People died ridiculously easily.
It was one of the first life lessons that Lux gathered. Humans could die from so many things, it made life an extremely fleeting existence. As such, it forced him to make choices about himself early, lest he became another cold corpse in the tundra.
Rolling to the side to evade the thrust of the Honkai beast's spear, he shot the beast with the bullets from his gun, destroying its head. Lux had decided early to become a Honkai beast hunter. Well, that choice was aided by the fact he was a little more than human thanks to the Core facing his heart on the other side of his chest. He felt its steady thrum of power go back to normal levels since the threat had been killed. The cotton lining of his coat protected him from the cold, though the Core could keep him warm in emergency situations.
Lux then quickly checked if none of his equipment were damaged : thankfully, there were only a few creatures, so the fight had been short and caused no damage to his stuff. He was in the middle of the contract that could get him out of these frozen tundra, so he had to be prepared.
His method was simple : after enough information gathering in multiple cities, he would then switch from reality to - how was it called already ? Imaginary Space, that was how the Core's systems named it - to reduce the search zone more quickly. It's been almost one whole day and he knew he was close to its target. Traces of them kept popping up after all.
He looked at the pocket on his coat. There was the device he was supposed to use to give the coordinates of the targets, thereby completing his mission. He needed it intact at all costs. Reaffirming its position in the coat, he kept moving.
...
...
Some minutes later
A vehicle stopped close to where the boy was earlier. It was an armored vehicle fit for transportation. Inside was the Assault Squad, ready to go.
The ear communicators of the whole squad activated. "The target is situated 100 m East of here. Please neutralize any hostiles and bring back the target as quick as possible. Resistance from Siegfried Kaslana armed with the Judgement of Shamash is to be expected, so take that into account. Good luck." The handler of the squad having said his piece, the door opened to the snow-filled landscape.
Ragna resolved herself. She still had doubts but she couldn't go back, or prevent this. Hesitation this late would anyway end up endangering her and her squad. As a leader, she couldn't allow that.
Taking a deep breath of the tundra's air, she powerfully declared "We're moving, girls !"
"Yes, ma'am !"
...
Lux couldn't decide.
He had found them. He was hidden on a cliff filled with trees, overviewing them from a higher position. The girl and the father were apparently training outside their house. Having the skills to protect yourself were essential in this country after all. But that wasn't what gave him pause.
They were smiling. Not with those dirty, fake or twisted smiles that he had seen here, but pure smiles. Simple happiness, a bit more for the girl than the man, but still. That was the first time Lux was seeing this. Both looked so happy simply being there for each other.
Lux was not innocent. Even if he gained his life now from hunting, he still had blood on his hands. Killing someone to get their food or money, robbing, he had committed a number of crimes before being able to live a bit more decently. Lux learned that he had absolutely no leeway to care about someone else and how despicable people could be. Even so...
He held the device in his right hand. He had been assured that it could take a clear video of them even from quite far away. As long as he sent the video and his current coordinates, the money was his. And yet, he kept staring at it for a whole minute without moving.
'Is this really alright...? Can I destroy someone else's happiness to get my own ?'
His heart was in turmoil. His face scrunched up. The moment to decide who he was had come.
Lux closed his eyes. For a moment, he pictured himself out of this hell. With a house, a school with some friends in it to talk and hang out with, a town where people didn't need to constantly be on their guard. Maybe even the warmth of a family would be in that future. He then opened his eyes and looked at the family of two below him.
'To do that, I have to trample over them. Their happiness, wishes and hopes.' Could he do that ? And after that, keep living with the guilt that he sacrificed them for his own selfishness ? His heart offered a clear answer to these questions.
"No."
He was way too scared of the regrets that would no doubt burden him were he to do that. Lux didn't want to stoop so low. He lowered the device. But noticed something curious.
It was rather heavy for something of its nature. An alarm immediately lit up in his brain. The Core inside his chest answered to Lux's will.
Analyze.
The composition of the object immediately became clear in his mind. "Ha" he snorted. Of course. What an idiot he was.
There was a powerful explosive inside the device. Chances are, as soon as all the data was sent and received by the other side, he would be swiftly terminated so that the only one who could claim the reward from that mysterious backer was the Siberia bigshot who served as a go-in between. That way, that bigshot would gain money without having to lift a single finger.
Lux had been taken for a fool. No one takes him for a fool.
