Someone's Getting Desperate. / Durandal: "What Are You Doing?!"

"Good child, don't rush..."

Behind Kiana, a beautiful figure quietly embraced her body, which appeared exceptionally thin and haggard at that moment.

As if frozen in place, Kiana, whose long, flowing hair had just been about to float away, remained completely still, letting the person behind her gently embrace her.

"..."

Feeling the girl's stiff body and surging emotions in her arms, Misterine glared at Gwen reproachfully and let out a silent sigh.

"Mom... Mom?"

Hearing that Remembrance, which she had never heard of before but which was so gentle it seemed to cut her apart, Kiana called out to it uncontrollably.

"..."

When Misterine heard this address, her body stiffened involuntarily, but she still managed to suppress the urge to agree, and instead hugged the girl in her arms even tighter.

Whether she sensed something from Misterine's actions or her emotions had reached their peak, Kiana finally couldn't hold back her tears and leaned into Misterine's arms, crying loudly as if she had finally found her mother.

Although Misterine was initially a little awkward, she quickly learned how to soothe a child without any instruction, and a gentle smile radiating maternal warmth appeared on her serene face.

With one hand gently patting Kiana's back to help the girl catch her breath from crying, Misterine used her other hand to tidy up Kiana's slightly disheveled bathrobe, which had been messed up by her earlier movements, and to cover up the glimpses of her exposed skin.

Seeing this scene that resembled a mother and daughter reuniting, Gwen didn't say anything to spoil the mood, but simply smiled.

Kiana cried for who knows how long, her voice hoarse, and she couldn't even squeeze out any more tears. Finally, she left this warm and gentle embrace. Lifting her face, now covered in pudding, she met Misterine's eyes, which were full of pity. Her nose tingled again, but at this moment, the girl had no more tears to shed...

"Did you feel any better after crying?"

Misterine gently reached out to tidy the strands of hair that were stuck to Kiana's forehead and asked softly.

She had never coaxed a child before, yet her gentle, melting voice came out so naturally.

"Um..."

Kiana sniffed hard, her voice tinged with a nasal tone, but her deep blue eyes, moistened by tears, remained fixed on Misterine—

"You..."

"As for me... you can call me Misterine, as for my status..."

Just think of me as her shadow—

A... lonely... shadow wandering the world.

Misterine had intended to say "wandering ghost," but after catching a glimpse of Gwen out of the corner of her eye, she withdrew the term.

"Um... thank you..."

Looking at that pretty face that also revealed a hint of loneliness and sadness, Kiana hesitated for a moment, but finally didn't call out "Mom" again. Her hoarse voice struggled to utter her name—

"... Misterine ..."

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Chapter 444 Someone is getting anxious.

Looking at that gentle smile on that face—a face she had only seen in textbooks and in photos at Anna's house, a face she could only imagine in her dreams— Kiana felt as if a heavy stone was pressing on her heart.

The smile before her was almost identical to the one Kiana had seen in her dream.

But... she is not herself, and she is not herself either...

Upon thinking of this, Kiana's azure eyes dimmed slightly, and her heart, which had felt quite relaxed after a good cry, suddenly felt heavy.

"Well..."

Standing in front of Kiana, Misterine easily noticed Kiana's emotional change, and almost subconsciously sighed, her gaze drifting to Gwen beside her.

"..."

Gwen nodded slightly, indicating that Misterine could proceed with the previous plan.

"Good child, would you like to hear me tell a story?"

Sitting down next to Kiana, Misterine embraced Kiana like a mother embracing her daughter, gently wiping away the tears on Kiana's face as she softly asked.

"Um?"

Kiana blinked upon hearing this, meeting those dreamy eyes that seemed to hold endless tenderness, and then nodded vigorously—

"Um..."

"Siberia more than a decade ago..."

With a gentle tone, as if telling a story to a child to lull them to sleep, Misterine slowly recounted to Kiana the ending that took place more than a decade ago on the devastated battlefield of Siberia, an ending unknown to anyone except for Cecilia and Sirin, who had already died...

"So, even if you're not that child, you can still call her 'Mom'..."

Seeing the dazed look on Kiana's still tear-streaked, haggard face, Misterine chuckled softly, a tenderness and doting affection from a parent softening her usually cool demeanor.

"If you really can't help it, you can temporarily treat me as her."

I wouldn't mind lending my embrace to a good girl like Kiana...

"..."

Hearing Misterine's words, Kiana raised her pale, haggard face, her lips still stained with blood, and finally uttered that name—

"Mother..."

"Okay, Kiana, be good..."

Upon hearing that address, Misterine unconsciously tightened her embrace around Kiana.

Although she could sense Cecilia's love for her daughter, Misterine was ultimately not Cecilia.

In Misterine's arms, Kiana seemed to have forgotten her sad past, immersing herself in the tenderness she had dreamt of countless nights.

Gradually, Kiana's breathing returned to normal, and she fell into a deep sleep.

However, Misterine did not give up on Kiana's idea and continued to coax the girl to sleep, as if she was also immersed in it.

