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Perhaps for the sake of mystery, or perhaps for something else, he didn't say everything when he last appeared as 'Alicia,' only revealing a few things vaguely. But now, as 'Kiana,' sitting with the 'little sister' as Kiana, the topic of the past has become 'timely'.
Durandal fell into a brief silence regarding this issue.
It would be impossible for her not to be interested—when she first woke up, she was incredibly curious about what kind of person she was in the past and what kind of relationships she had. However, with Rita's company and many experiences, after the World Bubble trip, she now has a more 'laissez-faire' attitude towards the past.
"Choosing to move towards the future does not mean having to say goodbye to the past."
"Kiana Kaslana—Siegfried Kaslana, daughter of Cecilia Schariac, the strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal, this is your past."
"!?"
Hearing this answer, even though she had prepared herself mentally, the goose was still somewhat surprised.
"I am... Kiana Kaslana... the daughter of Siegfried and... Cecilia?"
Leaving Siegfried aside, Cecilia—as the successor of the 'Strongest Valkyrie of Schicksal' and the successor of the Black Abyss White Flower—has always felt admiration and... closeness to that predecessor she had never met and had only seen in records.
And now that she has learned that she is actually her daughter... how should I put it? Although she is indeed excited, the news is so shocking that she can't feel excited at all. Even so, she is a little uneasy and puts her hand, which is covered with silk gloves, on her thighs which are wrapped in black stockings.
"and you..."
"Of course, I am their daughter too, but there are some differences." The white-haired girl smiled and said quite seriously:
"【Project K】, also known as the 【Second Herrscher Resurrection Project】—'K423' is the 'code name' of this body when it was first born... Well, you and Dad rescued me, but due to various accidents, you ultimately entrusted the name 'Kiana Kaslana' to me."
"But to be more practical—my real name should be 'Cirin'."
"Sirin...that's the Second Herrscher's name!?"
"Don't be surprised~ Let me show you this~" Kiana raised a slender index finger and gently tapped the goose's forehead.
The next moment—a feeling like being electrified startled the silly goose, and then…
A long-forgotten memory flashed through my mind.
That was a familiar figure—
Cecilia Shaniat, the strongest S-class Valkyrie from the previous Destiny.
The silly goose had seen the other party's information in the archives, and the surrounding icy and snowy landscape... was it Siberia?
A flood of emotions rushed through her mind, and at an incredibly fast pace, Durandal learned how 'Sirin' had become Cecilia's daughter.
As for 'Kiana'—Jiang Qiao, she was quite interested. This memory was unearthed from this machine and was something hidden in the 'deepest part of memory'.
It is the source of Sirin's yearning for beauty, the origin of the new consciousness of "k423", or in simple terms, the source code that constitutes Kiana.
It is certainly one-sided compared to complete memory, but it is sufficient if the purpose is merely 'understanding'.
Looking at the dazed goose that had awakened from its reverie, the white-haired girl whispered:
“Cecilia once gave 'Sirin' the identity of her daughter, and as a result of Otto's experiment, she later inherited the same thing from Siegfried... her father.”
"Of course, this is from an ethical perspective—if we look at it purely from a physical, or DNA, 'K423' is an artificial human created by that bishop, using the DNA of Sirin and the DNA of 'Kiana Kaslana,' from that perspective."
"Hmm... I should probably be called your 'daughter' rather than 'me'." The girl's expression turned sly as she spoke.
Undoubtedly, the silly goose, who had been listening to the ethics class without paying much attention, froze upon hearing the word 'daughter'.
...daughter...?
Miss Goose, whose mind was already in a mess because of Sirin's memories, and who was thinking about her mother and the Herrscher resurrection experiment, was completely overwhelmed after loading this 'ethical judgment program'.
His azure eyes turned into a ball of yarn, and his expression became extremely flustered as he stared at 'Kiana'.
A younger sister is fine... but suddenly having a daughter... no matter how much Durandal tries to stay calm, it's clear she can't!
No matter how strong she is—Silly Goose is still a young girl in the prime of her life.
"Hmm~ Do you need me to call you 'Mom'?" Seeing Kiana's confusion, and as if she wasn't confused enough, Kiana mischievously called out "Mom" in a high-pitched voice.
This blow was like a heavy hammer blow... Compared to the shock of being called "sister" when they first met, this "mother" was like a 'pile driver' to the silly goose.
Super Dumb Goose felt completely awful.
