{Time to tease Ancestor Kevin~ But the author will definitely give him the grandeur he deserves.}
Kiana threw herself into Himeko's arms, crying out. Though the transformed girl was still that innocent girl, her personality had simply grown more mature.
And now, in Himeko's embrace, the girl no longer needed to pretend to be mature. She cried to her heart's content, her tears soaking Himeko's armor, while Himeko smiled and held the sobbing girl close.
She, too, inevitably shed tears of emotion.
Seeing the girl grow to this point, Himeko was truly gratified. She felt that all she had given had not been in vain; the innocent girl had become a warrior capable of standing on her own.
"Waaaah... I missed you so much, Teacher Himeko. I really, really missed you! Please don't leave me again. Don't leave everyone again, okay?!"
"I'm stronger now! I can protect everyone! From now on, it's my turn to protect you!"
Crying as she clung to Himeko, Kiana spoke of her resolve. She began recounting how, after awakening during the battle against Schicksal, she had been too ashamed to face everyone and set off on a wandering journey.
She came to Sky City in Shenzhou and became a Sky Ranger, saving lives and helping the injured. Hua's consciousness, which Otto had shot, encouraged and aided Kiana from within her mind, preventing her from being assimilated by the Herrscher of Void.
In the end, she and everyone else foiled World Serpent's radical plan. Taking on the form of the Herrscher of Void, she lifted the high-yield Honkai bombs planted throughout Sky City into the sky and saved the entire city.
After finally resolving the knot in her heart, Kiana aided Hua in her battle against the Herrscher of Sentience and reconciled with her as well.