Chapter 3 - Reflections of Sorrow

Battleship Selene - Honkai Impact 3rd World - July 2016 - Half an hour until arrival to St. Freya

(Fuchou Jingshen's P.O.V)

"You can stare at me as long as you like brat, I'm not gonna suddenly attempt to kill you for the glory of Honkai" I say while being stared at by the Russian valkyrie, Bronya. This battleship has been en route to St Freya for a while now, you'd think a massive marvel of tech could just get there pretty fast but Bronya decided to play it safe by taking it slow as to not damage the Selene..

Still, it's given me time to collect my thoughts, not my feelings just my thoughts. It is incredibly hard to keep my composure right now as for the last hour or so I've just been thinking about what happened before I came here…

Several times I nearly ended up accidentally going into Super Saiyan at even the mere thought of him as I struggle to keep my mind focused. As if that's not enough, Kiana, Mei, and Bronya have all been taking glances at me while I've been attempting to wrap my head around everything the last few hours threw at me..

Unfortunately trying to understand what's going on even with % ~#!'s memories to help fill in the blanks, is just not happening. At best I can understand that I have new abilities and powers I can use to destroy Kevin and Otto eventually, but those powers are also fucking insane as well..

Just the ability to use Ki from that anime % ~#!'s memories show me, Dragon Ball Z or something like that, expands my skillset quite a bit. There is one ability that I have been given as a part of this..template that heavily conflicts with what % ~#!'s"s memories show me, if not for one very small piece of Triva that explains why this ability was included in the template at all..

However, before I can contemplate further on said ability, I sense that not only has Bronya finally stopped staring at me but Kiana is walking over with a hesitant smile on her face. I can't help but sigh seeing that look directed towards me considering her future self's relaxed natured around me..

Fucking time travel, you don't do anything by halves do you old-timer..

I look up at Kiana from my contemplations as I soon say.. "Hey there, so what brings you away from your beloved Mei-Senpai Ms. Kaslana..?" My voice slightly teasing with a smirk on my lips as I watch the young Kiana blush before shaking her head to fight it down and responds by saying..

"Sooo..you're a Herrscher right…but you're on our side..?" Kiana's words make my left eyebrow rise in curiosity as I simply nod my head in affirmation, both because I'm not sure how to talk to Kiana still as I am trying to not picture her future self's corpse nailed to a pillar by her own sword back in the future timeline..

Kiana smiles brightly and soon says.. "Then why don't we be friends, considering you'll be joining us back at St Freya!" Her bright yet naive words nearly make me stumble as I look at her with wide eyes before grimly remembering that this is not the Kiana that has dealt Mei leaving her, this is not the Kiana that had to deal with the Herrscher of Void powers yet..

This is not the Kiana that ultimately died at the hands of her own family at that, and if I have my way in all of this, however, she will never be. I chuckle softly while shaking my head, giving a rueful smile as I simply say.. "Well I guess it can't hurt, considering I'll probably see you a fair bit in the coming days.."

My response has Kiana giving a wide, happy smile that makes my heart skip a beat, the warmth her smile is giving me is able to push back the bubbling feelings from before for only a few seconds before they come rushing back when I am once more reminded of her future self's fate.

It is a struggle to maintain my composure, but I can tell that Mei has noticed the complicated emotions that only very briefly appeared on my face when Kiana smiled. With the ravenette narrowing her eyes, I can sense not jealousy from soon-to-be Herrscher of Thunder, but instead contemplation..

Unfortunately, before I can figure out exactly what she saw in my expression, Bronya ends up announcing that St. Freya should not be far from here and has started to increase speed in order to cut down on travel time..

It seems we'll be touching down before long, I just hope the Overseer bastard doesn't end up trying to lock me up or something although I wouldn't be surprised if he tried. As St. Freya comes into view on the monitors, I can't help but feel both some sense of trepidation and a strong tinge of familiarity..

With only several minutes to spare, I take time to check out that phone I know exists from % ~#!'s memories, pulling it out of some sort of pocket space as I rely heavily on those memories to figure out what exactly I am working with..

Thankfully the attention of the trio is on the monitors for now so I can safely focus on checking this build I am working with. It seems whoever % ~#! was, they were quite thorough in giving me a lot of defenses to work with as well as finally having a name for the bracer I have on my left forearm, a tempest jewel bracer..

However, when I check the intensity section of the build I narrow my eyes and realize that the build has something called wage slave, something that seems to limit any potential credit increase to missions among other things..

