Honkai Impact 3rd: Catching the Herrscher of Sentience at the Start

"Third Honkai Eruption, male, likely gone? Then it shouldn't be him in the surveillance, but his sister Fu Shi..." Fu Hua watched the three retreat, quietly organizing her thoughts.

"Fu Shi? I hope I don't catch you!" Fu Hua's eyes began to glow red as she thought.

Meanwhile, the Herrscher of Sentience in the hotel was unaware that she had taken on a huge burden for Fu Lin.

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"That was so scary! I felt like I was going to pass out!" Kiana said, tears welling in her eyes as she leaned against Mei's chest, acting pitiful.

Beside them, Bronya silently stared at Kiana, her expression clearly one of disdain.

"Mei, it seems that Fu Lin might really have already..."

Kiana, smelling something sweet, recalled asking Aunt Himeko about Fu Lin when they first met.

She had hoped there was someone in the people rescued by the Valkyries of St. Freya Academy who matched his description, but now it seemed...

"Kiana, I'm sorry. If it weren't for me..." Mei felt guilty, thinking that a friend was now in danger because of her.

"Hey, it's okay. It's not your fault!" Kiana comforted Mei.

"Bronya reminds you, if we don't go to the cafeteria soon, we won't have anything to eat."

"Then let's hurry up!" Kiana said, turning on her heel and rushing toward the cafeteria at the mention of not having food, with Bronya trailing behind.

Mei watched the two ahead, her mind drifting to the bomb that Himeko had installed in her heart, and she clutched her chest, feeling reassured as she chased after Kiana.

"Kiana Kaslana, Experiment K423?" Fu Hua emerged from the bushes nearby. She had been pondering the clues about a vegetable thief and almost forgot that the person before her was someone Otto had asked her to monitor.

"Mei, the food in the cafeteria is terrible! I want to eat what you make!" Kiana said, finishing the pile of food in front of her and looking at Mei.

"It seems there's a kitchen in the dormitory, so we can just buy some ingredients," Mei replied, waking up from her stupor. She hadn't closely examined the dormitory but guessed it had a kitchen.

"Having an aunt who's the principal of the academy is pretty nice," Kiana thought, feeling a bit embarrassed as she recalled last night's encounter with the white-haired little aunt...

——————Timeline - Last Night——————

Theresa was pleasantly surprised when Himeko asked if she knew Kiana Kaslana, especially upon learning that Kiana was already on the Hyperion. She arranged for Kiana to stay at Himeko's home for a night.

As soon as Kiana arrived at Himeko's house, Theresa rushed to greet her.

"My dear niece, your aunt is here!" Theresa exclaimed cheerfully as she pushed open the apartment door.

Hearing the voice, Kiana, who had already learned from Himeko that she had an aunt, looked toward the door.

However, upon seeing the short figure before her, Kiana patted Theresa's head and said, "I didn't expect my aunt to have such a cute kid."

After hearing Kiana's words, Theresa clenched her fists, jumped up, and playfully tapped Kiana on the head. (She even had to jump to do it!)

"I am your aunt, you silly Kiana!" Theresa shouted, feeling a bit wronged.

"That's impossible! My aunt should be curvy and sophisticated, definitely not a flat-chested little kid!" Kiana protested, covering her head with one hand, tears welling in her eyes.

Hearing Kiana's hurtful words, Theresa looked down at her own figure and height, feeling as if she had transformed into a black-and-white sketch, as if a gust of wind could blow her away.

At that moment, Himeko walked in with food.

"Director Theresa, what are you doing here?" Himeko asked, looking at Theresa, who stood there silently, only able to hear her complaints.

"Flat-chested? Little kid?"

"Hah, flat-chested... little kid... Hehe." As Theresa's voice grew fainter, a golden cross came flying from a distance.

"Guess I should take care of you properly first!" Theresa swung the Judas she was holding towards Kiana.

"Director, stop! She's still a child!" Himeko shouted, wrapping her arms around Kiana.

Seeing this, Kiana buried her head in Himeko's broad chest.

With Himeko providing her a way out, Theresa stopped her swing and tossed the Judas aside.

Judas: I*******

"Kiana, she really is your aunt," Himeko said as things calmed down, reintroducing Theresa to Kiana.

"This little kid is actually my aunt!" Kiana reluctantly accepted that the smaller Theresa was indeed her aunt.

"Ahem, actually, the director is already 47..." Himeko reminded from the side.

"Himeko, do you want to lose this month's salary?" Theresa glared at Himeko, having hit on a woman's sensitive topic.

"Let's eat first," Himeko said, putting away her words and taking out the food she had just bought, placing it on the table.

"Finally, we can eat! Mei, Bronya, hurry up and come eat!"

"If you don't come, there won't be any left!" Kiana shouted into the room, her mouth already stuffed with food.

Mei, who had just woken up from her unconsciousness, was supported by Bronya as she made her way to the hall. Although she had received treatment, the pain in her body was still present, especially in her chest.

It seemed that she had taken quite a few hits to the chest during her encounter with the Herrscher of Sentience.

"Kiana, you're not hurt anywhere, right...?"

Seeing Kiana was fine eased Mei's worries. She clearly remembered everything from when she transformed into the Herrscher of Thunder.

As for her physical injuries, she had no complaints against "Fischl"; she had nearly killed Kiana herself, and if not for Fischl's timely intervention, who knows what might have happened…

"I'm fine, um!" Kiana mumbled, chewing on her food, nearly choking as she patted her chest.

"Quick, drink some water." Himeko handed Kiana a cup of water from beside her. After taking it, Kiana quickly gulped it down to wash down her food.

"I almost choked to death!" Kiana thought, still shaken, realizing she nearly became the first Kaslana to die from choking on food.

"Just a single-celled organism, like a paramecium," Bronya said quietly from the side, then continued eating her own food.

"What did you say?" Kiana swallowed her food and looked at Bronya defiantly.

"A fool is just a fool," Bronya reiterated.

"Mei, she's bullying me~" Kiana seized every opportunity to tease Mei, hugging her tightly.

"Okay, Kiana," Mei said, having no way to deal with this silly girl, and could only comfort her softly.

"Director, it's getting late; you should head back." Himeko smiled at the sight of Kiana and the others settling in comfortably while enjoying their food, then turned her gaze to the gluttonous Theresa.

"Himeko, you're actually kicking me out," Teresa said, staring at Himeko in disbelief.

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"Why do we still have to attend classes?!" Kiana felt a bit overwhelmed, thinking that coming to the Valkyrie Academy was just about learning to fight.

"Why do I feel like I've forgotten someone?"

Kiana tapped into her Kaslana brain to figure out what she had forgotten, but soon the whole system crashed.

Meanwhile, in the Anti-Entropy base, Siegfried, sipping cocoa, sneezed: "Achoo! Kiana must be thinking of me."

"Mei, I want to sleep with you tonight so I can take care of you," Kiana said, carefully picking Mei up and placing her on the bed.

"No need, I can take care of myself."

Mei looked at Kiana, her face flushed, trying to push her away, but with her current strength, there was no way she could do it.

"Stupid Paramecium, just take care of yourself first." Bronya outside the door saw Mei's reluctant look, so she summoned Heavy Armor Bunny 19C to take Kiana away.

—————Back to the present timeline—————

"Hmm! Eating and drinking well, this is the life I, Kiana, want to live!" Kiana patted her belly, contentedly lying on Mei's lap.