"What Herrscher of Sentience! I am Fu Hua, what are you talking about? And where are we now?"
The Herrscher of Sentience asked a string of questions, seemingly unaffected in her mental activity by her spiritual weakness.
After all, her weakness was merely due to insufficient Honkai Energy.
"It's complicated to explain, just see for yourself."
Takatsuki didn't say anything more. He directly summoned his Stand and copied a portion of his memory, pressing it onto the Herrscher of Sentience's head.
The Herrscher of Sentience, who possessed all of Fu Hua's memories and even thought she was Fu Hua, naturally knew what this was.
"This is... me?"
"Hey, hey, hey! How could this be me? How could I..."
The Herrscher of Sentience stopped mid-sentence because the figure shrouded in black mist was indeed herself. She knew it clearly, even though she didn't have that memory herself.
"But, even so, you can't say I'm a Herrscher, right? Look, is there a Herrscher as easy to talk to as me? Although I was indeed controlled, it was because, because..."
The Herrscher of Sentience stammered for a long time but couldn't come up with a good reason.
"Anyway, I am Fu Hua! Not some Herrscher!"
The Herrscher of Sentience suddenly sat up from the bed.
"Hmm?"
"Huh?"
Both of them were stunned on the spot.
"You've recovered?"
"I can move!"
Takatsuki frowned, looking at the Herrscher of Sentience who had suddenly regained her mobility.
"See! I told you I'm not some Herrscher! The previous exhaustion was just because I hadn't adapted to this world and... Ah!"
The Herrscher of Sentience clutched her forehead: "What are you doing!"
"Although you can move, your power is still very weak, no different from an ordinary person."
"I said that's because I haven't adapted yet."
"No."
Takatsuki shook his head: "I just thought about it and probably guessed the reason."
"What reason?"
"Because you are a Herrscher, the Herrscher of Sentience."
"I said I'm not a Herrscher!"
Without arguing with the Herrscher of Sentience on this point, Takatsuki merely extracted another slice of memory.
"I don't know what consciousness truly is, but at least I know a large part of it originates from memory."
He held the light cone in front of the Herrscher of Sentience: "For you, memory itself is also a power. Of course, it's not as strong as Honkai Energy, but in this world without Honkai, memory directly points to your origin. How about it? Want to try?"
The Herrscher of Sentience still wanted to throw a tantrum, but Takatsuki simply pushed the light cone forward and watched her without speaking.
Finally, she reached out and snatched the light cone from Takatsuki's hand.
"Then I'll try! Once I prove your guess is wrong, I'll teach you a good lesson!"
With that, the Herrscher of Sentience pressed it to her head.
"...!"
This time, the memory slice given to the Herrscher of Sentience was none other than Takatsuki's memories of bringing her to this world.
Takatsuki didn't know if the Herrscher of Sentience's recovery of power just required any memory or if it had to be related to her, so he simply used this segment of memories from after she came to this world, which she didn't know about.
However, after devouring the light cone, her internal aura grew, and she also showed a somewhat startled expression.
"Takatsuki, this world."
"Rather than this world, I think you should focus on your own situation first."
"I..."
The Herrscher of Sentience deliberately avoided mentioning this, as she had also realized that her strength had recovered after absorbing this memory slice.
"Senti, you don't have to be so resistant. After all, being a Herrscher isn't a bad thing. Look, Mei, Kiana, and Bronya and Ais, haven't they all become Herrschers?"
Although he said this, the Herrscher of Sentience still couldn't let go. After all, in her memory, she was Fu Hua. Now, to make her admit that she was not herself was still a very uncomfortable thing.
"Who are you calling Senti? I am Fu Hua..."
Although she still spoke stubbornly, the Herrscher of Sentience's words lost some of their confidence halfway through.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Is there something wrong with what I said?"
"Don't stop talking."
"Ah, ah, I know! So annoying!"
Takatsuki just stared at the Herrscher of Sentience without saying a word, and finally, the Herrscher of Sentience herself couldn't take it anymore.
"Can your body move now? There are still many children waiting downstairs."
"..."
"Who do you think you're talking to? Of course, I'm fine!"
"Then get up. You've seen the memories just now. This world still needs saving. A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Let's start with those children downstairs first."
"..."
The Herrscher of Sentience stared blankly at Takatsuki. Even the Herrscher of Sentience couldn't keep up with Takatsuki's leaping thoughts. After watching him stand up, open the door, and go out, she shouted loudly, "Are you crazy!"
When the Herrscher of Sentience climbed out of bed and chased after him, she saw Takatsuki already standing in front of a group of children.
"You're here. I don't think I need to introduce myself again, do I?"
Takatsuki turned and said to Senti, who had come to the living room.
"But I still need to introduce her to the children. This is my companion, Senti."
"Hey! Don't just give people names!"
Hearing Takatsuki's words, the Herrscher of Sentience couldn't help but get a little annoyed.
"Then what do you want the children to call you?"
"I..."
The Herrscher of Sentience was about to say Fu Hua's name when she saw the children's clear eyes. Although their pupils were blood-red, eyes were the windows to the soul, not to mention for the Herrscher of Sentience, who was sensitive to consciousness.
"Forget it, just call me that!"
Takatsuki nodded: "Alright, since the introduction is over, now I'll briefly tell you about the plan."
"As I said before, my goal is very simple: to change the status of all Cursed Children in the world and eliminate the harm of the Gastrea virus to the world."
"Although it's just two short sentences, I think you should understand that this is a very difficult thing to achieve, but that's only in your imagination."
"Although you have strength far exceeding ordinary humans, in the end, you are all still children under ten years old, and merely wanting to live is extremely difficult, but it doesn't matter, now I am here."
"As long as you follow my footsteps, this matter is not difficult."
"What we are doing is for the future of all children, and also for the future of all mankind."
"So, as the first step to saving the world, today I have a task to give you."