Chapter 288
The peaceful world I just saw is not only the happy life that the Second Herrscher longs for, but also the future that my mother longs for.
When Kiana saw her mother embracing the Second Herrscher, Sirin, before she died, Kiana finally understood that her mother wanted to use love to influence the Second Herrscher.
While everyone else only wanted to kill the Second Herrscher, her own mother wanted this poor girl to find happiness.
I'm sorry, Kiana... I saw Sirin's loneliness and pain in the illusion, and at that moment, I truly wanted to become her mother and make up for what she had lost...
As the gentle voice rang out, Kiana arrived in a white space.
Standing directly in front of her was a woman with long white hair and wearing a white dress.
"Mother?"
"My child, I'm sorry... I couldn't be by your side. Back then, I couldn't save Sirin's heart, but I never thought I would hurt you too."
Even with Freya's account, Cecilia ultimately underestimated the suffering Kiana had endured over the years.
Originally, she did not allow Kiana's consciousness to enter the core space of the Divine Key.
Perhaps it was because Kiana had once Herrscher Transformation, or perhaps it was because she missed Kiana so much that she unconsciously consumed a lot of her mental energy.
However, even though she would fall into a deep sleep afterward, Cecilia did not feel any regret. She went forward and hugged her daughter tightly, as if she wanted to merge her into her own body.
Kiana's mind went blank the moment she was embraced.
Is it really Mom?
"It's me, my poor child, I'm so sorry..."
At this moment, Kiana could no longer control her tears, which flowed like a spring, and her heart-wrenching cries seemed to release all the hardships she had endured over the years.
"Mommy... Mommy... Mommy, Mommy..."
"I'm here, I'm here..."
Cecilia was heartbroken. Seeing her daughter in such pain, she couldn't help but resent Bishop Otto.
Ultimately, it was my own fault for trusting Bishop Otto too much.
Cecilia originally thought that Schicksal was the safest place, and that even if she and Siegfried died in battle, her daughter would be taken care of.
If Freya hadn't told her about Kiana's experiences over the years, Cecilia would never have imagined that Otto would imprison his own daughter and even clone her.
But in the end, Cecilia felt that it made sense.
Otto has a gentle and kind side, but most of the time, he is indeed cold and ruthless.
Cecilia patted Kiana's back as if she were a baby.
"My dear child, it's all my fault..."
"... No, it's not Mom's fault... Mom did nothing wrong..."
Kiana once resented her parents for not coming to save her.
But after learning the truth, she felt overwhelmed with guilt.
At that time, Kiana's first target of hatred was herself.
After a long while, Kiana cried herself to sleep and nestled in Cecilia's arms. The two sat on the ground, enjoying the peace in this white space.
"Mom, I'm sorry, I used to resent you for not coming to save me."
"No, it's not your fault, my child, it's all my fault..." Cecilia's face was full of pain.
She originally wanted to save the Second Herrscher, but ultimately failed to do anything.
Unexpectedly, her daughter suffered after her death.
"If it weren't for Freya, I really wouldn't know how to apologize to you."
"Mom, that period may have been very tough, but it was because of that that I got two lovely little sisters. For me, all the hardship was worth it to meet Freya and Aurora."
Those years of imprisonment were the source of her suffering, but not the source of Kiana's hatred. Guilt and self-loathing were the driving forces behind her Revenge Flame.
But at this moment, Cecilia forgave her, and the guilt and hatred that had turned into years of resentment suddenly vanished. What was originally just a flickering black flame had turned into wisps of smoke.
Kiana suddenly felt relieved, and then hugged Cecilia tightly with a smile.
331. Loving Freeze
Through a series of coincidences, Kiana successfully entered the Black Abyss White Flower and met her mother, whom she had been missing.
When Freya returned to the bedroom, Kiana's consciousness had just left the interior of the Black Abyss White Flower.
"... one, two... they're really a handful."