Before I can check what missions are available though, I notice that the Selene has begun to dock near St. Freya. I quickly put away the phone in the pocket space before anyone can spot it and began to walk up to the monitors..

"So, this is the base of Schicksal..?" I ask with the best disbelieving tone I can muster, although it seems it's working as the trio looks amused as Kiana asks.. "What's so surprising about it, it's our home after all..?"

I can't help but deadpan as while I know what St. Freya is supposed to look like it does due to having Old-timer's memories, it still looks well.. "It looks like a fucking college campus rather than some sort of military base!" I end up saying with a bit of snark in my tone.

Kiana and Mei both initially open their mouths to defend the home of the Valkyries but stop when they really think about it and can't help but ultimately agree with my assessment, although they probably already knew this deep down anyway..

Bronya, unsurprisingly, doesn't react to my words as she is more focused on making sure that the Selene docks properly, although I am pretty sure the grey-haired Russian wouldn't respond anyway..

Regardless, as the Selene finishes coming to a halt, I can see two Valkyries guarding a short, white-haired woman who looks strangely similar to Kiana. Before I can even consider who it might be due to % ~#!'s memories, Mei is quick to fill in the blanks and says.. "Look, it's headmistress Theresa!" The name immediately triggers a response from both my memories and % ~#!'s memories at the same time..

Looks like I'll need to be careful not to piss off the shorty with the Oath of Judah, a Divine Key weapon capable of weakening and sealing power. While from what I know from % ~#!'s memories I should be safe due to the defenses I got, I have no desire to tussle with what is essentially Kiana's blood relative without a very good reason..

Meanwhile - St Freya, Just outside the docked Selene

(General P.O.V)

As Theresa Apocalypse waits outside of the ship with her two escorting Valkyries, she can't help but worry due to the report of a Herrscher choosing to help Schicksal. Herrschers are supposed to be essentially the strongest manifestation of Honkai there is, and yet this one has chosen to side with humanity out of nowhere..

What's worse is that Theresa knows that her grandpa has almost certainly been made aware and is likely intending to rope this Herrscher into his schemes. Still, if the offer by this Herrscher is genuine, it could be an immense boon for humanity in the fight against the Honkai itself and could even deal with other herrschers themselves..

Soon though the Selene finally opens up as four women begin to jump down from one of the walkways onto the pier not far from where she and her escorts are. While she recognizes the three of them as her Valkyries Bronya Zaychick, Mei Raiden and of course Kiana Kaslana, the other woman surprises her at just how much like Fu Hua she looks like..

Long grey hair that is the exact same tone of Fu Hua, a similar body physique although she idly notes this woman's bust and backside are noticeably larger than Fu Hua's, almost as if the woman Theresa is looking at is her older sister or something..

But what sets her apart from Fu Hua and has Theresa on edge is the woman's crimson eyes as she turned around to see the woman's face. The Headmistress of St. Freya calms herself as she walks over, a confident smile on her face which hides the uncertainty she feels at seeing the Herrscher walk up to her and her escorts alongside Kiana, Mei and Raiden..

"Good work on securing the Selene girls, I'll make sure to get this checked out, speaking of which you'll probably want to get yourself checked over Ms. Zaychick.." Theresa said while she makes a conscious effort to not to focus on the Herrscher staring at her on the Pier. Although it seems said Herrscher notices this and has a smug grin on her face which slightly annoys Theresa..

Bronya nods and after quickly transferring control of the Selene to Theresa, she leaves to go get herself checked out for the unusual occurrence that had taken place just over half an hour ago. This leaves Theresa to deal with Kiana and Mei, unfortunately for her, she is unable to do so as the currently unnamed Herrscher walks up to Theresa with an appraising look.

The Grey-haired woman frowns as she folds her arms under her bust, gazing down at Theresa before she smirks and says.. "So, you really are a brat huh..?". Theresa is immediately peeved at being called a brat and has to resist the urge to use the Oath of Judiah to restrain the Herrscher..

"Hmph, is this the best a Herrscher can do for insults, the Honkai must really be digging into the bottom of the barrel to find you.." Theresa says, attempting to see if the Herrscher in front of her would react in a violent manner..

However, much to her surprise while she can see the Herrscher look greatly annoyed at the insult, she never shows signs of wanting to attack her. "If it were up to me, I wouldn't want to be a Herrscher in the first place but in my situation, I have no choice but to deal with it this time.." The Grey-haired herrscher says, the final two words making Theresa's eyes narrow as they seem to imply something very…interesting, something to contemplate later perhaps..

