Chapter 196

"Mom, Mom?"

Upon hearing the familiar voice, Freya turned her head in surprise.

Because she didn't know how long Cecilia would be asleep, Freya was afraid that using the Black Abyss White Flower in battle would affect Cecilia's slumber. As a result, although Freya often carried the Black Abyss White Flower her, she rarely used it as a weapon, at most using it to stimulate the power of Creation.

"It's Mom! Little Freya is getting cuter and cuter, and she's also being a good older sister."

Cecilia turned Freya around and pulled her into her arms again.

Surrounded by her mother's scent, Freya's eyelids grew heavier and heavier. She subconsciously leaned against Cecilia's chest, closed her eyes, and instantly fell asleep.

"Oh my, I didn't expect it to be this tiring. So, my tense nerves have finally relaxed?"

At that moment, Cecilia's gaze fell on a dark figure beside her.

That figure was the owner of the Herrscher Core used by Black Abyss White Flower, the Sixth Herrscher of the Previous Civilization, whose predecessor was a girl named Seele.

223. My Hero

It's not surprising that the Sixth Herrscher from the Previous Civilization would appear here.

After all, the Sixth Herrscher is the true master of this Herrscher Core space.

"Cecilia..."

Perhaps because it was a little embarrassing to use the other title in public, the Sixth Herrscher of the Previous Civilization had to switch back to this title. Although this respectful way of addressing her made Cecilia frown, she could understand the other party's shyness.

"... I'd better not bother you any longer."

After a moment of silence, the Sixth Herrscher from the Previous Civilization quickly disappeared, clearly not yet mentally prepared to face the others.

Seeing the Sixth Herrscher of the Previous Civilization flee in disarray, Cecilia was both amused and exasperated, and at the same time, she understood even more how tragic the existence of Herrscher was.

The Honkai Consciousness exploits negative emotions such as hatred within people, amplifying these emotions to make Herrscher extremely hate humanity.

The so-called Herrscher Persona is more like a personality created by negative emotions amplified by the Honkai Consciousness.

Because it is composed of negative emotions, the Herrscher Persona, which is filled with hatred for humanity, also has a sad side.

Cecilia had fought against the Second Herrscher, Sirin, so she knew very well that the so-called Second Herrscher was essentially a little girl who had suffered a lot.

Although Cecilia couldn't ignore the disaster brought by Sirin, she knew very well that the reason the Second Herrscher, who hated humanity, was born lay with humanity, and perhaps even with Schicksal itself...

Cecilia has extremely mixed feelings about the organization that raised her.

However, the true reason for the birth of the Second Herrscher may be that the research institute under the Schicksal deceived innocent girls under the guise of treatment and conducted cruel experiments on them... As the days of fear and pain continued, eventually... after the young girl named Sirin died one after another due to the experiments, her Honkai Consciousness amplified her hatred for humanity.

The Sixth Herrscher from the Previous Civilization also had a similar experience. Although her memories were ambiguous, she vaguely remembered her experiences before becoming Herrscher.

After the Second Great Honkai of the Previous Civilization, the survivors developed Honkai Antibody.

Although humanity formed an organization called the Fire Moth in order to fight against Honkai, for some countries, the Honkai Energy brought about by the Honkai is an unknown energy source, and humans with Honkai Antibody may be a new kind of humans who can adapt to the new world.

As a result, people with Honkai Antibody were sought after by various countries.

The Fire Moth failed to stop these actions by various countries, or rather, the Fire Moth, being a relatively new organization, did not have such capabilities.

The predecessor of the Sixth Herrscher possessed the Honkai Antibody. At that time, she was homeless due to the Second Great Honkai and was adopted by an orphanage, but the orphanage that adopted her was powerless to stop such a capture operation.

The Sixth Herrscher remembers being subjected to various cruel experiments every day after being captured, and the constant fear that filled her heart whenever she faced the blinding operating room lights...

She begged the researchers for mercy, hoping they would let her go.

She cried out incessantly, even lying on the ground pleading, but the pain never lessened.

One day, her tense nerves suddenly snapped, and she heard a mysterious voice. When she came to her senses, all the researchers who had caused her pain were no longer breathing.

Or rather, after awakening as the Herrscher of Death, she possessed the power to cause all things to wither.

After killing everyone in the laboratory, she continued to spread death. When the Silent Death descended upon the entire city, a powerful white-haired man appeared before her.

At the moment her life came to an end, the Sixth Herrscher hoped that she would not experience the same sorrow in her next life.

The white-haired man who defeated her was powerful and handsome, just like a hero who always appears at crucial moments in a story. The princess protected by such a hero must be very happy.

The Sixth Herrscher sincerely hopes that she too will have such a hero to protect her.

