Seeing the hopeful look in Sirin's eyes, Chang Yuan shook his head.
This instantly shattered Sirin's last bit of hope.
"Ugh, the savior can only be a background character? How annoying, how annoying~☆."
However, no one paid attention to Sirin's tantrum. Hua began her own task.
She implanted the memories of hatred into K-423, combined them with fragments of Kiana's memories, and then embedded the Herrscher of the Void core. Thus, the protagonist was born.
"Hey, Otto, what do you think about filming her entire life and showing it to her after she defeats the Honkai?"
"Teacher, you really have a twisted sense of humor."
Hearing Chang Yuan's suggestion, Otto's mouth twitched.
He thought he was already quite twisted, but it turned out someone was even more extreme.
No wonder he was his teacher—clearly not a normal person either.
However, Otto didn't outright reject the idea. He thought it could be a graduation gift for Kiana.
"Alright, next up is waiting for Siegfried to discover the truth and take Kiana to defect from Schicksal."
After completing this step, Otto checked all the vital signs.
Confirming that everything was normal, he prepared to move forward with the next phase of the plan—or rather, the script.
"Sigh, but if you think about it, is K-423 my sister or my daughter? No, she can only be my sister. I'm still so young; I don't want a daughter~☆."
Sirin muttered to herself.
She was still a young maiden; why would she want a daughter?
As time passed, Siegfried was subtly guided to witness the experiments.
When he saw Kiana in the incubation pod and read through the experiment reports, he was furious.
So, the birth of the Herrscher was all orchestrated by Otto? Damn it, he was going to blow up!
That's what Siegfried wanted to do, but thinking of his daughter, he held back.
He quickly escaped, went back to his daughter, and prepared to flee Schicksal.
However, they were eventually discovered. Surrounded by Schicksal's Valkyries, Siegfried found himself back in that place.
There, Kiana discovered K-423.
"Dad, when did I get a sister? And why is she locked up here? Can we take her with us?"
"She... alright."
Unable to bear the thought of K-423 enduring more experiments, Siegfried smashed the glass pod.
He hoisted the still-unconscious K-423 onto his shoulder and continued to flee with Kiana.
But fate was inevitable. During their escape, Kiana fell from the plane.
"No! Kiana!"
Watching his daughter plummet, Siegfried screamed in agony.
However, the Anti-Entropy members who had come to pick him up didn't stop. Schicksal's Valkyries were already closing in.
If they stayed, none of them would escape.
As she fell, Kiana didn't show fear, only regret.
"It's such a pity. I didn't get to see Mom come back or watch my sister grow up."
Just as she thought this, she felt herself falling into a warm embrace.
"Kiana, it's okay now. Mom's here."
The person who appeared was Cecilia, who had been teleported out in time by Sirin.
Although Cecilia appeared gentle on the surface, the veins on her forehead betrayed her anger.
She couldn't believe Siegfried had actually let Kiana fall from such a height.
She decided that once this part of the script was over, she would give Siegfried a good beating.
What Cecilia didn't know was that Siegfried would only be happy about the beating, not angry at all.
"Mom, you're back! Dad didn't tell me why we had to run away from Schicksal. Do you know?"
"He's... he's been kept in the dark. He'll find out soon."
This part of the script wouldn't last long, so Cecilia knew she'd see Siegfried again soon.
Hearing this, Kiana didn't ask further and simply hugged Cecilia tightly.
Cecilia then stepped back through the portal and returned to the Babylon Tower.
"So this is Kiana? She's cute, but not even one-tenth as cute as me~☆."
Pinching Kiana's cheeks, Sirin crossed her arms and proudly declared.
She then went back to watching the drama, titled Kiana's World.
In the video, Siegfried fled with K-423, and after great effort, finally shook off Schicksal.
However, looking at K-423, Siegfried felt a pang of guilt. But since Kiana had already accepted her as a sister, he knew his daughter had acknowledged her.
But as a father, how could he so easily accept her?
Especially a father who had just lost all his loved ones.
So, in the snowfield, he aimlessly wandered with Kiana.
Soon, K-423 woke up, rubbing her eyes.
"Dad, where are we? Weren't we at home?"
"..."
Hearing K-423 call him "Dad," Siegfried trembled.
"We've left Schicksal. I don't know where we're going."
"Oh."
K-423 didn't ask further, simply holding Siegfried's hand.
Feeling the small hand, so much like his daughter's, Siegfried was momentarily dazed.
He instinctively tightened his grip on K-423's hand.
By nightfall, they found shelter in a small village.
Kiana stayed in the room next to his, while Siegfried drank alone in his room.
Losing his wife and his only daughter was a double blow that would devastate any man.
"Cecilia, I'm sorry. I couldn't protect our daughter. I couldn't do anything. I'm sorry."
Siegfried muttered as he downed a bottle of alcohol.
"Sorry won't cut it. Get over here and take your beating."
"Huh? Cecilia? I must be drunk and hallucinating."
Siegfried thought it was just the alcohol playing tricks on him.
But the next moment, a sharp pain in his ear sobered him up instantly.
"You dare drink behind my back? Come here and take your punishment!"
Cecilia grabbed Siegfried's ear and dragged him through a portal.
As for why Sirin could still use the Herrscher of Void's powers without the core, that was thanks to the Second Divine Key from the Previous Era.