With a sigh, Freya quickly came to Kiana's side, steadied the unsteady Kiana, and infused the power of the Herrscher of Consciousness into the Black Abyss White Flower.
Although it is extremely difficult to interfere with the core of the Black Abyss White Flower with the power of Herrscher of Consciousness, such an inefficient approach is obviously not beneficial at all.
However, Freya believed that sacrificing her own weakness for two or three days to reduce the burden on her mother was worthwhile.
Kiana, what were you doing just now?
Although her mother's consciousness falling into a deep sleep did not affect the power of the Black Abyss White Flower, Freya could not treat the Black Abyss White Flower as a weapon ever since she learned that her mother's consciousness resided inside it.
Even though she wasn't questioning Kiana, the fact that it involved her mother made her somewhat anxious.
"Just now, my consciousness entered the interior of the Black Abyss White Flower ... Freya, Mother does indeed exist inside the Black Abyss White Flower."
The price of extinguishing the Revenge Flame was too high; Kiana was so weak at this moment that she could only speak in a low voice.
Freya was both amused and exasperated.
She didn't believe that what she had just sensed was a problem unique to Kiana.
Even though Kiana was once Herrscher Transformation, it was still extremely difficult for her to enter the Black Abyss White Flower.
So it must have been something her mother did, otherwise her consciousness wouldn't have weakened to the point of being like a candle flickering in the wind.
"... What did Cecilia's mother say to you?"
Considering that the Herrscher's consciousness resides in the core, Dr. MEI of the Previous Civilization completely sealed the Herrscher's consciousness inside the core during the creation of the Divine Key.
However, each Divine Key has a different function, so the order in which the Divine Key are manufactured is not determined by the order in which the Herrscher are created.
For example, the First Divine Key that Otto possessed, according to the records in the Soul Steel Quantum Computer provided by Kevin, should be the last Divine Key created by the Previous Civilization. As for the Divine Box the Schicksal lost before, although it belonged to the Twelfth Herrscher, the Twelfth Divine Key was not completed until the end of the Previous Civilization.
"How did you know?" Kiana, somewhat surprised, before smiling.
Kiana's smile was gentler than before, and even the gloom that had always shrouded her face was no longer visible.
Such an obvious change could not help but surprise Freya.
She used her Herrscher of Herrscher of Consciousness powers to sense Kiana's emotional fluctuations. To put it another way, Kiana felt as if the heavy dark clouds that had shrouded her heart for years had suddenly dispersed, and warm sunlight shone down directly upon her.
Kiana did not hide her past.
She leaned on her younger sister, talking about everything she had seen, heard, and felt.
"During the Second Eruption War, our mother wanted to save Sirin until the very end..."
Kiana couldn't describe the feeling either, but she was deeply shocked.
"...yes."
Freya was naturally aware of the Second Herrscher's situation.
After all, she and Kiana's younger sister were Otto's initial targets.
The so-called K-series experimental subjects are clones of Kiana Kaslana that have been mixed with the DNA of the Second Herrscher, Sirin, allowing the clones to gain the power of the Second Herrscher.
It wasn't until the core of the Second Herrscher was implanted into K423 that a successful experimental subject appeared in the K series, although there was an unexpected addition of myself.
From a certain perspective, Aurora, who possesses the Herrscher Core within her body, is a new life that inherits the soul of the original Second Herrscher, Sirin.
Of course, this is Jackal's speculation. In reality, Freya did not find any signs that Aurora had become Second Herrscher.
The most obvious point is his extremely aggressive personality, also known as the Herrscher Persona.
According to information provided by Jackal, becoming Herrscher will result in a strong aggressive side. If the Herrscher is gentle by nature, her inner negativity will be amplified, forming a highly aggressive personality. If she is already highly aggressive, then the Honkai will strengthen this personality.
Because Sirin herself hated this world, her personality was strengthened, or rather, assimilated with the Herrscher Persona.
Her adorable little sister, however, did not show any of these changes.
