The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

【An ordinary and happy family...】

[If I hadn’t encountered Honkai, if my mother hadn’t died...then, would I have had this kind of happiness? 】

In a daze, the white-haired girl heard such a voice coming from behind her.

"who--"

"Happy birthday Kiana!"

The lights in the room suddenly turned on to the brightest. Standing in front of Kiana was a life-size Homu doll, and then a small head poked out from the back of the doll.

"Auntie!"

Kiana shouted in surprise.

"It's true, Kiana is so happy every time she sees a little dwarf like you. Alas... As a father, I am always disliked by her..."

"Ha! This is what happens if you refuse bitter melon juice!"

Theresa raised her fist above her head and waved it twice, but Kiana had completely forgotten the previous voice and just smiled stupidly. She looked at Theresa in front of her, and then turned to look behind her. Stinky dad.

But at this moment, there was a sound of complaints that could not be heard at all from what seemed to be the kitchen:

"You two! It's Kiana's birthday. Why are you two so excited?"

"I am Kiana's father!"

"I am Kiana's aunt!"

The two adults in the living room said confidently.

"Then I'm still Kiana's mother!"

The sound in the kitchen made Kiana feel dazed again, and then her vision became blurred.

"Really, why don't you just wait for me to take out the cake."

The sliding door in the kitchen was hooked by someone's foot and slid to the side. A strange yet familiar figure appeared in front of Kiana carrying a huge cake.

She had short, snow-white hair like her own, and she might have tied up the extra hair. She wore a red T-shirt on her upper body, and the hem of the T-shirt was tucked into navy blue high-waisted tights. She looked tall and capable.

Is it that person? Is it that person?

Kiana tried hard to see the other person's facial features clearly, but her vision was blurred by tears and she couldn't see clearly.

Strange...why are you crying...and...[that person]...what does this mean?

"Eh? Why are you crying, Kiana? You must be moved by us, right?"

The woman quickly walked to the dining table and put down the cake, then slowly walked up to Kiana and wiped away the tears from the corners of Kiana's eyes with her fingers.

"Yeah, yeah! I'm just...I'm just a little touched!"

Liar.

There was a strange feeling, as if this happy scene before her eyes happened for the first time, which made Kiana feel unusually satisfied and happy, but she always felt that these things had happened countless times, so the joy was not enough at all. Move her.

Only this time, she finally saw the woman's face clearly.

It's mom.

In other words, this is what my mother should look like.

"Ahem! Kiana, I have prepared a mysterious gift for you. Guess what it is?"

Perhaps sensing something was wrong in the atmosphere, Theresa hid the Homu doll that was bigger than herself behind her back and asked with a smile.

"It's a Homu doll!"

"Huh? How did you guess it? Didn't I hide it?"

Kiana looked sideways at Theresa with a look that looked at a bastard, then hugged the Homu doll behind her and rubbed her cheek against it.

"Hahahaha! You are not as tall as a doll, how can you hide it! And didn't Kiana see it at the beginning? Hahahaha! Does it mean that the brain capacity of a person will become smaller when a person is shorter? Hahaha..."

"Siegfried!!"

"well……"

Seeing that her aunt and her stinky dad were quarreling again over their height, Kiana seemed to have gotten used to it. Apart from sighing at the beginning, she just watched in amusement while holding the Homu doll.

In her peripheral vision, she saw her mother walking into the kitchen humming a light tune. After a while, she brought four different drinks on a tray - one glass of beer, one glass of bitter melon juice, and two glasses of orange juice.

She placed four drinks on the table, looked at Kiana with a smile, then deliberately cleared her throat and asked with a bit of joking:

"Ahem! Siegfried, where is the gift you prepared for Kiana?"

"Huh? Ah!"

Siegfried, who was being chased and beaten by Theresa, stopped when he heard the sound. He didn't care even though he was hit hard twice on the head by Theresa.

He first raised his chin and smiled confidently: "Hey, of course I'm ready."

