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"I do not need your pity, Kiana Kaslana. You have won this fair and square. I will leave you alone." A white-haired girl with orange glowing eyes said that with her head held high.
"...You are leaving?"
"Our ideals don't mix. There can be only one of us. You have won this fight. Just like we have agreed, I will pass on."
"...I see." The girl opposite the orange-eyed girl was identical, only had different clothes and eye colour. She looked somewhat sad.
"Are you feeling sad that I am dying?" The orange-eyed version almost mocked but more like it was amusement.
"Not quite; you are dying; that is sad alone."
"Ah, yes. But who knows, I am maybe passing on to a more exciting adventure than you will ever have." After saying that, she turned into particles and ceased to exist.
…
…
…
The so-called evil side of Sirin, the Herrscher of the Void, closed her eyes, thinking that her consciousness would cease to exist. But there was something there.
As she opened her eyes, she could see a glass in front of her. It was like a mirror. On the other side of the mirror was— her?
This girl looked like her! Floating in some sort of capsule of some sort, it was strange. She moved her hand, and it ended up touching the glass.
'What is this? Some sort of mirror wall?'
She pushed harder, and her hand started to sink into the mirror.
'Is that body meant for me?'
Regardless, it's not like she has anything else to go or do. She is supposed to be dead anyway.
As she fully submerged in the mirror, the 'feeling' changed like she was in a completely different place.
The soul of the Herrscher floated. She eventually ended up being pulled by the body floating in a liquid container.
The moment she merged with the body, the console reacted to the change, and an error appeared on the monitor.
Minutes later, Marcus walked over and inspected the console.
He proceeded to run the diagnosis and check the biometrics, including the memories.
'Oh, my, isn't this just an S-tier catch?' He swiftly skimmed through all of this. He saw the last piece of memories before the soul went to sleep.
'So it is a mirror theory I was pondering on. This test was the next step! The result? I have Sirin's evil side! Memories are not even edited.'
Marcus is not even thinking of changing anything. He wants the genuine deal. But waking her up like this will make her hostile.
'Or not? I will turn off Honkai.'
The inventor pondered as he summoned his control panel. And he turned off the satellites which emit 'Honkai' particles.
It will take a few minutes for the bonding of the particles to stop working.
Once that was done, he pressed a button on the chamber control panel.
The reaction was instantaneous; the girl opened her eyes. They were orange, and the pupil of her eyes was unique. It was a rhombus instead of a round.
She immediately moved her hands to cover herself.
Marcus smiled at her and proceeded to speak directly in her mind.
"You do realise that I created your body? From top to bottom, all of the proportions are my creation."
"...You are speaking in my mind directly!?"
"Indeed, I wield psionic powers. My brain sends waves, which yours pick up. We can talk like this without even using our mouths."
"...So that's how it is… in that case, who are you? Why did you create this body?"
"My name is Marcus Goldman. I am the second coming of Solomon and the creator of what is known as Technomancy. Magiktech, magical technology based on science."
"...Magic?" She sounded confused for a second.
"When you passed through that mirror, you crossed over to my reality."
"...Reality? Ah, that feeling. It was strange."
"Correct, should I call you Kiana? Or Sirin?"
"...Hmm, I assume you know what I am? What is my existence? Why did you revive someone who is meant to destroy humanity?"
She asked him with narrowed eyes. The white-haired girl was still covering herself, and Marcus had not started to remove the liquid yet.
"It is strange to explain to one of my creations like this."
Marcus sighed as he mentally commanded the liquid to be removed from the tank rapidly.
Slowly, the white-haired girl ended up standing on her own two feet.
She took several steps. Her legs need to adjust as she walks for the first time in this body.
As she took her steps, the tank opened, and she walked out and stood in front of him.
"How does it feel to have a body of your own?"
For a second, she tried to speak, but her words were a mess.
"Hmm, let me help you with that."
He pressed his finger on her forehead. The beauty's orange eyes widened as she saw images, experiences? He just transferred the entire language to her. Well, it's more like several languages.
"Now, you should understand me properly."