"Be that as it may, I must insist that if you truly intend to aid humanity as a part of Schicksal, you will do your best to work with our people to ensure that we can defeat the Honkai…" Theresa says, soon seeing the grey-haired Herrscher grimace but nod, making the Headmistress of St. Freya quite glad to see that this Herrscher is not like the rest of her kind so far.

"Unfortunately we do not have a spare room prepared for you, so you'll have to –" Theresa says before Kiana interrupts and says.. "She can bunk with me!" With a bright smile, surprising both the Herrscher and Theresa herself who goes to decline but is immediately contacted by Otto Apocalypse who seems to have been listening in somehow and personally requests that the offer is accepted..

While this makes Theresa's eyes narrow at the Overseer's meddling, however, she realizes that it might be best to place this new Herrscher in the same squad as Mei Raiden as she could be another countermeasure should the Herrscher of Thunder return..

"Very well then, then I will be assigning you, Mei and Bronya together in a squad with…" Thersea says before realizing she has yet to get the Herrscher's name, making said Grey Haired Herrscher smirk before she gives a short bow and simply says..

"My name is Fuchou Jingshen, and I am the Herrscher whose domain is the concept of sentience.." The conceptual domain announced by the now-named Fuchou has Theresa's eyes widening as she realizes that this particular herrscher is going to be one hell of a wildcard moving forward..

Now she can't help but wonder if the Overseer knew about the Herrscher's domain beforehand, but for now she simply says.. "Theresa Apocalypse, Headmistress of St. Freya..". With that settled, she can't help but find amusement in knowing that The Herrscher is now Himeko's problem and idly wishes the redhead all the best..

2 hours Later - The halls of St. Freya

(Fuchou's P.O.V)

It's strange really, to be walking these halls again so to speak. While Kiana and the others are busy arranging for a bed for me to use, I wander the halls and just take in the calm atmosphere. Even as I get looks from many of the other valkyries wondering who I am.

However, I feel myself being drawn to a strangely familiar area of the academy, recognizing the path almost as if I've made those same steps before. It's only when I see the door to the room I have been drawn to, that I realize where I am currently..

"That's right, Old-timer should be training in here right now…" I say before I take a moment to compose myself and enter the room. The room is large, has a variety of training gear, and looks a lot like a martial arts dojo, with the sole occupant currently training against a punching bag before she notices my arrival.

As she turns around, her eyes widen behind red-rimmed glasses as we both stare at each other with a strange sense of familiarity, a familiarity only I am painfully aware of as I struggle to keep myself from flashing back to her being the last sight I see before I came to this timeline, her body ran through with Kevin's blade..

Fu Hua, this timeline's Fu Hua..

"...You look like….me…" Fu Hua says, her mind whirling as she tries to figure out how this is possible as she shouldn't have any relatives due to her…nature. I gaze at the floor briefly, sighing for a moment as I muster the courage to speak, trying my best to keep my tone level as I say..

"There is an explanation for that, but first if it's not too much to ask, I would like to spar with you.." My words make Fu Hua's eyes narrow as she processes the odd and out-of-the-blue request, however, the grey-haired Valkyrie nods and takes off her Red-rimmed glasses before gesturing for me to come inside..

As I enter Fu Hua's room, the woman herself moves her training gear away so we can have as much space as possible so the match between us two can go uninterrupted. As we take positions on opposite ends of Fu Hua's Dojo-like room, we gaze at each other before Fu Hua and myself make an identical gesture of the left hand covering our closed right hands as one after another we say..

"School of Taixuan, Fu Hua.."

"School of Taixuan, Fuchou Jingshen"

My introduction briefly has Fu Hua stunned as no one other than herself should know the School of Taixuan fighting style, however, she is quick to clear her thoughts and focuses on the fight ahead as she intends to see if I truly do know this martial art..

I make the first move, striking first with a palm thrust that is immediately intercepted by Fu Hua lashing out with her own palm strike to bat the palm away before moving with the free hand to try and get a direct punch to my ribs.

I quickly backhand the punch away with my free hand before moving the prior hand, my right hand which had performed the palm strike to make an attempt to strike at Fu Hua's ribs myself with a closed-fist punch.