That bastard was going to understand that. Lux took the batterie out of the device and stepped back. At that moment, something in the corner of his eyes moved.
Augmentation : Sight.
His eyes were now capable of seeing clearly hundreds of meters away.
'Soldiers !?' His heart jumped. Women cladded in some sort of bodysuit were racing through the snow, their target evident : the two. Lux knew it couldn't be his fault : nobody could track him with him switching between reality and Imaginary Space, and there was no tracker inside the device. So, he just had to get out of here. These women had weapons, and moved really fast : they were trained, and their objective was probably the same as it was for him. It was none of his business...
A small laugh directed his gaze back at the family below. And seeing them, Lux instantly made the most stupid and the best decision of his life.
"Пиздец."
...
Ragna felt like this mission had become a bit too unreal for her taste. It's not every mission that she sees a kid running at them looking...conflicted ? angry ? and somewhat glad too ?
The Asssault Squad and him stopped a few meters away from each other. The Valkyries looked at their squad leader, confused on what to do. While she did share that confusion, Ragna had to speak up.
"Who are you, kid ? What are you doing here alone, out in the snow ?"
Those words seemed to trigger something in him. His face changed into one with agitated emotions she quite couldn't make out. "What am I doing ? Trust me, I don't know that myself !"
Plunging his hand into his coat, he then threw something above their heads. And like idiots, the whole squad stared at it...
...as it blew up in the air.
'Shit !' Ragna's mind was blown away. While the explosion had not provoked any real damage, it had disoriented all their senses : a stun grenade, along a smoke one. Terrible mix. Now the battle formation of the squad was compromised.
It took Ragna all her experiences on the battlefield to intercept the attack coming from her right side. He had quickly deduced she was the leader. She felt the hit. That brat didn't only have brains.
But they were Valkyries. Experienced fighters reinforced by stigmata. Their senses recovered far faster than normal human.
Ragna's greatsword gained strength and speed as Lux's advantage went away in a minute. Yet, she didn't let her guard down. She was able to gather a few things thanks to her recovered perception. Lux was using quick, refined movements, not swinging his weapon randomly and only relying on advantage. He was also witty and perceptive, so feints wouldn't work. However, Ragna was an A-rank Valkyrie : she wouldn't lose to someone like that.
Lux made quick slashes or thrusts with his weapon before retreating into the smoke, and repeating. Combing his aptitude for stealth with the home ground advantage was turning the fight in an equal one. But that was all. None of his attacks delivered a hit into Ragna : she intercepted them all. Once the smoke thinned out or Lux's attacks lost in their strength or speed, it would be Ragna's turn to attack. That affirmation must have showed on her behavior because Lux chose that moment to point out a very important issue to her.
"Say, why your squad mates haven't come to your rescue yet ?"
A gasp escaped her mouth. Ragna had been so preoccupied with their fight to notice the sounds of fighting that surrounded them.
"So, you've got friends. Did Siegfried Kaslana hire you guys ?" she probed, hoping to gain some info. If he indeed did hire people capable of stopping their squad, then this mission was about to be much harder than expected.
"Never met that guy." His tone was even, as though he wasn't fighting. This brat had some backbone. However,...
"You indeed surprised us. But enough games." Ragna channeled Honkai Energy into her greatsword and executed a powerful swing into the snow. The frozen ground was broken by her power, sending dirt around and forcing Lux to back off. The shockwave cleared the smoke, allowing her to get a clear view of their surroundings.
Her team was behind her, still fighting the mysterious enemies.
'Hold on, girls.' She would be there to help them as soon as the boy was dealt with.
...
Lux landed on his feet, freaked out by her strength. That shockwave was unexpected, to say the least. 'I have to avoid getting hit by that at all costs ! Better to switch to long-range tactics. I don't have a chance of winning at this rate.'
However, he wouldn't get the time to do so. Ragna was in front of him a second later, her greatsword glowing with energy. 'She's faster than earlier !'
He could only ready his own sword in a defense position as Ragna attacked.
Ragna's sword met his and smashed the weapon to pieces. The specs of the weapons were just that different. When you add the skills of the user in the equation, it was the obvious result. The resulting shockwave threw him off balance, his mind having blanked out for a second due to the brutal loss of his weapon.
Having made the downward swing with just one hand, The Valkyrie's other hand rushed towards his face. He had no doubt he would get knocked out if that connected.
