Time quietly slipped by unnoticed, gradually reaching the end of February and about to enter March. According to the original course of events, this should have been the day of suffering for this world, with the Second Herrscher, Sirin, wreaking destruction everywhere.
She would even... after reaching the moon, obtain a portion of the sealed godly power... with the four gems upon her. The puffed-up pufferfish Herrscher would playfully hurl meteors at Earth from the moon.
At that point, it would no longer be the sparsely populated Siberia, but a disaster for the entire world.
But now... because of Himeko's intervention, well... Himeko had long since returned from Herrscher Kiana to Himeko's own body.
Because of Himeko's intervention, the Second Herrscher had become her precious daughter, so the Second Eruption that was supposed to happen... simply never did.
It could be said that Himeko had saved an unknown number of people in this world. Together with the Sirin who would awaken from K-423 in the future... regarding the Second Eruption, Himeko's actions barely qualified her to be called a savior.
After all, compared to the Second Herrscher, the losses and harm caused by the other Herrschers did not seem nearly as great. Of course, that did not include those that had yet to appear or the Herrschers from the previous era.
Because Himeko had abducted Sirin, the protagonist of this century, before Anti-Entropy and Schicksal could get to her, Anti-Entropy and Schicksal seemed to have worked for nothing in Siberia.
The disappearance of the Second Herrscher was naturally something both sides investigated with great importance, but with Himeko deliberately concealing her... there was simply no way they could find her anytime soon.
Anti-Entropy might have had it a little easier. If the Second Herrscher did not harm humanity, they could