"Me and Sirin..."
Kiana, who had been smiling at Brunhilde, froze at those words...
Strictly speaking, both Kiana and the Herrscher of the Void were parts of Sirin. They were two selves sharing the same body, two beings born from Sirin's desires.
One was the self of Sirin's Herrscher consciousness; the other was the hope she truly yearned for in her human heart. Just as when Sirin used Fenghuang Down and trapped herself within it, she received the maternal love she craved most from Cecilia once again in that illusion.
And because of her time with Cecilia in that illusion, she suffered an emotional breakdown after learning that it had all been false.
Thus, experimental subject K-423 was an extension of Sirin's heart, the side that embodied Sirin's true desires. In this form, she had also become Cecilia's daughter, "Kiana."
Naturally, the Herrscher of the Void within her was the continuation of Sirin's Herrscher consciousness.
Though they were both selves of Sirin, unfortunately, their very existence made them irreconcilable enemies. Reconciliation was impossible.
That was why Kiana and the Herrscher of the Void had fought their final battle upon the stage of consciousness.
But Kiana had long prepared herself for that day. The seal could not remain effective forever; it had merely delayed the moment of judgment. It could only end this way—the victor remained, while the loser vanished!
Clearly, Kiana had won in the end!
However, Kiana understood that the Sirin Brunhilde was referring to was not that Sirin, but another version of herself... Her Majesty, the "Only god"!
"You could say that she and I are... successors, of a sort." Kiana did not know how to answer precisely. They could be considered the same person, yet they could also be considered relatives connected by blood.
But on second