Cecilia stroked the head of the young girl who was sleeping soundly on her chest. Although the girl did not bring the Black Abyss White Flower with her when she was working, Cecilia did notice her hard work in the Herrscher Core.

Cecilia's desire for resurrection was not initially strong.

But looking at her young second daughter, who wakes up to study before dawn, trains after finishing her work every day, and studies for more than three hours before going to bed... just to seize every minute and second to absorb knowledge, Cecilia felt a sharp pain in her heart.

If he hadn't died in the Second Eruption War, his original daughter might not have had to go through Otto's predicament.

And the second daughter wouldn't have to go through such hardship...

Of course, Cecilia did not consider that if she were still alive, Otto might not have carried out the Kiana cloning project.

In fact, based on her understanding of Otto, Cecilia felt that such a possibility was unlikely. Even if the cloning experiment could not be carried out, it would prompt other experiments.

Therefore, even if Cecilia were alive, with Siegfried by her side, Otto would still have Kiana conduct experiments to fuse with the Second Herrscher Core.

Ultimately, the greater cause of fight against Honkai is very useful for Cecilia and Siegfried.

Cecilia's holy blood was used in the name of this great cause to give her body to Otto for modification.

Before meeting Siegfried, Cecilia was Herrscher Killer prepared by Otto for the apostle of Honkai.

Her value, her significance, lies entirely in the fight against Honkai the Honkai.

"Little Freya, I'm sorry, your mother is so useless. If I were still alive... I would never let you suffer."

Cecilia sighed and hummed a soft lullaby. At this moment, she did not want to burden her second daughter any further, and she also suppressed her own desire to be resurrected.

She couldn't abandon the Sixth Herrscher, nor did she want her second daughter to compromise with Otto for the sake of so-called resurrection technology.

At that moment, the two small hands that were hugging Cecilia's waist suddenly tightened.

Freya had been pretending to be asleep but had woken up at some point, said softly.

"It seems like Mom wants to save the Sixth Herrscher's heart. As expected of my mom... She dares to do things that no one else would dare to even think about."

Although Freya's attitude towards Herrscher also leans towards pioneering them, and then using the Herrscher Core to create Artificial Herrscher or Divine Key.

Of course, Freya felt that Artificial Herrscher were easy to mess up, and she preferred the idea of processing the Herrscher Core into Divine Key.

Unfortunately, the Herrscher Core inside Aurora and Mei are already closely connected to them. Removing the Herrscher Core under these circumstances could potentially endanger Aurora and Mei.

"I've heard the story of the Second Eruption War many times, from different people and different versions... No matter which version, my mother is a hero."

Even as she said this, Freya shyly wanted to bury her head in Cecilia's arms.

However, she ultimately did not bury her head in the sand like an ostrich.

"In Mr. Siegfried's version, he said that he was a good-for-nothing who had always caused trouble for his mother. If he had not run away from home but had worked harder to train, he could have fought alongside his mother until the very end."

"In Mr. Welt's version, both Mom and Mr. Siegfried are heroes. He said that the Second Eruption War could not have been won without the two of you. He paid tribute to Mom on behalf of the Anti-Entropy organization and on behalf of his comrades who are protecting the world together."

"In the new version of Schicksal, the Second Herrscher, who brought great trauma to the world, was held back by the Mother on the Siberian Plains. Because the Mother was holding back the Second Herrscher, Schicksal was able to launch the Honkai Energy fission bomb attack. Although the Mother and the Second Herrscher perished together, the Mother is a hero of the Schicksal."

"In the old version, the mother also perished together with the Second Herrscher, but the focus was on how much the Schicksal did in the process."

"In the Valkyrie version, the mother was very active during the Second Eruption War, defeating one Simulated Herrscher after another. The mother and the Snow Wolf Squad she led were the aspirations of almost all Valkyrie. Many Valkyrie were proud to be in the same period as the Snow Wolf Squad."

"In the version for ordinary people, the mother perished together with the Second Herrscher, ending the Second Eruption War along with Schicksal..."

Freya spoke, one sentence at a time.

"In my version, Mom reached out to help the Second Herrscher, and now she's reaching out to help the Sixth Herrscher... While everyone else only sees the Herrscher as Enemy of Humanity, Mom sees the Second Herrscher who needs help, and the Sixth Herrscher who needs redemption."

Freya had met the Sixth Herrscher, but her attitude towards the Sixth Herrscher hadn't been very good before.

Most importantly, this Previous Civilization's Sixth Herrscher looks almost exactly like Seele Vollerei from the Cocolia Orphanage; the only difference between them is their age.

"Little Freya... thank you for your support."

Cecilia completely abandoned the idea of resurrection, and then hugged her second daughter tightly, whom she could show off everywhere.

Her second daughter was much stronger than she had imagined.

