Honkai Impact 3rd: My Days as a Captain in Schicksal

As Bronya slowly pulled a book from the bookshelf, the bookshelf in front of Kiana slowly split open from the middle, and a beam of light shone out from the crack.

"This is..." Kiana's tone was filled with astonishment.

“These are the records related to the first Honkai Impact.” Bronya stood aside and explained to Kiana, “Bronya thinks that for silly Kiana, images, which are more easily accepted by young children, will be easier for your intelligence to accept than text.”

Chapter Eight: Have you ever heard of a girl who fell from the sky?

"Login user's name: Kiana Kaslana".

"The user who logged in has been confirmed as a member of the Kaslana family with access privileges."

"Start playing hidden recordings—"

"Huh?"

A long, powerful scream pierced the sky, "Help—me—!"

Ten seconds ago.

"...Then the Honkai suddenly changed its form and spread as a disease, which was called the Black Death in Europe at the time." Bronya led Kiana through rows of patients along the roadside in a group of medieval European-style buildings.

Perhaps it's inappropriate to call them patients, because some of them are no longer suffering from the illness and have ascended to heaven.

"Hey? Bronya, look! Look!" Kiana, who was full of interest, suddenly seemed to have made a discovery. "Isn't that Theresa's cross?"

In the center of the square connected by this alley, a huge golden cross, more than a person tall, stands quietly on the ground, as if it had stood there for countless centuries.

And it will still be standing there for countless centuries to come.

Bronya seemed oblivious to Kiana's cries and continued walking forward. Kiana, however, paid no heed, skipping and hopping towards the legendary weapon known as the Throne of the Gods: "The Oath of Judah was actually created in the Middle Ages? Theresa is still using such an ancient weapon…"

“But she usually treats Judah like a precious treasure and never lets me touch it. This time, I’m going to touch it to my heart’s content!” Kiana’s eyes sparkled with excitement as she reached out to the cross covered in patterns.

A dazzling light flashed, and only the golden cross remained standing in the square.

It was only at this moment that Bronya belatedly turned around.

Kiana?

Kiana, who had been moved to an unknown location, fell from the sky.

"They suddenly threw someone from the sky! But it doesn't seem to hurt!" Kiana's scream stopped abruptly. The feeling of falling was replaced by a warm embrace, and her vision, which had been covered by the sky, was suddenly replaced by a concerned face.

"Miss, are you hurt?" the woman who caught Kiana asked with some concern. "How did you suddenly fall from the sky?"

"What a beautiful older sister!" Kiana instantly forgot that she had been inexplicably thrown down from the sky, and was instead attracted to the person in front of her.

"Ah, thank you for saving me, I almost fell to my death." Kiana jumped from the woman's embrace to the ground and stood up.

"It's good that you're alright. I was startled when I saw you suddenly fall from the sky from a distance." The woman smiled gently.

Seeing that smile seemed to have a magical power that struck straight to the heart. The moment Kiana saw that smile, she seemed to feel a kind of infectious power spreading around her.

It was a warm and welcoming feeling, like the spring sunshine—bright but not glaring, warm but not scorching.

Only now did Kiana begin to seriously examine the woman who had saved her, discovering that the woman's face bore an eighty percent resemblance to her own, and that she also had long white hair and azure eyes.

It's like a giant version of myself.

Aside from her breasts being much larger, Kiana, of course, selectively ignored this fact.

The other person was wearing a black nun's habit but no nun's hat, and looked dirty with many visible injuries.

"My people are here." The woman, who looked eight-tenths like Kiana, suddenly turned to look behind her. "Miss, you'd better leave quickly."

The woman subtly positioned herself between Kiana and the newcomer.

The newcomers were three people completely shrouded in black robes, their faces even covered by raven masks.

If Kiana had been paying attention in class, she should have been able to recognize the newcomer at a glance.

The black robe and raven mask were the standard attire of the Destiny Organization's executors in the Middle Ages.

"Miss Karen, why did you run away?" the leader asked in an old but calm voice.

“Grandpa Arthur, I didn’t mean to run away. I just saw this little girl falling from the sky and ran over to save her,” the woman called Karen replied in a very submissive tone.

"Nonsense!" At this moment, one of the three, standing at the back, suddenly said in a disdainful tone, "You, who betrayed the organization, have absolutely no credibility! Do you think what happened half a year ago can be forgotten with a few words?"

The leader calmly raised his right hand, silencing the people behind him.

“Miss Karen, if you are willing to repent, I can still plead with the master.” The man who looked like the leader spoke in a calm tone, not like he was advising, but more like an elder showing concern for a younger person.

“It’s no use. Father has already made his decision, and—” Karen sighed and lowered her head, “I no longer have any reason to want to live.”

"Stop babbling! Come with me!" The two men who seemed to be his lackeys were already very impatient. They grabbed Karen's handcuffs and pulled her backward sharply. Karen lost her balance and was pulled off a fall.

Kiana then realized that the woman who had saved her was handcuffed, her hands were bound by thick chains, and there were also thick chains between her bare legs.

He looked exactly like a prisoner.

"What are you doing to my savior! (And she's a beautiful older sister at that!)" Kiana suddenly attacked, kicking away the masked man who was pulling Kallen with a speed that no ordinary person could react to. She turned to Kallen and smiled smugly, "Don't let my cute appearance fool you, I'm actually quite good at fighting."

"Watch out behind you!" Karen's expression didn't relax at all; instead, it became even more anxious.

Before Kiana could react to Kallen's words, she collapsed to the ground. Behind her was the masked leader, who had been standing about five meters in front of her the moment before.

