Honkai, Transmigrating into Otto, Path to Godhood

[Then, in front of her, you logged her out as a game administrator and banned her account.]

"Elder Brother!!!"

"Cough, don't mess around. I'm tempering your character, and the ban can only be lifted at the appropriate time. Fine, I'll add one more day to this year's outing."

[Time flies.]

[In 1993, driven by the two great families, Siegfried Kaslana and Cecilia Schariac entered a political marriage.]

[At the wedding, you issued a command as Lord Bishop: Siegfried Kaslana was forbidden from engaging in combat with Cecilia. If the two clashed, regardless of the reason, Siegfried's Fehu Rune would be confiscated.]

"What a pity... In this ancient text, almost everything about the wedding is written in red. I could only tamper with the details."

"But a married woman isn't so bad either."

[In 2000, the Second Honkai Outbreak erupted.]

[During the Second Honkai War, the Second Herrscher Sirin's power forced Schicksal to deploy its top combatants. Thus, Schicksal dispatched the Wolfsfang Squad, reassembled by Theresa, along with Kaslana family head Siegfried. But even when Siegfried unleashed the greatsword form of the Divine Key Fehu Rune, he only managed to gravely wound Sirin. Schicksal had no choice but to send reinforcements.]

[Under the influence of Fu Hua and Otto's Feather of Dust illusion, Otto obtained the "Oracle," but Sirin thereby linked with the Will of Honkai and shattered the Feather of Dust illusion. Fu Hua burned her memories to sever the link and inadvertently freed Welt Yang's consciousness within the Herrscher of Reason core. Otto and Fu Hua, unable to fight, fled, while Cheng Lixue died holding the rear for them.]

[Sirin used the remaining "feathers" to capture Siegfried and Cecilia, controlling their consciousness. She then immersed herself in the Feather of Dust illusion she had created, and after Bella's death, continued her revenge against the world.]

[After Theresa used Judah's Zero Rated Power and Siegfried fully activated his Honkai Beast genes, the group finally suppressed Sirin. However, the Second Herrscher's core spiraled out of control just before Sirin's death.]

[Facing the rampage of the Second Herrscher Sirin's core, which threatened to spread Honkai energy contaminating half of Asia, Cecilia chose to sacrifice herself. She expended a vast amount of Holy Blood to eliminate the high-concentration Honkai energy surrounding Sirin, allowing Siegfried to pinpoint Sirin's location. With Yang's help, he used Fehu Rune: Nirvana to seal Sirin's core.]

[At that moment, back at Schicksal headquarters, you judged Cecilia's death nearly certain and Siegfried's power beyond your control. Thus, you launched a Honkai Fission Bomb at Siberia to cover up the truth.]

[Cecilia, having lost massive amounts of blood, used Black Abyss White Flower to heal and generate plant life to protect Siegfried, then dissolved in the Honkai Energy Fission Bomb...]

"Sigh."

In a daze, Cecilia, who had lost most of her blood and was preparing to use her final moments to search for Sirin, heard a sigh.

She forced her eyes open and saw a golden-haired man standing beside her.

"Lord Bishop..."

"Mm, I'm here," Otto's tone was filled with regret. "By Kallen, what a miraculous turn of events."

"How could the dead one... be you."

Chapter 5: I Will Never Let Your Sacred Body See Decay

Cecilia asked with difficulty, but her words came as a statement:

"Lord Bishop... You ordered the launch of the Honkai Energy Fission Bomb to kill Siegfried, didn't you."

The man didn't deny it—there was no need to:

"Yes. He actually showed me the power to part the earth like a middle part. Truly terrifying."

"Pfft... Parting the earth like a middle part... That's vivid..."

Cecilia let out a bitter laugh.

"But... Lord Bishop, with your intellect... you could easily control Siegfried."

"If Cecilia Schariac possessed this power beyond known limits, I would unhesitatingly promote you, carefully cherish you, even shamelessly break up your marriage, and bind you to me by any means necessary,"

Otto's words made Cecilia blush for a moment.

"But Cecilia, the last person I want to control is a child who walks a self-righteous path, stubbornly ignoring reality."

He looked at the man wrapped in plant life and shrugged helplessly:

"All glory belongs to the Kaslana, all cunning to the Apocalypse. Hah, from Kallen to Siegfried, the Shield of the People has always excelled at slipping out of my plans."

"But Lord Bishop, Siegfried... as the head of the Kaslana family... wouldn't betray Schicksal, would he? Even without... without my restraint, he would... because of Kiana... stay with Schicksal... wouldn't he?"

"..."

Talk about a reverse prophecy.

"You're naive, Cecilia..."

Otto smiled and stroked Cecilia's cheek, growing pale from blood loss.

"I've always believed that when I hold no expectations for a Kaslana's brain, they'll always exceed my expectations with their surprises."

Even those with just Kaslana blood, he added in his mind.

Cecilia didn't grasp the meaning behind Otto's words. She could only smile wearily:

"Ha... I never thought Cecilia would hear the Lord Bishop's complaints at a time like this..."

Otto said nothing. His right hand supported Cecilia while his left hand smoothed her hair.

Cecilia leaned against Otto with a familiar ease, her face unconsciously nuzzling against the man's chest.

