The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Yulandel, who has always been extremely result-oriented, has never allowed failure.

Of course, she also knew that victory and defeat were common in the military, and she also knew that she was far from being invincible.

However, for these Valkyries who regard Honkai as their imaginary enemy, the price of failure is indeed so heavy that most people cannot accept it.

Therefore, after being defeated so easily by "Yulandel from another world" with just two moves, Yulandel's mood became so depressed.

Under normal circumstances, even if she was feeling depressed, Yulandel would not express these negative emotions so obviously.

Lions can also get hurt, but they won't easily let people see them licking their wounds - this was what her senior, Kirara Shigure, taught her during the wonderful journey three years ago. During these three years, she has transformed from a little girl who didn't know how to hide her true character into a mature leader, the captain of the Immortal Blade.

Unfortunately, the current situation is not normal.

Therefore, after her identity and position were temporarily replaced by "another self" and she took the initiative to isolate herself, with only Rita, who was also self-isolating like her, left around her, Yulandel finally took off her mask briefly.

Of course, even in such a depressing situation, the indomitable Yulandel believed that she would one day bounce back.

……until.

…She watched helplessly as the so-called “other self” suddenly fell from the sky, holding a black abyss and white flower with a murderous look on his face, and broke into the bedroom where she and Rita were peeping as if he wanted to kill someone.

To be honest, in Yulandel's opinion, the situation in the bedroom was already quite wrong before that "other self" rushed over.

She believed that she was one of the few people who knew the inside story, and she also knew the true identity of "Kiana Kaslana" as the second Herrscher. Therefore, when she saw Kiana and the Spring Spirit suddenly appear in Schein, although Yulandel felt a little surprised, she was not to the point of being unable to accept the reality.

Rather, she was secretly relieved because of Kiana's use of spatial power to break into Destiny.

After all, not long ago, "Kiana", who came from another world just like her "other self", displayed the power of "fire" in front of Yulandel, which was so domineering that it made people tremble unconsciously. To be honest, if the "Kiana" in their world was the same as that one, Yulandel would really find it difficult to prepare a response in the first time.

But before she could breathe a sigh of relief, her adjutant used just a few words to easily reveal the true identities of the "Kiana" who suddenly appeared in front of them and another silver-haired girl.

Well, this is not the first time that Yulandel has seen someone from another world. A Herrscher who retains his humanity does not seem to be a rare existence among those who come from another world. This is no big deal.

——Although Yulandel thought she had seen a similar scene once and was absolutely prepared mentally, she wanted to say this, but after seeing these two [Herrsers] who made most Valkyries tremble in fear quarreling in front of her over a boy... and suddenly climbing onto the boy's bed, Yulandel's mind couldn't help but fall into chaos.

She...what do they want to do?

Could it be...could it be...

Although Yulandel is pure and innocent, and cannot understand most of the jargon like "○○○", she has read many books on physiology and medicine and is not lacking in knowledge about ○. She also knows what to do if she wants to have a child, and that when doing that kind of thing with the opposite sex, the brain will release a large amount of neurochemical substances, causing the person to lose normal thinking logic for a short period of time.

Of course, those extremely serious medical academic works could not tell Yulandel what everything that was happening before her eyes meant.

Therefore, our serious and strongest Valkyrie, as expected, fell into a complete shutdown state due to seeing a scene that was completely beyond her experience and knowledge.

Yulandel is an excellent Valkyrie with a strong sense of justice. Driven by her sense of justice and her sense of mission to protect others, she almost instinctively wants to step forward to stop the evil and unsightly behavior of these Herrschers.

However, before she put this idea into action, another thought suddenly flashed through her mind and stopped her in her tracks.

...If, if these Herrschers, who were supposed to be dedicated to destroying civilization, suddenly regained their humanity because of that boy.

Without knowing their situation at all, if I suddenly stepped in to stop them without authorization, would I end up making things worse and pushing these Herrschers, who had already regained their humanity, back to being on the opposite side of humanity?

Although Yulandel herself knew that this idea was ridiculous, since it concerned the survival of human civilization, she had no choice but to treat it with the most rigorous attitude.

Yulandel did not think that if facing the Herrscher of Supreme Consciousness, the Herrscher of Void and the Herrscher of Fire, the current Destiny would have much chance of winning.

Just as Youlandel was standing on the outer wall next to the French window, full of confusion, not knowing whether to go in or leave - another self fell from the sky like a savior.

God knows how relieved Yulandel was after seeing the comet-like posture of the other "Yulandel".

