The civilization before the collapse, heroes and heroes are reborn with me

She was beginning to wonder what Kiana was thinking about that caused her expression to change, but she knew that this was definitely something she couldn't care too much about, so she immediately changed the subject: "In that case, Rita won't ask any more questions and will wait for good news."

Kiana nodded. She saw that things were almost done here. Theresa had things to deal with. She might not have the time to catch up with Theresa. Then she didn't have much reason to stay here any longer. She was still waiting to go back to the World Snake to find Feng...

Suddenly, Kiana's communicator rang.

"Bianca...?" Kiana answered the call with some confusion.

"Kiana, have you dealt with all the matters concerning Saint Freya?" Yulandel asked in a somewhat strange tone. She seemed to be a little afraid of something.

No, is there anything that Yulandel would be afraid of?

Kiana was confused, but still said: "Well, the post-disaster statistics are almost finished, there are only a few remaining issues that I may need to go back to World Serpent. Is there anything?"

"Uh...are you in a hurry to go back?"

"If you need any help, I'm sure I'll have the time to help you."

Yulandel on the other side of the communicator seemed to be silent for a long time. After a long while, another gentle and familiar voice rang out on the communicator: "Hello, Kiana, may I see you?"

Kiana was stunned for a moment, then said, "Misterine? What are you doing over there?"

"Ha... You're the second person today who mistook me for Misterine..." The voice seemed a little helpless, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Cecilia."

Kiana: “???”

Wait, who are you?

Chapter 186 Cecilia will also be jealous

Underground of St. Freya's Cathedral.

Kiana looked at the woman in front of her silently, then shifted her gaze to Yulandel and Theresa. Facing Kiana's gaze, the two of them chose to look away at the same time.

Although they felt sorry for dragging Kiana, who was the last person to get involved, into this, they had no choice. Cecilia was so determined to meet Kiana. If they didn't call Kiana over now, she would probably go out to find Kiana by herself.

Once Cecilia made up her mind, there was no way to change her mind. Theresa had experienced this stubbornness more than ten years ago. At that time, Cecilia was also determined to marry Siegfried, which made the destiny of that period in turmoil.

"Kiana, don't be nervous. I... just want to meet you and ask you some questions." Cecilia also noticed Kiana's embarrassment. She had roughly guessed how Kiana was treated by Siegfried through the looks of Yulandel and Theresa. After seeing the guilt and evasion in Kiana's eyes, she couldn't help but feel more distressed for the girl in front of her.

"No... I overreacted, Lady Cecilia." Kiana quickly calmed down, "I'm glad to see you return to the human world."

Cecilia looked at Kiana. When Kiana rushed over, Cecilia roughly learned about Kiana's current identity from Yulandel and Theresa. At least when it came to Kiana's current situation rather than her past, Yulandel was still very talkative.

Although Kiana said that she was overreacting and seemed to have calmed down a lot, Cecilia could still see that Kiana was a little afraid to meet her eyes, so she decided to change the topic to get closer to Kiana and reduce her guard: "I heard from Yulandel that you are the main force against Honkai and Herrscher, right? You are a very good child."

"I just know more than others." Kiana answered modestly, "A year ago, I was only a B-rank Valkyrie who could possibly drop to a C-rank Valkyrie."

"Oh, really?" Cecilia said with a smile, "But I heard from Theresa that except for your academic performance, your performance in other aspects is far higher than that of an A-level Valkyrie, and you made up for your academic performance in less than a month. It's like... you deliberately made yourself so bad."

Aunt, you sold me out!

Kiana glanced at Theresa quietly, and Theresa looked up at the sky. How can this be considered selling? It's obviously just telling the truth, isn't that what you are doing, Kiana?

"I also heard from Bianca that you can communicate directly with Lucifer, the ancestor, and it was he who taught you the Shaniyat swordsmanship, right?" Cecilia asked again.

"Yeah, yes." Kiana nodded.

"That's great... Throughout the ages, Lucifer's ancestors only exist in the legends of Shaniyat. Although many people have seen him, they all forget him after that, even me. It was only after I came back to life that I remembered that I had seen him when I was a child and during the second Great Collapse." Cecilia smiled and said, "He is a very gentle person."

Is there anything related between the ancestor Lucifer and the word gentleness?