Her own right hand quickly closes into a fist and I get a direct punch to the face, knocking me away before I immediately have to respond to an attempt to kick my left side with my own kick, the strike making a minor echo as our legs remain stretched in the air..

"You are no mere pretender, tell me who are you..?" Fu Hua asks as she stares right at my eyes, realizing that while my use of the School of Taixuan is rusty, it is still comparable to her own style, frighteningly so..

I grit my teeth as I struggle to keep my emotions in check, especially with Fu Hua not only standing before me but sparing with me directly. I can feel my hold on my own abilities starting to slip as a faint aura begins to echo out of my body, surprising Fu Hua..

"Someone who knows the same pain you do.." I respond vaguely, the two of us moving back as Fu Hua can see the ominous red glow on my body. However I quickly move in to continue the fight before she can do anything, with our blows are being traded at a faster pace now with every finger thrust being responded to by a palm strike to bat it away, every kick responded to with an identical kick to block it.

Eventually, I manage to latch onto Fu Hua's right forearm with my left hand and slam a fist into her stomach to knock her back. However, when I did so I unintentionally used my herrscher abilities on her as Fu Hua immediately gets a vision of one of the students of St. Freya, Kiana Kaslana, holding a gun to her head in an attempt to end her life.

This briefly stuns and confuses Fu Hua to the point she is not completely ready for my quick follow-up, with us trading rapid blows before an elbow strike hits her head, prompting another vision, this time of what her mind is telling her is her students fighting her..

I briefly notice her attention being drawn away from the fight this time before she refocuses on me again, although her stance isn't as sure as it was before the fight.

I grit my teeth as I can't keep my emotions in check anymore before I begin to rush at Fu Hua recklessly which catches her completely off guard, although due to my recklessness I do take a blow to my face and a finger thrust to just below my sternum but I manage to quickly retaliate by landing a hard punch to her face that knocks her back, triggering another vision in Fu Hua's mind..

Only this one seems to show herself and the woman in front of her, memories that she shouldn't know entering her mind as she realizes that the woman in front of her is actually the Herrscher of Sentience, who was born from her body.

Their relationship, their dynamic, their fight, and their shared history. However, what centers the entire vision, is once again Kiana Kaslana. Feelings that are not hers and yet are hers are flooding her mind and it's unbalancing Fu Hua mentally..

However, in my reckless haste to continue the fight, I don't notice this as we rapidly strike and block each other's incoming punches, Fu Hua starts to appear quite shaken as her mind is struggling to keep up with the memories she's been forced to experience..

What surprises Fu Hua the most, however, is just how much this Herrscher of Sentience who names herself Fuchou Jingshen, cares deeply for Fu Hua. However, Fu Hua can tell she's not being shown everything as it is clear that these memories are not being transmitted to her intentionally..

Before Fu Hua can attempt to speak though, she's forced to defend herself from me once more as she is struggling to keep track of the fight and the memories she was unintentionally shown, eventually resulting in me managing to kick her in the hip with a bit too much force and nearly knocking her over..

However, this once more triggers another vision, although it is one that starts with a gunshot and feeling her now dead body limp on a cold steel floor, the familiar voice of Otto Apocalypse echoing in her ears as he says.. "I do not lie Master Jingwei..".

Feelings of betrayal, rage, and anger flood her mind almost immediately, her expression soon matching my own as without warning she lashes out with a punch aimed to try and take off my head, only with quick reflexes and innate knowledge of the School of Taixuan style of combat allows me to catch her fist in my palm as our eyes lock with shared rage.

However, once she realizes that the memory she has been shown is over, she quickly loses that betrayed, rage-filled look on her face and does her best to hide just how deeply the memory affected her.

Before I can even think about what just happened, Fu Hua begins to make her own aggressive moves as there is a sense of deep frustration and anger in Fu Hua that wasn't present moments prior to my kick to her hip.

Eventually, I manage to slip into her guard by backhanding her hands away from her body and opening her up to a quick punch to her abdomen, Fu Hua was unable to react in time due to her own emotions going haywire and landing the strike and sending her skidding back on the mat as Fu Hua is on her knees, experiencing yet another vision..

She sees this time from Fuchou's eyes, fighting what she believes is Kevin Kaslana on the moon. She sees, much to her horror, the dead bodies of Kiana Kaslana, Mei Raiden, and Bronya Zaychick in the stone ruins where the two are fighting, the enraged and grieving Herrscher of Sentience fighting an empowered Kevin.