Off balance, and with his weapon broken, there should be no way for him to avoid this. Ragna was certain of her victory. It showed on her face. He would get a nasty bruise from the punch, but she knew better than to go soft because the opponent was a kid.
The first was mere millimeters away from his face as Lux grinned. His Core throbbed in his chest.
Overall Augmentation. Lifting power restrictions lifting up to level 1.
And he vanished.
"...Huh ?" Ragna lost her balance, her mind sent reeling. Not even a second away from losing, the boy had vanished before her very eyes. She looked around, dumbfounded.
*Clang*
The sounds of two blades clashing overheard had her jerk her head upward. What she saw made even less sense to her.
Murata Himeko and the boy were there. Lux looked different : he got a new weapon, a sort of spear fused to a canon, and he no longer wore a coat but some unfamiliar black bodysuit. Judging by their position, he tried to attack her from her blind spot but got intercepted by Himeko.
Himeko landed beside her while Lux fell on the snow. "I am going to have you treat me when we get back, Captain !" she cheekily greeted.
"Thank you, Himeko ! I owe you one. But how did he get there ?"
"I saw everything. You didn't miss him. That brat vanished and teleported above you a few seconds later. And that bodysuit of his gives him protection. When I kicked him away, that was what took the hit."
Ragna looked at her squad. The enemies, some weird mechanical creatures, were all dead and the squad was now reforming its battle formation.
"Game's over, kid. Turn yourself in and you won't get hurt !" declared a squad member.
Those words made him chuckle. "I think I like those odds." His eyes suddenly regained an alert shine as he noticed something. "Wait, there are two missing...Shit !" He lost no time vanishing, sure of where the two Valkyries that broke away from the squad were headed.
A second later, space warped at where he left, causing the whole squad to tighten the grip on their weapon. Something began to emerge from that muddled place.
"If I were you, I'd prepare myself. I can call that thing here, but not control it. Good luck." Lux's voice resounded in the air without a body.
"Wait ! Who, no, what the hell are you ?!" shouted Himeko at the void. This fight had been nothing but a succession of unprecedented situations. Her irritation and confusion exploded.
"Just a brat." They could hear the grin in his voice.
...
Sirin was lucky. Seems like those vermin were still as stupid as ever. Not only was the insect that took her arm busy fighting Valkyries, her host, that clone, was now completely terrified. Which provided an opening for her.
Taking over the body of the girl had been easy. Ah, how nostalgic. She could feel her body brimming with her familiar power and hatred. Now was the time to make him pay.
Or not. Sirin had been too hasty. She also underestimated the Kaslana warrior, who managed to sense her attack coming and evaded the lance. The Valkyries immediately stopped fighting with him, seeing the much bigger threat.
At this point, Sirin's idea was to use her powers to destroy them all. The Void would crush these insects and she would get out of this with a free body. Unfortunately for her, said body was still a complete kid. It had barely reached the physical maturity threshold for activating the Void Core, and not for unleashing it's full strength. The awakening was way too violent anyway, leaving not enough time for the body to properly adapt to the abrupt changes.
In short, Sirin was enraged. So much for her grand revenge. Now that man was soon going to use his accursed blade to forcefully shut down the Core. She could at least console herself knowing that he would probably lose an arm using it without turning into a monster.
Or he would have, hadn't another outsider barged into this mess.
...
Lux's plan had been simple. Create a diversion to alert the two targets with the noise, making them flee. After that, he would simply escape, go take his revenge on the one who thought it was a good idea to mess with him, and everything would come to an end.
But of course, nothing went to plan. Not only were these soldiers using weapons and abilities he had never seen, but he didn't place a guard for anyone that might be slipping through. In his panic, he forgot that some might escape his trap to prevent the targets from fleeing. What a pain in the ass this whole affair was turning out to be.
He was now racing to where the sounds of fighting emitted. Right at this moment, Sirin woke up. The peculiar, small wave of Honkai Energy belonging to the Herrscher reached Lux. His Core went still for less than a second...
And the stream of power it fed Lux became a tsunami.
Herrscher-level existence detected. Update : Herrscher-level existence determined to be Herrscher of the Void. Lifting power restrictions of the Imaginary Core up to level 4.