Years ago, when the Lord Bishop took her on trips and they played late into the night, Cecilia would often lean on Otto like this, gazing up at the star-filled sky.

Back then, they felt like true siblings.

After a long while—or perhaps not so long—Otto spoke:

"I want a reason, girl."

"Reason?" Cecilia tilted her head.

"The reason Siegfried gets to live."

"Ah? Reason... isn't it just that the earth parts its hair down the middle?"

"Not obedient."

Otto flicked his finger lightly at Cecilia's forehead, drawing a reflexive, coquettish whimper from the woman.

She puffed her cheeks slightly, then grew serious:

"You know, Lord Bishop, though I'm called an S-rank Valkyrie and bear the Schariac Holy Blood, ten years ago, even with my comrades' help, I still lost to the First Herrscher. And this time, I've basically been defeated by the Second Herrscher..."

"I, hailed as Schicksal's strongest, have never truly defeated a single Herrscher. And this great outbreak is not the end of everything."

"More trials await humanity in the future, but Schicksal lacks the combat power to suppress Herrschers."

"And this time, Siegfried nearly killed the Herrscher of the Void... just one step away from ending this battle outright. I think he has a brighter future than I do."

Brighter future my ass, Otto's eyes drooped, veiling the indifference within.

An uncontrollable brightness is nothing but light pollution.

In his heart, a hundred Siegfrieds couldn't match one Cecilia.

"He still has the potential to defeat a Herrscher, while I... have already spilled my Holy Blood on this land..."

Cecilia looked at Otto, her beautiful eyes filled with longing and pleading:

"So... Elder Brother... could you spare him... let him continue walking the path of salvation?"

That heartbreaking gaze made even Otto, who stood above time, pause for a moment.

It was like a saintess reaching out her hands in a pitch-black hell, begging her god to protect the people she loved.

Even if it meant she would anger the demon and fall into the abyss.

He was silent for a while, then let out an emotionless "Mm."

"Thank you, dear... Elder Brother,"

Cecilia smiled contentedly, like a little girl, and playfully winked, drawing out the last few words long.

As if... a final act of willfulness.

"If possible, please look after little Kiana for me, Elder Brother. Finally, I wish you success in all endeavors."

She staggered to her feet, trying to move forward, to find her burial ground.

But before she could take a few steps, she was gently embraced from behind.

"Success in all endeavors—that can't happen without Cecilia."

The man's magnetic voice sounded in her ear.

"You trade your life for his."

"Then I, Otto Apocalypse, will now trade one life for yours."

Otto took her hand and, together with Cecilia, pointed Black Abyss White Flower toward the sky.

Just like the Elder Brother of years past, holding a young girl's hand as he lit the firecrackers at her coming-of-age ceremony.

"I will never abandon your soul to the underworld, nor let your holy body see decay."

The man's voice was solemn and grand, as if forging some sacred oath.

For a moment, Cecilia saw the figure from many years ago, the one who accompanied her as she spun around the world every year.

He had taken her from the cage of Schicksal headquarters, reached out his hand in that Ferris Wheel symbolizing the future, and smiled as he told her:

"The world is beautiful. If you want to see it, I'm willing to go with you."

"Also, call me Elder Brother. I'll protect you like family."

[Although the Honkai Energy released during Sirin's rampage once spread beyond the Siberian Plain, infecting over a hundred thousand civilians with Honkai radiation, under the crimson petals of the Schariac Holy Blood, those eroded by Honkai Energy returned to normal, and the final death toll was less than three thousand.]

[Thus, the Second Honkai Outbreak came to an end.]

[Time modification complete.]

[In this historical alteration, you have rescued Cecilia Schariac to a secret chamber within Schicksal, known only to Amber. Cecilia will only awaken when you issue commands through the Book of Void.]

"I was still too honest this time—well, of course, it wouldn't be smart to break the rules on the first try."

Otto rotated his wrist, recalling the gains from this time travel.

"Acquired twenty days of the Lord Bishop's life? Haha, I suppose that counts..."

Actually, the most important gain wasn't Cecilia, but the prickling sensation on his back when he descended in person.

When he participated in and altered history, a force of great terror would hang over his brow.

This terrifying force had no thought, no desire, no beginning, no end. It erased everything, annihilated everything. When he descended into the Second Honkai Outbreak, that force grew especially strong, as if it might fall upon his head at any moment.

That... seemed to be a rule, a power that existed outside the world.

Most likely, it was the very rule of the Imaginary Tree itself.

The world would not allow a vessel to collect dissipating consciousness, so how could it permit a vessel to swim against the current and dress history in the form he desired?

Compared to the original plot's plan to reverse the entire world by five hundred years, "directly altering history" was clearly a far greater transgression.

Chapter Six: The Traitor Does Not Believe

This was also the reason he dared not touch the red text for now.

Even if he merely entered and rewrote within the green text, he could feel that rule power stirring restlessly, like mountains crumbling and earth splitting, like tsunamis roaring and thunder crashing.

Let alone the red text, which even the Book of Void had warned against.

Of course, every time that power was about to descend upon Otto, a warmth would spread across his brow, the surroundings would blur, and then the power would subside, everything returning to normal.

This was probably what the Book of Origin meant by... being able to blur points in time?