Yulandel thought about it. If we put aside the terrifying aura of Lucifer's daily expressionless face, he was indeed very nice to her and Kiana. Of course, except for Siegfried. If it wasn't for Kiana, he would have killed Siegfried on the first day he returned to the world.

Perhaps it was because I had not dealt with Lucifer enough, so I had a stronger fear of him in my heart...

"Yeah, at first I even doubted that he wasn't Lucifer's ancestor..." Kiana had something to say about this, "After Mr. Siegfried left, he was the one who accompanied me on my journey..."

Kiana suddenly stopped talking, she realized that she seemed to have let something slip.

"After Mr. Siegfried left... It seems that Theresa and you are hiding something from me." Cecilia turned her gaze to Theresa and Yulandel, "Now, can you tell me when Siegfried left?"

"This……"

All three of them showed somewhat embarrassed expressions.

"If you don't tell me, I'll ask Ludwig or Maria later. They should know it very well, right?" Cecilia crossed her arms. There were some things that she could know at any time as long as she wanted to know them. She just... wanted to hear the answers from the three directly related people in front of her.

Of the three people in front of her, one was her best friend, and two could even be said to be her daughters. She wanted to talk to them as much as possible and get closer to them.

To be honest, when Cecilia first saw Yulandel and recognized her, she was heartbroken by the look in the girl's eyes that showed she wanted to get closer but didn't know how. The same was true for Kiana. She was even more upset than Yulandel. If she hadn't asked Yulandel and the others to call Kiana over, Kiana probably would never have dared to come to see her in her life.

Cecilia could see it and guess what the guilt in Kiana's eyes meant. She felt guilty for "taking over" the name that originally belonged to Yulandel, and it was because of her that Yulandel and Siegfried were separated. But...what did that have to do with Kiana?

It was not her who decided to become a clone and come into the world, nor was it her who decided to leave the Destiny Airport with Yulandel and others.

But she took most of the blame on herself...

This is what made Cecilia feel extremely sad and angry.

She wondered what Siegfried was thinking, bringing a child into the Skyport, hurting his own people, and then taking another child away? She also felt sorry that the family and Siegfried had such deep opinions on each other that there was no communication between the two sides, which eventually led to the tragedy.

But if we were to say which side was more at fault, even Cecilia, Siegfried's wife, had to admit in the end that it was actually Siegfried's fault.

Because... after his death, the family did not take Kiana away from Siegfried, but allowed Siegfried to continue taking care of Kiana. They even gave in and chose to let Siegfried teach Kiana, leaving more time for Siegfried and Kiana, father and daughter, instead of training and guiding Kiana early according to the family's own procedures.

In Yulandel's impression, the training she received before she was eight years old was too weak compared to the intensity of Shanyat's training for his own family. Moreover, Siegfried could stop it at will according to the situation. No one forced him or Kiana. Besides, Siegfried still had time to take her to the amusement park...

If the family really has a big problem with Siegfried, after his death, Siegfried and Kiana will not have much time to spend together. The family will not give Siegfried any chance to defend or fight back and will take Kiana away with the toughest attitude.

But the family did not do so. This was Shaniyat's last respect for a warrior who had lost his loved one, even though they had always refused to acknowledge Siegfried before.

This was the limit of the concession the family could make, but Siegfried's "astonishing" defection plan destroyed the last bit of trust they had in Siegfried, and... it was very likely that the thousand-year alliance between Kaslana and Shaniyat was also burned in that defection.

Then again, what if the family had communicated with Siegfried in advance? Wouldn't the final tragedy have been avoided?

Cecilia thought a lot, and finally sighed helplessly.

Let's not talk about how the family can let go of their prejudice against Siegfried and confess to him the long-cherished wish and obsession that only the family's top leaders have known the details for thousands of years. How can Siegfried let go of his prejudice against the Shaniyatt family? Even if he tells him the truth, will he accept Shaniyatt's obsession? I'm afraid he will turn against him without hesitation on the spot.

Combining Siegfried's defection and her own understanding of Siegfried, Cecilia felt that he would really do this. Whether from the perspective of a father or as a Kaslana, Siegfried would never accept Shaniyat's obsession.

So... all the tragedies were destined after his death, but Siegfried's reckless actions made everything appear in the worst form before everyone's eyes.

Cecilia was waiting for Kiana and the other two's answer. After a period of silence, Kiana chose to speak: "...When I was twelve years old, because the Herrscher of the Void appeared in my body, Mr. Siegfried sacrificed one of his arms to reseal her. He thought that his existence would continue to affect the Herrscher of the Void to appear again, so...he chose to leave."

