Guesses, Suspicions-Will Seele Become a Herrscher? Will the Little Angel Get Hurt? (Continued)

"Just what?"

Seele was stumped by Dark Seele's question.

"Seele, Seele!"

Bronya grasped Seele's hand, somewhat worried. "Seele, what happened to you just now? I called you several times but you didn't respond."

"I'm fine, Sister Bronya."

Seele shook her head.

"Sister Bronya, are you free this weekend? Can you take Seele to the amusement park?"

Bronya didn't know why Seele suddenly wanted to go to the amusement park, but the pressure of work was weighing on her shoulders, making it hard for her to breathe, let alone go to the amusement park.

"I'm sorry, Seele..."

"Ah, it's alright, Bronya. Work is important. Seele... you can go with Rosalia and Lilia."

Perhaps noticing the dejection in Seele's eyes, Kiana immediately volunteered, "Seele, I can go with you this weekend!"

When Bronya saw Kiana, the leader of the Bronya community, going to the amusement park alone with her Seele, alarm bells went off in her head. She hesitated, wondering if she should cancel her work and give Seele a surprise over the weekend.

"Oh, Kiana- neechan, don't you have work on the weekend?"

"Who works on weekends?"

Kiana casually stabbed Bronya in the heart.

"Alright, Kiana, we can talk about this on the weekend. Let's watch the show first."

Mei pulled Kiana back from getting closer and closer.

She knew Kiana's little scheme all too well.

"Ah! Mei, stop pulling my ear!"

Kiana screamed.

"Know that the immortal is everywhere; the eternal is something that no one can destroy."

The camera lights up again, Durandal sitting under a large tree, its branches shielding her from the sun, while the Abyss Flower is stuck in the ground beside her.

The inner narration tells the audience that she is currently meditating in a dream world, and the device that provides this dream world is called the Sumeru Mustard Seed, which was given to her by a pioneer two years ago.

Her meditation companion was the Abyss Flower. She had complex feelings for this weapon, which symbolized the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, and doubted whether she could truly touch that otherworldly realm that was as beautiful as the wind, as poetic as the song, and as blood as the blood.

Before this, she believed that she was merely borrowing the weapon from its original owner.

Then, Rita interrupted the meditation in the illusion.

Rita presented Durandal with a strange report, in which seemingly unrelated social events around the world were connected, and behind these events, a peculiar clue belonging to the Honkai was discovered.

According to Changguang's probability calculations, since Schicksal discovered the five locations, there may have been 500 or even 5,000 such events worldwide.

It's practically like a contagious disease.

However, Otto was still unreachable at this moment. As his agent, Durandal decided to share the relevant data from the research institute with World Serpent and Anti-Entropy.

Rita felt that there was nothing wrong with World Serpent being an ally, but Anti-Entropy had always been opposing their Schicksal.

Durandal, however, had another idea. If Otto were here, he would definitely stop her, but she wasn't Otto and couldn't strategize like Otto. Therefore, she would Honkai the Honkai in her own way.

Durandal's actions were not beyond the audience's expectations. However, rather than Otto stopping Durandal, they felt that everything Durandal did was also part of Otto's plan.

That man left the audience with a terrifying sense of oppression.

It wasn't Kevin's overwhelming strength in combat, but his intellect that made people deeply feel that they couldn't beat him, and that every step they took was within his expectations.

"Vengeance killings, financial crimes, disappearances, arson, etc., are these really related to the Honkai? Such heinous events probably happen every day in the world."

Sakura frowned.

"And isn't the whole world too broad? In the past, Herrscher were born in only one city: Herrscher of Reason in Berlin, Herrscher of Thunder in Changkong City, Herrscher of Ice in Coral Island, and Herrscher of Void Herrscher in the Siberian Snowfield."

Sakura tacitly avoided mentioning the Herrscher of Wind throughout the entire ordeal.

Her words were understood by everyone present and the viewers in the live stream: the birth of Herrscher is always accompanied by devastating destruction, but this time, only some serious incidents occurred.

Sakura wondered if this was really the work of Herrscher.

"Perhaps it's because she's newly born. When Sirin first became Herrscher, didn't she kill a few Valkyrie without causing a major upheaval?"

Pardo held a different view.

Elysia watched them analyze, bewildered.

Just now, I was admiring Durandal's military uniform model and Rita's maid outfit. Whenever I saw Rita, Elysia would think of Rita's lonely expression at the end of Starfall.

They didn't notice any clues at all.

Vill-V suddenly realized something was wrong.

"The man named John in the earlier plot is probably foreshadowing. The Herrscher's ability might be to turn people into puppets. If he keeps hiding himself and then manipulates the puppets to cause trouble, that would be troublesome."

Vill-V adjusted her glasses, opened her notebook, and frantically jotted down some things.

No one knows which personality Vill-V is currently in.

If Herrscher wants to hide, Schicksal is extremely difficult to deal with. In the past, Herrscher would make a big entrance, allowing others to find a weakness, and then the protagonists would gather together to fight and successfully eliminate them.

"Vill-V, are you saying that the puppets aren't the Herrscher, and the person controlling the puppets is the Herrscher?!"

Elysia was surprised.

"That's right, but I'm not sure, I need to keep watching."

Vill-V nodded.

The prologue of this episode ends here. When Elysia clicks to play the next episode, she is stunned when she sees the title of the next episode.

Scene One, Act One

"???"

My mind is full of questions.

