Live broadcast of Honkai Impact 3rd, I chose to expose Kiana in Sky City!

[Not only does your body have pure Kaslana blood flowing in it...but the memory we just saw was also recorded from your own senses. You...are the "third party" to that memory.]

"Kiana?"

"She is the executioner...who was kept by Otto?"

"This is a bit confusing... Did you guess correctly?"

It was not until this moment that the people in the live broadcast room finally reacted.

Before that girl chose the name Yulandel, her real name was actually...

"Kiana Kaslana".

"???"

"???"

"???"

As Yulandel's life story was revealed, question marks suddenly floated across the live broadcast room.

No one expected that the real Kiana, who was considered dead by Kiana and Theresa before the beginning of this chapter, would be...

In fact, she is still alive. Not only alive, but she has even become the strongest Valkyrie under the cultivation of the Archbishop! ?

And just when everyone was shocked by this truth...

The girl involved had mixed feelings...

Chapter 317 You are different from those losers, you... have a great mother.

However, this was not because she suddenly knew her own life experience, nor because this name had any special meaning to her.

"You are you, and your last name has nothing to do with you."

"What is a surname? It is not a hand, not a foot, not an arm, not a face... It is not part of a person's home."

"What's in a name? The flower we call a rose would smell just as good by any other name."

"Even if Romeo's name wasn't Romeo, he would still be just as kind and perfect, and wouldn't need that extra title at all."

The girl felt mixed emotions because she thought of Siegfried, whose life was full of regrets. She thought of the person who had just improved her relationship with her and who had given the name "Kiana" its true meaning with her will, courage, and even her life.

She realizes that this is a complicated, hurtful secret... If the timing is wrong, the simple truth will not bring them any redemption.

That is to say, until a truly appropriate day comes, she can only let them continue to believe that Cecilia's biological daughter... died ten years ago.

However, this most reliable plan had another unpredictable premise - she had no way of knowing whether Bishop Otto would remain silent on this secret in the decisive battle with him in the near future.

However, she also knew that she could trust the mature warrior named Kiana Kaslana on this issue and believed that she would not be shaken by this.

【Okay, let's assume that what you said is true. 】

After a long time, Yulandel accepted this belated truth.

[But what does this mean to you and me? What does it have to do with you? Who would benefit from exposing it?]

[Its meaning is very simple, Miss Yulandel. Now that you have come here... you must completely release Kaslana's stigmata and use that power to defeat me.]

This is the trial of the Kaslana family, and it is also what every descendant of Kaslana must do if they want to gain full power.

Now that you are here... you must completely release Kaslana's stigmata and use that power to defeat me.

Otherwise, even the will of the Holy Mark Space would not be able to make the trial-taker leave.

[Heh. Then - you probably don't mind me doing an experiment.]

【experiment? 】

Hearing Yulandel's words, the Holy Scar Space Will, which had transformed into Rita's appearance, slowly asked back.

Then, she heard a statement she had heard countless times before...

[An experiment about whether I can only defeat you with the power of the holy mark you mentioned. ]

I can only say that they are worthy of being father and daughter.

Although things have changed, they all made the same choice...

Unfortunately, however, some things don't always go as planned.

[Okay. But I must remind you... Siegfried Kaslana has tried the same thing you are thinking about countless times.]

[Since this is your first time, I will be lenient - but I hope you can stop at the right time, okay?]

Afterwards, the Holy Scar Space began to fight with Yulandel in the form of Rita.

In this fight, the gap in strength between the two sides was instantly revealed.

After a hard fight, Yulandel was already out of breath.

On the other hand, the will of the Holy Mark Space was not damaged at all, and even revealed a casual tone of "stop it".

[Well, let's stop here. After all, I don't want to trigger some terrible defense mechanism - otherwise, you will be buried deeper into your memory by his power. ]

[He...means Kevin?]

"Kevin's power..."

"If it's Kevin, he does seem to have the ability."

"That's really harsh. Should we say he's irresponsible or a little too responsible?"

As the will of Yulandel and the Stigmata Space both mentioned Kevin, barrages of comments suddenly floated across the live broadcast room.

At the same time, the will of the stigmata space began to tell the fate of Kaslana.

[Of course. Since the day he took on the entire world... you were forced to bear the fate of "Kaslana".]

[So, I was born - as the manager of the holy scar, I followed the rules left by that person, making "saving the world" your glory, and also making "saving the world" your curse.]

[No matter what... --- Only by completely releasing the stigmata can you truly approach him, rather than getting lost in his shadow. ...But you seem to be a little different.]

When the will of the Holy Scar Space came to the end, it suddenly changed the subject and began to mention the differences of Yulandel.

In addition to Kaslana's power, there is something completely different in her.

It was that other kind of power that caused the will of the Holy Scar Space to hesitate and develop a deeper interest in Yulandel.

