Almost at the same time, inside Yuna's room at Schicksal HQ.
In Yuna's room, Yuna, who had returned to Schicksal HQ long ago, pulled her hand back from the metal floor.
At the same time, Isla Ash beside her mimicked the action, pulling her small hand back from the floor as well.
Looking at her daughter beside her, Yuna truly felt...
—*Wow, is this really the daughter of me, Senior, and Kiana?*
This child's talent is a bit too high, isn't it?
From the moment she returned to Schicksal HQ today, Isla Ash, who had always been well-behaved, didn't go to find Kiana to comfort her in her own way. Instead, she insisted on staying in the room with Yuna.
Out of guilt for this child, Yuna, who had originally intended to keep avoiding Isla Ash, finally made the rare choice to stay with her daughter for a while.
As a result, after chatting with her daughter for about an hour, Yuna confirmed one thing with mixed feelings.
Although she was nominally, by blood, and by age, Isla Ash's mother, in terms of IQ and EQ, she felt she was far inferior to her own daughter.
Alright, saying she was inferior to Isla Ash might be overpraising herself.
She felt that even if you added her and Kiana, the two mothers, together, they probably couldn't compare to Isla Ash in these two aspects.
The reason Isla Ash had insisted on coming to her room today was, to put it bluntly, because Isla Ash was smart enough to have long noticed that Yuna's state of mind was off.
Of course, Yuna herself felt that her current state of mind was definitely fine for her, but she also knew that her values were long different from those of ordinary people.
To Isla Ash, whose values were similar to those of ordinary people, Yuna, this unqualified mother, was clearly a patient who 'needed treatment'.
Moreover, because Isla Ash was really smart and sensible, Yuna could tell that her daughter's seemingly unreasonable method of forcing her to chat was actually a way to close the distance between them, tempting Yuna to reveal her innermost thoughts.
Of course, the fact that Yuna could see through this meant that Isla Ash's methods were still a bit naive.
But considering that this child's actual age was only three months...
And in the following time, Yuna also discovered that the abnormality in Isla Ash was clearly not just limited to her brain.
She had long known that Isla Ash possessed the Kaslana bloodline and the powers of two Herrschers, Void and Poison.
But when Leo Ash returned to Schicksal HQ, Isla Ash just frowned and immediately concluded, 'Dad's home'...
*Wait, is the Kaslana intuition really used for this kind of thing?*
As for Yuna later using her 'plant control' power to see the scene of Mei and Leo Ash kissing passionately through some ornamental plants in Schicksal HQ, that was another matter entirely.
Mei and the Herrscher of Thunder's feelings were not wrong, but being completely unaware of this application of Yuna's power, they naturally wouldn't have thought that more than one pair of eyes had witnessed that scene at the time.
"Hmm, this feeling is very strange."
After retracting her small hand, Isla Ash looked at Yuna with a complex expression and asked.
"Although I don't mind Dad finding a few more partners, Mom, seeing Dad and Auntie Mei kissing passionately, are you really not jealous?"
*Ah, it's just as I thought.*
*Isla can really use her powers to 'see' these things just like me...*
—*Is this child really only three months old?*
*And she can say these things so nonchalantly.*
*Compared to shy girls like Anna and Mei, Isla's personality is clearly much bolder and more carefree.*
Having an outstanding daughter is, of course, a happy thing.
But when your daughter is far more outstanding than you at just three months old, even the most open-minded parents would have somewhat complicated feelings.
Especially since Yuna, although considered Isla's mother, had not fulfilled many of her parental duties, which made Yuna harbor thoughts like 'does she really need a useless mother like me'.
"Jealousy? Is that necessary?"
"And Isla, I still want to ask you..."
Looking at her daughter before her, Yuna, whose emotions were growing more complex today, asked Isla Ash helplessly.
"Who exactly taught you all this knowledge?"
"Hmm, a pink-haired auntie... no, she told me to call her big sister, so a pink-haired big sister!"
