Honkai Impact 3rd: Catching the Herrscher of Sentience at the Start

Kiana, startled by Sirin's voice, immediately stopped what she was doing, coughed dryly, and said, "Of course not. I'm just busy watching my drama~"

Sirin scratched her head and replied, "Okay, maybe I sensed it wrong…"

With Sirin interrupting, Kiana lost her enthusiasm. After tidying up, she sat cross-legged in the consciousness space, watching Fu Lin and Fu Shi outside with disinterest.

Then, she said slowly, "Sirin, tomorrow we're heading to the Schicksal headquarters to meet Otto."

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Sirin's pupils flickered as she recalled what the shop sister had said a few days ago and replied, "Alright☆."

"Just the right time to get some money from that human to support my brother..."

Kiana looked at Sirin's innocent expression and retorted, "You should remove the word 'support.' No sister talks about 'supporting' her brother like that."

Sirin thought for a moment and slowly asked, "Is there something wrong with that?☆"

Kiana, too lazy to explain, said, "Forget it. I also need to support my Fu Lin, so getting more money can't go wrong."

Far away at the Schicksal headquarters, Otto sneezed and continued cutting out pages from the magazine in his hand as if nothing had happened.

Wutong, hiding behind Yae Sakura, peeked out to look at Fu Lin's diligent back and blushed as she muttered, "Does it really feel that good? Master is calling out so loudly..."

After some time, Fu Shi stood up with a satisfied expression, stretched her body, and then looked at the expressionless Fu Lin. Could it be that her body wasn't attractive at all?

With this doubt in mind, she asked Fu Lin, "Hmph~ How does my body feel? Isn't it smooth, soft, and fragrant? Don't you have any other thoughts?"

Fu Lin rolled his eyes and looked at his trembling hands as he said, "I was only focused on the massage and didn't really pay attention..."

"...You idiot!" Fu Shi knocked Fu Lin on the head and scolded angrily.

Fu Lin held his head, looking at the angry Fu Shi with a dumbfounded expression, and couldn't help but think 'A child's heart is as hard to read as a needle at the bottom of the sea. Why is she angry again?'

Wutong, seeing this scene, turned to Yae Sakura in front of her and said, "Sister Yae, is Brother-in-law's emotional intelligence really this low? Master is just one step away from openly confessing her feelings."

"...." Yae Sakura held the magazine tightly, feeling a bit embarrassed.

Fu Lin got up and walked behind Fu Shi, rubbing his head as he said, "I'll take you out to play tomorrow. Don't be mad anymore, alright~?"

"Huh? Where to play? Are we going to beat up Otto?" Fu Shi immediately forgot her anger when she heard the word "play" and excitedly jumped into Fu Lin's arms to ask.

"...We're going to another world. I don't really know what kind of world it'll be," Fu Lin whispered into Fu Shi's ear, worried that Kiana inside Sirin might hear him and start overthinking things again.

"Oh! Another world? There must be fun people to meet there," Fu Shi said with childlike enthusiasm, which made Fu Lin chuckle helplessly. 'And she asks if she's attractive... she has no self-awareness at all.'

"What are you and the Herrscher of Knowledge whispering about... excluding Sirin like this?" Sirin grabbed Fu Lin's coat and asked as she watched them laughing and chatting.

"Because tomorrow, the Herrscher of Knowledge and I have something important to do. If you come, I'm afraid it'll be dangerous for... me... Uh, I mean for you," Fu Lin hastily corrected himself as he explained to Sirin.

"Then why can the Herrscher of Knowledge go?☆" Sirin pouted and pointed at Fu Shi in protest.

"Emmm, because..." Fu Lin scratched his chin, unable to think of a reason.

"Because I'm stronger than you and won't get carried away~ Little... puffer... fish, hmph~" Fu Shi slowly approached Sirin and teased her.

"You! You! I... I... How outrageous!" Sirin pointed at Fu Shi, her face flushed with anger, but she couldn't think of a comeback.

"Oh dear~ Look, it's puffed up again." Fu Shi mimicked a delicate gesture and flicked Sirin's forehead, then crossed her arms triumphantly.

Sirin clutched her forehead in pain, glaring at the seemingly harmless Fu Shi, and threatened, "How dare you hurt me? Just wait... I'll get my brother to teach you a lesson!"

She then threw herself into Fu Lin's arms, sniffling and pointing at the Herrscher of Knowledge as she complained, "Brother, she bullied me..."

Fu Shi looked at Sirin nestled in Fu Lin's embrace and couldn't understand. Where did the Queen of Honkai, Sirin, go? How had she turned into this...

With a look of disbelief, she exclaimed, "You're the Queen of Honkai! How can you..."