Chapter Summaries

Nocturne summoned two skilled Mortal swordswomen and sent them to gather information about yokai and Honkai Beasts in neighboring countries. The warriors vanished to begin their mission.

• Nocturne examined the Loyal Ninja Warrior Mortal and Hidden Flow Upper Ninja, noting their combat abilities and appearance.
• The two Mortal warriors knelt and saluted Nocturne after she summoned them.
• Nocturne ordered the warriors to investigate yokai and Honkai Beasts in the surrounding countries.
• The Mortal warriors saluted again and vanished like ninjas.

Nocturne returned to Yae Village with a giant mosquito Honkai Beast after sending two zombies away and leaving a Knight Honkai Beast to guard the area. Meanwhile, Mizuuchi Daimyo prepared to fight his rival in Shinano, but an urgent report arrived before the battle began.

• Nocturne left a Knight Honkai Beast to protect Yae Village and decided to give the Rush Class giant mosquito to Liliya as a pet.
• The chapter described Shinano as a divided and unstable land contested by the Takeda and Uesugi clans.
• Mizuuchi Daimyo received outside aid that increased his samurai forces to more than fifty, and he began a war against the Takagi daimyo.
• A panicked samurai rushed to Mizuuchi Daimyo's tent with a report, and Mizuuchi Daimyo allowed him through the guards.

Hokushin Mei slaughtered Mizuuchi Daimyo’s soldiers and entered his tent to face the samurai gathered there. Mizuuchi Daimyo’s confidence faded as she challenged them to fight.

• A terrified samurai warned Mizuuchi Daimyo that a killer had slaughtered the soldiers outside.
• Mizuuchi Daimyo rejected the warning and accused the samurai of spreading panic.
• Hokushin Mei continued killing soldiers while they screamed and called her a monster.
• Mizuuchi Daimyo told the samurai to confront the killer, and they agreed.
• Hokushin Mei entered the tent covered in blood and challenged the daimyo and his samurai to fight.

Hokushin Mei slaughtered Mizuuchi Daimyo’s samurai and, disappointed that none could challenge her, set out to find a stronger opponent. She left determined to find someone who could give her a satisfying fight, even if it meant dying gloriously in battle.

• Mizuuchi Daimyo confronted Hokushin Mei after she killed his soldiers, and she introduced herself as a first-rank rōnin samurai before charging at his samurai.
• Hokushin Mei cut down nearly every samurai with a single slash, leaving Mizuuchi Daimyo and only a few others terrified.
• Hokushin Mei asked where she could find powerful opponents, and Mizuuchi Daimyo mocked her by telling her to ask King Yama in hell.
• Hokushin Mei killed the remaining samurai and Mizuuchi Daimyo, then left to seek an opponent stronger than herself.

Hokushin Mei stayed in Shinano because she believed a worthy opponent was still there, while Nocturne spent time alone at the secluded cherry-blossom river in Yae Village. Yae Sakura and Yae Rin remained behind to practice with their new weapons, and Rin had a controllable Rush Class Honkai Beast as a pet and potential fighter.

• After killing Mizuuchi Daimyo and his samurai, Hokushin Mei abandoned her plan to travel to Suruga and stayed in Shinano to seek another worthy opponent.
• The narration described Hokushin Mei’s ruthless creed: she killed anyone who challenged her, including an old boatman’s young son.
• Nocturne went alone to the quiet riverside in Yae Village, where the cherry blossoms fell across the clear water.
• Yae Sakura and Yae Rin stayed behind to practice with the weapons they had recently acquired.
• Yae Rin kept the Rush Class Honkai Beast Nocturne had given her and could control it as both a pet and a capable fighter.

Nocturne found a wounded nun floating in the stream and recognized her as Kallen, who looked exactly like herself. The chapter ended with Nocturne discovering her double clutching a strange black box.

• Nocturne went alone to the forest stream to bathe and relax.
• Nocturne noticed blood in the stream and followed the trail upstream.
• Nocturne found a silver-haired nun drifting in the water with a severe abdominal wound and a black box.
• Nocturne realized the nun looked identical to her and identified her as Kallen.

Nocturne found an unconscious, injured Kallen clutching a black box by the creek and realized Kallen had appeared in Yae Village despite the changed circumstances. Nocturne carried her back to the shrine for treatment, leaving the box in Kallen’s grasp.