*Ah, someone I have no memory of at all.*
"And, Mom, you still haven't answered my question directly."
Seeing Yuna trying to change the subject, Isla Ash's eyes widened, trying to read something from Yuna's face.
"'Is that necessary?'—that sentence doesn't directly answer whether you're jealous or not."
"Although I'm a kid, I'm Dad's kid. I'm not that easy to fool!"
*Ah, here I am, still a virgin, secretly watching the father of my child, with whom I share a genuine blood connection, passionately kiss another woman.*
*And my three-month-old daughter is worried about my mental state while also concerning herself with my love life.*
*If I hadn't seen the Class Rep today, and if the Class Rep hadn't confirmed that I'm not under some strange illusion, I would really think I've fallen into an enemy's trap and am still in some weird dream.*
"Isla, you need to understand one thing."
Yuna, whose thoughts were becoming increasingly chaotic, could only force down her desire to complain about the situation and said softly to her daughter.
"Although you are indeed my, Senior's, and Kiana's daughter, that doesn't mean Senior and I are a couple."
"I'll just be happy for him as a companion if he finds someone to spend his life with. Jealousy is something I won't feel."
"...It's actually true???"
Seeing her mother's incredibly serious attitude, and confirming with her intuition that her mother wasn't lying, Isla Ash suddenly showed a look of horror.
"Although the pink-haired sister said that harmonious harems can exist in this world, Dad came back and has already slept with three people like such a scumbag, and no one has any complaints at all????"
"Isla's worldview has been shaken."
*From an objective point of view, what Senior has done is indeed not praiseworthy.*
*But... who told him to be Leo Ash.*
After a slight sigh, Yuna could only continue to say to her daughter with utmost seriousness.
"Isla, you can't speak ill of your father behind his back."
"Besides, Senior is a very outstanding person. It's normal for everyone to like him."
"The reason he chose this seemingly scummy approach is, to put it bluntly, just to give everyone a home. Remember, don't say these things in front of your father in the future."
"Hmm... setting aside your rather strange sophistry, Mom, it's indeed not right to speak ill of Dad behind his back."
Isla Ash suddenly held her head and said to Yuna in a small voice.
"But, I do have Kaslana blood in me. Someone like me, when I see something wrong, I'll definitely want to point it out, right?"
*That may be true, but my dear daughter, if you say that, it will make everyone awkward.*
*If everyone is awkward, how can Senior continue to build his harem?*
Of course, Yuna definitely couldn't say these things out loud.
Objectively speaking, she felt that compared to her abnormal self, her daughter's current feelings were the normal ones.
It's enough to just tell her smart daughter not to mention these things. As for her normal values, Yuna still hoped she wouldn't be led astray by her twisted and incompetent mother.
*Sigh, in every aspect, I'm not qualified to be this child's mother.*
*She is too dazzling. Compared to me, she is more like the original Kiana and Senior.*
"Ah, Mom is lost in thought again."
Seeing through Yuna's drifting thoughts, Isla Ash, in order to stop her from overthinking, suddenly said to Yuna mysteriously.
"But Mom, don't overthink things because of the Kaslana blood. That thing... is actually quite complicated."
"Huh?"
After glancing around the room, which was clearly unnecessary, Isla Ash immediately put on an act and whispered to Yuna.
"I'll secretly tell Mom something not many people know. The Kaslana family's sense of justice is actually influenced to some extent by the Kaslana family's Stigmata."
"The pink-haired sister let this slip once when she was teaching me how to use Stigmata."
"Other people probably don't know that the Kaslana family's sense of justice is related to their Stigmata, right?"
*...Something I've never thought about.*
*But, this is even more wrong.*
*Isla even knows how to use Stigmata???*
*Then wait, could it be that...*
At this moment, as if having thought of something terrible, Yuna suddenly asked Isla Ash.