Since they are all from another world, then I believe that my other self should be able to solve all these problems perfectly with a calm and composed attitude.

Under Yulandel's expectant eyes, another her with a sullen face broke into the bedroom that had become a den of demons, and then, with a righteous attitude, resolutely stopped those Herrs from extending their claws to the boys -

——But it didn’t.

Yulandel did not understand what the other self and the three Herrsers were arguing about in the bedroom, but it was obvious that from the result, the "Yulandel" did not stop the atrocities of the Herrsers with a righteous attitude as she expected, but instead... she became one of the evil claws that reached out to the boy.

Yulandel was confused.

She was really completely stunned.

Not only her, but even Rita, who had calculated the two Herrschers of the Void's every move in her mind with an elegant and complacent attitude since they met, was stunned.

So, as the bedroom behind them was gradually filled with hormones, the two captains and vice-captains of the Immortal Blade just stood blankly by the outer wall next to the floor-to-ceiling windows. After they were done and fell into a deep sleep, they staggered back to their residence as if awakened from a dream.

And of course... I couldn't sleep at all because of the sounds, images, and smells that stimulated my senses.

The sun was hanging high in the south. Yulandel was lying on the bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, and sighed with extreme exhaustion.

One night was not enough for Youlandel to sort out her extremely confused thoughts. Instead, in the process of daydreaming, her already extremely messy thoughts became even more difficult to think straight.

"Get up..."

Lying in bed all the time was not a good idea, so Yulandel had no choice but to sit up from the bed, change out of her pajamas, put on casual clothes, and went to the bathroom, gently washing her haggard face with cold water.

Just at this moment, Rita, with dark circles under her eyes, also walked in.

Seeing Yulandel washing up, Rita forced herself to smile stiffly, "Good afternoon, Lord Yulandel. I'm sorry, I failed to remind you to get up this morning."

"It's okay. It's my own fault that I couldn't get up. It has nothing to do with Rita." Yulandel raised her face and looked at the ugly-looking blonde Valkyrie in the mirror, then let out a long breath, "Um, Rita, last night..."

"You don't need to mind her behavior too much." Rita's smile became more and more stiff. "Even if that is Lord Yulandel from another world, it is not you after all, right?"

"Of course I understand such a simple truth, but..." Yulandel raised her hands and rubbed her facial muscles, "It turns out that I still can't treat it with a normal mind..."

"After all, she has exactly the same appearance and identity as you." Rita picked up a mahogany comb from the washstand, walked behind Youlandel, and helped her tidy up her slightly messy blonde hair. "In this case, even if that person is just another person who has nothing to do with you, it is very normal for you to be influenced by her."

"But she is also Yulandel after all. I really can't imagine that the other me would do that...that...that kind of thing."

Now, even Rita, who was trying to comfort Yulandel, fell silent.

After all, she, like Yulandel, was defeated by "herself in another world". Now, Yulandel in another world did something that neither of them could accept for a while, so it is reasonable to speculate that she herself would probably not be able to escape unscathed.

"No matter what, if that boy can really bring back the humanity of these Herrschers by himself... it would be a precious thing for humans." So, Rita could only try to turn the topic to the boy who was infected by four claws. "If this is done to enable these Herrschers to better fight against Honkai, then the sacrifice made by Lady Yulandel in the other world... ahem, sacrifice? It can't be called meaningless."

Sacrifice? Not to mention Yulandel, even Rita herself, who said these two words, felt an indescribable sense of absurdity at the first moment.

After all, judging from the expression on Lady Yulandel's face when she was doing that kind of thing in the other world...she seemed to be enjoying it rather than sacrificing herself, right?

Just when both of them didn't know what to say next, the sound of a door opening was suddenly heard from the direction of the door.

Accompanied by the sound of quick footsteps, a figure quickly rushed to the door of the bathroom.

Yulandel, who was standing in front of the sink, and Rita, who was combing Yulandel's hair, turned their heads at the same time, and saw the alien visitor [Brilliant Knight·Yueping], who they were just talking about, holding a pile of unsigned documents under his armpit. After seeing the captain and vice-captain of the original·Immortal Blade who originally belonged to this world, he quickly stuffed the pile of documents into Rita's arms.

"The Mandate of Heaven and the position of bishop are returned to you." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] ordered very quickly, "From today on, you are the Archbishop of the Mandate of Heaven. Amber will be your agent for the specific transfer of power. If you feel that you are not able to take on the responsibility of bishop for the time being, you can transfer the position of bishop to Theresa, or Rita - in short, as long as it is not Otto."

