Ren is Dead
A girl named Bella died in her arms in the same way.
Kiana...Sirin…
This is your inescapable fate...
"Stars, what color are they?" Griseo looked at the sky, her purple eyes completely devoid of light.
Kneeling on the ground, Kiana looked up. The night sky was covered in dark clouds, without any starlight.
"They're colorful. Stars are colorful, like a painting, like a sky full of vibrant paints."
"So beautiful…" the girl's voice gradually faded.
The child in her arms had completely stopped breathing, and had fallen into a deep sleep.
"Good night, Griseo. Good night."
…
What was it that had made things turn out like this?
In her sealed consciousness space, Kiana sat with her knees pulled up to her chest in a dim corner, constantly repeating this question.
There were no answers, no responses. Even the Herrscher personality that would always try to incite her negative emotions was now silent. She was like a child who had been abandoned by the world, completely forgotten.
It was so quiet.
Quiet as if… everyone had died.
They are dead, and the one who killed them…
Is me.
Crimson blood gradually appeared on the girl's hands. It then began to flow down, finally forming a crimson lake that tightly enveloped her.
And, underneath the mirror-like lake, there were countless corpses piled up. Some were broken, some were bloody, and some had horrifying faces, filled with the despair that they had felt when they died.
The white-haired girl sat at the very top of the corpses. And those dead bodies were all reaching out to her, wanting to drag her into the lake, and make her one of them.
"Herrscher of the Void!" "A monster that will destroy the world!" "A blood-stained demon!"
Countless shouts and wails intermingled and intertwined, invading Kiana's mind. She tightly hugged herself, and curled up into the darkness.
"I'm not… I'm not…"
Tears kept flowing, and the despairing girl was mumbling like she was praying.
But compared to the hundreds and thousands of voices, her response was so weak.
If you're not the Herrscher of the Void, then who are you?
Are you Kiana?
Are you K423?
Or are you Sirin…
"I…" The girl's voice stopped. Clearly, that name was already on the tip of her tongue, but she couldn't bring herself to say it.
After killing Griseo, could she really call herself Kiana anymore?
She looked down at the blood that was on her hands. She didn't know when, but the crimson lake had already submerged her upper body.
You can't escape. Even if you don't want to admit it, those lives that have been lost will not simply disappear. Each of them will record your sins.
They've come for you!
Everything in front of her was covered in crimson. Several corpses fell down in front of her. And the moment she saw the corpses, Kiana no longer had the courage to deny it.
"Teacher Himeko… Griseo… and…"
And that gray-haired boy.
Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead!
Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead!
Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead!
Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead! Ren is dead!
The entire space began to twist. Crimson words covered the entire world. They were sharp and distorted, like blades that were cutting through Kiana's soul.
"No!"
The girl closed her eyes, but the countless corpses that were hidden beneath the lake began to repeat these four words.
She covered her ears, but the strange feeling was like a parasite, gnawing at her spine.
She closed all of her senses, but that voice still hadn't disappeared.
Who was still saying that name…?
It turned out… it was herself.
The crimson lake no longer posed any resistance. It completely swallowed the girl, and she started to feel suffocated. Her body no longer had any support, and she was just endlessly falling.
Glub… glub…
The sound of bubbles floated up, filling her ears.
Vaguely, she heard someone constantly calling her name.
"Kiana… Kiana!" In the Fenghuang Down space, Fu Hua was desperately trying to connect with Kiana's consciousness, but no matter what she tried, she was unable to awaken her. And this, was naturally because Ren had done something.
Knowing that there was a Fu Hua inside Kiana, how would he not have prepared for it?
A long time ago, he had already started using his Dominance powers to interfere with the Fenghuang Down. Although the Fenghuang Down was more inclined towards consciousness control, and the area that was housing Fu Hua's soul was almost impenetrable, it was just an incomplete Divine Key after all.
Under a Herrscher's control, it wasn't difficult to interfere with and control it.
…
After Ren had stolen a portion of the Fenghuang Down's abilities, he had also sensed the changes in Kiana's heart. Looking at the sleeping girl, Ren began trying to awaken her fragmented mental space.
The faint power of the Fenghuang Down was not inferior to the original when amplified by the Herrscher of Thousands. It allowed Ren to enter her world in the form of a consciousness.
The first thing he saw after entering her consciousness space was that the entire world was filled with "Ren is dead".
"…"
Perhaps his influence on her was even greater than he had imagined. Realizing this, Ren couldn't help but sigh deeply. But his goal wasn't to destroy her, but to make her become his weapon. The strong self-destructive emotions were not beneficial to her growth, it was time to give her some hope.
He removed the words that were all over the world one by one. Not only did Kiana feel despair seeing it, even he felt uncomfortable. What was left was the broken space, and the overflowing water. With Kiana, the master, sleeping, only he could personally interfere.
He had thought that it would be difficult, but unexpectedly, Kiana's mental world was as if it was completely defenseless against him. With the help of the Fenghuang Down's power, he was able to easily eliminate all of those negative emotions.
And finally, he had to bring the girl back from the drowning darkness.
He jumped into the deep sea of consciousness. The power of the Herrscher lit up a faint light, and then, he grabbed the girl's hand.
"I've found you."
The faint light illuminated the girl's deep blue eyes.