Let's Just Not Name It If We Don't Know How

Yae Sakura was feeling quite panicked right now.

Just after she had fallen asleep, she felt as if something had been torn out of her body.

She didn't know how long it had been, but when Yae Sakura came to her senses, she found herself back in the courtyard of Yae Shrine, just like during the day. And she saw that Divine Lord once again.

However, this time she felt like it wasn't a dream like before. Now she felt as if she had truly arrived in the courtyard of her own shrine.

And the Knight-type Honkai Beast, standing over four meters tall beside her, seemed to have noticed Yae Sakura sitting on the ground by its feet. It raised its large foot high and was about to stomp down.

Yae Sakura was so terrified by the Knight-type Honkai Beast's movement that she hugged her head and didn't dare to move. Even as the foot was about to land, she made no move to dodge.

"The me with the sword, chop them."

A faint voice sounded from not too far away, clearly reaching Yae Sakura's ears.

Of course, it also reached the ears of Xu Yanwu, who stood there without moving.

When Yae Sakura looked up because of the voice, she saw a dazzling display of light.

It was even sharper than the strike she had seen during the trial before.

When the light scattered, Yae Sakura discovered that the terrifying monsters around her had already turned into scattered points of light and were beginning to dissipate.

『Knight-type Honkai Beast』: Boss, our scene is over, time to collect our lunch boxes, right?
Xu Ren Shuang: Alright, go ahead. Today's lunch box is stir-fried Honkai Crystals...
『Knight-type Honkai Beast』: Thanks, boss.

"Main Body."

Xu Yanwu, who had already sheathed his sword, didn't even lift his eyelids. "This little girl is appearing here for the second time."

"If she's an intruder..."

Yae Sakura felt as if she had been locked onto, as if a sharp blade would slice through her body at any moment. This feeling made her unable to make any move at all.

Yae Rin shouted, "Don't touch my sister!"

"..."

Xu Yanwu leaped down from the courtyard wall, with a Yae Rin tucked under his arm. He landed in front of the Xu Yanwu holding the sword...

And then proceeded to beat him up.

"Intruding your sister, did I not teach you anything before splitting off from you, or did practicing the sword for over four thousand years make you stupid? She's the shrine maiden of this generation, and it's time for your first appearance."

Yae Sakura blankly felt the pressure on her disappear. She blankly watched as a man who looked exactly like the person who had just tried to kill her was now holding her sister in one hand and beating up the man with the sword in the other.

The Xu Yanwu with the sword was being beaten, but his expression remained unchanged, as if he felt no pain from the blows.

"Main Body, even if you say so, we clones still have a sliver of residual emotion compared to you. We have no emotions at all," the Xu Yanwu with the sword said, showing no intention of resisting. "I don't understand why you would have us teach these shrine maidens combat. It's meaningless for our revival and our fight against the Honkai."

"..."

Xu Yanwu was silent for a moment, then slapped the sword-wielding Xu Yanwu away. "Stop the nonsense. You should just return. I'll teach them myself."

--- Half an hour later ---

"So, you're the Divine Lord of our Yae Village?"

Yae Sakura asked Xu Yanwu, tilting her small face up.

At this moment, Yae Sakura, Yae Rin, and Xu Yanwu were all sitting inside the shrine's inner sanctuary, in front of Xu Yanwu's body.

"Mhm, yes. But being able to talk with shrine maidens like you is only something that's happened for the past hundred years or so."

Xu Yanwu nodded and then shook his head. "But calling me a Divine Lord... I don't deserve that title.

It's just a name you gave me."

"I'm just a..."

"A piece of trash who mistakenly believes he can change the world."

As Xu Yanwu said this, although he had no expression, his tone clearly became somber.

"Divine Lord?" Yae Rin called out to Xu Yanwu with some concern.

"Mhm... It's nothing, I was just talking to myself."

Xu Yanwu looked at the Yae Sakura and Yae Rin sisters.

"Let me be clear, although you can enter this place of mine, once you leave here, all memories of this place will be sealed deep within your minds. While the skills you practice here won't disappear, you absolutely won't remember that I spoke with you."

Yae Sakura looked disappointed. "Ah, why is that..."

The little girl had wanted to show off to her father.

"...Of course, it's also possible that you might retain a slight impression. For example, your mother, the previous shrine maiden, had very strong spiritual senses. I only told her the story of Chi Yuan once, and after she left, she actually named her sword 'Kite Bird'..."

"Eh?" ×2

So that's where her mother's sword got its name?

"Although I hate to admit it, I haven't been able to leave my body too far over the years, so only your mother could keep me company..."

"I owe her one. Therefore, her dying wish, I will definitely fulfill it."

"My mother's dying wish..."

Yae Sakura and Yae Rin both felt a bit lost. After all, their mother had been dead for four years, and the only memory they had of her was an incredibly warm image.

However, Xu Yanwu paid no mind to the sisters' confusion. He glanced at the environment outside, which was already beginning to lighten. He stood up, scooped up the two sisters, one in each arm, and headed straight for their room.

"What are you doing!" Yae Sakura shouted.

Yae Rin, however, was too shy to speak.

"It's almost dawn... I'm taking you back to your bodies. Otherwise, the sun will harm you greatly." Xu Yanwu phased through the wall with Yae Sakura and Yae Rin, causing the sisters to shut their eyes tightly.

Behind the wall lay the bodies of the two sisters, sleeping embraced together.

"Alright... we'll see you again tomorrow night..."

— — — Old Xu's Little Honkai Classroom: Part 1 — — —

First, let's explain this thing called "Honkai" today, because someone asked in the comments, "Doesn't Honkai only happen in Changkong City?"

The "Honkai" of the world is a periodic catastrophic phenomenon.

These phenomena are triggered by "Honkai Energy."

You can think of Honkai Energy as "corrosive and harmful energy."

The range of Honkai Energy is like the spiritual energy in our novel concepts. Although it exists all over the world, it is extremely thin in most regions, making it basically impossible to trigger Honkai.

Changkong City's case was artificially induced and cannot be counted.

There are also places where Honkai Energy is relatively dense, similar to [Blessed Lands].