired, blue-eyed girl(?) calmly watched everything while lowering her head to read.
The following lessons were mostly theory and combat techniques. During practical class, Kiana was severely taught a lesson by Himeko for being too arrogant.
Unwilling to accept it, she dragged the other three into a four-versus-one match, only for all of them to be sent flying by Raging Blade: Tornado.
However, Himeko was very curious about why Xing could always predict her attack patterns. In response, Xing, who had activated Honkai Vision, said he was merely watching the direction of the Honkai Energy flowing through her body.
PS: Although they were sent flying, with the other three holding Himeko back, Kiana successfully punched Himeko in the face. That punch was also what brought out Himeko's tornado.
Very quickly, seven days passed, and the entrance exam arrived as scheduled.
Himeko stood at the podium with dark circles under her eyes, handing out answer sheets. "Since this is your first exam, the difficulty has been lowered. All the questions are multiple choice. As long as you grasp the trick, anyone can get a perfect score."
There were so many questions that Xing felt he could even fill in a vivid picture on the answer sheet.
With forty-five minutes remaining before the end of the exam, Xing put down his pen.
What do I do? I can only answer half the questions. I'm at the point where I answer one and leave one blank. I don't want to fail alongside Kiana.
He could not be blamed. After all, this child's knowledge of the Honkai World had basically started from zero.
Xing had a terrible headache. Meanwhile, Kiana was directly drawing a large portrait of Theresa on her answer sheet.
Mei was answering seriously, while Bronya furiously filled in her answer sheet.
"I should fill in the answer sheet first. I'll worry about the rest later." After filling it in, Xing glanced at it and felt that something was off. Looking again, his eyes widened.
"Could it really be this simple?"
Xing muttered to himself and filled in the remaining questions he did not know as well.
Half an hour before the end of the exam—
"Handing in." Kiana, having finished her drawing, was the first to submit.
"Handing in." Bronya was second.
"Handing in." Xing was third.
Mei: "..." Please, you're making me look stupid.
She stared at her still-unfilled answer sheet with a headache. Could someone tell her how they had written so fast?
"Even if it wasn't very hard, it wasn't that easy either. Teacher Himeko lied!" one girl complained after the exam.
The grading was done immediately. About five minutes after everyone handed in their papers, their scores were sent to their terminals.
First place: Fu Hua, Kiana, Bronya, and Xing, tied for first with perfect scores.
Kiana slowly typed out a question mark. She had been prepared to get a zero.
Xing's mouth twitched. "It really was that simple..."
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