Then he tiptoed up to Kiana in public, put his face close to Kiana's ear, raised a finger and whispered:

"Shh - don't say anything Zhang Qiana, the gift has been placed under your bed..."

"Ahem! My dear, did you buy a DS4 game console for Kiana? Have you forgotten her last final exam results?"

Kiana's tears flowed down instantly, and Siegfried's cold sweat was not to be outdone. There was a large puddle of water on the floor under their feet in the blink of an eye.

"There's really nothing I can do against you, Kiana, I can only play for one hour a day!"

"Yeah! I like mom the most!"

"Dear, DS4 seems to be very expensive... huh? Do you still have money that you haven't handed over?"

"Cough cough cough cough..."

"I'll transfer the money to you later, and tell me next time... I won't ask, my dear, do you have to eat instant noodles at the company for lunch every day this month?"

"Yeah! I like my wife the most!"

…………

"Happy birthday Kiana, cheers!"

…………

The cheers at the birthday party have come to an end. Mom and Theresa are sitting on the sofa chatting about the past. Daddy ran to the balcony to answer the phone. It seemed to be a call from President Otto.

Kiana touched her round belly, wiped the cream from the corner of her mouth with her hand, and then stood up holding the chair.

I am full and have strength, but my heart is a little panicked.

The feeling of uneasiness is accumulating in my heart, but the bright yellow light in the room seems to be getting brighter and brighter. The light turns from warm to sharp, as if this space is as fragile as window paper and will be pierced by the light in the next moment...

Kiana didn't tell anyone about this feeling. Whether it’s aunt, stinky dad or mom, there is no one...

Is it because she doesn’t want to, or because her long-term habits have made her unaware of what a normal child should do?

Unknowingly, Kiana walked to the full-length mirror in the living room.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Kiana's eyes became a little weird - she had the familiar double ponytail braid, but she had a blue crystal-like crown on her head, and the tops of her stockings were also made A crown-like outline emerged. She is wearing a dress with the same turquoise base and a snow-white fake two-piece effect.

No matter how you look at it, this is not something she would have the chance to wear in reality...

Wait, reality?

His eyes blinked unconsciously, and the figure in the mirror also changed - where is the long snow-white hair, where is the exquisite dress?

What appeared in the mirror was a short girl with long purple hair. She had no dress, only a dirty, thin white dress with a number on the chest.

"Xi...Xi Lin?"

This name that should have been unheard of appeared in her mind unconsciously. Kiana subconsciously raised her hand, wanting to touch the dull eyes of the person in the mirror.

The figure in the mirror did not follow her movements outside the mirror, but when her hand was about to touch the mirror, the bright yellow eyes suddenly turned and stared at her.

"!"

Kiana blinked excitedly, and her appearance was faithfully reflected in the mirror again, as if the girl she just saw was just an illusion in her brain.

But she knew it wasn't an illusion.

At this moment, she finally reacted.

There is no doubt that this [home] that is so happy that one does not want to leave is just false.

The real her should be sleeping in the newly assigned dormitory at the Anti-Entropy Sacramento Base.

In other words, this should be her dream.

No, not should, but definitely.

After all, the Second Herrscher had always guided hallucinations in her dreams in the past.

But she hasn't done such a boring thing for a long time, so what happened tonight? It couldn't be that he saw a dream about her past last night and became angry because of it...

It's very possible... no, it's quite possible... No, that's definitely the case.

Referring to usual experience, she should also exist in this dream, in various possible forms.

Kiana looked at the full-length mirror in front of her - Xilin's figure appeared in the mirror just now. Do you want to break it and take a look?

Just when she wanted to turn this impulse into action, Theresa suddenly stood up on the sofa.

"Okay, it's getting late, so I'll go back first!"

Just at this time, the balcony door was also pushed open. The smelly dad was muttering something on the phone. After hearing Theresa's words, he volunteered:

"Oh! Then my wife, I will send her off."

"No, dear."

Mom... Cecilia showed a rather gentle smile and took out a white rag from somewhere:

"You forgot something very important. It's your turn to wash the dishes today~"

"Then let me see my aunt off!"

