A Paper-Thin Defense.

This Honkai energy is beyond comprehension...

"Are you Planet-class Honkai Beast?"

"Yes, Master."

It really is a planetary-level planet.

Could it be that the increasingly abnormal Honkai Energy Concentration here has given rise to such a monster?

Kiana had many unbelievable questions and doubts, but since she couldn't see anyone, she could only ask slowly and try to find the answers gradually.

"May I have your name?"

"Name? None..."

From the moment she awoke, she knew she had to follow her master, but when she woke up, her master was nowhere to be found, and there were no Honkai Beast on this planet with whom she could communicate.

There's only one annoying human.

I've always wanted to break into this place.

She didn't recognize the human, so she was simply instinctively trying to stop the annoying human from entering her master's world.

Doesn't it have a name?

Kiana was slightly taken aback.

"... Why don't you show yourself?"

"I'm here, Master."

Kiana was startled and looked around again, but still couldn't see anyone. "I don't see you."

"This is the master's spiritual world, and I am at your feet."

What's beneath my feet?!

Kiana stared wide-eyed down at the hard ground beneath her feet. Was this endless expanse all her body?

"Can't you become human?"

"Humans?"

Kiana, thinking she didn't know what a human was, quickly explained, "It's what I look like."

The female voice knew about humans; she had received a lot of basic information from Kiana, but she was somewhat surprised that Kiana wanted her to become human.

It's too small in every sense.

However, being able to be like one's master is not unacceptable.

"This is your mental world. You can imagine what I look like, and I can appear before you according to your imagination."

"Imagine?"

Kiana was stunned again. This was too surreal! Not only could she name her child, but she could also customize their character's appearance?

However, considering that this was the spiritual world, Kiana felt that she didn't need to be so surprised.

If Planet-class Honkai Beast...

It's almost impossible to imagine what someone you've never seen looks like. After Kiana lost her focus, a girl dressed in white priestess clothes, just like the image she had just imagined, materialized before her eyes.

The spirit and consciousness were concentrated in this small body, and the person curiously raised his hands to examine his current situation.

"Jana?"

Kiana gasped in surprise as the person she had just imagined suddenly appeared right in front of her.

Forgetting to adjust to her current appearance, and not missing Kiana's words, she looked at Kiana with unexpected surprise in her eyes. "Jana? Is that the name you gave me?"

Kiana felt a chill run down her spine.

Was it a case of overreaching or fate?

"... Isn't that right?"

Those who received no response seemed to realize something and lowered their heads in disappointment.

"If you like it, then use this name."

Kiana, seeing her like this, couldn't say anything else.

"Jana... I love the name my master gave me!"

Kiana's expression was somewhat unnatural. "Whatever you like. Also, you don't need to call me master, just call me Kiana. You have a complete sense of self and personality, I won't treat you like a servant."

Twenty three

Chapter Twenty-Three: A Defense as Thin as Paper.

Having a name meant that Kiana had accepted her, which should have been a happy thing, but Kiana's next words made her a little emotional.

"But..."

"Consider it my order!"

Kiana didn't give her a chance to speak, using an uncompromising tone. She didn't have a peculiar fondness for being called "master" by a beautiful girl, and while she felt a little awkward if no one overheard her,

If someone overheard this...

She'd probably be doomed.

There are many ways to die, but one thing you absolutely cannot do is die in front of someone you know, especially not because of a misunderstanding that can't be explained away.

She couldn't even imagine what kind of expression the Nightingale would have when the child the Nightingale her master in front of him.

Even before she fully recalled her Remembrance, she had a good impression of the Nightingale, and her fondness for the Nightingale did not diminish after she remembered the past.

Having experienced Kasli -VIII, and through their time together and companionship, she had come to regard the Nightingale as a friend from the bottom of her heart.

Right now the Nightingale is waiting outside for her to return safely, and in front of her is... Jana.

Kiana looked at her with a complicated expression. "Let's just call her Jana for now. We can't exactly change the name we've already given her."

