Chapter 1: Accepted by Schicksal?
(Tn: Be Warned, this story are written before the revelation that Durandal is the real Kiana, so to say, in this world, Durandal and the real Kiana are two separate people)
“Sss…”
Blood blossomed from his chest, and a fist-sized hole appeared where his heart should have been, long vanished.
The Honkai energy made ample contact with flesh and blood. In the blink of an eye, purplish-black patterns spread around his chest, and his body rapidly turned ashen white.
Even if one’s compatibility with the Honkai energy was high, when the energy began to erode from the wound, without a Herrscher’s assistance… no, without someone to absorb the Honkai energy, death was inevitable.
However, even if someone were to assist him now… no, even if someone were to absorb the Honkai energy for him, he wouldn’t survive much longer.
How could someone with a shattered heart possibly survive?
“Chen Wenjin! You actually helped a fake block the gun?!”
The white-haired girl screamed with her heart torn apart.
She wiped away tears from her cheek, erasing them.
She was crying because of a human’s death?
“Captain… Captain… Captain!”
Chen Wenjin felt all strength leave his body. He sat down on the ground, his complexion turning pale from excessive blood loss.
The white-haired girl, who had shielded him, lunged to his side.
She held onto Chen Wenjin’s body.
Her tears had already soaked her face.
“It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright, Captain, you’ll be fine!”
The girl’s hands trembled uncontrollably. She wanted to absorb all the Honkai energy from Chen Wenjin, but what difference would it make if she did? His heart was already gone.
The girl looked at the fist-sized hole in Chen Wenjin’s chest, and even she felt how feeble and pale her comfort was.
“It’s… it’s alright…”
Chen Wenjin’s vision began to blur.
“Kia… darn it, Siegfried, that jerk, why did he give you the same name as her? I don’t even know how to call…”
Chen Wenjin’s hand lifted, but halfway up, it weakly dropped down again.
A person was dead.
“You!”
The girl’s lowered head slowly rose. Her blue-gold pupils burned with anger. If it weren’t for the exhaustion from the previous battle, both physically and in terms of Honkai energy, she could stand up and fight again now.
However, as she raised her head, she witnessed a sight she couldn’t believe.
The Herrscher of Finality stared blankly at the body on the ground. Tears slid from her eyes, and as they fell to the ground, the Honkai energy surrounding her body would quickly vaporize these tears.
“Pathetic.”
The Herrscher of Finality snapped back to reality and gently snapped her fingers.
The Honkai energy devoured the world.
…
I am Chen Wenjin, someone who crossed over to this world while just lazing around at my home.
At first, when I learned about some things in this world, I was quite afraid.
After all, the words “Honkai energy” and “Honkai beasts” made me shudder involuntarily when they entered my ears.
The reason is simple: Honkai energy only favors girls. In the face of Honkai energy, when a girl and a guy stand together, the guy is surely the one who dies.
Because in the world of Honkai III, males don’t have compatibility with Honkai energy.
Sigh, when will guys finally stand up and regain their confidence?
But when I received a message from the system, I became much calmer and less afraid.
[Quest: Join Schicksal]
[Reward: Honkai energy compatibility]
[Explanation: With this reward, you don’t need to worry about choosing between Honkai energy and girls anymore. You get them all.]
Although the explanation of this quest was a bit outrageous, I still accepted it happily. After all, there was no option to give up on the quest, and what else could I do if I didn’t accept it? Plus, I definitely wanted that Honkai energy compatibility.
However, joining Schicksal was quite difficult. I’ve been trying for several years, and I still haven’t received any notification from Schicksal.
Schicksal didn’t seem very eager to recruit me.
The reason was simple: I’m a guy, and I don’t have Honkai energy compatibility.
Schicksal is supposed to counter the Honkai. If a fight broke out with the Honkai, how could a guy like me, without Honkai energy compatibility, possibly survive?
So Schicksal never wanted me.
Until today.
[Welcome to the big family of Schicksal, Mr. Chen Wenjin. Please report to Schicksal headquarters in Vienna on X month, X day in 2015.]
[Rita Rossweisse]
Chen Wenjin sat in a café in Vienna, staring blankly at the email in his inbox on his phone. For a while, he couldn’t quite process this information.
Rita Rossweisse.
To truly introduce her would take days and nights. Just one sentence, though, could illustrate Rita Rossweisse’s noble status.
Rita, my wife.
Someone with such a noble status, and she’s one of Schicksal’s S-rank Valkyries. Why would she personally send him an email?
For Schicksal, he wasn’t even fit to be a low-level employee.
“Um…”
Chen Wenjin lifted his head from the phone screen and looked at the short-haired girl sitting across from him, feeling very puzzled about this situation.
No, it’s fine if you sent me an email, but why would you come in person to pick me up?
We’re not really familiar outside of the game world, are we?
Although Rita is indeed very attractive.
No, I must have her. I must snatch Rita from Durandal.
Oh no, that’s not right. If I get rid of Durandal, won’t I get a buy-one-get-one-free deal?
That actually makes some sense.
“Mr. Chen Wenjin?”
Rita’s one visible eye narrowed, forming a crescent shape like a moon. She tilted her head, her alluring voice carrying a hint of charm as she spoke. Listening to her, Chen Wenjin felt his bones turn to jelly.
“Ah, well, Miss Rita, what I mean is, did Schicksal hire me?”
Chen Wenjin finally snapped out of it. It wasn’t just because of Rita’s email, but also because Rita herself was sitting in front of him.
“Yes.”
Rita’s smile was truly beautiful.
She took out a piece of paper and handed it to Chen Wenjin.
“Mr. Chen Wenjin, as long as you sign your name here, starting from today, you’ll be a part of Schicksal.”
“Sure.”
Chen Wenjin nodded. His goal was to join Schicksal after all, and now he just needed to sign a piece of paper. There was no need to hesitate.
Rita’s eyes curved even more when she saw Chen Wenjin sign his name.
Chen Wenjin put down the pen in his hand.
[Quest: Join Schicksal]
[Quest Completed, Reward Issued]
[Honkai Energy Compatibility Obtained]