After finalizing the plan, Fu Hua took a reluctant Senti to Mount Taixu to help pack her bags.
Meanwhile, Kiana, seeing how hard Amber was working to manage the damaged Schicksal floating island alone, lent a hand to restore the place to its original state.
After repairing Schicksal, Kiana brought Li Sushang, Bianca, and Rita to St. Freya.
Stepping out of the Imaginary Gate, Kiana and the others immediately saw Yae Sakura and Otto at each other's throats.
Kallen stood between them, looking as if she were daring them to kill her first.
Their gazes bypassed Kallen, staring intently at one another.
But after one last glare, they both put away their weapons.
Otto still hadn't switched back to a male body; she realized that when it came to Kallen, a male physique didn't offer much of an advantage!
So, she decisively remotely controlled all the male bodies to dissolve and reshape into female versions of Otto of various ages.
To her, gender was no such inconvenience; she would become whatever Kallen liked!
Kiana spotted Theresa, Mei, Bronya, and Himeko watching from not far away.
"Aunt, Mei!"
Kiana ran over and lunged toward them with open arms.
Fortunately, Mei reacted quickly and caught Kiana; otherwise, she would have pinned Theresa underneath her.
After letting Kiana down, Mei and the others looked at her drastically changed appearance with eyes full of surprise and curiosity.
How did she get another new skin after only being gone for a few hours?!
Meanwhile, Welt, hiding in the shadows of a roof, adjusted his glasses and stared intently at Kiana.
From his tense posture, it was clear he was very nervous.
In fact, Kiana had sensed him the moment she stepped out of the Imaginary Gate.
She just didn't blow the cover of his "perfect" stealth (secret observation).
"How did you change your look again after just one trip out!"
Theresa stroked her chin as she sized Kiana up, saying in astonishment.
Something must have happened to Kiana again; could it be related to that purple sky from just now?
Looking at the purple gradient in Kiana's ponytail and the glowing purple diamond mark in her pupils, Theresa felt it was eighty percent likely!
No, it was ninety-nine percent certain that her miraculous niece was responsible!
"According to what Little Martial Aunt said at the time, she seems to have become that Herrscher of Finality or whatever, and then she turned into this."
After Li Sushang, Bianca, and Rita walked over, Li Sushang was the first to provide an answer upon hearing Theresa's confusion.
Everyone nodded upon hearing the answer, wearing expressions of realization.
But that expression lasted only a few seconds before being replaced by shock.
"What on earth?! You're saying Kiana became the Herrscher of Finality, the one who ends civilizations?!"
Theresa's shocked roar echoed across the entire artificial island, even scattering the clouds in the sky.
One could only imagine just how horrified she felt.
Mei and the Herrscher Personality within her were also a bit dazed.
She didn't even follow the sequence for subsequent Herrscher births and just skipped straight to the Descent of Finality, huh!
After her initial internal surprise, Bronya felt a sense of relief.
Because even though Kiana had become the Herrscher of Finality, she didn't seem to be controlled by the Honkai.
That meant the chances of her Seele returning had greatly increased, which was something to be happy about.
However, her face couldn't show the emotions she was feeling.
Himeko was also shocked, but that shock was followed by a sense of gratification, even though the girl wasn't her student.
In a daze, Himeko seemed to see various images.
In those images, Kiana was her student, and in the end, she gave the girl one "Final Lesson" before sleeping forever in the Imaginary Space.
She suddenly felt that she might have been drinking too much lately to be having such hallucinations.
Just then, a scream came from Kallen's direction.
"Stop fighting!!! Judah!!!"
"Eh??? Judah, you..."
Before Theresa could snap out of it, her Judah flew out, heading straight for Kallen's hands.
"Judah, deploy! Bind them both for me!"
At Kallen's command, countless golden chains shot out from Judah, binding the two of them like cocoons and hanging them upside down.
Even so, sparks still flew between their clashing gazes.
This prompted a teeth-gritting Kallen to use Judah to give each of them a whack on the head.
Only after both of them developed large bumps on their heads and fainted with swirling eyes did things finally quiet down.
"Honestly, why did you have to force me?"
Kallen huffed as she carried Judah over to Theresa and returned it to her.
"Ma... maybe you should just keep using Judah..."
Theresa pouted, speaking with a hint of jealousy.
Judah had been with her for so many years, yet it had been summoned away by Kallen so easily before she could even react!
As if sensing Theresa's feelings, Kallen's anger softened, and she transformed Judah into a necklace, hanging it around Theresa's neck.
"This child says she likes you very much."
Kallen rubbed the head of this child who looked so much like her younger self, speaking softly.
If she wasn't mistaken, this girl must be the clone Otto created using her genes.
No wonder she felt such an inexplicable sense of closeness.
"T-thank you..."
For once, Theresa didn't swat away the hand rubbing her head; instead, her cheeks flushed as she grew shy.
Kiana looked at Theresa being patted, then at Bronya, who was holding a Homu toy and watching her.
Kiana immediately put on an "I get it" expression.
Kiana reached out toward Bronya's head.
"Bro—"
Thud—!
"Ouch! Little Dot, what was that for?!"
Kiana rubbed her head and bared her teeth as she shouted at the expressionless Bronya.
Before she could even touch her, her head was lightly bonked by the suddenly appearing Project Bunny. Kiana felt like this Little Dot was purely targeting her!
"Project Bunny sensed you were a threat and came out automatically to protect me."
Bronya shook her head, casting a surprised glance at Project Bunny.
She hadn't even controlled it... Bronya was wrongly accused... ξ†(ᗜ ˰ ᗜ)†ξ
In reality, Project Bunny had detected a massive energy coefficient from Kiana and acted out of a belief that Bronya was in danger.
"Fine, luckily This Young Miss has a hard head..."
Kiana muttered as she rubbed her head.
Seeing the slight downturn of Bronya's lips, she knew the other girl hadn't done it on purpose.
Besides, they were best friends who bickered all the time, so she didn't mind too much.
Kiana looked at the people around her.
Except for her Stinky Old Dad and the Anti-Entropy doctors, all the friends she recognized were here, which gave her a new idea.
She was going to give her friends an upgrade.
Then, Kiana's gaze drifted seemingly aimlessly toward the still-peeping Welt.
"Mr. Welt, your position is actually really conspicuous!"
"!!!"
Welt, who thought his stealth was perfect, visibly stiffened upon hearing Kiana's words.
His powerful shadow invisibility technique had failed! (Not really).
Welt sighed softly, adjusted his glasses, and slowly stepped out.
At the same time, he sent a message to Tesla.
At this moment, Tesla and Einstein were on their way to St. Freya with the one-armed Siegfried.
"Kiana, I didn't expect you to be Finality. Allow me to ask—are you still yourself?"
"If I'm not me, then who am I???"
Kiana looked at Welt as if he were a fool, leaving the latter, who had been trying to strike a cool pose, feeling quite awkward.
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