The collapse started when Kiana came to the door

Therefore, everyone present saw such a strange sight with their eyelids twitching:

——Two men with similar faces, one slightly younger and the other more mature, squatted down at the same time, showing a painful expression and covering their foreheads which were definitely red without even looking. While taking a breath, a vein popped out on their foreheads in a very similar way, which was so painful that they were about to lose their minds. They turned around and cursed——

"What are you doing you bastard?!"

"What are you doing you bastard?!"

The moment they finished cursing, the two people's voices stopped at the same time.

The younger Siegfried's expression changed for a while, and finally he turned his head away sullenly, just like a big cat in anger: "...Forget it, just think of it as a dog bite, and I won't bother with you as a patient."

"I..." Seeing the expression of his younger self in front of him, the more mature Siegfried almost got angry.

But Siegfried is Siegfried after all. As his consciousness cleared and his memory recovered, he recalled his current situation and instinctively switched his thinking to a wartime state. His eyes, full of vicissitudes, flashed with a hint of coldness: "Who are you? Why are you pretending to be me? It hurts!"

Before he could finish his words, a fist hit Siegfried's head mercilessly, shattering the fighting spirit that he had just gathered for a few seconds.

“Who is it again?!” Siegfried raised his head abruptly, his eyes flashing with unprecedented ferocity, his expression filled with the rage of a lion. He was about to get angry at this rude man who had punched him for no reason—

——Then, after seeing the face of this so-called "rude person" that came into view, all expressions and thoughts froze.

Kiana slowly retracted her fist and looked expressionlessly at Siegfried, whose anger had not yet disappeared but whose eyes had already fallen into a dull state. She pursed her lips but ultimately said nothing.

"Qi...Qi..." It was obviously his daughter's name, but for some reason, Siegfried felt as if his tongue was tied up and not obeying at all. It was difficult to say the name that came to his mind smoothly, "...Kiana? I...you..."

and many more.

Although Siegfried was very surprised to see Kiana here, and even had the illusion that he was still dreaming, after realizing that he was not dreaming, his first reaction was still...

"Kiana! Why are you here?" He was anxious. "Did you also get killed by the World Serpent?"

"Dad, are you okay?" Just when Siegfried was getting anxious because Kiana might also be imprisoned in this space by Kevin, a very familiar childish voice suddenly made him subconsciously shudder.

He turned his head and looked back at the scene behind him. He saw a little blonde girl who he didn't know but looked very familiar to him. She was looking distressed and carefully touching the red forehead of the one who looked like his younger self. The one who looked like his younger self put on an indifferent expression and smiled heartily: "It's okay! Your dad's brain is not that fragile."

“Humph, I’m worried that your already stupid brain might get even dumber after that headbutt.” Looking at her younger self pretending to be relaxed, the little blonde girl put her hands on her hips with an unhappy look on her face, showing an expression of unbearable pain like a little adult. “If you get even dumber, how am I going to explain to mom when I get home!”

"Hey, little bitch, you're eliminating your elders just like that!" My younger self was furious.

"I'm just stating the facts." The blonde girl said with disdain, "After all, an adult with normal IQ wouldn't hide his or her injuries from a doctor - no, even a child with normal IQ wouldn't do such a stupid thing!"

Chapter 4 Two Stupid Dads (k)

Many people think that whether it is Bianca, who was full of energy and extremely admired the aesthetics of violence when she was a child, or Yulandel, who became calm and steady after growing up, they should not be considered people who like to show off their verbal skills. After all, in most cases, as Valkyries, the enemies they have to face are mostly irrational dead soldiers and Honkai beasts. When facing such enemies, it is obviously much more efficient to use fists to fight physics than to reason.

Is Siegfried Bianca's enemy? Of course not, so she couldn't possibly attack Siegfried, but... Bianca also proved an obvious fact with her actual behavior -

——After living with adults who are unreliable in many ways for a long time, even the most polite children will learn to be sharp-tongued without any instruction, a standard skill that can be called a talent.

After all, with Bianca's ability to learn four languages ​​​​at the age of twelve, it is obviously a very easy thing for her to learn how to curse.

