Chapter 57: Expecting

After a few more months, the 2nd divine key is finally done. "Hmmm, Mei, what would do you want to call this space ship?"

Mei immediately answered. "The Cosmic Juggernaut." He looked at it, and it was absolutely huge. It was the most costly key that has been made by far. (pic here)

The herrscher core was covered by tons of soulium that would absorb the honkai energy. Then it powers up the whole craft by the tech that would turn honkai into heat.

"The question is, who will use it? We probably won't. We're too busy to do it, we'll have to put this in a hangar for now." No one capable enough that could navigate through space and time would use it, as they are all busy.

"We'll just have to find one that can. I'm sure there's someone out there." Mei concluded and nodded, satisfied with how the ship was done.

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Ein was now currently with Phyllis, he was invited by her to make a visit and inspect the company.

"Thank you for coming Ein! I was pretty anxious about branching to tech, so I wanted to get your opinion on it." She shyly scratched her cheek.

"It's fine, but you should've probably called Vill as well. She would gladly help you with this, you sold tons of her things after all and it made her quite happy." He remembered all of her gadgets that sold like hotcakes.

"Un, but we're not very close you see. So! Let's get it over with. I actually want to patent Vill's work and sell it at a wide scale! You think she'll agree?"

He thought about it and nodded. "I think so, what she cares about is what she could make. She'll probably allow you to get some blueprints and manufacture it on your own." Vill's an easy going girl for the most part.

"Really!?" Her eyes shone with a dollar sign. "Ahem. That's good! I'll contact her about this soon then... Uhhh, Ein. How about I repay you a bit? I have a pretty good restaurant reserved for us." She asked anxiously.

"Hmm, well. You did reserve it already. So I don't have a choice now do I?" He chuckled. This sneaky girl, he sighed in his mind.

"Yay! Let's go!" She immediately pulled him and they went to the establishment.

After having a meal. "The meals here are pretty good Phyllis. Good job on finding this restaurant." He gave a thumbs up.

"Haha, we actually supply the produce and products this place uses. So I got a reservation pretty easily!" She puffed out her chest.

"Good for you. You should eat well, eating some nice food will motivate you." He smiled and patted her head.

She smiled tenderly and closed her eyes like a cat. "Un, I actually love good food. When I was still unsuccessful, I lived off of cheap cup noodles and canned vegetables. So I'm really blessed to be this successful quickly." She looked at the sky and reminisced.

"Ohh? A rags to riches story huh? How about you write a biography? Make tons of extra cash and cement your legacy." He laughed.

"What would I put down there? That I met the ultra mysterious but highly regarded musician Einheri? And he helped lift me up to the peak, because he found me interesting?" She puffed up her cheeks.

"Hahaha! You work hard though? I just kick started your career you know? I didn't help much, just gave you rights to my work. Though that did give you a big boost." He teased her.

"Mumumu! See!? You already know that it was a big boost. But a biography huh?" You'd certainly be the focus of it when it releases. I'm here right now because of you after all.

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Vill was welding something in the spiral workshop that was huge. "Phew, I'm finally done with my part of our magic. Ein! Look at them, can you see if they work properly?" She went down to the ground as she looked at 3 shiny new mechs.

"Hmm, they're a-ok" He gave a thumbs up after running scans and diagnostics on them. "Now, we'll just have to know if they work."

"To the simulations! You and me are going to have a mecha battle!" She pulled him to the simulations as they loaded the real time data of the mechs.

Ein was on the strike freedom and Vill was using the unicorn banshee. "Hah! I have a system that would toast you!" the black mech has a complex system to make it calculate movement patterns and shoot pre emptive shots.

He laughed. "I am Gundam" His wings spread out as they glowed like a light violet and blue aurora. His thrusters roaring.

Unicorn banshee glowed a deep orange its horns spread out. And the glow gave what looks like a lion's mane. It's now entering destruction mode. As she knows she'll lose immediately at a normal battle.

16 fragarchs with beam cannons on it floated all around him. Its blades glowed with honkai energy as they menacingly float.

She brandished a beam sword on one hand and a beam magnum on the other. "Here I come!" She flew as sonic booms exploded from her acceleration. The g forces inside were insane, that she have to use power armor in the mech.

She tried to slash him but the winged mech flew in circles around her and pelted her energy shield with beams.

"Hahaha Victory is Mine!" He brandished two beam swords and entered close quarters combat.

