Due to various considerations...mainly because of shyness, Xier did not immediately reveal the whole relationship between herself and the manager of the cafe. Instead, she glossed over it and then put the blame for her sudden disappearance on the creature that manifested power - the spirit deer Diana.
"So, the one who suddenly kidnapped you without notifying anyone was this evil deer, right?"
Hei Xier walked in front of the spirit deer, her whole body emitting a resentful aura like that of a ghost, and the corners of her grinning mouth trembled slightly because of intense anger.
Diana, whose body and antlers were covered with ornaments, glanced at Hei Xier and snorted.
Although it didn't speak or even make a sound, Hei Xier inexplicably felt a feeling close to contempt from this damn deer.
"Fuck you--!" Hei Xier was about to explode, "Xier, get down here! You kidnapped Xier without saying a word, right? Today I must let you know how flowers are red!!!"
"You, please calm down, Xier..." Xier said weakly.
"Calm down! How can you expect me to calm down?" Hei Xier stared at the deer with her blood-red eyes. "Be obedient, Xier, come down!"
Xier wanted to cry but had no tears: "Di, Diana, please don't mess with the other me..."
Diana pulled her deer head, tilted her head, narrowed her eyes into slits, and then exhaled a long breath through her nose.
Before Hei Xier's anger could grow further, a dim light quickly enveloped the body of the spirit deer, and then it merged with the light and disappeared into Xier's body.
"Huh?" Hei Xier was stunned for a moment, then immediately flew into a rage, "How did it get into your body?!"
"Diana is my power...where else can she go if not returning to my body..." Xier said weakly.
Hei Xier was stunned, and countless truths suddenly emerged in her mind.
Cosmic cat
——Hot knowledge.
She, Hei Xier, is the will transformed from the power of the stigmata.
Moreover...the power stored in this holy mark, in a certain sense, is also inextricably linked to the power of death.
In the past, the power of "twins" used by Xier was already quite similar to the power of death. To round it off, the power that Hei Xier provided to Xier could actually be considered a kind of power of death in a certain sense.
And that damn spirit deer is the power of death that Xier is using now.
Therefore, this damn spirit deer replaced the position that she should have occupied in the past.
The moment she thought about this, Hei Xier felt a "bang" sound coming from deep in her mind.
The string of rationality suddenly broke.
A gentle smile appeared on Hei Xier's face.
She said to Xier in an unprecedented gentle tone: "Xier, let the deer come out."
I don’t know why, looking at the smile on Hei Xier’s face, Xier inexplicably felt a chill on her back: “…Xier, do you need to calm down a little?”
"Let the deer out first." Hei Xier still smiled.
“…” Xier sighed, closed her eyes, and used her power to condense Diana’s deer body again.
The body of the spirit deer reappeared.
The moment her body appeared, Diana subconsciously assumed a fighting stance, but she did not identify any hostile creatures around her. The user of the power, Xier, did not seem to have locked onto any target, so she tilted her head, with a very human look of confusion in her eyes.
The next second, its head was suddenly grabbed by a huge blood-red chain claw.
"...!"
The spirit deer's body stiffened.
This living being who embodies the power of the power of death witnessed for the first time the dangers of society.
"You are really brave. Your name is Diana, right?"
Hei Xier smiled and turned the deer's head towards herself, gritting her teeth and saying:
"——You suddenly kidnapped Xi'er and challenged me, the will of the Stigmata. Have you thought about how you are going to die?"
"..."
The dark light could not wait to wrap the spirit deer's body again, and then quickly rushed towards Xier's body. Seeing that the damn spirit deer seemed to be ready to attack again, Hei Xier roared in a low voice: "Don't even think about running!!!"
Then, a similar dark light enveloped Hei Xier's body at lightning speed - wasn't it just running back into Xier's body? She had done this kind of thing countless times before, do you think you're the only one who can do it! ! ! !
Then, Linglu and Hei Xier's bodies disappeared in an instant under the stunned gaze of everyone.
Xier's face was stiff. After a long while, she couldn't help but sighed tiredly and supported her forehead with her hand.
Bronya, who was floating beside Seele, also showed a subtle expression: "Seele's power is really... Each of them has their own personality."