Kiana, who was helped into bed by Freya, kept talking about her experiences after meeting her mother.
What about the pure white core space, what about Sirin's true self, what about Freya talking to herself while facing the Black Abyss White Flower, and her occasional chuunibyou (delusional) state...
That's right, when Freya is alone in her bedroom talking to Black Abyss White Flower, she subconsciously activates her chuunibyou (middle school syndrome) mode.
For example, he might call himself the savior of evil people, or the evil dragon who steals princesses, or the one who will open a huge princess house filled with princesses from all over the world, or the one who will gnaw on the roots of the Imaginary Tree, and so on.
Freya wanted to find some interesting topics to talk about with her mother, and she wouldn't hide her true self from her mother, after all... she was still a child, only three years old.
But now, her face was completely blackened.
She never expected that her mother would reveal all her secrets to Kiana.
Freya's face darkened, but Kiana was very happy.
She never expected to be able to reunite with her mother, even if it was just her consciousness residing in the Black Abyss White Flower, it still made Kiana happy.
Kiana even wanted to brag about it to her father.
"Kiana, your power should have disappeared by now..."
Seeing Kiana talking happily, Freya couldn't help but ask with a serious expression.
She could sense Kiana's weakness at that moment, precisely because the power of hatred had vanished from Kiana's body.
"It's not exactly that, it's just that I can't use the power of hatred. However... my power is based on emotions, so... how should I put it, I'll just show it to you directly."
As she spoke, Kiana opened her hand, and a small cluster of ice flowers condensed in her palm.
"Pvanty's power?"
Freya asked with a hint of doubt.
The Kaslana Family's genes contain a large amount of Honkai Beast genes, and are not simply composed of the power of the Emperor-class Honkai Beast Pvanty (referred to as Ice Pig).
Freya, being a clone, is also able to wield this Ice power.
But soon, Freya noticed something was wrong.
She raised her hand and condensed a ball of energy the size of a ping-pong ball in front of her fingers.
However, after the energy cluster came into contact with the tiny ice flower, it froze in an extremely fast manner, and then the frozen energy cluster dissipated at an astonishing speed.
"Eradication, no, this method should be called purification!"
Freya knew very well that Kiana's original Revenge Flame, formed from the power of hatred, could use all Honkai Energy as fuel, but this power was now baffling Freya.
"... This is the true Saintess Power of the Schariac Family. This power should be traced back to the Previous Era, not to the earliest era..."
"The Saintess Power?" Freya was somewhat stunned.
"Of course, what I possess is not the pure Saintess Power, but a power that combines emotions. I use Honkai Energy to purify Honkai Energy. The more Honkai Energy, the more ice will be formed. This is a new power that I awakened under my mother's influence. I call it 'Loving Freeze'."
Borrowing the power of Honkai Energy to freeze Honkai Energy, and then purifying Honkai Energy.
"..."
Freya opened her mouth wide, as if a huge mouthful of saliva was stuck in her throat and she couldn't spit it out.
(You're blatantly cheating!!!)
Freya was so excited she didn't know how to express her feelings.
Previously, when Kiana awakened the Revenge Flame, even though Freya was very conflicted, she could not deny the power and tenacity of the Revenge Flame.
Despite her and Aurora's numerous efforts, they were unable to completely extinguish the hatred and anger in Kiana's heart. Kiana even ran away from home like a rebellious teenager, running off to Great Serpent, cough cough, to become the successor of the World Serpent Organization.
To be honest, Freya had no desire to be a boy named 'Naruto'.
Freya watched as the energy ball she had released was purified, and the ice that had frozen the energy ball slowly dissipated into the air. She suddenly felt that the title of Honkai Killer she had previously held was becoming increasingly undeserved.
"Impressive, right..."
Despite looking weak, Kiana smiled triumphantly.
Freya hadn't seen Kiana with such a radiant smile in a long time.
Kiana had always felt guilty about resenting her mother, but once she received forgiveness, everything fell into place naturally.