And she's Finality Kiana.

There's a planetary-level Companion Honkai Beast named Jana, which doesn't seem wrong.

If nothing unexpected happens, Jana will definitely want to follow her, and that means she'll soon run into the Nightingale.

Because the Nightingale came with her.

Kiana's command, "This is an order," effectively shut down what Jana was about to say.

The command has the highest priority, without a doubt.

The master's orders were that he not call her master, and that he not be her servant.

What should I do then?

She felt uncomfortable throughout the entire Honkai Beast.

Her master had just given her a name, clearly accepting her, but now he wouldn't allow himself to become a servant.

"Lord... don't you want me anymore?"

Janna wanted to call out to her master, but Kiana's gaze forced her back. Jana felt as if she were shrouded in shadow, as if a rainstorm could fall on her at any moment.

It can be corrected.

Kiana breathed a slight sigh of relief. As long as the way she was addressed was changed and she wasn't called "master" or anything like that, it was a good thing.

As for not wanting it?

Is it something she can just say she doesn't want?

This is Planet-class Honkai Beast, and I just named it 'Jana'. It's also located near the void.

Kiana stepped forward kindly, took her hands, looked intently into her eyes, and said sincerely, "I don't need servants; I hope you can be my friend."

"... friend...?"

Jana looked down at Kiana's grip on her hands; the human body seemed quite good after all.

She doesn't need servants; she needs friends.

Friend.

Jana has some understanding of humanity, not because she observes humans or anything like that, but because she can see some of the information carried by the Honkai.

This is a power unique to her.

When she wakes up with nothing to do and wonders when her master will return, she uses this ability to pass the time.

Therefore, she was not completely ignorant of humankind.

Yes, friend!

Kiana nodded emphatically, deliberately emphasizing the word "friend".

She didn't want to leave the Nightingale with the impression that she had some kind of quirk when they parted.

"Friend?"

Jana still found it hard to believe that her master would actually reach out his hand and say he wanted to be friends with her after seeing her.

This is simply...

Her feelings were somewhat complicated, but aside from confusion, she was mostly surprised and delighted that Kiana had said those words to her.

Kiana noticed her change and smiled, saying, "It seems you've accepted it."

"I am your possession, I exist because of you, my family, my servant,... my friend, whatever you desire."

Jana looked into her bright, sparkling eyes, eyes that reflected the pure, unadulterated essence of the world.

This was the first time Kiana had ever seen such a gaze, and she had never experienced being seen as the only one in such an extreme way.

When Kiana met those bright, beautiful blue eyes, she froze for a few seconds without reacting.

When she came to her senses...

My heartbeat skipped a few beats.

Kiana, who had been so determined to treat me as a friend, suddenly looked away, her eyes trembling as if her resolve crumbled.

"Uh, how long have you been here?"

She coughed lightly to cover up the random thoughts that had been running through her mind and her slightly rapid heartbeat.

He cursed himself inwardly for his flimsy defenses.

Others did nothing, they just watched intently, and yet they couldn't stand it.

They're really useless.

She cursed inwardly.

"How long? Time? I don't know."

Jana recalled her Remembrance, her voice ethereal as she said, "When I was conscious, this place was like this. I could sense the traces of Honkai left by you, but I couldn't find you."

"After I left?"

Kiana frowned, then slowly relaxed her brow; it seemed that not much time had passed.

She Teleport away from Izumo more than a year ago while she was unconscious.

Jana had never seen herself.

Therefore, she must have been born within the last year or so, which is quite a short time.

"I don't know how to calculate time."

Jana was still racking her brains about the events that occurred at that time. Here, it was the same whether it was day or night, and human technology had long since vanished.

"I remember, I remember that human. She came thirty-two times, and I drove her away thirty-two times."

Unable to find a corresponding event, Jana could only recount the story of the only human she had ever encountered.

Kiana, who already knew roughly when Jana was born, stood there stunned.

That human?

She was expelled thirty-two times?