Honkai, I became Duck Daughter at the Start?

She could only wander back and forth on the beach, calling out softly, occasionally looking towards the shore, hoping for the response she desired.

"Little dummy, come out and see the sea..."

"Cough cough..."

Several kilometers away, Raven coughed up a mouthful of blood, her internal organs feeling as if they had shattered.

Beside her, Cocolia was missing an arm and a leg, groaning in pain.

"Shut up..."

Raven had truly felt that she was only a sliver away from death. If she had been even a moment slower, both of them would have been sliced to pieces.

"What a loss... Cocolia, ten of you aren't worth one Sin Mallet Thunder of Seven..."

Raven lay on the ground, gazing at the sky as she muttered to herself.

Let alone the possibility of Cocolia helping them retrieve the Desire Gem from Schicksal, even if she could have actually done it before, she was probably scared witless now.

When death itself brushes past, no one can remain calm, especially when Raven still had children to raise.

"Cocolia, take care of yourself..."

Raven coughed up another mouthful of blood and staggered to her feet, supporting herself as she left.

Forget helping Cocolia again, Raven felt that if she didn't find a way to save herself, she might as well be dead.

If she had known it would be this dangerous, she wouldn't have come.

Originally, Raven didn't have a strong sense of belonging to World Serpent, let alone the idea of risking her life.

Now, having nearly lost her life, "Rosia's" scythe attack had truly jolted Raven awake.

Raven's only wish now was to return and check on her children, to see if they were safe.

Her sole desire was to live a safe life with her children, without any risks.

This time, she felt she had done all she could for World Serpent.

St. Freya Academy

"Durandal is even here, stationed in the Far East..."

After returning to the Far East, Theresa had no time to rest and was constantly dealing with affairs. When she received this news, she was shocked.

Although Durandal was very young, she was already an idol to countless Valkyries. Her strength was at a level that even Theresa could not hope to reach.

According to gossip, Otto even wanted to establish a "Durandal-class" above the S-rank Valkyries.

"What exactly happened in that sea area?"

Theresa murmured to herself.

Even the awakening of Chiyou hadn't disrupted Durandal's original plans. It was clear that this incident was far more serious than a Judgment-class Honkai Beast.

"Mei, how is Bronya doing?"

Theresa desperately wanted to intervene in the matters of that sea area, but her grandfather had personally given the order, leaving her with no room to act.

To uncover the truth of everything, she had to start with Bronya.

"Bronya woke up for a while when she saw Seele, but then fell back into a coma."

Raiden Mei also said helplessly.

Bronya was unable to speak, and Seele wore an expression of knowing nothing. Kiana and Mei were also at a loss.

On the coast

"Lord Bishop, her condition is not optimistic..."

Durandal looked at her Valkyrie armor, which had sustained quite a bit of damage, and shook her head gently.

"The opponent refuses to leave this sea area. As soon as anyone approaches, she immediately launches an attack. Besides me, I don't think anyone else can stop her."

Even Durandal felt a headache when she approached the girl.

The other party had entered a state where communication was almost impossible. She fought with a reckless abandon, as if possessed.

This was the first time Durandal had encountered such a situation.

"I understand."

The blond man nodded gently.

Otto had acquired a new body. Although the body made of Soul Steel could self-repair, the residual power from "Rosia" had severely affected the repair speed. Moreover, in front of Durandal and the others, he still needed to maintain some semblance of dignity.

"Is there any other way to save her?"

Otto himself had come here to find a way to save the girl and see if there was any way to salvage the situation.

"Lord Bishop, the target's body has been injected with an excessive amount of Honkai energy, forcibly activating the Stigmata within. If it were anyone else, they would have long since turned into a Death Soldier or died from Honkai energy corrosion..."

"It's likely her body's adaptability to Honkai energy is too high, preventing the Honkai energy from destroying her body, but it might have affected her nervous system..."

Amber and the others didn't know what exactly had happened, only guessing.

"People from the Divine Realm generally call this..."

"Going into Qi deviation."

"For this kind of situation, with our current technology..."

"Apologies, Bishop."

Amber's attitude said it all, and Otto sighed.

"It may not be that simple."

If it were just a simple Qi deviation, Otto could still think of a solution, but the current situation was truly somewhat strange.

