"...Is your internet bad or something?" Void jokes as the vision stays black after a whole minute.

"It… shouldn't be?" HoTE replies in confusion, not knowing why either. HoTE pulls her phone out and starts dialing a number. "Give me a moment." Once the call's through, she answers, though without the Silencing spell, she's using her own native language so no one else can understand her.

While the MC is busy dealing with it, Thunder turns to HoV and asks: "Kiana said that Otto actually succeeded. How did that happen?"

"We didn't actually know that until he showed the first vision which was what happened after the idiot seemed to kill him. He made contacts with the Tree of Imaginary and made another timeline."

"Just how resilient are you?" Void annoyingly glares at Otto.

"I can see why, no need to remind me." The heir of Apocalypse calmly says back.

"What does…" Thunder stops a moment to look at HoTE who's still on the phone. "Should I call HoTE a 'he' or 'she'?"

"Didn't see him raising a fuss about either." Ai-chan shrugs.

"...She, then. What did she show you next?"

"About the time I made some pizza toasts."

"It could be anytime." Thunder narrows her eyes after hearing HoFi's answer.

"I think it's more of a chill one after watching Otto's backstory." HoO explains.

"The next one…"

"Please no, Bronya."

Void and Thunder turn to Welt who's facepalming, then back to HoTr and APHO Bronya who are oddly smiling. The latter then describes: "She showed us how sir Welt, Otto and Kevin provided financial support for their organizations."

Another two facepalms from the other two leaders.

"Those guys sell research and weapons. What's else to watch? Well, maybe except Welt who's an animator…"

Cecilia and HoTr pull out tablets and show the two Herrschers the picture of the 'Idols'.

And the two almost choke in their drinks.

And to make matters worse, the males of Flamechasers are suddenly in their idols outfits, causing KALPAS to, again, chase after a smiling ELYSIA.

After controlling her breath, Thunder narrows her eyes in disdain while asking: "Seeing this is one thing… but how did she make them wear those clothes out of thin air?"

"It's his authority here." Ai-chan points to Cap. "And I think he's chill enough to let us do anything, just not go overboard to it."

"If he does anything embarrassing us next time, I'm slamming Arahato on him." Welt threatens in a low tone, knowing full well HoTE can hear that.

Though, after a few seconds, HoTE doesn't even attempt to stop the chase as she turns to the audience and announces: "My apology, maybe the vision will come a bit later. I have to go and 'invite' a guest."

"...Why?" Einstein sends a suspicious look at her. "Every time it's your other-self sending us through the portal here."

"I have no ideas." HoTE raises her hands up in surrender mode. "He didn't even tell me who I'm inviting, just coordinates to teleport."

"If you know the coordinates, you would know where you are heading to, right?" Tesla questions with a raised eyebrow.

"Unfortunately, this 'coordinates' is just the anchors with the actual codes for identification being blocked to 'surprise' me." HoTE quotes the word with a very irritated voice.

"So blind jumps." Void concludes.

"Yep. So excuse me." In front of the audience, HoTE disappears but not immediately. In a small second, most of her body vanishes, but there are small ashes in the place before they disappear as well.

"...I think we know who his favorite character is." Ai-chan giggles.

"I can even hear the fading sound of the 'blinking' as well." HoFi follows. "Kinda show-off from her."

"But who could that guest be that requires her personally meeting face-to-face?" APHO Mei wonders…

Just after her question, the vision turns on with stasis then with a clear view… With ELYSIA and KALPAS returning back to their seats as well.


Through the blinking eyes and the pair of glasses, the audience watches the person looking at her own hands, then looking up to the sky to see a bright full moon…

Until an Archangel flies directly into the view of the person planning to kill her, only for the person to draw a revolver out of thin air and shoot it in the face, killing it instantly as it vanishes into Honkai Energy then dissipates.

"...A Honkai World. Great." The unmistaken voice of HoTE can be heard as the eyes look around to find a couple more around her… before she notices something in the sky… "What the *BEEP* is that?!"

That's also everyone's shocked question in the audience as they're witnessing an absolute colossus Honkai Beast menacingly floating in the sky. Its red theme coupled with ominous eyes give the stingray-like figure a very demonic appearance, which also shows how dangerous it is.

