Chapter 63 - Then, Please Fall in Love with Me

CC's words caught Bronya completely off guard.

As she looked at the girl's gentle smile, a rare ripple appeared in her usually calm, sea-gray eyes.

Even the girl cloaked in black, hiding her graceful figure beneath the robes, tilted her head to glance at CC.

She didn't think he was being serious but she also had no idea what she was trying to do.

CC looked up at the sky.

The hem of her coat fluttered behind her, flapping sharply in the growing wind.

For some reason, a fierce gust had begun to blow across the land.

The sky darkened rapidly.

It was still midday, yet the clouds made it seem like twilight—no, more like the warning signs of a coming storm.

The clear blue sky over Nagazora City was now completely swallowed by dark clouds.

A heavy, ominous pressure filled the air.

In a matter of seconds, the once-sunny city had been plunged into cold, gray gloom.

But through CC's eyes—those crystalline purple, six-pointed stars—she saw something else entirely.

Countless black-violet particles blanketed the world, churning like a maelstrom of corrupted energy.

A vast torrent of Honkai energy roared across the sky, swirling into a cyclone of darkness and power.

The entire storm surged toward a single point—Nagazora's sky.

It was as if the city itself had become a sacrificial altar.

'BOOM!'

A blinding bolt of lightning tore across the iron-gray sky.

The rumble that followed was deep, like the wrath of a god descending from the heavens.

Rain poured down in waves, not as drops, but as if the ocean itself were falling from the sky.

Torrents of black-tinged rain—Honkai energy mixed in—came crashing down in endless sheets.

The corrupted particles within the rain gave it a dark shimmer, eerie and unnatural.

And all of it was being drawn toward one place: the orb of black and violet light glowing at Mei's chest.

Massive amounts of Honkai energy streamed toward her like a divine flood, a radiant tide charging into her body.

"Now!" Nagami's voice was soft, almost a whisper, yet filled with urgency.

Together with C.C., and to the shock of everyone watching, they reached out and placed their hand over Mei's chest.

The raw power of the planet's core—referred to as M||A energy—wrapped around them, creating a cocoon of protection.

They were suppressing the gem's pull, and then—they did something no one expected.

They blocked the torrent with their own bodies.

They absorbed the Honkai energy themselves.

"Are they insane?!"

Cocolia, watching through Bronya's eyes, screamed aloud.

Did these two have any idea what they were touching?

This wasn't just some random surge—it was the Honkai, a force more terrifying than any plague.

And yet… they dared?

"Nagami!"

"Nagami! C.C.!"

Kiana and 'Sirin' girl cried out in panic.

"It's fine. Don't worry."

Nagami's voice remained calm—but both his and C.C.'s faces were contorted in pain.

A burning sensation crawled over their skin, sharp as needles.

Violet-black patterns—like demonic circuitry—began etching themselves across their bodies.

As more and more energy flooded in, the marks grew hotter, brighter, like molten lava carving paths on their flesh.

Each line shimmered with dense, concentrated Honkai energy.

Nagami could feel the torrent thundering into both of his bodies—furious, unrelenting, like a flood smashing through a dam.

The searing current raged within him like a beast, tearing through his nerves and veins.

Even so, thanks to his maxed-out resistance to abnormal status effects, he was holding up much better than expected.

The corruption spread slowly, creeping across their bodies.

Accelerate thought process—engaged!

With his LV6 magic control skill, Nagami began guiding the energy inside him, working to reinforce the M||A cocoon around Mei doing everything he could to keep the Honkai out of her.

At her chest, the black-purple orb pulsed frantically.

It was on the verge of transformation—into a Herrscher Core.

The Gem of Conquest began emitting barely detectable waves, like a seedling crying out as its nutrients were being stolen.

Those pulses triggered a violent response.

The Honkai energy, as if angry, surged past Nagami and C.C., crashing toward Mei once more.

"Ah ah ah, not just yet" C.C.'s voice held a strained, pained undertone.

Even with max-level resistance, this much energy was far beyond tolerance.

Together, the two synchronized their magic control, raising their mental focus to the absolute limit, desperately wrestling the energy back.

They were two bodies—but one soul.

That perfect synchronization caused the Honkai within them to resonate, amplifying their grip over the current.

With renewed force, Nagami yanked the torrent away from Mei again—but the backlash was immediate.

The corruption intensified.

The patterns now covered every inch of their bodies.

C.C.'s pale skin began to lose its color, shifting toward an eerie gray-white.

No one could believe what they were seeing.

No one who understood the Honkai would ever dare this.