To Fu Hua's surprise, she sees herself manage to get a surprise attack on Kevin before Fuchou looks toward Kevin and asks for her plan. What surprises both Fuchou in the vision and herself watching it, is her other self suddenly gut punching Fuchou and she can feel something changing Fuchou's innate existence..

As the vision ends as Fuchou is being transported away, her eyes widen with horror as her other self moves to take an attack meant to strike down Fuchou, directly feeling Fuchou's grief, anguish, and horror first hand in this memory as it has occurred only hours ago for Fuchou..

By the time Fu Hua is finally out of the vision, she's panting heavily with eyes widened and her brow slick with sweat. She looks up to see Fuchou who seems out of breath herself and soon Fu Hua says.. "K-Kevin…O-otto….. K-Kiana….why..do I know these things…why have you…shown me your memories..?".

My eyes widen with horror as I begin to stumble back, realizing that Fu Hua must have seen some of my memories somehow. It's then I noticed that my herrscher powers have been leaking out alot more than I had realized prior as I can barely hold back my own emotions now due to having been directly in contact with Fu Hua..

"I…I don't.." I say before I feel woozy in my head before soon falling over, with Fu Hua calling out to me as I pass out into blissful darkness since I woke up in that alleyway…

P.O.V Shift

(Fu Hua's P.O.V)

As I spot Fuchou begin to stumble, I noticed she was about to pass out before she started to fall forward. "Fuchou!" I say startled before soon catching her in my arms, the red aura fading almost instantly as the Herrscher in her arms looks pale.

If what I saw from the visions is true, then she's been holding herself together for far too long now and me seeing some of her memories was the final straw for even the Herrscher's mind to comprehend.

As I gently move a stray gray strand away from her face, I can't help but feel like I'm looking into a mirror with how much alike we are. Although the changes to her body seem to be extremely recent, it seems she's gotten used to them quite quickly..

Unsure of what to do, I contemplated talking to the overseer out of habit before crushing that idea ruthlessly. There is no way I can trust otto as I had any more, not with how personal these memories were to Fuchou as it's clear she had not intended to show me any of them..

So with little option, I decide to have her rest in my room, as I have no idea where she should technically be brought. As I grab a spare Futon and place it out to rest Fuchou in, I stare sympathetically at the Herrscher of Sentience who looks so much like me, ultimately because she is in a way me anyway..

Seeing that our spar has ended up making a mess of the room slightly, I decided to wait for Fuchou to reawaken by cleaning up my room. It helps to allow me to contemplate exactly what I saw from Fuchou's memories both the ones solely her own, and the ones that seem to be from me..

If she can remember what I have forgotten, then perhaps there is a way to reclaim the memories I've lost in the past. However for me to find how I will need to wait for her to wake up..

That evening - Fu Hua's Room

(General P.O.V)

As Fuchou slowly opens her eyes, she can smell the faint scent of tea as she slowly sits up. The previously shining red eyes look dull and empty as she slowly turns to a patiently waiting Fu Hua.

Fu Hua smiles gently as she brings over some Tea to Fuchou before saying.. "I thought you might like a fresh cup of tea, considering it is something I enjoyed when I needed to calm my mind.."

Fuchou nods softly as she graciously takes the offered cup of tea and begins to silently drink her cup of tea, the Herrscher of Sentience idly noting that the moon is shining overhead in the evening…

Fu Hua gently places a hand on Fuchou, the time-displaced Herrscher flinching slightly as Fu Hua says.. "I am sorry, to see what happened to you Fuchou…..you don't have to hold it in anymore now though, you're safe…"

At first, Fuchou says nothing, just staring at the almost-finished cup of tea. Soon though Fu Hua begins to see drops of liquid begin to drip into the cup as Fu Hua can see tears forming in Fu Hua's eyes..

"T-they….she….why…" Fuchou says in an anguished, broken tone as she begins to sniffle, the grey-haired Herrscher trying desperately to hold back her tears by rubbing her eyes with her free arm but Fu Hua stops her..

"Let it out…Sister.." Fu Hua says, making Fuchou's eyes widen and look at Fu Hua with immense shock. As Fu Hua wraps her remaining arm around Fuchou, the grieving herrscher finally breaks and begins to sob uncontrollably as everything crashes down upon her as she cries out in anguish and grief, her black Chinese dress being stained with her tears as Fu Hua brings her into her embrace..