After rubbing her eyes for a moment, HoO theorizes: "I'm hoping this is not ELYSIA who went against humanity."

"Mo! Mei, you have such low expectations from me? I will never be a villian!" The Pink Elf fake-cries while burying herself onto Sirin, who surprisingly takes it without a complaint.

"Really?" Thunder is not amused. "You all saw that there are multiple, if not infinite universes out there. Crossing an evil you won't be a surprise."

"So that's the 'guest'?" Kallen takes a guess.

"Creator, if that's the guest, I'm throwing Senti's bricks into your head. I have enough to build a house for that." HoTE grunts in displeasure as she aims her revolver at another Archangel then pulls out another identical gun to shoot down a Meduzoa, killing both instantly.

A second vision pops to show the area in third person's POV, and everyone sees that HoTE is not actually on land but rather floating above the sea. More Honkai Beasts appear and approach her, but instant-death bullets to the faces make them rethink attacking head-on and instead floating slightly away and waiting for her to drop her guard.

And the moment the False Herrscher puts her guns away, one Archangel foolishly charges in… only to be disintegrated midway. And that's enough for the Honkai Beasts to completely abandon any attempts at attacking and flee.

"...Alright, I might buy the one-shot bullets." Void comments. "But to make them vaporize out of thin air without doing anything…"

"Don't you think she might use Time Stop?" Sakura counters. "I know one of the visions is showing her view, but we're watching in real-time."

"...Is she human?"

"You saw her stabbed by Void's clone and yours, Thunder." HoS dismisses.

"Wise choice." HoTE says to herself. "Now, where the heck is that guest supposed to…"

"E mi et le escontina…"

The eye's vision disappears, giving the TPS (Third-Person-Shooter) vision full control as it turns to the back of HoTE to see her looking in the direction of the song, which is the beach. Though during her turn, she also sees a massive Gundam-like structure floating in the sea, possibly something that's used to fight the colossus Honkai Beast.

"O plenitas o colindia…"

"That's a… beautiful song." Timido, who has abandoned the mask for a while, enjoys the singing with Carole also slightly popping her head in agreement.

"Mi mortis sicle ha juus costro…"

Looking up to the Honkai Beast floating in the sky, HoTE decides it best to cloak herself with an Invisible Spell as she starts floating towards the source.

"Mawe poco entalius…"

Once it's close enough, the vision leaves its current position and zooms in to the person who's singing…

"Gledis clant o pledistiant…"

Undisturbed by the beast before them, the blue haired lady sits comfortably on the sand while singing her song. She wears a blue-and-white priest-like outfit with a veil covering her head. Her eyes are closing, though it's probably because she's focusing on her own singing.

"Enti lai viginse lescayan…"

The vision then lifts up a bit to show the 'companion' standing besides her…

"That's me?" Young Kiana questions in surprise.

The girl looks exactly like her when the youngest Kaslana's studying in St. Freya. However, clad in a black-orange outfit with a pair of fake orange cat ears and a suitcase carried in her right hand, this Kiana looks much more battle-hardened than the novice Valkyrie.

"Looks like a typical Kaslana mission, don't you think?" Siegfried comments, not really having any reasons to feel sad.

"It's Idiotka. She will pull off somehow."

"Mawe poco es vienticlo… Taan ma tai la la la…"

"Hey Thunder."

"What is it, HoV?"

"Have you seen any Beasts with that size before?"

"Big ones like Bella and Chiyou, yes. But this size, this is the first."

"Size doesn't help much when we have weapons of mass destruction." VILL-V nonchalantly suggests.

"Which are only usable by the very few." KEVIN counters. "I had to go through MANTIS surgery to be able to hold Shamash."

"I'm betting there's one in her case."

"I doubt that, Lyle."

"Hey now, Adam. Like they said, size doesn't matter."

"I'm not talking about size here. Why didn't the Honkai Beast attack that weapon-look-alike structure yet? That thing clearly posed some degree of threat but the Beast didn't even care."

"Maybe Kiana is carrying the key?" Blue Seele suggests. "I mean, maybe the weapon's not activated so the Beast can't feel the danger yet?"