At that moment, his original figure had just disappeared.

Afterimage!

"I swear in the name of the Kaslana family, she was just an unsuspecting passerby! Please don't make things difficult for her..." These were the only words Kiana heard before she lost consciousness.

"It hurts so much..." Kiana didn't wake up until the moon was high in the sky.

When Kiana opened her eyes, she was shocked to find herself locked in a stone cell, her hands bound tightly with hemp rope, and lying on a bed made of straw.

"You're so impulsive. Grandpa Arthur is my martial arts instructor; he's not someone you can handle." Kallen's voice came from across the room. Kiana looked in the direction of the voice and saw the beautiful woman who had saved her during the day sitting against the wall, her hands cuffed to the wall. The woman looked at Kiana with concern in her eyes. "How are you feeling? Are you hurt? Does anything hurt?"

"I'm fine... I was just careless!" Kiana struggled to her feet, trying to sound brave. "But what about you, sister?"

Kallen was taken aback, not expecting that Kiana was thinking about her situation even now. She felt a warmth in her heart: "I have to stay here for a while longer. I'm so sorry to have troubled you. I've already explained the situation to them, and they shouldn't make things difficult for you."

"By the way, I don't know your name yet. My name is Kiana!" Kiana asked with great interest, seemingly unconcerned about her own situation.

“My name is Karen, lovely lady,” Karen replied with a gentle smile and a very tender tone.

"Sister Karen, why are you locked up here?"

“...Because I stole something from someone else.” Karen’s voice sounded somewhat bitter.

"Stealing? How could such a kind sister do such a thing? They must be framing you!" Kiana said with absolute certainty, seemingly based on some unfounded evidence.

"No, I did steal something from someone else." Kallen chuckled, and seeing Kiana's expression, she seemed reluctant to shatter Kiana's illusion, but after some hesitation, she told her the truth.

"Oh, I get it! It must be to rob the rich and help the poor! Just like Robin Hood!" Kiana's eyes suddenly blazed with fire, her expression filled with admiration for the hero.

Karen paused, her expression complicated: "That's not how it is... If I had to say..."

Karen's expression gradually turned serious, her eyelashes slowly drooped, and her gentle face was gradually filled with resentment, pain, longing, and attachment: "Is it because if that thing stays in the hands of those with ulterior motives, it will one day cause a great disaster?"

Kiana wanted to ask something more, but Kallen interrupted her, saying, "Alright, it's late, you should get some rest."

After saying that, Kallen closed her eyes and ignored Kiana's next words.

The next morning.

"Kiana, your mother has come to take you." The jailer's cold voice echoed in the cell.

"Mother?" Kiana rubbed her eyes, looking completely bewildered.

"Alright, come out now." The jailer opened the cell door and said to Kiana.

Kiana didn't quite understand where her mother came from in this virtual world, but she wouldn't let go of the chance to leave the prison.

only……

Kiana turned around with great concern and looked at Kallen: "Sister Kallen, you—"

"Don't worry, I'll be fine." Kallen gave Kiana a warm smile. "Go see your family."

As dawn broke, sunlight streamed through the narrow iron bars at the top of the cell, illuminating the scattered dust. An indescribable atmosphere enveloped Kallen, whose gentle smile, blooming in despair, was as deeply imprinted on Kiana's heart as a white lotus emerging from the abyss.

At that moment, Kiana felt as if she had seen an angel.

Chapter Nine's main trio naturally need cool backgrounds.

"I'm so sorry, my naughty daughter has caused you trouble." A very familiar voice entered Kiana's ears, "What a naughty child, her mother was so worried."

Kiana's neck almost creaked as she struggled to turn in the direction of the sound. There she saw Bronya dressed in a medieval noblewoman's outfit, holding a lace-trimmed parasol, and wearing valuable jewelry on her earlobes.

Where did this young married woman come from?! My daughter looks older than her!

Kiana was internally ranting and raving.

After leaving the prison, the two walked one after the other down the street. On both sides of the street were stalls selling all kinds of daily necessities and food. AI-generated virtual civilians came and went on this street, bargaining, and there was not a trace of being simulated by a program.

"Bronya, where have you been all this time! This program is much more dangerous than you said!" Kiana complained while eating a piece of fruit. "I almost fell to my death yesterday! And why can I touch other things here? Didn't you say that this virtual space is just virtual images and can't give me any feedback? But here I can not only touch people, but I even have very detailed tactile senses."

"Even the taste can be perfectly simulated!" Kiana took a big bite of fruit. "And what's more, I can even feel hungry here..."

“This system is a hidden area of ​​the archive system, accessible only to members of the Kaslana family,” Bronya said in a detached tone, walking ahead without turning her head. “Bronya went to great lengths to hack into it.”

"As for feeling hungry, Bronya thinks that's just your habit."

“No wonder I was teleported here…” Kiana lowered her head thoughtfully. “That Kallen sister… I really want to know more about her… She was so good to me, risking her life to save me…”

"Is that Karen Kaslana?" Upon hearing this, Bronya turned around abruptly as if she had heard some shocking news, but her expression remained that of a dead fish with a blank expression.

"Wait?! Kaslana?!" Kiana exclaimed in surprise, not even taking a bite of the fruit she had placed in her mouth. "What did you say?!"

Kiana's full name is Kiana Kaslana. She is one of the three major families of the Destiny organization, a knightly race with a long history of producing outstanding warriors who fight against the Honkai.

The Destiny Organization has three major families, all of which possess the innate talent to resist or even utilize Honkai energy. These three families hold a pivotal position within Destiny.