Even though everyone knew that people could be good or bad, and Herrschers probably could too, it still left them with mixed feelings, impossible to put into words.
"Old Adi, you're the Young Lady's uncle. Do you think Elysia... could do it?"
"..."
Someone asked the question.
Perhaps because of Kiana's identity as Finality, or perhaps because of her extraordinary family background, even these councilors had gradually begun referring to Kiana as the Young Lady.
Their meaning was obvious.
If someone had to stay by Finality's side, support Finality, and make sure Finality did not lose her goodwill toward humanity—if possible, even raise it, raise it as much as possible, and forge all kinds of bonds with her...
Then!
Her future wife, Miss Elysia, might be a pretty good choice.
This was simply going with the flow.
Elysia was, after all, a member of the Flame-Chasing Moth now, representing the Flame-Chasing Moth.
What was more, someone had considered Elysia before, investigated her, and vetted her politically. They discovered that Elysia was truly passionate and sincere toward others—sincere to an unimaginable degree.
If she had not truly been that pure...
A person like that would definitely have been a black-hearted schemer masquerading as a sweet innocent girl.
But now!
None of that mattered anymore.
Did it?
Even if they were merely offering flowers to Buddha, it was still better than doing nothing.
"Let's... do it!"
Old Adi did not speak.
One of Kiana's aunts made the decision.
Kiana had secretly had issues with her sexual orientation anyway. She liked girls; she just had not made it that obvious.
Sending Elysia to her would suit her perfectly.
Compared to marrying only after surviving the Great Honkai in the future...
Having them live together ahead of time now could also be considered... changing the future?
It was a good thing!
"Still, we need to give Elysia a few reminders beforehand."
"That's right. Once this video ends, we'll get to it."
"..."
They did not expect Elysia to whisper all sorts of things in Kiana's ear.
But showing goodwill and using it to win Kiana over...
That was completely fine too, wasn't it?
Whether it worked or not.
At least it would put their minds at ease!
In truth!
The Young Lady of Finality had many wives. Even if the textbooks did not state it outright, it was easy to discover that many of the formidable beauties we knew from history were actually her wives.
She was quite the romantic, you know!
But for now, it was Lady Elysia's time. We would talk about her other sisters later.
While everyone in the real world was whispering among themselves.
The heavenly screen continued on.
PS1: Here's the second update. I'll keep it up tomorrow too—onward and upward~~
Perhaps Unofficial History Is the Truth~
There were actually records in the official histories about the Young Lady's romantic nature.
I'll put a photo of the original text here!
Roughly translated, it said...
The Young Lady of Finality favored beautiful young women and doted especially on younger girls. She welcomed all comers; even other people's wives caught her fancy, though she never forced anyone.
"Huh?"
The entire world was full of question marks.
It had been fine at first, but why was it getting more and more wrong later on? Th-this was official history?
"Kiana..." On the balcony, Kiana's Mother hesitated, stopped herself, then hesitated again. She looked at her daughter before finally nodding as though in confirmation.
"You still can't take someone else's wife."
Other than that, she did not think there was anything wrong with it.
If it were her husband—Kiana's father—who had other wives, there would be nothing more to say. She would break his legs.
But if it was her own daughter, Kiana, then it was fine. The more daughters-in-law, the better.
This was probably something the overwhelming majority of mothers would be delighted to see, right?
Their own pig had learned to root up cabbages. Good, wonderful! Go root up more—the more, the better!
However.
Although Miss Kiana was seriously dedicated to roasting herself...
The future Kiana was the future, while the present Kiana was the present. They were two different character settings.
People changed.
What did future me being so romantic have to do with present me?
I did not have a wife now.
Thus.
After thinking it over, she put on a troubled expression to maintain her character and sighed. "Then that isn't me."
But after Yuzu went through all kinds of materials, she found that the official histories' claims that the Young Lady was romantic might not actually have been true.
The chibi Vup on the screen once again laid out a whole pile of materials.
They were all photographs.
Some were records from ancient books, while others were old footage. Some had even become distorted and were difficult to restore.
Their credibility immediately shot up!
One piece of unofficial history claimed...
That the Young Lady was actually very awkward, and it had always been other girls lusting after the Young Lady's body and crowding around her.
Another piece of unofficial history claimed...
That the Young Lady was merely a front, while the true mastermind behind everything was Lady Elysia. Since Lady Elysia liked girls—liked them a whole lot—she had pulled those girls into the Young Lady's harem so she could get close to more girls.
You thought they belonged to the Young Lady?
Wrong! They belonged to Elysia. Even the Young Lady belonged to Elysia. She was the top.
But I don't believe it!
It was clear.
Compared to her first video, Kiana was indeed much more skilled now.
Practice made perfect. Quoting classics, direct descriptions, side portrayals, and all kinds of supporting details from other angles...
She wielded them all with ease.
Even the photographic and video materials looked completely real, one after another.
The workload was clearly much greater than last time.
But the content was much richer too.
Countless people around the world watched with great interest.
This was all juicy gossip!
Whether they believed it was true or not, as long as there was gossip to enjoy, they would not be getting sleepy.
Unfortunately...
It was not that everyone could not understand.
If history had progressed according to the trajectory described by the uploader...
Then after surviving the Great Honkai, civilization had not vanished. The Old Era had simply changed into the New Era.
Then it had charged headlong toward becoming an interstellar civilization.
Things like 1080P-resolution videos were probably ancient relics by then.
They might have long stopped using such things and switched to far more advanced encoding methods.
Even if viewers in the real world could not truly appreciate that sense of age, they could fill in the blanks and imagine it. They did not want to admit that their own world really was some backward ancient era.
So they simply ignored the issue!
And at that moment.
Several videos in the projection on the heavenly screen finished playing.
Miss Vup continued speaking.
No matter what!
In the uploader's view...
Lady Elysia was undoubtedly one of the most special girls by the Young Lady's side.
She was Origin, inherently opposed to Finality in a dualistic relationship. Yet opposition and unity existed together; theirs was a bond decreed by fate.
She spoke with great enthusiasm.
It was as if she were shipping a couple to her heart's content.
Just hearing her milk-powder-sweet voice made that obvious.
She knew how to stir up the audience's emotions.
According to a certain Miss Elysia who did not wish to reveal her name.
Aside from her, all other Herrschers were merely projections of Finality. Roughly speaking, they were equivalent to the Young Lady's stand-ins.
But the Herrscher of Origin alone was different.
She had been born a Herrscher, a child nurtured by the Honkai.
When she descended from the heavens, she was the finest gift the Honkai had given Finality—the wife destined for her.
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