As for Bianca's casual contemptuous words, the young Siegfried suddenly wilted like an eggplant hit by frost. He shrank his head. Although he wanted to act like an adult and teach little Bianca that she shouldn't talk to adults like that, he thought that if Bianca reported everything that happened here to Cecilia after returning to Captain Li Shubai's stigmata space, he would probably be more embarrassed than he was now. So he could only snort unwillingly, and then whispered to himself in a voice that no one could hear: "As a good father, I won't be petty with my precious daughter..."

Yulandel looked at the young Siegfried, and then looked at the little Bianca who had the young Siegfried under her control. Although she felt a little difficult to adapt to her younger self when she first saw him when she entered the stigmata space, and she didn't know how to get along with him, but she was an orphan not long ago, and after seeing the harmonious relationship between her past self and the young Siegfried, an indescribable feeling of happiness and warmth flowed into her heart uncontrollably, so much so that the corners of her mouth slightly raised, outlining a warm arc.

There are two kinds of people in this world. One kind of people, after experiencing misfortune, will wish that everyone else will become as miserable as themselves; the other kind of people, after experiencing misfortune, will pray for others from the bottom of their hearts, hoping that others will not have to suffer the same misery as themselves. Obviously, Yulandel is the latter kind of person.

Little Bianca curled her lips, not bothering to pay attention to the low groan that young Siegfried made, like a loser who had lost a fight. She stretched out her little hand again and lightly touched the red mark on her father's forehead. After confirming that this level of injury would not affect their stigmata consciousness and that it would recover quickly even if left alone, she withdrew her arm without hesitation, and instead supported her father's waist, which had not yet straightened up, and slowly straightened his body.

After doing all this, Bianca didn't even look at the flattered expression on the young Siegfried's face - she couldn't guarantee that if she continued to look at this embarrassing and immature adult, she would not completely lose the little respect she had left for her father.

She turned her head, put her hands on her hips, and stared directly at the more mature Siegfried with her clear blue eyes without any avoidance, her expression extremely serious.

Although she mocked her father with all her might without any mercy, to Bianca, no matter how much he liked to show off or how immature he was, he was still her father. Her father was suddenly attacked by others, and as a daughter, she naturally wanted to seek justice for her father.

But just when little Bianca put on a serious expression and wanted to question Siegfried, who looked more mature than his father, her half-opened mouth suddenly closed again. Her childish face, which had been so serious that it looked even a little cold, was completely filled with inner confusion and heartache.

She pursed her lips, revealing an expression that was almost like crying, but she seemed to feel that showing such an immature expression was a bit embarrassing and lowered her head in a hurry. Her moist eyes finally held back the tears that were about to fall.

Bianca's depressed voice completely lost its former vitality and sharpness: "Stupid dad...how did you get yourself into this state?"

For some reason, Siegfried clearly had never seen this familiar little blonde girl in his memory. But after seeing the girl looking so miserable and hearing her deep voice, Siegfried felt as if his heart was grabbed by something and it suddenly tightened up, causing bursts of pain like a knife cutting.

For a moment, Siegfried even forgot to ask the little blonde girl why she called him dad. He raised his one arm, which he didn't know where to put, and waved it around in the air frantically for a while, then instinctively reached out towards the little girl's head. But the next moment, he stopped moving because he realized that his arm had already been eroded by the Honkai beast's factor and was covered with terrifying ominous lines.

Although he wanted to touch the little girl's head when she was sad, Siegfried subconsciously didn't want his ugly hand to touch the little girl's beautiful blonde hair, so he could only retract his arm, scratched his messy silver hair, and smiled awkwardly: "Hey, I'm fine, you see I'm still fine! I'm the original strongest knight of destiny, how can I be defeated so easily! Don't you agree, little brother?"

"Little old——?" Hearing the guy's address to him, Siegfried [Holy Scar Will] felt a surge of pent-up air in his chest that was suddenly stuck in his throat, and a mouthful of grievances was stuck in his throat, not knowing whether he should spit it out or not.

Not only Siegfried, the will of the stigma, but even Yulandel and Kiana were stunned by Siegfried's words. They looked at each other, and at the same time raised their hands and rubbed their brows which were beginning to hurt.

