Chapter 616 Welcome to [Domination Theater] Again!

【An ordinary and happy family...】

[If I hadn’t encountered Honkai, if my mother hadn’t died...then, would I have had this kind of happiness? 】

In a daze, the white-haired girl heard such a voice coming from behind her.

"who--"

"Happy birthday Kiana!"

The lights in the room suddenly turned on to the brightest. Standing in front of Kiana was a life-size Homu doll, and then a small head poked out from the back of the doll.

"Auntie!"

Kiana shouted in surprise.

"It's true, Kiana is so happy every time she sees a little dwarf like you. Alas... As a father, I am always disliked by her..."

"Ha! This is what happens if you refuse bitter melon juice!"

Theresa raised her fist above her head and waved it twice, but Kiana had completely forgotten the previous voice and just smiled stupidly. She looked at Theresa in front of her, and then turned to look behind her. Stinky dad.

But at this moment, there was a sound of complaints that could not be heard at all from what seemed to be the kitchen:

"You two! It's Kiana's birthday. Why are you two so excited?"

"I am Kiana's father!"

"I am Kiana's aunt!"

The two adults in the living room said confidently.

"Then I'm still Kiana's mother!"

The sound in the kitchen made Kiana feel dazed again, and then her vision became blurred.

"Really, why don't you just wait for me to take out the cake."

The sliding door in the kitchen was hooked by someone's foot and slid to the side. A strange yet familiar figure appeared in front of Kiana carrying a huge cake.

She had short, snow-white hair like her own, and she might have tied up the extra hair. She wore a red T-shirt on her upper body, and the hem of the T-shirt was tucked into navy blue high-waisted tights. She looked tall and capable.

Is it that person? Is it that person?

Kiana tried hard to see the other person's facial features clearly, but her vision was blurred by tears and she couldn't see clearly.

Strange...why are you crying...and...[that person]...what does this mean?

"Eh? Why are you crying, Kiana? You must be moved by us, right?"

The woman quickly walked to the dining table and put down the cake, then slowly walked up to Kiana and wiped away the tears from the corners of Kiana's eyes with her fingers.

"Yeah, yeah! I'm just...I'm just a little touched!"

Liar.

There was a strange feeling, as if this happy scene before her eyes happened for the first time, which made Kiana feel unusually satisfied and happy, but she always felt that these things had happened countless times, so the joy was not enough at all. Move her.

Only this time, she finally saw the woman's face clearly.

It's mom.

In other words, this is what my mother should look like.

"Ahem! Kiana, I have prepared a mysterious gift for you. Guess what it is?"

Perhaps sensing something was wrong in the atmosphere, Theresa hid the Homu doll that was bigger than herself and asked with a smile.

"It's a Homu doll!"

"Huh? How did you guess it? Didn't I hide it?"

Kiana looked sideways at Theresa with a look that looked at a bastard, then hugged the Homu doll behind her and rubbed her cheek against it.

"Hahahaha! You are not as tall as a doll, how can you hide it! And didn't Kiana see it at the beginning? Hahahaha! Does it mean that the brain capacity of a person will become smaller when a person is shorter? Hahaha..."

"Siegfried!!"

"well……"

Seeing that her aunt and her stinky dad were quarreling again over their height, Kiana seemed to have gotten used to it. Apart from sighing at the beginning, she just watched in amusement while holding the Homu doll.

In her peripheral vision, she saw her mother walking into the kitchen humming a light tune. After a while, she brought four different drinks on a tray - one glass of beer, one glass of bitter melon juice, and two glasses of orange juice.

She placed four drinks on the table, looked at Kiana with a smile, then deliberately cleared her throat and asked with a bit of joking:

"Ahem! Siegfried, where is the gift you prepared for Kiana?"

"Huh? Ah!"

Siegfried, who was being chased and beaten by Theresa, stopped when he heard the sound. He didn't care even though he was hit hard twice on the head by Theresa.

He first raised his chin and smiled confidently: "Hey, of course I'm ready."

