"Because I am Kiana Kaslana!"
"Now is the moment of judgment."
"Even if dark clouds hide the sun, I will burn the sky to find your way home!"
"I only know that in my heart, you are more important than this world!"
"You... coward!"
"This is a mistake I made; I must be the one to fix it."
"I really want... to have another drink."
"..."
Illusory memories constantly folded and reorganized, like floating bubbles that turned into debris in an instant.
Looking at the familiar yet strange St. Freya Academy, memories from deep within her mind surged continuously. Yunduo was like a fish out of water, her face pale, suddenly trembling on the bench, her legs feeling weak as she collapsed onto the seat.
After resting for a moment and waiting for the pain of the memory fragments to dissipate, Yunduo didn't go to the infirmary for a check-up. Instead, she took a mirror out of her small backpack, aimed it at her face, and her breathing stopped for an instant.
"Am I Kiana? No, Raiden Mei? Who am I! Bronya... I seem to be Murata Himeko... no, that's not right either."
Yunduo's eyes were vacant for a moment, but she felt relieved when her reflection appeared in the mirror.
In her line of sight, a delicate young girl's face appeared, with black eyes and black hair. Among the exceptionally beautiful Valkyries, she couldn't be called particularly pretty.
But at least, she was herself and not someone else.
"I'm back again?"
Yunduo murmured to herself, her heart filled with mixed emotions and uncertainty.
She was a transmigrator. In her previous life, she was originally a boy who had played Honkai Impact 3rd. She admired the main cast like Kiana, so she became a Valkyrie from the start, hoping to fight alongside them.
And then.
Yunduo died.
She was killed in a sneak attack while on a mission to suppress Honkai Beasts.
When she opened her eyes again, her identity had become Kiana, that silly K423.
Only then did Yunduo realize this was her transmigrator's 'Golden Finger.'
Rebirth.
Yunduo had experienced multiple 'rebirths.'
To be precise, it wasn't rebirth in the traditional sense, because after each rebirth, Yunduo became someone else, entering a new cycle after every death.
The Kiana who held goodwill toward the whole world.
The Raiden Mei who was willing to personally cut off everything from the past.
The Silver Wolf of the Urals who lost her legs and her beloved Seele.
Major Kizuna who fought until the final chapter for her students.
Seele, who slept in the Sea of Quanta, willing to bear all sorrow, and so on.
These Valkyries were all bubbles from Yunduo's reincarnations. She incarnated as these Valkyries, repeating nightmare after nightmare.
It was like a fleeting dream where she used every possible method and gave her all to fight the Honkai!
She had failed, suffered, despaired, and hoped; Yunduo felt their struggles and pain.
But in the end, everything turned to scorched earth.
For Yunduo, death was both the end and the starting point. Centered around the theme of resisting the Honkai, she was constantly working hard, even if she lost herself, hoping to change this world.
Parallel worlds, reincarnation—Yunduo couldn't figure it out.
She no longer knew if she was in a dream or if it was a joke from the gods.
Even so, even after trying various methods and joining every organization, she couldn't stop the advance of the Honkai's erosion.
It all ended in failure anyway.
Yunduo's heart grew weary day by day under the catalyst of a maze with no exit.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, she was back at the beginning.
Back to her time at St. Freya Academy, on the bench where she skipped class before even becoming a B-Rank Valkyrie.
"So, was all of that a dream?"
Yunduo looked at her face in the mirror, suddenly feeling it was so strange.
Since she was starting over, she didn't want to be one of those Valkyries fighting on the front lines anymore.
The first cycle of reincarnation had begun after she died as a Valkyrie.
After countless attempts, even when she became a Herrscher, her end was always death.
Thinking of this, Yunduo clenched her fists, a flash of realization breaking through her mental block.
"I'm not doing this anymore!"
She gritted her teeth and made a vow.
Since it's all going to be 'GG' in the end, why bother! Wouldn't it be better to enjoy a good life early on?
