Kiana looked up and saw that it was already around three in the morning.
After the initial chaos brought on by the return of her memories,
she gradually calmed down.
She accepted that she was a girl in this life.
Even her sexual orientation had not really changed, whether in her past life or this one.
In this life, her parents, grandparents, and even her entire family held an extremely important position in Europe.
Kiana had never cared much about that before.
Her family had never really told her what they did or what the family itself was involved in.
She only knew that her family was very wealthy and influential. That was all.
But now, using the settings, plots, and other details from those works in her past-life memories as references, she had more or less guessed a few things, leaving her slightly tongue-tied.
After all, if she was not mistaken... the Flame-Chasing Moth, which had only recently been established, probably already had parliamentary seats belonging to her family.
And! There might not be just one or two of them...
In other words.
If Kiana chose to enter politics in the future, she would most likely be able to join the Flame-Chasing Moth and become one of its higher-ups.
And.
Knowing that Honkai existed in this world,
and even knowing what the future would be like,
Kiana naturally understood.
Nowhere in this world was safe. But if she had to find somewhere relatively safe, the Flame-Chasing Moth was the only place that seemed even remotely reliable.
After all.
Other cities and regions might not even survive the first few Great Honkai.
But for widespread casualties to occur within the Flame-Chasing Moth, the Tenth Herrscher would have to make a move first.
Other than that time, it was safe at all other times.
What was more.
If she could really become a councilor,
with her family behind her,
she could flirt with Elysia whenever she wanted.
She could put Kosma in his place whenever she wanted.
Maybe, as a slightly smarter councilor, she could even help the Flame-Chasers gain authority earlier.
Then! Wouldn't that count as the merit of backing the dragon, letting her coast to victory?
No matter what, Dr. Mei would have to give her a spot in a Cryo Pod, right?
If this era was unreliable, she could just go to the next one and cuddle up with Griseo.
See? How wonderful was that~
Right?
"Hehe..."
"Hehehehehehe..."
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Kiana: I'm so screwed! The Cocoon of the End is such an idiot!
But then again...
I was a transmigrator, wasn't I?
Having come to this world, there was no way I didn't even have a cheat, right?
"Hey, System!"
I am here.
Hm? Hmm?
Holy crap, there really was one!
Kiana's thoughts were rather scattered. She had only asked casually and had not expected anything.
Yet.
The next moment, an electronic voice sounded in her mind. Calm, brief, and somewhat mechanical.
Yet it sounded so familiar.
She immediately perked up.
The drowsiness in her expression was instantly replaced by interest.
"System, introduce yourself!" Kiana giggled.
She sat on the floor with her legs folded to one side, looking a little playful and expectant.
After all.
As a modern young person versed in every form of entertainment—games, comics, novels, anime, doujinshi, and more—
she was truly no stranger to systems.
Let's skip the formalities.
Get straight to the point.
However.
The System lagged for a moment, apparently not expecting this.
It had intelligence, but not much. Most of that intelligence had merely been installed to help its host use it.
Naturally, whatever she said went.
After a short while, it finally replied faintly.
This System is known as the "Future Exposure System."
Its function is to capture and reveal scenes from the future, making them public through Heavenly Screen commentary.
Through this,
it can obtain emotional energy produced by the living beings of this world in response to the exposed content.
Including but not limited to shock, fear, affection, panic... wariness, envy, admiration, worship, and so on...
It spoke leisurely within Kiana's mind.
The more people believed in the future displayed upon the Heavenly Screen, the easier it would be to anchor that future and correct unfavorable factors.
Reversing cause and effect, moving against the current.
Using the future to influence the past. Using the past to bring the future into focus.
That was the purpose of this System.
So that you may live happily,
I will accompany you and, at any cost, stir the gears of fate to bring you the best possible ending.
"Mm..."
Kiana's slender fingers unconsciously played with her hair.
She thought it over carefully and digested what she had heard.
Then she said,
"It sounds pretty amazing..."
"But could you explain the specifics?"
"..."
Certainly.
The System answered unhurriedly.
It told Kiana
that because the future changed every moment,
trying to bring it into focus and lock it into one specific outcome was, in itself, extremely difficult.
But just as things could be good or bad,
as long as I shifted the Worldline further toward the better side, it would naturally move away from the worse side.
As fate turned and time passed, terrible situations might no longer be so terrible, and many things could be avoided.
The more people believed that it was the future, the more clearly that future would emerge under the reinforcement of the emotional energy we gathered.
With a clearer target, we could also push the future further in that direction.
As the future gradually surfaced and became clearer, many things that should not have happened would begin to influence the past in reverse.
Even if they should not have been possible.
"In other words."
Kiana fell into thought.
"If the future we anchor is that I become the Herrscher of the End, then no matter what I do, I'll become the End?"
"As long as everyone believes it... right?"
That is correct, Host.
The System nodded.
Then, at the end, it added,
Additionally, please do not worry!
This System has observed every future. Whether you live or die, no matter what you do, you will become the End.
Therefore, this is the one thing for which there is no "if."
"Huh?"
Kiana was dumbfounded.
She had only tossed that out as a joke. After all, she should, probably, maybe count as Kiana from the Previous Civilization?
But now you were telling me that no matter what, I would become the End.
That did not make me happy at all!
"You're joking, right?" Kiana could not help but ask for confirmation.
But the System gave her only an affirmative answer.
No, this is true.
From the moment you were born, you had already caught the attention of the Cocoon of the End.
Before you continue