The new psycho frame of the mech tried to keep up with his outrageous speed and attacks, but eventually the mech started to fail and one of its arms got cut off.

"UNIVEEEEEEERSSSSSSEEEE!" All the fragarchs overloaded with energy, he also combined 2 of his beam rifles, making a big rifle. The cannon on the abdomen started to charge and the rail guns on the waist arced with electricity.

The weapons unloaded on the mech as it exploded in a huge ball of fire and destruction. Vill then exited the simulation pod and sighed. "You can even pilot it to its full potential. You damned monster! I even tried to make something to counter someone like you." She pouted.

"It kinda worked, but I'm too good. hehehe~" He teased her and pinched her nose.

There was a peanut gallery that was watching when they entered the simulation. "Ooooohhhh! That thing is wicked awesome!" Elysia immediately looked at it and imagined herself flying around and killing everything.

"That certainly is impressive. If we had that back then, things would've been different." Himeko said and contemplated.

"Dr. Ein! Where's mine? I demand one!" Nuwa shouted and demanded, more like begged. As she started to tear up, realizing that she can't save enough for a personal one.

"Calm down Nuwa, you can just let the Kevin's destroyed model get repaired and own it yourself." He shrugged.

She almost cried from his words. "Really? You'd give it to me? Hell yeah!" She jumped and kowtowed herself.

As they were bantering. Ein noticed something different, he then looked at Himeko and stared intensely at her.

"Hime, do you feel any different? I feel something from you." He tried to examine her thoroughly.

"Hmm? Not really, just a bit more hungry's all." She waved her hands and dismissed it.

He then went up to her and touched all over her body. His eyes then suddenly went wide like saucers. "Himeko! Let's go to Mobius right now! If I'm right, then this will be huge."

He pulled her to Mobius' lab, leaving everyone behind. "What happened? Is Himeko in danger?" Kevin asked with a grave expression.

"We don't know. Let's follow them and see what's wrong." Elysia immediately went after them.

Ein and Himeko arrived at Mobius' lab as he slammed the door open. "Mobius! Bring out an MRI and ultrasound! This is important." He shouted inside the lab, startling the assistants and Mobius.

"Okay, okay, what's with all the ruckus." She ordered Klein and Fuxi to get the equipment prepared as they loaded Himeko on the machines.

After a few minutes, the results came out and he interpreted it immediately. The gang arrived as well with Mei in tow.

"I knew it, there's something different." He said and the others got anxious.

"What? Is there something wrong with her!?" Elysia quickly asked, worried about her sister in all but blood.

Mobius took a look and got surprised. "What a pleasant occurrence. Congratulations Himeko, you're 1 month pregnant." She then licked her lips. Ahhh, Ein's child. What would it become? Will it have honkai beast characteristics? Her mind raced from the possibilities.

Everyone's eyes went wide as saucers and went speechless. "Wh-what!? I... I'm pregnant!?" Himeko can't quite believe it.

"Yeah, congrats Hime. I don't know how, because I made calculations and it had a 99.9% chance of not happening." Basically almost a miracle.

Himeko started to tear up and hugged him tightly. "We're going to have a child! I can't believe it." She shouted in joy.

"Hah, so that's what happened. Congrats Himeko! I'll be next though." Elysia said with reckless abandon as Mobius looked at her.

"Hmm, I want to know what our child would be Ein. It would be the ultimate organism I'm sure." She cracked a sweet smile.

Eden came immediately when she heard the news. After a few hours of preparing, they threw a party.

"Congratulations Himeko. I'm happy for you!" Eden hugged her tight and stroked her abdomen for a bit.

"Thanks Eden. It was a pleasant surprise, but not unwanted." She smiled tenderly as she looked at her stomach. But she can't see because of her big breasts.

Kevin was staring at Mei intently and she looked at him coldly. "No. I'm very busy you, and I can't perform at my best when I'm pregnant Kevin." She deadpanned at him.

He deflated and did an orz. (look at orz and imagine it as a guy on the ground.) "Okay, I know that you're vital for Moth to be incapacitated anyway." He pouted at her.

They celebrated and threw a party. "Ein-nii, I want a baby as well. I read that they're a culmination of love you see?" Griseo pulled on his clothes and asked with an innocent face.

"Aunt Mobius would tell you why you can't have one yet." He immediately deflected the question to Mobius as she stared daggers at him.

"Congratulations Ein. But I didn't know you had a lover." Phyllis said in a less cheerful voice as she smiled.

