Who Isn't a Herrscher?

Who Isn't a Herrscher? Author: Qian Someone Who Loves Scrubbing Decks

Synopsis:

Standing on the deck of the Hyperion, Luo Mio set down the mop and bucket in his hands and looked at the enemy in the sky.

A faint smile curved his lips.

"Sorry, but I just finished cleaning the deck."

Then, he raised the Domain of Sanction in one hand and pointed it at the enemy.

With his other hand, he planted the tome on his back beside him.

Void Fissures emerged behind him one after another, and the Domain of Truth slowly appeared within them.

"This is the moment to turn all things around—!!!"

Prologue: The Captain Was Also a Valkyrie

"? Ah... does this count as transmigration?"

Luo Mio woke from his slumber and looked at the unfamiliar surroundings.

It was a flawless, pure-white space. Only he himself stood out amid the endless whiteness.

As a youth of the twenty-first century, he had not stayed up late and died suddenly before transmigrating into a cultivation world like in those novels. Nor had he been hit by a car while going out or crossing the street, only to reincarnate in another world as the grandson or son of some big shot, unloved by his father and ignored by his mother, practically invisible in his own home.

He had merely picked up his phone as usual, opened Honkai Impact 3rd, tapped the QR scan option, scanned the QR code on his computer desktop client, logged into the game, and grinded his dailies. After clearing the Abyss and Memorial Arena, he tapped on his wives a little. He had even been thinking about how, back in ancient times, tapping on his wives would get him kicked off the ship. Yet as he kept tapping, one of his wives suddenly moved, kicked him unconscious, and when he woke up, he was already in a foreign land.

"Other people at least get some cheat ability when they transmigrate. Why do I just get this white space that doesn't even talk?" Luo Mio complained as he looked at the pure-white space surrounding him.

Looking at the silent space around him, completely devoid of sound, he swallowed.

"Ding—"

"Eek—!!!" The sudden noise made Luo Mio jump, and he quickly looked toward its source.

He saw that behind him, in the pure-white space, an elevator with a strong mechanical feel had appeared. Its open doors clearly invited Luo Mio to enter.

"Gulp."

Luo Mio swallowed and walked in.

"Ding—"

The doors closed, and Luo Mio clearly felt himself going up... pfft... ascending.

Still, Luo Mio looked at the familiar mechanical elevator, the transparent elevator doors, and the scenery outside them.

No way. No way.

Luo Mio, who had been somewhat frightened, gradually calmed down.

When the doors opened—

"Captain on the bridge."

Luo Mio listened with aching balls to that door-opening voice already engraved into his DNA, along with the equally soul-crushing background music—.

"Ding."

"Welcome aboard, Host."

A mechanical voice rang out.

"Are you my system?"

"Confirmed. Correct."

"Can you explain why my bridge deck is here?"

"Confirmed. This system selects an item deeply rooted in the Host's memories as a carrier and binds to it."

The corners of Luo Mio's mouth twitched. "So every scene and the BGM just now came from Honkai Impact 3rd?"

"Yes."

"Now, Host, please prepare for transmigration."

"Huh? What? Transmigrating to another world? This fast?" Luo Mio cried in surprise upon hearing the system's words.

"Negative. Before transmigrating, the Host must prepare one skill."

"Hm? A skill? I have to learn it myself?"

Luo Mio asked in surprise, "Shouldn't you just give me a gift package or skill points, and then I automatically learn it?"

"Question: Does the Host live in a dream? This system has no skill gift package rewards."

"Huh?"

"This system is merely a tool assistant that helps the Host grow stronger independently. It is not the sort from the Host's memories that hands out a pile of rewards."

Luo Mio drew in a sharp breath at the system's explanation.

"Fine, then tell me. What skill is it?"

"The international common language of the Host's world."

Luo Mio: "..."

Luo Mio: "Σ(☉▽☉..."

Upon hearing the skill's name, Luo Mio froze on the spot.

"No, say that again. What was it?"

"International common language."

"(╬￣皿￣)凸..."

"@!＃￥%, I have to learn an international common language before transmigrating? Hm? Little bro, I think you've got a problem."

Luo Mio immediately started spewing profanity.

"? Question: Does the Host think the whole world, the entire universe, speaks Chinese? This system suspects the Host has watched too many U.S. blockbusters, anime, H-country romance dramas, and Huaxia cultivation novels."

"I..." The system's explanation left Luo Mio utterly unable to retort. After an internal struggle, he finally compromised and said to the system, "Fine. How do I learn it?"

"Confirmed. The system will contact the World Consciousness and establish a time-management space for the Host."

"Ding—"

"Confirmed. Creation successful. Please proceed to the spatial gate on your left."

Luo Mio looked to the left and saw a vortex-shaped door appear there. Through it, he could vaguely make out a massive library.

The moment he stepped inside, Luo Mio felt a wave of dizziness. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself in an enormous library.

