Honkai: Man(Sludge) From Future

Ana's consciousness returned.

In the Stigma Space, she saw her friend...

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. It's all because I listened to someone else."

Ana was filled with guilt. If she hadn't listened to the lies of those who wanted to destroy Academy City, this huge crisis wouldn't have happened.

With her training as a Valkyrie, she shouldn't have been so careless.

But the peaceful life of late had gradually made Ana believe that there would be no more major Honkai crises.

Her mind was only focused on the danger posed by the Honkai, and she had let down her guard against the danger posed by people themselves.

This was all Noldrei's fault for governing Academy City too "well." There were only a few petty thugs causing trouble. After this purge, there probably wouldn't even be any thugs left.

However, the anger and disgust Ana had expected were not directed at her.

"Ana, are you okay? It's so good that you're okay. I was worried that after you left Schicksal and stopped being a Valkyrie, you wouldn't be able to face this kind of danger. The Honkai is so powerful. Without the help of other friends, you would definitely be in danger."

Shiina Mahiru finally breathed a sigh of relief. She had thought something would happen to Ana. A Valkyrie without even a few close friends to confide in would be at a complete loss if she ran into trouble.

"You... you don't hate me? If I hadn't listened to someone else's lies, I wouldn't have led the other Valkyries away. A Valkyrie without her battlesuit is much weaker in combat. She's useless in a fight against the Honkai... and..."

Ana trailed off. And because of her wavering will, she had fallen and become a Herrscher.

She didn't know if the Will of the Honkai was sick in the head. Instead of bestowing Herrscher abilities on strong-willed villains, it had latched onto a useless, wavering Valkyrie like her.

Will of the Honkai, you're supposed to be taking on human civilization! How can you be so merciful?

Look, wasn't the Fifth Herrscher being tortured right now?

What was the point of creating Herrschers then? Just to feed a few kills down the mid-lane for humanity, so their civilization could level up?

It couldn't be that the Will of the Honkai was on humanity's side, could it?

Although Ana couldn't understand the Honkai's actions, she had still accepted a new pair of parents. Not only had she accepted them for herself, but she had also accepted them for her friend.

"I met the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Dr. Tesla. They can indeed save us. But the condition is that we acknowledge Dr. Tesla as our mother. I had no choice but to agree on your behalf."

"I know, it's always difficult to suddenly accept someone as a parent..."

Before Ana could finish, Shiina Mahiru's eyes lit up.

Mahiru asked in pleasant surprise, "There's such a good thing?! What's Dr. Tesla like? Is she very strict? Will a clumsy person like me be disliked by Dr. Tesla?"

Ana stared at her blankly, not understanding her friend's train of thought at all.

Shiina Mahiru could tell Ana didn't understand. She said, "A big-family Valkyrie like you wouldn't know. To people from small places like us, Dr. Tesla is no different from a great god of the new era. To you, accepting Dr. Tesla as your foster mother might require some thought, but to ordinary people like us, it's a blessing from the heavens!"

Not to mention, Shiina Mahiru had barely received any parental care in her life. She sincerely hoped she could have a pair of normal parents like everyone else.

And now there was such a good opportunity. It was a blessing she couldn't have hoped for in eight lifetimes.

"Ana, thank you. Thank you for thinking of an ordinary friend like me in a situation like this."

Shiina Mahiru was deeply moved. She thought such a thing would never happen to an ordinary person like her. The other party must have taken a liking to Ana and just brought her along.

Ana wanted to explain, but she didn't know where to start.

She realized she was a bit slow. She didn't even understand her own friend very well, let alone what Mahiru's original family situation was like.

Shiina Mahiru then remembered. She looked at the misty surroundings, not knowing where she was.

"By the way, Ana, where are we now?"

"Mahiru, don't worry anymore. From now on..." Ana smiled and said, "We'll always be together. This is... the Stigma..."

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Noldrei descended from the sky with the miserable Fifth Herrscher.

He casually tossed his future daughter to the ground. The black covering on the Herrscher's face cracked and fell off, revealing Ana's restored, delicate and beautiful face.

The thud as she hit the ground startled Sirin and Bella.

The girl and the dragon carefully took two steps back, afraid they would be taken up to the sky and tortured as well.

If it were just torture, Sirin would have thought of fighting back to the death. But if she was treated well on one hand and tortured on the other, Sirin instinctively developed a sense of discipline and fear.

It was like a homeless child suddenly experiencing a father's loving education.

He would hit you while buying you toys, and he would stand up for you when others bullied you.

So this is what it feels like to have a real father!

"After storing their original consciousness in the Stigma Space, the Herrscher consciousness has taken the dominant position. Now, the Herrscher consciousness has been beaten down and is almost depleted. We can proceed to the next step. Tesla, do you need me to add some of your genetic information to their new bodies?"

Noldrei's question made Tesla hesitate.

She was contemplating an important philosophical question: is a child created with one's own genetic information one's child? Or is a child who inherits one's will one's child? Or is a child for whom one wishes a better future one's child?

Tesla suddenly became a little scared. She had never thought about what she would be like as a mother.

She hesitated for a long time before asking, "How about... we turn them into babies and raise them all over again?"

Now it was Noldrei's turn to stare at her in shock.

He also hesitated for a long time before saying, "Tesla, I hope there won't come a day when I have to kill you for walking down the path of natalism."

Noldrei's face was full of pity, as if Tesla had committed a heinous crime.

Tesla was speechless. He was going to commit domestic violence against her just for that one sentence?!

"Forget it. They're your creations anyway. You should just do as you see fit."

Tesla simply gave up on interfering with such work.

Noldrei had made up his mind. He decided to turn these two new daughters into little ponies!

"Ana Schariac, Shiina Mahiru! I bestow upon you the new names of Applejewel and Sweetie Belle!"

"From this day forward, you are also new members of My Little Pony!"

Sirin watched Noldrei's solemn declaration and couldn't help but cover her eyes.

She couldn't bear to see the day the Sixth Herrscher was born.