The power of the stigmata and the authority of the Herrscher, which belong to the same person, are fighting each other... Who would believe this?
...Wait, did I forget something? Bronya tilted her head.
Forget it. Since it is something I can forget, it shouldn’t be an important matter.
At Hyperion Café, the store manager sitting in the lobby on the first floor couldn't help sneezing.
Chapter 4: You Can't Become Fat in One Bite (k)
The store manager rubbed his itchy nose and muttered to himself in his heart, "Who is thinking about me?" Then he raised his head and looked at the strange eyes of the people in the hall staring at him. His hands froze and he said, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
"..."
Everyone in the cafe was silent. The two Bronyas from different time periods looked at each other, then turned their gazes towards the closed door of the cafe. They turned back at the same time and stared at the manager's innocent face with an inexplicable look.
After a long silence, Bronya from 2017 couldn't help but ask, "Did Seele just now... become a Herrscher?"
"In a broad sense, yes." The store manager nodded, "However, her Herrscher Core is projected onto her own body, not the 'Cocoon of the End' like yours."
"What is the 'Cocoon of the End'?"
"Just understand it as the core of all of you Herrschers. It's not something you can touch right now." The store manager said, "When you can fully understand the nature of the 'Cocoon' and modify the way it interferes with the real world, it will be time for you to completely defeat the Honkai."
"Then, what are you?"
"In terms of my identity, I am the manager of an ordinary coffee shop. If you ask about my deeper nature, I am probably just a programmer who has slightly modified some of the underlying laws of the Quantum Sea." The manager let out a long breath, "Although that is what I said, you should also know that with the way humans think, it is impossible to take in all the information of the Quantum Sea into our senses. So although I can use my control over the Quantum Sea to conduct a targeted search of this area, the accuracy of the search... you just saw it, so I really can't have excessive expectations."
"While I couldn't find Seele from 2013, I suddenly found that there was another Seele who became my Herrscher... I really don't know how to evaluate it."
The scale of the Quantum Sea is very large. The number of world bubbles floating in the Quantum Sea alone has reached the order of magnitude of the transfinite cardinality, that is - although it has not reached the true "infinity", it has surpassed the "finite real numbers" that can be understood by human intelligence. The pheromones contained in each world bubble are not a number that can be fully grasped by the human brain alone. Although the store manager has brought the Quantum Sea under his complete control in a way that is almost like a trick, just like a person buying a computer does not mean that he has learned all the knowledge about computers, even if the store manager has become the absolute controller of the Quantum Sea in terms of existence, it is difficult for him to truly perform meticulous operations on all the subtle parts of the Quantum Sea.
No, perhaps he could do this, but if he wanted to do this, he had to abandon the original way of thinking of human beings - just like the so-called "Sa" who began to become non-human after absorbing a little power from the quantum sea. Abandoning the original way of thinking of human beings is obviously contrary to the purpose of the store manager himself.
The Bronya of 2013 did not show much disappointment: "Anyway, as long as I know that Seele is fine and will have a good life in the future... it will make the current Bronya very satisfied."
Bronya in 2017 nodded in approval. "Besides, since the underlying rules of the Quantum Sea have been rewritten by the store manager, then the threat posed by this sea to humans shouldn't be as dangerous as before, right?"
"That's true. Although not just any ordinary person can take a bath in it, for Xier who has the stigmata, as long as she doesn't run into something dangerous like Kevin, she shouldn't get into trouble that is difficult to resolve." The store manager nodded.
Bronya from 2017 froze in her face.
"What's wrong?" Bronya from 2013 asked, keenly aware of the uneasiness expressed by her near-future "self".
"Um, come here with Bronya." Bronya from 2017 pulled her past self over with a grim face, "Bronya, let me tell you about Seele's situation."
"Anyway, if Seele and Bronya know the same thing..."
"..."
The two Bronias found a table and sat down face to face, and began to discuss Seele, who had just participated in the X-2013 experiment in 10. Seeing that the first person's problem was finally solved, the manager, who seemed exhausted for some reason, waved his hand weakly.
"Who's coming next?"