"Are you still going?" The 'priest' stops singing as Kiana heads out.

"Yeah. MEI is waiting for me."

"In every universe." Most say at the same time, causing the Kianas and Meis to blush except Void and Thunder who just scold.

"Will you be coming back?"

"Don't worry. I will defeat the Honkai and come back to everyone."

And with the last claim, Kiana runs off to prepare the fight against the Beast that's about to destroy humanity.

"...Is that so?" The priest quietly says to herself. "It seems that you are still so stubborn…" The girl then looks at the Honkai Beast who finally moves…

"You are talking about humans here. We will do everything to protect our beloved."

"So this girl is the guest, then?" Sushang lazily questions.

"Oh?" The girl turns to her left to see HoTE uncloak in front of her. Her eyes slightly narrow when she sees the appearance of the 'unknown'. "And who might you be?"

"A nobody who tries to find his guest." The False Herrscher shrugs. Though their eyes don't lose their focus on the other. "I'm a bit surprised that you let her go."

"It's her decision to fight. A wife's duty is to support her lover's choice, isn't it?"

"...WIFE!?" The two Kiana exclaim in surprise, with the younger adds. "The only wife I need is Mei-senpai!"

And the blush on the Mei deepens.

"Even when you're about to kill her?"

Any attempts to joke are shut down instantly, as the atmosphere drops to being coldly serious.

"Oh, don't accuse me of such crimes."

"Who said I'm accusing you?" HoTE rebuts. "'Killing humanity' would bring that result. And that's a fact, not an accusation."

"So you know my true identity."

"Not until I notice your life-thread directly connecting to the Beast."

"Life thread?" Susannah asks fearfully. "Is it something like in the fairy tales where Death can see when people's about to die?"

"It… might be." APONIA answers. "I can see the 'threads' as well, not just her."

"And you acted according to it." Void joins in. "But most of the time, if not all, you failed to change fate. Maybe even made them worse."

"...Yes."

"But what will she do with that?" SU questions.

"So you are here to kill me."

"Like I said, I'm finding a guest. I guess it's a waste of time here." HoTE then turns to the 'battle' with the Beast starting to attack humanity's most powerful weapon…

"What are you going to do?"

"...Leave." HoTE simply replies before numerous digital 0 and 1 appear around her, and after a few seconds, she disappears out of the vision.

"...LEAVE?! She could help the…"

"She actually made a good choice." Void interrupts Cecilia's exclamation of shock. "If she interferes, she could drag Honkai into this world, which is a danger to the civilians no matter how well the defense of this world is. Remember, Honkai also evolves with the world's evolutions."

"...You could travel to different universes and you managed to find one that you could live in and interfere with many events. Why couldn't she do the same?"

"Because we no longer had anything to lose until the last one. She does." Thunder explains. "And if HoF didn't show up, we would live our lives without caring to travel to another universe for a while."

"But… she can at least support this universe's humanity?" Kallen suggests.

"I would advise against it." Bianka debunks. "The Honkai surely had an eye on her the moment she killed the Archangels. Doubly so after one of them got killed by something naked eyes couldn't see."

Despite HoTE has disappeared, the vision doesn't stop, as the nun watches the scene before them for the last time.

"Goodbye, my beloved Kiana."


"This… is not what I'm expecting." After taking another coffee sip, Thunder admits. "We did travel into a lot of universes, but most of them followed the majority of the events we knew of."

"When I was in mister SU's trials, it's just me repeating some of his pasts or events from parallel universes. It's not anything special."

"But, where could the guest be?"

"Considering the other self of HoTE liked trolling him, Timido…" Ai-chan reminds her. "He's gonna throw out a lot of 'anchors' and make him search for each."

"That is a possibility." Void shrugs her shoulders. "But don't you think it's also a hassle just for a troll?"

"For them to have stupid powers, this is hardly a hassle." HoS smirks, then questions curiously: "She said something about 'my bricks'. What does that mean?"

To answer the question, the Incredibly Infinity Intimidator is dropped into her hand, which causes every known Herrscher to almost snap their heads at the weapon due to the power it releases. Phoenix Hua blinks several times before asking: "Senti… You… turned a brick into a Divine Key?"

