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Chapter 6

Kiana quickly understood a few things about Raynold. Well…not as quickly as she wanted, as it took her around two months or so to understand how to capitalise his attention.

And that was by being a good student.

Raynold, lives, breathes, and exists for martial arts. The moment she grasped this simple fact it became easier for her.

If you look at things through this kind of view it's easy. All she needs to do is train how he instructs her.

Apart from that Kiana was curious and experimented with how far his pampering goes. Honestly… It terrified and excited her at the same time.

She asked to visit the beach when she saw it on TV… less than 20 minutes later they were on the Mediterranean Sea coast.

Even those few minutes were for her to get specific clothes as they were going to the sea.

Then she wanted to see the highest place on Earth. They went to the peak of Everest.

Nothing was not-available for her if she wanted to. This was a taste of true and nearly absolute power.

This made her work harder to master her Ki control…though this Ki was strange… It was… felt like…Honkai? Or something like refined Honkai?

Well, it didn't matter with the details. All Kiana wanted was to use this energy to refine the core and achieve the next stage.

By this point, she was very much bought by the idea of constantly growing stronger and adding more and more energy to herself. To become so strong that she would never lose anyone ever again.

"Ray~~~ what do you think?" Kiana asked him while doing a spin. Around her, there were balls of light. They were in perfect shape and form. The cat-hoodie-wearing girl's mastery over the manipulation was at an impressive level.

The thing was she had to…change. Or more like growing up with her habit of not being capable of staying in one place.

It was the hardest thing she did in her life so far.

However… It was something she needed to do just so that she could be pampered and praised. Never before staying in one place and following instructions could be so rewarding.

In truth, she just accepted that he knows how to train people. From time to time she does wonder how he became so good. Where did he learn this?

"Very good Kitten. What do you think? Are you ready for the next part?"

She thought for a while. Not rush…this was very important, she is about to start refining her core. By this point, she can sense the core inside of her and it was emitting a cold and rageful aura.

The girl knew what to do. But, at the same time she was… quite fearful of just touching the thing.

"Yes…just…you know… Watch over me? My core is made from wild Honkai after all."

He nodded seriously at her.

Another thing… He will take things much more seriously if people use HIS terms as the terms created by the cultists are just that… Cultist things. Yes if she is to say Herrscher core he would just 'meh' it. While if she would say 'Golden Core' then he would know that it's more serious stuff.

He is just weird that way.

After a short break, Kiana proceeded to try to refine her Herrscher core.

As her Ki approached the core, intending to purify it, this triggered it. The negative emotions stored inside of it started to fight back.

It was like a mudslide which shocked the white-haired girl! It caught her off guard.

That moment her blue eyes turned to gold as her hairstyle changed and she started to transform.

When Raynold saw it he swiftly appeared in front of her and put his index finger on her forehead.

White energy started to pour into struggling Kiana. The struggle slowly ceased. She then simply collapsed into him.

At that moment he could hear non-Kiana speaking into his ear. It was as if she was talking through some sort of medium.

"...Just because you constantly pamper me through this I won't stop and I will have my revenge~~~" The voice sounded like it was drunk and it was pouty.

Raynold slowly smiled at her and pulled back to have direct eye contact.

"You made a small mistake in your plan of revenge. You tried to take my kitten's body and that alone is a road without any sort of future."

At that moment he stopped holding back and unleashed his full power and channelled it into Kiana. The girl's golden eyes widened to a massive degree as she did not expect THAT many positive emotions to flow into her!

It completely drowned her in this!

"NOOO~~~ Stop! STOP PAMPERING ME!!!"

By the end of it, she stuttered for a few moments before closing her eyes and falling asleep.

But before that, she hugged him as if her life depended on it.

Raynold used that moment to scan her body, more specifically her core.

He concentrated his energy on purifying it. At that moment he understood how pesky and relentless these wild cores are.

Negative emotions were like an oil substance that doesn't come off that easily.

But his energy powered by positive emotions was like hot water with powerful washing-up liquid.

In the end, her core was translucent purple. Like it was made from glass.

'That's it… I guess I will be the one who will refine these wild cores. Making people do this themselves can be dangerous.

