A familiar opening line, a familiar tone.
It brought knowing smiles to many faces.
It seemed everyone was very interested in gossip about the Goddess.
It hadn't even been that long, and you'd already gotten me past eight million.
Seeing how enthusiastic everyone was, Yuzu was naturally fired up! I lived up to expectations and dug up quite a few good things from the ancestors! I'd share them with everyone bit by bit in a moment.
With that said—
Many people in the real world perked up as well.
They raised their heads and stared without blinking.
As previewed last episode, this time, we'll be taking stock of the girls behind the Goddess. We'll refer to both official history and unofficial accounts. Whether they're true or not, I don't know, so please view them rationally.
If this doesn't match your impression, or if you find it hard to accept—
Then just treat this video as entertainment.
Yuzu was just chatting about history for fun.
All right, disclaimers complete!
Let's get to the point!
The Virtual YouTuber on the heavenly screen still appeared as a chibi animated figure, gesticulating wildly and even pulling out all sorts of little props.
She looked utterly adorable.
She said—
As everyone knows—
As Honkai's most beloved daughter, our Goddess is Miss Herrscher of the End. Heh~ The End—does that make you think of something? That's right! Origin!
Our Lady Elysia, the universally acknowledged Herrscher of Origin, is the person closest to the Goddess. Surely no one would object to that, right?
Along with that—
The content creator on the screen pulled out a piece of character art.
It showed a breathtakingly beautiful pink-haired girl, as dreamlike as a fairy. Confident and innocent, even her faint smile made her seem like a fairy tale that did not belong to this world, as though all beauty had been embodied in her.
It was hard to imagine such a beauty could exist.
"Huh?"
In the Flame-Chasing Moth dormitory—
Elysia herself was startled and dumbfounded. The name alone had been one thing, but when she saw that character art—wasn't that her?
Holy crap, that was her?
Wait... she was a Herrscher too?
The Herrscher of Origin?
She was completely at a loss.
It wasn't that she didn't know she was unusual, but she had never imagined she would be a Herrscher.
Just as the screen said—
One was Origin, and the other was the End.
If there wasn't something fishy going on—
Who the hell would believe that?!
Every Flame-Chasing Moth member who knew Elysia wore an expression that said, Holy shit.
"God damn it!"
The Herrschers had come right to their doorstep.
Who would have believed that the darling of the entire base, who greeted you every morning... was actually a Herrscher?
What was there even to say about this?
Damn, they'd opened with something huge.
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Elysia: Oh No, I Got Given Away =_=
Ta-da~
It's not over yet~
Look!
Next up... a heartfelt contribution from our Miss Herrscher of Origin, Lady Elysia... her wedding photo with the Goddess...
It was said to have been taken in New Era Year 00.
In other words, the very year the Great Honkai had completely ended.
They had just made it through the Honkai and were already impatient to get married.
Honestly, their relationship was so good!
What the fuck... there was an even bigger reveal?!
Everyone was shocked.
You could see it!
Within the heavenly projection—
That chibi paper-cutout Virtual YouTuber suddenly lifted the previous character art of Elysia from below and rolled it up like a scroll. Then, adorably yanking from left to right as though presenting a treasure, she smoothly pulled out a photograph.
This completely fried Elysia's brain once again.
Her mind went utterly blank. She was shocked, dazed, and questioning her life.
"Th-That... is that me?"
"Is that really me?!"
"..."
Some esteemed viewers had previously asked whether the Goddess was a 0 or a 1. Well, wasn't there an answer now?
In the photograph, our Herrscher of Origin, Lady Elysia, held the Goddess like a delicate little wife.
And our Goddess—look~ She wore an indulgent expression that said, I really can't do anything with you, tilting her head slightly as she looked at Elysia.
If our Goddess wasn't a 1, even this uploader wouldn't believe it!
They were way too lovey-dovey, weren't they?!
The moment I think of one being the End and the other being Origin, I raise the Kiana-Elysia banner high and will never waver for ten thousand years!
Please type "1" in the chat so I can see that I'm not alone!
"New Era Year 00... wouldn't that make it over fifty-five thousand years ago?"
"Yeah, and yet that photo looks brand-new..."
"..."
Although Old Era Year 5000 and New Era Year 55000 were really just rough imaginary figures.
If the Old Era truly was this age—
Then it had to have begun at least eight thousand years earlier.
So no one actually believed the New Era was only fifty-five thousand years old.
And yet, even so!
After tens of thousands of years, that photograph looked as though it had just been unearthed. Was that reasonable?
But in truth, it was not only reasonable—it was easy to imagine!
Even unbelievable things like Herrschers existed.
Honkai Energy could do anything.
If it really was a photograph treasured by the Herrscher of Origin, would she not find a way to preserve it properly?
Of course not!
Still, viewed from that angle—
Their relationship really was incredibly good...
It was just that, well... they were two girls. That was still hard to process.
Many people in reality were not prejudiced against that.
They had even mentally prepared themselves long ago, since she was called "the Goddess's wife."
But when they truly saw the photograph laid out before them—
They still could not help but wipe their trembling hands over their eyes, then stare again, only to find their feelings even more complicated.
Especially because, in the image—
They really were two breathtaking beauties.
Each was devastatingly gorgeous.
And whether it was Kiana, the Herrscher of the End, or Elysia, the Herrscher of Origin, both gave off completely different auras from those depicted in the previous character art.
Origin no longer seemed so holy. She had gained a touch of earthly warmth, like a happy little wife clinging to the End and acting spoiled.
As for the End, she no longer seemed so lofty or imposing either. She was like an ordinary young girl, doting on and loving her wife.
Her gaze toward Origin was so gentle.
An endless sea of flowers, with countless blossoms.
Behind them stretched blue skies and white clouds.
Even such an ordinary scene seemed to have become a world-famous painting. One glance was enough to make it unforgettable.
The people were beautiful, the scenery was beautiful—everything was beautiful.
This was just too wonderful!
"I remember Elysia... she's a newcomer to Flame-Chasing Moth, right?"
"That's right. During the Second Great Honkai, she took part in the campaign against the Second Herrscher. And she contributed a great deal."
"..."
The upper echelons of Flame-Chasing Moth—
As they spoke, they fell silent again. A deafening silence.
So what the hell was going on with this world?
The Herrscher of Origin clearly did not sound like some ordinary figure, and then, the moment she appeared, she went off to fight the Second Herrscher.
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