Hotel... in Space
Kallen wonders if her distant relative has any idea how dangerous Marcus can be.
'She shouldn't be that naive, Right?' The white-haired Maiden wondered to herself as she was following Marcus alongside Bronya and Kiana.
He kept the three of them while sending the maids to learn the basics from Belfast.
By this point, Kaslana wanted to be with the maids. She felt it would be better. Now she felt that she was under a magnifying glass and Marcus could do anything at any moment!
"...So, where are we going?" Kiana asked as she saw them enter the lift again.
"To my quarters." He smiled mysteriously at them. One could tell that he was scheming something.
To his blunt reply, Kiana's and Kallen's eyes bulged for a second. This was… far too direct!
"W-What?"
Kiana's expression was the most animated as she felt this was far too quick!
"I-Isn't it too much!? T-Three girls!? At once?" She was hinting at something specific!
"Heh. Your mind immediately goes to lewd thoughts. That's just cute!" Marcus joked as he looked at her with amusement.
"T-Then what?"
"To hog all the attention to myself." He shrugged his reply.
"One of the perks of being me is that I can have someone like Bronya, who should be busy running her city, to have to myself as much as I want." As he said that, he pulled the Ash-silver-haired girl closer to himself.
"Same with you." He looked at Kiana, then at Kallen. "And you."
"Both of your destinies are not the greatest."
Kallen slowly looked down at the lift's floor. Now that he reminded her, she is supposed to be dead. That thing pierced her gut like a hot knife.
She was bleeding until Sirin saved her.
"...I see…"
Kiana immediately calmed down, to some extent, but the images were very vivid. Being 'abused' in bed like that could shake even the most hardened girls.
"But how does one translate to another?" The white-haired Valkyrie commented.
"...What does to what?" Marcus looked at her.
"Uhh… never mind." Kiana looked away as she couldn't ask that! It's too embarrassing!
"Oh." However, Marcus read her surface thoughts.
"Well, my darling little kitten." He leaned towards Kiana and spoke in a whispering voice, but everyone heard him.
"I pulled you from that destiny, and now you are my cute little kitten. That's how it translates." The inventor clarified to her what he meant.
This clarification made her blush. It was quite perverted when he said it like that!
"W-Whatever!"
Kiana looked away. It was funny how she would say similar things to Raiden Mei, but when someone said it to her, it was different!
"Can't take the heat? Ki-ana?" He teased her even more.
"S-Sheesh! E-Enough, I already! I get it! The big bad Conqueror of the Universe likes me!" She tried to resist all of the teases, but she failed miserably.
"Heh, this is only the beginning. Still, I don't want you to pass out from all of the blood rushing to our head, so that I will pull back for now." Marcus gave Kiana some space as they arrived at a specific floor.
"This is the terrace floor." Bronya saw the letter and number on the wall.
"Indeed. Midway through making this floor, we realised we could expand on it."
"Expand how?" The Heiress asked curiously.
"Like the hospitality sector?"
"A what?" Bronya double-blinked at him. He is speaking alien words…
"Don't your place have taverns? Hotels? Inns?" He asked her cautiously. The inventor is worried that her city doesn't have a concept of a resort… which is something he can understand.
"Taverns we do have, but the others' words are alien to me. Taverns are where people consume alcohol. But what are other words?"
Kiana looked at Bronya. Part of her was concerned about what this girl had experienced.
"We have inns… people who travel long distances stay in such places," Kallen added her two bits after realising that it was clear for her to speak.
Bronya looked at Kallen.
"I see, so it's related to travel. However, there is no such thing in my city. We don't have travellers from distant cities. Because there is only one city in the whole of Belobog."
"...That's so sad… in my birthworld there are cities everywhere…or used too… I don't even know anymore with what Sirin did." Kiana's comment made Kallen ponder on her words as well.
The pair realised that their world was some sort of illusion.
The pair were from the Kaslana family. Their family is special! They are genetically engineered to continue fighting for the right thing.
This trait is something Sirin made sure all of Kaslanas had!
So when they realised how bad it was, they wanted to fight it and make it right.