Unless they are the one which forms them in the first place.' He thought to himself as he picked up Kiana and brought her back to her room.

~~~~~~Later~~~~~~

Kiana's eyes slowly fluttered open. She saw the familiar ceiling of her room. Slowly she got up from her bed and looked around.

It appears everything was the same. She then did a scan of her body. A wave of Ki washed her up. Her eyes slowly widened as she felt how pure and warm her core was.

It was completely different from how it was before!

"What happened?"

"You have reached the Golden Core Stage. Shouldn't you be happy about it?" A female voice said from behind her.

From sheer shock to hearing a voice just pop out of nowhere made Kiana turn around and jump back.

What she saw was a carbon copy of her. The only difference was the eye colour, hairstyle, and clothes. But it was a perfect copy of her.

"You!"

"Me."

"What are you?"

"Don't act dumb with me. You know already."

"Grrr…"

"Don't channel your inner brat on me. Raynold loves elegance and beauty." The yellow-eyed Kiana said while brushing her long hair.

"...You are…the 2nd Herrscher!' Kiana said that with realisation.

Her answer was a clap from the Void Queen.

"Congratulations. Your rewards… are nothing."

"Why are you here!?" The blue-eyed Kiana asked with a frown. She doesn't like the Void Queen's attitude won't bit. She is treating her like a loser or brat.

"What do you mean why? I am your core. I am your void powers. If I could, I would be free. Free to cuddle and give my love to Raynold…but alas… I Am stuck with you."

Kiana blushed hard when she heard and saw how this Herrscher is behaving…this…version of her is love-struck?

"What are you saying with such a straight face!?"

"The truth. My hatred, rage, and revenge against humanity have no meaning anymore. I don't feel anything toward them. All of it had drowned and was buried away. Those things have no meaning to me. The only reason I continue to exist is that I could be with Raynold." The Void Herrscher said that while putting her left hand on her right chest as if speaking from her heart.

Though Kiana was dumbfounded. What on earth is wrong with this Herrscher!?

But then she realised something. Her core is purified, and it was not her who did it…

It was Raynold and if he did it…

This means all his positive energy has brainwashed this Herrscher. Now she is in love and wants to be with him.

"...So what now?"

All she got in return is a shrug from not caring about Void Queen.

"But I suppose… Grow up and marry Raynold. If you don't then I will kill you and take over your body and do it myself."

At that moment Kiana's whole body turned stiff… her cheeks erupted in pink colour. What is she saying!?

"H-How can you say that with such a straight face."

*Snort*

"I am simply stating the obvious facts. I love him… you… maybe love him? Regardless, our only objective is to do that."

"A-A-And Honkai!?" She was looking for excuses.

"Please… I have full confidence that my darling will take care of such a mediocre issue. The biggest concern is what kind of wedding dress we should get." The Void Queen said while stroking her chin.

"We could go with a classic western-style white dress that would fit with our white hair, or perhaps we do a Chinese one with a red dress. One thing that is good with humans is the diversity of choices now that I am not raging over the simplest of things, I can see that."

Kiana could not take this anymore! She is not even 10! Yet, this Herrscher is mumbling about marriage!? With furious thought, she tapped into the core. That moment the Herrscher of Void burst into the black and orange light and rushed into Kiana and merged with her body.

Her regular clothes morphed into her Herrscher ones, her single ponytail was undone and it became loose hair. A hairpin appears on the left side of her hair.

When she reopened her eyes her blue eyes had a white pupil inside of them and there was a circle around them.

This was her Herrscher of Void form!

"Whoa…so powerful."

[So rude. Why did you just pull me in like that?]

*Tsk*

"Still around?"

[Again! Rude. I am around and always will be around. I am your core after all.]

"I see… I suppose we could find a way to coexist."

[*Snort*]

[As long as you don't cross certain lines, I will assist you in any situation.]

This…doesn't sound so bad.

"And what IS your bottom line?"

[Please. I only care about one thing. And you know what it is. If you by some stupid chance get away from him I will not stop until you are back in his embrace. For me, nothing else has any meaning. If need be I will turn this planet into a ball of dust. You understand don't you?]

Kiana gulped down when she heard how casual this Herrscher was…. She doesn't give any care or sense to anything except for Raynold…

What did his energy do to her?

"I understand… Pretty sure our Void power distance doesn't mean much."

[Good that you understand. Now let's proceed. You need to show him my beauty.]

Kiana deadpanned hearing that.

"You mean my beauty. Though I would prefer if they got me some sort of weapons…"

Aa she said that portals opened from behind her and void lances came out.

[My void lances. Though now that we have Raynold with us and your control over Honkai is above subpar and reaching realms of impressive you could try making more different forms of Void weapons.]

"Yes-Yes enough of this nonsense! Let's go and show ourselves to Ray!" As she said that a portal opened in front of her and she entered inside. It was the imaginary space then another portal opened in front of him which was right into the living room where Raynold was watching boxing with a thoughtful look.

At that moment she started to float and just drop on him.

"Ray! Check it out! I can access it without any worry!"

The girl said with a huge grin and cheerful tone.