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Chapter 98: Differences
"Your parents all died of a disease called [Honkai]..."
The young girl listened to the words spoken by the man in white in front of her.
'Honkai...what is that?'
She doesn't know.
"But don't be afraid, our Schicksal Organization will take you in from now on."
The man in white spoke in a gentle tone, and between his words, he seemed to have outlined a beautiful and warm future for her and other homeless children.
Therefore, they couldn't help but believe what the other party said.
"In addition, you are very lucky. You are born with precious antibodies against [Honkai] in your body. For the future of all mankind, we need you to help participate in some experiments."
As he spoke, he took out a syringe from his arms.
It was filled with a strange dark purple liquid, which looked so disturbing and ominous.
He looked at her, waved his hand kindly, and continued in a gentle tone:
"Come on, let's start with you."
She did as she was told in a daze, and stretched out her thin and boneless right hand, allowing the other party to stick the syringe into her arm.
The dark purple liquid was slowly pushed into her body, and at the same time, the heart-piercing pain began to spread.
"…It may be a little painful at first, but don't be afraid."
…
"It hurts…it hurts so much…!"
The brown-haired girl grabbed the corner of her clothes, and her thin hands exerted tremendous strength in her final struggle.
This was of course futile. After all, after being injected with Honkai energy for a long time, her body had actually been on the verge of destruction. Now, it was just her body's instinct making its last struggle before death.
Faced with the pain of her long-time companion, she was at a loss as to what to do. She could only hug her tightly and whisper to her:
"…Hold on…Bella!"
As a companion who was also undergoing the experiment, she knew how heartbreaking the pain that Bella was feeling at this moment was spreading through her internal organs.
Gradually, Bella stopped crying out in pain; her voice became weaker and weaker until it disappeared completely.
This hug, which was not very warm in the snow and ice, may not have made her companion feel warm.
But compared to the cold reality, the disgusting adult voice coming from behind made people feel even more like they were falling into an ice cellar:
"It's useless. This experimental subject is no longer viable."
They turned a blind eye to Bella's pain and departure, and walked away, taking their companion from her hands.
They dragged Bella's body, which had begun to turn cold, toward the outside of the Tower of Babylon.
Perhaps, like their other companions before them, they planned to... abandon Bella in the snow.
…
On a snowy field wrapped in cold wind.
The purple-haired girl was only wearing a white short coat that barely covered her body, standing alone on the snow.
Despite her thin clothing, she somehow no longer felt the cold.
As the best experimental subject in the Babylon Tower laboratory, she had gained some "privileges."
For example, the right to bury her own companions with her own hands.
She looked at the three small graves that had been buried by the snow with sad eyes, and prayed silently for them in her heart:
"Aurora, Agatha, Bella...just take a good rest."
Behind the girl, the researcher who was in charge of guarding her for burial had long been impatient and roared:
"Hey! Have you buried the scrap? If you have, go back and continue the experiment. I don't want to waste my precious time on this bunch of garbage!"
"…"
The last tear slid down the face of the purple-haired girl, and from then on, she stopped crying.
…
"Help, help—!"
At midnight on February 1, 2000, an unprecedented upheaval occurred inside the laboratory of the Tower of Babylon.
The few remaining researchers were fleeing frantically, as if a ghost was chasing them.
No, it should be said that there was indeed a vengeful ghost chasing them.
They tried to activate the remaining defenses in the tower to hinder her progress and buy time for them to escape from the Tower of Babylon, but unfortunately, they failed.
The ghost pursued them relentlessly, never intending to give up killing any of them.
In the end, all of them fell in the tower, and died tragically, and there was no hope of survival.
After doing all this, the girl stood alone on the stone pillar outside the Tower of Babylon, turning around to look at the dark tower.
——After enduring for who knows how long, she finally gained strange abilities all of a sudden.
She can manipulate space and cut off people she hates;
She was able to pass through heavy metal doors, rendering all defenses useless;
She can return all attacks directed at her, such as bullets, and make them feel the pain caused by her attacks.
She finally had the power to take revenge on humanity.
She had been alone for a long time and had nothing to worry about, so she took action immediately.
All the researchers in this tower were killed by her own hands tonight.
However, when she saw them wailing in pain and struggling for mercy before they died, she did not feel the pleasure and satisfaction of revenge.
After killing all her enemies, what flooded into the girl's heart was... endless emptiness.
…
"Come on, come out, you are all safe."
——After destroying the Tower of Babylon, she faced new challenges.
Schicksal sent a team here to investigate the missing researchers, led by a white-haired girl who looked about her age.
For some reason, she could always smell the scent of destruction from this girl.
'Her name...I think it's Theresa?'
She saw with her own eyes how this brute nun used her bare hands to break open the heavy iron door that imprisoned the children and set them free.
Theresa rescued the few remaining children imprisoned here and promised them that she would arrange for them to go to a safe place.
According to her, it was an artificial island called St. Freya Academy.
They will be taken there to learn how to control the power in their bodies until one day they can return to normal life.
Her expression was quite gentle as she said this.
"Humph, another guy who only knows how to say nice things."
That's what she thought in her heart.
——What's the difference between these words and those of the bastards who tricked her into coming here to undergo the injection experiment?
The girls had already tacitly accepted in their hearts that this Valkyrie of Schicksal named Theresa was just saying the same nice words to deceive them.
'I'm afraid that this person named Theresa wants to transfer them to other laboratories of Schicksal to continue using them as experimental materials.'
…But despite thinking so in her heart, she did not expose Theresa's lies on the spot, nor did she show her strength to fight against them.
She just obediently followed Theresa's arrangements like the other rescued children, waiting to be rescued and taken to St. Freya Academy.