It's not a normal fight. They can't simply beat up an enemy and make it right. Nope, it's something different.
All of the answers they need are before them. Marcus is the one who will make it right!
At that moment, something clicked in the pair of Kaslanas as they looked at the inventor seriously.
"Oh? I see. I did hear that Sirin did something to cause Marcus to punish her." Bronya looked at Marcus for a second.
Both Kallen and Kiana looked at him as well.
'Right…punish…'
'She ruined lives for billions, and all she got was revoke of military rank. Such treatment is the epitome of unfairness!'
While it is unfair, they also plan to use it for themselves!
The issue is that they need to reach a point where they can have his favour.
"Yes, I did for a while. She will need to reflect on her selfishness if she wants to be my wife." He sighed his reply, but the inventor had mixed emotions when it came to Sirin. He designed her to be like that, but he is also annoyed by her actions.
In the end, he needs to swallow that dissapointed. He allowed those failures, so he needed to accept them.
"...Are you only concerned about that? What about her actions? All of the loss of life?" Kiana probed him about the elephant in the room.
However, before she could hear his answer, her eyes widened as she saw forests and a blue sky, wind, and the smell of nature! They had just walked to the end of the corridor!
And it was a forest!
"N-No way! Aren't we in a space station!?" She asked him in quick succession.
"We are, but my tech is advanced enough to build an indoor ecosystem without much difficulty." He replied before motioning to follow him.
The group of four continued to walk through walkways in the forestry area.
Kiana and Kallen continued to look around. Bronya did, too, but she was tamer than the other two. After all, she had spent a considerable amount of time here already.
*Gasp*
"Is that a dinosaur!?" Kiana stopped in her tracks as she saw a long-necked creature eat leaves from the top of a tree.
"...Indeed." Marcus looked where she was looking. This was a Brachiosaurus.
He has two of these in his indoor ecosystem; after all, these guys are so big that he can't have more of them.
"B-But…"
"I have been collecting animals for the last 320 million years of Earth's history." He clarified as he watched one of his pets maintaining the vegetation for him.
His reply made her look at him as if he were an alien. Her eyes started to spin. She wondered if he was that old or something like that!
"What he means is that he has been travelling through time," Bronya clarified as she saw her look. She had the same look as well… yesterday.
"Oh…" Kiana immediately calmed down when she heard that he was not a million-year-old being but a time traveller.
As strange as it sounds, it's better that way.
"Indeed, my initial goal was to travel time and collect talent and pets," Marcus explained more as the group watched the big creature continue to eat leisurely.
Only Kallen wondered what this was. Sure, the animal is big, but why such a reaction?
As if knowing Kiana, she pulled closer to her and whispered what it was all about.
"... I see… oh… wow…"
"Now, let's continue." After watching for a bit, the group continued to walk. By this point, Kallen's gaze was on this creature for a bit longer. She was trying to grasp the idea that this was a creature from millions of years ago…
After walking for a bit more, taking a turn, and passing an artificial tunnel in a small hill, they arrived at a five-story wooden building that looked like a…
"Is this a Hotel?" Kiana asked as she looked confused and amazed.
"A spa, hot springs and a hotel."
"...Hot springs, you said?" Kiana's eyes perked up. Now, this is something she can get behind!
"...What are hot springs?" Kallen asked them as she saw Kiana's reaction.
"Special hot water from the—" Midway, she realised that they were in orbit around a frozen world.
She looked at Marcus for an explanation.
"It's hot water baths. We use a special mix of materials to give the water the exact same amount of content as if it came from a natural hot spring."
Kallen nodded to his explanation. She got some idea what this is.
Only Bronya is still wondering what this is all about. She doesn't want to look like a clueless individual, so she listens in and tries to understand.
"This is one of my fiance's pet projects." He clarified to the trio.
"...Erina?" Bronya knew her already.
"Indeed, she realised this after seeing the forestry landscape. I am happy that she is returning to her roots." Marcus smiled. After all, his darling chef is not just a chef but a Heiress of a family who runs hotels, too! The hospitality section is in their blood.
"...When did she order this?" Bronya is confused. She is certain that Erina would have mentioned that she had something like this last day!
