When Ryn received Cortana's message and left to find Siegfried, Kiana's mind was in turmoil, and she couldn't fall asleep.
"Stinky old dad... bastard dad... pervert dad... He was right there, why is he hiding and avoiding me."
Kiana sat at the table, resting her small face in her hands, fiddling with the box containing the Gem of Serenity.
"Heh, you know very well why he doesn't want to see you, don't you?" Sirin's voice echoed in Kiana's mind.
Kiana's eyes dimmed. Yes, she knew very well... after all, she was the one who tore off Siegfried's arm...
"No... you did that, it wasn't me..." Kiana looked angrily at her reflection in the mirror, at the self in the mirror who called herself Sirin.
Sirin: "Still trying to escape? You can choose to run away time and time again, burying those memories deep within your heart, letting yourself forget them.
But a fact is a fact because no matter how you twist it or make it favorable to yourself... the truth is still there. This is the reality you must face."
"But you were the one who did it! You started the fire, you killed those Valkyries, you tore off Dad's arm..."
"And am I not you?"
A spectral Sirin appeared behind Kiana, gently wrapping her arms around Kiana's neck in an embrace. She then pressed her face against hers, pushing her to look at the mirror.
Kiana's face contorted in terror, because her reflection in the mirror didn't have ice-blue eyes, but golden-yellow ones...
"See, even though you keep saying I am me and you are you... the facts prove that I am you, and you are me... I was born from you, a collection of all the memories you abandoned and refuse to remember..."
"Enough! Say no more!!" Kiana covered her ears and buried her face on the table, not wanting to hear another word from Sirin.
But Sirin's voice was like a thought in Kiana's own mind. No matter how she tried to escape or cover her ears, it would always appear clearly in her heart.
Sirin: "Every painful, sad memory you refuse to remember and seal away in the depths of your mind becomes a part of me... Kiana, you should know that you were born a Herrscher... and I am the Herrscher consciousness buried in your heart..."
Kiana didn't speak, just curled up into a ball, her body trembling slightly.
Feeling her body being supplemented with more memories, Sirin sighed. No matter how cruel or unbelievable the truth was, it was still real... Kiana was still unwilling to accept it all, sealing the memories deep in her mind...
"You incompetent coward. Since you've chosen to run, then let me do it! Let me take your place and complete this ridiculous and desolate mission."
Sirin's consciousness erupted, forcefully occupying Kiana's body, sinking Kiana's consciousness into the depths of her sea of heart, and taking control.
Controlling Kiana's hand, Sirin's finger tapped lightly, opening the containment box that held the Gem of Serenity, revealing the beautiful, crystalline gem that emanated Honkai energy.
"To be honest, I never thought I'd see you again at a time like this, but none of that matters anymore. Welcome back, my other half."
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The moment her phone's alarm went off, the drunken Fu Hua woke up instantly. Even without the phone's reminder, Fu Hua could feel a massive source of Honkai energy gradually erupting nearby.
With no time to think, Fu Hua sent a warning message to Kiana and Ryn, then quickly threw on some clothes, grabbed Fenghuang Down, and rushed towards the source of the Honkai radiation.
This was a city district. Once a Honkai Eruption occurred, it would inevitably cause a chain reaction, leading to a massive disaster.
Fu Hua had learned through painful experience that completely trusting others was foolish. But she acknowledged Ryn's strength and will, so keeping the Gem of Serenity in his hands should have been fine.
"That being said... where is Ryn?"
Fu Hua stood on the hotel rooftop, staring in contemplation at the arrogant, confident, and madly laughing Kiana in the sky.
"Kiana... no, I should call you Sirin now..." Fu Hua assumed a martial arts stance, the Fenghuang Down in her hand ready to activate its power at any moment.
"How do you know that name?" Sirin frowned, slowly landing on the empty space in front of Fu Hua, looking at her with confusion.
Fu Hua: "This is not the time for you to awaken. Let me help you fall back into a deep sleep right here!"
"Hmm?" Kiana tilted her head in confusion, then clutched her stomach and burst out laughing. "Hahaha, how dare you ignore my question, you've got guts! Fine, I'll just break all your limbs and then interrogate you properly."
Sirin condensed a dark black fog in her hand. After the fog swirled into a giant black tornado, Sirin waved her hand and threw it at Fu Hua.
"Inch-Punch: Thunderbolt!"
Fu Hua took a deep breath and focused, using Taixuan Sword Ki to compress the air around her hands, then explosively released it, dispelling all the surrounding air and black fog.
"How could..." Sirin blinked in surprise. She was shocked that Fu Hua had dispelled her attack so easily.
"Schicksal once had a powerful Valkyrie who also used a black fog similar to yours. To counter her, I spent some time training this move."
Fu Hua looked confidently at Sirin. Using Kiana's body, Sirin couldn't even exert a tenth of her former power. If she was relying solely on the Gem of Serenity, then sorry, but Cecilia with Abyss Flower put more pressure on Fu Hua than the current Sirin did.
"Hahaha, you don't think this is the only move I have, do you?" Sirin covered her face and laughed up at the sky, then looked at Fu Hua mockingly.
"You must be thinking right now that with Kiana's body, my strength is within your controllable range, right?"
"No, I am aware of your abilities, so I will not be careless."
"Hehe..." Sirin sneered. She had come out in too much of a hurry and wasn't wearing Kiana's Valkyrie battlesuit, Domain Armor: White Comet. Otherwise, she could have transformed directly into White Knight: Moonlight now.
But did that matter?
No.
Sirin had worn White Knight: Moonlight before and had already understood its structure at that time.
"Looks like you're really underestimating me. Then let's play!"
Sirin mobilized the energy of the Gem of Serenity, and a purple beam of energy shot into the sky.
Immediately after, relying on the Authority of the Herrscher of Reason and the energy from the Gem of Serenity, Sirin constructed a full set of White Knight: Moonlight from scratch with her bare hands.