However, before Gwen could fully immerse himself in this heartwarming scene, Kiana's aura suddenly changed as her mind and breathing gradually calmed down. Her tightly closed eyes snapped open, and golden light shone into the eyes of Gwen and Misterine as "Kiana" abruptly stood up.

"It's you?"

Upon seeing those golden eyes, Gwen had already discerned Kiana's identity from her aura—

"Now that you've rushed out like this, aren't you afraid that this slumber will last Finality the world?"

Facing the Herrscher of the Void of the Void who had seized control of Kiana's body, Gwen remained remarkably calm, leisurely meeting those golden eyes in his gaze—

Having met Kiana once before in her mental world, Gwen claimed to know her situation very well.

Forcibly seizing control of the body now, the Herrscher of the Void, the Queen familiar to Gwen, is simply drinking poison to quench thirst, wasting the hope of future success.

As for the reason, Gwen could guess it—

It's nothing more than Misterine and the past she recounts.

"Just came to see her shadow..."

Despite Gwen's mockery, the Queen remained unmoved, maintaining her haughty and superior tone, as if she weren't the one who had been defeated by Gwen in a near-humiliating manner in the mental realm—

"How could you tell such a ridiculous lie?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his molten gold pupils stared intently at Misterine, as if trying to pierce through Misterine heart.

However, Misterine remained unmoved by the Queen's questioning, merely scrutinizing the Queen—

Even for her, Herrscher in this special state are extremely rare.

Meanwhile, after some thought, Gwen uttered a sentence that drew the Queen's attention back—

"Are you getting impatient?"

"You!"

His molten gold pupils shone even brighter, as if they were about to melt Gwen.

The Queen's fury, however, did little to shake Gwen's resolve.

But then Gwen was seen stroking his chin with one hand, a thoughtful expression on his face—

"And judging from your words, it seems you have no recollection of the end of that year."

So... you are not Sirin either, but a consciousness born from her resentment, grief, and loneliness. You only consider yourself the true Herrscher of the Void because you embraced the remaining evil thoughts earlier.

But in reality, you are only similar to Kiana, not the real Sirin, and might even denounce the solution from back then as a lie.

"Nonsense!"

Flames almost spewed from her molten gold pupils. In a flash, the Queen appeared in front of Gwen. Her right hand, with fingers curled into claws, tore through space and grabbed Gwen's neck. Without hesitation, she twisted, trying to break Gwen's neck.

However, even though the Queen was pushing the body to its limits, she still couldn't affect Gwen in the slightest.

"So, you're getting impatient..."

After staring into those molten gold eyes for a moment, until even the furious eyes revealed a hint of panic, Gwen sighed and said softly.

"You!"

The Queen was about to retort when Gwen interrupted her—

"You've always claimed to be the real Sirin, but now you discover that even your Remembrance are fragmented. It seems that, just as you vehemently denied before, you're merely a newly formed consciousness, a pathetic creature clinging to a painful illusion..."

So, you panicked...

"You..."

Hearing Gwen's piercing words, the Queen's chest heaved, and even her loose bathrobe could not conceal the earth-shaking tremor within.

Before the Queen could say anything, his golden eyes rolled back and he fainted.

"?"

Misterine instinctively caught Kiana, blinked at the Kiana she was supporting, and looked at Gwen with a puzzled expression.

"Drinking poison to quench thirst has reached its limit."

Gwen waved his hand gently, indicating that Misterine didn't need to worry about it.

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Chapter 445 Durandal: What are you doing!

"So... you don't intend to help Kiana get rid of this Herrscher consciousness like you did with Anna and Himeko before?"

As Gwen gently tidied Kiana's messy hair, Misterine understood Gwen meaning, and her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Um,"

Upon hearing this, Gwen nodded without changing his expression, his hands continuing their work, but his gaze had already risen and landed on Misterine's face, and he chuckled softly—

"What, are you feeling sorry for him?"

"...

A little.

Misterine felt slightly uncomfortable being watched by Gwen, but after hesitating for a moment, she told the truth.

Before she had officially met Kiana, and only occasionally observed Kiana through Gwen's shared perspective, Misterine didn't have much of a feeling about her.

But when Misterine heard Kiana call her "Mom" and was hugged by the girl and cried loudly, she felt as if a switch had been flipped, and a lot of emotions she had never felt before surged up in her heart.

"Indeed, you need to interact with people more to help you grow."

Having received this answer that he had already guessed, Gwen smiled slightly and sighed.

"I..."

Misterine was about to say something when Gwen interrupted her—

After his reflection, Gwen's expression suddenly turned serious. He stared intently at those dreamy purple eyes, and the solemnity on his face startled Misterine.

"Misterine, I don't believe you really don't feel anything at all."

Meeting the questioning gaze, Gwen, withdrew his hand from Kiana's hair, and said leisurely.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Misterine remained silent, but her dreamy purple eyes lowered slightly, landing on Kiana's small face, which was furrowed in her sleep, as if she were dreaming of something bad.