The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

In the pure white space, the girl stood alone with a long thunder knife in her hand.

Why are you here, how did you get here, what did you originally want to do...

A series of question marks appeared in his mind, and his brain was dizzy and swollen, but after half a minute, Meiyi finally regained his clarity of thought.

"The Stigmata Project... Yes, after I left the Paradise of the Past, I directly entered the Stigma Space. Because fighting those monsters seemed to have affected the dream weaved by the Stigmata Project, which in turn led to the counterattack of the monsters on the imaginary side... …”

The memory stays at the time when I faced the three imaginary divine corpses.

Who is the winner of this battle? Memory offers no answers.

If she was the winner, why didn't she move forward instead of being trapped in this pure white space?

If she was the loser, why did she appear here intact and with all her tail intact?

I'm afraid there is only one possibility.

Mei closed her eyes and quietly felt the energy around her surge like a tidal wave, and finally a clear picture formed in her sight.

In the picture, Mei Yi saw herself.

Different from now, I look more immature, wearing the uniform of Chiba Academy.

She saw herself walking through the crowd with a cold look on her face. Wherever she passed, her classmates and teachers would separate to the side, leaving a spacious corridor for her, but she always pursed her thin lips tightly and said nothing. .

There is really nothing to say. Whether it is asking everyone to stop making such a fuss or anything else, it will only leave the impression of hypocrisy.

but……

"Is it true that I have such a face that strangers should not approach..."

In subjective memory, all that Qianba Academy has left for Mei are the unbearable memories after her father was imprisoned.

In those memories, he was always the weak one who was bullied, and he could only hug Kiana for warmth and rely on each other.

But if you think about it carefully, the title "Queen of Thunder" was not actually given by Herrscher, but was given this nickname by her classmates before she met Kiana.

The time in the picture flows quietly, and soon the day they meet comes.

Kiana was still so clumsy, maybe because she was too stupid and didn't keep a distance from her like others. Looking back now, it seems that this is where the friendship between the two began.

However, after that day passed, it was the day when my father went to jail.

Life is always full of ups and downs, and this is understandable. After everything we have experienced, looking back, apart from a little bit of sadness, there shouldn't be any unnecessary emotions.

However... everything in the picture deviates from reality after all.

Mikael was not seen.

She didn't meet Mikael after school that afternoon when she first met Kiana.

Without Mikael, at least at the time, life was much harder.

Not only did he lack someone to take care of him, he didn't meet Mikael or Bronya, and he was even attacked several times by her who was still taking orders from Cocolia. And when her father was suddenly imprisoned, he didn't have time to leave her much money. Even the villa was mortgaged and confiscated. In the end, she could only make ends meet by pinching pennies, and sometimes she had to accept Kiana's support in turn.

However, the other party seems to be quite tolerant——

"Isn't this great? I'll pay for it, Meiyi, and you'll make me a lunch! It's a good deal!"

"But... the bento I made tastes terrible..."

"Huh? This...can you call it unpalatable? Anyway, I think it tastes good! And Mei Yi is still making progress. I feel that Mei Yi's lunch boxes are getting better and better recently!"

"Really... As long as you like it..."

It's not an unfamiliar conversation, but it means different things when said in different circumstances.

If during that period of time in reality, Mei and Mikael could rely on each other, then in this [dream], only she and Kiana were left to depend on each other.

Yes, this should be a [dream], Mei Yi has already realized it.

It didn't matter whether he won or lost that battle, but the outcome was that he fell into the same dream as those people.

But... why is this a dream?

According to the people I met before, these [dreams] should be in compliance with the dreamer's own wishes.

Was it because she subconsciously wished that Mikael was not involved in that experience?

Or rather, the Stigmata Project was using dreams like this to shake her mind.

Mei Yi pressed her heart gently, her emotions rising and falling along with her chest.

Sometimes, it is difficult for a person to face what he or she wants.

But... let's just leave it at that.

Time in [Dream] continues to flow, and the day will soon come when she becomes the Third Herrscher.

In the same gloomy sky, the thunderstorms surging in the clouds were initially purple, but somehow they were stained with blood.

Kiana woke her up again, but Mei Yi in the dream did not feel sorry for herself, but quickly adjusted her mentality, picked up a steel bar, and relied on the Beichen Yitou style she had practiced since she was a child, and soon and Kiya Na cooperated with each other, and before the Hyperion arrived in Changkong City, the two had rescued Thunder Ryoma from the prison that no longer existed, and then escaped to Siberia where no one would notice, and settled there.

