The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

"Ah?" The man uttered a puzzled sound. "Are you okay? I just saw that you had finished your drink and came to get you a bottle. What does this have to do with Otto?"

"Huh?" Siegfried was startled, and turned his head sharply, staring at the boy who suddenly stood behind him, his words were a little stuck: "Who... who are you?"

"Does it matter who I am?" The boy shook the bottle in his hand. "What matters is that you finished your wine, and I brought you another bottle. It would have been fine if you didn't thank me, but you even brought up Bishop Otto for no reason."

"Oh, sorry." Siegfried subconsciously bowed his head to apologize, but after he apologized, he became a mess and shouted angrily, "No, no, no, that's not right! Wait, stand there first! Don't move!"

"Why, you don't welcome me?" The boy shrugged, pretending not to hear Siegfried's warning. He walked to Siegfried's side in two steps, and then sat down beside him confidently under the stunned expression of the other party. "It's no use not welcoming me. This is not the territory you bought."

"..." Siegfried opened his mouth. He looked at the boy's calm attitude and felt that his already not-so-smart brain was even less effective. "You... who are you? Do you know who I am?"

The boy did not answer the question, but glanced at Siegfried with an inexplicable look. He put the wine glass aside, then pinched the body of the red wine bottle and raised the bottle mouth: "Would you like to drink?"

"I..." After struggling for a long time, Siegfried finally managed to get out the second half of the sentence reluctantly, "...Drink!!"

"You should have said it earlier." The boy smiled disdainfully, raised his free hand, and lightly snapped his fingers at the bottle.

Accompanied by a crisp breaking sound, the bottleneck of the red wine bottle disappeared as if it had vanished out of thin air.

After doing all this, the boy pouted at Siegfried and said, "Bring the glass closer."

Siegfried subconsciously pointed the goblet at the broken bottleneck, and the red wine slowly poured into his glass. After pouring the wine for Siegfried, the boy also filled his own glass with the same red wine.

"We are both wanderers in this world. We really are." The boy took a sip from the wine glass and frowned slightly as if he was not used to the taste of the wine. "You should be like me, not liking this kind of lively occasion, right?"

"You are such a smart kid." Siegfried also took a sip from the goblet. "If you can't drink it, don't try to drink like an adult. This stuff is not good."

"Why, you're not going to continue asking me who I am?" The boy glanced at Siegfried, "I thought you were going to get to the bottom of it."

"Will you answer if I ask you?" Siegfried asked back.

"It depends on my mood." The boy shrugged and sighed softly, "Besides, even if I answer, you may not necessarily believe it."

"That's all." Siegfried said, "You said it yourself, I've finished my drink, and you just came here to help me serve it. For two men, knowing this is enough, right?"

Chapter 4: Taking Advantage of the Void (k)

At this moment, Siegfried turned his head and carefully looked at the boy who ran to him in the name of delivering wine.

He was clearly a boy of about ten years old, but his childish profile still showed a maturity that was not childish. His slender body was very prominent under the collar of his uniform. Siegfried was suddenly stunned: "Is this... the uniform of St. Freya's College?"

"Hmm?" The boy lowered his head. "This dress? I don't know. Your daughter and Mei said that if they were to attend the bishop's inauguration ceremony, it would be best to choose a more appropriate outfit. Then Rita made me a temporary dress. Now that you mention it... it seems that the style is indeed similar to the uniforms of those students?"

"Are you also from Saint Freya?" Siegfried asked in amazement. "And... you actually had Rita, the S-rank Valkyrie, personally sew formal clothes for you. It seems that your status in the Fate is even higher than I thought."

"What are you thinking about?" The boy took a sip of wine. "I'm not a man of destiny. The Rita I'm talking about... and the S-rank Valkyrie you know are probably not the same person in the true sense."

"What do you mean?" Siegfried asked.

"Didn't you listen carefully to what your daughter said when she caught you in Hilton?" the boy said, "It means literally. We are not from this world, whether it's your daughter, the Herrscher of Thunder, Mei, or Rita as I mentioned."

"...Are you really not kidding us?" After a moment's silence, Siegfried smiled bitterly.