Then he tiptoed up to Kiana in public, put his face close to Kiana's ear, raised a finger and whispered:

"Shh - don't say anything Zhang Qiana, the gift has been placed under your bed..."

"Ahem! Honey, did you buy a DS4 game console for Kiana? Have you forgotten her last final exam results?"

Kiana's tears flowed down instantly, and Siegfried's cold sweat was not to be outdone. There was a large puddle of water on the floor under their feet in the blink of an eye.

"There's really nothing I can do against you, Kiana, I can only play for one hour a day!"

"Yeah! I like mom the most!"

"Dear, DS4 seems to be very expensive... huh? Do you still have money that you haven't handed over?"

"Cough cough cough cough..."

"I'll transfer the money to you later, and tell me next time... I won't ask, my dear, do you have to eat instant noodles at the company for lunch every day this month?"

"Yeah! I like my wife the most!"

…………

"Happy birthday, Kiana, cheers!"

…………

The cheers at the birthday party have come to an end. Mom and Theresa sat on the sofa and talked about the past. Dad ran to the balcony to answer the phone. It seemed to be the call from President Otto.

Kiana touched her round belly, wiped the cream from the corner of her mouth with her hand, and then stood up with the help of a chair.

She was full and strong, but her heart was a little panicked.

The feeling of uneasiness accumulated more and more in her heart, and the bright yellow light in the house seemed to be getting brighter and brighter. The light changed from warm to sharp, as if this space was as fragile as window paper, and it would be pierced by the light in the next moment...

Kiana did not tell anyone about this feeling. Neither her aunt, her dad nor her mother...

Was it because she didn't want to, or because her long-standing habits had made her completely unaware of what a normal child should do?

Unconsciously, Kiana walked to the full-length mirror in the living room.

Looking at herself in the mirror, Kiana's eyes became a little incredible - the person in the mirror had familiar pigtails, but she wore a blue crystal crown on her head, and the top of her stockings also made a crown-like outline. She was wearing a dress with the same blue base and a snow-white fake two-piece effect.

No matter how you look at it, this is not something she would have the chance to wear in reality...

Wait, reality?

Her eyes blinked unconsciously, and the figure in the mirror also changed - where is the snow-white long hair, where is the exquisite dress?

The person who appeared in the mirror was a short girl with long purple hair. She had no dress, only a dirty, thin white dress with a string of numbers on her chest.

"Xi... Xilin?"

This name that should have been unheard of unconsciously emerged in her mind, and Kiana subconsciously raised her hand, wanting to touch the lifeless eyes of the person in the mirror.

The figure in the mirror did not follow her movements outside the mirror, but when her hand was about to touch the mirror, the bright yellow eyeballs suddenly turned and stared at her.

"!"

Kiana blinked excitedly, and the mirror reflected her appearance faithfully, as if the girl she saw just now was just an illusion in her brain.

But she knew that it was not an illusion.

At this moment, she finally reacted.

There is no doubt that this "home" that is so happy that she doesn't want to leave is just a fake.

The real her should be sleeping in the new dormitory assigned to the Anti-Entropy Sacramento Base.

In other words, this should be her dream.

No, not should, but must.

After all, the Second Herrscher always guided illusions in her dreams in the past.

But she hasn't done such boring things for a long time, what happened tonight? It can't be that she was angry because she saw her past dream last night...

It is very likely... No, it is quite likely... No, it must be like this.

Based on past experience, she should also exist in this dream in various possible forms.

Kiana looked at the full-length mirror in front of her - Celine's figure just appeared in the mirror, should she break it and see?

Just as she was about to turn this impulse into action, Theresa on the sofa suddenly stood up.

"Well, it's getting late, I'll go back first!"

Just at this moment, the balcony door was also pushed open, and the stinky dad was mumbling something to the phone. After hearing Theresa's words, he volunteered:

"Oh! Then my wife, I'll take her home."

"No, dear."

Mom... Cecilia showed a very gentle smile, and took out a white rag from somewhere:

"You forgot something very important. It's your turn to wash the dishes today~"

"Then I'll take my aunt home!"