Kiana said on the side, but her body was already walking towards the door consciously.

Why...why do this?

Kiana didn't understand, but the intuition in her heart was beating wildly, reminding her that she must open that door.

After all, this was just a dream. Her mother, aunt, and dad didn't stop her, and even praised her for being sensible.

But Kiana's urge to open the door became stronger and stronger.

"Click——"

However, there was nothing unusual outside except the deep night and the dimly lit city.

Theresa took two steps forward, came to the bottom of the steps, looked up at Kiana and smiled:

"Then Kiana, I'll take my leave first."

"Yeah! Goodbye, aunt!"

Kiana pretended to wave her hands happily.

"You guy..."

Theresa's expression suddenly became a little helpless and a little relieved.

"You must be anxious to play DS4, right?"

"Hey hey hey..."

"Okay, let's go! I'm a mature adult, I don't need you, a child, to worry about!"

Theresa waved her hand and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.

Looking at the figure who disappeared as soon as he turned around, Kiana covered her face with a headache.

Is it really a dream... That guy can't let anyone sleep peacefully.

But...since nothing happened, why did I have an intuition just now that I couldn't wait to open the door?

Kiana was about to close the door, but that strange voice came again in her mind...

【Birthday cake...Mom...】

After a while, there were undisguised footsteps in the darkness, and a figure that she was very familiar with appeared in front of her.

The other person was taller than the illusion in the mirror, and his body was not so skinny, but he was still poor, so that the black school uniform of Qianyu Academy, which should have been customized, was loose on her.

Of course, the most important thing was her eyes.

Kiana's eyes met the pair of bright yellow eyes, but she didn't feel the slightest familiarity from them. The only thing she could catch was the undisguised anger.

"Xi..."

"What sound?"

Just as Kiana was about to speak, the stinky dad appeared behind her with a freshly washed bowl.

He stuffed the bowl into Kiana's hand, and then stood in front of her with some vigilance, and asked the purple figure:

"Who are you? What are you doing at our door?"

"Heh..."

Kiana, who was hiding behind the stinky dad, saw Xilin sneer, and she subconsciously turned around and saw her mother looking at the door with doubt in her eyes.

Kiana saw it clearly. When she saw Xilin, Cecilia's expression froze for a moment, as if she was confused, or as if she had pity, but all of this disappeared in an instant.

Then, she quickly walked into the kitchen and brought out a piece of birthday cake that she had not finished eating before at a speed that was incredible for ordinary people. When she returned to the living room, she slowed down her pace again, deliberately making a loud sound with her pink slippers on the wooden floor.

When the stinky dad heard the sound and turned around, she raised her eyebrows, put one hand on her waist, and complained naturally:

"Hey, dear, what are you doing to your daughter?"

"Huh?"

Siegfried subconsciously looked at Kiana, and Kiana also looked at him in confusion.

Cecilia did not pause because of this. She continued to speak naturally:

"Did you drink too much? You can't even recognize your own daughter? Didn't Xilin tell you on the phone that she would participate in the club training, so she would be back later today, so we should not wait for her to have dinner together."

"Ah?"

After scolding Siegfried, Cecilia turned her attention to Kiana:

"Kiana, you too, why are you still standing there when you see your sister? Let her in quickly."

"Ah?"

"Ah, I know you are a little unhappy that Xilin didn't come back in time to celebrate your birthday, but Xilin finally made friends in school and joined the club. It's not that she would ask for leave for the first training activity, right? Two sisters should understand each other!"

[They... treat me as their daughter? ]

"Ah?"

Cecilia ignored the father and daughter who were standing by the door and doubting their lives, and waved to Xilin who was still standing at the door with a complicated expression.