HoS stares at the weapon for a couple of seconds, thinking of how she could use it effectively… Then she stands up and throws it directly at Otto's face with shocking speed that the Heir of Apocalypse couldn't react in time and receives the full damage.

"Well… that's a way to de-stress." The Herrscher smirks again in satisfaction as the blondie massages his face to ease the pain while Kallen and Amber ask in worry if he's alright.

"...I can imagine Sirin doing so after a lost game." Void can't help but chuckle. "Smashing the brick into anything she doesn't like."

Said girl sulks while being coaxed by her friends.

"Joking aside, why a brick?" Thunder questions.

"Not just a brick." Senti explains. "It can actually turn into several forms. I guess being a brick is easier to carry in the hand."

"And despite being Herrscher of Sentience, you usually smash through things rather than planning."

"Oh you want a fight girlie?" Senti threatens Void as she calls back the brick while rolling up her non-existence sleeves, and the latter stands up and draws out Shamash.

"Girls, please." Amnesia Hua raises her hands between them to try to de-escalate the fight.

HUA's eyes turn O.O after seeing how 'childish' her 'other self' is, not expecting that she could have 'that side' on her. Meanwhile Himeko giggles behind her.

Eventually the girls are pulled back to their seats, with the weapons disappearing as well.

Then the blaring sound of a warning alarm rings.


A big screen of codes runs constantly, with the newest words being written out.

HUGE HONKAI OUTBREAK

HUMAN CIVILIZATION HAS BEEN CONFIRMED DESTROYED

"...Is this one after what we just watched?" MEI thinks out loud.

"Maybe." HoO sighs. "I guess this is somewhat similar to your era being destroyed by Herrscher of The End."

"So that priest is that universe's final boss, huh?"

"I wouldn't think so, KALPAS." SU denies the guess. "Remember, her real body is of a Honkai Beast. There are no Herrschers that ascended from being one."

"Hey, I said final boss, not Final Herrscher."

"ALAYA."

The vision cuts to a dark black hole which is consuming everything in its range… with an angel-like figure floating before it.

"BEGIN TO IMPLEMENT CIVILIZATION AMENDMENT PROGRAM."

"FIRST STAGE, BEGIN CALCULATIONS."

"They made a program to reset the world?" VILL-V is impressed. "Where did they get the resources to do that?"

"Probably like how we do, from the Honkai themselves." After the pain's gone, Otto replies.

"I doubt Cocoon of Finality is that generous though." HoFi smiles nervously.

"Though, how did the Current Era start?" ELYSIA asks curiously.

"Naturally, I suppose." HoO replies.

"Some of us went into hibernation until the world returned back to normal by themselves." Phoenix Hua adds. "The Honkai doesn't destroy the whole Earth, just humanity. Through evolution would humanity return again."

"Just what's the beef it has with humanity?" Red Seele questions with a lazy glare.

"It's the counter-balance for the most intelligent race in your universe, which is you." Her own chibi version replies. "Other universes have much more higher-beings, and they also have a counter of their own."

"Should we take that as a compliment or an insult?" HoV glares at her mini-form.

"How about both?"

The serene scene is cut off with the voice of the priest singing in her usual spot. She is singing under the blue sky, though there's some kind of massive symbol above her. She isn't disturbed by it though.

After a while, she stops and talks to herself: "What a boring world. Always in a hopeless cycle of reincarnation."

"Any guesses on how many repetitions this universe has gone through?" Sieg asks nonchalantly, attempting to lighten the mood a bit.

"Three." Void joins.

"Five." Sirin, for some reasons, joins in too.

"That's not something to bet on." Thunder deadpans.

"Two." HoV joins just to spite her much to the other Herrscher's annoyance.

"...Just a figure of speech." KOSMA concludes, which is what most think, but they decide to let the Kaslana have some fun.

"Still, I'll go… to see an old friend."

The priest stands up and heads to the sea, dripping herself into the water mass.

During her dive, her color theme starts to change from blue-white to red-dark, with her eyes turning into monster-like red irises.

A shift of view shows that she's heading to her real body, which she slowly phases through after reaching it.

And inside it… there's a whole ruined city.