"Ah?" Youlandel and Rita were both stunned. Rita, who was the first to react, asked hurriedly, "Wait, are you leaving?"

"Yes." Youlandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] nodded, "I'll leave right away. From now on, I won't need your identities in this world anymore."

"Where are you going?" Yulandel asked subconsciously.

"Go find the captain." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] said briefly, and his expression suddenly became a little depressed. "Sure enough, it's a bit too much to do those things directly..."

So you knew that too!!! Yulandel and Rita’s eyelids twitched.

Chapter 4: Big Self-Destruction (k)

After roaring silently in her heart for a while, Rita coughed softly:

"Excuse me, Rita, but the 'captain' you mentioned is the child who came to Tenmi with Miss Kiana and the others yesterday?"

"Eh?" Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] raised her face again and looked in Rita's direction with some surprise, "How did you know?"

Rita was immediately choked by this strange yet straightforward question and was speechless. "Did you not notice that we were standing outside the floor-to-ceiling window of the bedroom last night?"

"...Uh, last night, Lady Yulandel and I happened to meet Miss Kiana while taking a walk." After thinking for a moment, Rita decisively did not reveal what happened last night.

After all, no matter from which angle you look at it, secretly peeping into someone else's bedroom is not a particularly glorious thing.

Since Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] did not notice the presence of the two of them last night, Rita was of course happy to let the matter go.

"I see. When Kiana brought the drunk captain to the guest quarters, she happened to run into you guys." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] nodded, as if she didn't notice anything wrong.

"Compared to how we met Miss Kiana... you just said that the reason you were leaving Tianming was because you wanted to find that boy?" Rita hesitated for a moment, "That child suddenly disappeared?"

"Yeah." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] pursed her lips and nodded slightly.

"With the strict defense system of the floating islands, that child shouldn't have been able to sneak around the outer protective shield in such a short time, right?" Rita tied her smooth golden hair into a long ponytail, and then temporarily placed the documents and peach wood comb handed over by Youlandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] on the sink. Her wine-red eyes revealed a serious look, "So, he should still be staying in the floating islands, just hiding temporarily."

Although her position was temporarily replaced by another Rita, Rita did not simply give up her duties. No matter what the identity of the "captain" was, he was one of the guests invited by destiny at this moment.

Ensuring the personal safety of distinguished guests is naturally the responsibility of these Valkyries.

However, facing Rita's speculation, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] gave a completely different opinion: "No, the captain should have left the floating islands."

Rita frowned slightly: "You don't seem to have much confidence in Tianming's defense system?"

"Of course I believe in the defense system of Destiny. Like Yulandel in your world, I was also the strongest Valkyrie belonging to Destiny before joining the Hyperion." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] said lightly, "It's just that compared to the defense system of Destiny, I believe in the captain's ability more."

Now, even Youlandel couldn't help but become interested: "You mean, that child - the captain you are talking about, is actually some kind of special existence?"

"At least in the field of individual combat, neither you nor I can be the captain's opponent." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] said confidently.

"Captain... Captain... this title..." Rita touched her chin and suddenly came to her senses. "Could it be that you and those who invaded the Destiny three days ago are all subordinates of that child?"

"You ask too many questions, Rita." After hearing Rita's speculation, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo]'s expression suddenly became serious.

Then, as if not wanting the conversation to continue, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] crossed her arms in front of her chest and made a gesture similar to rejection: "I have made it clear what I should tell you. After this, we will not continue to replace your position in this world. As Yulandel, I believe in your character, and I also believe that most of the Valkyries in this world are trustworthy companions. As long as Otto can no longer use the power of destiny, for us, our goal has been achieved."

"...Your goal is not to control destiny, but to prevent Lord Otto from continuing to serve as bishop?" Rita asked in surprise.

"Of course." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] nodded, "For us, the destiny of this world doesn't mean much."

"Indeed, if you really intend to rule this world, with your personality that is exactly the same as Lady Yulandel's, you should choose a more direct method." Rita said faintly, "I think the reason why you suddenly invaded Tianming three days ago was because you received advice from a companion with a more rigorous way of thinking."

"You are right." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] said calmly, "Although the process and means are a bit tough, at the beginning, we chose to invade the destiny and restrict Otto. The most fundamental purpose is to make the captain live in this world without being noticed by Otto as much as possible."

"Is this the instruction given to you by the captain?" Rita asked.

"No, this is a choice made by us, his Valkyries." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] shook her head.