Since Cecilia will know these things sooner or later, it would be better for her to tell them herself instead of Theresa and Yulandel. This way, they will not be embarrassed when they meet Siegfried later, especially Yulandel and Siegfried, who are father and daughter.

On the way here, Otto had already sent her a message, telling her that Siegfried's rescue plan could be put on the agenda, and that he and Yulandel might have a chance to meet as father and daughter in the end.

"So he entrusted you to Theresa's care?" Cecilia looked at Theresa.

Theresa lowered her head: "...Kiana entered Saint Freya at the age of sixteen, and I only knew of her existence at that time..."

"So where were you, Kiana, between the ages of twelve and sixteen?" Cecilia continued to ask.

"I... Mr. Siegfried told me that this was Kaslana's family trial and asked me to find a way to find him, so... I came all the way from Europe to the Far East and met Great... Theresa." Kiana answered in a low voice.

Cecilia felt as if the world was spinning before her eyes. Twelve years old... wandering alone from Europe to the Far East? She had lived alone for four years?

Didn't Siegfried find someone to look after him? If she guessed correctly, the Shanyat family should have been hunting Siegfried during that time? He left Kiana alone like this. Was he not afraid of Shanyat coming at any time? If he was not afraid of Shanyat coming, why did he take such a big risk and offend the Shanyat family to bring Kiana out?

"So, did Siegfried entrust you to someone to take care of you?" Cecilia asked weakly.

Kiana was silent for a moment and then said, "There should be. According to the World Serpent's [Black Abyss]'s investigation of my path afterwards, there are stores opened by Mr. Siegfried's friends on the road. And... the World Serpent has actually been watching me. Ancestor Lucifer also appeared after that and has been with me all the time, so... um... there is no problem."

Cecilia held her forehead with her hand. She finally heard some not-so-bad news about Siegfried. If she continued to listen to it like this, she really suspected that she would have to lie down again.

Wait a minute, what did Kiana just say? Ancestor Lucifer accompanied her all the way? Kiana also mentioned before that Ancestor Lucifer traveled with her...

"Won't you forget everything about your meeting with Lucifer?" Cecilia asked in disbelief.

Kiana was almost confused by the magnitude of Cecilia's shift in focus. In order to prevent Cecilia from going back to Siegfried's question, she could only answer honestly: "Uh... maybe it's because I am the carrier of Lucifer. I can communicate with Lucifer directly, so in the past four years, I... haven't been so lonely. Lucifer taught me a lot of things. So there's nothing to be afraid of. After all, Lucifer has been protecting me..."

Cecilia: "..."

It was over. She was going to be jealous. Did Lucifer, as an elder, accompany Kiana for four years? And after that, he seemed to have voluntarily given up Kiana's identity as his carrier and returned her freedom. This honor would really make any Shaniat jealous to the point of separation, even Cecilia was no exception.

All Shaniyat will regard it as a supreme honor to be able to meet the ancestor Lucifer. As for Kiana, she was actually brought up by the ancestor Lucifer!

Not to mention that Cecilia had admired Lucifer since she was a child. After being recognized by Lucifer as the holder of the Black Abyss White Flower, she never slacked off in her training...

It's over, she's going to start to be jealous of her daughter...

After taking a few deep breaths to suppress the emotions that made her feel ashamed, she discovered a blind spot: "Wait a minute, Kiana, you said... Lucifer taught you a lot of things, but what about Siegfried? What did he teach you?"

Kiana: "..."

Why are we back to the Q&A about Mr. Siegfried's death?

Yulandel and Theresa both held their foreheads. They could see that Kiana was really trying hard to save Siegfried's impression in Cecilia's heart, but the problem was that Cecilia could always find flaws... or in other words, she would always find something inharmonious about Siegfried as long as she talked about him...

"Siegfried, look at what you have done!" Theresa roared in her heart.

Chapter 187: Have you ever hated?

On the special plane returning to Tianming Airport.

The atmosphere here is a bit heavy now. There are only two passengers on this special plane, and even though the two guests are sitting face to face, they are just silent.

Otto supported his face with one hand, leaned against the window, looked at the clouds outside, and fell into self-reflection.