"Isla, you... besides Kiana's and my powers, can you use any other powers?"
"Is Mom talking about this?"
After displaying a golden energy shield, Isla Ash said very naturally.
"Dad's power, of course I can use it."
"It's just that, I could only use a little bit of this power before. The barrier it formed was very weak, and it was only the size of half a palm."
"But, recently, this power seems to be showing signs of growing... Mom?"
*This is a huge problem.*
*Isla is an artificial human created from our three's genes, but her current performance already exhibits the nascent abilities of three Herrschers.*
*If you say the Honkai isn't pulling strings behind the scenes, I refuse to believe it... no, it's more than that.*
The more panicked Yuna became, the more rapidly her thoughts scattered.
At this moment, she remembered two things.
Fourteen years ago, when the Herrscher of the Void descended upon humanity again after battling with Welt, she already possessed four other cores besides Void: The Gem of Serenity, The Gem of Conquest, the Gem of Desire, and the Gem of Haste.
As the person in this world who best understood the burden of Herrscher Cores, Yuna, thinking about it now, truly felt that Sirin's talent was terrifying.
She herself was nearly crushed by the burden of just one Pseudo-Core and one normal core.
And Sirin, at her peak, controlled six cores.
As for fourteen years later, Kiana, who possessed Sirin's consciousness and had taken over Kiana's body, had also absorbed the Thunder and Death cores at her peak, becoming a three-core Herrscher.
From her later appearances, the burden of three cores was almost non-existent for her.
*Sirin had a strong talent for accommodating Herrscher Cores, able to hold up to six cores and easily maintain her own consciousness.*
*Kiana has Sirin's consciousness, a part of Sirin's DNA, and Isla has Kiana's genes...*
*In other words, if our daughter has the same talent as Kiana, then she is the perfect Herrscher Host.*
*Honkai...!*
*After taking my mother, are you going to take my daughter too?!*
"Mom, you look really pale."
"Mm, I am a bit."
At this moment, Yuna suddenly said to Isla Ash with great anger.
"Isla, you go back to your room first. I need to have a good 'chat' with your father."
"I have to admit something. I'm not as carefree as I thought—I'm jealous! That guy, Senior, I'm really angry!"
"Eh, is that so?"
Seeing Yuna's undisguised anger, Isla Ash immediately asked excitedly.
"Mom, do you want my help—"
"This is grown-up business, kids stay out of it!"
"Yes~"
"Then I'm heading back. Mom, you have a good chat with Dad, okay?"
Listening to her hurried tone, Isla Ash, having confirmed some things, waved her hand at Yuna and left the room using the Herrscher of the Void's power.
After her daughter left, Yuna sent a message to Leo Ash and then closed her eyes slightly.
A few minutes later, Leo Ash, having received Yuna's message, entered the electronic lock password she sent him and walked into the room.
"Yuna, what's wrong with Isla?"
"You said you have something important to tell me about Isla, could it be..."
"—Is there something wrong with her?"
Seeing the grave expression on Leo Ash's face, Yuna nodded helplessly.
"Isla can now even use your powers, Senior. I think if I say that, you should understand the seriousness of the matter."
*...This is a really big problem.*
*Isla can use three types of powers at three months old. Although she doesn't have Herrscher Cores now, she has already demonstrated the trait of multiple powers not conflicting within her body.*
*And Herrscher Cores are things that can be plugged in and out...*
*Isla suddenly mastering my powers, there's a one hundred percent chance there's a mastermind behind this.*
*I'll be damned...*
*I was wondering why nothing major had happened this past month. It turns out the Honkai's acceleration has already reached my daughter's head????*
*I was planning to continue my preparations for a few more days, but now it seems I absolutely can't delay dealing with Otto any longer.*
*If this drags on, the first person to be in trouble will be Isla.*
*I've already had my parents taken from me by the Honkai. Now...*
—*Damn you, Honkai, I will not let you take my daughter too!*
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