"Do you think this is necessary?" The boy shrugged indifferently.

"It seems not, but..." Siegfried also took a sip of wine and sighed quietly, "No matter how you put it, it's really too unbelievable. Suddenly telling me such a shocking fact... It feels too stimulating to my heart."

"Wouldn't it be more exciting if I told you that your biological daughter is still alive?" The boy smiled silently.

"Poof!!!" Siegfried suddenly spat out the wine that he had just drunk into his throat.

The red wine that flows back up the trachea and out of the nostrils looks like a nosebleed caused by a sudden inflammation.

"You—cough cough cough..." After coughing rapidly for a long time, the itchy feeling in his throat finally subsided a little. Siegfried stared at the boy's smiling face with wide eyes, his voice trembling a little, "You...I...Qi...Qiana...Is she really?"

"Yes, only the name has been changed," said the boy.

"Where is she now?" Siegfried asked quickly.

"I'm not sure about the exact location." The boy tilted his head and looked thoughtful. "Anyway, according to Kiana, they seemed to have temporarily locked up your biological daughter after forcing Otto to step down."

"What?" The amount of information in this sentence was so huge that Siegfried's brain suddenly short-circuited after receiving the boy's words, "Kiana... No! Your Kiana locked up my own daughter? Also, was that bastard Otto forced to step down by you guys?"

"Yeah." The boy laughed cheerfully, "You're surprised, right? I was also shocked when I heard the news for the first time."

"I am indeed very surprised..." Siegfried pondered for a moment, and suddenly snatched the wine glass from the boy's hand, "You seem to have drunk a little too much."

"It seems so." The boy whose wine glass was suddenly taken away did not make a fuss. He just bent his knees and buried his face in his thighs. "My alcohol tolerance should not be limited to this level... I just drank a glass of red wine, and my brain is a little abnormal."

"You are aware of your own state and your drinking behavior is not bad." Siegfried glanced at the boy with some surprise. To be honest, he had prepared himself to be scolded the moment he took away the wine glass. But he really didn't expect that this guy's self-control ability would be so strong. This made Siegfried, who had been drunk in front of Kiana before, feel a little embarrassed. "Do you need me to help you send it down? If you don't go back for too long, Kiana will be worried."

"No need." The boy glanced down and accurately caught sight of Theresa and her group and Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] and her group laughing and chatting around a round table. He shook his head slightly and said, "I told them that I had temporarily returned to the guest room that Skyfate had arranged for the guests. They probably thought I was lying down in the room."

"So you came to see me specially?" Siegfried smiled, "Should I feel honored?"

"I just thought we might have something in common," the boy said. "Unfortunately, after we actually talked, I found that this was not the case."

"Are you disappointed?" Siegfried asked.

"Not really. It's true that some of the brain waves don't match." The boy shook his head. "Don't you want to continue asking about your biological daughter?"

"Of course I do. I want to rush to her right away." Siegfried raised his empty left arm and wiped the remaining wine on his face with his fluttering sleeve. "But even if I really see her, what can I do for her?"

"Why are you suddenly so sad?" the boy said, "Are you the type who easily feels sorry for yourself?"

"Self-pity? Perhaps you are right." Siegfried shook his head and suddenly asked, "Boy, you should be able to see my physical condition clearly from such a close distance."

The boy raised his eyes and silently glanced at Siegfried's body under the fur coat.

Under the skin that was as tough and rough as rock, bright yet deadly strange lines appeared through the blood vessels, emitting a faint fluorescence under the moonlight.

"How much time is left?"

"Who knows? Maybe it will be a year, maybe ten years." Siegfried shrugged and spoke as if he was talking to a stranger. "Before leaving the Anti-Entropy base, Longma told me that the damage caused by Honkai Beast's genes to me was still within controllable range for the time being. But he didn't know that I know my own body much better than he does. Although I may not die slowly because of that thing, I would rather end my life sooner than die under the damage of Honkai Beast's genes and turn into an irrational monster."

"Where is the Black Abyss White Flower?" asked the boy.

"What?" Siegfried was puzzled.

