"She seems to have a lot of your memories." Standing to the side, Lixue shared the information gained from the previous conversation with Irene. They were currently unsure exactly what kind of attitude this person held.
"Is that so..." Irene nodded. If that was the case, then her guess should be well-founded. She looked at [Irene] and asked, "Elysia? Joyce? Or Little Senti?"
"Am I a natural-born Herrscher?" The smile on [Irene]'s face grew brighter. "Besides, we haven't caused any Great Eruption, let alone gathered the will of 50,000 people."
"Forget 50,000; we haven't even gathered ten people here."
"So it is Little Senti?" Hearing [Irene] answer directly, Irene confirmed the thought in her heart. These three were the most typical examples where the Herrscher personality belonged to the benevolent side from the very beginning.
And the three of them represented three different reasons.
Elysia was a natural-born Herrscher. She did not undergo the so-called process of corruption by negative emotions. Furthermore, Elysia was the daughter sent by the stars and moon, the Herrscher of Origin.
As for Joyce, he was the Herrscher born during the Great Eruption in Berlin. Starting with the initial chosen one, Karl Gustav, as the base individual, he combined the wills of the entire 300,000 victims in Berlin to finally come into existence.
It could be said that Welt Joyce was the Adam of the human spirit, constructed jointly by the will of 300,000 people, and was also the first 'Idea' to be born.
As for Little Senti, it was very simple. As a Herrscher born from Fu Hua's body, she didn't have the consciousness of 300,000 people, and Fu Hua's body naturally couldn't be some natural-born Herrscher.
She simply received Fu Hua's memories at the moment of birth, and as a result, was directly brainwashed by Fu Hua's colossal memories, believing herself to be Fu Hua.
She even inherited Fu Hua's will to fight against Herrschers, only her personality became somewhat flamboyant and chunibyo. Finally, after being scammed by her own mother, she developed a bit of an interest in scamming others.
Of course, there are also cases like Kiana and Mei. However, Kiana is a duality of good and evil derived from a single consciousness, while Mei's Herrscher personality carries a desire to protect her.
To be honest, those two have no reference value. After all, Sirin never had a good attitude toward humans except for Cecilia. This includes the Queen as well. Mei's Herrscher personality only cared about Mei, and later started caring about Kiana too.
"Well, yes and no." [Irene] nodded. She had indeed decided to betray the Honkai faction while reading Irene's memories.
Another reason was that when Irene became a Herrscher, there was no hatred in her heart toward anyone, nor any thought of revenge. Even the Honkai couldn't find a reason for Irene to destroy human civilization or destroy anything.
Therefore, the Herrscher personality completely inherited Irene's memories. Possessing Irene's memories, [Irene] also inherited Irene's thoughts about this world and her feelings for most people.
However, there was a slight difference from Little Senti. [Irene] did not consider herself to be Irene just because she inherited her memories. She knew very clearly that she was not Irene.
After all, Irene's past and present lives added together didn't even reach 30 years. It wasn't even a fraction of Fu Hua's memories, so it wasn't enough to directly brainwash the Herrscher personality.
"Oh..." Irene nodded as she listened to [Irene], but then had another question. "Speaking of which, why did the Gem of Serenity choose me?"
"When you were chosen, you truly had no negative emotions. No doubts, no questions. After knowing where you had arrived, you just wanted to change the fate of this world."
"Even the Honkai couldn't find a reason to make you destroy the world~ So, I was born." [Irene]'s eyes held tenderness as she looked at Irene.
"I saw your love for the Honkai, your fondness for the characters within it. I saw it, I knew it, I felt it. And after coming to this world, you have been actively making changes, hoping to alter the originally imperfect endings."
"That's still because of the System." Listening to [Irene]'s words, Irene scratched her face. "If I didn't have the System, I still wouldn't be able to do anything."
"Actually, even without it, [I] wouldn't necessarily be helpless." [Irene] smiled at Irene. After all, at that time, Irene already possessed excellent-level Honkai Adaptability.