"Wh- Guh !" Lux brutally came to a stop, almost falling in the snow as he held his chest in pain. It was burning. For the first time in ten years, his Core was giving him a power beyond his current control, a treat that his head and chest weren't really appreciating. He began to sweat and hyperventilate. His thoughts were in disarray between the pain and the information entering his brain, leaving him unable to take a single step. 'Shit, at this rate...'
He tried to move forward but fell on his knees, his awareness rapidly diminishing. His overloaded mind finally gave out as he heard a single command repeat itself in his head, like a deeply rooted instinct.
KILL THE HERRSCHER.
...
Sirin directed her borrowed eyes to her left. There, something had fallen from the sky.
'A mecha...? No, it doesn't look like one. That's a human boy ?!' More precisely, it looked like a human boy covered with an armor. The parts of the armor felt like they did not belong on a human body. However, the most eye-catching element to Sirin was his own eyes.
Even someone like her shivered as their eyes met. There was utterly nothing in those eyes. No emotions, no fear, or hesitation : they looked thoroughly inhuman. He wasted no time charging at her, prompting her to launch her Subspace lances at him. He made no move to steer away from their path, allowing them to land on him.
"Ha, just because you got some gold trinkets on you doesn't mea-What !?"
Hz brushed them off. The Subspace lances were weapons constructed in Imaginary Space, so there should be no physical counter to them. Yet, his golden armor seemed to be covered with a special force field that shielded him even from her weapons.
The outrage made her shout in rage. "You cheater ! You don't get to just shield yourself from my lances like that !" She threw more at him but it was useless. He intercepted them with the weapon (Sirin couldn't decide whether it was a sword or a spear, it looked like both) in his right hand and a sort of cannon linked to the armor on his left forearm.
Change of tactics then. Sirin summoned Honkai beasts and decided to retreat in the air. There she would play a game of attrition. 'The state is in is powerful, but either him or that battle suit must have a limit. If I can't damage him right now, I'll just outlast him. That would be another story if I had my full powers available though.' The last bit got her to tighten her fists once she was a dozen meters up. No matter, he would soon be-
Sirin felt her spatial senses crying out. She barely managed to defend herself in extremis with her spears as the boy appeared before her, from nowhere. He immediately struck her defense, his sheer strength making her crash on the ground.
He didn't teleport. Sirin's senses and the residual spatial fluctuations told her his secret : he moved to Imaginary Space before coming back to reality right in front of her. The Honkai beasts were confusedly snooping around, their prey having vanished right before their eyes. It would have been comical if it wasn't so infuriating.
And just before reaching the ground, she realized something that sent a chill up her spine. His target hadn't been the head or even the host's heart. It had been her Core. He somehow knew that if he destroyed the Core, she would die along with the host.
She had to kill him right now. He was too dangerous.
She summoned lances again and launched them. But this time, she wouldn't just blindingly throw them. The lances grew and transformed into ribbons that began encircling him. They would entrap him, thus blocking him from warping to safety in Imaginary space. Once he was at her mercy, she would have plenty of time to know how long his protection was going to last against a volley of lances.
Responding the severity of the situation, Lux's Core pulsed as thrusters materialized on his back. Roaring to life, they quickly took him out of the trap.
'He can fly now !?' Sirin felt the fear began to conquer in her heart. This body was going to reach its limits soon ! Sha had to- !
Her thoughts were interrupted as he lifted the cannon in her direction. She put her Void shield as the cannon lit up. 'But from so far, it shouldn't be able to breach my shield. Wait, he didn't use the cannon earlier ! Does that mean-!'
Her shield crumbled under the blast. He had been charging it for a more powerful shot than the other, it was the only explanation. He then rushed at her, intent on finishing her off.
Completely panicking and lacking the time to warp to safety, Sirin hastily threw a Void shield in front of her. Without much time to charge, the cannon couldn't breach her shield.
Understanding this, Lux rushed at her. Sirin attacked with more lances and Honkai beasts but none could stop him or even slow him down. He cut, jumped, and avoided, his senses now far beyond human limits feeding him ample information on his surroundings. Sirin's yellow cross shaped eyes widened as a detestable feeling of powerlessness rose within her.
Nyet, not again ! This has to be a lie !
"Why...Always !" the words escaped the gritted teeth.
The cannon eventually made it to her shield and blasted it apart. If firepower was lacking, he just had to get close to make up for it : something the current Lux understood perfectly.
Trembling from head to toe, Sirin directed the lances at her side to defend her, lacking time to craft a new Void shield. His other weapon made short work of them as Sirin's terror spiked up.