Kiana said aside, but her body had already consciously walked to the door.

Why... why do you do this?

Kiana didn't understand, but her intuition was beating wildly, reminding her that she must open the door.

After all, this was just a dream. Her mother, aunt and stinky father did not stop her, and even praised her for being sensible.

But Kiana's urge to open the door became stronger and stronger.

"Click——"

However, there was nothing unusual outside the door except the deep night and the city with dim lights.

Theresa took two steps forward, came to the bottom of the stairs, looked up at Kiana and smiled:

"Then Kiana, I'll take my leave first."

"Yeah! Goodbye, aunt!"

Kiana waved her hand pretending to be happy.

"You guy..."

Theresa's expression suddenly became a little helpless, and a little relieved.

"You must be anxious to play DS4 in your heart, right?"

"Hehehe..."

"Okay, go! I'm a mature adult, and you don't have to worry about me, a child!"

Theresa waved her hand and disappeared into the night in a blink of an eye.

Looking at the figure that disappeared as soon as he turned around, Kiana covered her face with a headache.

Was it really a dream... That guy, he can't even let people sleep peacefully.

But... since nothing happened, why did I have an intuition that I couldn't wait to open the door just now?

Kiana was about to close the door, but the strange voice came to her mind again...

[Birthday cake... Mom...]

After a while, undisguised footsteps came from the darkness, and a figure she was all too familiar with appeared in front of her.

The other person was taller than the illusion in the mirror, and her body was not as skinny, but she was still considered barren, so that the black uniform of Qianyu Academy that was supposed to be customized was also loose on her body.

Of course, the most important thing is her eyes.

Kiana's eyes met the pair of bright yellow eyes, but she didn't feel at all familiar from those eyes. The only thing she could capture was undisguised anger.

"West……"

"What sound?"

Just as Kiana was about to speak, her smelly dad appeared behind her carrying a freshly washed bowl.

He put the bowl into Kiana's hand, then stood in front of her with some vigilance, and asked the purple figure:

"Who are you? What are you doing in front of our house?"

"Oh……"

Kiana, who was hiding behind her smelly dad, saw Sirin sneer. She turned around subconsciously and saw her mother looking towards the door with doubt in her eyes.

Kiana could see it quite clearly. The moment she saw Sirin, Cecilia's expression froze for a moment, as if she had doubts and pity, but all of this disappeared in an instant.

Then, she quickly walked into the kitchen and brought out a piece of birthday cake that she had not finished eating before at a speed that was incredible for ordinary people. When she returned to the living room, she slowed down again, deliberately letting her pink slippers make a loud sound on the wooden floor.

When the smelly dad heard the sound and turned around, she frowned, put one hand on her hip, and complained naturally:

"Hey honey, what are you doing to your daughter?"

"ha?"

Siegfried looked at Kiana subconsciously, and Kiana also looked at him with confusion.

Cecilia did not pause because of this, she continued speaking in a natural tone:

"Did you drink too much? You can't even recognize your own daughter? Didn't Xilin call and say that she was going to participate in the club's training, so she came back later today and asked us not to wait for her to have dinner together."

"ah?"

After scolding Siegfried, Cecilia turned her attention to Kiana:

"You are the same, Kiana. Why are you still standing there when you see your sister? Let her come in quickly."

"ah?"

"Oh, I know you're a little unhappy that Xilin didn't come back in time to celebrate your birthday, but Xilin finally made friends in school and joined the club, so she wouldn't have to ask for leave for the first training event, right? Two sisters We have to understand each other!”

[They...think of me as their daughter? 】

"ah?"

Cecilia no longer paid attention to the father and daughter who were standing by the door doubting their lives, but waved to Siren who was still standing at the door with a complicated expression.

"Come on, Siren. This is Kiana's birthday cake. I left a piece just for you - luckily I was prepared, otherwise it would all end up in your sister's belly!"

Xilin stared blankly at the cake that was handed to her and swallowed lightly.

[Cake...I remember...]

Kiana covered her ears in surprise.