Many shiver at the thought of the monster managing to swallow a whole city, which indicates its enormous size.

"And this is just one city if we're looking at it correctly." Rita brings out an even more devastating theory. "Is it possible to have more in its stomach?"

"Then how big could that thing be?" Susannah's color drains out of her face as she's hugging Sushang in fear.

"...Could be continent size." That answer from HoTr earns many horrified shrieks.

Descending further, the priest then enters an institute-look-alike and starts walking in it. Surprisingly, the inside of the building is not affected by the inside of the beast or sea water.

After a while, the priest reaches the room where the audience sees the computer screen before. But this time there's an AI figure standing between her and the screen…

"She looks like you." Hare pokes her finger at PROMETHEUS' right cheek.

"...You mean the appearance or our purpose?" Not amused, the Advanced AI replies back.

"Long time no see, is the child okay?" After meeting eyes, the priest questions with a gentle tone.

"Terminal calculation is in progress. Do not approach." The AI replies back with her monotone voice.

"What an indifferent machine." She 'complains'. "It's merely a parasitic remnant of human civilization that lives inside me. How ungrateful."

"We are symbiotic. That agreement is still in effect, you have no room for rebuttal."

"Symbiotic?" MEI asks out loud.

"When is a Honkai Beast symbiotic with anything related to humans?" MOBIUS questions the matter as well.

"Ah, that's right… if it wasn't for that agreement with that child, there wouldn't have been so much trouble."

"That child…"

"I suppose she's talking about Kiana." Cecilia continues Siegfried's sentence. "It might be a stretch, but maybe the only one who can get this… girl on their side is Kiana."

"Trouble for whom? You, your wife, or the Honkai?"

Both break their staring contest and turn to the side to see HoTE approaching from the shadows… with a lollipop in her mouth.

"...Who are you?"

"Identify yourself." The priest and the AI questions/orders, with the former curiously tilting her head because her face is similar to…

"Just a guy who tries to find his guest." HoTE nonchalantly replies as she pulls the empty stick out of her mouth and throws it away, then pulls out another one and starts unwrapping it.

"...Ah, it's you." Now the Beast in Human form remembers. It's almost the same answer she received forty thousand years ago. "It's been a long time, and yet you still couldn't find them?"

"It's more like the guest was a bit busy until now." HoTE then pulls out another candy and presents it to the priest. "Want some, Jyahnar?"

The completely off-set action out of the serious atmosphere causes all to blink before Lyle asks in puzzlement: "Is… is she flirting with a Honkai Beast?"

The priest blinks for a couple of seconds before giggling. "You are entertaining." Though she shakes her head, showing that she's not going to take it.

"Suit yourself." HoTE shrugs and puts it back into her pocket.

"...Distraction?" KOSMA takes a guess. "To show that she's not an enemy for now?"

"Maybe." KEVIN rubs his chin and thinks of possible scenarios…

"Forty thousand years have passed. Are you certain they're still around?"

"Well…" After putting the new candy into her mouth, HoTE crosses her arms and says. "That guest is standing before me."

"You two called it." Sakura says, referencing what Kallen and Sushang guessed earlier.

"...Don't you think I might die between the first time we met and now?"

"Jyahnar, you are almost as dangerous as your wife. Besides, Cocoon of Finality's orders aren't as high as her request, are they?"

After absorbing what HoTE is implying, Jyahnar giggles again. "You did your homework, I see."

"Elaboration of what Cocoon of Finality is." The AI is NOT going to let that through and immediately asks the question.

"Simply put, one who makes all this mess."

"...Back to your original purpose of 'finding a guest', which is me."

"For a date."

"She's flirting with a Honkai Beast." Adam confirms Lyle's suspicion.

"I think it's for Kiana here though." Ai-chan giggles and proposes another theory.

"We never met!" The one shouting is the younger Kiana, and the HoFi version just calmly denies it.

"I'm hoping you are joking."

"Half of it." HoTE confirms. "We're having a watch party now with Herrscher of Finality with the party, who managed to save Earth just like how your wife wished it to be. So maybe you can learn something to help yours. What do you say?"

"...Herrscher of The End was not the last Herrscher?" The AI questions.