"Last night?"
"Oh…"
The ash-silver-haired girl nodded before snapping her gaze at him.
"Are you saying this building is only several hours old!?"
"Yes, nanotechnology is a fascinating piece of tech." He smiled at her as they entered the building. The double doors opened, and at the reception, there were a couple of pretty girls dressed in white and light brown uniforms—not military but hotel staff.
"T-This is so strange…" Kiana realised that she was in another world! There was relaxing music in the hall, and there were vending machines, a pool table some distance away, and seating areas.
She was in a legitimate hotel!
"Supreme Commander, welcome to Forest Resort. The name is under revision, but for now, we are calling ourselves by this name.
Would you like our VIP rooms?"
The receptionist began talking when The Inventor got close to the reception.
"A room will do."
The girls nodded as they began to arrange things. As they were doing their thing, Marcus looked around. He didn't add anything here; this was purely Erina.
He was happy she got out of her shell and began utilising her privileges.
Unlike Sirin, he is not worried that Erina will do something crazy with her desire to make the best food and hotel services.
"...So this is a hotel. It's a place where you stay for a week or more, right?" Bronya couldn't contain anymore and asked him.
Her question was nearly a whisper as she was close to him the entire time.
"Not just a week, but even one day is fine. The whole model is to keep the customer in the building with an array of things to do.
In this hotel, you have hot springs and a spa."
"...What is a spa?" She asked, never heard of such a thing.
"You will see." He smiled at her.
"Supreme Commander, everything is ready." The receptionist girls slowly bowed at him.
"The room is 501, on the fifth floor."
Marcus nodded before motioning to give him.
"...wristband and door card, please." He clarified what he meant. "We are here for the full experience and give Erina feedback at her first proper hotel."
"O-Of course! One moment."
The girls scrambled to arrange the cards and wristbands.
"Do you even need those? This is your space station. As if there will be more guests," Kiana whispered as she looked at the receptionist preparing the cards and wristbands.
"Shh, this is for maximum experience."
He placed his finger on her lips and made her stop talking.
The girl's eye rolled before accepting the whole play.
Marcus quickly offered his right hand, and the receptionist placed a green plastic wristband before giving him a room card.
Once he was ready, he motioned for the rest of them to get it, too.
With another eye roll, Kiana followed and got her wristband and card, then Bronya and, lastly, the clueless-looking Maiden of Schicsal.
"Do tell Erina that I am in the hotel. I expect the Swedish buffet to be one of a kind." After telling that, he took his girls to the lift.
The receptionist bowed once more before scrambling to contact the 'manager'.
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"Erina-sama. I know this is very sudden, but I prefer this place to the regular interior of the spaceship or the Assimilator." Hisako, who was already back with her miss, couldn't help but comment how… at home she felt inside a proper building in a forest…
She ignored the part that this was inside the core piece of Assimilator.
"Yes. I do feel the same way. For now, we should return to organising the menu before we can enjoy the hot springs!" Erina was extremely happy that she could just order the construction of a hotel if she felt she was missing hotels!
It took her a while, but she had the power to order such a thing.
"M-Mistress! Supreme Commander just took one of the VIP rooms on the fifth floor!" one of the staff girls rushed into the hotel's kitchen.
Erina and Hisako trembled when they heard the news!
The Nakiri Heiress quickly snapped out and began issuing orders to the kitchen staff.
Since they have time manipulation, she doesn't care if she overcooks the amount of food. The most important part to her is the presentation.
The midway girl realised that she could share her memories of cooking, hospitality, and management and create her version of 'soldiers' —a.k.a. hotel staff!
From cooks even to cleaners, she can run hotels, restaurants, spas… all of that!
Honestly, she could easily take over the world of hospitality!
Midway through, Erina realised what she could do. Her secretary realised that Marcus was influencing her mistress far too much!
She even mentioned 'domination' and 'world' in the same sentence!
'By the time we return to our Earth, Lady Erina will be unrecognisable.'