Fighting the Honkai—just let Kiana and the others do it. There's also Bronya, Mei, Fu Hua... every one of them is a Herrscher. The task of fighting for a beautiful world is left to you guys!
Yunduo just wanted to be like an ordinary person, fall in love, and leisurely look at this beautiful world.
From becoming Kiana at the beginning to Himeko at the end, she hadn't even been in a relationship. After all, it felt weird to date using someone else's body.
Moreover, her own power was only that of a C-rank Valkyrie, making it difficult to even fight the most common Death Soldiers.
She heard that Valkyries demoted to D-rank would handle logistics support. In that case, as long as she failed this year's academic assessment, she wouldn't have to go to the battlefield.
Now, she just needed to avoid contact with Kiana and the others.
Just as Yunduo made up her mind and her mood relaxed, she suddenly heard a rustling sound from the bushes behind her.
Her expression turned blank. This was clearly class time; could another Valkyrie be skipping class too?
"Ah~ such nice sunlight, it's perfect for coming out to play. Aunt Himeko's class is so boring~"
Yunduo's eyelids twitched. In her sight, a silver-haired, blue-eyed girl with braided hair crawled out of the bushes.
She was wearing the white uniform of St. Freya Academy, with a good figure and youthful energy.
She clearly had the appearance of a young lady, but her act of crawling through the bushes lacked any elegant temperament; instead, she seemed like a dumb student.
Yunduo was more than familiar with this person.
How could her luck be so bad? She just said she wouldn't contact them, and immediately an idiot appeared.
At this moment, Yunduo suddenly remembered that the immature Kiana also frequently skipped class to go out and play.
The bench she was sitting on was also a place Kiana often visited.
Before Yunduo could retreat, Kiana spotted her at once.
"Eh? I knew I wasn't the only one skipping class. Hello, classmate! My name is Kiana Kaslana. What's your name?"
"I... I..."
Seeing Kiana's familiar attitude as she sat down beside her, Yunduo couldn't get the words out for a long time.
Ultimately, unable to escape Kiana's eager expression as she leaned in, Yunduo sighed: "Yunduo, from Shenzhou."
Forget it, a few polite words won't hurt.
"From Shenzhou? The Class Monitor also seems to be from Shenzhou. Do you know her? Her name is Fu Hua."
Kiana asked curiously, stretching her back like a kitten unfolding its body.
Yunduo could smell a soft fragrance, warm like a sunflower.
The two exchanged a few words, talking about trivial matters.
A moment later, when Kiana noticed a figure rapidly approaching her, her expression changed drastically. Without time to explain, she grabbed Yunduo's hand and pulled her along as she ran.
A question mark popped up in Yunduo's head, not quite understanding the situation yet. However, since it was Kiana and she wouldn't harm her, she didn't break free.
It wasn't until they slipped into a storage room that she belatedly asked, "What's wrong?"
"Shh~ the Class Monitor is leading people to catch me, plus Bronya and Mei."
Kiana put her index finger to her lips and whispered quietly in Yunduo's ear.
The air was filled with the smell of dust, and mottled sunlight blurred into dots.
Yunduo remembered this place; it was an abandoned storage room in a corner of the academy that hadn't been entered for a long time.
Creak!
Sure enough, the two hiding in the corner couldn't escape the pursuit.
Seeing the serious Fu Hua, the helpless Mei, and Bronya, who looked at Kiana like she was an idiot, push open the door and enter the storage room, Kiana scratched her head, trying to act cute to get away with it: "You guys are here, hehe~"
As the Class Monitor, Fu Hua criticized Kiana's behavior of skipping class, while Mei also tried to persuade her gently from the side.
Only the observant Bronya noticed Yunduo, who was dazed in the corner.
"Classmate, are you a Valkyrie from the neighboring class?"
Bronya asked softly in her unique voice, cold yet with a hint of childishness.
At this moment, Yunduo didn't answer because she heard a metallic voice in her head.
[Ding! Open the Challenge Space?]
[Act 1: Everlasting Flames!]
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