Unless… they were suicidal.

But Nagami and C.C. didn't look like people who wanted to die.

'Then—what are they doing?'

That was the question on everyone's mind.

Even Cocolia, watching remotely through Bronya, was at a complete loss.

Bronya had already lowered her weapon.

There was no longer any need to fight, Nagami and C.C was clearly about to die.

The sheer density of Honkai energy swirling in the air was altering the very fabric of the atmosphere. It felt suffocating, oppressive.

"Nagami!!" Kiana from Honkai Gakuen 2 universe expression had never been more serious.

Even she, a descendant of both the Kaslana and Schariac bloodlines, knew how deadly this was.

Absorbing such a vast, oceanic surge of Honkai energy would be fatal even to her.

If Honkai energy was poison, then Nagami was diving headfirst into a sea made purely of that poison—swimming freely, recklessly.

'What in the world is he trying to do?'

But Nagami didn't respond to her calls—he couldn't.

Every shred of his focus was being used to resist the corrosion of Honkai energy.

One thing was certain: Honkai energy, fundamentally, was just that—energy.

So then, here's the unspoken question:

Why is it that this energy, while a deadly scythe for ordinary humans, becomes a source of power for Herrschers and creatures aligned with the Honkai?

And the reason that's not really a question… is because the answer is obvious.

Honkai Will.

It's the consciousness within Honkai energy that makes it so dangerous.

When Herrschers are born, they're often swayed by this Honkai Will.

That's because environments with enough energy to birth a Herrscher are also rich enough to awaken the gods of the Honkai.

Just like right now.

Ever since awakening his Soul Fusion ability, Nagami's soul had been evolving—constantly.

Every moment made it purer, more radiant.

A once-dusty gem slowly beginning to shine.

And in the vast sea of consciousness that continued to expand within him, waves were rising.

Nagami stood, weightless, in his kaleidoscopic, obsidian-colored inner world—watching the foamy, shadowy remnants of something vast condense and vanish above.

A voice echoed through the silence.

Majestic, yet fractured like a broken tape player skipping across corrupted audio.

Honkai energy surged in endless torrents, and from within it, points of dark light began to coalesce.

A figure emerged from the depths—humanoid, cloaked in a shadow so black it seemed to swallow the stars.

"You're finally awake. I've been waiting."

Nagami's soul didn't resemble either his male body or C.C.'s female form.

It had traits of both, his long, gradient green hair flowing like a waterfall, and a face so flawless it defied gender, though the body itself was unmistakably male.

The black figure radiated divine pressure, warping the very space around it.

Nagami raised his eyes at a slight angle, lips curling into a smile.

"CODE."

A bird-shaped sigil on his pale forehead ignited in an eerie crimson glow.

In that instant, the entire ocean of consciousness froze solid.

And just as quickly, the entire world turned… strange.

Like a scene from an old black-and-white television.

The World of C.

In Lelouch's world, it's a realm formed from the convergence of mind, memory, and subconsciousness.

To enter this place was to step into the shared mental space between yourself and others—where true intentions and buried memories are laid bare.

But for a Code bearer like Nagami, this realm offered far more than insight.

After transferring the power of the world into his own being, Nagami could now bring others into his soul-originated inner world.

A place beyond imagination—a super-upgraded, god-tier version of the Tsukuyomi from the Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan.

Here, his soul could manifest its full power.

Here, the fragment of the Honkai Will had been completely isolated from the outside world—no influence, no escape.

Floating in the void was that shadow—a stunning silhouette of divine beauty, tall and graceful, with curves that seemed sculpted to perfection.

Its gaze radiated godlike majesty, though lacking even a hint of warmth or life.

"Code… I knew it this abilities will not disappoint me~"

The voice was relaxed, even thrilled.

This—this was what Nagami had been preparing for all along.

He locked eyes with the awe-inspiring figure before him and gently opened his mouth.

"Then, please fall in love with me, Miss Honkai Will"

His tone was playful, yet impossibly elegant.

And as the words left his lips the code instantly activated—

A roar tore through the consciousness realm, earth-shattering and heaven-piercing.

The once-silent mental sea erupted into chaos.

Scarlet light erupted into the sky, taking the form of a massive bird of prey—its wings blotting out the sun.

The bizarre crimson glow eclipsed the very light of the sun itself.

Like a phoenix rising from its ashes, the red bird—formed from the power of Nagami's soul—spread its wings and dove straight for the dark figure in the void.

And swallowed it whole.

The divine majesty etched on her perfect face began to fade.

And in its place, for the first time in the eyes of a god—Love.