"...Yes. I do. You didn't answer my questions. And I request clothes, pervert." She said the last part with narrowed eyes. There was a thin blush on her cheeks, too.
"Hmm, you didn't answer mine either. Kiana or Sirin? Or something new altogether?"
"...Fine, just because you created this body, I shall humour you. You may call me Sirin."
"Cute. A tsundere. I suppose you do have a tsunderes memories." Marcus patted her head.
This action made her snappy at him, and she tried to brush his hand away.
"You do realise that you are in my reality, not yours. Your powers don't exist here at all." His words made her inspect herself.
"...But I can sense a Herrscher core!"
"Cute, so you can sense that, good it means it works. As your creator, I indeed recreated your powers and Honkai itself. At this moment, I have it off. I don't want you to get crazy and start destroying my submarine."
"...You—Recreated—Honkai?" She blinked at him a couple of times. What he speaks is gibberish.
"Indeed. Look at this."
He motioned her to look at the side. Two crystals are floating in separate tanks.
"Core of Reason and Core of Thunder."
Marcus explained to her.
"...What is this— you make no sense. Honkai isn't something you can just— Make!" She started to question the reality itself.
"You are pretty cute when you don't hide behind your powers." He patted her again before walking away and pulling out already-prepared clothes.
They were identical to her Herrscher clothes. His actions somewhat spooked her. If what he said is true. Then how does he know all about her? Her powers, her looks, her name!? And now even her clothes!
"Come dress up; I will give you a haircut afterwards."
"...You still haven't answered."
"What does my Queen wish to know?" He jokingly humoured her.
"...How do you know?"
"That should be obvious because I know your reality. I decided to make what I saw in my reality. Does it make clear?"
"...If you know what Honkai is and what Herrscher is, you still made me?"
She nearly shouted at him. By this point, she is pulling straws. This guy is either mad or utterly unafraid of the force of Honkai! The very same force which is supposed to wipe out humanity!
"You are so naive." He patted her head one more time and then whispered into her ear.
"As I said before, I am the second coming of Solomon, the—the very same man known as the King of Magic—the one who enslaved devils.
He did all that with sticks and stones. But I have the technology and his notes.
I improved on his work; I improved so much that I could resurrect YOU in a different reality." Once he was done, he pulled back and then smiled a bit.
"Now, why don't you dress up, and I can finally induct you into my Technocracy."
"...Induct? Technocracy?" For a second, she was confused.
"As my creation, you have very high authority in my faction. Limitless resources, limitless armies, mechs. You can wield all of that."
Now, she looked confused even more.
"You think I, Herrscher of the Void, will be part of your faction?"
Instead of saying anything, he pressed his finger on her forehead, and a vision of his power washed over her.
She saw his sheer destructive power and armies and armies and armies, ships and machines. On top of that, Gods and Primordials bow to his might. Same with devils who are his slaves.
This man was so powerful that he decided to make Honkai in his image, and she was his first creation.
"Sirin, I truly like you, I do, but—" Again, he leaned forward and whispered into her ear.
"-Don't push your luck."
*Gulp*
"Now dress up, and let's leave this place."
"...Yes."
Sirin nodded as her hands were shaking. She had never met anyone THIS powerful! This guy is a monster! And that's a gross overstatement!
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As she was done dressing, she followed him out of the strange room. From her understanding, this room was meant to breed armies for him.
"You are not going to ask anything?"
"...After what you have shown me, I am inclined to stay quiet."
"In that case, follow me. I shall cut your hair. It's quite long." His gaze was on her hair. While he remembers her having long hair, even this is beyond that.
"...Can't you just use your mind to cut it however you want?" She said that with an eye roll.
"I could. But this is a ritual to me. You do realise that you, Sirin, standing here is an achievement likely no one else in this world could do?
Finding a specific person through a very vast multiverse and making it transfer over to this world without imploding because rules and physics are very different?"
"...W-Wait, what!? Imploding!?"
"You do realise that you are in a Different Reality?"
She looked frightened, still not fully grasping what he said.
"From how differently charged atoms are to how different the very foundations of existence are. You are in a different place. At the same time, we are on Earth, which has the same continent and oceans. Yet, it's not the same.