Although it was a rather disrespectful thought to my father, but——

——There’s an idiot here.

"Hmm? Judging from your age, you should be younger than me." Siegfried touched his chin and carefully looked at the silver-haired man in front of him who looked like a younger version of himself. He showed a hearty smile that was exactly the same as the previous one. "Although I don't know who you are, since you also appeared in the stigmata space of the Kaslana clan, it means that you are a member of the Kaslana clan like me. I am a few years older than you, so I will shamelessly call you little brother. How about it?"

Halfway through his speech, Siegfried suddenly felt something was wrong: "Wait... Wait, although you do look younger than me, this is the stigmata space of the Kaslana clan after all. The Kaslana clan members who appear in this place are not necessarily as young as they look, right? Are you one of my elders?"

"..." Although Siegfried's speculation was not groundless, Siegfried, as the will of the Holy Mark, could not help but let out a long breath of depressed air. He raised his hands and covered his face. He did not respond to Siegfried's words, but asked Bianca in an awkward tone: "My dear daughter, is that guy really the future Siegfried as the captain said? Will I become like this soon?"

"Who knows?" Bianca rolled her eyes. "Although from what I can see, there's no difference between the current stinky dad and the other guy."

"But then again." Siegfried came to a conclusion on his own and was convinced of it. He suddenly turned his gaze to Bianca. He didn't know why, but the more he looked at this blonde girl, the more he liked her, as if she was not the man's daughter, but his own daughter. "Little brother, you have a very cute and sensible daughter. That's great~ Of course, my Kiana is also very sensible and cute."

"Right!" As soon as he mentioned his precious daughter, Siegfried, the will of the Holy Mark, was no longer sleepy. He didn't bother to care about the guy's ridiculous name for his "little brother". Instead, he crossed his arms, straightened his back, put on a proud look of victory, and said confidently: "My Bianca is very cute, right? Let me tell you, Bianca..."

"...Hmm, I see." Listening to the young Siegfried bragging about his daughter's glorious deeds in his ear, Siegfried listened very seriously without any impatience, nodding his head from time to time to agree with him. As he listened, he could not help but said, "She is really an excellent daughter. Speaking of which, the same is true for Kiana. Let me tell you, Kiana..."

"...Oh, your daughter over there is also very cute." Now, it was Siegfried, the will of the stigmata, who echoed his other self's boasting.

Seeing the two Siegfrieds spontaneously fall into the same silly father state of discussing with each other how cute and lovable their daughters are, the two teenage girls and one little girl present couldn't help but blush.

"Hey, the grown-up me and my sister!" Little Bianca blushed. She gave orders to Yulandel and Kiana, and pouted at the two Siegfrieds who were huddled together. "Listen to my instructions. When I count to three, two, one, we will wake up these two idiots together!"

"Sister...sister..." Although she knew that it was natural for little Bianca to call her sister in terms of seniority, Kiana still felt a little overwhelmed when a little girl who was so much younger than her called her sister so confidently: "Okay, fine... I'll cooperate with you."

Yulandel, who also had a slightly red face but made sure her expression was not too abnormal, was silent for a moment and nodded silently: "Indeed, it is time to call their attention back."

"Okay, then—get ready," said Bianca.

"three."

"two.

"one--!"

“Come back to your senses! You two stupid dads——!!”×3

Pound——! ×3

“It hurts!!”×2

Accompanied by three overlapping roars and the pleasant sound of three fists hitting the top of the head, the two Siegfrieds let out extremely miserable cries at the same time.

then--

...Just like that, about half a minute after Kiana, Bianca and Yulandel threw that punch.

The two Siegfrieds squatted on the ground with stars in their eyes and trembling all over. One of them raised one arm and the other raised both his hands. Their thinking logic had gone out of control and was mercilessly called back by the three girls' fists. At this moment, the two stupid fathers tightly covered the part of their heads that was beaten by the fists, and at the same time, they couldn't stop gasping for the extremely cold air in the stigmata space.

