During that period,
Eden also dropped by to see how things were going.
And then!
She just couldn't hold it together anymore.
"These, these, these! And these too... they're all the best-selling romance comics."
"Ooh!"
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"Here, take this one. Highly recommended. Look at how the female lead operates, she's a total tea art master!"
"Mhmm!"
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"Check this one out, now this is what I call going straight for the home run!"
"Huh?"
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For heaven's sake.
Forget all the earlier stuff.
Why is it that later on, there are even doujinshi?!
Eden flipped through one.
And another thing!
Who even drew this doujinshi?!
Do they have the copyright?!
And why is our young lady the main character?!
If this got out, wouldn't it cause an uproar?
"Ah, I drew that!" Miss Sesha's eyes were sparkling, and she looked quite proud.
"..." Eden had even less to say after that.
She had been a little curious before about what on earth was going on with the people in the Imaginary Prison.
Now her curiosity was gone.
The Herrscher of the Void's last name was now Izumi.
Miss Sesha, self-taught in drawing, brimming with natural talent, was already at master level.
She'd just never come up for air, completely immersed.
Whatever she drew, she produced and consumed herself, for her own use. At most, she'd share with a few others.
Of course!
Kiana doujinshi were relatively few.
Elysia doujinshi were far more popular here.
Eden was even more speechless!
Miss Heavenly Punishment, climbing the ranks, could even use the money she earned from winning to gacha.
As for Miss Streaming Wind, it was just eat, eat, eat, eat even more, snacks, ice cream...
She seemed a bit more well-behaved.
But that was about it.
Did Kiana know about the situation here?
Eden asked.
The answer was, naturally, yes.
"I know about it!" Not only did Kiana know, she was letting them do their thing.
Besides, Elysia wasn't trying to hide anything while teaching Jyahnar.
When Kiana saw they were using anime stuff as teaching materials, she was actually pretty amused.
She was also curious about what Jyahnar would be like after finishing her 'studies.'
"Anyway, it can't be worse than how it was at the beginning."
So, it's fine!
After all, Kiana knew perfectly well.
The Jyahnar from the very beginning was almost about to evolve into a full-blown yandere. It was only because she, Kiana, noticed the early signs and nipped it in the bud, not letting it continue.
If she'd really turned yandere, that would have been Kiana's biggest headache.
She might not be in any danger, but the other girls... who could say?
Since, no matter what, it couldn't be worse than yandere.
Then whatever she ended up transforming into, Kiana would be fine with it.
Though if she had to say, Kiana still hoped that Jyahnar could be like the perfect girlfriend in her mind: gentle, considerate, both pure and alluring, sometimes playful, sometimes mature.
Therefore, even while producing the future videos for the Sky Screen countdowns, she was still crazily adding a lot of her own private references.
Especially for the next chapter, the character biography, she already had some ideas.
Not that she was using the power of future anchoring to reverse the past, rewrite causality, and force her to become like that, as if hypnotized.
Actually, making the videos and pushing the worldline...
At most, it just added a clearer possible future.
Although, most likely, things would shift in that direction.
But you couldn't say for sure it would happen that way.
How to choose, what to do. In the end, it was still up to her.
If Jyahnar wasn't like that, but something else, Kiana would still like her. It wasn't a big deal.
Strictly speaking.
Actually, when she was anchoring the future, every girl connected to her was influenced by their future selves.
Whether it was strength, or abilities.
Or some of their views.
Just knowing that their future self fell for Kiana...
Look at Elysia, Eden, or the other few girls; their attitudes towards Kiana became noticeably different.
If not for that!
With Elysia's 'all beings are equal' playgirl personality...
Would she really put Kiana in first place?
But it was indeed her choice.
Precisely because she felt that her future self liked Kiana, loved Kiana.
Even if she didn't understand it at first, she'd be at least a little curious.
And once curiosity sets in, that's the beginning of the fall.
And then!
Just like now, in the blink of an eye.
Over half a year passed. During this half year, the Sky Screen didn't appear.
It seemed it was truly on a brief hiatus.
But everyone had gotten used to Miss Yuzu's irregular update schedule.
Even if they had to wait longer this time, it was no big deal.
They'd just complain a sentence or two when discussing it online, or offline.
After the previous series of videos.
And with so much time to ponder and interpret them.
The related wiki sites became even more refined.
Not necessarily all correct.
But overall, they were pretty close.
If there was anything worth paying attention to, it could only be the Fifth Great Eruption.
It felt like the future was anchored. Mobius and the others were being dragged along by their future selves, rushing progress without pause. Along with that, the Honkai also seemed influenced by its future self, with shorter intervals between events, and the intensity just as high as ever.
The Fifth Herrscher, anchored by Kiana, was the Herrscher of Ice, with an Ana face.
Still a Herrscher created by Honkai from scratch.
Similarly!
The Honkai energy concentration was off the charts.
Upon descending, she also had a two-word title.
Because they referenced the current civilization when anchoring, the name given to her was "Herrscher of Falling Ice."
So now, she also used Falling Ice as her name.
When she appeared, she instantly froze the entire island, and even all the surrounding archipelago, solid.
Elysia looked at the situation and really didn't think she could beat this girl.
She was pretty frustrated too.
She had clearly gotten stronger.
But the other party was even stronger!
Although it was reassuring to have Kiana as backup, but if it was like this every time, she didn't know what her own role was anymore.
Training? What's the damn use?
Because the Herrscher of Falling Ice was also 'conquered' by Elysia.
It was like Date A Live: make her blush, then take her in!
Once or twice was fine.
But this was the third time...
In the future, there would probably be even more.
Elysia seemed to be resigning herself to fate.
"So annoying~"
"Is this the true purpose of Origin?"
Using super high affinity to persuade the other side?
Because they were both Herrschers, so the other party wouldn't attack immediately, allowing for the possibility of dialogue?
Dammit!
Slightly different from the Ana she remembered, this Herrscher of Falling Ice wasn't someone who evolved after obtaining the authority of the Herrscher of Stars; she was the original, elevated Herrscher of Ice.
Moreover, she was different from Miss Heavenly Punishment, or Miss Streaming Winds, and also different from the Queen. She was an introvert.
And precisely because she was an introvert.
The moment she descended, she immediately built layer upon layer of an icy mountain fortress.
Then she sat alone on her throne, enjoying the peace and quiet.
She wouldn't move from her spot, didn't want to budge at all.
Even immersed in her own world, Honkai? Mission? What mission?
I don't know!
It was almost too quiet.
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T/N: Ironically, Kiana's system makes other characters stronger like Elysia, but it also advances technology and civilization at a super rapid pace, which in turn also buffs the Herrschers if that makes sense.
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