So, me, making you cross over is almost as impressive as discovering a wheel or making fire for the first time."
"...*Snort*."
"Figures, another experiment."
"Hey. I am not going to experiment with you. Don't be ridiculous." He swiftly stroked her hair.
"I even went out of my way to make the power which makes you, you, a reality. My goal is to make you thrive in this reality. It brings a certain amount of satisfaction that my Queen is with me."
"...Ugh… you are so annoying. Part of me wants to kill you, and another one wants to believe the sweet words of someone who keeps devils as pets." She said in a conflicting voice.
This situation was strange. She wants to believe because he brought her back to life; he doesn't want her power. After all, he made her power in this reality, and on top of that, he is vastly stronger than her!
So, why would he lie to her? That only means he is telling the truth.
However, she is a Herrscher; she is the incarnation of cynicism. But, with all the proof in front of her. She just wants to kill him! The reason? Because he is making her think!
"Just relax and take it easy." Once again, he stroked her hair. Making her lips twitch. No one, no one in her life before this, ever touched her hair several times like this.
'Wait, I died, so it means previous life?' For a second, she questioned life and death and such. In a way, it's strange; she doesn't have a burning desire to end human life; she starts asking certain things.
Sirin's eyes wandered on armoured men passing by; while they walked past them, they still gave a salute. The salute didn't interrupt the way they walked. They walked in perfect sync.
"The S.P.B.A. Marines. The branch of the military under construction. This trip is our first sortie; we test out technomancy related to underwater.
Our eventual goal is to dive and explore worlds of water, like Europa, one of Jupiter's moons. Create perfect machines of water."
Sirin slowly nodded, one question in her mind: why?
"Why?"
"Why, what?"
"Why all of this? What is the end goal of a being who can crack this world as it is." She asked with a curious tone. Sure, him doing that will make her die. But she died once already, she can do it again.
"Weird question."
"Why weird? I think it's a normal question."
"Hmm, the answer is curiosity."
"... Curiosity?"
"You think it's strange? You are a Lawmaker of Void—the being who could manipulate Imaginary Space. Why did you decide to wipe out humans?"
His question made her frown and then get angry, but this time, her anger wasn't as tense as it used to be. She found that curious.
"...Because of what they did."
"So it's revenge, hate, and stuff like that."
"Same to me. Curiosity, wonderment, the unknown, mysteries of the cosmos."
"I see… Now it makes somewhat sense. You are like that man."
"Otto? I don't know about that. The one thing we have is similar to the drive, I suppose." But then he looked at Sirin. He realised something.
"Or maybe more than I realised." He ended up poking her cheek.
"Ugh… can you stop making fun out of me?" Her eyes were trembling from fury.
"I am not making fun of you." Now, he frowned.
"It's called teasing." Marcus sighed with an eye roll.
"Don't worry, you will understand this soon enough."
"...I will pass on that."
As the pair walked further, they finally arrived at the kitchen area. It was quite a big one. Not the main mess hall he has for more developed Marines, but the one for the officers, which is smaller in scale.
Sirin's eyes ended up on a massive window-like frame; she could see the ocean's darkness.
"We truly are in the depths of the Ocean?" she asked him as she walked over to the 'window' and tried to touch the cold surface. All she got was her hand going through it and feeling the hull.
"...Hmm, it's not glass."
"Realitus. A glass particle which works like a hologram. This window is nothing more than a hologram to see where we are. After all, we are underwater, very deep underwater. Something like glass is a structural weakness." He explained to her.
"I see. So an illusion."
"This is how your power is based. The way I built Honkai is to turn an illusion into reality. The whole of Honkai is Realitus 2.0. You can use it when you promise to behave and be a good Sirin."
She frowned with annoyance.
"I am not a cat."
"Already have one, and she is a lion girl; on top of that, I have a Pet Primordial God, a Goddess of Hunt as a maid, and an Amazon Queen maid too! As well as a reincarnation of a Saint and a witch, followed by a Devil Maid and some other followers.
So, as you can see, I have those covered." He counted on his fingers from the top of his head.