While Fu Hua is burning with so many questions in her mind, she realizes that now is most definitely not the time for them as she consoles the woman she has essentially called her new sister, which wouldn't be exactly far from the mark anyway, in her moment of grief.

While Fuchou may have the collective memories of Fu Hua's 50,000 or so years of living and the memories of another as well, she is still in some ways still having been recently born In only a year or two's time at that.

It is a strange thing to consider for Fu Hua, the prospect of having a family again but in this way she believes that in this case, fate has worked in a strange way. But for the moment none of that matters to her right now as she continues to console a grieving Fuchou until she once falls asleep in her arms..

Seeing that Fuchou is asleep once again, she sets the Herrscher back into her Futon and even brings her own over to stay close to her, knowing that it would be best for the two of them that they talk in the morning about what Fu Hua experienced during the sparring match..

And so Fu Hua, watching over the Herrscher of Sentience, falls asleep herself as she sticks close to Fuchou. She can only hope that Fuchou is in a better state of mind tomorrow to answer her questions..

Author's Notes

Holy shit I am finally able actually to finish this chapter.

I need to apologize for the long wait for this one, lots of IRL obligations and just flat-out not getting enough sleep ended up impacting how much time I could spend on trying to get this thing written.

It doesn't help that the Domino effect from before is practically still ongoing. As for what I plan on doing regarding then, I'll get onto that shortly but for now, let's talk about the plot points featured in this chapter.

Fuchou's contemplation while on the Selene

This is mostly in order to help flesh out Fuchou's thoughts regarding both the new abilities and of course the memories she ended up getting due to being a contractor now. It will also help play a part in something I have in mind for later, but for now it's just to ensure I can cleanly draw from the Template she has without any issues.

Plus Kiana being Kiana and offers to be Fuchou's friend, although for Fuchou it's mostly being Fuchou's friend again. Yea the effects of the time-travel are going to be quite interesting to tackle..

Theresa meeting Fuchou

This was gonna end up happening no matter what, plus with Theresa being the owner of the Oath of Judiah Divine Key Weapon, she was going to be the best to handle a potentially hostile Herrscher.

Of course, some minor meddling from Otto to see that both the Herrscher of Sentience and the soon-to-be herrscher of the Void are kept together in an attempt to hedge his bet on his human-minded herrscher plans.

Fuchou's Spar with Fu Hua and the Memory leak.

Hooo Boy, this will be interesting to explain.

Ok, Fuchou's domain is sentience which has a lot of mind-based abilities if you really think about it. While Fuchou has used it to create illusions aplenty before, I am quite confident she can do much more if she considered the possibility.

And with her mind practically in disarray and only barely held in check by her own will alone, stubbornly denying herself the time to grieve yet, it was inevitable that her powers would end up leaking out the more she tried to bottle her feelings up in an effort to not break down and have another outburst like in sapphire city.

Feelings that only got worse as she continued to hang around the Valkyrie Trio and then eventually Fu Hua. This resulted in Fuchou accidentally displaying another potential avenue of the domain of Sentience, memory manipulation in the form of memory transfer.

Essentially formed from Fuchou's own deeper desire to let Fu Hua know how she truly feels about it and her powers reacted accordingly. Of course, she didn't exactly want to reveal any of that yet which led to her passing out trying to comprehend what she has just done.

Fu Hua claims Fuchou as her sister.

In a way, they technically are sisters, although it would be highly debatable between the two exactly who is the eldest of the two considering one of them physically lived through the 50,000 or so years but forgot much of it, while the other has the memories of living those same number of years but never physically lived them.

Plus it gives Fuchou a mental anchor of sorts to help stabilize her own thoughts during her grief and anguish. As for where this will go, it will depend on how Fuchou will answer Fu Hua's questions from here.

And now, as for how I'll be handling the Domino effect, here is what I will be doing, the next chapter of Sentient Wrath will NOT be coming out around the 15th, or Wednesday this week as planned but rather the 22nd the following week in order to firmly end the domino effect and allow things to go back to a regular schedule.

It will be the same with A Golden Goddess which I will be starting on and informing the circumstances of directly in that fanfic when I get around to finishing that chapter as well.

The only exception to this will be Wrapped in Shadows for this week, again which I will be informing my readers of those respective fanfics when it comes down to making those chapters.

Right then, next time on Sentient Wrath: Fuchou and Fu Hua talk, Himeko and Fuchou meet for the first time, and a deal between sisters..

See you all on the 22nd!