Hisako was worried about this… but at the same time, she knew that nothing could be changed. It was like watching the world burn around her, and she couldn't do anything to change it…
"Hisako! While Marcus knows how good my cooking is now, we need to show him what Totsuki is good at! I want to show him what I can do in hotels and restaurants!'
'I don't think that matters anymore, Lady Erina…' Her Secretary thought to herself. Erina already achieved her goal… no overkilled her goal. She desired to save her academy, but what she got was achieving the greatest rank in Marcus' faction.
By this point, it's no longer saving her academy but spreading it through space and time if she wants to…
Sadly, Erina doesn't understand that yet or doesn't care anymore.
All she wants is to show her future husband how good she is at her job.
"Of course!"
"With time manipulation, we shouldn't worry about sustainability. Instead, we should focus on image and smell."
The girl begins to explain her plan for the 'all-inclusive' experience in a hotel in a forest inside a space station above a frozen world that is currently being conquered by an interdimensional time-travelling empire…
When she realised the weirdness of this situation, Hisako had no idea what the theme of the dishes should be.
~~~~~~Meanwhile~~~~~~
As the lift arrived on the fifth floor, there were not many rooms on this floor.
With this being the VIP section, the rooms were bigger and had the best view.
To see how it looked, Marcus used the card to open the door. What he saw was a living room with a balcony at the end of it with large windows overlooking the forest.
The hotel is separated from the rest of the forest by steep but small hills.
He realised that he would need to ask for the land sculptors to work on this for a bit.
It doesn't look that good. However, for now, he can pass this, as the hill is being used to protect against the large animals that are rooming in the forest.
The animals were not genetically altered to ignore buildings except for a small area where the terrace is.
"Whoa…I like the view!" Kiana rushed to the balcony doors and checked out.
"I wasn't expecting this after I boarded that gunship." The white-haired Valkyrie commented on her experience getting here.
To her words, Marcus, who followed her into the balcony, shrugged.
"Well, you can thank Sirin for this. As I was not expecting to get a Kiana this soon." He joked back.
"...Hmph! It sounds like I am collectable!" But then she realised Kallen's situation.
"Wait! I am!?" She more like questioned herself than him.
"In a way. I suppose I have the Void Queen, but you are not Flamescion yet. So it makes you that Ranger Kiana with a heterochromia costume."
Kiana had a flashback to achieving that form. She could tap into the Void Core for some of its power.
But how the hell did Marcus brand it like some action figurines he needs to collect…
'Ugh… this guy is so weird…'
Her struggles with him are more action figures to put on his shelf!
"Let me guess… you will be collecting more of me?" She puffed for a second.
"Depends on your performance. I prefer one who can transform to all of them." He honestly replied to her question.
"I see… It does make sense. After all, quality over quantity." She joined in, as this would definitely work in her favour!
"Hmm?" Marcus was surprised how she accepted it, as she had complained less than ten minutes before.
Instead, Kiana got close to him and leaned into his chest. A seductive smile was on her lips. Something had changed.
'Her genes? Oh…'
The Inventor realised that Dr. MEI's alteration of Kaslana's genes allowed her to focus on her objectives and keep fighting.
'Wait, it's not Dr MEI…' Marcus realised that this was Sirin's scheme, so she followed his blueprint. If this is the case, then it makes even more sense.
The way he tailored the genes does not make them hardwired towards Honkai, as there is no Honkai; instead, they become increasingly stubborn if they decide on something.
That is why Sirin blew up the moon and almost ended life on that Earth. At the same time, she was increasingly stubborn about killing her good side.
The same applies to Kiana's heroics. The girl will do a lot of risky stuff.
But now… once she decided on something like accepting this ordeal…
It made Marcus very curious about what the girl would do. He wants to see the limits!
"Indeed, there are several choices of clothes I want to see you in~" He teased her as his hands went to her firm ass cheeks. The girl is slender, with long legs and a thin waist, and her bum just fits perfectly in his hands.
One could say she was 'designed' to be this style of sexy… and yes, she was, you know… a video game character.
"Hehehe, you want me to cosplay for you?" She teased back.
"Depends. Are your Herrscher clothes considered cosplay?" he asked her. The tease continued, and soon enough, Kiana realised that it was not cosplay.