At that time, Irene was actually already being watched. As a native human, Irene's level of Honkai Adaptability was already beyond a one-in-a-million rarity.
Even without the System, Irene wouldn't necessarily be unable to become strong; she just needed a bit of luck and intelligence. And Irene never lacked intelligence.
Even if Irene really lacked luck and intelligence, as long as she was willing to devote herself to the Honkai, Irene could still soar to great heights directly. As for whether it would develop into the current situation, that would depend on Irene's luck and will.
Moreover, who knows if [Irene] falling in love with Irene isn't Irene's talent—the Logic of Continuation—causing mischief from within? For example, perhaps Irene normally couldn't become a Herrscher, and she normally wouldn't fall in love with Irene.
But [Irene] didn't care, because this was her dear [Me]. Even if that were the case, so what? [Irene] looked at Irene and made a final summary.
"So, I have fallen deeply in love with my Dear! Honkai or whatever, I don't need it!"
"Um..." Pardo nudged Irene with her elbow from the side. "Sister Irene, do you think what she said is possible? Could she be lying?"
"To be honest, it doesn't look like it." Irene shook her head. Although Herrscher personalities inherit memories, the vast majority are very pure, or rather, they express whatever emotions they have.
Basically, they don't lie. Little Senti learned that after being scammed by her mother. The Herrscher of the Legion lies because they inherently inherited human malice; lying is an instinctive reaction for them.
Other Herrscher personalities would straightforwardly manifest their malice toward humans. Of course, there was another point: it was almost impossible to deceive her inside the Palace of Consciousness.
Irene still had this little privilege. Besides, if the [Irene] before them really bore malice, directly attacking would be faster than lying here.
While she was in a coma earlier, [Irene], as her persona, was able to subdue Kallen and Lixue using just the Palace of Consciousness.
"By the way, what's the situation outside?" After resolving this issue, Irene began to worry about the external situation. After all, she still remembered Kiana.
"Oh, don't worry about that side." [Irene] immediately spoke up to explain the current situation outside to Irene. "Sirin had absolutely no vigilance. Maybe she didn't expect that I would betray her directly."
"Or maybe she completely didn't expect that I would betray her, so she was directly subdued by me using Active Polarization. Then I used Mirror Sync to create Judah and sealed her. Right now, Fu Hua has already taken over."
"Oh, right, no need to worry about that replica either. He was instantly killed by Sirin. He was really terribly weak."
"Yeah, I'm not surprised by that." Irene nodded, then suddenly realized something and looked up at [Irene], her eyes filled with confusion. "How did you use Active Polarization to subdue her?"
"My Dear, your thinking is still not active enough." [Irene] smiled. "Active Polarization... what if it polarizes the speed of thought?"
"Hmm? Active thinking speed?" After Irene pondered for a moment and searched through her mind, she quickly found a possible option.
After all, abilities that accelerate thinking speed were not very common in Irene's memories, and those that could be used against enemies were even rarer.
"Gold Experience?"
"Bingo." [Irene] snapped her fingers. "Sirin, unable to make her body react, was naturally tied up tight by me using Judah. I even had time to tie a butterfly knot."
"You really are something." Irene nodded. It seemed her development of her own skills was still insufficient. Clearly, she had such usage methods in her memory, yet she hadn't reacted to it.
"Anyway, is this person, [Irene], trustworthy?" Lixue was still holding her sword. "Irene, are you sure there's really no problem?"
"Yeah, judging by this performance, there shouldn't be." Irene patted Lixue's shoulder. "Relax. If you keep maintaining suspicion, we won't be able to cooperate sincerely."
"Besides, among our future companions, there are quite a few Herrschers. Relax, relax."
"I'm afraid I can't relax that quickly regarding this kind of thing." Lixue shook her head, but she still sheathed her sword. "But I will try hard to adapt."
"Alright, so the biggest problem is solved." [Irene] clapped her hands, her face even more relaxed. "Finally, let's all cooperate and turn this world into the way we want it to be."