"Just different names to identify who succeeded and who failed. Multiverse things."

"To cross the universe… Unfortunately, my help here is needed."

"I know. That's why I have to waste a century to tune my power to match yours."

"...What?" All Herrschers (including Sirin) let out a confused question.

"What's the surprise?" Ai-chan asks.

"Don't you think a century is too long to do something like that? A couple of years, maybe…"

"Too short, Sirin." Void interrupts. "It's forty thousand years in the future as she claimed to be. It should have been longer."

"...You are persistent like humans."

"It's my job, unfortunately." HoTE sighs while scratching her neck after hearing Jyahnar's statement. "To be honest, I don't want to directly interact with this world, it seems to work itself properly already."

"...We just lost humanity."

"It's evolution." After replying to the AI's statement, HoTE offers her hand to Jyahnar. "Shall we?"

"...*Giggle* Let's see if you can interest me." The priest agrees and gently puts her own hand on HoTE's…

And the two instantly disappear.

The AI watches everything happening… and feels nothing changed. At least, in the process. So she doesn't question it and continues guarding Alaya.


And as soon as the vision stops, the two individuals teleport in front of the audience.

"Welcome back, Captain." Ai-chan greets them. "I see you managing to find the guest."

"Yeah, sorry for the delay." HoTE replies and looks at her watch. "Hope the system entertains you guys during the… ten, twenty minutes waiting for me?"

"Compared to the century you had to stay in that universe, and forty thousand years your 'guest' had to wait to get invited?" HoTE looks up to Thunder while blinking in confusion. "We saw your meetings with her."

"And thank you for the brick suggestion." HoS snickers as she tosses the weapon in her hand.

"...Alright." HoTE sighs deeply, then turns to Jyahnar who just smiles while focusing on HoFi, who's a bit uncomfortable. "If you watch everything, then you know she's Jyahnar. And yes, she married Herrscher of The End."

"Aw, we can't watch the wedding?"

"You married Humanity." An instant snapback before HoTE could control her childish self to answer that question. She then claps her mouth but it's too late as the Herrscher of Human stares at her with sparkles in her eyes. "Eh… Mei, help?"

"Which one?" All variations ask at the same time to troll her.

The conversation causes Jyahnar to turn to the Pink Elf and observes her a bit… "Ah, you are the odd Herrscher."

"Unique." EDEN corrects, which earns her a hug from the Elf as a thank you for 'defending' her.

"Anyway, Kiana…" HoTE looks at HoFi. "Can you let Jyahnar sit with you? She kinda… only listens solely to you."

"Didn't she listen to you because you are…"

"I can tell that she's not the one." Jyahnar giggles at HoFi's question. "The power is somewhat similar, but it's not the same. And the world is a bit boring, so I decided to follow the flow."

After a few seconds of consideration, HoFi nods reluctantly. The priest smiles and sits down next to her, causing HoO to slightly shift in discomfort.

"So Cap…" Ai-chan questions. "When did you realize Jyahnar is the guest?"

"The moment I saw her. However, my other self noted that it's not the right time." HoTE then grunts. "'When is the right time' is not the question I get the answer from him."

"And that explains the century stuck in the universe?" Welt continues.

"It's for history preservation purposes too. But I was just scratching the surface to make sure things didn't go south before I could check anything else."

"And you couldn't finish them?"

"It's forty thousand years of knowledge, Thunder!" HoTE whines. "I'm just a human…"

Another I.I.I. is thrown into her face to shut her up.

"At no point did you show us that you are human." HoS calls out another brick just in case HoTE whines again.

Though she decides to just drop it as she pulls the brick away from her face and speaks to Jyahnar: "So you can see that we're just chilling in here and watching other universes. Some funny, some serious."

"As long as I'm with her." The priest nudges closer to HoFi.

"Uh… sorry, but I don't really know you…"

"I don't mind it. I can wait."

That makes the Mei feel slightly agitated, as HoO gets closer to HoFi as well to 'assert dominance', which Jyahnar only mysteriously smiles back.

"Do you have any other guests?"

"I sure hope not." HoTE sighs after hearing Himeko's question. "Not immediately at least."


If Jyahnar acts OOC, my apology.