"... That's quite a list. The only thing you need is a fiance." She joked this time around, but Marcus just smiled.
"...You are serious?"
"I have one, too."
"...And who is she?"
"Goddess of Wisdom, Athena." He casually replied as he walked over and took a chair. The inventor placed it where enough space was.
As he was doing that, she looked dumbly at him. By this point, she has no sarcastic comments, or sleazy ones, or even cynical ones. This guy's situation is so crazy that even as being who is supposed to end all life in her world, she has nothing to say.
"Come sit. I am going to make some tools."
Sirin dumbly nodded and walked over, and sat down on the chair.
"...By making tools, what do you even mean?"
"Matter converter or, as others say, the printer." He walked to the central area of the kitchen and proceeded to press something on a touch screen.
The Herrscher curiously looked at what he was doing. Sure enough, he was pulling out things from a microwave!?
It looked like a microwave, but he pulled out several types of scissors and a cover used by hairdressers.
'Does that microwave can make anything!?'
As he walked over, he placed the tools on the table not far from them.
"Aurora, make the window facing forward of us into a mirror."
[Certainly, sir]
The window, showing the depths of water, turned into a mirror.
"That thing. Can it make anything?" Sirin asked curiously.
"It's a matter converter. It converts the infinite energy the submarine produces into anything I want."
"Infinite?"
"Precisely, the amount of energy I needed to bring you over would have caused the Earth's Grid to fry. You realise that people don't just come over from other realities." As Marcus said that, he proceeded to place the cover around her and then brush with the hair brush.
"I see. I suppose it does make sense. You are powerful."
"Hah, you think I built up all this because I am powerful? That's not the case—my darling Queen."
Once again, her eyebrows twitched when he called her like this. But this time around, there was some blush on her cheeks.
"I was just a simple mortal less than a year ago."
"...Hard to believe."
"Oh, I can understand your disbelief." He cut the overflowing hair simply before making it similar to her original style as he proceeded to adjust the way he wanted to see it.
"...I know this is late to ask, but do you even have hairdressing experience?" Sirin asked with worry as she was starting to feel dread for her hair!
"My sister owns a salon in London."
"...Gah! That's not an excuse!" She started to panic.
"Are you seriously panicking? I did make your body? Brough your soul over? And you still fear for your hair?" He deadpans at her panic.
'Women, even if her desire to end humanity has lessened, she still has those female arbitrary feelings.'
"T-That's different! Hairdressing is an art! And your stuff is another one not related to this art!"
Marcus smiled, hearing how similar she sounded to Kiana. Well, those two are two and the same, after all.
"Oh, really? Then check this."
He grabbed her shoulders and turned her to the side.
Sirin looked at herself in the hologram.
The Herrscher of Void stopped panicking and inspected herself in the hologram.
"...Not bad."
"My genes are altered. I adapt fast; if I want to learn, it will take me a few tries to become good. That is how I made myself."
"...You should have said so. I panicked for no reason!" The Herrscher started to embarrass herself.
"You didn't even wait and started to panic."
"..."
~~~
The girls started to wander where Marcus disappeared. According to the AI, he went to S.P.B.A chambers, and now he is in the officers' kitchen.
So Gu Yuena, Nyx, Atalanta and Athena went to the kitchen.
What they heard was an unfamiliar female voice complaining about something.
"You should have said it! Now I have embarrassed myself!"
"Relax, sheesh, it's fine. Look, now you look how you are supposed to look."
As they walked to the source of the voice, they saw Marcus cutting the hair of a girl they had never seen before.
"Finally found me." The inventor noticed them long ago, but he ignored them.
"This is Sirin—the Lawmaker of Void, or Herrscher of Void. She is my next successful creation."
"...Oh, but I don't sense anything from her." Nyx sounded confused. She can't sense any power from her.
"That's because you are not aware of the power of Honkai," Marcus said with a smile.
"...Oh, crafty."
"But the biggest catch is that she is not from around here. Is it right, Sirin?" Marcus smiled at the sitting girl.
"...do I have to?" The Void Queen almost huffed like a little girl.