No, he was thinking of giving her clothes that held power, just like it was with Honkai!
Now, that is motivating!
"No… not really." All of a sudden, she stopped with a teasing gaze and switched to a more serious one.
"Then why do you think that I will lower quality?" He asked with similar seriousness.
However, the lustful smile on Kiana and Marcus' hands bum didn't go anywhere.
"... because it's an easier way out? Because it's more or less common sense?" She tried to give him a reasonable answer.
"Well, that doesn't describe me at all." He shook his head at such an answer.
"I figured that mid-sentence," Kiana commented with a pout.
"Yes… let's start then, shall we?" His eyes gleamed, and he wanted to see her in more than just her skin-tight Valkyrie uniform.
"Here?" Kiana looked around. They were on a balcony!
"Of course."
At that moment, he let go of her and stepped back. At that moment, a swarm of nanites moved from him and on her.
The white-haired Valkyrie looked at her hand. This was definitely new! Her clothes changed before her very eyes, and there was no Honkai involved in this.
Before long, she was wearing a jacket with a cape, grey denim shorts, a belt made from bullets, stockings and high-heeled combat shoes.
"...These…" Kiana realised that she was wearing familiar clothes!
"...One of the clothes I was wearing at St. Freya academy." The girl was pleasantly surprised by the change of get-up.
"Indeed, these ones highlight your legs. Honestly, a 10 out of 10." Marcus sagely nodded at her clothes. As someone who used to have all of Kiana's battlesuits, he knows them well!
"...I see your point. But don't these make my burst bigger, too?" The girl looked at her boobs. The jacked puffs them up!
"I suppose. But that's not your most attractive part. Leave boobs to Mei."
She deadpanned at his honest words…
"Don't be like that." He rolled his eyes at the way she was looking at her.
"You are all about legs, ass, and armpits. Leave the rest for others."
"...You seriously treating this like some action figures or collectables…" The more she heard about this, the more she was certain that this was the way…
"Hmm, think of it this way. When you reach my level of technology and development, you will see things far worse.
I could easily turn entire populations into simple numbers instead of giving basic decency." He shrugged at her observation. He won't be telling her that she is the main character in a gatcha game. Not yet, and from the way she acts, it would seem Sirin hasn't dropped the ball on that either.
"No-No, it's fine! I simply need to become your favourite!"
Kiana quickly clarified that it was fine. Truthfully, this was way better than what he had suggested!
From the firepower he has, he could easily treat every conquest as a number on a digital sheet!
"True, with how many suits you have, you have a good chance." He shrugged at her. He isn't wrong. Kiana is one of his favourite gatcha waifus, with considerable character development.
Her suits are the proof of that.
"Oh~~"
His reply made her eyes gleam for a second. One could say she got even more eager to become his prime Fiance.
Kiana's single focus is a serious problem for other females. This girl could easily discard everything to 'save' the world.
Giving her life for it. She is a Kaslana, a family of warriors or, if one feels dramatic, a family of heroes.
Kallen and Kiana are very similar and have identical drives to do what is right.
And in this situation…
Well, if you can't beat the enemy, as the enemy is basically a cosmic force, then join it and lessen the damage it could do from the inside.
That is the solution. That is how Kiana can save her birth world from tyranny, how she can save other versions of herself from Sirin.
She can do all of this by sitting next to him.
"That is good to know~ like I said before, you are already engaged to half of me~." The girl's lustful smirk returned with force.
The Valkyrie is ready to do some 'stuff' to put herself in a good position in his Technocracy.
"Indeed. So why such a rapid change?" He asked her as he changed her clothes.
Now, she was wearing a black uniform with orange parts. Her right leg had long stockings, and one of her eyes was orange.
And her hair got longer, reaching her bum.
Kiana looked at her hands. Her clothes were familiar…, but just by looking at them, the girl's attitude changed. It was like a punch into the gut, making her much more serious.
"...I realised that it's pointless to resist. There is no point in what you do when a tsunami hits or meteorite slams into the planet."
She explained in a plain tone.
