Chapter 10 Over Eager Counselor

Otto POV

"How is the k-series experiment going Amber?" "I am sorry overseer since the lead scientist is dead, it is difficult to progress, there have been some clones created but they are non-sentient.""Hmm, what I need is the Herrscher of Void power to travel through imaginary space, but it seems that I don't need it, after all, all we need is to manipulate either Sirin or this new Herrscher that has appeared, you say that Herrscher controls the void right?""Yes overseer, we are sure that that unknown Herrscher is able to manipulate the void. Our hypothesis is that she is a twin to Sirin's core, perhaps when the Herrscher's core materialized, it manifested on two individuals, we are investigating who that individual might be""No need Amber, we don't need to investigate it, her origin doesn't matter if she can manipulate the void that is excellent. Amber tells Phoenix to prepare to be deployed, we are going to lure this Herrscher out""Roger, by the way, overseer, we have reports in Nagazora that small bursts of honkai energy keep appearing and disappearing on multiple points inside and around the city, we suspect AE is doing something there.""Great we will use this as bait for that Herrscher, tell Phoenix to go to Nagazora, investigate the happenings while keeping covert. I will instruct her further later, you're dismissed""Yes overseer"Amber walked outside the office"Who are you little Herrscher, let's see how you can benefit my grand plan. Maybe this is a gift from god?" I said while drinking my wine, "I hope you like my present for you"

_______________________________A/N: I will call the original world the future world and this world current world

Future world Theresa POV

"Principal, we have eliminated the honkai around the East region" One of my former student Raiden Mei said as she walked me inside the home that we rented after we traveled here. Back then everyone except Mei was in Kolosten, suddenly we are transported to the outskirts of Nagazora, what is amazing is that it is still bustling with life plus when we look to our side, Mei was there with us. She has joined the world serpent to save Kiana, but I don't know what the world serpent does to save her.Well, at least she wasn't hostile to us and together we explored the city and found out we have come back to the year 2000, back when the second eruption takes place. When we search for news of the event using whatever wording Grandpa uses, however, we cannot find any which is weird, it is like it hasn't happened at all.

"Good work, the others have gone back before you, take a rest and take a bath."

"Will do principal, have you got any clue on why we traveled back in time?"

"Not a clue, but it seems that things flow differently in this world, it is like since we traveled back to the past, our existence effect the world's trajectory and alters its course through time."

"It seems to be like what Otto has done" Durandal comes in with Fu Hua following her, It looks like they just come from the bath. "Maybe this is the side effect of his actions?"

"Well that is the best explanation that we have right now" I said while crossing my arms

"Judging from us, I can see that other than Mei, we all are in Kolosten at the time of the incident, it seems that it is plausible that Otto messed up the fabric of time and space when he execute his plan." Fu Hua said while drying her hair.

"How about Kiana, have you gotten any leads on her location?" Mei said in a concerned tone, they always have good chemistry I am surprised when I heard she fights Kiana and leave for world serpent. When we first arrive here, I asked her about it, that is why I know that she do it to save Kiana.

"Where are Bronya and Seele?" I asked Durandal

"They are taking a bath" Durandal said

"I guess I'll join them then" Mei said as she exits the room.

As I make sure that Mei has already left, I turn to Fu Hua and Durandal

"What do you think about the possibility of Kiana not being transported as we do?" I asked them

"It is not zero, it is strange that we all got transported to the same place but she is not present, we shouldn't talk to Mei about this, it might agitate her." Durandal said

"How about you then, your little sister is missing" I asked her

"I would hope she is here, just somewhere else, but I think we need to investigate the reason why we transferred here in the first place, maybe we can find clues regarding Kiana's whereabouts if she is here, or we can find a way back to our time." Durandal said

"I agree with her principal, we have too little information to effectively search for Kiana" Fu Hua said

"I guess you are right, by the way, Fu Hua, have you bought my bitter melon juice?"

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Liana's POV

"carry me" Kiana said to me as we decided to pick up Sirin from school.

"Come here" I pick up Kiana from the car. I could just teleported there or something but Kiana wants to see the city. I thought that riding either Bella or Avrora will be better to take a good look of the city but I guess it is too much. So we decided to go through roads to the school. Finally I can have an onee-san moment.