"Up to you."
"...Fine."
Sirin sighed before telling the 'big secret'.
"I am not originally from this reality."
"...Huh? She passed through the dimension gap?" Athena looked shocked, and so did Nyx and Atalanta.
"No, even beyond that." Marcus shook his head while saying that.
"...Beyond that!?"
"That's right. I used a technique I developed myself. Well, it's more like a checklist to fulfil to cause a spirit away phenomena."
"I used a fully charged Diamond Core reactor to make the realities touch each other."
Atalanta had the look of realisation. Wasn't this what he spoke with Enterprise before?
Serafall complained about something not grasping about realities.
"So— *Gulp*" Athena fixed her glasses and looked at Sirin. She noticed her eyes, which had rhombus for the pupil.
"Sirin, this is my Fiance. Goddess Athena, the girl with black hair and black dress is Nyx, a Primordial; the girl with silver hair and lilac eyes is Gu Yuena, a human and dragon hybrid, and the girl with lion ears is my Lioness."
"...Your harem?" The Herrscher instantly pointed out the sheer fact that girls surrounded one guy.
"Part of it, yes."
"...And you, a Goddess, are fine with it?" Sirin then asked the Goddess in the room.
"I…"
"Of course, she is fine." Nyx intercepted; her smile was quite a sadist one.
"As Primordial, I follow him. Weaker people don't have the right to opinions, don't you think? Even though your body is fresh, your soul is not. I might not sense your power. I do, however, sense what you are."
"..."
"That's right. Master, you didn't tell me you are resurrecting harbinger of death." Nyx smiled as she looked at Marcus. She could sense what this girl was.
"...Harbingers of Death?" Athena looked at Sirin with wide eyes.
"In my world, I was, or I guess I still am, the Second Herrscher. We descend when Honkai erupts. A person given an excess amount of Honkai develops a Herrscher crystal, a concentration of Honkai particles."
"Descend for what?"
"Wipe out humanity," Sirin said plainly.
"The will behind Honkai selects a person who suffered and has hatred towards humanity. Like me, and then is given, as you say, 'law' to become a lawmaker." Sirin said that while looking at Marcus. She still wonders how he knows about her reality. Is his genius so great that he can pick up things about her world?
"Marcus? Are you serious? I can understand that you are pissed at regular humans, but to bring a literal angel of death?"
"Hmm, oh, you talking about what just happened? No, not really. Sirin appearing instead of someone else is a delightful surprise."
The inventor returned to hairdressing. He is nearly done with the tips. He then started to dry her hair. It was still wet from the liquid of the chamber.
"...You wanted Kiana Kaslana?" Marcus could sense spiciness in her tone.
"I like both of you. So, I don't have a particular taste in that regard."
*Tsk*
"Now you're just annoying. I suppose it's expected from someone who keeps Primordial Night as a pet." Sirin said that as she looked at Nyx. Even though she couldn't honestly say anything about this being's power, however, she could feel a chill going down her back.
"Heh, if you want to provoke me, this won't work. I am proud to be his pet. He defeated me in combat fair and square. I follow the more powerful being. That's all there is."
"Wasn't my intention. It was more like an indicator of what kind of a person is the man who brought me back to life." The Herrscher wasn't trying to provoke a literal incarnation of night.
It was more like she wasn't used to having proper conversations with another individual.
"I suppose you are right."
As the pair were exchanging words, Marcus finished with her hair. The last piece was a hairpin he designed himself. It was identical to the Herrscher's from her world.
"There. You are all ready."
After saying that, he removed the cover, and Sirin stood up. She walked over to the mirror and inspected herself.
She was 100% how she was before. At least from what she can see and remember.
"You are one crazy man. But then again, maybe it's normal to you." After inspecting herself, she looked at him.
For a second, she was baffled as Marcus already cleaned the whole place!
She deadpans at him. If he could do this, then why on Earth did he go through all of that? He could just use his powers!
"So what now? You want me to erase some people?" The Herrscher asked him with crossed arms.
"I have armies for that."
"...Then?"
"You will help me develop Honkai, and as one of my creations, you can join the frontlines in fights."