"Hah, so I am a tsunami or a meteorite now." Marcus chuckled. This was the first time someone had treated him like a cosmic force.
Kiana shrugged before replying.
"It's how it is. Instead of trying to resist it or fighting back, I am trying to do what is right." She said in quite a serious tone.
"And that is?"
"Becoming your wife. If I were your wife, I could minimise the damage done by 'meteorites' or 'tsunamis'."
"And you are not afraid that I won't like such an answer?" She had an interesting answer to his question.
"Well, my evil self likes you… a lot… I've never seen her that nervous. That means that I will eventually fall in love at some point, so I think that it is fine."
"...never heard someone say with such certainty that one would fall in love like that." By this point, whatever small annoyance he had that she was trying to marry into power is gone…
Instead, he is baffled by her unshaken certainty that she will fall in love with him…
"I am a Kaslana. That much I am certain of."
"True."
He then returned to looking at her.
"Let me guess, my legs and bum?" Kiana did a spin as he saw him looking at her slender legs.
"And long hair."
"I see. I do have longer hair thanks to—" She realised that she had no Honkai, so how did she have such long hair?
"...How?"
"Nanites~" He smirked at her before snapping his fingers, and Kiana felt a surge.
Her clothes changed into white and red. She had a long white cape, white stockings reaching her thighs, a white skirt…
She was Herrscher of Flamescion!
"...This… what is this? This power…" Kiana looked at her hand. She was feeling power over… fire and space?
How?
"Not bad, right? This is your form after you beat Sirin, or more precisely, your evil self and achieve a completely different form with two elements."
She looked with shock at his explanation. She was someone who had never achieved this form, yet it was surreal! What kind of ordeal did she need to go through to accomplish this?
"And this…"
He created a red sword, a big greatsword that looked quite familiar.
"...This…weapon…"
"Indeed." He handed it to her. She knew this was not truly it, but the sentimental value was there.
"Now for the last one."
"!?" Before she can even process this, he is already moving to the next one! "Wait for a second!"
"What?" He was about to snap his fingers…
"Which part of this do you like." The girl asked the most obvious thing to make him stop and not just switch forms.
"Oh, this one is obvious, the special area." He walked over, placed his hand where the stockings ended, and reached for the skirt.
"...You guys are so weird…" Kiana shook her head in disbelief.
"Such things drive guys to do crazy things." He replied without any sort of shame. Nope, he was proud of this…
"It's the same thing that makes Sirin extremely attractive too."
At that moment, Kiana recalled Void Queen's clothes, making her nod. She realised that it was the case.
Weirdly enough, Marcus' explanation points at things she never cared about or even considered.
"What do you like about her? I mean, she is evil, sadistic, mean, manipulative, tortured me… ugh…" midway, she realised how bad her evil self was.
"Precisely why I like her a lot." He shrugged. "She is a tsundere. She wants to be loved. At the same time, she lashes out for what honkai did. At the same time, she is vain as she is hiding her pain through pompous acts."
Kiana looked at him strangely. She is feeling jealous now!
'W-What? Why!?'
The girl realised midway that an ugly feeling started to surge inside her when he spoke like that about the evil she was!
"And what about me?" She leaned the sword against the balcony railing and instead crossed her arms, highlighting her burst.
"You? Oh, you want me to name the traits I like about you?" Marcus realised that she was getting territorial, which was the first sign that the girl started to claim the guy for herself.
"Yes, if my evil self has that many, then I should have too!"
The inventor chuckled at the obvious jealousy she was showing.
The serious face was gone, and now she was showing a girl who desired acceptance.
"Well, your drive, for starters, your forwardness, and your tsundere act when you are on defence."
"I am not!" She quickly defended herself on the accusations about her tsundere act.
"Well, you just confirmed it." He chuckled at her denial, making her blush.
"W-Whatever!"
"Then your desire to prove herself than you have what it takes."
Midway, the girl realised he knew too much about her entire life history.
"Umm… I think I know enough…say… how do you learn about me? I mean… found about my existence, about my world?"
Honestly, her curiosity was very high, a bit too much… BUT! She needed to know!
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