"Queen Mother, do you know where will the Queen walk?" Avrora asked as we exited the car that Tesla lend to us, the driver said that he will wait in the parking lot.

"We should go to the lobby and wait in the pick-up waiting spot, she should go pass through it" I said to her, back then it is Bella who is the problem in calling me Princess, now it is Avrora calling me Queen mother. She called me Queen Dowager before but they both decided that Queen Mother is more appropriate, I tried to change their thinking but alas it is pointless, once these humanoid honkai beasts decide on something, they will stick to it like it is their life. So I just let them do as they please, perhaps similar to the Princess callsign, they will change my title again in the future.

"Just remember you two, don't call Sirin by Queen when in front of her friends, it will be embarrassing for her" I said to the both of them

"Why is it embarrassing? she is the Queen," Bella asked

"Shut up, you said I am her mother, to some extent I am your superior, follow my orders, I have my consideration"

""Yes Queen Mother""

I decided to just use my authority to command these two to not call Sirin with her title, I can't make her friends think that she is a chuuni.

We arrive at the waiting spot, we arrive just in time for the bell to ring so we should see her in a couple of minutes since she will need time to pack her stuff and leave. We decided to sit on the seat in the waiting spot.

A lot of parents are here since it looks like they want to pick up their child from school. Then the students come out and leave with their parents. I tried to look for Sirin but couldn't find her anywhere in the crowd of students entering the lobby. After the majority of the students already gone home, I still haven't find Sirin yet

"Hello, sorry to bother you, could you inform someone to search for my sister, Sirin, she has not yet exited" I asked the receptionist

The receptionist contacted a teacher and that teacher inform her that Sirin is tasked with collecting homework and need to stay a bit longer to organize and put them on the teacher's desk, then I got permission to get inside the school with a teacher accompanying me.

The teacher is a blond woman in her mid-twenties, she introduces herself as the counselor of the school and offers to guide us through the school.

"I am Monica, the counselor of the school, I will accompany you"

"Yes, I am Camellia, you can call me Liana, thank you for the help"

"What is your name you two? She asks Bella and Avrora

"Bella" "Avrora"

"Hello Bella, Avrora nice to meet you"

""En""

"What is your name little one?" She asks Kiana

"Kiana"

"How old are you?"

"I am two"

"Aww, you are such a smart kid Kiana, onee-san will guide all of you through the school, do you want to see it?"

"Ok" Kiana replied energetically as we traveled through different corridors, I guess the teacher or should I say the counselor is adept in handling young children. Each time we pass a classroom, there is always a soft board where students put up their posters, projects, etc. I never thought of going back inside a school, I feel like I am traveling through the deepest level of hell reminiscing my time back when I was still in school.

"Whoa, is this school? Looks cool" Kiana said as she is still carried by me

"Kiana, you probably wouldn't say that after you experience it, it can corrupt your soul through endless hours of lectures and thousands of pages of studying material, you should strengthen your mental fortitude before you enter these kinds of institutions."

"Is it that challenging Queen Mother?" Avrora asks as she tilts her head

"Yes it is, it is hell I tell you, I wouldn't want to go back even if I am paid, they force you to study, TO STUDY!!! it is torture."

"Madam, I know you have had some disagreements with your teachers in the past but please don't influence your kids to hate schools. Without education, your children's future is bleak, we know that some schools have an authoritative way of teaching and perhaps you have been in those schools madam, but rest assured we here prefer a communicative approach to teach, we care for our students and prefer to guide them to the correct path rather than forcing them into the said path. I reassure you that all the teachers here in this school are recruited by our them counselors and psychologists to bring the most conducive and friendly learning environment for our students. We also have a state-of-the-art honkai detection alarm, and we have some soldiers from AE guarding us in case there is a honkai outbreak. I am sure your children will be happy to enroll here, if you are considering a school for them, please by all means contact me, I can help you arrange the necessary documents for you to streamline your children's admission process. Even though your child is only 2 years old, I think education should starts from a young age. We have a preschool class to teach kids from 2-6 years old to prepare them for primary schools."

Wait, what? is the teacher misunderstands? I am not these girls' mother, I mean I get if some people like in the base might think Kiana and I are related since we look so similar, but they would just think of it as my sister, and these two beasts look so different to me that you can see that they are related. I need to clear this up.