"Come, Xilin. This is Kiana's birthday cake. I saved a piece for you. Fortunately, I prepared it in advance, otherwise it would all go into your sister's stomach!" Xilin stared at the cake handed to her in a daze and swallowed lightly. [Cake... I remember...] Kiana covered her ears in doubt. Then, as she watched, Xilin took the plate of cake, tremblingly picked up the fork and put a piece into her mouth... [I remember that when my mother was alive, she would bring me a piece of cake every birthday...] The pale lips closed, and the small piece of cake was swallowed into the mouth, but it was not swallowed for a long time. [This taste... It's so delicious...] Then, tears slid down her cheeks. [... It tastes like that time. No, this is a white cake. Obviously, my mother used to bring me black chocolate cake, but why does it taste exactly the same... Because I have never eaten other cakes...] Xilin's head drooped even lower, and the fork was bitten tightly by her, almost biting it off. The stinky dad seemed to have accepted the setting that "Sirin is a daughter" and began to panic. He probably thought that it was because he did not recognize the other party that Sirin was hurt.

Cecilia took the initiative to bend down and rubbed Sirin's head.

"It's getting late, go to bed early, Sirin."

…………

Kiana lay on the bed, quietly looking at the empty ceiling.

From the moment she saw Sirin, she felt a sense of disobedience, but it was not strong.

Now she understood. This is indeed a dream, but it is not Kiana's dream.

In Kiana's dream, the second Herrscher always appeared in the same posture as her.

And the one who appeared in the form of Sirin was...

This is Sirin's dream.

Tossing and turning and unable to sleep, it is also... No matter whose dream it is, her consciousness is undoubtedly in sleep, and it is obviously difficult to fall asleep while sleeping.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, and the insects in the garden are getting louder and louder.

"Da——"

Kiana frowned——she heard footsteps outside the door.

"Ka Ba——"

The sound of the door lock opening.

She sat up from the bed and confirmed that it was not her door...

"Next door, Sirin?"

Kiana tiptoed out of bed, opened the door carefully, and then walked to Sirin's door along the wall and put her ear close to it.

But before she heard anything, Sirin's voice had already sounded in her mind.

[What am I doing? Why didn't I kill them? They are not my parents at all...! ? ]

"Xilin, don't be angry. Your father just drank too much today."

Fear, fear, and even the whole body trembled unconsciously-a certain space and a door separated, Kiana found that her emotions began to synchronize with Xilin.

But... why should I be afraid?

Why kill [them]?

Is this... really a dream? Why did Cecilia appear in Xilin's dream? And last time, the [mom] who appeared in Xilin's dream finally froze to Cecilia's face, which was exactly the same as what I saw just now...why?

More and more questions emerged, but Kiana didn't feel confused.

She vaguely felt that she had found the last piece of a puzzle to a certain problem. As long as this piece was filled in, all the questions about Xilin and herself could be answered.

"I'm sorry, we have been busy preparing for Xiana's birthday these two days, and you are lonely."

The body suddenly trembled more and more violently, but the next moment, Kiana felt a warm embrace.

"Today, let mom hold you and sleep together."

Rejection, the body and consciousness are strongly rejecting, and are strongly afraid of the woman behind her.

But in the end, she did not resist.

! ?

When she came to her senses, Kiana found that she was lying on the bed, held in Cecilia's arms.

Her body was still trembling wildly, and her hands and feet were twisting unconsciously. The woman behind her should have felt this detail. She was an S-level Valkyrie, but...

Except for holding her tighter, Cecilia did nothing and said nothing.

After a while, her arms loosened a little, and her breathing became even.

[This woman... actually fell asleep in front of me? Good opportunity, now...]

The raised hand slowly fell down, and finally gathered in front of her, gently holding Cecilia's hand.

Her body gradually relaxed, and she became more and more sleepy until her eyelids closed heavily...

[Falling asleep? Obviously, since arriving at that laboratory, I have never slept well again...]

This was the last sound Kiana heard.

"Ah!"

Kiana sat up suddenly, opened the quilt, and panted rapidly.

Hands reached for the bedside table in a panic, grabbed the water cup, and drank the remaining half of the water in the cup.

"Is it... Xilin's dream again... What is that dream about? The real Kiana should be less than two years old during the second collapse, and it is impossible for her to become Xilin's sister... No, it doesn't matter, the kind of thing in the dream can't happen at all... Is it just Xilin's fantasy... It doesn't seem right, Cecilia looks like she recognized Xilin from the beginning, if it was just a one-sided dream, Cecilia would not have retained that kind of reaction..."