Everyone in the hall looked at each other. In fact, in order, Kiana from 2017, Mei Raiden and the others who entered the cafe later, they came in even earlier than Bronya from 2013. However, these people from the same world were very wise and did not choose to speak. Instead, they all turned their eyes to Rita - the direction of Rita from 2013.
Feeling the concerned and encouraging gazes from the crowd, Rita in 2013 showed an awkward but polite smile on her face.
She did not reject the kindness of others, but walked gracefully to the store manager and bowed slightly. However, her voice was trembling, and it was obviously not as calm as she looked on the surface: "Hello, the manager of this cafe. Although you should already know my name, I will introduce myself to you first."
"I'm Rita, Rita Rossweisse. In terms of time, I'm the same as Miss Kiana who's lying by the wall. We both entered this cafe in Changkong City in 2013."
"..." Looking at Rita's smiling expression, the store manager swallowed lightly and moved his face away with a guilty conscience, "Ah, I know, you...what's the matter with you?"
"I don't have any personal requests for your cafe, I just have a question... I want to ask the store manager."
Rita said with a smile on her face, her eyes curved into crescents and dead silent. "Lady Yulandel... I mean Lady Yulandel who is from the same world as me, how is she doing now? Is she okay?"
"Uh..." The store manager wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, "... OK, I'm fine, just a little tired. I'm sleeping soundly in the bedroom on the second floor now."
Everyone in the hall who knew Yulandel immediately showed a look of horror to the store manager.
Who is Yulandel? The most powerful S-class Valkyrie, who worked non-stop for a month to fight through all the big and small Honkai events in the world, but now the manager of this cafe told them that this ruthless person was so exhausted after only coming to this cafe for a few hours that she had to lie on the bed and couldn't get out?
How intensely did they fight?
Mei Raiden from Sky City blushed with shame. Even Mei Raiden, the Herrscher of Lightning, turned her face away and silently covered her face with her palms. As Mei Raiden from 2017, they knew better than anyone what state they were in three years ago. Since even the legendary Yulandel couldn't get out of bed, the first "self" to fight the store manager would probably end up more miserable than Yulandel.
"Since...since Lady Youlandel... Lady Youlandel is fine, then, then Rita will be relieved..."
"Are you okay?" The store manager showed a worried look, "Why do you sound like you're about to cry?"
You, the culprit, still have the nerve to ask this question? ? ? ! ! Everyone in the hall roared unconsciously in their hearts. Rita's mouth twitched even more. She risked her life to finally stop the tears from falling from her eyes: "You, you worry too much. How could I cry out loud?"
"Since Lady Yulandel is fine, Rita will not bother you for now. You should focus on other people's problems first. I... I may need to find a place in your store to calm down..."
"Okay." The store manager said worriedly, "Don't be upset. Your captain is still waiting for you on the second floor."
You might as well not say this, everyone in the hall thought.
Rita from 2013 walked stiffly to a table, exuding a strong sense of gloom.
The store manager sighed and said with mixed feelings: "...next one."
Everyone in the hall turned their eyes to the Herrscher of Lightning, Raiden Mei in tacit understanding.
"I... I'm fine." Herrscher of Lightning, Raiden Mei shrugged her shoulders and put on a nonchalant expression. "It's just that your cafe appeared in Paradise, so I came in to take a look. I didn't expect to see such a wonderful show. It's really an eye-opener."
Am I a joke? The store manager looked a little sad: "... Stop talking, it's better to have less trouble than more. I will return your erosion power to you after I use it. How long do you plan to stay in the paradise?"
"I don't know. Wait until I figure out the truth behind the collapse."
"Then why don't you just ask me?" asked the store manager.
The Herrscher of Thunder, Raiden Mei was stunned: "You know?"
"Didn't I just tell you that the Cocoon of the End can be solved by controlling the collapse? Do you think I'm a riddle man like Kevin and the others? I don't tell you what I know, so that you can keep it to yourself?" The store manager looked at the Herrscher of Lightning, Raiden Mei with a strange expression, "Have you been absent?"
"???" Mei, the Herrscher of Lightning, was stunned. "No, didn't you just say that it's not something we can touch now?"