Although his curiosity about the chain reaction brought about by Cecilia's resurrection was just a little bit of his bad taste, it was more about considerations of his own interests.

He knew that Kiana would be embarrassed about her meeting with Cecilia, but it would only be a little awkward at the beginning. In the end, she would not reject it, because for that overly kind girl, Cecilia's resurrection was a good thing, which would allow the real Kiana to reunite with her biological mother. As for herself... heh...

Love others before loving yourself?

Ha, I was also such a person before, but I was even more narrow-minded than her, because I only had one person in my eyes and only loved one person. I only focused on one person, so I deliberately ignored some things, even myself, who was never within the scope of my concern...

Now? It's the same now.

He never loved himself.

On the contrary, he disliked himself very much.

In short, before fulfilling his promise to Kiana to rescue Siegfried, he resurrected Cecilia first, further damaging the already pitifully small connection between Kiana and Siegfried. At the same time, he could also gain a little favor from Kiana and Lucifer. Kiana did it because of Cecilia and Yulandel, and Lucifer did it because of Kiana.

Although he didn't know what specific rewards there would be from doing this, Otto believed that it would be beneficial to his future actions.

Then, pull Siegfried out and let Cecilia confront Siegfried face to face. Ah, the premise is that Cecilia will really go against Lucifer's ban and meet Siegfried...

No, perhaps I can create such an opportunity, because I also need to find a way to enter Kaslana's stigmata space once.

He had received a preliminary answer from absurdism, but it was not enough, far from enough.

He didn't have any more time to try and make mistakes. Beyond absurdism, he had to see the other virtual tree god skeleton.

He knew that absurdism was a virtual tree god skeleton formed by Lucifer's fifty thousand years of redundant memories. What about Lucifer's memories of Alicia, his lover? If fifty thousand years of redundant memories could give birth to such a special virtual tree god skeleton under the influence of Lucifer's authority, then how could the obsession that could support Lucifer to withstand fifty thousand years of loss not form another form of virtual tree god skeleton?

Through the study and analysis of absurdism, and this invasion of the imaginary network of absurdism, Otto confirmed the existence of another kind of imaginary tree god skeleton.

If it is the opposite of absurdism and represents all of Lucifer's love and concern, then... perhaps that kind of virtual tree skeleton can be named romanticism.

Romanticism... This will be an opportunity for me to realize my wish.

Kallen sat opposite Otto and tried to speak several times, but she found that Otto didn't seem to have the energy to answer. He was thinking about something very seriously. Kallen had seen this kind of expression many times five hundred years ago, but...

Five hundred years ago, whenever she appeared, or even if he didn't notice her at first, as soon as he noticed her, he would always put down everything he was doing, greet her with a smile, and ask her about her gains in fighting the Honkai today.

Or, when he was concentrating on reading ancient books in the library, she would pull him out to go shopping with her if she couldn't concentrate on reading.

Ha... Thinking about it carefully, I seemed to have done a lot of willful things in the past. No wonder Eleanor said that at that time...

“Those who are favored are always fearless.”

Because I am favored, I feel fearless...

No, she is actually... scared, right?

After returning to the world and gaining a second life, Karin finally figured out that the reason why she did so many willful things was not just because she fell asleep with a book in her hands. The most important reason was... she was afraid.

She was afraid that Otto would go too far and that she would never be able to enter Otto's world again, so she did that. She was not a proper noble lady who was well-read like Eleanor, nor could she understand the meaning of Otto's words as quickly as Eleanor, so she could only keep Otto in her own world in her own way.

"...But the end result is that I deceived you and you abandoned me."

Yes, she wanted to keep a person in her own world so instinctively, but at the last moment, facing his outstretched hand, she chose to escape and self-righteously pushed him out of her world.

And now, she was so eager to enter the world where he had built high walls.

Why did we end up like this?

"...Perhaps from the very beginning, the meeting between Otto Apokalis and Kallen Kaslana was a mistake. In order to catch that ray of light, the guy named [Otto Apokalis] did not hesitate to deceive [Kallen Kaslana] to fabricate a false world and chose to avoid answering all her questions. He tried every means to protect what he wanted, but in the end, there was nothing left. Because he took the wrong path from the beginning."

Did Otto Apokalis take the wrong path? If he did, how correct was the path taken by Kallen Kaslana? She became the light of his life by accident, but in the end, she was just a light. Moreover, she extinguished it with her own hands.