"You consider yourself the child's subordinate, but you still made your own choice without receiving any orders?" Rita asked again.

"You don't have to continue testing the relationship between me and the captain." Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] said calmly, "As the captain, I will of course strictly abide by the orders he gives me, but at the same time, he also gives us Valkyries enough autonomy to choose, so even if we make our own decisions without accepting orders, it does not violate the management regulations of the Valkyries."

"Then... from a personal perspective?" Rita gently touched her chin and asked a question with a curious tone that made Yulandel's body freeze instantly. "From the tone of your description of the captain, it seems that the relationship between you and him is not just a simple superior-subordinate relationship."

Yulandel subconsciously raised her head and looked at the face of her other self [Brilliant Knight Yuepo] with a nervous expression.

Then, under the gaze of the two, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Yueping] was silent for a long while, then lowered her head, muttering something in confusion, then quickly became serious and nodded vigorously, and finally, that upright and heroic face quickly turned a bright red.

"Yes, that's right." After some thought process, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Yuepo] said in an unquestionable manner, "In addition to the simple relationship between superiors and subordinates, I...Yulandel and the captain are a pair of lovers who have confided in each other and have a love for each other."

Couple? Although Yulandel and Rita had prepared themselves for this answer after seeing Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] and the three silver-haired girls climb onto the boy's bed, their hearts still skipped a beat at the same time when they got the confirmation from the real owner.

Gu, Youlandel swallowed hard, her voice trembling: "But, but even if that's the case, then... that kind of thing, shouldn't be done with... with Kiana and the others, right?"

“What?” Youlandel [Brilliant Knight·Yueping] was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what the other party was referring to. Her face, which was originally just a slight blush, suddenly rose from both cheeks to her ears, “You you you you…how did you know that?!!!!”

Rita propped her forehead with her hand and remained silent. After realizing how shocking the news she had revealed was, Youlandel covered her face in a self-destructive manner. An unspeakable voice came from the gaps between her fingers: "Yesterday...last night...you...you and Qi...Qiana...when they were doing that to that boy, I...I and Rita were outside the window..."

"So... so... you all saw it?" As she spoke in a voice that was ashamed to the point of wanting to die, thick steam rose from the top of Yulandel's [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul]'s head, as if she had caught a severe cold and had an uncontrollable high fever: "Why... why didn't you tell me earlier!!"

"I... I thought Kiana had already told you... I, how could I know that you would suddenly... start..." Yulandel said with tears in her eyes, "And... and there were several people at the same time..."

"I..." Unable to defend herself, Youlandel [Brilliant Knight·Yueping] seemed to have all her strength drained away at once. Her legs softened and she slowly squatted down, then buried her face in the gap between her thighs and wrapped her arms tightly around both sides of her head.

"...Ahem." Seeing that the two Yulandel had temporarily lost their ability to speak and think due to excessive shame and confusion, although Rita also felt shy, she still forced herself to suppress the strange feeling that kept rising in her chest as quickly as possible, and cleared her throat pretending to be calm: "If that's the case, you would forcibly take away the control of destiny just so that Captain Shubai can have a place where he can live in peace, Rita, am I right?"

Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] nodded silently with her head buried in her knees.

"But if that's the case, why are you so disgusted with Lord Otto continuing to serve as the bishop?" Rita said slowly in a gentle tone, "Rita can see that it's not just you, it seems that your companions all have a lot of opinions about Lord Otto. But since you claim to be the same as Lord Yulandel here, then the relationship between you and Bishop Otto should be the same as Lord Yulandel here."

Hearing this question, Yulandel slid her hands away from her face.

Obviously, what Rita said made her feel quite curious and puzzled, even though she didn't like to meddle in other people's relationships.

"...Of course, Otto is my commander and my former superior. I will never forget his cultivation of me, nor will I deny the beliefs he once conveyed." As if realizing that continuing to escape from reality would not change anything, after a long breath, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] finally raised his head and said in a complicated tone, "But at the same time, I can't forgive him for what he did to me."

"What did you do to me?" Yulandel was puzzled. "What do you mean?"

Rita lowered her head and touched her chin. Compared to Yulandel who didn't understand the situation because of memory loss, Rita who already knew most of the facts had already understood it.

Hearing her other self's question, Yulandel [Brilliant Knight·Moon Soul] stood up first, then after briefly closing her eyes, she turned her gaze towards Rita: "I don't have time to explain these complicated things to you now. For details, you can just ask Rita here. Since Otto is no longer your bishop, there is no need to keep your life story secret any longer."

"My background?"