"Are you stupid? You and Bronya over there are not from the same world. Even the Herrscher of Ice hasn't appeared over there yet. It's too early to deal with the Cocoon of the End. I have taken away all the erosion in your world. The end is coming soon. You should finish that damn 'Cocoon' and defeat the Honkai Impact as soon as possible so that you can live a good life. Why not deal with it now and save it for the New Year?"
The store manager looked at the Herrscher of Lightning, Raiden Mei, as if he was looking at a mentally retarded person, and said, "Although Cocoon is more difficult for you, at most it is on the same level as me. If you count the Quantum Ocean, it is even worse than me. You can go back and talk to Kevin about it. There is also a lot of abstract stigmata plans. Later, you can trick your Kiana to come to my coffee shop, and I will send her directly to Cocoon and buff her. Anyway, they are both quick-made end, and they probably have a lot in common with the end Kiana from the world of Death Law Xier. Let these two Kianas with similar IQs communicate among themselves, and I don't have to waste my energy teaching them how to use that power."
"No, wait... stop for a moment..." The Herrscher of Thunder, Mei's brain was about to burn out. She rubbed her brows, her whole face was almost tangled up. "You mean, let Kiana become the Herrscher of the End?"
"Is there any problem? There's nothing wrong with becoming the Herrscher of the End. Look, Kiana in the world of dead Herrscher is not alive and well, and she even has time to shoot at me." said the store manager.
"Then, then I too--" At this time, Kiana, with tears streaming down her face, hurriedly raised her hand.
"Go take a rest aside. Kiana in that world has mastered several powers and is just one step away from becoming the End. Why are you, a half-baked person who can't even master the Law of Space, joining in the fun?" The store manager looked at Kiana with disdain. "Go wipe your face first before talking. Don't you think it's ugly?"
"These tears are not mine!" Kiana glared at the store manager with eyes full of anger, but still obediently found some tissues and wiped her tear-stained face. "If Kiana in their world can do it, why can't I? You are biased!"
"Then you should master the power of the void first! What's the point of just talking without doing anything?"
"Then why don't you return the power of the void to me first?"
"That is to say, is there a possibility?" the store manager said dimly, "after the puffer girl in your body began to be attacked by the power of the void law, I have already returned the power of the void law to you?"
“Huh?” Kiana was stunned. She quickly closed her eyes and felt the power of the Herrscher Core in her body. However, just as she connected her consciousness with the Herrscher Core, an indescribable pain suddenly attacked her. The glowing erosion lines extended mercilessly from her eyeballs to her face. “Ugh——!!!”
“Kiana!!” Raiden Mei and Theresa, who were from the same world as her, rushed to Kiana’s side and asked in unison, “Are you okay?”
"Manager, Kiana is..." Mei Raiden looked towards the manager for help.
"It was backfired by the power of the Herrscher of the Void." The store manager shrugged and snapped his fingers.
In an instant, the lines of Honkai energy erosion on Kiana's body faded away at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Chapter 4: Thanks for the invitation. On the first day of traveling, I found myself (k)
The moment the glowing erosion lines faded, Kiana's knees suddenly softened. The sudden severe pain almost made her lose her strength. Her vision went blank and she came to her senses after about a few seconds.
After her vision returned, she immediately raised her hands and covered her neck tightly, breathing heavily. Her pair of deep blue eyes were filled with intense astonishment and doubt about life, and her smooth forehead was covered with cold sweat.
Seeing Kiana doubting her life to the point where she couldn't even utter a word, the store manager sighed, pulled out a handkerchief from the drawer of the bar, then turned around and went into the kitchen, turned on the faucet to soak the handkerchief, then walked out of the kitchen and came to Kiana who was panting non-stop, and casually covered Kiana's face with the handkerchief soaked in cold water: "Wipe your face, eat one bite at a time. Although the power of the void is not a very powerful thing, it is still too dangerous for you now. I advise you not to use that power casually."
"Oh, oh oh..." Kiana nodded, and moved her hands that were covering her neck upwards with a somewhat depressed mood. She grabbed the wet handkerchief handed to her by the store manager and used it to gently wipe her face that was covered with cold sweat and tears.