"I mean, have you ever tried to use the [Creation] power of the Black Abyss White Flower to control these genes?" the boy said, "If I remember correctly, its second rated power should be able to remove the Honkai energy that invades the human body."

"You are well aware of the Black Abyss White Flower's abilities." Siegfried shook his head. "However, unfortunately, the Black Abyss White Flower's Holy Lance Backflow does not have much effect on the erosion at the genetic level. After all, it can only heal organisms after reading the genetic blueprint."

"Why are you suddenly telling me this?"

"Because you are the one Kiana likes." Siegfried tilted his head and patted the boy's shoulder. His burly face with a little frivolous look suddenly showed a malicious smile. "Although I am surprised that my baby Kiana likes such a young boy, but since you are Kiana's choice, I can only regard you as a man who stands tall and proud. There are some things that we men can only know by ourselves. There is no need to tell these women, right?"

"I'm not a child." The boy rolled his eyes but was unable to respond to the second half of Siegfried's words.

After all, no matter what, both of this man's daughters have placed their hearts on me, so it's normal for me to regard this guy as my [father-in-law]... right?

Thinking of this, the boy couldn't help but become dazed again. To be honest, he didn't think Siegfried's physical problem was such a difficult problem to solve. To put it bluntly, even if Siegfried's body was really beyond repair, he now had a way to keep his consciousness.

But Siegfried was obviously not aware of this matter.

Just because he believed in Kiana, he also believed in me, whom Kiana had chosen? This irrational trust made the boy feel both amused and sad, but also weighed down.

Are all the people of Kaslana clan like this? As he thought about this, the drunken boy gently closed his eyes.

"..." Hearing the even breathing sound coming from beside him, Siegfried shook his head helplessly, "I just said that I would treat you as a man who stands tall and proud, but you suddenly fell asleep like a child. I don't know whether to say that you are kind-hearted or too confident in your own abilities..."

Although he complained, Siegfried still stood up and prepared to take the boy's arm and carry him down.

Unfortunately, there are people who are faster than him.

I saw a pair of slender white arms go around the boy's back and knees, holding the sleeping boy horizontally in his arms. The man first glanced at the empty bottle and two empty cups on the ground, then put his nose close to the boy's face and sniffed gently, his silvery eyebrows slightly raised: "You two are drinking here?"

"Uh..." Seeing the man's face, which was exactly the same as his daughter's but more mature, Siegfried was stunned for a moment, then quickly raised his hand: "Misunderstanding! Misunderstanding! I didn't bring this wine up here."

"Then why don't you stop the captain? He's still just a kid now!" Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] glared at Siegfried, "Do you have to drink the wine he brought you?"

"I... okay, okay, it's my fault. I, your dad, shouldn't have secretly drunk with your little lover." Facing his daughter's otherworldly counterpart, Siegfried, who knew very well that he couldn't reason with her under such circumstances, slumped down like a deflated ball, gave the other party a standard French military salute, then smiled, raised his one arm and scratched his silver hair, his face full of flattery: "Look, isn't it..."

"Hmph, you're good at reading the atmosphere." Kiana [Herser of the Fire] blushed slightly. Although her father was not Siegfried in front of her, she was still a little excited that her relationship with the captain was recognized by her family. "How much did you drink?"

"Not much! Not much! He just drank a small cup." Seeing that Kiana [Hersher of the Fire]'s tone had relaxed, Siegfried shook his head with relief, "He fell asleep so easily, probably because it was time for him to sleep. Although he looks like a smart kid, he is still a child after all, so it's normal for him to be sleepier than us adults."

"Really?" Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] looked at Siegfried suspiciously, her eyes rolling for a moment, "I'm still a little worried... I'd better find out how much the captain drank myself."

"Investigate? You want to use the instrument of Destiny to measure the alcohol concentration in his body?" Siegfried thought about it and felt it was reliable. "You need me to help you... I○————!!!!!!!!!"

The moment everything in front of him came into view, Siegfried's eyes suddenly widened, his mouth opened so wide that it looked like his jaw was about to drop to the ground.

What did he see? His daughter suddenly leaned down and pressed her lips against the boy's.