"Rosia" seemed to be guarding something in this sea area, or perhaps waiting for something.

Normally, faced with such a situation, one would have given up long ago, but Otto felt very distressed right now.

From the moment he entered Cocolia's experimental base, Otto had felt a sense of oppression.

He thought he could save them, change things, but in the end, the outcome was still the same.

However, before it was truly irreversible, Otto still intended to try.

This was one of the few things he had truly wanted to do in the past five hundred years.

"Bronya sister..."

After confirming that Bronya was out of danger and safe, she was sent back to her room.

Because Bronya's condition was very poor at the time, her words were very vague, and even Seele couldn't hear them clearly.

So, Seele still didn't know what had happened.

Seele took care of Bronya closely and noticed that the bedside table was full of photos of Bronya and the blue-haired, silver-eyed girl.

The weather was great when the photos were taken, but of course, the smiles on their faces were the most beautiful.

"Bronya sister looks really happy."

Seele didn't know what was happening now, only that Bronya and Rosia must have spent a long and happy time together.

Seele wasn't jealous; in fact, she felt happy about it. Because of Rosia, Bronya could still live happily even without her company.

"Don't you want to go see Rosia's room?"

Black Seele saw that Bronya was a bit bored and she wanted to see Rosia, but she didn't know where Rosia was now. She suddenly thought of something.

"This... isn't that good?"

Seele hesitated at Black Seele's suggestion.

"She's your and Bronya's child, isn't she? As a mother, it's only right to care about your child, right?"

Black Seele accurately hit the mark with the word "mother," making Seele blush, and everything became easier to discuss.

"Mmm... let's just take a look..."

After a series of internal struggles, Seele finally agreed.

Because she was equally curious about her cute daughter's preferences.

When Seele peeked into Rosia's room, she was surprised to find that the room was as clean as if no one had ever lived there. Only the sign at the door indicated that it was Rosia's room.

"It's so clean..."

The floor, the windowsill, the window, and the walls were all spotless. The entire room, except for a toy box, contained nothing else.

"Let's open it and see. There's nothing else in the room anyway."

Black Seele suggested.

"...Okay..."

Under the strong urge of curiosity, Seele could only apologize in her heart.

"These are... Houmu dolls, Houmu hair accessories, Houmu comics..."

"Why are they all Houmu?"

Black Seele said with a hint of boredom.

These cute little things were of no interest to her.

As for why she recognized Houmu, it was because there were labels on them.

"It seems... there's something else..."

Seele found a notebook at the very bottom of the toy box, and there were writings on the back of the labels of all the Houmu toys.

"Rosia's and Bronya Mama's and Seele Mama's..."

Each toy's label had the names of the three of them and cute little expressions.

It was clear that their owner cared a lot about them.

"Do you like Houmu that much?"

Black Seele propped her chin on her hand, asking with a hint of confusion.

"Because Bronya-nee also likes them a lot,"

Seele nodded. She had seen many Houmu dolls in Bronya's room, and judging by the tags, Bronya had liked them first.

As Seele picked up the notebook with the blue butterfly ribbon, Bronya's murmurs suddenly came from next door. Seele had no choice but to take the notebook with her.

"It's okay, it's okay, Bronya-nee, Seele is right here..."

Watching Bronya struggle in her sleep, Seele took her hand, gradually calming her down.

Seeing Bronya return to peace, Seele breathed a sigh of relief. Then, she looked at the notebook and thought for a long time. Under Black Seele's instigation, Seele pursed her lips and hesitantly opened it.

[December 10th, today she told me she met Black Seele-mama today. I really hope she can get along well with Black Seele-mama...]

[Bronya-mama gave me the hair accessory that Seele-mama left her. I'm so happy.]

[Bronya-mama promised me that we'd go see the sea together next summer. I'm so excited.]

"This is... a diary?"

Black Seele looked at the notebook with great interest, and Seele unconsciously read it aloud.

[December 16th, today I finally got the limited edition Houmu doll that Bronya-mama likes. It's a shame I couldn't buy it, but the waitress and the store manager were both kind and promised to hold it for me. I hope I can give it to Bronya-mama soon...]

[March 24th... The most beautiful movie in the world was shown in the seats adjacent to mine]

[May 29th...]