The Next Stop Is Penacony.

Otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to find it easily.

Instead of actively searching around, it's better to wait for news from the company and for Raiden Mei to come to us.

"... So it really is true that you have to make a name for yourself first."

Kiana murmured to herself, sighing inwardly. She could either wait until the Penacony storyline began, or spread her name to attract Mei's attention.

She hoped to rely on luck and find Raiden Mei in any random world, just like Sirin had said.

This is like finding a needle in a haystack.

The difficulty is self-evident.

"What did you say?"

No, it's nothing.

Kiana smiled at her, then looked at Sirin seriously and began to examine Sirin closely.

She seems unchanged from before.

No, there have been changes.

When we first met, Sirin was indeed very excited, but now that she has calmed down, you can see that she has become much more mature and composed.

That's at least in terms of temperament.

Mature and steady...

Recalling her encounter with Sirin in Izumo, Kiana looked at her with a hint of heartache in her eyes.

"Himeko and the others have placed their last hopes on you. These past years must have been very tough for you, haven't they?"

Is it hard work?

While ensuring the smooth continuation of the Izumo lineage with the Ark, other people were actually handling all of this.

The existence of Sirin as a leader.

It's essentially a show of force.

She wasn't tired, because Raiden Mei helped her in the early stages, and later the other people on the Ark also grew stronger, so the burden didn't always fall on her shoulders.

But...

It's very painful.

She was also very lonely.

Everything she cared about was in Izumo, submerged in that Great Honkai.

Things I care about, things I like, things I hate...

All of it.

"It's not as hard as you think. There are other people on the Ark besides me."

Sirin said, "With everyone's combined efforts, we managed to stabilize the name Izumo."

Kiana didn't believe things were as easy as she made them out to be. Looking at Sirin, she asked, "Do you want to go back to Izumo?"

Sirin's spirits lifted, a glimmer of hope appearing in her eyes. "Kiana, you mean...?"

Kiana shook her head and said, "I don't have a way, but I'm trying. Sooner or later... I'll do it."

"No!"

Hearing Kiana say this, Sirin became anxious and stood up, pacing in front of her. "You can't take any more risks. Izumo, Izumo is beyond saving. Let it remain in the past!"

Sirin didn't want Kiana to get into any more trouble.

Izumo is already destroyed, and she doesn't want Kiana to take another risk and repeat the ending from years ago because of this.

That's all for now.

Kiana is still alive, Izumo still has its legacy and its Core Flame remaining; this is already the best possible ending.

During his years of voyages through the Star Sea, Izumo has been collecting information related to nothingness wherever he goes.

We now know just how dangerous nothingness can be.

"I already have an idea. Trust me, as long as I..."

"No, I've said enough, Kiana."

Sirin turned around, grabbed Kiana's shoulders, and looked at her with disbelief, saying, "I absolutely will not allow you to take any more risks!"

Kiana had never seen Sirin react like this before. She paused, her body pinned down, and then spoke even more gently, "Sirin, I can't..."

Sirin covered her mouth with her hand and said, "I won't allow you to take any more risks for Izumo. Even if Raiden Mei were standing here, I would believe that her choice is the same as mine!"

Once bitten by a snake, twice shy.

Kiana looked at Sirin and suddenly remembered this sentence. She knew that Sirin was worried about her and was afraid that she would get herself into trouble again because of some accident.

"I just hope you're safe and sound."

Sirin pursed her lips and said earnestly, "Izumo... let it live on in our Remembrance, forever existing only in the past."

She knew that Sirin was thinking of her, and she wasn't an ungrateful person.

But even if it's not for Izumo...

She also has to fix the Honkai related to Honkai and Void, otherwise who knows what Izumo will eventually become.

The mind-bending monster vanished in a flash.

Kiana shivered.

In such a short time, Planet-class Honkai Beast have already appeared. If this is left unchecked, who knows if this universe will still be usable in a few hundred or thousand years.

She cannot live a stable life.

With such a deep connection to the Honkai, she is destined to continue down this path.

I thought about a lot of things in a short time.

Ruan Mei's previous words intertwined with those of others, and she... couldn't keep running away forever.

However, since I just reunited with Sirin, it's best not to talk to her about these unpleasant things.

"Then I won't do it."

Sirin, who had been watching her anxiously, breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good that you understand."

It wasn't that she didn't care about her hometown, but Sirin was also afraid—afraid that Kiana might have another accident.

The next time, Izumo exploded.

Do you remember the Penacony you mentioned to me before?

Sirin wanted to talk to Kiana about something lighter, so she thought of this.

"Penacony?"

Kiana raised an eyebrow. She remembered, of course she remembered very well. Before she transmigrated, she had just finished the main storyline of Penacony.

"I've been to that place, the world of dreams, the Star of Festivity, exactly the same as the one you once mentioned."

"I've never been there."

Kiana chimed in, "Then, if you have the chance, will you take me there with you?"

Sirin turned her head. "Let's not wait for an opportunity, we can go now."

"Now?!"

Yes, now.

Kiana quickly shook her head. "Not now, I need to say goodbye to ARuan, and I have other things to do. Also, Sirin, aren't you going to keep an eye on the Ark?"

Sirin should still be in charge of the Ark, right?

The Ark should still be there, right?

Hearing her address Ruan Mei that way, Sirin was a little surprised. "You mean Ruan Mei? Are you close to her?"

Kiana touched her chin.

Does it matter?

She thought about the year or so she had spent with Ruan Mei, and Ruan Mei's reaction after she returned from Tenhutou Rock.

I also thought of the other day, when Ruan Mei gently touched her face, but it wasn't her hand that was reading information.

The touch and warmth she left behind have not completely faded from my heart.

"I think it's excellent."

I guess I was special to her?

74

Chapter 74 Next stop: Penacony.

She didn't know what Ruan Mei was thinking.

But for her, Ruan Mei was special.

Her Remembrance of this world were short, and she spent nearly a year with Ruan Mei.

Although Ruan Mei is indifferent, and sometimes even bordering on call inhuman, she is definitely different when it comes to her.

Kiana understood the reason.

When she had no Remembrance of it, she was carefree and didn't bother to think about why Ruan Mei treated her specially, or whether Ruan Mei would ignore her like she ignored everyone else after she lost her value.

Thinking about it all would only cause me unnecessary trouble.

Because she knew that Ruan Mei's special treatment of her was based on the premise that she was valuable to Ruan Mei and that Ruan Mei was interested in her.

Put those aside.

Ruan Mei was very beautiful and treated her very specially. During the year or so they lived together, they got along very well.

If goodwill could be quantified.

After spending more than a year together, her feelings for Ruan Mei were at least 85%.

So how can you say it's not special?

As for what exactly is special about it.

Kiana didn't want to delve into it further.

She felt comfortable with their current way of getting along, and there was no need to take it a step further or back.

Sirin looked at her suspiciously, with a bad feeling, and her heart jumped.

What kind of "very good" is 'extremely good'?

Could it be...?

"How does that compare to Raiden Mei?"

Sirin asked Kiana a question that made her freeze on the spot, "Who do you think you're closer to?"

Although I hate to admit it, that's the truth. Raiden Mei is probably the only person Kiana can call special.

And it's also strange to compare oneself to others.

"This, this problem..."

Mei and Ruan Mei?

Even though neither of them were by her side, Kiana still felt awkward upon hearing this.

If a comparison must be made...

She chose: "Mei".

To reiterate, if favorability could be quantified, Mei would have at least a 90% favorability rating in her heart.

That was her first friend in this world, and the person she cared about and loved the most.

This answer is not surprising.