“Oppose…oppose violence…” Siegfried’s [Stigmata Will] voice changed. His difficult words sounded low and hoarse. “My dear daughter…I…I don’t remember…myself and your mother…training you to be…such a violent child…Stars…I’m about to see stars…”

“Kiana… you little bitch… you’re using too much force…” Compared to Siegfried, the will of the stigmata, Siegfried himself, who only had one arm left, was in an even more miserable situation. After all, he could only cover one part of his body, while two parts of his head were burning with pain. “Besides… even if you really wanted to fight… one fist would be enough… you clearly knew… that your father only had one arm left… yet you mercilessly attacked him with two fists…”

"Ahem, sorry, Mr. Siegfried." Hearing Siegfried's gasping and complaining voice, Yulandel couldn't help but blush, "The other punch was not thrown by Kiana, but by me."

"Ah?" Siegfried raised his face with great effort, and was stunned when he saw Yulandel's face.

"You are... Miss Yulandel, the strongest Valkyrie in the Sky Destiny?" He stared blankly at Yulandel's face, which had become somewhat embarrassed because of the fooling around with Kiana and Bianca. He was a little stuck in his thoughts and said in disbelief: "Why are you here? Isn't this the deepest part of Kaslana's stigmata space?"

Chapter 4: Siegfried is isolated and helpless (k)

Even Siegfried felt something was wrong after he asked the question. Although he was not very familiar with Kaslana's stigmata space, even with Siegfried's thinking circuit that was as straight as a highway, he could realize how unusual it was for Yulandel to appear in this stigmata space. Compared with himself, Kiana, and the guy who looked a lot like him, Yulandel's blonde hair was so unique, as if -

—Wait, blonde?

Siegfried suddenly frowned. He turned his head and looked suspiciously at the little brother's daughter who looked very similar to him. He turned his head back and looked at Yulandel. He stroked his chin and thought for a moment. Then he clapped his hands and put on an expression of sudden enlightenment: "I understand, you are the mother of little Bianca..."

"No way--!!" The moment they realized the outrageous conclusion Siegfried was about to say, Yulandel and Bianca roared at the same time with all their might.

Kiana and Siegfried, the will of the stigma, looked at each other, their eyes and mouths twitching. After a moment's silence, they both turned their heads away at the same time, revealing expressions of unwillingness to watch.

To be honest, before today, although Kiana had always held a little resentment towards Siegfried's irresponsible departure without saying goodbye, she had always called him disrespectfully "stinky dad".

But no matter what, the impression Siegfried left on her mind was mostly relatively positive.

She has always believed that although her father is a straightforward person, he is indeed a man of integrity.

As a result, this long-awaited reunion didn't last long... After Siegfried did stupid things one after another, the tall image of her father that she once left in her heart quickly collapsed. This made Kiana doubt whether her childhood filter was too beautiful and illusory. After all, no matter how you look at it, there is only one fool standing here?

"Isn't it?" Hearing Bianca and Yulandel's desperate protests, Siegfried was stunned: "But you really look alike, don't you? Even if you are not mother and daughter, you should at least have a definite blood relationship!"

"..."Yulandel raised her hand and covered her slightly closed eyes, feeling completely powerless.

In the past, with Yulandel's upright and calm personality, she would not have such a big emotional fluctuation because of other people's stupidity.

Even when she was the captain of the Immortal Blade, when she encountered a situation where her subordinate Valkyrie made mistakes at work, Yulandel rarely got really angry. At most, she would put on a stern face and calmly and objectively point out the other party's mistakes.

And in the vast majority of cases, this approach is indeed quite effective.

- Of course, perhaps in the eyes of people who don’t know Yulandel, the fact that she made the most powerful Valkyrie frown might be enough to arouse fear and awe deep in their hearts.

However, it was different from the past when she could treat her subordinates with a calm attitude. Maybe it was because she had reunited with her biological father after a long absence... In short, when facing Siegfried, Yulandel found it difficult to calm down her agitated emotions, so that she overreacted to this kind of no big deal.

But even in this state where she wanted to curse for the first time in her life, her good upbringing and rationality told her to be polite and respectful to her biological father. So in order to control her behavior and not put her impulse to curse into practice, she wisely chose to cover her eyes temporarily, so that she would not be bothered by it.