Speaking of which, after the third collapse, Mikael seemed to have given her this choice.

The life in this barren land of Siberia can be called poverty, but they lived a pleasant life. When they got interested, they would happily have snowball fights in the snow. Even if it was just two people, at most it would only be three including their father. But I had a lot of fun every time.

On normal days, Kiana would go out hunting and cutting firewood with weapons. The wooden house often leaked, so her father would always wrap up the bearskin that Kiana had taken off and stay warm by the fireplace to recuperate. And she gradually let go of everything else and spent a lot of time in the kitchen. Her hands had long been accustomed to holding kitchen knives, and she was even unfamiliar with holding a serious sword, but she liked this kind of life very much.

When I get up every morning, I start thinking about what delicious food to make for Kiana and her father. There are not so many worries and there is no need to endure so much pain. I just want to enjoy the process of cooking and the two people who eat it. Just a happy smile on your face.

Until one day, when Mei was complaining about Kiana who took the initiative to help in the kitchen, but was actually causing trouble and stealing food, their attention was suddenly captured by the news on TV.

Archbishop Otto announced the existence of Honkai to the world.

Mei remembered that Kiana had often clamored to become a hero to save the world, but when she talked about this, Kiana in front of her just said:

"That's all the nonsense I was talking about before! Think about it carefully, I'm just a little girl, what ability do I have to get involved in something like saving the world? Saving the world... this kind of thing should be left to Hollander. A powerful Valkyrie is suitable... If Youlandale is here, everyone will be saved... We just need to live our lives well. "

"Yeah, but it was just a bad dream."

Looking at the warm scene, the real Mei Yi slowly pulled out the thunder knife from her waist.

"Thank you for reminding me what kind of person Kiana is."

The knife was gently swung out, and the space shattered and returned to its original pure white color.

Only this time, Mei Yi saw herself.

No, to be precise, it is the personality named [Thunder Queen].

"As expected, you are not a Herrscher personality at all, but [Stigmata Will]."

"When did you find out?"

"Nothing, it's just that in retrospect, I found that if you look at it by the standards of a Herrscher, you are a bit too pleasant. Compared with you, even the Herrcher of Consciousness looks fierce. And I am also entering the paradise of the past. Only then did I realize that besides the Herrscher, I was also a Stigmata Awakener. Referring to Xi'er's situation, I came up with this answer. And now, your reappearance after disappearing has undoubtedly verified this idea, because here. It’s the stigmata space, so it’s not impossible for you to reawaken your will as the stigmata.”

"You're quite smart."

The Thunder Queen looked at her coldly, and then asked:

"So, why are you unwilling to accept this dream."

"..."

"In this dream I constructed, there is no such beast as Mikael, and there is no need for you to fight, and there is no need to put Kiana in danger... Isn't this all what you want!"

Mei Yi blinked and replied expressionlessly:

"Really? It seems you haven't realized where the problem lies - in a sense, even though it's only been a year, I have become far more mature than you..."

"Stop being so pretentious, why on earth..."

"Because... the Kiana in your dream is not Kiana at all."

"What nonsense are you talking about? Why isn't she Kiana?"

"The real Kiana is absolutely unable to leave the whole world behind and live a good life alone, and it is impossible for her to say, 'With Hollandale here, everyone will be saved... We just need to live a good life. You can just live your own life. The more you are obsessed with such a dream, the more you seem to know nothing about Kiana."

"What if not? Then what do you want?"

The Thunder Queen shouted:

"Have you forgotten what you promised me back then? You promised to save her - but what have you done so far? She still has to face endless battles and is still walking on the edge of life and death. …Is this what you promised me to save her?”

Faced with the thunder queen's yelling, Mei Yi remained calm and calm. She just sighed helplessly and replied:

"So I said, you know nothing about Kiana, and you know nothing about love. It's impossible for Kiana to give up her dream of saving the world. I can't stop her, and I shouldn't stop her. On the contrary. , I should support her and help her realize her dream.”

"Are you crazy? Do you know what it means to continue like this? Do you think I don't know your plan? Let Kiana become the Herrscher of the End... Once you fail, she will definitely die. Even if you succeed, her appearance She will become the God of the Earth, but she will have to bear the responsibility of being a god forever and ever... Have you ever thought about how cruel this is to her?"