And also - there was a gurgling sound of sticky water.

Could it be that he stuck his tongue in there? Is this called probing? How can you test alcohol concentration like this? !

Just when Siegfried's thoughts went blank.

Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] raised her face.

"Hehe...Guhehe...Captain...my captain..."

"..." The corners of Siegfried's eyes twitched wildly.

This... is this really my daughter?

This person who took advantage of the drunken ten-year-old boy and sneaked in... and also put on such a fanatical expression, is she really his daughter, Kiana Kaslana?

"Cough hum!"

Did she finally realize that Siegfried was still by her side? After a long while, Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] finally broke free from her state of obsession.

"Dad, you don't need to worry about my affairs in this world for now. As for my sister's affairs, I will find a chance to explain everything to you later." She had a serious expression, with a trace of saliva hanging from the corner of her mouth. "It's getting late now, so... I'll take the captain back first."

"What are you going back for?"

"Do what needs to be done."

Chapter 4: The father-in-law who doubts his life, and the meeting at the corner (k)

Do what should be done? Siegfried's eyelids twitched. This was a very general statement, with neither a clear action nor a clear direction. What should be done? What means should be used to do it? These two most critical pieces of information were not reflected in the description of this sentence. Simply reading its literal meaning, we can only draw the self-evident conclusion that "the person who said this is a damned riddle man."

But the problem is... Siegfried really understood the implication of his daughter from the parallel world.

Yes, it’s not that I understood it by listening, but that I understood it by seeing.

After all, no matter how stupid a person is, after seeing the woman-like movements and expressions that Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] just showed, he would easily associate it with something embarrassing.

To be honest, if the person who showed such an obsessed expression and said these words was not his own daughter, but a stranger who had nothing to do with Siegfried, the sense of justice deep in Kaslana's genes at that moment would probably drive him to stop the other party without hesitation.

After all, no matter from which angle you look at it, after a kid secretly kissed him after being hungover, stuck his tongue in to taste the flavor, and then made such a criminal declaration with a clear conscience...the place where such a person should be is the most appropriate place, except for the prison tightly locked with iron bars and iron fences. Siegfried could not think of any other place more suitable.

…However, the person who did this was Kiana Kaslana.

Although she claimed that she was not the Kiana of this world, she was still the father and daughter of herself.

Furthermore, she still thought she was a Herrscher who controlled multiple powers.

Well, after carefully weighing the relationship between the two and the gap in strength, Siegfried, who was once fearless, became a little timid for the first time in a long time.

But even though he was a coward, he was not the kind of person who could watch his loved ones go astray. So after a moment of silence, Siegfried smiled awkwardly and said, "Then you can do your thing and let me take care of this child for the time being. How do you think?"

"Not so good." Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] instantly frowned and responded coldly, "I won't hand over the captaincy to anyone, not even you, my stinky dad!"

"But didn't you say you still had things to do?" Siegfried said, trying to pull his daughter back to the right path. "You call me stinky dad, so you should recognize me as your father, right? Kiana, you can't be so stupid as to not even trust your own father, right?"

"These are two different things." Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] didn't buy Siegfried's trick at all. She retracted her arms and lifted the boy's body to her chest. "Besides, what I have to do next is to take care of the hungover captain."

Siegfried was stunned.

"...You...don't tell me that you knew from the beginning that this guy would come to drink with me?"

Kiana [Hersher of the Fire] glanced at Siegfried as if he was looking at a fool: "Why do you think I can't detect your location, old man? Didn't I catch you once at the Hilton Hotel?"

Then Siegfried asked the obvious question: "You knew he was going to come drink with me, so why didn't you stop him yourself?"

As a result, he felt something was wrong just after asking the question.

Uh, could it be...

No, no, no, this is Kiana. How could my daughter be so scheming? Just as Siegfried was about to deny his guess in his heart, Kiana [Hersher of the Fire]'s expression suddenly became flustered.

"I... No! No! I didn't want to sneak the captain away by myself when he came to drink with my stinky dad! You... Don't talk nonsense."

What a self-destruction.

Now, Siegfried could not deceive himself no matter what.