It was over. No defense left, not enough time to do anything, her host's body was at its limit and her enemy's canon was rising to point towards her Void Core : Sirin knew she was as good as dead.
My poor little girl.
Time slowed for her.
The missiles were coming. Yet, Sirin finally felt at peace. She was hugging her, the warmth of that moment surpassing any other feeling in Sirin's fading heart. She was not alone.
"I'm sorry, Sirin. I'm sorry, Siegfried. I'm sorry, Kiana..."
Ah. She was going to leave them. Her tears dropped on Sirin, warm and cold at the same time. The blinding shine of the missile got closer, announcing their end.
And in that moment of truth, Sirin did the one action she never though she would ever do. Using the very last dreg of her power, she opened a portal and pushed Cecilia in. Her eyes widened as her mouth opened in horror.
"Si...rin !"
"Goodbye,...
Mom..."
Her smile lasted until the portal closed.
And then, the explosion.
...
Sirin tried to push down that memory, along with the feelings that it woke up. But they climbed from the depth of her soul, reached her heart and spread like wildfire.
I don't want to die without that warmth again.
Death was terrifying. Death had to be denied at all costs. For living beings, it was a fundamental truth and something Sirin learnt the first time she died.
All of this resulted in a change of expression on her borrowed face. Emotions, human characteristics that Sirin thought long gone resurfaced. Regrets. Fear. The familiar feeling of terribly missing someone.
But it was all useless anyway. He would destroy her for good this time, Sirin was certain of that.
But...
But even so-!
"Ich liebe dich..." The words that escaped her throat were but a whisper. With everyone else in the middle of fighting, no one should have heard her. Yet, Sirin couldn't help but give voice to the magic formula buried in her heart. The face of the one who gave her warmth appeared in her mind.
Eyes tightly shut, Sirin awaited her end. She heard the cannon fire, its powerful shell surely about to rip her apart.
...?
...Nothing ? It should have been over already. She could still very much feel her Core in one piece, however.
Sirin hesitatingly risked opening an eye. Then with a gasp, both were wide open. What she saw made no sense.
He was still there, in front of her. But his cannon was aimed towards the sky, not her.
He had spared her. That fact sent her heart into an incomprehensible turmoil that left her standing still. As for Lux, he lowered his cannon.
He did not fare better than her : his mind was wavering, barely able to think. He resurfaced from the shock of his new powers partly because they were waning too. He could feel his Core beginning to slow down, so to speak.
"You...didn't... want to die, so..." She was looking at him with such eyes Lux felt forced to explain himself. That wasn't much of an explanation though. The people he killed in the past wanted to live, too. He simply stopped because he didn't want to kill her, even though he could feel she was different from the girl training and laughing with her father earlier. For all her powers and words, she just looked like an angry, lost kid to him right now.
Sirin was calming down. Her breath restarted(she didn't even realize she stopped breathing), and the shaking of her body subsided. She still felt that this was absurd. Ons moment, he was a thoughtless machine about to kill her, and now he felt completely human, as if his previous state was a lie. Their eyes bored into each other. Sirin opened her mouth to speak when...
Suddenly, Lux's arm shot up and Sirin tensed. Was he about to attack her anyway !? The surprise left her defenseless.
But that was not Lux's intention. Not that it would have been possible anyway : the armor dematerialized before Lux's hand even reached her. His Imaginary Core then proceeded to cool down at the worst timing possible.
He pushed Sirin on the snow, making her fall to the ground. "What are you doing !?" asked a completely confused Herrscher of the Void as she looked towards his arm, lest another weapon appeared.
Or rather, she looked at was left of it. The other half was currently flying through the air, after all. A cry of surprise alerted her to look at her left. A Valkyrie holding a rifle that pulsed with Honkai Energy was having a bas surprise. She had tried to shoot her, but Lux saved her by pushing her out of the way. Unfortunately, without his armor, his frail arm couldn't withstand the full power of that rifle.
But that wasn't the worst of it. Lux tried to get out of the way of the new threat, but the world distorted before him. He was at his limit. The snow was crushed as the ground shook with the weight of the creature.
A Templar Honkai Beast Sirin summoned previously had seen how the human boy attacked its master. Trusting its instincts, it immediately attacked the human that almost killed her. In his defenseless and tired state, he had no way to avoid and the monster knew that.
