Chapter 16: Considering Joining the Schicksal

Back on schedule.

Also, New Fic will be dropping on Patrèon this week and next week, voting will start next week on what will be focused first among these, total of 10-18 fics.

The main focus is the 9 fics this week which are all good. Fic distribution according to votes;

Honkai Impact 3rd - 3 Fics

Honkai Star Rail - 3 Fics

Fate - 3 Fics.

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Luo Lin's consciousness ascended from the system space, and she opened her eyes, letting out a small yawn. Her body was well-rested, but the girl's spirit still felt somewhat fatigued.

This was mainly because last night, after returning to the system space, Luo Lin discovered that the Herrscher of Sentience was actually quite concerned about everything in the "Elysian Realm" and seemed eager to explore it personally.

The only issue was that the Herrscher of Sentience seemed a bit hesitant to lower its guard and communicate its needs to Luo Lin.

"It's like she's going through a rebellious phase."

"Who are you calling rebellious?!"

Quickly noticing the amusement in Luo Lin's eyes, the Herrscher of Sentience started arguing with her somewhat embarrassedly.

What ensued were some seemingly reasonable arguments, such as wanting to understand the stories of the previous era and wanting to make up for the regrets of lost memories...

For a while, the system space was filled with a lively atmosphere.

And then?

Then Luo Lin was bombarded with mental links by the Herrscher of Sentience for half an hour, leaving her feeling dizzy.

Fortunately, the Herrscher of Sentience wasn't completely unreasonable.

After calming down, it apologized to Luo Lin.

Facing a childlike figure like the Herrscher of Sentience, Luo Lin was quite tolerant.

The girl rubbed her hair, got up to wash, called for Kiana and Fu Hua with the prepared meal, then rode her bike to Senba Academy, comfortably sitting in her seat, leisurely observing her surroundings.

Raiden Mei arrived a bit late today because she stayed up all night reading "Chronicles of Honkai". Her eyes were bloodshot, but her spirits were quite high. It was understandable, as representing information about the extraordinary world, Mei couldn't help but be interested. So she spent the night reading a textbook that most Valkyries found sleep-inducing, relying on her strong self-control to resist the urge to stay up all night and only slept for two hours before coming to school.

"Luo Lin, I have some questions..."

"Hold on, it's not time for our class now, and I suggest you take a nap at noon to avoid being lethargic in the afternoon and missing useful things."

Mei had to admit that Luo Lin was right. She was indeed feeling sleepy, so when Luo Lin took Kiana to sweep the cafeteria at noon, Raiden Mei went to the infirmary to rest for a while - and no one stopped her from using it.

In Senba Academy, the name "Raiden Mei" was a very useful signboard; no one wanted to offend the daughter of a powerful executive director.

The afternoon classes seemed particularly long for the girl with blue-purple long hair. She had too many questions for Luo Lin. When the bell rang for dismissal, Raiden Mei almost flew out of the classroom at lightning speed, heading straight for their "base".

Several friends who were about to drag Mei into their conversation looked at each other, then dispersed helplessly.

Raiden Mei pushed the door open and saw Kiana sitting on a chair, eagerly watching the figure behind the counter tinkering with something - Luo Lin was trying to make a cake with the leftover ingredients from the coffee shop. And compared to her multiple failures with bread and cookies before, this progress was quite good.

"Luo Lin..."

"Come, take a breather and have a cup of coffee."

Luo Lin made a cup of coffee for both Kiana and Raiden Mei, placing them on the counter. Mei took the coffee with a puzzled look, the bitter aroma lingering on her nose.

The etiquette ingrained from her aristocratic education made her instinctively taste this coffee.

Compared to the rare delicacies she had tasted before, this could only be considered average, but it was much better than the "boiling pot water" of instant coffee.

After all, this coffee shop was located near Senba Academy, where the clientele were either wealthy or influential, and they had insights into things like coffee. The owner wouldn't dare to fool people with inferior coffee.

Kiana didn't comment because she was waiting for the coffee to cool down a bit before gulping it down and then handing the empty cup back to Luo Lin. "Another one!"

"It seems you don't have that kind of mood for coffee."

"What mood does a drink need? I think milk tastes better than coffee."

It also matched Kaslana's mindset quite well. Luo Lin directly took out a large bottle of milk from under the table and placed it in front of the white-haired ball, which satisfied Kiana.

"...I'm done."

With the help of coffee, Raiden Mei adjusted her state and was no longer as restless as before.

Luo Lin said with satisfaction, "Good, restlessness is the enemy of learning. Studying when emotionally unstable will only achieve half the results with double the effort... Now you can ask questions."

Raiden Mei pondered for a few seconds before saying, "I want to ask, who is the current Archbishop of Schicksal?"

Luo Lin glanced at her. "Otto Apocalypse."

"?!"

The girl with blue-purple long hair's pupils shrank, and she quickly took out the "Chronicles of Honkai" from her backpack, pointing to the name written in black and white on the contents page. "Is it this Otto Apocalypse?"

"Of course, who else could it be?"

"He's lived for five hundred years?"

"Yes."

"Haven't others found it abnormal?"

"Otto has never concealed this." Luo Lin smiled, "And I think it's because of someone like him who has lived for five hundred years that others have more confidence in using 'Honkai' to obtain longevity..."

Raiden Mei leaned on the counter, looking at the illustrations in the book, sighing, "The Archbishop is indeed a very determined and resourceful person... really impressive! It makes me kind of want to join Schicksal and see his heroic demeanor..."

The daughter of the Executor of Anti Entropy and a Herrscher praising the Archbishop of Schicksal and even wanted to join Schicksal...

Otto, you're so powerful!

"Oh, and there's Kallen. I was wondering why this name sounded so familiar!" As she spoke, Mei suddenly straightened up, took out her phone, and showed Luo Lin and Kiana the store interface of a certain app.

"Is this... the 'Kallen Fantasy' series?"

Kiana was momentarily stunned. She naturally couldn't not know this very famous game, which was renowned for its cutting-edge technology and seemed to have plenty of money to burn just by looking at its CG and modeling.

Soon, the white-haired ball reacted, "Are you trying to say that the Kallen in this game is based on that Schicksal hero, Kallen Kaslana?"

"It must be. I compared it, and the main storyline of 'Kallen Fantasy' should be derived from the experiences of the real Kallen!" The girl paused for a moment before continuing, "This production team should be related to your Schicksal, right? Ordinary people wouldn't know about this historical story, and I don't think anyone in the extraordinary world would dare to use the hero of Schicksal as a game theme. That is a genius marketing strategy!"

"Yes." Kiana rubbed her chin, thoughtful. "Now that you mention it, every installment of the 'Kallen Fantasy' series has an antagonistic character with pink hair, and everyone is curious about the identity of this mysterious antagonist... Could it be some key historical figure?"

Mei pondered for a moment and said, "I don't know, but those who couldn't be matched in this book might be Easter eggs."

Luo Lin's expression was subtle.

Otto, oh Otto, you still have such a small grudge towards Yae Sakura...