"Hmm, oh. I haven't introduced them to you yet." He rounded them up one by one and started to introduce them.

"This one's Eden, Elysia, Himeko, Mobius, and Vill, you know her already." He introduced them quickly as Phyllis' eyes went wide with shock.

"Are they... All your lovers!?" She shouted with disbelief. "Umu, lovely girls aren't they?" He hugged them one by one.

"Congrats captain! You've been busy huh?" Hua teased her slightly. Himeko bonked her softly on the head and smiled.

"Thanks Hua, take care of us alright? You'll protect us too won't you?" She ruffled her hair and smiled tenderly.

Hua went silent for a bit. "Yes, I will captain."

"Say, Himeko. You're technically on leave starting now right? How about you come with me? We'll relax and tour around the world! This base isn't exactly the perfect place for pregnant women." Eden asked her excitedly.

"That's a great idea Eden. Hime, come with her, I'm sure you'll be able to relax better. And you can tour around the cities and places where Eden performs." Ein agreed and advised her to go.

"Awww, a vacation. I'm so jealous! A tour all around the world!" Elysia exclaimed.

"Hmm, I do think it's a good idea too. A nice and long vacation, away from duties for a while." Himeko nodded.

"It's decided then! Pack up and leave with me okay? We're going to another continent to prepare for a performance of mine." Eden raised her glass of wine in celebration.

"Go Hime. I'll call you frequently, we'll be fine here." He smiled tenderly and patted her head.

"Everyone! Let's take a nice picture! Though, Su couldn't come because he was busy." Elysia shouted and everybody started to line up for a picture.

The party continued for a bit, and then they returned to everyday life.

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"See you later Hime. I love you, take care of yourself okay? You too Eden, good luck with your concert. I love you too." He kissed them on the forehead as they said their goodbyes.

"Himeko, I'll get pregnant too when you return~" Elysia said in a provocative tone as she winked.

"Take care Himeko, I'll make sure Ein won't get too crazy over here." Mei smiled at her.

"We'll maybe have a kid too when you return Himeko." Kevin laughed as he was hit on the head by Mei.

"Take good care of yourself, I want to know what your child would be like once it's born." Mobius said with a grin.

"Thanks everyone. I'll be back later okay? Don't be too reckless Ein, I love you too." She and Eden then went off.

After a long flight, they finally arrived. They rested for a bit and decided to go out for a bit as it was now afternoon.

"Himeko, I have a signing event at this mall. Can I leave you for a bit? It won't take long I promise. We can meet up at this place after an hour." She then gave her a credit card and winked. "Buy anything you want alright? I want to see you in cuter clothes."

Himeko sighed and took it, because she'll force it on her anyway. "Alright, it's just an hour anyway. And why is it so quick?" She was perplexed by the time it takes.

"Because it's a limited edition album of mine. Now go along now, buy a lot of good things okay?" They then separated.

Himeko roamed around and was unable to buy anything she liked, except some cute stuffed toys. She then sat outdoors where a lot of kids played in a small park at the mall.

She saw normal families enjoying their time. Kids playing, laughing, being scolded. Parent's smiling as they saw their child having fun.

Can we have something like that? She remembered his fight with the 6th herrscher. What if he couldn't beat the next one? She started to get anxious and stroked her stomach.

She remembered his mangled form after the fight. He'll undergo that terrible experiment as well to better fight. He won't even be human anymore after it. Mei also told me that surviving the procedure is basically 0%.

I can't even help him anymore. I can't risk it, I don't want my child to be motherless. She gritted her teeth. Thinking on how much more does she need to rely on others to protect her own child.

While she was in deep contemplation. *It's pitiful isn't it? Ein keeps us safe with all his might. And now he will abandon his humanity, for our family. Now, more than ever.*

She heard her own voice inside her head. *It's all this world's fault. If we only had a safer place, then we wouldn't need to fight. And all these people spit on our efforts, on HIS efforts.*

*So how about we create a world for our own family? Where our child would grow nice and healthy, happy. And Ein doesn't need to fight tooth and nail for our safety?*

A convoluted red tattoo then appeared on her right thigh. (pic here)

"Himeko, Himeko... Helloooo." Eden tapped her on the shoulder.

"Wh-what. Oh, Eden. You're finished already?" She regained her wits and smiled at Eden.

"Yeah, quick and easy right? Let's go and rest, I'll be performing tomorrow evening. So let's go to our hotel and explore again in the morning." Eden smiled at her as they started to go to their hotel.

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