"Himeko Mom, I'm sorry... I just... just..."
Sirin felt Bronya's warm embrace. Especially now, Bronya's temperament and presence felt incredibly close and familiar, as if the Bronya before her were her biological mother.
That was right, her real mother...
She could even feel a sense of "blood connection" from Bronya's embrace, a familial bond thicker than water.
Sirin lost herself in the feeling. At that moment, it was as though she had returned to her childhood. Whenever it was cold, her mother had held little Sirin just like this.
But... she had actually attacked "Mom" before. She had even wanted to kill "Mom." Sirin was overwhelmed with guilt.
"Silly child, what do you have to apologize to me for? Besides, I know... you must have been unable to control yourself before. Don't take it too much to heart."
"I..."
Feeling "Himeko Mom's" gentleness, Sirin did not know what to say. She could only cling tightly to Bronya, who shared her bloodline.
Sirin had actually been "watching" everything that had happened before, watching "herself" attack her new mother. Yet she did not know why... she simply could not control herself. It felt as though she had become another person, as though there was someone else inside her body.
There was not only her original human personality inside her body, but also a Herrscher personality. Yet before... she had felt that, besides those two conscious personalities, there was an even darker one within her...
It was as if she had split personalities... as if she was no longer herself.
"Alright. No matter what, I know Sirin herself is a good child. And... this could be considered a blessing in disguise... Sirin, your power has grown several times stronger than before, and you've even gained a companion beast, Bei Wangcai..."
Bronya held Sirin's