Then, as she watched, Xilin took the plate of cake, tremblingly picked up the fork, took a piece and put it into her mouth...

[I remember that when my mother was alive, she would bring me a cake every birthday...]

The pale lips closed, and the small piece of cake was swallowed into the mouth, but it was not swallowed for a long time.

【This tastes...so delicious...】

Then tears fell down his cheeks.

【...It's just like the taste of that time. No, this is a white cake. Obviously, my mother always brought me black chocolate cakes before, but why do they taste exactly the same...because I have never eaten other cakes...]

Siren's head hung lower, and she bit the fork tightly, almost breaking it.

The smelly dad seemed to have accepted the setting of "Celine is his daughter", and then started to panic. He probably thought that his failure to recognize the other person's behavior had hurt Celine.

Cecilia took the initiative to bend down and rubbed Sirin's head.

"It's getting late, go to bed early, Siren."

…………

Kiana lay on the bed, quietly looking at the empty ceiling.

From the moment I met Siren, I felt a sense of disobedience, but it wasn't strong.

Now she understands. This is indeed a dream, but it is not Kiana's dream.

In Kiana's dreams, the Second Herrscher always appeared exactly like her.

And what appears in the form of Siren is...

This is Siren's dream.

She was tossing and turning and couldn't fall asleep, because... no matter whose dream it was, her consciousness was undoubtedly in sleep, and it was obviously very difficult to fall asleep while she was asleep.

The night is getting deeper and deeper, and the insects in the garden are getting noisier and noisier.

"clatter--"

Kiana frowned - she heard footsteps outside the door.

"Click-"

The sound of a door lock opening.

She sat up from the bed and made sure the door was not hers...

"Next door, Siren?"

Kiana tiptoed out of bed, opened the door carefully, then walked to Sirin's door along the wall and attached her ears to it.

But before she heard anything, Siren's voice sounded in her mind.

【What on earth am I doing? Why didn't I kill them? They are not my parents at all...! ? 】

"Celine, don't be angry. Your dad just drank too much today."

Fear, fear, and even the whole body began to tremble unconsciously - separated by a certain space and a door, Kiana found that her emotions began to synchronize with Sirin's.

But...why be afraid?

Why kill [them]?

Is this... really a dream? Why does Cecilia appear in Siren's dream? And last time, the [Mother] who appeared in Siren's dream was finally fixed as Cecilia's face, which was exactly the same as the one she saw just now... Why?

More and more questions emerged, but Kiana was not confused.

She vaguely felt that she had found the last piece of the puzzle of a certain problem. As long as this piece was completed, all the questions about Xilin and herself could be answered.

"I'm sorry, we have been busy preparing for Kiana's birthday these past two days, making you lonely."

Suddenly, her body shivered more violently, but the next moment, Kiana felt a warm embrace.

"Today, let mom hold you and sleep with you."

Repulsion, body and consciousness are strongly repelling, and there is strong fear of the woman behind him.

But in the end, she made no resistance.

! ?

When Kiana came back to her senses, she found that the person lying on the bed and being held in Cecilia's arms was herself.

Her body is still trembling crazily, and her hands and feet are twisting unconsciously. The woman behind her should be able to feel this detail. She is an S-class Valkyrie, but...

Cecilia did nothing, said nothing except holding her tighter.

After a while, her arms relaxed a little, and her breathing became evener.

[This woman...actually fell asleep in front of me? Good opportunity, now...]

The raised hand slowly fell down, and finally came back in front of him, and gently held Cecilia's hand.

The body gradually relaxed, and the sleepiness became deeper and deeper, until the eyelids closed heavily...

【Asleep? Obviously since arriving in that laboratory, I have never slept well again...]

This was the last sound Kiana heard.

"ah!"

Kiana sat up suddenly, lifted the quilt, and panted rapidly.

He reached for the bedside table in a panic, held the water glass, and drank the remaining half of the water in one gulp.