[It's like... this memory.]

Afterwards, the will of the Holy Mark Space began to play back the memories of the past.

That was a long, long time ago, when Cecilia and Siegfried were both safe and sound, and they smiled at little Kiana with Theresa.

That was Kiana, who seemed to be still an infant...but she did not show Kaslana's unique talent.

Cecilia expressed her concerns about this and hoped that her children would not follow the same path as herself...

[After all... in the final analysis, everyone's life is his own life - as long as this person lives happily and happily, as long as he can create a new future for himself -]

【Then even parents have no right to interfere with their children’s well-considered choices. 】

This was the wish Cecilia had made when everything was fine.

In contrast, although Siegfried could not say such philosophical words, he felt...

[No matter what, I have to help her and give her the opportunity to become a better person. I think this is the meaning of being a parent.]

——The owner of the memory was embraced by warmth.

She seemed to be falling asleep again, with a happy blankness in her mind.

Deep in her dream, she smiled and crawled through the road woven by the stars with childish movements. Smile is indeed a common language among all children.

When the children, tired of crying, fell asleep, a smile flashed like a crescent moon on their lips.

One day they may forget how to cry, forget how to act coquettishly... but they will never forget the joy that their smile brings to others.

That is a feeling that has existed since the birth of mankind.

It starts from the darkness before dawn, riding on the morning breeze to announce the arrival of every life; it returns from the glow after dusk, guarding every child's life in the warm campfire.

More than ten years later, in the depths of her dreams, she leisurely shuttled through the narrow asphalt alleys in the neighborhood, and the fresh air took away all the haze in her lungs.

It was June, and wild thistles were popping up in groups of two or three from the weeds along the weathered curbstones.

They are purple, thorny, proud and stubborn flowers that can grow freely even in the most barren land.

Bees were busy flying from flower head to flower head. She did smell her mother.

I don’t know when or where, maybe it’s just some weird illusion.

But at least in this dream, she was sure that those things that had now long since settled but still made her feel lost were sleeping in every corner of her body as time capsules.

The petrel was free to play between heaven and earth. She did smell the scent of her mother.

"Mother's breath...Cecilia is really a great mother..."

A pink barrage floated across the live broadcast room.

At this moment, before the will of the Stigmata Space could be explained clearly, everyone had already felt what he was going to say next.

Yes, Cecilia's desire finally came true after her death.

And the miracle created by maternal love is exactly the right that Kiana can choose.

Although, she has been gone for a long time. So long that she has forgotten who she is, so long that she has become Yulandel...

After watching her own memories, Yulandel gasped for breath and could not utter a word.

[I must admit that this was originally the type of memory that I was least interested in.]

The will of the Holy Mark Space was slowly speaking.

[The Kaslana family, who bear the original stigmata, have been bound by it since birth. The so-called "choice" is nothing more than an illusion caused by the impulse engraved in your instincts.]

[Will "saving the world" really make you happy? What can becoming a shield for the people bring to you?]

When these words were spoken, the will of the Stigmata space was spoken in the image of Otto.

I have to say that his disguise is very appropriate for the situation, and it does seem like the rational and objective position that Otto would hold...

[You are just living under the huge shadow of "him", leaving the glory of life to the world and leaving the bitter fruit of the curse to yourself. ]

[From the day he took on the world... I have been witnessing your fate repeating itself.]

The will of the stigmata space tells of the tragedy of Kaslana that he had witnessed countless times.

[Each of you... is very much like his past. ]

[It's like a life that was abandoned by "him" for the world. 】

[It's just like... the extremely bored Sisyphus. ]

"Sisyphus... I seem to have mentioned this name in my previous memory. Is there any deep meaning behind this?"

"It sounds like a strange name, does anyone know him?"

"A name that would be used at a time like this must come from a very boring person, right?"

With the reappearance of Sisyphus, the audience in the live broadcast room were suddenly confused.

After all, this is a figure in modern mythology.

It's normal for people in the previous civilization not to understand, but as for the others...

Usually, Archbishop Otto would come out to explain it.

But at this moment, he is busy with his own things.

So the burden of explanation falls on the host.

"Sisyphus, huh? Let me think..."

Beichen thought about it for a while, and then began to introduce what Sisyphus is.

Of course, to be more precise, it is the myth of Sisyphus.

"Sisyphus offended the gods, and in order to punish him, the gods asked him to push a huge rock to the top of the mountain. However, because the rock was too heavy, it would roll down the mountain before reaching the top, and all his previous efforts would be wasted. So he kept repeating this task endlessly -"

"The gods saw no greater punishment than to perform such useless and hopeless labor."

"Sisyphus' life was slowly consumed in such an ineffective and hopeless labor."

The will of the stigmata space quotes the metaphor of Sisyphus here, which can be said to be quite consistent with the fate of the Kaslana family.