• Nocturne recognized the year as the one when Kallen had mysteriously arrived in Yae Village, though this time Nocturne had found her instead of Yae Sakura.
• Nocturne pulled the unconscious Kallen from the creek and noticed she clutched a black box tightly.
• Nocturne suspected the box was the one that sealed the Twelfth Herrscher and thought Yae Sakura might now avoid being corrupted because Yae Rin had survived.
• Nocturne decided not to force the box from Kallen and carried her back to the shrine for treatment.

Nocturne returned to the shrine carrying an injured girl who looked exactly like Kallen, and told Yae Rin that the two were twin sisters. She took the wounded Kallen to her room for treatment, leaving Yae Rin waiting with the mosquito Honkai Beast.

• Nocturne carried the bloodied Kallen back to the shrine in a princess carry.
• Yae Rin saw the injured girl and realized she looked identical to Kallen.
• Nocturne told Yae Rin to pretend that the two Kallens were twin sisters.
• Yae Rin asked what had happened, and Nocturne said the girl was injured and hurried to her room to treat her.
• Yae Rin offered to help, but Nocturne said she would call if she needed anything, so Yae Rin stayed behind with the mosquito Honkai Beast.

Nocturne discovered that the black box containing the Twelfth Herrscher could not be stored in her inventory because the Herrscher was favored by the world's Honkai consciousness. She realized the Herrscher might be taken to another world if she consented, but the box remained a dangerous problem with no clear solution.

• Nocturne gently took the black box from Kallen after Kallen's grip loosened.
• Nocturne reflected on Yae Sakura's five hundred years of resolve and vowed that the Twelfth Herrscher would not hurt Sakura again.
• Nocturne tried to put the black box into her inventory, but Ai-chan's warning said the consciousness inside had to consent.
• Nocturne considered how the Twelfth Herrscher could dominate a technologically advanced world, though she suspected the sealed Herrscher was far weaker than before.
• Nocturne concluded that she had no way to deal with the dangerous box, since Theresa could not reform the Herrscher and might never be born in the altered history.

Nocturne set aside the black box and prepared to clean the wounded Kallen, while wondering whether saving her would interfere with Otto’s plans. Yae Sakura helped bring warm water before leaving to make lunch, and Nocturne began undressing Kallen to clean her bloodied, injured body.

• Nocturne put the black box aside and decided to clean Kallen before treating her.
• Yae Sakura came to Nocturne’s room, saw Kallen on the bed, and asked if she could help.
• Nocturne asked Yae Sakura to fetch warm water and a towel.
• Yae Sakura brought a basin of warm water, then left to make lunch.
• Nocturne removed Kallen’s bloodstained nun’s habit and other clothes, revealing her wounds, including a bullet wound through her abdomen.

Nocturne treated the badly wounded Kallen and discovered that Kallen's body was identical to her own. Five days later, Kallen's injuries had almost healed, and Nocturne and Yae Sakura expected her to wake soon.

• Nocturne cleaned Kallen and saw that their bodies were completely identical.
• Nocturne applied a treatment potion to Kallen's wounds, then fed her another potion mouth-to-mouth while she was unconscious.
• Nocturne joked to herself that kissing Kallen meant she had cuckolded Otto.
• Nocturne and Yae Sakura cared for Kallen near Yae Shrine as she recovered over five days.
• Kallen's injuries nearly healed, and Nocturne expected her to wake soon.

Kallen woke to find Nocturne, a girl who looked exactly like her, caring for her and offering medicine. When Kallen distrusted the bottle, Nocturne kissed her and fed her the medicine, leaving Kallen flustered and unable to resist.

• Kallen woke up in bed and saw Nocturne, who looked exactly like her.
• Nocturne offered Kallen a bottle of medicine she had made herself.
• Kallen curled up and watched Nocturne warily instead of taking the medicine.
• Nocturne drank some medicine, then kissed Kallen and fed it to her.

Nocturne treated Kallen’s injuries after giving her medicine by mouth, while Kallen wondered why they looked alike and whether they were sisters. The chapter ended with Kallen lying face down as Nocturne applied medicine to her back.

• Kallen panicked after Nocturne kissed her and passed medicine into her mouth.
• Nocturne removed Kallen’s clothes to treat her injuries, and Kallen shoved her away in embarrassment.
• Nocturne explained that she had only wanted to calm Kallen and apply medicine.
• Kallen reluctantly took off her top and lay face down on the bed.
• Nocturne applied healing potion to Kallen’s back, making her let out an involuntary sound.

Kallen wondered who Nocturne was after the lookalike treated her back and left her feeling unexpectedly comfortable. She finally asked how she had ended up there and why Nocturne looked exactly like her.

