Himeko had a beautiful dream. In it, she seemed to be doing that sort of thing with a cute girl. But when she opened her eyes, a girl who looked exactly like her was gazing at her with a pitiful expression.
"Uh..."
Looking at little Himeko in her arms, Himeko felt a little dazed... She hadn't done anything, had she?
But judging by little Himeko's appearance, that clearly wasn't possible.
"Sorry!"
Himeko hurriedly released little Himeko and climbed out of bed...
At breakfast, neither of them spoke... The atmosphere was a little awkward. Himeko felt that this couldn't go on, so she prepared to say something... Considering her decision to change little Himeko's future, Himeko made up her mind.
"Little Himeko..."
"Yes."
Little Himeko cautiously looked at this future "self." Her head felt a little fuzzy. She and "herself" had done that sort of thing...
"Do you want to know the truth behind Mother's death? Do you want to protect yourself and Father?"
"The truth behind Mother's death..."
The moment she heard that topic, little Himeko's expression immediately turned cold. She didn't want to discuss it. But the truth... Hadn't Mother simply caught an infectious disease and failed to make it after being quarantined?
"What are you trying to say? Was there another reason for Mom's death?!"
At that moment, little Himeko cast aside her earlier shyness, strode up to Himeko, and tightly gripped the hem of her clothes.
"No. Mother didn't have an infectious disease. She died... because of Honkai."
Himeko did not resist at all as little Himeko clutched her tightly.
One of the biggest reasons Himeko's Honkai adaptability was so poor was because she had only undergone Schicksal's artificial Stigmata surgery at the age of twenty, becoming a Valkyrie.
Compared to others, twenty was already very late