What on earth did I just hear?
"You aren't our biological son."
"No, you didn't have to say it twice. I heard you the first time."
"Is that so? To me, it looks like you're trying to escape from reality."
Well, wouldn't anyone try to escape this reality?
Where in the world is there a son who, upon suddenly being told by the father who raised him for over ten years that he isn't his biological child, would simply respond with, "Ah, I see"?
But the funny thing is, it's not that I completely fail to understand the situation.
Because, as I mentioned before, I didn't originally belong to this world.
To be precise, I am someone who was... well, not possessed into, but reincarnated into this world of Honkai Impact 3rd.
The problem is that I've suffered from amnesia several times, and there are still parts I haven't remembered yet, making my past memories a total jumble.
Through Bianca, I realized that I hadn't just 'possessed' someone in this world but had been reincarnated, yet I still haven't properly recovered my memories prior to meeting her.
More specifically, I have memories of traveling through the Sea of Quanta with Bianca, but I can't recall anything from before that.
Looking at the memories from that time, it seems I knew Bianca back when she was still the 'real' Kiana Kaslana, but I simply cannot remember those days.
In short, if I organize the memories I currently possess, they look like this:
1. For some unknown reason, I was lost alone in the Sea of Quanta, where I met Shakespeare.
2. To find a way back to reality, I made a deal with Shakespeare and traveled through the Sea of Quanta, during which I met Bianca and her companions.
3. Somehow or another, we saved a Bubble Universe—just like in the original story—and returned to reality.
4. Afterward, when I had a private audience with the Overseer through Bianca, I went berserk for some reason. I later found out it was a major incident, nearly half of Schicksal's HQ was destroyed.
I'm not entirely sure why, but at that time, I had been waiting to meet Overseer Otto through Bianca.
The emotions I felt then were rage, resentment, sorrow, and hatred... and the moment we met, those emotions exploded.
However, the truly chilling part was that Overseer Otto was smiling with pure delight as he watched me.
Thinking back, he probably realized that I had met the martial requirements to oppose a Herrscher or the Honkai itself.
The transformation I underwent then wasn't just a simple power-up; it was the equivalent of a full-power state.
Because of that transformation, I was able to stand in the final battle against Kevin Kaslana, so my feelings on the matter are quite complicated.
And thanks to merging with 'the other me,' I was able to transcend the realm of gods, allowing me to put an end to the Honkai in various ways.
Ah, I'm getting a bit sidetracked here.
Let's steer the story back and move from point 4 to 5.
5. Having lost my memories again—except for those of my previous life—I was rescued by my current father and mother.
6. While being raised by my parents, I met Kiana and became involved in the Honkai story.
After that, I intervened in the original plot, leading it to an entirely different conclusion. Following that, I lived on the moon until humanity could grow accustomed to the power of the Honkai—specifically, the power of Finality.
Why did I live on the moon instead of Kiana?
Does anyone even wonder about that?
To put it simply, it was because of the existence of 'the other me.'
I hope we can explore that 'other me' through a different story.
Two things are certain: I didn't just reincarnate into the Honkai universe; I've been through constant loops, and I have absolutely no memory of those loops.
I only realized the existence of the loops after speaking with Prometheus, the Previous Era AI who had become the current Will of Finality.
Until I merged with 'the other me,' I didn't even know my soul had been split in half.
Well, how I reached a state transcending divinity thanks to the abilities and power of 'the other me' is a tale for another time.
In conclusion, thanks to that other half, I inherited the ability to manipulate divine energy alongside the powers of a Demon King who can control the power of Finality—specifically, the authority over Time.
Since I also inherited his experiences and memories, I've become quite cautious about using this power.
Ah, and let me clear up a possible misunderstanding... Unlike the Kiana of the original story, I only stayed on the moon for two years.
This was all thanks to the Honkai Nucleus Driver I developed earlier—the HN Drive.
Yes, the motif was indeed the GN Drive from a certain giant robot anime.
Well, the end result wasn't that different from a GN Drive.
Except, unlike needing the environment of Jupiter for development, it required being within the Sea of Quanta.
Essentially, the HN Drive works by harvesting high-concentration Honkai energy and spinning it at ultra-high speeds to create a high-energy state. Right before it can transition into another substance, it's dropped into quantum space to prevent that transformation, causing it to eternally emit sub-particles of Honkai energy.
Quantum space itself exhibits powerful high-gravity due to spatial compression.
Only Herrschers or those with Stigmata can adapt to it.
And after the final battle, there were plenty of people around me with those traits.
The situation and conditions were different from when I was working alone.
Furthermore, being on the moon didn't mean communication was cut off.
As the HN Drive development progressed, the communication delay shortened significantly. By the second year, real-time contact between the moon and Earth was possible.
The situation was just so different compared to Kiana's original timeline.
Under my lead, scientists from both Anti-Entropy and Schicksal joined forces to develop and install HN Drives across the globe, which drastically shortened the required time.
Consequently, humanity was able to rapidly adapt to Honkai energy, and Honkai corruption effectively ceased.
In fact, people started 'awakening' just like I did.
The first to awaken were, of course, the Valkyries.
Since they were already people who used Honkai energy, should I say they awakened faster than ordinary people?
Though they are a minority for now, I believe more and more people will become like them as time passes.
...I've strayed too far again.
To conclude: the memories I have from before I was taken in by my parents are incredibly vague.
The fact that my memories of the Sea of Quanta are incomplete likely played a role in the loss of my past life's memories too.
Plus, because my parents gave me so much unconditional love, I accepted everything without any sense of dissonance.
"You don't seem that surprised."
"No, I'm extremely surprised. Where exactly are you looking to conclude that I'm not—"
"Then I suppose you won't be that surprised to hear that you aren't even officially listed on our family registry, either."
Wait, WH.AT.DID.YOU.SAY?
Just how many hidden truths are going to come popping out?!
I can understand not being a biological child, but I wasn't even on the family registry?
Does that mean legally, my parents and I were total strangers?
My head hurts... what on earth is—
"Then again, since the little lady already knew, it wouldn't be strange if she told you. I see... even though I joked about you escaping reality, the reason you aren't that shocked is because you already knew."
"No, I actually didn't say anything because I assumed Big Brother already knew."
"Bronya, you knew?!"
"Ah... yes."
Another shocking fact has come to light.
The fact that my wife knew the truth before I did.
Then just how did she find out I wasn't my parents' biological son?
"I found out when we filed the marriage registration."
"The marriage registration?"
"Yes. When it came time to be added to the registry, I noticed that Father and Mother's names were different, so I asked Father and found out."
Wait a minute... based on this conversation, does that mean I was the only one who didn't know the truth?
Eh? For real?
The entire family knew except for the person who should have known first?
No, this is absurd—
"...Honey, what is this about? Kevin isn't our biological son?"
...Huh?
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