As I was trying to articulate my rebuke to the teacher, I bump into someone, or rather a group of people.

"Owahh!" I fall down backward due to the collision, luckily Bella and Avrora break my fall by supporting my back and helping me regain my balance. The other party is not so lucky, they domino into each other and fall.

"Ouch, hey watch where you are going, Areh? Captain?" Libertia said

It turns out to be my squad

"Eh? You people? Why are you here and not in the base?" I ask them

"We got tasked to guard the school for a couple of days, the original squad who guard the school is going to another base as reinforcements, and the replacement will arrive tomorrow." Lilia said

"No wonder, I don't find you guys anywhere" I said

"EH? madam, these soldiers call you captain, are you a soldier too?" Monica ask in surprise

"Kind of, I am not officially a soldier but I act as their squad leader."

"Yup, the captain is near the top hierarchy on the base" Griselda said with her hands on her waist seemingly proud.

"Ah madam, I didn't know you are one of AE's top brass, please forgive my ignorance, we actually have a special discount for children from AE soldiers and since you are one of the top, we can give you a special price if you decided to enroll your children in our school, we are indebted to you and your organization that has protected us numerous times during honkai outbreaks. I can't say how much of a discount it is though since it is the principal's jurisdiction."

Wait, the misunderstanding just turns deeper, I am not AE's top brass, heck I am not officially an AE soldier, these girls with their blabbermouth, when we get back to base I will kick their ass.

"No, no, Ms. Monica, you are mistaken, this...."

"Captain? Is that kid in your arm your child? OMG she looks so similar to you, it is like you clone yourself and shrunk, so cute." Libertia walked to me and pat Kiana's head, "What is your name kid?"

"Kiana, I am two"

"OMG she is so cute, Kiana, I am Lilia, these are Libertia and Griselda, we are your mother's squad member" Lilia said to Kiana like she is my child

"Lilia she is not..." I try to rebuke her but I got cut off

"Mommy's team?" Kiana said as she looked at them, "Lilia nee-san, Libertia nee-san, Griselda nee-san, thanks for taking care of my mother", she said as she bowed her head a bit to them. Maybe she thought it was mom's team, it will just deepen the misunderstanding.

"GEH! How can a two-year-old child be this polite, a smart polite young lady, I am sure she will grow up to be a beautiful woman like her mother." Griselda holds her hand to her heart in a shock expression like taking a critical hit.

"I know right, she is basically a carbon copy of the captain, I am sure she will grow up and be like the captain, one of the most beautiful girls in the world. I guarantee she will have many suitors lining up for her hand in marriage when she has grown up." Libertia added to Griselda's comment.

"Kiana-chan, it is our pleasure to be your mother's subordinate, I hope you will grow up and be like your mother, no... become an even greater person than her, promise with me ok?" Lilia said to Kiana while lifting her pinky finger.

"Ok, I will nee-san" Kiana holds it with her pinky finger. How does Kiana know how to use pinky promise?

"Queen Mother, the misunderstanding is deepening" Bella said to me

"Yes, Queen Mother, you should do something about it" Avrora said

You guys are not helping.

"You have two more children? OMG, Why you haven't told us yet Captain, aren't we your trusted subordinate? we will not bring any harm to your children" Lilia exclaimed

"WAIT!!!!, These are not my children, I have tried to tell you guys that this is a misunderstanding, these are Bella and Avrora, my and Sirin's servants." I said to them

"Ah I see, you and your sister's servant huh, why do they call you Queen mother, Captain? Wait, is Sirin your daughter? and you lied to us about her being your sister?" Griselda asked, she appeared quite sad as she thinks that I lied to them about Sirin.

"She has taken care of our Queen like a mother, thus we decided to call her Queen mother, she is an important person to our Queen" Bella said

"Well, it kinda makes sense since you both have the same power, and it seems you are more experience in using it captain" Libertia commented

"She is not my Child!!!, Kiana is my sister, mom's child, that is why she is similar to me."

"..."

"So she isn't your child Captain?"  Libertia asked

"No, and Sirin is also my sister, please stop misunderstanding"

I look at the disappointed face of my squad and I couldn't take it, I need to run away.

I immediately form a portal back to the base and leave.