"Please rest assured, Host. Time flows differently within this space than outside, and your mind will never feel fatigued. You may study continuously."

Luo Mio looked at the library before him, the corner of his mouth twitching.

"Can't the spaces you create be a little more creative?!!!"

Luo Mio complained because the library before him was all too familiar—it was the library from Chapter Two of Honkai Impact 3rd's story and Theresa's side story!

"Question: Is this really what the Host should be concerned about? Please study seriously now."

The space around Luo Mio instantly transformed into another appearance. Inside a circular library, Luo Mio sat in the center of a ring-shaped desk, surrounded by books for studying all kinds of languages and writing systems.

"Other people transmigrate and either start out invincible or meet a beautiful heroine and climb to the peak of life. What about me? My own system nags me to study from the very beginning."

"Ahhhhhhh, why!!!"

Who knew how much time had passed? A vortex on the bridge flashed with dazzling light, and Luo Mio stepped out of it.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh, I'm finally out!!!"

Looking at the changed surroundings, Luo Mio, who had no idea how long he had spent in the time-management library, shouted excitedly and shed tears of sorrow.

"Ding—"

"Congratulations, Host, for completing the skill task. Please select a Character Carrier and transmigrate to a world."

The system's merciless voice rang by Luo Mio's ear.

"Can't you let me catch my breath?!"

"What does selecting a Character Carrier mean? Please explain." Luo Mio asked the system in confusion.

"Confirmed. The Character Carrier will be selected based on Valkyrie battlesuits from Honkai Impact 3rd."

"..."

After calming down for a while, Luo Mio asked the system.

"So, as the Captain, I have to transform into a Valkyrie before transmigrating to another world?"

"Confirmed. Yes."

"Then bring up the Valkyrie interface."

"Confirmed."

Then, a blue translucent screen appeared before Luo Mio, displaying various Valkyrie battlesuits.

"System, can I see the world I'm about to transmigrate to?"

"Confirmed. Please view the world you will travel to under the Sortie option."

With a thought, Luo Mio exited the Valkyrie interface and summoned the Sortie interface. Upon opening it, he saw that the main story chapters in the game's Sortie menu had been replaced by six words: Journey of World Traversal.

Luo Mio complained, "Can't you be a little more creative, System?"

The system directly asked, "? Are you teaching me how to be a system?"

Complaints aside, the system still opened the traversal interface.

Then, a flash of white light appeared. The sudden glare forced Luo Mio to close his eyes. After a while, he opened them again, only to find that the scenery around him had completely changed. Before him was a deep and brilliant starry sky, and what drew his attention was an enormous World Bubble. Beneath it were several large words.

"It's a world I know."

Looking at the World Bubble before him, Luo Mio asked the system, "System, is this the world I'm going to transmigrate to?"

"Confirmed. Correct. This is the world the Host will soon enter."

Luo Mio fell silent and pondered for a moment before speaking.

"System, bring up the Character Carrier interface."

"Ding—"

Luo Mio stared at his wives and recalled the setting of the Chivalry of a Failed Knight World.

After thinking for a while, Luo Mio opened his eyes and selected a character.

"To ignite the soul of ACG action, it has to be my Fu Hua 3rd!!!"

"Confirmed. The Host has selected the Character Carrier: Fu Hua. Please confirm the carrier's Valkyrie battlesuit. Due to rule restrictions, the Host may only select an A-rank Valkyrie battlesuit."

"A-rank..." Luo Mio fell silent for a moment, then smiled. "Then isn't it obvious? Of course I'm choosing my physical War God, White Night!"

"Confirmed. The Host has selected the Valkyrie battlesuit: Night Squire. Please select a weapon to carry. Due to the rules of the Chivalry of a Failed Knight World, the weapon selected by the Host will become a Device. Please choose carefully."

"A weapon... Can I choose a Divine Key?"

"No. The Honkai Impact 3rd bound to this system will faithfully reproduce the plot and settings. Divine Keys are weapons of Herrscher authority, something the Host cannot wield at present. Furthermore, the power of Stigmata is also beyond the Host's grasp at this stage."

"Is that so? Even Stigmata won't work... Then I'll choose the Eternal Twilight Wolves."

"Confirmed. The Host has selected the Character Carrier Night Squire, upper limit: SSS; weapon: Eternal Twilight Wolves, upper limit: Level 50. Execute transmigration now?"

Luo Mio did not execute it immediately. Instead, he asked, "System, you just said that because of the rules of the Chivalry of a Failed Knight World... what exactly are these World Rules?"

"...World Rules are the conscious origin of that world—that is, the World Consciousness. Every world has rules established by its own World Consciousness."

"Whether one belongs to that world or comes from beyond it, no matter how strong or transcendent one may be, their status and rank within that world will remain below the world itself. Therefore, they must obey the rules set by the World Consciousness and must not interfere with or alter the world."

"And if I don't obey?"

"At best, expulsion. At worst, erasure."