"Fu Hua, are you interested in working for our Honkai faction?" Kiana Kaslana extended the invitation. "The benefits are negotiable."
"No interest," Fu Hua replied flatly.
How could she possibly join the Honkai faction? She had always been a warrior fighting against Honkai.
Hearing Fu Hua's answer, Kiana Kaslana wasn't discouraged and continued to persuade her. "Oh, don't reject me so quickly, Fu Hua. You see, our Honkai faction has a lot of advantages.
"We can provide you with immense power, making you even stronger. And we won't restrict your freedom either. So, how about it? Think it over."
Fu Hua remained unmoved.
Kiana Kaslana shook her head helplessly. "Since you're so firm, I won't force you. Honestly, I really admire you. It's a pity you're too rigid. I personally offered you such a good opportunity to infiltrate the Honkai faction, and you turned it down. You really are an honest person."
Upon hearing this, Fu Hua lowered her head in thought. It was indeed a chance—by joining the Will of Ruler's Honkai faction, she could learn more about them.
However, the invitation itself felt like a weasel offering New Year's greetings to a chicken—clearly, there were ulterior motives behind it.
"But if you ever want to visit my domain, you're more than welcome."
Leaving those words behind, Kiana Kaslana and Sirin departed from this universe.
Fu Hua watched their figures fade away, deep in thought.
Staying here any longer served no purpose. The enemy clearly had other ways of entering this world.
She used Fenghuang Down to enter the Stigma Space.
The entire dream world constructed by the Stigma Space resembled the real world. Most people lived their normal lives, completely unaware that they were existing within a dream.
Only a few individuals like Otto and Fu Hua knew they were in a dream world and could freely move between the Stigma Space and reality.
...
Back in the Houkai Universe.
Kiana Kaslana checked the progress of her world conquests.
The Hell Girl and Highschool of the Dead worlds had been completely conquered. In the Fleet of Fog world, she had transformed the entire Far East into the Honkai Naval Academy, training ship girls there.
The Overlord world was filled with various races, and unifying it into stability would take time. Reducing population and species numbers would make future governance easier.
Sirin could traverse universes using dimensional teleportation magic. While it allowed for large-scale transportation of people and materials across universes, it came with a one-month cooldown—a limitation that couldn't be bypassed yet.
The rules of the Overlord world weren't those of a normal world. Through study and accumulation, living beings could learn professions and skills, which received corresponding rule-based boosts and restrictions.
Many classes and skills had these rule-based modifiers. For example, if a mage wielded a warrior's weapon, both their offense and defense would drastically weaken.
Rules imposed limits, but also granted enhancements.
Kiana Kaslana selected several advanced professions, researched their requirements, and sent her people to the Overlord world to learn them.
One essential class was Valkyrie—it allowed weapon specialization and granted suitable skills. Upon reaching level five, one could unlock a powerful ultimate skill: creating a pure-white clone that inherited all of one's equipment and stats.
Time passed.
A year flew by in the blink of an eye.
...
Memory bodies of Elysia, Mobius, and others were born one after another across different worlds. Kiana Kaslana sealed portions of their memories.
They had no recollection of being memory bodies, nor did they recognize Kiana Kaslana. Most of their important memories had been blurred, leaving only a hazy sense—as if everything were a dream, unsure whether it was real or not.
Mobius and Elysia were exceptions—the former had requested her memory sealed herself, while the latter's case was special.
In the Elf capital, inside the royal palace, Kiana Kaslana gently held a tiny elf version of Elysia in her arms.
"Ely, welcome to this world," Kiana Kaslana said softly.
Elysia blinked her large eyes, gazing curiously at the unfamiliar yet beautiful palace before her.
Wow, so many pretty girls!
Her gaze was drawn to a nearby elf maid, and she couldn't help but reach out her tiny hand.
"Ely, what's wrong?"
Kiana Kaslana gently stroked Elysia's pink hair.
Elysia turned her head to look at the white-haired woman before her—a woman of stunning beauty and perfect figure, smiling warmly, radiating maternal grace.
She remembered dying.
She had chosen to sacrifice herself so that everyone could unite.
Now, this situation felt just like a web novel about reincarnation and transmigration.
Elysia didn't usually read such things, but she had watched some movies, anime, and novels of the genre when she was bored.
"Mommy~ I'm fine!" Elysia replied in her childish voice.
Looking at the elf maid's pointed ears, she felt an irresistible urge to touch them.
Reborn into this otherworld, she realized she had truly become a high elf.
And her name was still Elysia.
"Ely, Mommy is very busy most of the time and doesn't have much time to take care of you."
"They'll look after your daily life. If you need anything, you can tell them."
Kiana patiently explained.
"Mm-hmm~"
Elysia smiled brightly, then suddenly ran over to one of the elf maids, tugging at her skirt. "Big sister, you're so pretty! Can you play with me?"
The elf maid was utterly charmed by Elysia's cuteness. She crouched down and said softly, "Of course, little princess."
Kiana Kaslana stood by and watched Elysia for a while, then turned and disappeared.
She's gone?!
Elysia felt Kiana Kaslana's presence vanish and finally relaxed.
After spending some time together, she couldn't help but feel that something was off about her "mother."
She was too perfect—almost like she was acting.
But Elysia could feel that the affection was real.
This wasn't an act—the emotions were genuine.
Then why was she pretending to be a perfect mother in front of her daughter?
The only answer Elysia could think of was that this daughter wasn't her biological child.
That thought filled her with complicated emotions.
Wandering through the Elven Palace, Elysia realized that her status seemed incredibly high.
Even the Elf Queen greeted her with respect.
Her beautiful mother must be someone very powerful!
Elysia thought to herself.
In the following days, she began learning magic and studying this world's knowledge.
Over time, Elysia became familiar with palace life.
Kiana Kaslana visited her from time to time to bond and strengthen their relationship.
In every country she visited, Elysia displayed astonishing talent—especially in magic, where her progress was incredibly fast.
While learning magic, she noticed that the power she used differed from the magic of this world.
It felt similar to Honkai energy—familiar, yet not quite the same.
This same energy also existed within her mother.
In the training grounds—
"Aisha-sis, do you know what Honkai is?"
Elysia asked tentatively.
From the elf maids in the palace, she had learned that her mother wasn't from this world but from another one entirely.
"Honkai? Do you mean Honkai Academy?"
Aisha smiled and patted Elysia's small head.
"Your mother and I are both students of Honkai Academy—though we come from different worlds."
Honkai Academy!
From different worlds?!
Elysia froze.
"Little Ely, when you grow up a bit, you'll get to attend Honkai Kindergarten and become a powerful Herrscher."
To Aisha, her friend's daughter was absolutely adorable.
Honkai Kindergarten?!
Become a Herrscher!!
Elysia's eyes widened. She hadn't expected that even after being reborn into another world, she was still somehow within the Honkai faction.
"Aisha-sis, are you a Herrscher?"
"Sort of," Aisha nodded. Three months ago, she had passed the Honkai examination and advanced to a Pseudo-Herrscher.
"I'm only a Pseudo-Herrscher for now—it'll take some time before I become a Complete Herrscher."
After that, Elysia asked many more questions about Honkai, and Aisha patiently answered them all—thinking it was just a child's curiosity.
"Little Ely, you'll learn many things once you start school."
Aisha lifted Elysia and placed her on her lap.
"I understand, Aisha-sis."
But Elysia's thoughts were elsewhere—Why is Honkai still after me?!