On the one hand, she felt that Theresa was very powerful, and she might not be her opponent at the moment.
On the other hand, there is no rush for revenge and she needs to take a long-term view.
If the so-called "St. Freya Academy" was also a hell on earth that tortured children like this Babylon Tower laboratory, then she would definitely destroy the academy completely just like she destroyed this place, and saved the children inside.
Moreover, she still knew very little about the so-called "Schicksal" and only knew about the Tower of Babylon...
She had no idea how big Schicksal was, where their headquarters was, or how many enemies she had.
If you want revenge, you should also know your enemy better.
Over the next few days, she and the other children lived in a temporary camp nearby under the care of the Valkyries.
The Valkyries, led by Theresa, investigated the Tower of Babylon for a long time but found nothing unusual.
During this period, she did not display her miraculous abilities again.
It wasn't until a few days later that their investigation finally came to an end.
The girl finally got her wish and was taken back by Theresa along with the other children.
Went to...St. Freya Academy.
…
"…"
Everything that the purple-haired girl experienced after coming to this academy opened her eyes.
This place was not a cruel hell on earth as she had imagined, but...
A place like a paradise.
The scenery is beautiful and the campus is huge.
The beds here are so soft and the food is so delicious. She is used to the cold environment and dry food in the Tower of Babylon. How long has it been since she last stayed in such a warm environment...?
And, she even has to go to school here...
"…"
These words should have belonged to her age, but now they are coming to the girl for the first time.
Everything seemed so unreal that she could hardly believe what she saw and heard.
Could it be that...what the Valkyrie named Theresa said was true?
Are they really planning to set up a school here?
In any case, she had her own room, and it was quite spacious.
The bed here was so warm and comfortable that she completely let down her guard. After many years, she fell into a gentle dream again.
And naturally, she overslept as expected.
The next day, the girl hurriedly ran into the classroom carrying her schoolbag and ran into her first teacher in this academy.
She was a very beautiful adult woman, who looked very gentle and her conversation revealed an inexplicable maternal nature.
She happened to be introducing herself, and the girl learned her name:
"Hello everyone~ From today on, I am your teacher, Cecilia Schariac, um... you can call me Teacher Cecilia."
Naturally, she was taken care of by Cecilia because she was late. She introduced herself in front of the class with a blushing face:
"Hello everyone, I...I'm Sirin!"
Then, under the gazes of a group of kind eyes, the girl quickly walked to the empty seat by the window in the back row and sat down without saying anything else.
Later, she learned from other classmates that Cecilia was once the most powerful Valkyrie in the Schicksal.
............…
After living in St. Freya Academy for a while, she became completely familiar with the people here.
She began to get used to the normal life here and made some new friends.
This day——
"This is my daughter. Her name is Kiana, Kiana Kaslana."
Together with the other girls, she came to the teacher's room.
Teacher Cecilia is not single, she has a happy family.
She knew that Cecilia's husband was called Siegfried, Siegfried Kaslana. She had met that man before. Unlike her retired teacher, he was still an active warrior on the front line against Honkai.
They had a child, and because Cecilia was now going to be a teacher at St. Freya's Academy, they brought her here to live and take care of her.
The white-haired little girl looks about four or five years old, very cute.
"KIANA...what does this name mean?"
She asked curiously as she looked at the little white-haired kid who had just learned to walk and was playing on the living room floor.
Cecilia heard this and responded gently:
"She is the moon goddess in Greek mythology. This is my blessing to her. I hope she can grow up... happily."
"…"
This should have been a very heartwarming scene, but when she heard these words, her heart ached slightly.
She thought of... her mother who had died of Honkai disease.
Kiana had a mother who loved her very much, but she had lost her mother forever.
Thinking of this, the girl's eyes couldn't help but become a little dim, and those beautiful golden eyes also lost their luster.
At this moment, a warm embrace came from behind.
She was slightly startled, then quickly realized that it was Cecilia who hugged her.
The girl only heard Cecilia ask her in a gentle tone:
"What's wrong, Sirin, you don't look well."
"…No, nothing."
Faced with this concern, she replied somewhat flustered.
she didn't know when but a few tears had already slid down her cheeks.
Seeing this, Cecilia gently wiped away her tears.
Ever since she stepped down from her duties as a Valkyrie and came to St. Freya Academy with Theresa to realize their dreams, she has come into contact with all kinds of children.
She knew very well that most of these children who were brought back to study in the academy had unhappy family situations due to the Honkai.
And Sirin is one of these children, and even the most miserable one.
——Not only did her family fall apart due to the Honkai, but she was also captured by the laboratory of Schicksal and became a cruel experiment subject.
Although she couldn't stop the actions of the Bishop of Schicksal, she could still care for the children around her to the best of her ability.
So she whispered in the girl's ear:
"It's okay to treat me as your mother, right?"
"…"
She couldn't bear it any longer and turned into Cecilia's arms.
That night, she cried for the first time in a long time in Cecilia's arms.
............…
St. Freya's Academy did change her view of Schicksal, well, a little bit.
At least, she didn't intend to destroy St. Freya and the people related to her, such as Cecilia and Theresa.
They were indeed very nice to her and made her feel the long-lost care and love.
...But this does not mean that she will stop her revenge on Schicksal.
With the convenient identity of being a member of St. Freya Academy, she easily obtained the addresses of many of the Schicksal laboratories, which undoubtedly greatly improved the efficiency of her revenge.
While living as an ordinary student at St. Freya Academy, she secretly began to be active as a Herrscher again.
She set out in the dark when no one was aware, and in the silent night, she used her abilities to destroy one laboratory after another under the banner of Schicksal.
At the same time, her nickname began to spread within Schicksal, making people terrified.
——[Herrscher of the Void].
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