"...And if I don't want to?" The Herrscher asked with a raised eyebrow.
"I can get you all the manga you want to read." He suggested with a smirk.
Sirin's eyes widened as a blush appeared on her cheeks.
"That was a low blow."
"Well, you were targeting low as well." He shrugged at her.
*Hmph!*
"Well, I suppose we are even, oh, great leader." With a joking tone, she said 'Great Leader'.
"I go by Supreme Commander, like from that Strategy game." Marcus, with a smirk, countered her joke.
"...Ugh."
~~~
Athena gazed at the newest addition to Marcus' faction—a legitimate being from a different reality. Honestly, her curiosity is at an all-time high. She wants to record everything she can about this new place.
But this was not possible yet. Her fiance is all over this Herrscher. Part of her is jealous, and part of her wants to do the same thing. She wants to learn about this strange place where this Honkai is like their magic.
"We will run some basic tests. I want you to use your void on some enemies."
"Fine. Any specific requests?"
"No, the thing is, you are my first creation who uses this power. So the more you wield your energy, the more data I have, the more data I have, the more things I can add to my Honkai and adjust it." Marcus explained to Void Queen as they arrived at a large hangar-like area.
"You have no idea how crazy you sound to me. But I will do what you want." She said with a casual shrug. If he wants her to destroy, she will gladly help him with that. There is one thing she is good at, and that is blowing things up.
"Glad to hear that. Aurora, give me four Yeagers and allow Honkai particle bonding."
[Understood]
At that moment, Sirin felt something. She felt her power! She looked at her hand. She brushed her fingers through the air. There was a trail of orange energy.
Her eyes widened to see this. This guy was serious! He indeed created something very similar! It was just like Honkai but at the same time different! It's like pizza but with different cheese on top of it.
The dish was the same, but the topping was different.
This situation was wild!
As she inspected her powers, a sizable mechanical hand dropped four boxes in the distance. The boxes started to change; they became mechs.
"You want me to fight those?" As she said that, she started to float. An orange energy wing appeared on her left shoulder, followed by three floating lances on her right.
By this point, her eyes started to glow as her energy reserves were rapidly refilling.
"Yes. However, I want you to show me as many different ways you fight as you can. I require that data. This fight is for you as well. The more you show me, the more we can improve your powers."
"With pleasure." Her voice started to get distant, almost like she was talking through a metallic microphone.
"Good, then attack her."
The four Yeagers' eyes glowed as they started to dash towards her.
*Hmph!*
Before they could stab her, an orange bubble of energy enveloped all of the Yeagers while Sirin was gone. She appeared behind them.
With her right hand, she snapped her fingers, and the void gathered above the mechs and dropped like a bomb.
Two of the Yeagers broke apart while another two were able to leave the bubble and continue to dash at her.
Sirin's eyes slightly widened as she saw them repaired on the move.
Her shock lasted for a second as she motioned for her lances to rush at the Yeager's legs. The mech could dodge, but this was expected by the Herrscher, who threw several purple cubes at the mechs. The machines were not able to dodge these as they were in the path where they were supposed to avoid.
As the cubes slammed into the mechs, the cubes expanded and sliced the machines into a thousand pieces.
"What do you think?" The Void Queen floated down next to Marcus. There was a smile on her lips. She feels much better with her power back with her.
"Very good. You showed some of the examples of the Void. This will be good for Aurora to analyse and improve Honkai."
As he was happy with the results, he looked at the other observers.
"Athena, what do you think? The way this power works?" His question brought the Goddess from her thoughts.
"Very versatile. I assume you used Realitus in some way?"
"Indeed! As expected from my Fiance! This power is Realitus 2.0! As we speak, the glass particles are in the air even now. It's similar to Nanomachines and the particles. Aurora has a Platform running from the base which helps to manipulate these via conduits."
He explained with a slight smirk, as the Goddess understood who was the conduit for this.
"So the conduit is the Herrscher."
"But could anyone rebuild what you did and make their Herrschers?" The Goddess pointed this out.
"Not without actual reference to what this is and where to even start."
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