"Xilin? Xilin?"

Kiana called in her mind, but there was no response.

"She ignored me again, she was not angry after being seen in the dream... Forget it, ignore her."

Picked up the phone next to the pillow, clicked on the lock screen, and a message popped up immediately.

"Aunt?"

[1:33]

[Kiana, Dr. Tesla and I have something to discuss with Otto at the headquarters of the Destiny, so we can't accompany you these two days. You should pay more attention to rest, and don't be stubborn during training. If you feel uncomfortable and don't want to train, you can also go to Bronya to play games, there is no need to force yourself. I will remember to bring you a gift when I come back, bye! ]

"Aunt..."

I forgot to turn off my phone before going to bed, and it was running out of battery, but Kiana didn't care.

I jumped out of bed barefoot and opened the curtains. It was just getting light outside.

Calculating the time, it was almost time for the power training every morning.

As long as the Herrscher appeared, she would jump out by herself and talk a lot of nonsense to her...

Huh?

[Do I have any other choice? Have they given me a choice? ]

[Only one, no, only one and a half people were willing to give me the right to choose, but...]

Sirin's words were connected with the scene she dreamed of not long ago. The so-called "one and a half", one is Cecilia, and the other half is...

That dream... couldn't it really have happened?

Kiana shook her head quickly.

For such a thing, why not ask her stinky dad right away? Then Celine will definitely jump out in anger...

Kiana no longer needs the Valkyrie armor now. She just put on a positioning device similar to a watch according to Anti-Entropy's requirements - in fact, this thing is similar to an electronic anklet, which should be worn all day, but the doctors of Anti-Entropy and the aunt turned a blind eye to this matter. It was not until she suddenly disappeared not long ago that everyone realized the importance of this thing. But even so, she was deliberately indulged and only needed to wear it in front of others.

She might have felt uncomfortable because of this before, but after meeting the Tenth Herrscher, she only felt that she was very lucky, and... the doctors of Anti-Entropy, Dr. Mei, and the aunt... and Jizi, they were really good to her.

But now she can't do anything. In the previous battle, she had the most powerful spatial power, but she could only be a spectator the whole time. If she could be stronger...

At the moment, all she can think of is to increase the amount of training.

Fortunately, fortunately - Kiana was thankful in her heart.

She has to face a powerful enemy, but a powerful enemy may not be scary. In Bronya's words, any hostile character in the game can definitely be killed as long as he dares to show his health bar.

She heard Mei and Kevin talk about some pre-civilization things. What she once faced was an enemy that could not even be seen or touched, let alone the health bar. No matter how powerful the man was, he could not even touch it. A destiny that cannot be defeated or even touched at all.

Fortunately, her world is not so hopeless.

After a brief wash, she washed her face again, hung the towel on the stand, and then turned her head. Suddenly, Kiana saw Sirin's face in the mirror again...

"What on earth... do you want to tell me?"

His fingers touched the mirror surface, but there was no abnormal feeling at all. When he moved his eyes, there was no doubt that the person in the mirror became [myself] again.

"Dong dong dong——"

Someone knocked lightly on the door.

"Who?"

Kiana couldn't figure out who would call her at this hour. It wasn't training time yet, so Daddy and Kevin always wanted her to sleep a little longer.

But she quickly became alert - before, she had just opened the door when she woke up, and then fell into the trap of the Tenth Herrscher.

But that time it was excusable. She opened the door because she saw Wendy in the peephole. Now...

She moved her eyes towards the cat's eye on the door, and with just one glance, her lips parted and she retreated unconsciously.

She patted her head and leaned forward again without belief. This time, she only made an extremely dry and dull sound from her throat.

"ah……"

His eyes gradually lost focus, and even hope was lost.

Kiana opened the door as if she had given up on herself, and what appeared outside the door was a familiar one——

"Welcome to the [Domination Theater] again!"