Go Back Together “Why?
Why did Mei suddenly turn into a Herrscher?” In Kiana’s memories, Raiden Mei had indeed become a Herrscher at around this time.
But that was the original Raiden Mei!
The Raiden Mei on the stage had gone through life-and-death struggles with her and endured all kinds of hardships at Chiba Academy and in Nagazora.
How could she be controlled by the Honkai so easily?
This was completely unscientific.
Upon seeing this, that was the only thing Kiana could think.
It wasn’t only Kiana.
Bronya, the Academy Principal, and Fu Hua also felt that the change occurring in Raiden Mei was somewhat abnormal.
Seele didn’t quite understand what was happening, but she still felt worried about Raiden Mei’s predicament.
There was, however, one person who was extremely happy, and that was Sirin.
She chuckled twice and said, “This is what happens to traitors.
She’s been completely controlled by the Honkai—by the Power of God—and has utterly lost herself!
“Hahaha!
From now on, she will devote herself entirely to carrying out God’s plan and will no longer be bound by weak human emotions.” Hearing this, Theresa sensed the confidence and certainty in Sirin’s words.
She probed, “It sounds like you know what happened to Mei?” “Hmph, of course I know!” Sirin raised her head upon hearing this but did not continue.
Seeing this, Fu Hua said, “Miss, could you please tell us what happened to Mei?
We would all be extremely grateful.” Sirin sneered and said, “Gratitude means nothing to me.
Why should I tell you?
“Why don’t you try guessing for yourselves?
Either way, I won’t say a single word.” Hearing this, Kiana angrily said, “Auntie, Class Monitor, you don’t need to talk to her!
This Young Lady thinks she doesn’t know anything at all and is just pretending she does!” “Hmph, what a petty trick!
You don’t seriously think I’d fall for such a crude attempt to provoke me, do you?!” Sirin said indifferently.
Sirin saw through Kiana’s scheme at a glance.
Such a crude attempt to provoke her was far too obvious.
Right now, Sirin enjoyed watching Kiana and the others look so anxious.
To her, it was incredibly amusing.
After being imprisoned within Kiana’s mental world for so many years, this was one of the few things that could offer her some comfort.
She would never reveal the truth so easily.
She only wanted to watch everyone run around in circles with anxiety while being utterly helpless.
Meanwhile, when Otto and the other two saw Raiden Mei’s body being taken over so easily by the Herrscher Persona, transforming her into a Herrscher who attacked Kiana without hesitation, all their expressions changed.
Rita glanced briefly at Otto.
Otto had only just said that love was a miracle cure capable of helping humanity overcome the suffering caused by the Honkai.
However, when Raiden Mei’s body had just been taken over by the Honkai and the Herrscher Persona, she had not experienced anything painful.
She had even been together with Kiana, the person she cared about most, yet she had transformed into a Herrscher without the slightest warning.
What did this mean?
Did it suggest that there was some unknown flaw in Lord Overseer’s theory?
Rita very much wanted to know.
Rita wasn’t completely ignorant of all Otto’s plans.
Combining the various clues she had uncovered, she could be certain of one thing.
At the very least, Kiana’s current presence at St.
Freya Academy might have been deliberately arranged by Lord Overseer.
The purpose was exactly as Otto himself had said: to allow Kiana—or rather, K423—to experience love.
But judging by the performance in the Stigmata Theater, love might not possess the kind of power Lord Overseer had imagined.
Could this possibly cause Lord Overseer to alter his plans later on?
Otto was now continuously contemplating the origins of the Stigmata Theater.
Raiden Mei had been possessed by the Honkai so easily within the Stigmata Theater.
Did this mean that, when confronting a disaster like the Honkai, love itself wasn’t important and that there were other causes and factors he had never encountered before?
Durandal herself did not express any opinion.
She focused all her attention on the Stigmata Theater and watched how the situation developed.
The atmosphere fell somewhat silent.
After a while, Otto ultimately decided to adhere to his original plan.
He had always been an extremely resolute person.
Otherwise, he would never have taken an intangible, elusive goal as the driving force of his life and persisted in striving toward it for five hundred years without ever growing negligent or forgetting it.
The few Herrscher characteristics currently displayed by the Stigmata Theater could not prove anything, nor were they sufficient to make Otto abandon the plan he had spent so long preparing.
He still said calmly, “Perhaps the reason Raiden Mei changed so suddenly isn’t as complicated as we imagine.
“Perhaps this was simply arranged by the theater.
Like the cutscene cinematics in a game, it may have been written in advance for the sake of progressing the story and cannot be changed.” After all, in Otto’s view, Raiden Mei’s sudden transformation had indeed been far too abrupt.
Although Otto said this, he had already made up his mind to devote every possible effort and mobilize even more of Schicksal’s resources to investigate the Stigmata Theater once he returned to reality.
He would do so even if it meant suspending the development of some games and shutting down many peripheral experiments!
Completing his plan wasn’t something that could be accomplished within just one or two years.
Throughout that process, he could optimize and adjust his plan at any time based on updated intelligence.
Moreover, over all these years, Otto had suffered far too many failures to count.
He wouldn’t lose heart and abandon everything he had persevered in merely because of one or two failures.
As long as he could locate the Stigmata Theater first and obtain all the information within it during this period, everything could still be adjusted.
Thus, the importance of the Stigmata Theater rose even further in Otto’s mind.
『Raiden Mei, who had already transformed into a Herrscher, stared intently at the white-haired girl before her.』 『Even Kiana felt rather uncomfortable under such a gaze.』 『The Herrscher-transformed Raiden Mei said, “Kiana… let’s go back together!
Let’s return to everyone’s side together…”』 『Hearing this, Kiana’s eyes lit up.』 『It sounded like Upperclassman Mei still retained her own consciousness!』 『Then could she dispel Upperclassman Mei’s hostility by communicating with her?』 『After all, unless it was absolutely necessary, Kiana had no desire to fight a Herrscher to the death.』 After getting off the plane and returning home, I lay down for a while before starting to write.
There will be another chapter later, but it will be a little late.
★ ★ ★ T/N: If you spot mistranslation, do tell me.
★ ★ ★ Shilling time!