Compared to Yulandel, little Bianca had nothing to worry about.

Although in terms of identity, she and Yulandel are indeed the same person in different periods. But when Bianca and Yulandel stand in the same space, she can clearly recognize that she and the other person are not the same person.

Similarly, the Siegfried in front of her was not the Siegfried who had always been with her in the stigmata space held by Li Shubai.

So she stood on tiptoe, raised her hand, and pointed at Siegfried's nose arrogantly.

"You're stupid, but you really don't know how to stand up for yourself! Damn dad! Haven't you reacted yet?" Little Bianca glared at Siegfried, who looked innocent, with an expression of disappointment on her face. "I am her when she was a child, and she is me when I grow up!"

"Ah?" Siegfried looked at Little Bianca in confusion, then looked at Yulandel, tilted his head, and honestly admitted his ignorance: "I didn't understand."

No, in fact, it was not that Siegfried did not understand what Bianca said. After all, he was not really mentally ill, and he could not even understand human language. But it was precisely because he understood what Bianca said that Siegfried was even more confused about the current situation.

What do you mean you are her when she was a child? She is you when you were a child? Is Kaslana's stigmata space so powerful that it allows people to see their childhood selves?

No, no, no, this is too exaggerated, right?

"..." Looking at Siegfried's incredible expression, Bianca, who knew that the fact of this shock was really hard to convince people, turned her gaze to Yulandel and put her hands on her hips: "When I grow up, I will tell our stupid dad your full name."

"..." Yulandel was silent for a long time, and finally put down the hand that covered her eyes and let out a long breath. Her voice, which was originally full of energy and awe, now sounded full of weakness: "Bianca Yulandel Atagina."

"Bianca?" Siegfried was stunned.

Before Siegfried could think carefully about why the name she called out was exactly the same as the little girl's, Yulandel's next sentence made his thoughts completely blank.

"Once... someone gave me a name like this." She said softly, "Qiana Kaslana."

In an instant, the air in the entire Holy Mark space became silent.

When Siegfried heard the name whispered by Yulandel, his first reaction was anger. Even though two thousand five hundred days had passed, the tragedy that happened at an altitude of ten thousand meters on that day was still a thorn in his heart that he could never get rid of. Siegfried would not allow anyone to tease him with Kiana's name in front of him. If someone did so, Siegfried would do his best to make the person feel his anger, even if that person was the strongest Valkyrie of destiny.

Not to mention, the child who inherited the name Kiana Kaslana was also by their side.

But in the next moment, a stronger doubt, like a basin of cold water poured on his chest, instantly extinguished Siegfried's surging anger.

It was understandable that he would feel confused. After all, after Zoelandel said that name, Kiana, who in Siegfried's opinion should have reacted to the name, did not show any behavior or emotional fluctuations similar to anger or opposition. Instead, she walked silently to Zoelandel's side and held her hand without saying a word.

And Yulandel had no intention of breaking free from Kiana's outstretched hand. She turned her face to the side, shook her head, and looked at Kiana with an expression that was unexpectedly gentle, as if she was silently comforting her and that she did not feel sad at all.

In Siegfried's opinion, the relationship between Yulandel, who reported directly to Bishop Otto, and Kiana, who was hurt by Otto himself, should not be as harmonious as that of sisters, even if it was not as hostile as fire and water.

Before being captured by the World Serpent's cadres, Siegfried had been receiving treatment from Thunder Ryuma in the Anti-Entropy Base. However, shortly after Kevin returned to the real world, the Anti-Entropy Base where he was was caught by the World Serpent.

Not only were the weapons taken away by Kevin, but Siegfried himself was also imprisoned in this stigmata space.

Therefore, Siegfried, who was extremely isolated from the outside world, was actually unaware of most of the things happening in the outside world, including the news of Otto's death.

Of course, even if it were Theresa and the others, they would probably be stunned by the way Yulandel and Kiana get along.

This is too wrong, Siegfried thought, when did Kiana get along well with Yulandel?

After the doubts, what followed was a sudden cessation of heartbeat.

——This is an assumption that disregards all the sadness and anger that I have felt so far.