"Wow! Act 1, Scene 1? Are they really acting in a stage play?"

"Does that Herrscher treat the world as a stage, and all life as actors, ready to dance at her mere beckoning?"

The viewers in the live stream were discussing it.

"Vill-V, what do you think?"

Sakura habitually asked Vill-V.

"Me? I'll keep watching."

Vill-V made a casual joke.

[At the beginning of this episode, the camera moves to the Salt Lake Base. At six o'clock in the morning, the alarm clock rings and Seele's peaceful sleeping face appears on the screen. A slender finger pokes at her sleeping face.]

"Hey, wake up, it's already morning, Seele, Seele."

Dark Seele looks just like Seele but has a different aura, leans against Seele side, props her head up with her hand, and gently calls her Seele a few times. Since Seele is fast asleep, a mischievous smile appears on her face.

"There's no other way, hey, Seele, open your eyes."

The little white hand that Dark Seele was poking at Seele's sleeping face lit up with a red light.

Seele opened her eyes groggily, and the branches enveloped in red light and the caterpillars crawling on them were right in front of her.

The next moment, a piercing scream echoed throughout the Salt Lake Base.

This heartwarming scene brought a smile to everyone's face. The pain from Xingxiao's attack was too much, but seeing the interaction between Seele and Dark Seele made me feel much better.

"So sweet~"

Elysia's eyes gleamed with golden light.

"Seele is so cute, still so cute~"

["The interactions between Seele and Seele are so sweet! I love watching sweet things, even though I have diabetes, I still want to watch! So sweet!!!"]

Warm, sweet, and joyful.

Vill-V quickly realized something was wrong.

The magician personality came online, revealing a wicked smile.

"Elysia, have you forgotten? The last one this sweet was... Mr. Assassin~ I want that one..."

Vill-V even imitated the tone of Guān Xīng.

He was only halfway through his sentence when Elysia covered his mouth.

"Don't tell!"

Elysia panicked.

Vill-V made her dream back to the Day the Stars and You Vanished. After saying this, the Guān Xīng went through countless reincarnations, making the audience feel like they were dying and coming back to life.

["Oh my god, Mr. Assassin, this is really going to kill me! Wait, why is Seele here? Is Seele the main character of this story? That's terrible, the main characters always get stabbed to death by the writers."]

The viewers in the live stream immediately realized what was happening.

They woke up from their sweet romance.

Is Seele going to become Herrscher?

Mei had long suspected that Seele would become Herrscher, and now, finally, there was a glimmer of hope, which greatly pleased Mei.

When their speculations were displayed as comments on the screen, they were completely stunned.

As Seele walked down the corridor, passing staff members kept asking her what had happened with her earlier horrific scream. Dark Seele finally couldn't help but tease her.

"It's because the first thing I saw when I opened my eyes was a caterpillar on my pillow... You know I'm terrified of that."

Seele was in a bad mood and complained.

"Huh? Blame me? Who was it that vowed last night before bed to get up early today and read stories to those little devils?"

Dark Seele spread his hands and suggested that they switch personalities, with Seele and playing with those kids instead.

Seele refused, explaining that last time Dark Seele suddenly appeared, she scared Ivan to tears.

Dark Seele pouted and muttered under her breath that she had overheard that brat Ivan talking badly about Seele, so she deliberately scared him into crying.

However, Seele didn't hear what Dark Seele was saying. She opened the door to tell stories to the children in the base, including the humanoid robot. After some time, she received a notification from Einstein.

Seele went to Einstein's room and heard someone shouting something inside. She politely knocked on the door and went in, only to find that Einstein was listening to Tesla complaining.

The reason is that during the live speech, a security mech suddenly rushed onto the stage and started hurling insults at the speaker. It was very strange, as it was equipped with a language module and it was illogical for the mech to launch a personal attack on someone.

Tesla suspects that it's possible those old guys orchestrated this whole thing to put pressure on Anti-Entropy and imprison Kiana, the Herrscher of the Void.

Einstein denied it, arguing that it didn't align with their interests and would have far greater negative impact on those old guys than Anti-Entropy.

Tesla hung up the call shortly after they started talking, ready to continue arguing with the old guys.

After finishing his business, Einstein finally had time to talk to Seele and tell her why he had asked her to come.

Next month marks the 60th anniversary of Anti-Entropy's official founding. A party was originally planned at the base to boost morale. Tesla had volunteered to take on the procurement work, but she couldn't return for a while, so Einstein hoped that Seele could do the procurement in Tesla's place.

"Ah, of course! Dr. Einstein, if there's anything you'd like to buy, you can let me know."

Seele naturally wouldn't refuse.

Einstein fell into a brief silence.

"Before Dr. Tesla left, she repeatedly emphasized to everyone that I was not allowed to get involved in this matter. The reason was that she had some reservations about my aesthetic preferences, which I of course thought was baseless slander."

Einstein's eyes were filled with melancholy.

"Uh... I don't quite understand, but I know what to do! Seele will do her best!"

Seele's gentle smile was like that of an angel.

Up to this point, the plot has been quite mundane, even more mundane than everyday life.

It left the audience momentarily bewildered.

I almost thought I was watching a slice-of-life school anime.

She was telling stories to the kids and buying things for the party.

But it was precisely because of this bland yet sweet plot that they had a strange sense of foreboding. Viewers familiar with the Honkai know that the sweeter the beginning, the more heartbreaking the ending will be—this has always been true.