• Nocturne applied medicine to Kallen's back, knowing exactly which places were sensitive and needed rubbing.
• Kallen tried to hide how good the treatment felt and worried that Nocturne had heard her moan.
• Nocturne stopped treating Kallen, and the two noticed that the distance between them had narrowed.
• Kallen asked Nocturne how she had ended up there and who she was.

Nocturne told Kallen that she was Kallen’s former self and reminded her of the battle on the Kipchak Steppe, where Schicksal’s corruption shattered Kallen’s convictions. The chapter left Kallen struggling to accept Nocturne’s claim as the account described Schicksal’s exploitation of the people.

• Nocturne pinned the weakened Kallen down and claimed that she was Kallen Kaslana herself, not her sister.
• Kallen questioned Nocturne’s identity and recalled Otto risking his life to use Void Archive to revive Kallen’s father, before Kallen stopped him.
• Nocturne said she was who Kallen used to be and prompted her to remember the battle on the Kipchak Steppe and Phantom Violet.
• Kallen recalled that Schicksal’s corruption after the battle had shattered her convictions.
• Schicksal’s clergy and upper ranks exploited the common people through abuses and the sale of indulgence certificates.

Nocturne told Kallen that she was Phantom Violet, a former version of Kallen whose experience had become a person. Kallen struggled to believe her, and Nocturne then asked about the severe gunshot wound she had suffered when they met.

• Kallen failed to understand Nocturne's hints about Phantom Violet.
• Nocturne asked Kallen what she would do if one of her experiences became a person.
• Nocturne revealed that she was Phantom Violet, Kallen's former self.
• Kallen stared at Nocturne in shock as Nocturne caressed her face.
• Nocturne asked whether a Valkyrie squad had caused Kallen's gunshot wound.

Nocturne told Kallen she was safe in the Far Eastern Land and that her wounds had nearly healed. Kallen questioned Nocturne about her identity, but Nocturne only promised to protect her and teased her.

• Nocturne told Kallen that Heavenly Mandate would not find their hiding place soon and that Kallen's injuries would heal completely within days.
• Kallen examined herself and was astonished that her Honkai bullet wounds had vanished.
• Kallen learned from Nocturne that she was in the Far Eastern Land and wondered how she had drifted there from the sea.
• Kallen asked Nocturne if she was Ziyuan and how she had appeared, but Nocturne refused to explain and promised she would protect Kallen.
• Nocturne claimed her body was exactly like Kallen's and teased that she knew all of Kallen's sensitive spots.

Nocturne and Kallen playfully agreed to present themselves as sisters, with Nocturne insisting on being the older sister. Afterward, Kallen searched anxiously for something that was missing.

• Nocturne suggested that she and Kallen tell others they were sisters who looked alike.
• Kallen argued that she should be the older sister because Nocturne was her past self.
• Nocturne tickled Kallen until she agreed to be the younger sister.
• Nocturne told Kallen that her ruined nun’s clothes had been thrown away and offered her a matching outfit.
• Kallen searched around and murmured that something was gone.

Nocturne recognized the black box Kallen had brought with her as containing something more dangerous than ordinary Honkai crystals and demanded that Kallen hand it over. Kallen remained wary and was stunned when Nocturne claimed to be an SSS-rank Valkyrie.

• Nocturne retrieved a star-patterned black box from a cabinet and asked whether it was important to Kallen.
• Kallen snatched the box and admitted it was dangerous, though she had hoped to take it away and disappear.
• Kallen identified the box as a Honkai Crystal, and Nocturne said it sealed something more than an ordinary Honkai energy crystal.
• Nocturne insisted that Kallen could not control the box and demanded she give it to her.
• Nocturne called herself an SSS-rank Valkyrie, leaving Kallen shocked because she had never heard of that rank.

Kallen questioned Nocturne’s claim that she was an SSS-rank Valkyrie and the dark side of Kallen herself. After learning Nocturne was also known as Serenade of the Sixth Night, Kallen accepted her explanation and chose to trust her.

• Nocturne claimed she was an SSS-rank Valkyrie and introduced herself as Kallen Kaslana, Serenade of the Sixth Night.
• Kallen challenged Nocturne’s claims and asked what Serenade of the Sixth Night meant.
• Nocturne explained that she was Kallen’s dark side, a phantom thief, and said Kallen could call her Nocturne or Serenade of the Sixth Night.
• Kallen reluctantly accepted Nocturne as her dark side and trusted that they both shared the same heart for protecting justice and the people.