"What if that's not the case? Do you want everyone to obey the Stigmata Project and just live like this without caring about the whole world or other people?"

"At least in this case, Kiana can survive without any suspense."

"That's why I said, you know nothing about Kiana."

Mei Yi repeated this sentence for the third time.

"What you think is just your own wishful thinking. You don't care what Kiana thinks or what Kiana is like. Everything is just your selfish thoughts."

"enough!"

The cowardly girl who once only turned to her for help was now able to refute her words without changing her face. The Thunder Queen obviously couldn't bear the humiliation any longer, so she swung her knife directly at Mei Yi——

"You, a guy who can only talk nonsense, how dare you swing a knife at me!"

Meiyi didn't answer, her face was as dark as water, and she calmly waved the long knife in her hand towards the Thunder Queen.

pong——

Two identical long purple knives collided. In just a moment, the Thunder Queen felt a shock in the tiger's mouth, and her whole body involuntarily stepped back to release her strength. Meiyi chased forward without hesitation, slashing casually, and let the two knives strike again. They collided, and then used the intertwined blades to stir up the knife in the Thunder Queen's hand. The next moment, her long knife was already pressed against the Thunder Queen's neck.

"It seems that even in terms of strength, I am better now."

"Yeah...that's it..."

The Thunder Queen smiled bitterly and lowered her head.

It would be fine if Mei was just using her words, but since the power was also greater than hers, what could she say?

"I lost. You are stronger than me, so maybe... what you said makes sense."

Willing to admit defeat, even though there was no bet, she still took the initiative to disperse her body.

Mei Yi watched as the body that was exactly the same as hers gradually faded, but when it was infinitely close to being transparent, he suddenly drew his sword and slashed at her.

But Meiyi didn't move, and the next moment, the space behind her was split open.

But even though she turned her head as fast as she could, she could only hear the simple words left by that person through the broken space:

"Well done, Mei."

The cracks in the space were quickly repaired, and everything returned to simple pure white.

But Mei Yi suddenly had a strange feeling in her heart.

It was like seeing ants moving when the sky was gloomy - although she did not see such obvious signs, she did have a feeling from the bottom of her heart that the world would collapse.

Then, she saw her right hand light up.

At first, it was just shining. It was only then that Mei recalled that her arm was actually a prosthesis installed for her by Mikael. It's just that this arm has always been too consistent with her, and it even seems to be the one she was born with. Nothing has ever happened to her, so she doesn't care much about it.

However, as the arm became brighter and brighter, and finally when the light flickered and turned pink, some things that Mei Yi didn't know about before, but never consciously thought about after knowing about it, finally surfaced.

A mysterious feeling communicated the existences in two different spaces, as if a cold thread connected with the brain through the skull, and then lifted the entire brain upward...

"This feeling is from Alicia..."

His heart beat faster and faster, but his consciousness gradually became trance-like as the space of the stigmata collapsed.

In her ears, she seemed to hear the singing of rays jumping and falling in the sea of ​​stars, and it seemed that Alicia was calling her.

No, she was the one calling Alicia.

Uncontrollably, she opened her arms and looked up at the sky. Somehow, Mei Yi shouted out——

"Answer me, Alicia!"

The pure white space shattered, and in the bright light, Mei saw Alicia falling from the sky and reaching out to her.

She grabbed it immediately, but what came from her palm was like a ham sausage.

As the bright light faded, Mei quickly discovered that what she was holding in her palm was one of Fairy Ellie's feet.

She tapped Mei Yi's hand with a heart-shaped staff. After Mei Yi let go of her hand, she floated to Mei Yi's cheek, forcefully pulled her head and turned it to the side until another girl's worried look attracted Mei Yi's sight. .

"Here! Kiana, I brought Mei Yi back for you!"

"Kiana!"

I can’t tell who made the move first, but the two girls hugged each other quickly at this moment. It wasn’t until about ten seconds later that Mei looked around carefully and finally found that she had returned to reality and returned to Tianming’s conference room. .

From Principal Theresa to Bronya and Seele, Kiana’s father Siegfried, as well as the anti-entropic Dr. Tesla, Dr. Einstein, Mr. Walter, as well as Otto and You Randall, Rita, Hu Hu, Su Shang and Ling Shuang were all looking at them hugging each other tightly with a strange but warm smile.