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Bella POV

"It looks like the Queen Mother run away back to the base, did she forget that we are here to pick up the Queen?"

"I am sure she forgot, let's find the Queen by ourselves and get back home." Avrora answered

I looked at the disappointed face of the Queen Mother's team members and feel sympathetic to them.

"It is disappointing that Kiana is not the Captain's kid, but at the same time, it is quite a happy outcome" Libertia said

"Why are you saying that?" I asked

"Bella was it? well it is like this, your Queen mother is actually quite popular and has a fan club after she comes home with us in that dragon, wait, is that dragon you?" Libertia asked

"It is me" Avrora answered

"Oh thank you for the ride back then" Lilia said

"En, no problem, I am sorry to have injured you" Avrora replied, she bowed her head.

"No, No, it's fine, I am super healthy right now, no biggie" Lilia answered

"Bella? Avrora? What are you doing here?" The Queen arrived

"My Queen, we come to pick you up with Queen Mother, but she run away just now due to a misunderstanding" I answered.

"A misunderstanding?"

"Are you Sirin? The Herrscher of the Void?" Libertia asked the girl.

"Who are you?" My queen suspiciously gaze at the squad members. It looks like even if she enrolls in school, her wariness to strangers are still high, I need to ask Queen mother to help my queen develop her interpersonal skills.

"My queen, this is Queen mother's squad"

"Nee-san's squadmates?" My queen relaxed her stance. "Yes I am Sirin? What do you want?"

"Nothing, nothing, we just want to make sure it is you, we are indebted to your sister, we respect her as a captain, and as a leader. So we want to make friends with you" Lilia said to Sirin.

"You want to be my friend?" My queen replied still wary of them.

"Yeah, I mean your sister takes care of us, so we think it is also a good thing to take care of her sisters right?" Griselda said

"Ok, I will let you be my friends, but it is not because I like you, it is because you are my sister ok" My queen cross her arms

"It is good enough, by the way Sirin, is it true that Kiana is Captain Liana's sister? Not her daughter?" Lilia asked

"Hmmm? Yeah, Kiana is my and Nee-san's sister, what of it?" My queen answered as she tilt her head confusedly

The squad members look dejected, I guess the truth is too harsh for them and they really want to believe Kiana is Queen Mother's daughter. With how simillar they look, I can't say I blame anyone thinking that way.

"What? Why are you guys sad?" My queen flusteredly asked them

"They thought Kiana is Queen Mother's cute daughter my queen" Avrora said

"Oh I see, weird reason to get sad but I won't judge human's peculiar behavior, I must say I still can't fully comprehend them. Anyway, who are you?" My queen pointed at the counselor that has been shilling the school to Queen Mother. I must say, I forgot her presence.

"Eh? Uh... I am the counselor Monica, Uhmm... Sirin are you a Herrscher? The one that you know, commanded honkai?" The counselor Monica fidgets, cold sweats appear on her head, maybe she is scared.

"Yes I am, what of it?"

"You are?" Monica looks like she is preparing to run.

"Relax, you said your name is Monica? She is fighting for humanity now, please keep this conversation a secret, we are hiding her from bad organizations that want to use her powers to do bad deeds." Libertia cornered her before she manage to run away

"Yeah, it wouldn't be good if it leak, so we either need to erase your memories or let you sign an NDA." Lilia said as she also surrounds the frightened teacher

"Alright teacher, we should move to the principal's office to sign the agreement, or do you like it better to erase your memories?" Griselda said as she pulls the counselor and headed towards the principle office.

"Wait, I promise I will not talk about it, why are you guys dragging me?"

"Well it is an important military secret, we need to make sure you will not leak it." Lilia said as the three of them and the counselor walked away toward the principal's office. "Bye Sirin, Avrora, Bella, go home safely"

They disappear after a turn in the hallway

"My queen, what will they do to her?" Avrora ask

"Don't know, maybe hit her head until she forgets or fry her brain or something" My Queens answered

"I would say they will just sign the NDA, I don't think AE is that cruel." I said

"Who cares about that human anyway, let's go home" my queen said as we go home.

The next day, we found out that the counselor resigns from her job and work inside the base, maybe AE forces her to work in the base to watch her. But my queen doesn't care so I will also not care.