"My mother is my hero and my idol... I promised her that I would not seek resurrection technology, so... I will absolutely not compromise with Bishop Otto because of this. Please promise me, Mother, that you will treat the Sixth Herrscher well."

Perhaps it's because the Sixth Herrscher from the Previous Civilization is too similar to Seele.

Freya was moved with pity.

"And I'm already very lucky to have seen Mom in the Herrscher Core space; Mom... after I leave the Herrscher Core space, I'll enter my own consciousness space. Is there anything you want to say to Kiana and Aurora? I'll pass it on for you... Oh, speaking of Kiana recently ran away from home..."

Freya was always troubled by her older sister running away from home.

But then a brilliant idea struck her, and she cleverly decided to tattle on her to her mother. Although this was her third time entering the Black Abyss White Flower's interior, it was only the second time she had met Cecilia.

Cecilia was naturally unaware of what had happened in the previous period, and Freya patiently explained it to her, since there was still plenty of time in the Herrscher Core space.

Freya was unaware that the Sixth Herrscher was hiding deep within the core, and felt envious after hearing her words.

224. Otto's destiny

Cecilia was also troubled when she learned that Kiana had run away from home, but she had no solution. She could only tell Freya and Kiana not to fight, and then continue to listen to Freya recount her experiences over the past six months.

But when Freya mentioned the recent major event, specifically when Freya said that Welt was getting married, her mother couldn't help but gasp in surprise.

"Hey, is the Alliance Leader Anti-Entropy getting married?"

Although Cecilia vaguely knew from the Black Abyss White Flower that Schicksal and Anti-Entropy were no longer enemies, she was already quite surprised to learn from Freya that Schicksal and Anti-Entropy had cooperated. She was still shocked by this news.

Cecilia fought alongside Welt during the Second Eruption War.

Unlike Siegfried, she didn't have a deep friendship with Welt, but she was quite familiar with the Alliance Leader of the Anti-Entropy organization.

The Anti-Entropy Organization's approach differs from that of the Schicksal, and it seems to be more humane.

Cecilia was genuinely surprised that the other person wasn't married yet.

"I thought he was already married, he seems to be very popular."

"..."

Freya felt that her mother was right; the Alliance Leader of Anti-Entropy was indeed very popular.

If Welt weren't the Alliance Leader of the Anti-Entropy organization, he might have been able to attract Valkyrie with his outstanding abilities and handsome appearance, but he would never have been able to attract the Aristocratic Faction Valkyrie as he had before.

Ultimately, the position of the Anti-Entropy Leader is very attractive.

"Little Freya, tell your mother quickly what kind of woman the Anti-Entropy Leader chose."

"Well, how should I put it? I'd say childhood sweethearts, or... the older sister who raised him, probably in her seventies this year."

"A woman in her seventies?"

Upon hearing Freya's words, Cecilia's lips twitched slightly.

Is it really appropriate to call a woman of this age "big sister"? But Cecilia quickly thought of Theresa was about the same age as her.

"In any case, we should definitely offer our blessings."

After all, they had fought side by side, and Cecilia sincerely hoped that someone like Welt, who was dedicated to protecting the world, could have a good ending.

Afterwards, Freya spoke to her mother about the welfare system she had established for the Valkyrie.

Hearing that her daughter was elevating the status of Valkyrie and strengthening Valkyrie welfare system, Cecilia, a former S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal, was deeply moved. It could be said that the Valkyrie were truly living in a good era.

Even Cecilia, a sheltered young lady raised by Schicksal, understands that Schicksal and various countries only regard Valkyrie as humanoid weapons and expendable resources to fight against the Honkai.

Cecilia could only offer encouragement and support to her outstanding second daughter.

Cecilia did not intend to interfere with her second daughter's choice.

As they chatted, Freya nestled in Cecilia's arms and fell asleep. Soon, her body gradually became transparent. Cecilia stroked Freya's little head, and seeing the smile that appeared on that stubborn face, a hint of regret crept onto Cecilia's face...

At this moment, she really wanted to have a real body so that she could hold her second daughter, who had glossed over all the hardships she had endured, in her arms and cherish her for the rest of her life.

A girl around ten years old should be nestled in her parents' arms, not sitting on a cold throne trying to be tough.

Moreover, my second daughter, who was born in a somewhat unusual way, is only about two years old now.

"Your child possesses the abilities of the Herrscher of Reason ... You could have had her construct a body for you, and since your consciousness is more complete, you are more likely to leave this place than the other one."

"Never mind. The fact that the child knew she had this ability but didn't mention it shows that she kept her promise to me. I can't let my own willfulness strip away her strength. Besides, I can't just leave you alone."

Upon seeing the former Sixth Herrscher of the Previous Civilization who suddenly appeared with envy on her face, Cecilia couldn't help but smile.

Her second daughter never showed any weakness to her.