"I hope so." Kallen said in a deep voice, her gaze remaining sharp. "Irene believes in you, and we are willing to as well. I hope you don't disappoint us."
"Understood, understood~" [Irene] raised both hands in a surrender gesture, yet her face maintained that smiling expression. "I have no interest in becoming a member of the human extinction squad."
"No matter how happily I jump around in the early stages, I'll just get hacked to death by Kevin later anyway."
"Boss Kevin..." Pardo scratched her head. "Hmm, I wonder how Boss Kevin is doing right now?"
"Probably slurping noodles inside the Sea of Quanta." [Irene] smiled, then turned to Irene, her tone becoming slightly more serious. "[Me], although the situation outside is temporarily stable, Class Monitor Fu Hua definitely has questions."
"As for Otto, he shouldn't be aware that you were the one who absorbed the Gem of Serenity. He will likely habitually assume the gem is inside Kiana's body."
"I know. I'll just go along with it when explaining." Irene nodded. "Right now, I have to think about what to do next?"
Possessing the Authority of the Herrscher of Death, she could already be considered one of the strong in this world, or rather, she possessed the key leading to the strongest tier.
So next, she would have to add another item to her training and learning: how to utilize the Authority of the Herrscher of Death. Hmm, it seemed she would have to squeeze out more time again.
"Leave this aspect to me, my Dear." [Irene] patted her chest. "My Dear and I have parallel thinking. I will take your place in learning how to use the Authority."
"Two people can always do more than one. My Dear, you can save the time and think about what to do next."
"Hmm... then I'll leave it to you." Irene nodded. She had more and more things to learn. She had to consolidate her foundation. The cultivation of Taixuan Sword Qi required learning the combat styles of other Transformation Cards to unleash combat power.
She also had to research her own skills. If learning to use the omnipotence of the Herrscher of Death was added on top of that, her time would become even more crowded.
24 hours was definitely not enough. But if she could really entrust it to [Irene], then her training time would effectively be doubled.
It was not even just a simple doubling. After all, Irene usually had to deal with daily life and couldn't train in the Palace of Consciousness 24 hours a day.
But [Irene] was different. Unlike the others, [Irene] was a personality that truly belonged to Irene, not another soul. At any time, [Irene] could take over part of Irene's body with Irene's permission.
During combat, it could be said that two people were fighting one. She could be responsible for physical combat, while [Irene] could be responsible for releasing Authorities, or even skills.
Thinking of this, Irene suddenly hesitated. One person responsible for physical fighting, one person responsible for skills, sharing one body for combat... why did this sound so familiar?
After pondering for a while, the corners of Irene's mouth twitched slightly. "Then aren't I just 'W'?!"
Irene's brow twitched slightly. Immediately after, those tightly closed eyes slowly opened. Just as she made a movement, Fu Hua's concerned voice rang in Irene's ear.
"Irene! You're awake. How do you feel? Are you injured anywhere?"
"I'm fine..." Irene propped her body up to sit. She pretended to rub her forehead, revealing just the right amount of fatigue and confusion, and looked around. "What is the situation now?"
Fu Hua briefly recounted the scene she saw after rushing over, and voiced her own speculation: "...It should be that you subdued the out-of-control Kiana in time, avoiding more serious consequences."
Irene followed Fu Hua's words and continued: "Yes, Kiana suddenly became very strange at that time. Her eyes turned golden, and the gem seemed to resonate with her."
"But fortunately, she didn't seem to know how to use it yet. I took the opportunity to tie her up with Judah, but I seemed to be knocked unconscious by the Honkai energy emitted by the gem..."
Irene shook her head. "But speaking of which, how is Kiana? Is she okay? And the item to be recovered?"
"Rest assured, it has already been recovered." Fu Hua did not inform Irene that the Gem of Serenity had likely been absorbed by Kiana. Some things were better borne by herself alone.
"Kiana is fine too. This incident will most likely end here."
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