The white spear shredded apart his body. Insides, bones and bloods spilled on the cold ground. Curiously, he didn't feel any pain, just the terrifying and disgusting sensation of a foreign body piercing its way inside him.
Everyone on the battlefield froze. Except Sirin.
"NO !"
Subspace lances instantly crushed the beast. Chances are, it probably didn't even understand its doom.
Strength returned to her host's legs as Sirin caught Lux's rapidly cooling body.
If Sirin hadn't looked at him, she would have seen the dumbfounded look on everyone else in the battlefield. The Herrscher of the Void, a calamity that killed millions, saving someone that tried to kill her ? What in the world was happening ?
Seizing the chance, Siegfried neutralized two Valkyries of the Assault Squad. They would be used as hostages to escape Shicksal's pursuit. However, he didn't get close to Sirin and the boy. Frankly speaking, that situation had already one past what he could understand. He would observe for now, and seize the opportunity to get his baby girl out of here as soon as possible.
Sirin held Lux.
"Sirin, it burns so much !"
"Please, don't inject me with that !"
"Don't let them do the same thing to you !"
Bitter memories surfaced as she once more was holding a soon to be dead child in her arms. Sirin couldn't understand herself : why did she do this ? She had killed many more, yet this one was too much ?
"Man..." His words interrupted her thoughts. "So, I...was an idiot...in the end..." He laughed as he coughed up more blood. Sirin didn't know what to say.
Mustering his last bit of strength, he managed to look at her. He could make out her burning yellow eyes. Was she crying ? So close to death, his eyes weren't really working properly.
"Don't die...with so much *cough, cough*...regrets, idiot."
He smiled as he breathed his last. His body relaxed as life left and death came.
That was too much. Sirin retreated into the Void Core and left the body to collapse beside the boy. The scene could have looked heartwarming if one of the two wasn't dead.
...
Siegfried tied up the Valkyries in the house before booking it with Kiana in his arms. He wanted to give the boy a proper burial, but the squad was getting closer and he didn't want to tarry. They should have been here earlier too.
Seigfried thought that the Void Core inside her had stopped working. That was an optimistic view on things, but it was a trait that the weary Kalana proudly never gave up. He couldn't feel much Honkai Energy coming from his daughter and Sirin hadn't decided to skewer him with her lances yet, so...
However, Sirin probably awakened because of her strong hatred towards him. That meant he would have to get away from his baby girl. Fortunately, he knew people worthy of trust, people he could leave his daughter with.
Kiana would be safe. His baby girl would grow into someone happy and strong : Siegfried Kaslana would make sure of that.
...
Ragna knew they were too late. To complete this mission or save anyone.
The flaming, ruined field told her that much. The targets were nowhere to be found but that wasn't really a surprise : with how delayed their arrival was, she would have been more surprised to see anyone left. The trackers of her squad mates pointed towards the house.
Worried, Ragna was about to rush inside when she noticed the corpse on the ground. The boy that delayed them now had a big hole in his body. Still, she felt sad that someone young like him had been reduced to this state. His satisfied smile was one of the most peaceful she had ever seen. Himeko put her hand on her shoulder. She turned to look at her face that mirrored hers, and nodded.
They went to confirm the safety of their squad mates, which had been tied up in the basement of the house. 'Siegfried did this to gain time for them to escape'. And judging by what her freed comrades told her, they were far too late to catch up. This mission was a failure.
After the report, as they waited for the transport, Ragna and Himeko broke away from the group. They wanted to take the boy with them. He had been their enemy, but no one deserved to have their body abandoned in the tundra. At least, he would get a proper burial.
But they found nothing. Not even blood. Despite having clearly witnessed the sorry state of his corpse, not even a spec of blood was left. Ragna and Himeko looked at each other as a shiver completely unrelated to the cold around them ran through their spine.
It was as if Lux had never died here in the first place.
Author's note :
I really didn't plan for this chapter to be so big. I got completely engrossed and things kept piling up, and it somehow ended up being a 5k chapter. Man.
So, what happened to our dear Lux ? Is Sirin going to change due to the recent events ? What the hell happened to Cecilia ? And since Ragna is still alive and Himeko was part of the operation, what will they do once they're back at Shicksal ?
If you want to know the answer to these questions, y'all know what to do ;). Leave a fav/ comment if you liked the chapter, thanks for reading and I'll see you later.