"Is it... Siren's dream again... What happened to that dream? The real Kiana was probably less than two years old when the second collapse occurred. There is no way she could be Siren's sister... No, It's not important. The kind of thing in the dream can't happen at all... Is it just Xilin's fantasy... It doesn't seem right. Cecilia's appearance seems to have recognized Xilin from the beginning. If it was just one-sided If it were a dream, Cecilia would not retain that kind of reaction..."

"Celine? Celine?"

Kiana called in her mind, but received no response.

"Ignore me again. Isn't it because she was angry after being seen in the dream...Forget it, just ignore her."

Picking up the phone next to the pillow, he clicked on the lock screen, and a message immediately popped up on it.

"Auntie?"

【1:33】

[Kiana, Dr. Tesla and I have something to discuss with Otto at the Tianming Headquarters. We can’t accompany you these two days. Pay more attention to rest and don't show off when training. If you feel too uncomfortable and don’t want to train, you can also go to Bronya and play games. There is no need to force yourself. I will remember to bring you a gift when I come back, bye! 】

"Aunt..."

She forgot to turn off her phone before going to bed, and when her battery ran out, Kiana didn't care.

I jumped out of bed barefoot, opened the curtains, and the sky outside was bright.

Counting the time, it's almost time for power training every early morning.

As long as that guy from the Herrscher shows up, she will jump out and talk nonsense to her...

Huh?

【Do I have any other choice? Did they give me a choice again? 】

[Only one, no, only one and a half people are willing to give me the right to choose, but...]

Siren's words are connected with the scene she dreamed about not long ago.

The so-called "one and a half", does one refer to Cecilia, and the other half...

That dream...couldn't it really have happened?

Kiana quickly shook her head.

For this kind of thing, just ask the smelly dad right away. Siren will definitely jump out in anger...

Now Kiana no longer needs the Valkyrie Armor. She just followed the requirements of counter-entropy and brought herself a positioning device similar to a wrist watch - in fact, this thing is similar to an electronic shackle and should be worn all day long. However, the anti-entropy doctors and the aunt turned a blind eye to this matter. It was not until she suddenly disappeared not long ago that everyone realized the importance of this thing. But even so, she was deliberately conniving and only needed to wear it in front of others.

She might have felt uncomfortable because of this in the past, but after meeting the Tenth Herrscher, she just felt that she was very lucky, and... the anti-entropy doctors, Dr. Mei, and the aunt and others... and Jizi, Be so kind to yourself.

But now I can't do anything. In the previous battle, I had the most powerful space power, but I could only be a bystander in the whole process. If I could be stronger...

At the moment, all she can think of is to increase the amount of training.

Not bad, not bad - Kiana was thankful in her heart.

She was facing a powerful enemy, but a powerful enemy was not necessarily scary. In Bronya's words, the enemy characters in the game could be killed as long as they dared to show their health bars.

She had heard Mei and Kevin talk about some things in the previous civilization. Her enemies had faced a fate that was invisible and intangible, not to mention the health bars. Even if the man had the most powerful power, he could not defeat it, or even reach it.

Fortunately, her world was not so desperate.

After a simple wash, she washed her face again, and when she hung the towel on the bracket, she turned her head and saw Celine's face in the mirror again in a trance...

"What do you want to tell me?"

Her fingers touched the mirror, but she didn't feel anything unusual. She moved her eyes and there was no doubt that the person in the mirror had become [herself] again.

"Dong Dong Dong——"

Someone knocked on the door gently.

"Who is it?"

Kiana couldn't figure out who would call her at this time. The training time hadn't arrived yet, and her stinky dad and Kevin always wanted her to sleep a little longer.

But she soon became alert - before, she opened the door when she just woke up, and then fell into the trap of the Tenth Herrscher.

But that time was excusable, she saw Wendy in the peephole and opened the door, now...

She put her eyes close to the peephole on the door, just one glance, her lips parted, and she stepped back unconsciously.

She patted her head and approached it again in disbelief. This time, she only made an extremely dry and dull sound from her throat.

"Ah..."

Her eyes gradually lost focus, and even hope was lost.

Kiana opened the door as if she had given up on herself, and the familiar person who appeared outside the door was-

"Welcome to- [Domination Theater] again!"