"Cough cough... Let's follow Cecilia-senpai and Siegfried... Dad's approach." The coughing goose said this with considerable difficulty—for her, it was indeed more acceptable to suddenly have a 'little sister'.
Her younger sister has become her 'daughter' and has to call her 'Mom'... As a teenage girl, Dai'e simply cannot accept this.
Even so, her gaze toward Kiana changed slightly.
Although the silly goose was frantically brainwashing itself, saying "This is my sister," "This is my sister," "This is my sister."
However, when she thought about the 'blood relationship' the other party mentioned, and realized that the other party was indeed her 'daughter', she was surprised.
A faint maternal instinct, almost imperceptible to herself, emanated from the eyes of the silly goose.
Just like Cecilia before... well, this is a kind of legacy.
While the two 'sisters' were very happy.
Rita was hiding in the bushes not far away—although she was in great pain from the blow, it was unlikely that she would give up so easily, given her personality.
Out of worry and curiosity, the maid was very concerned about what would happen if Kiana and Lady Durandal got together.
To avoid being discovered, one must be very far away, and therefore can only observe from the side, making it impossible to hear anything.
Fortunately, as a professional white glove, Rita is an expert in lip reading.
With the help of the equipment, certain keywords were extracted.
'Daughter'...'Mom'?
Rita was stunned when she saw the two sets of comparison data in the Moon Soul System.
What kind of chat content would involve a daughter and her mother?
and...
With a quick glance at her profile, Sister Ta immediately noticed an unusual blush on Durandal's face; in her experience, that was clearly shyness...
This eliminates any discussion about one's origins, since who would blush when talking about their mother or daughter? Lady Durandal isn't the type to rebel against her mother.
Daughter...Mom...
Connecting these two keywords, Rita's face instantly froze, and a bold idea popped into her mind...
Could it be... Lady Durandal is talking about...
An illegitimate daughter!?
Rita immediately thought of this possibility.
But after thinking about it carefully, she felt it was unlikely. She had always known about Lady Durandal's affairs, and given Lady Durandal's personality, how could she possibly have an illegitimate daughter?
There's not enough time...
Completely bewildered and confused, feeling that it was utterly impossible, yet looking at Lady Durandal, who even faintly exuded maternal instincts, the impossibility in my heart was being frantically shaken.
Could it be... that Lady Durandal really has an illegitimate daughter?!
Thinking of this, Rita's heart instantly turned cold.
She had always considered her relationship with Lady Durandal to be incredibly close, but... she had no idea that Lady Durandal had an illegitimate daughter—had the silly lady been keeping it from her all along?
I can tell my sister, but I can't tell Rita... I've misplaced my trust!
Unaware of Rita's pain, and after being "begged," the silly goose finally turned the "mother-daughter game" back into a "sisterly relationship."
However, there are still things she cares about.
“Cecilia...Mom, she…”
Through 'Cirin's' memories, the silly goose saw all of that.
"Because of the fear of the power hidden in the 'Kaslana' bloodline, the bishop attempted to bury everything in that Siberian snowfield with the 'Honkai Fission Bomb'."
“I think, in Schicksal’s records—he probably wrote it like this: Cecilia perished together with the Herrscher.”
"But in reality, he was the one who killed Cecilia's mother."
Upon hearing this, Durandal's pupils contracted slightly.
The white-haired girl, however, remained remarkably calm—he could sense the anger that arose spontaneously within this body as she stated this fact; if it were Kiana herself, she would probably be furious beyond measure.
But for Jiang Qiao, this was still manageable.
"She is the bishop..."
The goose's expression became extremely complicated.
Although she had no real connection to the past due to amnesia, she still felt a surge of anger when she learned that her mother had died because of the bishop.
What pains Durandal is that, for her now, Otto has almost become a mentor, guiding her on the path to a new life after losing her memory.
For this reason, she had always held him in high esteem, but now... she felt conflicted.
Seeing the goose's hesitation, the girl shook her head:
"It's okay, sis."
“I’m telling you all this so you can understand the past, not because I expect you to avenge Cecilia’s mother.”
Jiang Qiao knew very well that Dai'e was the type who was extremely considerate of the big picture.
She may not have been unaware of what kind of person Otto was, but Otto, who had always been guiding her forward, and whose teacher-like demeanor made her refuse to trust his judgment, chose to serve him because of his identity as the 'Bishop of Destiny'.